VOL.. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, DEC. 6, 1879.
NO. 49.
FOB SALE.
FOB SALB-Pure Chester White boar pigs. Bendy
for use.   B.8.BUSSELL,ZlonsvlUe, Ind.
FOB 8ALE-55 header yearlin* steers.
A. J. PATTERSON, Union, Pike Co.,
Address
Ind.
FOB SALE—Pure Essex plga.   New Augusta. Marlon county, Ind.   H. T. H0CKEN8MITH.
-Jersey cattle—2_ head of toll bloods
      and irrade". 2 bulls, balance heifers and cows.
HABVEY "LEWIS, Agent, Edlnburg, Ind.
-T70X BALE-
FOB SALE—Chester White pigs.   Boars ready for
service.   Satisfaction guaranteed.   Address S.
I_ McCOBMICK, Uartersburg, Indiana.
 Rush and other
_     counties in Indiana.   O. W. ALEXANDER, 38
"E. Market St., (Bide door Central Bank).
XpOR SALE^-Farms in Marlon,
FOR BALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile
from Kokomo. Will require JJ..SO0 to $2.000cash(
balance on time at 6 per cent,
dlapolis.
. GOODWIN, In-
FOB SALE-Jersey bull « months old; Golden
Spanish Hamburg and Plymouth Rock Chickens; also fancy pigeons. T. IIULMAN, Sr., Terre
Haute, led.
FOR SALE—Bronze gnblers. Pekin ducks. Partridge Cochins, and Plymouth Rock cockerels.
Write at once to J. L. BRENTON, Petersburg, Pike
county, Ind.
FOB SALE—Thoroughbred Jersey cattle—Begts*
tered in   American Jersey  Cattle Club.   **    *
butter strains  known.   Address  W. J.
MAN. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Best
HASSEL-
FOB SALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China
pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer
fbr 30 days. Please write me before you purchase.
Address L. H. AIKMAN. Dana, Ind.
FOB SALE—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 one.   J. A. BIPPETO, ofllce Indiana Farmer.
FOB SALE-Boar pigs 4 to 6 months old, good
*   color, well formed, with extra heavy rounded
hams, sired by Prince and Governor 3d. with good
- pedigrees; also, sow pigs, good.   A. W. BOSS, Muncie, Indiana.
FOB SALE—Or will trade for a work horse.a beautiful thoroughbred Short-horn heifer, two years
old, color fancy red. ls A No. 1 show animal, and
will weigh about 1,000 pounds. B. 8. BTJS8ELL,
Zlonsville, Ind,
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Short-horn bulls, two
yfa-lings and four calves, seven to nine months
old; also yearling hellers and heifer calves, all the
get of OaKland Duke, 24153. J, T. WILLIAMSON A
SON, Thorntown, Ind.
ITTOB SALE—Poland China pigs, from five to eight
? months old, extra fine, and bred from registered stock, representing Black Bess, Black Tom, and
Perfection stock. Prices low. GEORGE F. PA-
BENT, Union City, Bandolph county, Indiana.
FOB SALE—A farm of 180 acres, 7 miles northwest of Indianapolis. This farm ls under a high
state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tile-drained;
has a substantial brick house of 10 rooms, 2 barns,
and all other necessary buildings. Q. T., care Indiana Farmer Co.
||iitt ^iotlt.
A live stock writer recommends buckwheat flour feed to horses, for making the
hair fine, smooth and brilliant in appearance.
To cure scab in sheep, rub it with plain
petroleum with a sponge three times a
week. Dogs can be cured of mange in
the same way.
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The business of goat breeding has increased rapidly over on the Pacific slope. It
is said that California and the Pacifio Territories have 200,000 of these animals.
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Mr. Cal. DamaH of this city has recently bought at a sale in Canada three fine
young Cotswolds, Bhearlings, two ewes and
a buck.   He says  the  latter  weighs  350
pounds.
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Wherever charcoal has been occasionally
placed in the food of hogs they have usually been healthy. This is the experience
ofall who have thoughtfully followed this
practice.
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In his work on domestio animals Dr.
