VOL. XXI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUG. 14,1886.
NO 33
•WHEAT   YIELDS   AT   PURDUE
UNIVERSITY.
Comparative Tests of 48 Varieties.
BY PROF. W. C. LATTA.
The wheats were grown side by side In
the open field, under ordinary field conditions. They were treated exactly alike
in every respect. The wheats were drilled
in Sept. 24-26, at the uniform rate of one
bushel per acre. The sell was apparently
uniform, but varied somewhat in productiveness as shown by the duplicate
plats of Velvet Chaff in the accompanying
table. Each variety should, therefore, be
compared only with the nearest plat of
Velvet Chaff.
TABLE   SHOWING   YIELD,   HARDINESS   AND
WEIGHT PER BUSHEL.
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Diehl- Mediterranean
Martin Amber	
Wyandotte	
McGhee While	
Russian Smooth	
White Beanleil Mediterranean....
Yazoo „ 	
Hickman	
9|«old Dust „	
.Michigan Anilier (Riley)	
Hicks   „	
Hedge's Prolific 	
Velvet Chad ___.	
Diehl-Kgyptian	
European  „..
Smooth Scott „	
hampion A mber	
La n caster	
Emporium Scott «  	
Michigan Amber (Purdue)	
Michigan Wick	
Velvet Chair. _	
Zimmerman  	
uscan   aland Mediterranean.
I. ultz-C'lasvaon	
Uiehl-Mediterranean „	
Patagonian Trigo »	
Dlehl- Lam-aiter	
Arnold's Hybrid.	
Red May	
Velvet Chaft  	
York White Chad 	
Landreth	
Arnold's Oold Medal „
Martin Amber	
Taamanian	
RedRussian	
Lovelt..„ „	
Flnley „	
Velvet Chaff	
Armstrong-Lancaster	
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German Anilier....	
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Radger    	
Velvet Chaff „	
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Sl|Dott	
Kxtra Early Oakly	
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still straw and a more compact head which
stands erect.
Landreth and Martin Amber are practically the same thing here. Being rank
growers and ripening late, they are not
suited to rich black soils.
The Diehl-Mediterranean is a fine wheat
when it "hits," but is not reliable where
the winters are sevetjs. It has a very stiff
straw, brown chaff, and bearded head
which stands stillly erect. It ripens rather
late.
A bulletin giving a detailed report of
these wheats and of various other wheat
experiments, will be issued soon. It will
be sent free of charge to all who apply for
it. We are especially desirous to distrib
ute this bulletin among the live Grangers,
Farmers' Clubs,aad other farmer's organizations of this State, and request the secretaries of these associations to send postal
card stating the number of copies desired.
In order to Bave correspondence, I will
state that we have only Velvet Chaff,
Hedges Prolitic (slightly mixed), Fultz,
and very limited quantities of Diehl-Mediterranean for sale.
Lafayette, Aug. 7.
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•Estimated as part of the welgbt waa lost.
'Not the same as No. JO, but a different sort closely
resembling Pultz.
Several of these wheats were grown on
the oollege farm for this year for the first
time, and it is therefore too early to de
termlne their merit in this section. Having grown the Velvet Chaff for several
years we feel justified in considering it our
best wheat. It is a strongly bearded variety with straw of medium stiffness. The
chaff is brown in color, and covered with
short hairs, giving the head a velvety ap-
pearance,hence the name. On very strong
land it will lodge some; but a farmer in
this neighborhood reports a yield of 40
bushels per acre on such land though the
grain was "down" badly.
We still consider the Michigan Amber
one of our best smooth wheats for this section. This wheat has a stiff straw, rather
compact head and brown chaff.
Tbe Clawson, Russian Smooth Chaff and
Tasmanian are also smooth wheats with
brown chaft. The Michigan Amber differs
from the above  named kinds in having a
A SAT AT BETHiHY PARK.
