^-ONDIANA FARMER.
VOL. LVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, JAN. 24, 1903.—TWENTY PAGES.
NO. 4
%\xw department.
Coodueted by Chas. B. Clarke, lawyer, 811
son Bnlldlng. Indianapolis, Iod.
bor  to put   in   bis partition  tern
it wll turn all kii 1  want  I
bog on my a esn't have to
put in a bog fence. How shall I p
the fen. A  Reader.
ntgomery ("o.
If your neighlj to keep np
rtttiou   feni I  the  fence
B«ch   :\ one   us   will   turn   hogs.
. nship trustee aud proceed
If  a   man   Inhen from   his   f
afterward marri*
w idow, but ul ebildren, who are his first ani
legal heirs? Is there any difference, whether a
man or woman, iu regard to property of this
kind? Does the surviving party hold the proper*
ty  in  fee simple,  or only  a  lifetime  int.
D.   Wa   a.
1.    His widow gets three-fourths aud his
mother if living one fourth.     If his mother
fl the wiii"
Xo.
nple.
A   has   a - vie.       B   burs   flve
head  of   hogs  and   pays   fancy   prices  for   them.
B tab' and iu two days one or
-!ie re
k   an.l   tl1!
tne, and there Is no swine
-Inity  at  the  date of  sale.    C,
their
;;lso?    Can  B  collect damage  from  A?
Subscriber.
The legal question involved is, whether
B catt prove that the hogs were infected
with, cholera at the time of the sale, (we
presume of course the hogs were guaranteed sound), and it would probably be
difficult to prove this beyond a reasonable
doubt. If, however, the known facts show
that the bogs were probably in a di-
condition when sold, then A should cer-
tairrly return B's money or notes to him,
whether legally bound to do so or not. We
do not believe B could collect damages.
Even if the hogs were diseased, it is not at
all likely that A knew it.
(guevg and insurer.
Will ron picas.** cive me the addresa of tbe
managers of the World's Fair at St. Louis. Mo.
Also tell me where I ran obtain a late map of
our  State  (Indiana),   and  greatly  oblige.
-burg. R.    F.   S.
iress the manager of World's Fair,
St. Louis. Mo. That is sufficient. You
can get late maps of the State of any
book seller in this city at any price from
25c up. The large sectional ami township wall map we value so mnch costs $5.
We can buy a amp for you. Let ns
know the price you want to pay.
o can  I get young carp,  grown  from  tne
"prlng of  191 Subscriber.
Joseph Cm
We do not know,  ami  woulil not care
to tell you if we did, for you ought to stock
yonr pond with *      Some of our
is   who   have   ponds   stocked   syith
carp would be glad to bar io and
take all yon can catch, free.
I haTe recently made a purchase of 1,000 acre,
of land in Lawrence io. A portion of it Is rolling, rich, sandy soil. What grasses wonld be
for permanent pastnre? How would alfalfa
3.  B. S.
Blue grass ought to do as well as anything in such soil. Alfalfa might do,
if not too rolling. It must be mowed
to kill the weeds the first season, for they
crow more rapidly than the alfalfa till
the latter gets well rooted.     Experiment
i will
it.
■   built
a sue-
that   was   easily   anil   quickly
to  plaoe,   ai
same?
Wi*   i am. hough   we
know such claim is m veral wire
All a :.     Some reader
Wlii'i fence
answer   al
C. W. G.
Who has these posts to sell?     Mo
our large lumber firm '*m, but if
any reader has them he would do well to
-em in the  I
What do you know about the American Farm
Co? They have written me to soil goods for
them, and also organize a granary or warehouse
company. They soil stock at |50 per ahar* and
do away with the middle man ln selling and baying, tl is surely a nice thing for farmers If lt
,-ht and all right, but it seems to me to
be too good a thing to be true. D. M.
Perrysville.
We do not know anything of the company, but if as you say it promises too
much, we would advise you to be cautious
ahout investing in if.      L* about
- any
money or time with it.
-..  Adjoul I
lull.
I'ii'
Corn *
in.. V 1 in 4 p. in..  -
.*. m.,
.   Dr.
: ienrc
g; 10 t.i 11
a. in.. Milk  Fi". 12 ft.  in..  What
iment of Agricultun with
i: 1 to 2 p.
■minu-
tinn; i. ui., Ailjourm
I  read   Mr. .'armer
*utd t!. '.and In my section
Is rated at $15 to $25 per acre; it is white oak,
sugar tree and beech land produces fair crops wheu
properly tilled.
1'utnn I.   H.
The address of the man who showed a
new  patent  pump  at  the  last  State  fair
is wanted. The pump was run by weights,
cloefc  work  fashion.
rfteld.
The Road Law.
■dltora Indiana Fanner:
Don't change the road law, but. enforce
it, and it is a better law than when we
had ft mad master.    I remember the time
we had a road superintendent for my township  for two  years,   and  the  money  was
iered and mi work done to amount
to  anything.    The superintendent got $2.
n   and  team  got  .*3   and   his  hired
hand got $1.50 per day, making $6.50 pel
or hauling gray *1 that and >t
iiis duty toward
the hands do iheir duty, nn*! the law
:*- all W. K. B.
Program of Corn School and Stockmens'
Convention.
Program  Corn School and    Stockmen's
uti'in,     Lafayette,     Jam
1903:
Monday,  10 to 11 a. in ,
lems. Hogs: 11 to 12a. m., History Indian
1  to 4 p. m.< Study of Corn, Boone
White; 1 to 2 p. m., Live Stoek Judging,  lings.  Poland Chinas; 2 to 3  p.  in..
