Yol. IX.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 22, 1874.
No. 33.
Indiana Parmer Family,
Est us have enough of this brie/ correspondence lo
fill a page.
SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
Yevay, August 17,1874.
I think your suggestion for brief postal
card correspondence from all parts of the
State a capital one, and hope every quarter
will embrace it. Corn in this county is
good; the dryweatherma.de timothy short;
fruit' an average crop. I hope some one
better posted will report the hog crop.
S. L.. ..
'LAPORTE   COUNTY.
Laport^" August 18, 1874.-
Good idea, this postal card interchange
of information, and your thoughtfulness
in behalf of the farmers, will make the
Indiana Farmer dearer to us than ever.
We have a heavy corn crop, and hay was
also an extra crop this year. Corn will
mature much earlier this year than usual,
and if the weather keeps favorable it will
be in market in October. C. R.
orange county.
Oranoeville, August 15, 1874.
I comply with your request for information in regard to the hog crop. Hog crop
short \. Farmers selling' to feeders on
White River bottoms. Not more than }
the usual number will be fatted in this
township. Dry and hot, no appearance of
rain. If it don't rain soon corn will be
cut short more than "J. Pastures'dry
enough to burn, stock water scarce.
Wheat more than average yield, and of
extra quality. Oats J crop. Hay •£ crop.
Fruit scarce.   Grangers confident.
Yours,        . W. C. Shirley, Sec'ry
. Lost River Grange,   No. 1,144 P. of H.
Notes by the Way.
CONNERSVILLE.
On the 4th instant we attended the
meeting of the Grange Picnic at Connersville, in Fayette county. The meeting
was held, on the fair.grounds about half
mile Irom the town. About 10 A. si. a
grand procession was formed in which
twenty-six Granges were represented, accompanied with music, and the display of
beautiful banners. A very able and eloquent address was made by Brother Line,
of Franklin county, then came the sumptuous repast.    The  writer spoke about
were not less than 8,000 people assembled,
and the procession took about one hour to
file into the grounds headed by enlivening
music. After a bounteous dinner the
writer was introduced »to an audience
greater than* could be reached by any
human voice. • **
The Blues.
Few are the individuas that do not at
some time in their lives have "the blues."
A fit of indigestion, reaction from excessive physical or mental excitement, endless routine, and other causes well nigh
innumerable, provoke the attack of this
Myg Stock-
Sale of Short-Horn Cattle.
The public sale of the Hazel Bluff Herd
of Short-Horn Cattle, the property of
Claude Matthews, of Clinton, Vermillion
county, Indiana, took place on the Fair
Ground at Terre Haute on Thursday, the
13th instant.
The crowd in attendance was not large,
but a large proportion of those present
came as buyers, and the fine animals to
be sold were examined with great care
and interest by many experienced breeders
CASS COUNTY.
Logansport, August 17,1874.
The wheat is all threshed in this section
of country, and makes about half a crop.
If all the Granges would have their members report to their Grange how many
bushels they had, and the number of
acres harvested, we could very nearly
learn the amount of wheat raised in the
State. The corn crop is good. Apples
falling off the trees badly.
We are to have a grand union picnic of
Howard and Carroll counties, near Poplar
Grove, the 27th of this month. Hon.
Henley James and J. J. W. Billingsley
have been invited.-  Fraternally,
R. D. Barker.
^ """       PARTRIDGE COCHINS.
The property of I. N. Barker, Thorntown, Ind., offered.as a prize for clubs to Indiana Farmer.
Bonnie Airdrie, 4 months old, sold to
Col. Scott, for 8105.
Queen Oneida, 3 months old, sold to
Wm. Stewart, Taylor, Ills., for $300.
The total of the sales was $7,695.
The 23 head of cows and heifers brought
$6,645, or an average of §288,05 per head.
The six bulls sold for $1,050, being an average of $175. On the whole the prices received were encouraging, though several
ofthe animals ought ^o have brought
larger sums.