Miles, says* that as showing the influence
of feed on fecundity; among the barren hills
of Scotland two lambs will be borne by one
ewe in twenty, whereas in England, on the
rich pastures, something like one ewe in
three will have two lambs.
I,-*IOR SALE-A small nlace of io acres in Orange   s^SFS.S1^*'* -
. ■ • *--"*"/> ^r.**   **-*.? -*J*f*_ 'ro_tL~o***--t?,s._HJfo___J_ ■'+zST.,_t—....**_>
Mitchell. A cottage house of 3 room, cistern, RmoR-*/rr^v ^> ~* _,-_.—'
house, stable, plenty of small fruits, 800 budded peach
trees of best sorts, large enough for bearing.   Price
(650, one balf down, balance  on  time.   Call on or
address HENRY BEED, Orleans, Orange Co., Ind.
A correspondent or the Maine Farmer
advises an inquirer for a remedy for garget,
to "give the oow one teaspoonful of the
tincture of arnica in bran or shorts three
times a day, and bathe the bag thoroughly
with it as often. Reduce the arnica for
bathing one-half in warm water, and bathe
with the hand. I have a cow that has been
troubled with garget for more than four
years. In that time I have given her over
five pounds of saltpetre, without much
effect, last spring I tried arnica as above
directed, and the cow has not had a sign of
garget since. .    J
J_\ within one-half mile ot Coal Bluff Station on I.
and St. L. B. B., 58 miles west of Indianapolis, 7%,
root vein of coal, easy ot access. 30 acres in cultivation. Fine timber. Land all fenced. Can be bought
for halt Its true value, if sold soon. Address W. G.
KENNABD, care of Indiana Farmer, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
FOB SALH—Short-horn bull, Hnnkadora 2d,17357.
A. H. B., red, bred by J. A. Johnston, runs to
imp.   Matilda, weighs 2,100, in  only fair condition
food agd sure getter, not cross, good show bull..
Leason for selling, to save inbreeding. Price, $70.
Will take Poland Chinasow as part pay. B. F. Mo*
CLATCHEY, Morocco, Newton connty,  Indiana.
FOB SALE—Farm of 400 acres in Jasper county,
Illinois.
Farm of 2U0 acres ln Jackson county, Indiana.
Farm of 160 acres in Hendricks county, Indiana.
Farm of 50 acres in Hendricks county, Indiana.
Fatm of 160 acres in Marion county, Indiana.
Farm of 80 acres ln Marlon county,Indiana.
These larms are also for rent.
W. M. A C. E. COFFIN,
34 North Delaware street, Indianapolis.
WASTED.
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Medicines, Oils, Toilet Articles.   Best goods and
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varieties of poultry   full  dressed,  scalded  or dry
Sicked, fat sr lean.   Also, game of all kinds.   Apply
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WANTED-You to read this:
FithiaN, 111., Nor. 3,1879.
Mrs. E. RohrerA Co., 347 and 349 South Meridian
street, Indianapolis, Ind..   Please And inclosed	
dollars, for which ship one dozen of your new remedy for the lungs or Great Oregon Cure, to W. S. Le-
fever, Bossville, Vermillion county. 111. Also, express me one dozen bottles for the use of my friends,
who are constantly Inquiring of me for your valuable medicine. It has entirely cured me, and I now
weigh 180 pounds, my former weight being 13S pounds.
Most respectfully,     W. H. f 1TTJSLL.
The above ls one of many such testimonials that
Mrs. Bohrer A Co. ara constantly in receipt of. The
medicine ls well known here and is quite popular as
the best throat and lung remedy in the West.
Thumps, So-Called.
Suddenly-occuringsymptomsj'designated
by the name of thumps, in horses, are generally occasioned by excitement, over-driving, etc. Rest, with proper, gentle exercise,
and the administration of tonics, such as a
drachm of powdered sulphate oi iron and
half an ounce of powdered gentian root,
given morning and evening, during a week,
mixed among food, are to be recommended.
The administration of fifteen to twenty
grains of powdered digitalis, thrice daily,
during the first two days, has proved beneficial in allaying the more urgent symptoms.
