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VOL.. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, OCT. 25, 1879.
NO. 43.
FOB SALE,
IOR SALE—Pure Chester White boar pifrs. Ready
for nse.   R. 8. RUSSELL. Zlonsville, Ind.
IriuR SALK—55 head of vearlinir steers.   Address
!     A. J. 1'ATTKR.SON, tTnton, Pike Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—A few choice Chester White pigs, ln
shown*; also, some aged hojrs.   Address K. R.
Moody, Eminence, Ky. '
FOR SALE—or Trade-Three Clydesdale Stallions,
imported from Scotland this year.   ROBERT
CRAIG, Greenwood, Ind.
FOR  BALE—Choice  farm of 214 acres, 13 miles
southeast of Indianapolis. WM. K MlCK, Real
Estate Broker, 63 East Market street.
FOR SALK—Chester White pigs.   Roars ready for
service.   Satisfaction guaranteed.   Addrees 8.
L.3ICCORMICK, uartersr.org, Indiana.
FOR SALE—Farms In Marlon, Rush and other
counties ln Indiana.   O. W. ALEXANDER, 36
K. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
FOR SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile
from Kokomo. Will require |1.500 to 12.000 cash,
balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
dlapolls.
OR  SALE—Chester   White   male pigs.    Todd
      stock, 6 months old, good pigs and large enough
for service.   Price from |8 to *10.   WEST & WHICKER, Pecksburg, Ind.
F
FOR BALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeplng_farm accounts. Price il eacb. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—One Southdown buck, thoroughbred,
two years old; pedigree will be furnished. Also,
three Poland China hoars entitled to registry; only
JlOeach.   J. H. RUDDELL, Castleton, Ind.
IilORSALK—one of tne most complete stocks of
. teas and famcy groceries to be found in this city.
Will invoice at present values. Will sell part for
cash, and 2, 4, and 6 months on balance. W. E.
MICK, 68 East Market street.
FOR BALE—Fifty head of Jersey Red*_£wlne. Pigs
from 8 to 12 weeks old, Shoats from 6 to 9
montbs old. Sows with pig, or without. HARRIS
SHEPPARD, Speocer county, Ind.
EOR SALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China
pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer
for 30 days. Please write me before you purchase.
Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind.
FOR BALE—Suffolk pigs—I have for sale 15 head
ot purebred Suffolk pigs, six months old, at
very reasonable rates. For particnlars, address
JOSEPH FURNAS, Boxley, Hamilton Co., Ind.
FOR BALE—I have one of Zimmerman's galvanized iron Fruit Drying and Baking Machines,
which I will trade for wood and produce. A bargain
to any o*»e.  J. A. RIPPETO, ofllce Indiana Farmer.
FOR SALE—Two tarms of F0 acres each; one ls 11
and the other 4 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
Also, a farm of 120 acres near Pendleton, Madison
county, Indiana. W. M. * C. E. COFFIN, 34 North
Delaware street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—First-class yearling Cotswold ram,
sire and dam Imported from England. A few
giod southdown bucK lambs, and choice .Berkshire
pigs, descended from stock ot our own importation,
all at reasonable prices. Inspection solicited.
HENRY C. MEREDITH, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farm near Monrovia, Morgan county, Ind., containing 80 acres; 60 acres nnder cultivation:   good house of 6 rooms and cellar;   good
barn and other outbuildings.   Terms easy.   For full
inf.rma*€*Jn, address D. B. JOHNSON, Administrator, Monrovia, Ind.
FOR SALE—Lewis Gwinn, of Aroma, Hbmllton
county, Ind., will offer lor sale at Public Auction, Thursdey, Oct. 30,1870, at his residence, 7 miles
ease of Acardia, on the I., P. and C. R. R., eleven
head of pure bred and fifteen or twenty head of high
grade Short-horn cattle.   Send for catalogue.
FOR SALE—An immense stock of trees and
plants from the Westtleld Nursery, near Indianapolis. Special attention is called to our apple,
pear, cherry, and grape. Can furnish them any size.
Also anything in the nursery line. Order early.
Price on application. Address T. C. BARNUM, at
sale yard, No. 90 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis.
WANTED.
-TTTANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana
VY History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text-
Book.   8. L. MARROW, Indianapolis.
\|/     H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post-
VV  . office, keep a complete stock of Drugs, Patent
Medicines,  Oils,  Toilet  Articles.    Best goods  and
lowest prices.
