J. P. Forsyth, of Franklin, Johnson
county, Indiana, paid a visit to Canada,
to purchase stock, and made the following selections: The horse Lord Clyde,
imported this year by Beattie & Miller,
White Vale out from Scotland. Lord
Clyde is a good bay, star on face and two
white feet, five years old, stands : 16}
hands, weighs 1,750 pounds, a compact,
even horse—in fact a Morgan on a large
scale; good head, finely arched, well set
on to rising withers; a short, strong
back ; ribs well sprung, deep chest, short
legs, any amount of bone and muscle,
sound, good feet, And from the same
party an imported Cotswold ram, one year
old—a sheep for superior quality 'and
size, from Mr. John Miller; a one year
old Cotswold ram from Mr. James Lawrie;
10 Cotswold ewe lambs, got by a prize
ram also imported from Messrs Hopes;
4 Cotswold ewe lambs from R. Vardon,
6 Cotswold ewe lambs from John Wilson ;
3 South Down lambs; also a superior lot
of poultry of different breeds, from C.
Matthews and others—a good many of
them prize animals. Mr. F. also made a
purchase of 7 Cotswold ewe lambs from
Messrs. Johnson & Birrell—that he was
disappointnd in not having delivered to
him from some misunderstanding of the
parties—all of which Mr. Forsyth purchased to the best advantage; and well
may Johnson county be proud of his
selections, as we.think,h_iin_tha.right awn
in the right place.
Short-Horn Cow, PARTRIDGE, the property of Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Compton, P. Q.
Salt for Stock.
Hog Slaughtering at Indianapolis.
■ One of the editors of the Springfield
(Mas,) Union, who recently visited this
city, writes to his paper:
Why, just think of it, Indianapolis has
one pork factory which manufactures a
huge hog&ito placid pork in two minutes
by the watch. Messrs. Kingan & Co.,
the proprietors, have the largest pork
factory in the world, and pay out over
$7,000,000 annually in the regular transaction of their business. (I got these
figures from headquarters and know what
I am talking about.) Fifteen hundred
hogs are slaughtered daily, at an expense
of $25,000 for live stock, labor, casks,
boxes, salt, ice, etc., etc., and the curing
is done by a patent process which enables
the proprietors to ship their pork to foreign countries in the best possible shape.
AVhole floors of an immense building are
devoted to the slaughtering process, others to the curing, and others still to the
storing of pork in ' freezing cold apartments, where the coldest of cold air is
manufactured to order. I went through
the immense establishment from top to
bottom, and with pantaloons rolled up
like a regular butcher boy, I looked at the
gory scenes before me, scented the sanguinary battle as far off as I could, and
listened to the unearthly sounds of., the
dying squealers as they were soused into
hot water, cleaned from tip to tip of every
hair and bristle, hung up, quartered and
handsomely dissected into mince meat even
before life was scarcely extinct or the
kinks h.ad been taken out of their tails.
It was an exhibition worth looking atonce,
but once was enough for all time, and now
as I look back to the scenes of this morning, I can say in all candor, ''no sausages
in mine." Four hundred and thirty-two
thousand hoss were slaughtered in this one
establishment alone last year, and the
number will probably be somewhat increased this year. This immense business
has all been built up within seven or eight
years, and the firm have occasion to handle so much money in the regular transaction of their business, that they have a
banking house in New York devoted to
their own pecuniary affairs,
All the herbiverous domestic animals
are fond of salt; this fact, observed from
remote antiquity, was acknowledged by
the Greek and Roman farmers, and Virgil, who, in his Georgics, did nothing
more than to put into immortal verse the
precepts ofthe agriculturalists of Greece,
■recommended "that adult sheep should
each have ten grammes of salt, (or 150
grains, or 150--437ths of an ounce avoirdu-
poise), in addition to their usual ration
of food. In Europe in our days, in countries where salt is given to sheep, the average daily allowance to adult animals is
ten grammes per day. The salt is generally mixed with bran, broken grains,
or chopped roots, and served to them in
a manger. Salt to this amount favors
the growth of sheep, hastens the process
of fattening and sensibly improves the
quality and quantity of their wool.