Judging,  Beef  Cattle,   Short-
0 4 p.  in..  Ailjourm
7:.".'. p. m.. Corn Smut, Prof. J. C. Arthur.
9:45  a.   in..   I
ating, Cultivation: 10 to 11, Principles of the Balan-
i ed Elation; 11 to 12 a. m., Breeding Corn:
I p. m., Study of Corn, Learning: 1
!■.   m.,   Live   Stook   Judging.   Berk-
i. in., Live Stock Ju
4 p.  tn..  Adjourn*■•
m.,  Daily
f. E.  Van*Norman.
Wednesday, 8 to 9:43 a, m., Experience
ng:   10 to  11   a.   m..   F*
: 11 to 12 a. m
1 to 4 p. m., Study of
Johns.m  Co„  White  Dent:  1  to 2  p.  m..
Judging   I
to 3 p. m.. ire Stock, Polled An-
'*  to  4  p.   ni.,  Adjourned   9
0    p.  m.,    A*:
YV. E. Stone.
Thu '."  a.  m.,  Experience
10 to 11 a. m.,
Cholera; 11 to 12 a. m., Storiii--
Cora; 1 to 4 p. m.. Study of Corn. B
- ■*. m.. Judging Live S
[ they ean be
te 3 p. m. Essentials of Beef Animal
I w.int to say  a
liiw.      In   old   Jackson   township.   White
<'•>..   we  do     not   want  the   law   el
We have made good  use of the law as  it
now  i f the mads are
made of the best gravel.    With the same
effort we have used in the past, five
will tind  all  on
-mil   men   as   William   Rodgers   anal
Sam  Iiovi-r  for supervisors,  and the law
right.    This township is full ol
men who would like to be trustee or as-
in-
T. m. :.
People wonder why  the  roads  an
I  think  a   little  study  of  the
situation  will  si
■ ' the  reasons  is that  it  is  hani  to
pet   a   good   -u: one   wbo   under
stands ids work and who will serve more
;han one term.    In this part of the
try a man can not hire a hand t ) take his
■ m while he is on the mads
hi  $1,25  and  board  i.'uri:
nay. This takes his wages as superx i
• *ven.    The law has also added the
ty   of   looking   after  stoek
tunning at large.    After a man
> ism* he is generally
lit, and we a Imo
a man :hor thing:
1 think every supervisor in the State wil!
with me in saying that he could get
at least one half more work done if the
xnx was paid in money. A man may
warn out a certain number of team
the proper number of shovelers in the pit,
but under the present law he eannot tell
how many will eome; but if yon hire them,
ynu eiu depend
on them to eome. ami also to do more
work when they do eome. This hn-
my experience. I would like to hear from
other su]** P.. L.   Ii.
Pendleton.
—        m
Do the ti r.*" tue work ta,?-y
have to do *~* y faithfully an
amis
he  muds  all   under their
*  the
i   the different  districts?  Is  it  n**r
that   four  men   would   know   more
:i'.'    Then would that one man
the mad money lo expend put
t where it would do the in who
pay     the
would  he put most of the money  in and
near the  unincorporated  towns  and
■   the city?    I have known- of *
if it bad not been for the iaw.
ing the land owners the right to work near
the    road    would    D
have  been   graded  or  graveled,   ami
known  of  i who
would  -
*ls.    Now is it likely.that th* ,
sh,  or  want  a
Trustees like to build the houses in the
towns. So, I suppose, they would like
to build there their best roads, while the
outlying   districts   would   get     hut     lilt!,-
Then  as  * the  average   farmei
1 teams, and usually better
than tbe average teamster; and what does
a man care for the making of a road,
.. oik •"* il oi* not, iii
ply does the work and then is gone.
And if a supervisor allows his hands to
loiter,  do not  let the trust "1  all
ol work, for some are not even willing now to furnish material  foi
illy, when m.*n along
ol  will  put  it iu  for nothing,
the   farmer a  chance  to  work  his
us he ean do tiiat to a better advantage   than   to   work   at   something   else   to
get  the  money  to  pay  them  with.   Then,
as  to   companies  and  corporations   hiring
their work for from 75 to 9tl eent* on the
dollar will or will not th etrustees do the
same?   And where would the extra m
V   '' ■ i-stant  Kead
Compliment »ry.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I am highly pleased  with the results of
my advertisement of Jacks in your p
Have received many inquiries, made a fair
proportion nd have in every in
stance given my customers entire sati
timi.
Lawrence, Ind. John Baker,
The Best for the Money.
Kdltors Indiana Fanner:
Fin*: ■* ript.ioti     blank     for
newal to yom* excellent paper, and
also a new subscriber who I think, will
or any one taking your
paper for one year will not do without it
afterward. I have been taking your paper three years and think it the best paper published for the money. ('. _.. W.
Andi
Our Thanksgiving and Christmas Number,
nilltors Indiana Farmer:
Vou see I have not forgotten vou all since
your kind favors given when nt our State
of 1902.
ir this has been an awful bad winter for doing outside  business,  the worst.
ever known Inn*.     Six weeks of wet weather;   now   two   to  three  weeks  bad,   all
kinds of weathi
Your Christmas and Thanksgiving nnm-
each exceed all other for-
• ncs.
Will try to send you more names for
this month, Jannary, also February ami
March.   Your old 2."-year subscriber,
Aurora, •Tan-. 19.       John E. Wyinond.