Blood-letting is out of the question.—National Live-Stock Journal.
There are many sections where Merinos
are the most profitable breed of sheep to
keep. But railroads and steamboats lead
to rapid and wonderful changes. There
was a time when I thought Cotswold or
mutton sheep could not be raised with profit in the far West. I thought ;it was to*
far from market, but if cattle can be raised
and shipped with profit to England, long
wooled mutton sheep can be raised and
and shipped with still greater profit. We
do not raise more than half as much combing wool as the American manufacturers
require.
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Salt,Sulphur and CharooalforPigs;
We have observed that when pigs are fed
a great deal of hearty food, they are fond of
salt and charcoal. Pigs are often affected
with indigestion, and the salt and charcoal
are good remedies. We cannot very well
mix these things with their food in the
right proportion, and, moreover, it would
not be best to attempt to force a pig to eat
them unless it wanted to, or else its appetite might be destroyed and harm come
from tho experiment; but by mixing the
salt and charcoal together, and putting
them in a box accessible to the pigs, they
will eat no more than required, i There is
no danger in putting either salt; charcoal
or sulphur, where the pigs can get them,
but to mix them in their food mi^ht injure
them, especially if any one of them should
possess a voracious appetite. Hogs will
eat a considerable quantity of sulphur, and
it is exceedingly healthful to them as a
purifier ofthe blood, and to help them to
get rid of the vermin which infest their
bodies inside and out. We want the pigs
we are going to eat to have plenty of sulphur, at least all they will take. Their
flesh makes better food.—Rural N. Yorker.
'pcfmimrtj.
knots as in farcy. I will be thankful for
any information about the disease.
K. H.
Monrovia, Nov. 14.
—At flrst reading I thought another
horse had bitten the ear, which often occurs, but the other «ar being ailing
would indicate a suppurative disease of
some kind. Paint the diseased ear with
tincture of iodine once per day, and give
conditipn powder. Take the lopped ear
and stitch the edges together, one stitch
below the bend, and two or three above;
in this way you convert the ear into a
tubular form, which cannot bend readily.
Blister the surface, or treat with iodine
to stiffen the bars.
Dandruff.
For the Indiana Farmer.
,. T*re is always at this season of the year
an *- ^cumulation of a peculiar kind of dust
or i vlidruffon the horse, lying on the skin,
ab"'lAtlie IO0ia ot tne nair* With good
cm,'■/comb and brush, by giving it daily
att***t|on the skin can be kept clean. Is it
befrli the horse is exposed frequently to
ool?T iin**>, sleets and snows, thus to groom
hirr;r or is this substance thrown out
t_irJ) ;h the pores of the skin as a protection^ S. P. B.
■Oi-*Wn castle, Nov. 16.
"■*'—*rour horse is perhaps no worse affected than all horses are in this season
of tht-1 year. Nature at this season in-
vi_ts*'.'.ates the skin and hair bulbs for the
accumulation of hair, and a lengthening
of tl*jp hair, already furnished by the
more vigorous bulbs, to make provision
for b. warm covering to meet the necessary demands of nature. Therefore the
more vigorous the skin becomes, the
mtM\j *the insensible perspiration is
thrown out through the sweat pores, and
this'-when dry makes dandruff. The se-
cre'jfyttf is necessary to the hair but the
dajzJfcvft is not.   Clean your horses and
Of course it
won't";do,tb*~6h*nr theni-MyietlMg thetc
out *ofl,t»e stable or leaving them stand
at a. horae-blocfe unblanketed, with ot
without dandruff.
^h* <$
mil.
Postal-Card Correspondence
The answers to the following queries are given by
John N. Navin, V. S., of this city, author ol Navln*s
Explanatory Stock Doctor. _   j.^ ar it        •*
  ■'■:•■ ■-? >*■***& Jttyixn in all weather,
- .      -.—    Blind Staggers.        - -*-' * -
A. K., Putnam county, asks what to do
with hogs bavins the "blind staggers." He
has several shoats that stumbij about
when walking, and fall over, anil-Wroth at
the mouth.