The just daily ration of salt for adult
horned cattle, observation and experience has_ shown to be 120 grammes (or
1800 grains, or about four ounces). For
horses of average weight and size, seventy
grammes, (or 1050 grains, or 24 10 ounces),
is the_ daily ration. Salt increases the
quantity of butter in cow's milk: it accelerates the fattening of cattle destined
for the butcher, by increasing at the same
time their appetite andthe .strength of
their digestive organs.
Salt added to fodder of the second
quality corrects its faults ; it will be eaten
even by high-fed animals, which would
refuse it, were it not lightly salted. Its
utility is so clearly recognized in Switzerland, Germany, that the fact has taken
the form of a proverb, "A pound of salt
makes ten pounds of flesh." This is not
rigorously true ; salt neither contributes
to the maintenance nor the fattening of
cattle and other herbiverous domestic
animals. It does not act in the manner
of food. It serves solely to make animals profit completely by the nourishing
principles contained in their rations.
Taken in this sense, the German proverb
is not an exaggeration. In the establishments where the daily rations of the animals kept are submitted to the preparation above indicated, to render them more
digestible and profitable, they sprinkle a
little weak brine upon the chopped hay
andjstraw and roots, and lightly salt the
mashes and rye bread served to very
heavy horned cattle and to draught
horses. When economical considerations
do not permit agriculturists to give to
each kind of domestic animal named
above more than half the ration spoken
of, the useful effect of salt on their health
is made still more Sensible.—M. A.
Ysabeau.
Experiments in Feeding Hogs.
An Iowa farmer reports an experiment
made during the fall of 1870, ia feeding
twenty hogs, about one year old. They
were fed twenty-eight days on dry shelled
corn, consuming eighty-three bushels,
and gaining 837 pounds in weight, an
average gain of over tea^pounds to each
bushel of corn, which was thus made to
return a value of fifty aud two-fifth cents.
They were afterward fed fourteen days on
meal, ground fine and fed dry (a full supply of- water furnished,) and consumed
forty-seven bushels, gaining 553 pounds in
weight, or 111 pounds to each bushel fed,
the corn returning a value of 58} cents per
bushel. Afterward I hey were fed fourteen days on 55J bushels of meal mixed
with cold water, and made a gain of 731
pounds, or 13 1-C pounds to each bushel
of meal, the corn returning 55 5-6 cents
per bushel. They were then fed fourteen
days on 461 bushels of meal cooked, with
a gain of 696 pounds in weight, or very
nearly 15 pounds for each bushel of meal,
the corn returning 74 4-5 cents per bushel.
Experiments made at the farm of the
Maine Agricultural College, November
15th, 1869. to January 15th, 1870, in feeding four Chester pigs with whole corn and
with raw cornmeal, showed that the feeding value ofthe latter was 194-10percent.
greater than that of the former._ From
January 15th to April 18th. a trial was
made with raw cornmeal fed cold, and with
cornmeal scalded and fed blood warm.
The feeding value of raw meal was found
to be 4 7-10 per cent, greater than that of
the scalded meal fed warm.—Agricultural
Department Report.
Size of Pigs.
Scours in Horses.
When dysentery occurs in a horse riee-
water formed by boiling rice in water until it is very soft, should be the sole drink,
and given when cold. The' food should be
dry hay and chopped oats (or oats coarsely
ground). Two ounces of salt should be
given the horse to lick, daily. _ If these
do not cure, a quart of rice-milk (rice
boiled in milk until soft), strained, should
be-given frequently along with an ounce of
laudanum. If the purgation still continues the following may be administered:
1 pint chalk mixture, half an ounce tincture of catechu and one dram of powdered
opium. The food should be boiled rice
and hay and the drink rice-water. This
latter treatment should only be resorted
to alter patient trial with the others without result.—N.   Y.   Tribune.
Value of Blood.
The Texas cattle disease still exists   at
Stafford   Springs,   Conn.   One   yoke   of
oxen, belonging to the   Westmore   Lumber Company, have been slaughtered, and
Professor Cressy, of  the   Massachusetts
Agricultural College,   and   ex-Governor
Hyde have gone to make an  examination.
