VOL. XXII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, OCT. 8,1887.
NO. 41
As  announced   elsewhere   the   annua
meeting of the Wabash General  Detective
Association for the   present year will be
held at Franklin, on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
The Department of Agriculture of Wisconsin, will hold 81 farmer's institutes at
different points in that State during the
winter. These institutes proved very
popular last winter and were attended by
thousands of the farmers of the State.
Indiana should   follow the good example.
According to the United States Weather-
Crop Bulletin, for the week ending October 1, the temperature has been cooler
than usual in all agricultural districts
east of the Rocky Mountains, the average
daily temperature ranging from 3° to 6°
below the normal in the central valleys,
except from Virginia to Florida, where
the temperature was but slightly below
the normal. The rainfall for the week
has been in excess throughout the greater
portions of the cotton and tobacco regions
and over the winter-wheat regions, from
Ohio westward to Missouri and Iowa. In
the regions that have suffered most from
drouth covering the greater portion of
Illinois, southern Indiana, eastern Iowa,
and the greater portion of Missouri, the
rainfall for the week has been largely in
excess.
THE COEN CHOP IN KANSAS.
The Kansas Crop and Weather Bulletin
for August reports as follows regarding
corn: The Board of Agriculture after a
careful compilation and thorough analysis
of the information received from all
Hourees, finds the area planted to be 6,520,-
408 acres, or 11 per oent in excess of any
former year. Of this area, 2,520,332, acres,
•or 40 per cent, while valuable for fodder,
will not be worth husking, leaving 4,000,-
•076 acres from which a product may be
expected. The acerage, we estimate, will
yield 82,557,258 bushels, or 49 per cent of
the average annual product for five years,
-which, together with the old corn now on
hand (which we estimate at 12,000,000
bushels), will, we think, when properly
distributed, about meet the requirements
of the State.
This means that Kansas will not be able
to export corn this fall. It is another and
a strong indication of a considerable rtse
in the price of the great staple.
ADVANTAGES AND RESOURCES OF UTAH.
M. J. Forhan, Esq., of Salt Lake City,
in a circular just received, sets forth some
of the inducements his State offers to
farmer immigrants, in the following glowing paragraphs:
For agriculture our valleys have no
rivals, wheat, corn, barley and oats grow
more luxuriantly than on the fertile plains
of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana or Missouri.
Vegetables of every variety, and of • the
finest quality, including the famous Utah
potato, are sold in our n ark-its by the
industrious settlers of our neighboring
valleys. In the southern part of the
Territory oranges and other tropical fruits
can be raised, but further north, and in
the immediate vicinity ef our city, grow
fruits of every description which surpass
in flavor those of California, (hough in
some cases the California product presents
a finer appearance. Stock interests flourish here to a large extent, but sheep rais
ing has received greater attention, and
the annual wool clip will reach about 9,-
000,000 pounds.
We have an abundance of water in the
shape of mountain streams and rivers
which render irrigation easy, and artesian
wells sunk on the mountain slopes or lake
levels yield a plentiful supply. Natural
gas has been discovered in close proximity
to the city, and oil, though little prospected for, has also been discovered in
different places, proving that it may also
be found in our neighborhood.
We have the beauty and grandeur of
nature, the attractions of our mountains,
and our lakes and our health-imparting
springsto oiler to those whocomeamongst
us. We have the wealth of our mountains still only uncovered, we have materials for every   class of   manufacture and
threshed it by the tread of horses or by
swinging by flail, and hauled it sixty
miles to Lake Erie for a market, receiving
fifty cents a bushel, half in store pay and
the balance in doubtful bank notes. I
have seen the log cabin give way to a luxurious homestead, with a piano and all
modern conveniences, and the farm divided into broad acres and clean fields
without a stump, and the forests dwindle
to a carefully husbanded wood patch. I
have seen that same farmer or his son
plowing with a sulky plow, the lield
smoothed with the harrow and cultivator,
the grain growing in drills, and cut in
broad swaths with a reaper and binder;
then the great thresher separates the
wheat from'the chatt'and piles the straw
away antl the grain finds a good market
at everv railroad  station  aud   the farmer
The Kelly Duplex "fill. n»<l» by the S|>rimcl'Icl.l. Ohio, I'mcinc and Thresher «'o.
the prettiest- city and loveliest homes on
the continent. Our city is the entrepot [
between Denver and San Francisco and
should be as good a market for the
territory tributary to it as the former for
Colorado or the latter for California. In
fact, there is no point west of St. Louis
that enjoys our facilities for manufacturing; and for agriculture, climate, fruit
and natural attractions Salt Lake Valley
has no rival in the United States.