-fTTANTED-Everybody  to   know   that  W.   E.
W    MICK, Real Essate Broker and Rental Agent,
68 East Market street,collects rents for 5 per cent..and
makes prompt returns.
**CT7"ANTED—Bl »ck, Bay, or Sorrell Horse from 5
VV     io 7 years  old.   Must be sound in  every re-
s*)ect.   Will  pay  fair price  for one  to suit.   A. B.
liAKER, 1S9 Virginia avenue.
W*ANTED—To exchange a few pairs of Golden
VV Sebright Bantams, some Plymouth Rock
CockeraU, or Partridge Cochins, for common chickens. J. u. KINGSBURY, 34 East Market street, Indianapolis.   .
■VTTANTED-Agents for "The Voters Text Book,"
VV published in English and German. A standard Political History to date. Not partisan. Will
bave a big Bale next campaign. Secure territory at
once.   FRED. L. HORTON A CO., 66 East MarketSt.
raiSC ELLAIVEOUS.
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M. GOODE—Dentist, over
•   nla street.
) North Pennsylva-
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C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
.  Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
THE old reliable Indianapolis Business College,
Bates Block, opposite the postoffice, Imparts
a Practical. Useful and Profitable Education, meeting the wants of nine-tenths of the young men and
boys. Young men wishing to enter business will
here receive such aid as will insure a successful future to them. For circulars of Information, address KOERNER <S UOODIER, Indianapolis, Ind.
M1
ONHY  to   loan  on  Improved  Farms.   M. E.
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOAN—Money to loan at 8 per cent. Ten years'
time with privilege of paying at any time after
three years. No lifeinsurance. No commissions, M.
E.VINTON, Vinton Block, Indianapolis. Ind.
LOAN—MONEY—In sums of f300 to $10,000, on
improved farms In Indiana, at eight per cent,
interest, payable annually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part of it can be paid at any
time. H. B PALMER «fc CO., No. 78 East Market
St. .Indianapolis, Ind.
||tvt jlMocli.
Giving a Pig Medicine.
At a recent meeting of an Knglish farmers' club Professor McBride spoke of the
difnculiy of admiste*ring medicine to a pig.
He said: "To dose a pig, which you are
sure to choice if you attempt to make him
drink whilo squealing, halter him as you
would for execution, and tie the rope end
to a stake. He will pull back until the
rope is tightly strained. When he has
ceased his uproar and begins to reflect, approach him, and between the back part of
his jaws insert an old shoe, from which you
'have cut the toe leather.   This he will at
once begin to suck and chew. Through it
pour medicine, and he will swallow any
quantity you please."   •
Management of the Horse.
Extracts from a lecture by J. Storer, V. 8., before
an Engll&h farmers' club.
How must horses be treated that they
may be able to perform a certain amount of
work without injury to their system? In
the first place Ihey must have food; in the
second place, they must have grooming;
and, in the third place, they must bave good
stabling. In regard to food, of all animals
the horse, in comparison to its size, has the
smallest stomach; it is, therefore, of great
importance that his food should contain as
much nutriment as possible in the smallest
bulk; more especially when undergoing
hard work.
HAT AND OATS
have this qualification to a greater degree
than any other of the feeding stuffs in general use, and that they should form the
staple food has been proved by long experience. Bruised oats are very suitable for
old horses and those that bolt their'corn,
but beyond this they have nothing specially to recommend them. The average quantity of oats required to keep a horse undergoing hard work in good condition is'about
twenty pounds per day. Of course some
horses would eat more. Others cannot be
induced to consume more than fourteen
pounds.. Drivers of contractors' horses are
practically aware of the /act that the more
they can get their horses to eat the more
work they will do. But the result of overworking is the premature death of many
valuable animals.
INDIAN  CORN,
when it happens to be cheap, may be advantageously used in the proportion of one
to six; the only objection to it is that it
causes torpidity of the bowels. This must
be counteracted by giving an equal proportion of bran. Beans, but for their heating
tendency, would form a very suitable adjunct to oata, as they contain a large proportion of nutritive material. They may
be safely given to animals that are hard
wrought and upward of seven years. A
horse cannot be maintained in health on
grain alone; the stomach requires a certain
amount of mechanical distension to keep it
acting properly.
HAY' OR STRAW
serves this purpose. The ordinary allowance should be about twenty pounds per
day; something like five pounds in the
morning, five pounds at midday and ten
pounds at night. A few years ago chopped
hay came greatly into vogue; but the principal argument in its favor was that the
bad hay was eaten along with the good.