Ofthe cows, Illinois took four head at
an average of $627,50, Indiana took eight
head at an average of §261,85 and Iowa
eleven head at an average of $185,45. Of
the Bulls, Illinois took one at $300; Ind. 3,
at an average of $180, and Iowa 2 at $105,
each.
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Cattle Feeding iu Canada.
The Canada Farmer gives an interesting account of the cattle feeding carried
on upon the lake shore near theJDon. Of
the number of cattle now being fatted for
the butcher there, 1700 belong to one
man—Mr. James Britton. These are kept
in three sheds, the two smaller Jones con-
taining450 each, and the largest^one '800
beeves. The cattle are fed in stalls separated by light partitions, and these they
never leave from their first entrance till
they are sent to the shambles.
Ihe stalls are built in rows facing each
ether and just far enough apart to give
room forthe troughs in which the steamed corn, slops and hay are fed. The space
in the rear of the cattle is scraped out
twice a day, and every nook and corner of
the vast establishment is keptscrupulous-
ly.neai and clean. The hay is kept in lofts
overhead, and 2500 tons have been consumed in the last seven months. The cattle
are fed three times a day, their hides rubbed down and a careful inspection made,
to see if any show signs of disease. Since
the sheds were filled last November there
have been but four sick animals found.
Thirty men are employed constantly and
have all they can do to feed, clean and
care for the 1700 bullocks. Another
establishment near by contains, over
1000 head.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Brooklyn, August 17, 1874.
Your suggestion to farmers to report
and suggest on postal cards is a good idea.
I have thought that if Dr. Furnas will tell
definitely,"for the readers of the Farmer,
how he builds his concrete houses, particularly how the cement is prepared, in
what proportions the ingredients are mixed,
&c, he would interest and benefit many
readers, among whom is
Wm.Richey.
DEARBORN COUNTY.
Aurora," August 17, 1874.'''
Wheat is being threshed   and   proves
above   an   average , crop.   Corn will  be
below an average,' on'account of drouth.
Hay short. T. J.
The Patrons and Politics.
In order to fully satisfy himself- regarding the introduction of politics in the
Grange, a prominent Patron of Hennepin
Co., Minn., addressed a letter to Grand
Master Adams of the National Grange,
making inquiry on this point, td which he.
received the: following emphatic response:*
WAtrKONV Iowa, July llth, 1874i ■
Dear Sir and Brother -Your favor at
hand, and in reply would say: I have no
doubt but the Master of your State
Grange will promptly apply the correction to any subordinate Grange which so
far forgets its constitutional obligation as
to take part in partisan politics. I fully
agree with you that our_ Order must not,
as such become a political organization,
but I most earnestly hope that our members will be true to their duty as American citizens, and take an active and prom-
, inent part in molding the institutions and
'laws of our country.
- ' Fraternally Yours,
Dudley W. Adams
one hour and a half to as attentive an
audience as it has ever been his pleasure
to address. Fayette county is one of the
oldest in the State and nobly holds her
place as one of the foremost in agriculture.
SALEM.
The meeting of the Grange Picnic at
Salem, Washington county, on the 6th
instant, was in point of numbers simply
immense, not less than 15,000. Every
preparation had been made to make the
occasion one of pleasure and profit. The
meeting was addressed by Mr. Buchanan,
Mr. Newsome, Mr. Sanders, and the writer.
east enterprise.
On the 8th instant we arrived at East
Enterprise, in Switzerland county, near
which is the^beautiful fair grounds of the
county, where the Picnic was held. Not
less than 6,000 people were assembled,
with music and banners. After a sumptuous repast the writer addressed* the immense audience for about one hour and a
half, oh the ennobling and elevation of
labor/and was followed by Hon. Milton
Gregg, of Dearborn, in a well timed
speech. ..., ,V
X--CROPS.. ■
I.,noticed some,of the best fields of
corn in Switzerland county I have seen in
the State; timothy was a short crop, fruit
about an average.
Old Switzerland county.will give a good
report of herself in the future. Our Order
is composed of the very! best citizens of
the county, who are fully aroused as to
the'Wants of the producing and laboring
classes. , '   *  : *•.'.*'*.'     .
