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Yd X. MDIMAPOLIS, INDIANA, JANUARY 16,. 1875. No. 2. Live StocL 'For tbe Indiana Fanner. •• PTJBLIC SALES OF SHORT-HOBNS FOE FIVE YEABS PAST. 313 351 SVi In the last number of the Indiana FakmeR, we gave a statement of the public eales of Short-Horn cattle onthia continent,.made in the year 1874. We now give.a summary of all • the public gales made in the United States for the last five years, as reported in the Country Gentleman aud National Live Stock journal:' ' 1870—AtlSaaleMM bead brought an av. of £152 1871-" H " 387 " •' " " " 251 1872-" 29 " 1.0U " 1873-" 39 " 1,515 " " 1874-" 43' ". 2^81 " " " The above statement of sales extending over a period ot five years as they do, and excluding as it does four great exciting sales in that period—the one made by D. McMillan 1870, of 71 head, whieh made an average of $885 per head; the Clark County, Kentucky, Importing Company's sale, in 1871, of 20 head, at an average of $985; the New York Mills sale in 1873, of 109 head at an average of $3,504 per head, and Col. King's sale in 1874 of 79 head at an average of 11621 per head), may be taken as a fair index to the favor in which they are held by the intelligent and enterprising cattle growers of thiB country. ; The aggregate of all the 154 public ' sales made in the past five years is 6,201 head for the nice little sum $2,442,078, or an average of $421 per head. When .': we take into consideration that there i have been but 154 public sales made iD \ the last five years and that there are probably 400 or 500 active bidders in the i United States who have'kept their stock \ sufficiently reduced by private sales we ',, might estimate the entire sales during \ the five years at 15,000 to 20,000 head, !• for which from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 I have been paid out. Thc inquiring reader who is not informed as to the real value of Short-Ho.n cattle compared : with the common stock of the country and to the extent of territory in which ! ■ they may yet be profitably introduced, i will naturally ask, "Will the prices of ' Short-Horns be sustained?" L STATE MEWS. Ro^ifsl C^o^tt^n^ciynycCvr, Short-Horn BuU "ROYAL COMMANDER," the property of Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Compton, P. Q. Indiana Farmer Family. When to Breed Our Cows. Domestic Animals. t We take the following from the editorial correspondence" of C. E. Babb, to the 'Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati, who is in Central California; for; his health: ,. .... <■ ■■- " ' '" "Tho' domestic animals are one of God's best gifts to us. And yet how few treat them well I How many lose half the value of the gift by abusing it. A horse that is thoroughly gentle and safe is worth twice as much as one of the same size and style that is vicious. But the vicious horse in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred is made so by hareh and cruel treatment. Almost any horse, if handled early and gently, will be a patient and trusty servant, ready to go when you speak the word, willing to stand without pawing or fretting when he knows that you want him to. We bought a horse last year out of a livery stable. He had been badly treated, was hard to manage and unsafe. We tried to convince him that .se were his friend, and in a few weeks he would follow us about the pasture lot, would come at onr call, aud stand to be bridled. He is now both a pleasant horse to handle, and perfectly safe. Tbe time spent in gentling this horse was well invested. We do not have to chase V.im for an hour when we want to use him. We do not have to watch him all lie time while using him. And the horse teems to be really happy now, though he was evidently suspicions and unhappy when we bought him. He Tegards us as his protector, has confidence that we will tot overdrive or overwork him. and will feei him well. -When we pat his neck and ', call him a good fellow, his eye brightens ,jind he seems to understand and rejoice ■Mi our appreciation of him.- I have no t aoubt that if this horse could talk, and |knew that I was writing a letter for ifty thousand people to read, he would 'int me to put in a good word for ihe looses; to ask their owners to try kind [e<vtment if they want good and faithful ^jtisisls. He would say, "We horses are filing to work. We know that this is nat we are made for. But we don't nt to be abused when we are doing [T best. We have only horse sense. 