Monday was temperance day at Bethany
P_j-k Assembly, near Brooklyn, 20 miles
southwest _f the city, and we went to see
and hear. The grounds are naturally
picturesque and the improvements made
by the association and to be made will
render them among the most attractive in
the State. The assembly hall is large and
airy, and stands on an elevation overlooking an artificial lake of some six acres.
The boarding house and private cottages
are neatly built and painted and everything on the ground is kept in perfect
order. When other contemplated improvements are made this will be a model
resort. We heard Glen. S. F. Carey, of
Cincinnati in the forenoon, and Mrs. /.. G.
Wallace, of Cataract, and Rev. Aaron
Walker, of Kokomo iu the afternoon. The
audience was fairly good and ■ i uite attentive and appreciative. Our Dr. R. T.
Brown was the presiding ollicer for the
day' ,
Flour Production at Minneapolis.
The mills slightly increased their output
the last week, and would have done better
but for the hot weather. The total product was 135,300 barrels, averaging 22,500
barrels against 131,000 barrels the preceding week, and 61,200 in the corresponding
time 1885. The weather has been cooler
for a few days, and under the stimulus of
a fairly good demand the output is likely
to gain some during the current week.
One of the smallest mills has been idle
since Monday, but the other 18 are in full
motion. Some millers report a more active
Hour market, particulary for bakers'grades
for export account. They claim to have
booked a considerable quantity of orders
in the past few days. The direct exports
last week were 44,500 barrels. Receipts of
wheat, 3ii7,400 bushels; shipment 91,860
bushels; dour, 122,030 barrels; mill stuff,
4,462 tons. In store here, 2,462,117 bushes;
at Duluth, 3,332,605; at St. Paul, 631,000.—
Northwestern Miller,
MARION COUNTY.
A Visit to Two of the Principal Fine
Stock Breeders in the Vicinity
of Indianapolis.
The Farmer representative called at
two of the leading stock farms of this
county one day last wook and what he
saw is described below. There are several
herds of blooded cattle, swine, etc., in
Marion county, which we may have an
opportunity to describe in the near future.
THE INDIANA BLOODED STOCK COMPANY.
The farm of the above named company
lies three miles southwest of Indianapolis,
and consists of 2,009 acres of land of which
600 acres is in pasture, 400 in meadow and
250 in corn at tbe present time.   Upon the
farm are two barns, 60 by 112 feet each, af
fording winter  accommodations   for  200
head of cattle, and other  large barns and
sheds that will stable 200 more.   Water is
obtained  in   abundance   from    running
streams, and in all respects the equipment
of   the farm   is as nearly complete as one
could imagine.   The company's ocifie is at
No. 411 South Pennsylvania St.,   this city.
The reporter  called at   this farm  one day
laat week and  was shown   barns, cattle,
and so on.   There  are on  the farm about
175 Hereford  cattle and  40 Polled Angus
Beginning  with the Herefords, we were
taken  first to  imported   Red Cloud, the
leader of the herd.   His sire is King of the
Lillies, a bull famous for his   many excellences.   Red   Cloud   is   a   three-year-old,
tips the beam at 2,100 pounds, and In point
of smoothness and all-round excellence is
hard to match.   He has a tremendous ham
and   twist,   is   broad   shouldered,   level
backed, short-legged and blocky, approaching closely, in our estimation,  to the type
of perfection.   He shows himself   plainly
in   his get,   the calves  by him   being remarkably    similar   in   color   and   style.
Argand Is  another of  the breeding  bulls
(they have been using four bulls the past
season) and is a two-year old by Archibald
2d and   out of   an Anxiety cow,   making
him   highly bred   and from   good strains
from,   both sire  and   dam.   Argand   is a
a square, growthy young bull  and full of
promise.   Tidy   Boy  is  a   blocky,  even
yearling Archibald  bull,   out of   Tidy by
I'rince  Imperial,   he   by  the   renowned
Horace.   England's Sovereign   is another
of  their breeders,  aged about  two years
and a half,   weighs  about a ton  and  is a
number one animal, with   fine back and
extra heavy quarters.   Among the Hereford cows we noted Truth 2d, the oow that
won  sweepstakes over  all breeds  at our
State   fair two  years ago,  and the  only
Hereford  cow that  ever took  that premium.   She Is extra large  and broad and
weighs 1,700 to 1,800 pounds now and has
j ust weaned a calf.   Moat Queen is another
cow   especially   noteworthy.   She is   by
Iteguildy,   and is  the dam of Red Cloud.