BROOKVILLE. '   ■ '■■-:
Old Franklin county, second to none,
as witnessed on the 13(th instant, when her
sons of toil turned out to the number oi?
six or seven thousand. The day was excessively warm and but little shade on the
fair ground, yet the people by the acre,
gave good attention to the writer during
the address.
FRANKFORT.
I'Visited the beautiful county of Clinton
on the 15th. The Patrons' Picnic was
held on the fair grounds, as inviting, a
place as we have seen in the State.   There
enemy to cheerfulness. In order that it
may be dislodged, remedies physical, intellectual, or spiritual, according to the
state of the case, should be at once applied. A visit to the abodes of poverty or
the haunts of vice, a good night's sleep,
an interesting novel, a change of air and
scene will often put the blue specters to
flight and restore the normal state of content. But when everything fails, one can
fall back on reason and philosophy, on
faith and patience, on stubborn persistence in hoping against hope, on reflections
upon the common lot. Is it poverty that
seems to array its terrors against one's
peace? "The poor we have always, with
us." Struggles against want and with
necessities are the rule with the great
masses of mankind, and not the exception.
Is it treachery on the part of friends?
Christ had his Judas, Washington his
Arnold.   Is it bereavement?
'^Tliere is no flock, however loved and tended,
But one dead lamb is there."
And if we go through the whole category of human complaint, we shall find
that not only what is common to mankind
has happened to us. .Regular mental or
physical activity has a great effect in producing uniform cheerfulness. . Said • the
proprietor of a large farm who has in his
employ a score of menon the place. '"The
day-laborer is the happiest man of all,* for
when six o'clock comes his work is over
and he can rest without any worry."
"Then you would like to go back, and be
in his position?" we ventured to inquire.
A lbok significant and a shrug of the
shoulders was all the reply.. Doubtless,
the happy day-laborer has dark hours in
thinking of what may happen in case of
sickness, misfortune and old age.: After
all, the best way to get rid ef the blues is
to run away from them. No : arguments
will counteract nervous depression.: no
philosophy restore blighted hopes. Time
and change of work and mighty cures.
But becauseonemay happen, to ..labor
under a visitation of melancholy, he need
not cause everybody around him to suffer.
Cowper wrote his Sir John Gilpin that he
might himself laugh and cause laughter in
others. Cervantes peopled >' a gloomy
Spanish cell for many a weary year with
characters and incidents that have kept
the world in a broad grin ever since.
Thus he fought the blues and set a good
example to those that came after him. If
one with a strong will breaks away from
influences around him, and either seeks
or in some way creates a new atmosphere,
he will in nine-cases out of ten leave the
blues behind him.
from Iowa, Illinois and Ohio, as well as
Indiana.
The presence of Col. J. W. Judy, the
prince of auctioneers, insured lively bidding and good humor.
The following is a list of the animals
sold, the prices paid, and names and residences of buyers:
COWS  AND  HEIFERS.
Hazel Queen 1st, 4 years old, sold to
Wm. Stewart, Taylor, 111., for $910.
Hazel Queen 2d, 3 years old, sold to
A. S. Scott, Seymour, 111., for $800
Sallie Trimble, 13 years old, sold to W.
C. Byce. Bluff Creek, Ind., for $150.
Mary Trimble. 7 years old. sold Col. John
Scott, Nevada. Iowa, for $205.
Hose Fletcher, 5 months old, sold to T.
M. Taylor, Decatur, 111., for $500.
Clinton Belle. 4 years old, sold to Col.
John Scott, for $2(35.
Mary Fletcher, 4 years old, sold to Col.
John Scott, for $290.
Belle Fletcher, 5 years old, sold to N.
R. Jones, Humboldt, Iowa, for $150.
Lydia Pell, 2 years old, sold to B. H.
Campbell, Batavia, 111., for $300.
■  Red Blossom 1st, 8 years old, sold to A.
S. Bryan, Greencastle, Ind., for $650.
Drexa, 1 year old, sold to N. R. Jones,
Humboldt, Iowa, for $190.