The state commissioners   have   examined
two of the suspected, herd of  beef   cattle
belonging to the Dimock   Brothers,   and
pronounced them healthy.   The remainder   of   the   herd will be butchered under
the direct supervision   of  Commissioner
jllyde.    The ease with which   the  disease
lis cummunicated is illustrated by the fact
'that one herd was infected by a   yoke   of
joxen used to switch off a  car   containing
some diseased animals.—Ex-
Sheep in Germany.
In the Practical Magazine of August,
Dr. F. Springmuhl gives some statistics
the production of wool in German v. from
which we learn that there are 29'000,000
sheep in that country; 14.000 OOOof which
are Merinos. 7,000,000 of English and
other foreign breeds, and 8,000.000 of native sheep. Part of the wool is exported
toother countries, aild the remainder is
manufactured, principally in Silesia, Sax-
ouyand   Brandenburg.
One of your correspondents  complains
that he fiuds the Berkshires much smaller
at a year old, than the pigs which he   usually keeps.   I have no means of knowing what breed of pigs he has heretofore
kept, but'fear he has made the  very Common mistake of looking too much  to   the
size   of  the   pig,   and not enough at the
weight of pork from a   given   amount   of
food.    Although it is admitted   that the
Berkshires are smaller at a given age than
our Chester Whites, yet there is   a  wide
difference between the different strains of
blood; even among  the   best,   some   are
much heavier at a given age than   others.
My own experience  with   thoroughbreds
has been about the same as that of your
correspondent,  though    they   make   the
greatest weight from a given   amount   of
food.    To increase the size I cross   them
with the Chester Whites, and obtain pigs
which I think are hard   to   surpass   for
family use; the_erowth  and   size,of the
Chester White is in a  great measure   retained, while the lean, well mixed flesh of
the Berkshire is not lost   by   the   cross.
When weighed right out of  the  pen and
tilled, we have found such pigs   to   lose
only 13 pounds to the 100 of live   weight.
T. J. E.—in Country Gentleman.
E. F., Madison Co., N. Y.: "Can I
afford to pay 580 for a Short-horn bull
calf, from a good milking family, to use in
my dair of thirty cows, rather than to use
a good common bull worth only $10 ?'' We
answer Yes, and more than 880. All good
dairymen are now learning the policy of
raising their own cows. Now, suppose
from your thirty cows you raise ten heifer
calves f'or the dairy. The milking strain
of Short-horn blood has proved itself excellent, both for quantity and quality of
milk. It also gives good feeding qualities,
and will produce a much more valuable
carcass for the butcher. We know some
half-blood Short-horns that give 7,000 to
8,000 pounds of milk, andinake 300 pounds
of butter per year. It is quite safe to say
that your heifers, at one year old, would
be worth $10 per head more than common
ones ; this, therefore, would pay you $100
extra the first year on the heifer account,
and if you should raise as many steers,
they would be worth as much extra. A
dairyman certainly makes a bad mistake
to use common bulls when he is raising heifers for the dairy or steers for the butcher.
He had better pay double the _ sum that
F., mentions for a bull of milking Shorthorn or   Ayrshire   or  Jersey blood.—N.
Y   Times.
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An cnthusiistic firmer in Mass., says:
"There ought to bs millions more sheep in
New England than there are to-day. I
believe it is thc most economical, and only practicable means of restoring the fertility ofthe soil. Why does every English farmer think sheep husbandry a
necessary part of his plans? and wherein
are we in New England differently situated ? I would like to see that inquiry
answered by you in print. The objections
are dogs and fences."
The N. Y. Commercial Bulhtin   says:
We read in the Sacrameuto journals of  a
recent conference there between the Executive Committee of the Grangers and the
managers of the Central  Pacific  railroad,
with a view to tlie amicable adjustment of
que9tionsrequiringsettlement, but mainly
for thc purpose of enlisting the railway in
two extensive and apparently   well   considered schemes of immigration, which the
Grangers for some time past have had   in
contemplation*   One of these is to facilitate the settlement of   unoccupied   lands
by a thrifty farming population, while the
other   looks  to   the   introduction   from
Europe ofa superior class of labor which
will add to the general prosperity   of  the
State.    The details are simple   and   comprehensive.   It is proposed,  in  the   first
place, to establish an Immigrant Bureau,
with headquarters at San Francisco,   the
duty of which will be to furnish accurate
information regarding eligible agricultural
lands in all parts of the State.    Through
the   machinery  of the   Grange, all such
land will be carefully registered, and   the
complete details concerning price,   situation, soil, climate,   transportation   facilities, etc., will be collected for the   use   oj
the Central Bureau.   In connection with
this,   a   committee    of    Grangers    will
establish communication with the Grangers of the Eastern and   Western   States.