Her build is low, blocky and square, and
she is evidently a fine feeder as  she is almost in show flesh and without other feed
than blue grass.   We were shown a lot of
cows now suckling calves, and not much
the  worse for  the drain  on the  system.
Also  two-year-olds,   due to calve in   fall
and winter,   and an  extra fine  group of
yearlings.   Taken altogether the Herefords
we saw are a smooth lot, gentle and docile,
well  cared for  and evidently paying for
themselves handsomely.
The company has also a choice small
herd of Polled Angus, consisting of Black
Birds, Prides, Ericas, etc. The herd is led
by Raven, got by imported Paris 3d and
out of imported Black Bird of Corsica 2d,
one of the most famous Angus cows ever
in America. Raven is a two-year-old,
lengthy and solid—fit for breeding to the
best cows or showing against the strongest
competition. Black Bird of Corsica 2d is
herself owned by the Blooded Stock Co.,
and they consider her a prize. She was a
prize winner in Scotland, and in appearance as well as record stands in the front
rank. We saw others, bulls, cows and
calves, but have not space for description.
The day we were on the farm preparations
were in progress to ship three Herefords to
Ohio and two Angus cattle to Illinois.
They have sold over 100 head of Hereford
and Angus cattle at private sale within the
last 10 months. Every cow on the place,
of both kirn 1., is imported,andof Herefords
there are about 30 that have been prize
winners in England.
MR. --L.ETCIIER HINES,
of Malott Park, is a breeder of Shorthorn
cattle. His farm consists of about 200
acres of which 150 acres is in blue grass,
and lies about seven miles northeast of
Indianapolis. His design is to place hia
entire farm in pasture as soon as it can be
done, and it is finely suited to the purpose.
There are permanent streams of good water in every field upon the farm, and much
of the land that is timbered has been
placed in blue grass and promises to make
the best kind of woods pasture. His breeding bull Is Oxford of Arcadia, a Pearlette,
sire Oxford of Springbrook, dam Pearlette
4th. 11 ._ ford of Arcadia is between one
and two years old, weighs 1,250 pounds, is
solid red and an attractive animal. His
straight top and bottom lines, square,
heavy quarters, clean head and neck, and
stylish action commend him highly, and
would be greatly in his favor in the show
ring. We were shown also Pearlette 4th,
the dam of Oxford of Arcadia, and a
square, solid and substantial oow. She
was by Grand Alexis, a Rose of Sharon
bull, and the sire of many good animals.
Pearlette 5lfa Is another of Mr. Hines's best
cows, a three-year-old and the dam of two
calves. She has a Filligree top and is a
cow of fine appearance. Among others we
noticed a Princess cow, large and fine; a
Strawberry oow by Breastplate 3d, an old
prize winner; and Waterloo Mary, a two-
year-eld Young Mary heifer by Lock-
ridge's Waterloo bull. This is indeed an
excellent heifer, finely bred and finely
built. She is worthy the show ring and
will doubtless be exhibited at some of the
fairs the coming fall. Mr. Hlnes is secretary of the Marion County Shorthorn
Breeders' Association and is just getting a
fair start as a breeder, and with his good
stock, good land and good care will make
a succ.ss of it.
rjf   n j     For the Indiana Farm-
Ait  I I All TiSer 3 months    Call your
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John Phelps, 27 years of age, living near
Butlerville, Jennings county, died on
Thursday morning the 5th from the effects
of a sunstroke.