—Your hegs have a disease called cist
on the brain, a sac of water on the brain
—called in this country "go round."
Take a mallet of wood, place a .cushion
of several thickpesses of cloth on the
pig's head and strike over the pail. Don't
place it over the brain, where usually
-struck to kill, but above. By this the
cist may be burst and a cure effected.
KMC EIJLAXEOI-S.
c.
C. BTJBOESS, DentiBt.   Office in room 4 Va-
Jen's Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
OTBAYED—Three milch cows, one piebald, with
O right horn peeled oil. Two red, one with rope
on horns; the other thin in fleih. All from 8 to 10
years old. Address F. M. SELBi", No. 1 Prospect
street, Indianapolis. Indiana.	
THE old reliable Indianapolis Business College,
Bates Block, opposite the postofllce, imparts
a Practical, Useful and Profitable Education, meeting the wants of nine-tenths of the yonng 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 KOEBNEB A UQODIEB, Indianapolis, Ind.
■VTOTICE ls hereby given that a petition has been
J> tiled with the Honorable Board of Connty Commissioners for Its action at the next January term.to
vacate so much of Becord's fourth addition to the
town of Lawrence, Marion county, as is Included in
lots (1-25) one to twenty-flve inclusive, of Becord's
subdivision of lots (5 and 6) five and six, bearing thi
date.   Plat book No. 4, page 188.
LUELLA F. McWHIBTEB, Petitioner.
IndlanapoUs, Ind„ Nov. 25,1873.
IrOASH.
M'
ONEY to  loan on  Improved Farms.   M. E.
VINTON, Indianapolis. Ind.	
T OAN-MONEY—In sums of 1300 to 110,000, on
_i_J improved farms in Indiana, at eight per cent.
Interest, payable annually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part ol it can be paid at any
rUme. H. & PALMES A CO.. No. 7S East Market
St. .Indianapolis, Ind.
A Test for Sheep-Worrying   Dogs.
The following is from the report ofthe district veterinary surgeons is Wurtemburg:
In Febuary of 1874 a dog attacked a flock
of sheep and killed eleven. The shepherd
reported the circumstance to Veterinary
Surgeon Osterstag, who soon after discovered a dog which, from its general appearance and muddy condition, he suspected,
to be the culprit. He accordingly resolved
to test his suspicions by giving it an emetic;
the effect of which was to bring up some
flesh and an ear, corresponding to that of
one ot the sheep which had been partially
devoured. Another dog was also suspected, and to this was applied the same
treatment, but the creature only vomited
food of an entirely different character. In the
law court the owner of the first dog had to
pay for the whole of the worried sheep.
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The American Cotswolds.
Mr. Joseph Harris, of "Mouton Farm,"
N. J., well known as an agricultural writer,
writes  the following:   I am decidedly of
the opinion that the "coming sheep" of
this country will be what  I call "American Cotswolds."    I have, hitherto called
these  sheep  "Cotswold   Merinos."    This
designates their origin.    But the time has
now arrived when the name loses its significance.    For instance, I have   Cotswold
Merino lambs with three and four crosses of
pure Cotswold blood in them.    In other
words, these lambs have 93M per cent, of
pure blood in them, and only _]_ per cent,
of the native or Merino sheep.   The next
cross will have only 3.12M per cent, of native or Merino blood, and the next only a
little over iy_ per cent.    A few years hence
American Cotswold blood sheep  will be
shipped by thousands and tens of thousands
every week to the English markets.   Thei e
is no reason why they are not now shipped
in large numbers, except the fact that they
cannot be found.    We do not raise enough
of them or feed them well enough.    Our
beef cattle are better than our mutton sheep.
The intelligence and skill of the American
sheep breeder have been largely directed
to  the perfection  of the   Merino  sheep.
Wool and yolk have been the objects aimed
at,  and great success has  attended their
efforts.    There are no better fine-wooled
sheep in  the world  to-day, than can be
found in the United States.
rVDIANA.
Babtholomew Co., Nov. 27.—The wheat
is looking much better since the rains.
