VOL. XXIX
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.  FEB. 17, 1894.
NO. 7.
THE BEEKSHIBES.
The  National  Association In  Session in
the Oity this Week.
The Berkshire swine breeders from all
sections of the country are in session in
the city this week. A Berkshire breeders-
institute is being held at the Hotel English. A very important program is being
discussed by the noted breeders of this
and other States. This great breed of
swine has been taking a decided advanced
place in publio estimate and favor during
the past few years. Popular for many
years past, the breed has in late years
been a "gold-finder" to the thousands who
breed and handle them. The Berkshire is
now bred and handled, we are told, in
nearly every State and Territory, and has
become the great bacon hog, so much in
demand on every leading hotel table, because of his "steak-of-lean and-steak-of-
fat" make up.
The National Association officers embrace leading swine breeders of the
country, including the following gentlemen:
President—O. P. Wolcott, Conover, O.
Vice-presidents—I. N. Barker, Thorntown, Ind; B. N. Cooley, Coldwater,
Mich.; Levi Wentz, Delaware, Ohio; Geo
C. Hardy, Bronaagh, Mo.	
Secretary and .Treasurer
—E K. Morris, Indianapolis, Ind
Executive Committee—
H. Ii. Nowlin, Lawrenceburg, Ind; J. Willis Fulton, Newark, Ohio; A. J
Bose, Jamestown, Ind.,
Ike M. Wolcott, Conover,
Ohio.
Board of Directors—J
H. Baxter, Hillsdale, Mich;
Emmet V. Rhoads, St.
Paris, O; S. C. Rousch,
Warren, Ind.; L. C. Peterson, Spring Valley, O ;
Cott Barnett, Logansport,
Ind.; Geo. A. McColley,
Waldron, Ind.; David
Kizer, Troy, Ohio.
The institute in session
this week has many important topics for discussion  before   it.     Several
gentlemen on the program	
for discussion from a distance write that
they cannot be present and send valuable
papers. In future issues of the Farmer
we expect to publish the important papers
and discussions. The following are the
topics being discussed:
"The Berkshire for profit," F. O. Lash,
Hendrix, Ills ; discussed by Chas. Ernest,
Fostoria, O.; A. J. Ross, Jamestown, Ind-
"Should swine be recorded before being
allowed to compete for prizes in pure bred
classes," L. C. Peterson, Spring Valley,
O.; discussed by James Riley, Tht rntown,
Ind.; Ike M. Wolcott, Conover, O.
"Will a Berkshire sow raise as large a
per cent of her pigs as sow of other breeds?
What per cent of piga do you raise?" H.
L. Nowlin, Liwrenceburg, Ind.; discussed
by I. N. Barker, Thorntown, Ind.; F. M.
Smith, Cynthiana, Ind.
"Have Berkshires improved in feet and
legs in the last five year*-? How?" J. Willis Fulton, Neirark, O.; discijEsed by W.
H. Ker, Prairie due Rccher, 111.; W. T.
Robinson, Hanover, 111.
"In what poin's have the Berkshires
made the greatest improvement in the
past two years? Have they gained in the
show ring?" S. C. Rou?cb, Warren, Ind.;
discussed by J.F.Elliott, Vincennes, Ind.;
Cott Barnett, Logan--port, Ind.; W. G.
Riley, Thorntown, Ind ; D. E. Woodl'ng,
Beach C.ly, O ; W. Robison, Booneville,
la.; B. F. Dorsey, Perry, Ills ; A S. Wil
liams, Lincoln, Neb,; F. O. Lash, Hendrix,
Ills.; Thos. Waite, Perkins, Cal; E. L
Hoffman, Bunker Hill, W. Va.; Geo. C.
Hardy, Bronaugh, Mo ; Sam Tubb, Kicka
poo, Texas; Chas. B. Wagner, West Beaver
Creek, Md.
IT FATS TO ADVEBTI8E IK FAEMEE.
A few words from breeders:
EniTons Indiana Fabhbb.
I only advertise in the Farmer and it
has sold over 30 head of Berkshires the
past season. B F. Hartzoo.
Elkhart, Ind.
'Editobs Indiana Fabhkb:
Our ads. in the Indiana Farmer have
sold us more Berkshires than all other
ads. combined in the past 14 years.
A. S. Gilmour.
Greensburg, Ind.
Editobs Indiana Farmer:
We are well pleased with  the results in
your paper.   You can count on us as reg
ular advertisers.
G. L A O. P. Wolcott.
Conover, Ohio.
Editobs Indiana Fabukb:
The Indiana Farmer is bringing me a
large number of enquiries now and many
sales. My World's Fair premium on pigs
is bringing me sales from all parts of the
country,   from   Wisconsin   to   Texas.     I
At Chicago on the 12th the wind blew at
the terrific speed of 75 miles an hour, overturning carriages, lifting men off the Bide
walks, as well as unroofing buildings. It was
a mid-winter hurricane, the worst storm
ever known there. Trains were snowed
In and could not leave the city. Vessels
that were crossing the lake have not been
heard from, and it is feared that some are
lost. The storm extended all over the
Northern and Western States. Kansas
suffered seriously. Many people in Oklahoma froze to death in their unfinished
shanties, and without wood or coal. Here
is the pitiful record left by Sherman
Stone, near Cross, who, with his wife and
five children, were found sitting about
their empty stove with their throats cut:
"Wood all gone; Mollie frozen to death,
the rest of us freezing. I have killed my
family and now kill myself to prevent
further suffering. God have mercy
on us."