THE CHANGES OF A LIFE TIME.
Senator Sherman in an address at Lyons, N. Y., before the Wayne Oounty Agricultural Society on the 23d ult. spoke of
the wonderful changes in farming he had
witnessed, as follows:
*Th6 farmer's productions must change
as his methods of farming have changed.
And how marvelous has been the change.
I have lived long enough to witness the
hard, exacting toil of the pioneer, building his log cabin, clearing a small place
in the forest for a little corn or wheat,
grubbing and twisting and plowing
around the stumps, living by barter with
the country merchant and fortunate if he
could gather enough money to pay his
taxes. He followed the methods of farming then in vogue, watching the signs of
the moon,   reaped or  cradled hi* wheat.
Feed Mills.
Our series of articles on the importance
of grinding all grain for feeding purposes
has awakened great interest in the feed
mills among our readers, and we cannot
do better than mention some of the advantages of a comparatively new one,
made by the Springfield Engine and
Thresher Company, of Springfield, Ohio.
It has lieen tried for a few years, and is
greatly praised by those using it. The
illustration on this page will give the
readers a good idea of the mill, which is
said to be very durable. It crushes the
ear and grinds it to line meal very rapidly. The buhrs are made of very hard
metal and the mill grinds not only ear
corn, but shelled, and oats and all
kinds of small grain. It is very strong
and is light running. The work it performed at our late State fair was admired
by thousands daily.. The firm above
named will be glad to send any information to any one about this mill.
gets'his pay in national money,as good as
gold.
"We do not realize the vast progress
made in the last 40 years without recalling the past. And more marvelous
changes have been made in the world
around us. Railroads, telegraphs, telephones, photographs, electricity, mechanism, petroleum,natural gas, inventions in-
numeralile'have abolished labor, distance,
manual toil, poverty, and have made thc
elements of nature the instruments of our
power.
"Andso in mental culture,in the knowledge of chimistry, in granges and fairs,
in books, magazines and pamphlets devoted to agriculture, the farmer of to-day
has the means of information which lifts
his occupation to the dignity of a science.
The good order of society now rests upon
the intelligence and conservation of the
farmers of the United States, for all classes
must look to them for safety against the
dogmas and doctrines that threaten the
social fabric and sacred rights of persons
and property and I believe the trust will
not lie in vain."    „
Re-locate tbe State Fair.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
You are correct in saying that it is contrary to the best interests of the farmers
to hold the State fair at the present location, and the members of the State Hoard
would agree with you, if they would
stand for an hour or two, on Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday of fair week and
watch the crowds trying to get on the
street cars to get out to the fair, or to get
back to the depot. It is almost impossible for women and children to get on, and
they have to wait for a chance to get on,
some times a half hour or more, and then
have to stand up another half hour in a
jam while the car makes the trip. Indianapolis is a city of railroads and it has
a BeR road, and if the State fair is to be
held there, it ought to be on one of the
railroads or the Belt, so we can get to the
grounds by train, and if this can't be, I'd
like to know some good reason why. I've
never seen any yet.
A Reohtlar Visitor.
On a recent rainy morning a man stampeded a crowd of citizens on a Chicago
street corner by stepping among them and
remarking: "You have my umbrella
sir."   The man was cross eyed.
Is Boone the Banner County?
The people of this section were never
favored with a finer autumn than the
present. There has been a long succession
of pleasant, clear days and nights, and
very little frost. On the 27th 28th and 30th
ult. a heavy and much needed rain fell
and we are having beautiful weather
again. Wheat has made a splendid growth
and looks as fine as ever we saw it at this
season of the year.
Farmers are taking more pains in
putting in their wheat than formerly, and are getting improved wheat
for sowing. Cattle and hogs are cheap.
All kinds of stock are doing well. Railroads are now convenient and more are
projected, giving us good facilities for
marketing our produce.
Boone is the banner county of the State.
Crops of all kinds are much better here
than they are reported by other correspondents.   Fruit is scarce. D. E. B.
Lebanon, Boone county, Sept. 30, '87.
—Take care how you boast of Boone aa
the banner county. You may have to
prove it and find yourself pushed to do so,
Tipton wants the banner and thinks herself entitled to it.—Eds.