Corn is not more than a, __to% ot crop and
of an inferior quality. Hogs are not plenty.
J. A. P.
Henby Co., Nov. 27.—I havo an ear of
corn that has 22 rows and 64 grains per
row, making 1,408 grains to the ear. Another which has 28 rows and 46 grains per
row, or 1,288 grains. I think this beats
"J. A. E's" ears of corn. J. P. R.
Babtholomew Co., Nov. 26.—A great
deal of the com that was gathered early
moulded and had to be rehandled. Wheat
on the black land, in consequence of rapid
growth, has been damaged. Corn is chaffy.
The hog crop is light. Clayton.
Rush Co., Nov. 28.—Corn is not very good
in quality; yield about 60 bushels per acre.
Growing wheat looking fine. Potatoes an
average crop. No hog cholera; all are doing
fine, with an upward tendency in prices.
Stock of all kinds doing well.      J. L. I_,
HtwnNdTON Co., Nov. 24.—Wheat looks
well. Times are good. Everybody jubilant over the prospect of another good crop.
Men are buying "store clothes;" women
laying aside calico for silk; horses stepping
around in new harness, and Tom Benton
yellow mint drops jingling in every pocket.
H. H.
Wabash Co., Nov. 22.—The growing
wheat looks well; large crop town, With
another such year as the one jnst past old
Wabash will wheel into line and stand second to none in the State. Hogs healthy
and doing well. Corn about % crop. Clover seed is turning out well. Pasture better now than any time during the summer. P. H. G
What Ails My MareP
Sdltors Indiana Farmer:
She is three years' old, well formed, and
weighs 1,350 pounds. When travaling her
steps are short and lame, but when standing she rests one hind foot and then the
other, by setting the resting foot on the
toe; changing as often as every minute.
Please to give treatment. W. C. F.
Waterloo.
—Your horse had, when you wrote,
all the symptoms of spinal meningitis,
but if she is alive now, those symptoms
must be attributed to a sprain in the
back, or an affection of the kidneys. For
the latter, give sweet spirits of nitre, two
ounces in water every two hours until
healthy aqueous secretions are obtained.
If of the former, blister the loins freely,
using the liquid blister.
Pounder.
I have a bad case of founder. The hoof-
are coming oft The mare came under my
care about a week ago, and the bottoms of
hsr feet were full of proud flesh. I have
got that all out and now she can begin to
walk, and I want to know ho \ grow the
hoof out again in the right shape. Please
answer through the Fabmeb.     C. M. F
Rush Co,
—All you need to do is to keep the old
hoof cut or pared away, leaving at least
from a half to a quarter of an inch between the lower edge of the new and
the upper edge of the old hoof, for if the
new hoof has to work under or push
against the old one, you will have a very
poor hoof, at best. The new will not be
as good a*s the old has been. Be sure to
not leave the little lamella? on the coffin
bone to obstruct the m*w ones.
KORTII CAROLINA.
Randolph Co., Nov. 22.—We had the
dryest fall on record in this State Oorn
gathered and about average erop, and good
quality. Wheat acreage ovor that of la-st
year. Early sown looks well, butlatosown
not up yet. Hogs are scarce but healthy.
Will not make pork enough for homo consumption. Horses and mules low except
for extra flne, which bring good pricos.
Farm labor J7 to $10 per month. We have
six cotton factories in this county, and
three or four more are building,
C. Gbay.
ItlNSUIJItl.
McDonald Co., Nov. 27.—This is the extreme southwestern county in Missouri,
bordering on the Indian Territory. We
had fair crops this season. This is a tolerably good country, and the climate delightful. It is not as good a country though,
nor are the seasons as reliable as Indiana or
Illinois. People who have good farms east of
the Mississippi had better keep them. Thoy
won't do any better to come west. I have
lived in Canada, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Missouri.   Have been here eleven years.
G. Bbown.
ILLINOIS.
McLean Co., Nov. 29.—Corn is a good
crop here. Wheat in flne order for winter.
Prices fair for all we have to sell. Most of
the fat hogs are either sold or contracted
for at fair prices. C. C. David.
