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-VOL. XXXI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., JAN. 18, 1896.
NO. 3
! ' XABIOV COTJHTT A. AND H. SOCIETY.
*, There was a good attendance at the
*,. January meeting laat Saturday. • Upon
"i request of a member the constitution of
!* the society was read by the secretary. It
*>- may be Interesting to many readers to
'- - publish. Art 2, which gives the object of
the society;
"The object of this society shall be
three-fold:vis.?lstthe advancement of
'ii-   the sclenee and art of agriculture and
-,. horticulture. "'-
2.  The promotion of health, economy,
'..   taste and comfort In farms, homes and
surroundings.
8. The securing ot protection and co-op-
'*"    eratlon In trade and all business pertaln-
'-■ Ing to our profession." "
Besolutlons of respeot to the memory of
', Fielding Beeler, an old and faithful mem-
. ..ber of the society, and to his wife, also a
•V, C, member, were read by the secretary, and
-*'-■ adopted by standing vote.
--V Mr. J. J. Milhous read a paper on "Cab-
y ". bage, whioh included a history of the dls-
'"7.. covery of the plant by Roman soldiers on
r{v a marshy plain la England, where cab-
' 'h- - bage still grows in a wild state. He in-
•-•" slsted first on prime, well-grown seed.
L' Next a rich, mellow seed bed, 12 to 15
"V . loads of stable manure per acre are not
■J'yr too much. -
J' • Break deep and thoroughly pulverize
.,'_-," the plat Iseave two or three days bofore
r.i^planting. Select good, strong plants. In
"5* T; two or three days stir up the ground with
•^"t fine" tooth cultivator.        -,,...'<
vfant'un£n*g-natt,r handful of.some good
5*o-*nWhd"J**Te>tlirzer.'y'Cnltlvate ouce a
-yeek.  The cabbage louse is his greatest
'j** -enemy, and he has not been able  to con-
. -*", tend successfully with him.
t  ■     Marketing is the principal item and a
■ .   very puzzling one to the grower.  ltis
P.    reported by dealers that 440 cars of cabbage, averaging 15 tons, 133,000 barrels,
are imported  to this city, and mostly
sold here. .:•   ■ •'
This vast amount keeps down the price
to a point that almost forbids cultivation,
£.especlally of early varieties; later kinds
■  "fere more profitable, kept in storage two
■ or three months. - He claimed that 175
barrels per acre can be produced by irrigation, manuring and thorough cultivation. He favored putting them in cold
storage till spring.   ''.'•**
Mr. Howland succeeds remarkably well
with barn yard  manure  and  needs  no
other fertilizer.   He starts the seed early
»     In May for his winter cabbage.   Sets out
^   . the plants early in July.
' Mr. Wilson uses .white hellebore for the
* worms, and it does the business thoroughly. Mr, Apple preferred pyrethrum
to all remedies he had tried. The Flat
Dutch seemed to be a favorite variety
with many tfiembers.   -       .
A little RbvVMiss Stella Patton, recited
very prettily a poem "O give me a home
In the country wide."
A letter from Chas. G. Kingsbury,  the
r socletv's student at Purdue, giving an acts/ count of his wcjk at tbe Institution, was
read.   Aft^tflph a paper on the chinch
bugwasreWoy J. G. Kingsbury of the
Farmer.   We quote the last few paragraphs as follows:
There are two broods each summer;
the fi^st works in wheat and the latter
■ one lf~ corn or millet  They do not trans-
.  ' form, bnt cast their skins several times
and keep on growing.   Prof. Forbes, en-
" tomo|ogtst of 111., has had some success in
.       inoculating them with a fungus disease,
which is. sometimes found upon  them,
,      and sweeps them off by the million.  He
/.-famished  the -germs of this disease to
(&many applicants last season, but for some
unexplained reason it did not succeed in
many cases.  The most reliable preven-
-Uve measures againat the chinch bug are:
.. 1.   Clean  farming; removing  rubbish
' from the fields and fence rows during
- winter, or early In spring and. burning.
2.   Diversified farming and   growing
crops-not molested by the bug.
3. Omitting tor a year or two to grow
wheat and corn, In localities Infected.
4. Heavy' fertilization, to enable the
crops to better withstand their attacks.
5. Mixing clover with small grains
when sowed, to make a heavy
growth, In which the bugs do not like to
work.