This tells seriously against the plan, as a
horse is certainly better without bad hay
in its stomach than with it. AU kinds of
straw are inferior to hay, oats being the
only variety that should be used; it does
well when horses are idle, as they are not
so liable to get into too high condition on it.
GREEN FOLIAGE
i*? well suited to horses in its season; then
the work is light, and they appear to thrive
on it. It must be given in moderation,
especially at first, as horses are so fond of
it that they soon eat moro than is good for
them. Carrots, turnips and potatoes require to be given with equal discrimination;
indeed, 1 am inclined to condemn the use
of potatoes entirely, although I have known
instances where horses were allowed as
many ss they could eat without bad results, but such cases are the exception and
not the rule.
COOKED FOOD
is used by many horse owners with more
or less advantage, the great objection to it
being that it fattens without giving strength
and firmness to the muscles. It is also apt
to bolted without proper mastication,
which is a common cause of colic and indigestion. For a horse recovering from any
debilitating disease, or for one coming off a
long journey, it is of great benefit if given
judiciously. To make a regular practice of
feeding with it every day, however, is unnatural, and I believe, highly injurious. It
is a common practice to give a feed of it
every Saturday night for the purpose of
keeping the bowels in order. Three-fourths
of a pailful of mashed bran would serve the
purpose better without the risk of dreang-
ing the bowels. This is a most necessary
adjunct in horse feeding, and should be
given regularly once a week. It acts mechanically on the lining membrane of the
stomach, increases the secretion, and thereby averts constipation. As already stated,
the stomach or receptacle for solid food is
very, small; the caecum or receptable for
water is quite the opposite. It is not uncommon to see a horse drink two or three
pailsfnl of water at a time. It is, therefore,
probable that he does not require it often.
Three times a day is sufficient, provided
the horse is allowed as much as ho will
.drink. In cases where he is excessively
hot or exhausted, or where he has been
kept without water for an undue length of
time, it should be given in smaller quantities and more frequently.   It is a
GREAT AND VF.RY COMMON ERROR
to allow horses water after being fed.   In
its passage through the stomach it is sure
to carry with it some of the undigested
fo»d, which ought never to reach the intestines, and will probably cause colic or. indigestion. Grooming, or cleanliness of the
skin, is not a mere matter of glossy or staring coat; it is essential to the health of domesticated animals. When it is borne in
mind that the skin is one of the principal
organs by which refuse material is thrown
off from the body the necessity of keeping
the pores or little drains clear will be apparent. When they become silted up, the
lungs and kidneys are overtasked, and
hence diseases of both these organs. Wash*;
ing the legs is the cause of much harm to
all horses. It checks circulation and causes
greater evils than the mud and sand which,
lt is intended to remove.
Goldsmith Maid and Her Groom.
Recently Charllo Cochrane, who was for
many years the faithful groom of the celebrated trotter, "Goldsmith Maid," arrived
from California, and wishing to see the
grand old trotting mare and her colt, called
on Mr. Smith,-her owner, to obtain permission to visit Fashion Stud farm in New
Jersey. Mr. Smith accompanied Cochrane
to the farm, and on arriving, remarked:
"Charlie, the 'Maid' is.very jealous of her
colt, is very cross, and will permit no one
to approach it." Cochrane arranged that
"Goldsmith Maid" should hear his voice
before she saw him, and although they had
not seen each other foryears, aloud whinny
presently assured the visitors that the mare
had recognized the man. Cochrane next
showed himself, when a touching scene occurred. The old queen of the turf, who for
months would not allow any one to approach her, making use of both heels and
teeth if it was attempted, rushed with a
bound to her old friend, forgetting even her
colt, and rubbed her head upon his shoulder,
her nose in his face, played with his whiskers and showed by her eye,ry action that
her heart was full of joy to see him. Directly the colt came up to them, and the
old mare was delighted when Charlie
placed his hand on the little fellow. When
Cochrane left the place the mare followed
him to the gate, whinnying for him even
after he had passed out of sight.—Baltimore
Sun.    *
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Sale of Short-Horns.
The following is a statement of the averages made on the different tribes-offered at
Lord Schelmersdale's sale in England:
1 Duchess _ £2,100 0 0
1 Princess „ „ 616 5 0
1 Cheery Grand Duchess  _  641 5 0
3 Waterloos _  266 0 0
5 Wild Eyes _    232 9 5
7 Gwynnes „.  _ 125 9 0
5 Harringtons  106 IS 7
^dcrhwrji.