Cumbebland Co., Nov. 24.—We have a
fair corn crop this year. Wheat is now
looking very promising, and the acreage U
double the average of wheat.     VT. L, K.
Watnb Co., Nov. 28.—The late rains have
dissipated all fears about the growing
wheat, and it looks very fine. Corn a fair
crop—not extra. Donelbon.
MoultbiB Co., Nov. 27.—Our growing
wheat enters winter in very fin's condition.
Corn is a good crop. Stock healthy this
year. J. R. R.
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Mo-Trob Co.. Nov. 27.-
-Wheat looka -well
That Twenty-Fivo Cent Pee.
Editors Indiana Farmen
In the matter of the 25 cent fee which
I paid for the privilege of removing my
tbings'*from the fair ground, Secretary
Heron thinks I either allowed myself to
be imposed on, or misrepresented the
facts in the case, and as I had no intention to "misprepresent the facts in the
case" I conclude that I have been imposed on, and I think the imposition
was by order bf the State board. At any
rate I p-^id a 25 cent fee which had not
beeu asked of me at other times when I
came to remove my property.
Por the information of all who may be
interested I will say that I paid the fee
at the gate. On former occasions when
I came to the gate, on Saturday morning,
and told the gate-keeper that I was an
exhibitor, and had come to remove my
property he would politely stand aside
and tell me to drive in, but this year he
informed me that his orders were to
admit only on presentation of a 25 cent
ticket. I am fully satisfied that the
board issued a special order requiring exhibitors to pay a 25 cent fee, for if I had
not been recognized as an exhibitor the
fee for a two-horse team and driver
would have been 75 cents.
If this fee was not collected by order
of the board they are perhaps as much
interested in finding out who imposed
on the exhibitors as I am. I know of
others besides myself who paid the fee.
Prank Williamson.
Nora, Ind.
What Ails My Colt?
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I wish to know what ails my onlt. One
ear lops or hangs down, bending squarely,
about % of the way from the point. * Ir i*
somewhat swollen and is rather miff; it
shows no Bigns of being hurt. Ho weems
to have no power to raise the ear erect, but
can move it backwards and forwards. In
the last week I have noticed the other ear
is becoming swollen' near the point with
some lumps on the large cord of the ear,
giving it a very knotty appearance with a
yellowish water or pus, exuding from the
Railroad 'Items.
Over 1,600 freight cars were received
and forwarded last week over the Jeffer-
sonville, Madison and Indianapolis rail*
road.
The Vandalia Railroad Company employs over 2,700 men in the different departments of her business.
The Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette road is now delivering more hogs
from points on their line, to Indianapolis
thuxi at Cincinnati.
F'-r'he ten months ending October
31--', 2 !>i0 miles of railroad were built in
Un-P'-ited Hta*>'s; over 5,000 miles were
west of the Mississippi.
Mr. J. W. Brown, general ticket and
passenger agent of the I., B. and W. has
declined the appointment of a similar
position with the Hannibal and St. Joe
railroad. We are glad to know that Mr.
Brown, who is one of our most popular
railroad men, prefers to remain with us.
again Bince our late rainB. Corn is not as I
g<ryi a yiel*?,, as was supposed. Hogs
healthy. Cattle rather scarce ihid worth
from 2K to Z\4 cents. Sheep scarce and
high. The Indiana Fabmkb has hosts of
friends in this county. The Fabmeb
now comes to almost every family in this
locality, and will come to every one if I
can get my way. J. "V. B,
Fbanklin Co., Nov. 26*.—Wheat in this
vicinity is in about average condition.
The early sown looked quite yellow, some
dead and dying before the late rains, but
is now looking better; rather more
than common sown. Corn is little mora
than % of a erop in bulk and less in weight
and quality, caused by two wind stormB in
August. Stock pasture is nearly worthless, so much of it is down in the mnd.
Hay crop is light. Hogs are tolerably
healthy and stock generally doing well.
MINSrE-SOTA.