6. Plowing them under when practicable.
7. In harvest time plow and harrow
around the infested fields, or plow one or
two furrows aronnd them,
8. Pour coal tar along the ground
they are about to cross, and dig holes a
rod or two apart Just outside the tar, Into
which they will fall and be entrapped.
In the discussion that followed, Mr,
Billingsley said he once had experience
with the chinch bug, and found that
burning the stubble and trash was very
effectual againBt them.
. Mr. Howland thought this pest had
done many thousand dollars of damage
In this country last summer,
j Mrs. Wlesner said that when [living in
Iowa it was the custom to plow furrows
across the line of march of the bugs. This
simple plan was very effective against
their spreading from field to field, but
had to be repeated from time to time.
- Next meeting, Feb. 8th, will be culinary
exhibit..        *
manage to provide these people with my
circulars, and they place them In the
homes of the farmers; where they are
read, commented upon, and the result Is
they conclude to attend. I find the newspapers a good auxiliary, but a little expensive. When you have secured the
crowd, by all means make the meetings
interesting,have live subjects and discuss
up to date matters; famish plenty of
good vocal and Instrumental music. The
Farmers' Institutes all over the State,
have been doing an Immense amount ot
good, they are calculated to do much more.
If the Interest.can be aroused and the
farmers Induced to come out, listen and
take part In the proceedings. I have attended several Institutes this season,
where there was not over two dozen present, in some Instances not enough to open
proceedings. I have felt that lt was the
fault of the chairman in a great measure.
I can but hope that my suggestions may
at least be of some service In getting the
farmers to attend.
Indianapolis has six flouring mills,
which put out over 550,000 barrels ot flour
during the last 12 months. In 1894 the
output was 704,781 barrels. The short
wheat crop accounts for the falling oft in
1895..
J&tixU IJcws.
HOW TO BEING OUT THE FABMEBS.
: B. S. Sutton writing of the wojj-ierful
tells In the following hdwhe secure? lhe
unusually large attendance tbat greeted
the speakers at thai .place.  He says:
I have received a'number of enquiries
asking how it was possible to get the
farmers to attend in such numbers. How
do you get them interested? I hold no
patent on the process and by your permission, will through the columns of
your valuable Journal give a few suggestions. I have been chairman of. the
Shelby county Institute three terms.
The attendance at the first was about 150
at the second 300, at the last 600, and many
were turned away. I commence a month
or six weeks before It is to be held, to
work it up. I appoint ten substantial
farmers from each township in the
county, as a "committee on invitation and
reception" to assiftt me in working up the
interest in their respective townships.
Their names are printed on a circular,
and each committeeman is sent from five
to ten of the circulars for distribution.
Before the time of institute, I see each
one personally, and if not, write him that
I expect his township to show up well,
and suggest that I expect fully 50,75 or
100 to be present from his township, and
try to impress every- committeeman, as
well as every farmer with whom I talk,
that it is their institute; their money
pays the bills and that it is their duty to
be present, take a part if they desire, and
see that their money is being Judiciously
expended. When possible I secure a
bright, intelligent young farmer from
each township to furnish a paper. When
that is not practicable the name, of some
intelligent farmer is put upon the program to take a part in the various discussions. Give every township an equal
show and you will experience no
trouble in getting out your crowd and in
keeping up your interest. Some two
weeks before the institute is held, I get
out my second lot of bills or the programs
proper. The most of these are kept for
distribution to those who attend the institute, but I,.»i"*avs send a couple of
copies to my—^Jl~iA-3emen and those
down for a paper or speech. The greatest
features of success in securing a large attendance, I think, Is in placing your advertising matter where 'twill do the most
good.. In every county seat or large tow^
there are merchants who run huckster
wagons to all parts of the county, visiting
almost every farmer in the contity. I
THE STATE FABMEBS* BEADING CIBCLE-
A long and somewhat spirited confer-
once was held at tbe annual meeting of
the State Farmers' reading circle last
week, in which Governor Matthews took
a- prominent part. The subject was
"How to enlist the interest of the farmers
in the movement. * Hon. Jas. A.
Mount Mrs. V. C. Meredith, W.
W. Stevens, I. A. Commons, Prof. H.
;F. McMahon, President Bartholomew
-~~ti'i"*»-~6M^aPrs^S^t^~aaelv«8*^The
-^ftha-t>^*.:-»--*k:t^t.'i*?*a t
Calvin Rush, near Plainfield, lost his .
hand in a corn-husker.
William Walker,70years old, of Shelbyville, fell on the icy street, breaking three
ribs.