The answers to the following queries are given by
John N. Navin, V. S., of this city.
"Weak Eyes.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What can be done for the weak eyes my
horse has? Will finally go blind if nothing is done for them. Can anything be done
that will save them? The blind teeth being already out. Will cutting the cords in
the ear help them? If so, where aro the
cords found, and how should they be cut?
A Reader.
Taylorsville, Mo.
—You should have stated the symptoms, whether they get well, or partially
so, and again grow worse, or if a film,
white scum, covers them, or whether
they run water or not. Shall I ever succeed in proving to the readers of the
Farmer that the blind teeth affect the
eyas is the most supreme foolishness imaginable? You see that it has failed in
your case, as it has in all others. I am
almost tired trying through the Fakmer
to convince the people to banish those
hooks advocates from off their premises.
But more silly, if possible, is the idea
that the cartilaginous bars placed in the
ears by nature to keep them erect is a
source of mischief to the eyes. Cut off
the ears and get rid of the trouble would
be no more foolish than other theories
we hear of. Why not those fellows cut
the bars out of their cabbage to keep the
stalk from rotting. If you will explain
the disease I would very gladly give you
a remedy.
What Ails My Colt?
Editors Indiana Farmer:
About six weeks ago it seemed lame in
left hind leg. There seemed to be a puff on
stifle joint, some sore, pressing on it it
would seem to go away. Colt would handle
that leg with care. Could not lift it up
very high. Would not trot or run unless
pushed. Some two weeks ago the other
stifle joint enlarged and the lameness
seemed to go into that leg. Now it seems
the worst in joint attacked first. Shows
weakness in back. Tucks up in flank and
moves very lame. It has a good appetite
and looks smart out of eyes, plays with the
dog and  in as much  mischief as if well'.
There are other sucking colts in neighborhood that are similarly affected. Oar oldest
farmers say they never saw anything like
it. Colts all seem to be affected by change
of weather. W. A. M.
.Lewisville, Ind.
---Your colt has a disease called by
some water-joint, but is really an infusion of serum into the cavity of that intricate joint composed of three bones,
tlie tibia, fibula and the patella, and
nothing will remove it except by absorption or superficial drain. Take spirits of
turpentine 1 pint, pulis cantharides 1
onnce. Mix, rub in well with the hand,
morning and evening until it gets sore;
then once every alternate day for ten
days or over, then grease with lard and
let go.
What is the Matter With My CowP
Editors Indiana Farmer:
'She has been drooping round for four or
fiye days; refused to take food or drink.
Her tongue hangs out of her mouth two or
three inches and slobbers some. Her calf
ii-jfour or five weeks old. D. A. McC.
! Putnamville, Ind.
.„—Your .cow has one of the diseases
v«Vy  common in  Europe 30 years ago
*w;**ten I was there.
fWatch her feet and if any soreness
makes its appearance, either at the upper
snrface joining the hair, or between the
hoofs, rub in spirits of turpentine night
and morning, take three ounces of alum,
burn it, or get burned alum at the drug
st*|re, mix it with corn-meal and salt, a
dabble handful of the former and one of
the latter; make a swab of a piece of
slilngle or any thin board half an inch
wwe, wrap with linen or muslin; dip in
cold water and roll in the mixture and
B*wsb the mouth, over and under tongue,
o-Ween cheek and teeth/ete.j twice or
ofujier per day, have the mixture on a
pie-pan dr hoard.
What Ails My Mare?
Editors .Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that passes yellow water.
Tn the last three months it has been very
dark colored, at times is as red as blood.
Eats hearty at times. Hair looks bad.
The mare is eight years old, never raised a
coli. . A Subscriber.
-~The food of either man or beast has
a decided control upon the color and
consistency of the urine, so has a derangement of the urinary organs. Try
the following: Give her pulverized nitre
in bier feed every night for a week in
mixed feed. If no benefit is observed let
me Know by letter, inclosing stamp.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Whaiis the matter with my mare? She
has been going down for some time in
flesh. Ahout four weeks ago I led her to
the branch to water, she drank hearty, and
as I started back to the barn, she commenced breathing hard and kept getting
wor?o. W. S. T.