7i\ie C8n ^ee' 'nia8tlco and cruelty 'J the part of our masters, and are /<F7 apt to resent it." The following, which is taken from the National Live Stock Journal, may seem to give such farmers a new idea as are in the practice of breeding their cows for spring calves, especially late spring calves. Cows should be held in January and' February, or else wait until June; then thecalves will be dropped in October and November and can be stabled, fed and halter-broken during winter, or they will be dropped in March, and will be ready to wean before winter: In answer to .this question wc have only time now to observe (as wc intend to discuss it more fully hereafter),' that fall calves are usually more' profitable than those dropped.in spring. The old notion Jhat^the epw. should come in on grass, originated when it was the practice to keep cattle the year round on grass and- hay alone; and as grass was more nutritious than hay, and espeaially better for the calf, the practice prevailed of breeding for spring calves. But it is now well understood tbat the cow fresh in milk can be profitably fed meal or grain, and to prevent the running down that always results, especially with good milkers, such feed ought to be given. And the same is true with regard to the calf. As soon as it is old enough to eat, shorts or meal and bran should be given, and will be far better for the young calf than grass. But the great point is, that a calf dropped, say in October, November, or December, will be old enough to wean on fresh-grass .in spring, and to have the full benefit of the next summer's grazing, which will make it fully equal by winter to a June or July calf of the previous year. Besides, as good farmers now so generally stable their stock in winter, the feeding of the cow and calves is of no inconvenience. Farmers acting upon these suggestions will see that— Now is the Time to •Pdrchase your Bulls.—The common notion of waiting till spring .is a wrong notion. They can be had cheaper note, and acting upon the above suggestions, you will want them for use during the winter. THE EELATTVE MEEITS OF THE SUFFOLK,' ESSEX, AND BERKSHIRE Short-Horns in Ohio. Marketing Cattle. There has one time or another been a great deal of humane and common sense, and sound business principle violated in the treatment of cattle, from the time they leave the countryto besenttomarket until they are disposed of. Sometimes they have been treated to an excessively large feed of corn, so-as to beat them up and make them drink water excessively, thus giving the seller good weights when the animals are sold. Sometimes cattle have arrived at our yards after a good long run on the cars, and have been ordered off from water and kept on bay, and sometimes corn, until Monday morning, when they are expected to drink an amount of water that will weigh at least fifty or sixty pounds per head against the buyer. Quite a number of cattle, one time or another, that have been thus treated, have died in thc yards, or before they reach the eastern market afier being skipped from here. All abuses of this kini need reformation, for the very good Teaaon that it is both inhuman and impolitic to treat the dumb animals in this way. Honesty is the best policy; for every good cattle buyer knows at a glance just tbe condition that cattle are in for weighing, jnd ho will al wavs make his price accordingly—80 that in nine cases out often, while the owner of cat tie treated in the manner referred to may congratulate himself on having gained filty or sixty pounds per bead in the weight of his lot, the buyer has really taken the difference off in the price he has given, lust as he ought tn do in every case of the kind.—Selecttd. ItAVKrtSWOOD BKEEDINO EftTABLIfinMKlTT, ) December 21, 1874. ; To the Editor of the Michigan Farmer: The question is very often aaked me by persons who are desirous of proouring some ono of the improved breeds of swine, which of these three standard breeds do I consider best for the fanner, and it is a question which Lfind difficult to decide even now, after quite an extensive experience of nearly six years with the three breeds side by side. * * * Fancy must decide the question of beauty and appearance, and one person's judgment in that respect is as good as another's. Association with either for any length of time will generally occasion prejudice in its favor, ami-either breed possesses sufficient beauty to secure them hosts of admirers; and while I admire alike, perfect specimens of either breed, I believe that the improved-Berkshire display a more majestic style and graceful appearance than any other of the swine species; there seems to be a stately bearing and royal mien that I cannot help but admire as they move about the premises, and the contrast of the exact markings upon their beautiful black color adds another feature of