Louisa Dill, of Knightstown, who attempted suicide with concentrated lye is
dead.
Frank Goomis, of Evansvllle, returning from a hunting trip, fell under the
train and was killed.
George Trultt, 20 years old, a farmer,
east of Muncie, had bis left arm torn off
in a corn-sheller lait week.
The Genuine "Brown's Bbonchiai..
Troch us" are sold only in boxes. They
are wonderfully effective for Coughs,
Hoarseness or Irritation of the Throat
caused by cold. . -
Carleton Bodley, tho promising young
son of G. X. Bodley, a merchant of Angola, was drowned In Little Center lake,
north of Waterloo; Jan. 2d, while skating
with two companions.
Kast of Muncie, near Selma, a few days
ago, Thomas Sutton, was chopping down
trees, "pne of thorn fell; knocking down
Mtf&rSf^h^^
tainly alive to the importance and value
of the work before them, and are earnestly seeking for the best methods of
accomplishing it
At the election ot officers the following
were chosen to serve this year:
President—J. A. Commons, Centerville.
Vice President—H. S. K. Bartholomew,
Middlebury.
Secretary—H. F. McMahon, Fairfield.
, Treasurer—J. G. Kingsbury, of Indianapolis. *    . ■ '
Prof. W. C. Latta, of Lafayette; James
A. Mount, Shannondale; Mrs. W. W.
Stevens, Salem; Miss Belle F. Callaway,
Cambridge City, and E. M. C. Hobbs, of
Salem, were elected members of the executive committee.
TEN THOUSAND BUSHELS OF COBN DAILY.
This enormous amount of our great
cereal is converted into food and starch
by two establishments in tbis city each
day.
The Cereallne Works use 7,000 bushels
of the amount and will soon increase the
capacity to 12,000 bushels, when a train of
20 cars a day will be rolled into the mammoth buildings, thoy use the best quality of corn and pay an extra price for it.
The National Starch Works makes more
starch than any other company in the
world. They use up .1,000 bushels of corn
each day. Three years ago they got four
to five cents a pound for starch, but now
are obliged to sell it at one and a half
cents a pound, and still it pays.
AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER!
Growing Corn Successfully.
"Growing Corn Successfully" is the title
of a treatise on Corn Culture, from plowing and planting to harvesting and marketing, by E. S. Teagarden, of Iowa.
Every farmer who grows corn ought to
have this little practical treatise by a
practical man of long experience.
-We will send a copy to any of our present subscribers who will send us a new
subscriber, and will also send a copy to
the new subscriber, to help Induce him to
subscribe.   Send in the names.
INDIANA FARMER CO.
out.   Sutton was 35 years old and leaves
five children.
Miss Ollle Carmlchael, of Converse, during 1895, assisted'by her aged mother,
wove 2,360 yards of carpet, for 533 yards of
which she prepared the rags. She also
made 113 rugs, receiving for her workdnr"
Ing the year $319 99. She thinks this Is
suflieient answer.to a report that she was
weaving her burial robes preparatory to
committing suicide, and again that she
contemplated matrimony.
(&C.XCKXX e^rCWS.
Pensacola has a floating saw-mill.
Seven-eights of the bread baked In Lon"
don Ib made of foreign wheat.
Four or five hundred wild swans swim
about on the Thames, Just above London.
The cotton acreage in the South is
likely to be still further reduced during
1890.
' A "fakir" at Durand, Mich., has been
coloring English sparrows yellow and
selling them for canaries.
Watermelons of good size and luscious
quality were on sale on the streets of
Augusta, Ga, the day before Christmas.
Four hundred horses have been killed
during the fall and early winter on one
ranee near Pyramid Lake, Nevada, and
but "2 was realized on each animal. The
hide, mane, and tail sold for that amount,
and the carcass was valueless. But even
at this price lt was cheaper to kill the
animals than keep them.
A young man named Johnson, an employe of one of the Danbnry (Conn.) baggagemen, Is a curiosity in his way. He Is
17 years old, and measures six feet seven
inches in his stocking teet With his
shoes one three-quarters of an inch is
added to his height During the past
year he has grown nearly a foot
Custer battlefield, in Montana, where
Custer and his command were massacred
la to be greatly beautified next spring and
made into an attractive park. The Government Is to put in a system of water
works and plant trees, and a substantial
stone wall, three teet high, will be built
to take the place of the present stake
fence Inclosing the battleground.