.  Llewellyn, 2 years old, sold to J. L.
Thomas, Newport, Ind., for $220,
Hoosier Lily, 5 years old, sold to N. R.
Jones, for $165. >      .■■■■,■      ..:.■.!•■■
Young Twin, 16 years old, sold to Col.
John Scott, for $85.  -
Red Blossom, 2d, 2 yeaJs old, sold to J.
T. .Williamson, Thornton, Ind., for $455.
Red Blossom, 3d, 1 year old, sold to' C.
W. Waterman, Eugene. Ind., for $220.
Bonnie Eyes and calf, 13 years old, sold
to Col. Scott, for $200.  -. •        ..*••..'
Bonnie Eyes, 3rd, 4 years sold ta CoL
Scott, for $155. ■■•'■*•■■ -.' ■ ■'■■• -;
' Bonnie Eyes, 5th, 2 years, old, sold > to
John Sutherland, Laporte, Ind., for $215.
. Bonnie Eyes, 6th, 2 years old, sold to
Col. Scott, for $230. , -....-. ■
• Bonnie.Eyes, 7th, 1 year old, sold to
George Dunham, Terre Haute, for $100.
, Lilly Brown, 14 years old) sold to A.
Menhennick, Atherton, Ind.. for $85.
Zelana, 7 years old, sold to Col. Scott,
for$105.
Duncans Airdrie, Bull, 10 years old,
sold to Joseph Cook, Newport, for $300.
Kenilworth, 8 months old, sold to J. R.
Dunlap, Perrysville, Ind., for $115.
Hoosier Boy, 5 months old, sold to N.
R. Jones, for $105,
Iago, 4 months old, sold to Wm. Hall,
Terre Haute, for $125.
Watering Horses after Meals.
A full drink of water, immediately after
being fed, should never be allowed to
horses. When water is drunk by them,
the bulk of it goes directly to the large intestines, and little of it is retained in the
stomach. In passing through the stomach,
however, the water carries considerable
quantities of the contents to whero it
lodges in the intestines. If, then, the
foodof horses' stomachs is washed out before it is digested, no nourishment will be
derived from the feed. In Edinburgh,
some old horses were fed with split peas,
and then supplied with water immediately before being killed. It was found that
the water had carried the peas from fifty
to sixty feet into Ithe intestines, where no
digestion took place at all.
Mr. Cassie is quite correct in the views
set forth regarding the injurious effects of
large quantities of water swallowed immediately after eating. A small quantity of
fluid swallowed along with, or immediately after dry food, beneficially softens it and
assists in its subdivision and digestion.
An inordinate supply of water, or of watery
fluid, on the other hand, proves injurious.
It dilutes unduly the digestive secretions;
it mechanically carries onward the imperfectly digested food, and thus interferes
with the proper functions of the canal and
excites indigestion and diarrhoea. These
untoward effects are especially apt to occur
where horses freely fed and too liberally
watered, are shortly put to tolerably quick
work. There is no more infallible method
of producing colic, diarrhoea, and inflammation of the bowels.* The horse is not
peculiar in this effect; dogs, and even their
masters, similarly suffer from copious
draughts of water immediately after eating
much solid food.—iV~. Y. Herald.
■' • - * Drove of Shetland Ponies*
The Rural Press, of California, say3:
"Mr. Cory, of Sulson City, has been away
across the Atlantic Ocean to the Shetland
Isles, and brought back with him a drove
of horses. And, oh! such horses. The
largest one in the band is just a little taller
than the table. , Many of them are so
small that if you were to ride them, you
would have to be careful, else they would
walk under the dining table and push you
off. Mr. Cory paid 150 for the large one
in Shetland. He is twice as large as many
of the drove ; and he is just forty inches
high on the withers. This one is held by
Mr. Cory at $1,000. None can be had without paying a big price. Mr. Cory sold one
medium sized one for $600, last week.
, They are poor, and not over the voyage
yet. The Shetland Islands lie off the
I north coast of Scotland."
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