■"By virtue of these arrangements it is proposed that the Central   Pacific   railroad
shall run, at stated intervals,   a   Granger
train from the East, to bring out such immigrants as shall have placed   themselves
under the care of the State,   organization.
Members of the Committee on   Immigration will accompany these trains and   see
to the comfort and   convenience   of  tho
immigrants, who, in this case,   it   is   anticipated, will be mainly persons of sufficient capital to purchase   land   on   their
arrival and procure the   necessary   stock,
etc.    The second enterprise contemplates
the importation from Europe ofa class of
hardy and industrious agricultural laborers.    The company expect   to   make   arrangements by which immigrants of   this
will   ba   brought   from   Bremen   to San
Francisco at a rate not to exceed $75 each
for the whole trip.    By this means   it   is
expected   that   in   the   course of a brief
period enough of hardy and   industrious
laborers can be   brought   from   Europe,
not only   to   elbow   out   'Chinese  cheap
labor' altogether, but to   add   immensely
to the industrial wealth of the   State   at
large.    We are not advised as yet   of  the
final arrangements with the railroad,   but
at last accounts the negotiations had sufficiently progressed to warrant the conclusion that they will be entirely   satisfactory
to the originators of the enterprise.
Road-Dust.
The American Agriculturist strongly
advises farmers to make a business of
gathering up road-dust for use as an. absorbent and fertilizer.    It says:—
"This is the most convenient absorbent
the farmer can command, and a few barrels of it will save a large amount of ammonia in the hennery, the privy, and the
stable. Hens should have a large open
box full of it under cover, where they may
dust themselves at their pleasure. It is
an excellent thing to have in the stable,
and, when saturated with urine, makes a
valuable fertilizer. The fineness of the
dust, continually ground by the iron tires
and horse shoes, is one cause ofits favorable action upon crops. That gathered
from a clay soil is best—indeed sand,
whether from the road or elsewhere, is of
but little use as a deodoriser or absorbent."
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New Crop Raising.
Ohio has 300 coal mines, from which
27.000 men annually produce over 5,000,-
000 tons of coal.
Messrs. Coly & Co., of Belfast, Ire-
laud have rented a packing-house in
Chicago, and will pack for the Belfast
market. Another wealthy firm, of Hamburg, have also sent their representatives
here to arrange for the packing of pork
and the purchase of provisions for the
German market, as a permanent branch ofj without number, go to make
Good Shout-horn Cow.—The first
prize milch cow at the late Ohio State Fair
was a five years old Short-horn, which
give 406 lbs. of milk in seven days on
grass alone; the milk making 14 lbs. 13
oz. of butter.
their business.
From all accounts the SweetGrass Hills
region, Dakota, must be a paradise. Major
Twining and other gentlemen pronounce
it the finest region they ever saw. From
the hills west to the mountains, 120 miles,
it is said to be delightful. Mountain
streams filled with trout, great herds of
buffalo feeding on the plains, elk and deer
up   its   at
tractions.
On this staple article   the   New   York
Bulletin <of the 30th ult. says:   Within a
comparatively   short   time    fully   50,000
boxes of new crop  Nalencie raisins   have
been sold in this market, niOBtly, if not all,
to  speculators.    These   operations   have
been based on the relatively low prices for
that description of fruit, consequent upon
very large   arrivals   within a few weeks.
Not  only   have  raisins  been   relatively
cheap, compared with other kinds, but also as compared with   those ruling at this
time last year, when  the   price   was   ten
cents per pound,  whereas   within a   few
days there has been a decline to 84c. Still,
after large transactions, the market closed
on Tuesday night at 9'>c,  with  all  but a
very small quantity in the handB of speculators.
 -•—m+~m —
, So much has been said by the Radical
party in England ofthe high cost of education at the universities, as an argument of
their inutility except to persons of property, that an official investigation has
recently been instituted.. From this it
appears that the necessary expenses of an
Oxford student need not exceed £50 a
year.
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