A dlee, having a-- heir a granddaughter
(her father still living), is the granddaughter the only heir, or does the father
share part, the estate comirg from her
mother's Bidt? Subscriber.
The granddaughter is the only heir.
Her father takes nothing.
Is a person owning and maintaining a
barbed wire fence along a public highway
liable for damage done to persons and
stock tbat accldently get huit on said
fence? Please answer through the
Farmer, D. L S.
If there is no negligence in building the
fence the owner is not liable.
Several thousand men are out of employ in this cily and no prospect of work
for some time to come. It is a good time
for farmers to engage hands for nextspring
and summer.
The farmers of Delaware county will
hold their institute the 22d, 23d and 21th,
in the court house at Muncie. The pro
gram is long and attractive.
If a man is assessed so much to have a
county ditch put through his farm and he
agrees to take it at the assessment and
then lets it to another man by the job for
so much and this man that takes the job
of digging hires a man to help dig for so
much a day, when the ditch is done and
received by the county surveyor and the
man that took the job of digging is paid
oft and refuses to pay this hand he hired
by tbe day, can this hand hold the man
for his pay through whose land the ditch
was dug? Curious.
No.
.^ialc _\rw$.
THE  BERKSHIRE BOYS ARE HERE THIS WEEK.
The school authorities of South Bend are
enforcing the vaccination of all school children.
Harry, eight years old, son of J. H.
Brown, of Millersburg, was attacked by an
 eagle, which  fastened its
talons in his clothing and
attempted to raise him.
Ths boy fought oft the
bird, and finally succeeded In hitting it with a
stone. This stunned the
eagle, and with the assistance of others the bird was
captured.
Mr. J. Irving Riddle,
the well known insurance
man of Terre Haute, is
urged to become a candidate for auditor of State
by his friends.
George A. Miller, grain
dealer, of Burkett, who
disappeared two months
ago.leavlng $8,000 indebted
ness, has been arrested
at Warsaw. It is alleged
that he sold 6,000 bushels
of wheat stored ing his
elevator by farmers.
have sold $1,000  worth
August, 1893.
Thorntown, Ind.
of   pigs   since
James Riley.
Editobs Indiana Fabheb:
I have been advertising in the Indiana
Farmer 22 years, and through it have
sold more poultry and Berkshire swine
than through any other paper I ever ads-
vertised in. I have advertised in over 20
different papers I. N. Barker.
Breeder of B. P. Rocks, L. Brahmas, P.
Cochins.
Thorntown, Ind.
JOTJBHEY OF A METE0B.
On the night of Feb. 1 a brilliant meteor
shot over western Nevada and eastern
California, illuminating the heavens for a
space of several seconds. The illumination was followed by a low rumbling and
shock, as if by earthquake. It has now
been ascertained that the meteor struck in
Esmeralda county, Nevada. People there
who saw the meteor describe it as an immense body of fire, with a tail like a
comet. As it rushed through the air it
made a noise like the sound of a skyrocket
just as it starts upward. The meteor made
a hole nearly 100 feet across where It fell.
Pieces were found in the neighborhood
within a circle a mile in diameter. The
surfaca of the earth for several hundred
yards is scarred by pieces of meteoric
stone.
What is the law in regard to manure?
Can a renter remove stable manure from a
rented farm that has accumulated this
winter? The feed and stock belongs to
renter. The renter's time was supposed to
be out last fall, bnt he remains to feed out
the rough feed. D. D. C.
No.
Please answer the following questions:
Is a mortgage good on land where the title
is jointly to man and wife and the mortgage not given for purchase money, but
signed by the man and wife? Can the
mortgage be collected during their lives?
Can the interest be collected annually
when stated in the note? T. K.
If the mortgage is given to secure the
debt of the husband alone, then the mort
gage is not good, but if it is given to secure
the joint debt of both or the separate debt
of the wife then it is valid and can be enforced.
A owns the west half, B owns the east
half of 40 acres of land. A build9 the
south half of partition fence. B builds
the north half. Afterwards A sells tbe
north half of his land to O without any
statement as to the partition fence—the
land sold to C joining up to the partition
fence constructed by B. Will C be required to pav for half of the fence constructed by B? X.
No. The partition fence in its entirety
belongs to the adjoining owners. C must
keep in repair one-half of the fence enclosing the portion of the land he bought;
and A will have to keep in repair one half
of the south half of the fence.
CScticical ^.txos.
Christian Scientists at Springfield, O.,
say they will go to jail rather than submit
to vaccination.
The National Dairy Congress, in session
at Cleveland, O , demanded the enforcement of the oleomargerlne laws.
The famous old warship, the Kearsarge,
was wrecked last week, about 200 miles
from the Central America coast.
Frederick Johnloz and wife, old people,
near Decatur, narrowly escaped cremation
by the burnir g of their farm house.
A petition has been presented to the
Massachusetts Legislature asking for a
law to preyent the playing of foot ball.
Police returns show that 67,280 persons
are unemployed in New York city, and
that over 39,000 families need assistance.
While assisting in lowering a coffin into
a grave at Birmingham, Ala., a strap broke,
dragging George Greene into the grave.
His head was caught between the coffin
and the bank and he was choked to death,
Mrs. Mary Wrav celebrated her one-
hundred and-second birthday at Fairbnry,
111. Five generations were present, representing 217 years,
Mrs. Elizibeth Addison Williams, of
/.anesvilJe, O, will celebrate her 106th
birthday on April 9_h by a re-union of her
six children, 15 grandchildren, 12 greatgrandchildren, 15 great-great-grandchildren, and a number of the next degree of
descent Mrs. Williams once shook hands
with General Washington.