Winona  Co.,  Nov.  27.—Weather  flne;
ground frozen solid;  roads  splendid;  all
crops fair.    Wheat ?1 ..; corn 25 to 30c;
peachblow potatoes 35c.   Times improving.
H. M. Mabtin.
IOWA.
Benton Co., Nov. 26.—It has been seasonable here, and stock enters winter in
good condition. Our corn crop is flne, and
other crops were also falrto good. General
prosperity prevails among all classes.
A. G. James.
kajtsas.
Labette Co., Nov. 27.—We have had
quite a tide of immigration this fall, and
times are good. The corn crop was a fair
one, and ditto wheat. Growing wheat crop
fine. Stock in fine wintering condition,
A. W. Geobqb.
KENTUCKY.
Habdin Co., Nov. 28.—The dry fall damaged wheat some, but the plant has Bent Its
roots unusually deep for tlie moisture, and
will therefore winter well. Corn was only
a fair crop—much of it is light. Stock are
in good wintering order. F. C. J.
..    MoNTqo.MEBir  Co.,   Nov.  29.—Corn ^s
'.imht^.S be;in6ire* rSh&fl'y'tEah 6xpeeteu,'''anil*****
WIirVeIgt»*C gbt,    Wheat in all tilo tlralneti
land stoou the drouth fine and now looks
well.   Stock in good condition and health.
A. O.
Pbeblb Co., Nov. 20.—Corn ls nearly all
husked and Is only a fair crop here. Apples rotted badly. Wheat very promising,
and is rooted very deep and In fine condi»
tion tor winter. B. E.
Fbanklin Co., Nov. 29.—Wheat looks
well in this part of Ohio. Corn is weighing
lighter than anticipated and is below average. E. J. Allhn.
NERRASKA.
Sewabd, Nov. 22.—Farmers are still
husking corn. The crop is very good, averaging 50 to 75 bushels por acre. Wheat
went to 15 to 20 bushels por acre. Potato
crop good. Stock hogs scarce and high.
Farm hands get $12 to ?15 per month. We
had a greater rain fall in this Stato this year
than ever before.   Success to the Fabmeb.
P. E. J.
IXOUIOA.
Leesbubo, Nov. 22.—The weather is flne.
We are sending oranges north by the boat
load. Farmers are sowing oats, rye, etc.
Owing to the warm fall weather fruit trees
are still growing. A sudden cold snap
would, under such conditions, injure oranges and other trees belonging to that
family. Wm. H. M.
mciu(iAN.
Jackson Co., 27.—Wheat looks as flne as
Illinois Industrial University.
The College of Agriculture of the
Illinois Industrial University will hold
its annual course of public lectures and
discussions on agricultural topics commencing Tuesday, January 27th, 1880.
It is expected this course will be even
more valuable and interesting than those
held in the past, and it is hoped a still
larger number of farmers and farmers'
wives will avail themselves of its advantages. Some of the most important
questions connected with our agriculture
will be discussed. In addition to the
work ofthe professors of the university,
the aid of leading agriculturists ofthe
State Is expected. A full programme
will soon be issued. There will be no
fees. Reduced rates of fare on railroads
are expected. Boarding can be secured
at low rates. The university libraries,
museums, shops, farms, etc., will be
open to those in attendance.
For young farmers and others who
may be able to give the winter months
to better preparation for their work, a
course has been especially arranged.
Prom January 7th to March 23d, daily
lectures will be given "on general farm
management, breeding and care of live
stock, and diseases of aHimais. Those
attending these classes will have access
to this large agricultural and veterinary
library, frequent veterinary clinics and
the public lectures given to the students
I ever saw it at this season.   Apples rotted of the College of Agriculture
badly this season.   Potato crop a good one.'
E. E. R.
Ltcsawee Co,, Nov. 29.—We did not have
the dry weather in tho fall that was felt in
your State.   The corn crop was well matured.   Wheat doing fine—large acreage.
J. Donaldson.
Further information may be obtained
by addressing O. E. Morrow, Prof, of
agriculture, Champaign, 111.
What natural necessity is there tor the
tongue to be the one essential organ of
soeial feeling.
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