—Your mare had, I suppose, got a
part of the water into her trachea, windpipe, and in the effort to eject it forced
an unusual quantity of blood to her
brain, causing an enlargement of the
blood vessels of that organ, causing a
disease of the brain called megrims,
from which the prospects of recovery are
meager. The blood discharged in the
first and subsequent paroxysms, was
caused by bursting either a vein or one
or more capillaries. Your first remedy,
if any, is to bleed thoroughly, not less
than eight quarts, which repeat if necessary.
What Ails the Pigs?
Editorslndiana Farmen
I want to know what ails my pigs. I
lost two in one afternoon by turning them
on clover. I. N. M.
Warren county, HI.
—It's difficult to tell whether the
clover killed your pigs, or whether they
were ailing when turned on. If killed
by the clover they would have swollen,
which is rarely possible. As you give
none of the symptoms before or after
death you leave the cause wrapped in
mystery.
Horse Shoeing.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In reply to H. G., Ligonler, asking for
information regarding the proper method
of shoeing horses, Dr. Navin replies as follows:
I am exceedingly happy to find one
man, if no other, having sense enough
to seek information upon that all important subject, horse shoeing.
In answer I will say that no one certain shape of shoe can be adopted for all
feet, from the fact that all horse's feet are
not shaped alike. Some breeds, namely,
the thoroughbreds, have staple shaped
1 feet, viz., a little narrower at the heel
than at the quarter. The road horse,
whieh is a grade that has generally an
oval foot, and the common or draft
horse's foot is more circular, or rounded,
I now speak of the turned-up foot, the
wall, or part that rests upon the shoe and
upon the ground when not shod.
To properly fit a shoe, its outer margin, edge, must trace the edge of the
crust exactly on both sides as far back as
the quarters, or a little back of them. It
should then gradually project until
nearly an eighth of an inch at the heel
is obtained in shoeing a draft horse, and
nearly so in all other breeds, or at least
a sixteenth. The object of the projection
will readily present itself when it is
known, as before remarked, that every
horse's foot is more or less narrow at the
heel than the quarter. Draft horse more
so than others. As every horse owner,
with few exceptions, allows shoes to stay
on as as long as they will, the foot keeps
on growing forward and downward,
drawing the shoe along from the heel
toward the quarters; therefore if the shoe
is fitted closely at the heel, it will be
drawn forward and inward until the
narrow heels press upon the sensitive
parts inside of the wall, causing corns
and many other evils. Many persons
object to this way of shoeing, giving as a
reason that such shoes are easily pulled
off. This objection is groundless, however, from the fact, that if the mud or dirt
ia stiff the shoe will easily pull out of its
own track, and if soft it gives no serious
resistance.
The first thing to do in shoeing a horse
is to pare out all the excrescence; a
whitish substance produced by the natural secretions of the sole, and which accumulates there by being protected by
the shoe, while in the foot of the unshod
horse it is eradicated while at work, or in
his perambulation while seeking food. '
Do I hear some blacksmith inquiring
what injury this excrescence works upon
the protected foot? This ignorance is
the cause of the ruin of many an excellent horse. The blacksmith not knowing the anatomy and physiology of the
foot, is not aware that not ten pounds of
the horse's weight rests upon the sole
while standing still. The entire weight
of the animal is suspended from the superior and lateral portion of the internal
surface of the foot by about 550 little
leaves or projections, called lamellae,
which are elastic, growing upon the superior and lateral surface ofthe coffin
bone, and which are produced by a duplicate of the coronary border that produces also the wall, orhoof. These little
lamellae, plates, as before remarked, are
elastic, and dove-tailed into a like number of projections upon the hoof. These
latter are both inelastic and insensitive,
but like the hoof, are living horn. By
this arrangement whenever the horse is
forced into violent action, the lamellae, above mentioned, being elastic,allow
the full weight of the horse to descend
upon the sensitive sole, and it upon the
insensitive sole, which being an arch,
will, when pressed upon its crown, yield
to such pressure, and force its base to
spread on both its lateral junctions with
the hoof, whieh also readily spreads.
Therefore we have a most wonderful
combination, or double spring that beats
anything ever invented by man.
But if hy ignorance, or laziness, the
blacksmith allows the excresence above
mentioned to accumulate upon the sole,
fill up the concavity of the so-called
arch, the horse in violent action when
he descends upon the crown of the sole,
which being supported by this excresence, fails to yield, therefore between it
and the coffin-bone the sensitive sole is
crushed. It being quite vascular, concussion and inflammation are certain to
result in contraction, corns, and quittor,
erroneously called gravel.
In addition to the above, have all shoes
concave upon the seating or upper surface; pare out the sole until it yields to
the pressure of the thymb; leave the
bars untouched and your horse is properly shod.
Lung Fever.
Ed'torsTndlana Farmer:
Will youyk^se inform me if there is any
positive cure*fo"r lung fever getting so common with horses? The horses here are
dying badly of some disease. Thoy get
short of breath, take a hot fever, mopo
around a few days and die. Thqy will eat
as lonq; as they live. The Farmer is a
welcome visitor here. D. T. B.
Vernon county, Mo.
Answer—If it is lung fever give 25
drops of the tincture of aconite root in a
cupful of water, and  repeat the  dose
every four hours till five or six doses are
given. This will probably cause the
horse to perspire pretty freely, and he
should not be allowed to stand in a draft
of air. When the horse has a returning
appetite give him a pint of crushed oats,
well scalded, but a large amount of food
at a time should not be given. The
quantity of food may be increased as the
animal seems to improve till health is
restored. Feed no hay for a few days
during the treatment.—Eds.
TO   Ont AGENTS.
The Campaign Opened for 1879-80.
We propose to present to our agents a
larger and more valuable list of premiums
at the close of the next clubbing season
than we have ever before done. The announcement of these premiums will appear
in this column from time to time, and we
would particularly recommend the persons
and firms, making these offers, to the confidence of our readers.
Poland China or Berkshire Pig.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Desiring to assist in extending the circulation of your valuable paper, I will give to
one of your successful agents for the season
of 1878-80, a choice Poland China or Berkshire pig, either sex, agent's choice. My
stock is of the very best registered strains.
The pig which I gave the Farmer last year
and which was awarded to Mr. E. M. Lutz,
took first premium at both the Wabash and
Miami county fairs. The pig I now offer
is just as good or even better than the one
awarded to Mr. Lutz.
P. H. GOODLANDER.
Wabash, Oct. 6. ^
Premium for Ohio.
Editors Indiana Farmer:    "
Having been in the breeding business of
first-class stock for many years, and wishing to aid in extending the influence *of
yonr paper,' we willgive to the agent sending you the largest list of names from Ohio,
one of our choice English Berkshiro pigs
from the very best strain of next spring's
weaning, and feel assured the successful
agent will be rewarded
A. S. Gilmour A Co***)
Greensburg, Ind., Oct. 4.
Two Farm Gates.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We have recently invented an automatic
farm gate which works on a very simple
and satisfactory plan, and desirous of
placing them before the public, we will
place two of our gates on your premium
list, one to go to some agent sending a list
of names from Ohio, and the other to some
agent sending a list from Indiana.
Allison & Adams.
Millville, Henry Co., Ind.
Pair Poland China Pigs.
Office of T. K. A Jno. nuey, Oct. 4, 1879.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We will place a pair of Poland China
pigs on your premium list as a roward for
some of your agents who aid in circulating
the Farmer. Our stock are of tho most
fashionable strains and guaranteed first-
class in every respect. Our herd took overy
premium in tho classes in which wo exhibited them at tho fairs this fall. We shall
be pleased to correspond with any of your
readers who may be wanting flrst-class
stock.
JonN Huey, Rockville, Ind.
T. K. Huey, Clinton, Ind.
Cotswold Lamb.
Office of T. W. Samuels & Sons, Deatsvllle, Nelson
County, Ky.
Editors Indiana farmer:
We will place a fine Cotswold lamb,
agent's choice of sex, on your premium
list, the same to be delivered next summer.
Our herd is second to none in the country,
and during your State fair jnst closed
we Eold fourteen head of Cotswolds at
an average of $65 per head. Oar premium
will be equal to any we havo in our herd,
T. W. Samuels & Sons.
Shropshire Lamb.
Editorslndiana Farmer:
In order to further increase and extend
the rearing of sheep among the farmers of
our State, I will place a choice buck or ewe
Shropshire lamb on your premium list. I
exhibited my herd at five of the ,'eading
county fairs of Central Indiana this fall and
secured $320 in premiums.
David L. Smith.
Whlteland, Johnson Co., Oct. 8.
Bailroad  Items.
The I. and 8t. L. K. It. Co., are contemplating the laying of a branch line
from Carbon to Brazil, to give them a
larger coal business.
The Indianapolis and Vincennes road
has nearly completed a switch to the fine    p
stone quarry, near Bpencer, from whicli
a large portion of the stone for tlie Htate
House will be taken.
The Wabash line expect to complete
their branch to Chicago by December lot.