beauty. # In regard to the more essential question however, of relative quality and profit, I will say that there are several things which must be taken in consideration, and one must" choose those which combine.the greatest number ot desirable qualitiesfor his purpose; that is, the object in view, should decide the question. If the object is to produce a superior quality of delicious and wholesome pork, beautifully mixed with'lean and fat, that is tempting and enjoyable from' almost every part of the animal, I can safely recommend the Berkshire. They are also probably the most, hardy of all the improved swine species; always healthy, and thrifty, and generally docile and quiet in their natures, besides being very prolific, perhaps more so than any other ofthe improved breeds. The sows are invariably good milkers, and good mothers, one often successfully rearing from eight to twelve pigs. In summing up the desirable qualities which the Suffolks possess however, we find them no lees valuable and perhaps even more profitable for some purposes than those of any other breed, unless we except the Essex. They are without question the earliest to mature, to take on fat more readily, and prodnce more net pork with the same amount of feed, than any other of the hog kind. These are certain facts, and very desirable ones when corn is worth eighty cents per bushel. Two pounds each per day is no uncommon average gain through the feeding season; and I have known an increase of three and one-half pounds per day for six weeks, or a total of one hundred and forty seven pounds fo» one pig in six weeks time. And this propensity for fattening exists from thc time they arc sucklings; they can be fattt-d as well at six or eight months, as at any other age; and this is a very desirable feature, fur spring pigs can bc sent to the market weighing two hundred and fifty pound-1, without much extra exertion, and the. pork rightly handled, will abrays bring a half dollar and often more per hundred than will the commoner kinds; and in reality it is worth much more to the consumer from the fact of its quality. The head and feet are almost nominal appendages, while the bones of the carcass are so fine and small that they cause but little loss. - .••.'■: The breeders of Short-Horns in Ohio met at Columbus and organized the Ohio Short-Horn Breeders'Association. The morning was spent in the discussion of matters relative to stock-breeding. A constitution was adopted and signed by about forty persons. The following officers werq elected: John Dunn, of Madison, President; J. O. Kennick, of Franklin, Vice President, and L. C. Jones, of Delaware, G. J. Hagerty, of Licking, L. B. Sprague, of Clarke, George-Grimes, of Ross, It. Baker, of Lorain,. Directors. ' . m> s Jersey Cow. ' J. Ci' King, of Elyria, Ohio, writes to the Germantown Telegraph his experience with his Jersey cow as follows: In the spring of 1871 I bought my first Jersey cow. My neighbors laughed at me for paying $250 for so small a cow; but when I showed them the rich yellow milk and thick cream, and such yellow butter as they never saw before, they thought a Jersey cow was worth having after all. That cow has won me $189 in premiums, and I have sold two of her calves (one a half-blood) for $250, and I have the cow and a nice yearling heifer left. The increase of that cow has also won me $147 in premiums. THE aU AILS. There are sixteen cases of trichinae at Kankakee, Illinois, from diseased perk; two have died, and Beveral persons are in a critical condition. To the Indiana Farmer. . Lsaw in your last issue au.artiele on the quail as an insect destroyer. I agree with your correspondent so far.: Now if he will permit me I will give him some facts in regard to increasing and perpetuating the quail on the farm. The worst enemy the quail has is the farmer. Some one in the township has a net, and finishes the flock in a mo«t cowardly way. You generally find him a lazy lout and in the spring you can see him and his like along tbe rivers drawing a seine and destroying countless millions of eggs that the bass, salmon and game fish have deposited in their nest in-the sand a few feet from the shores. Now if this pot hunter would let three male and three female quails loose in the spring they will mate and raise three broods If the quail is left to multiply they will emmigrate in the spring. I have seen flock after flock of young birds attempt to fly over tho Illinois river and not one but the two old birds ever reach the opposite shore. Now if the quail are hunted in tbe season set by law thc flocks are broken and scattered. In the spring they will mate and breed. I had one flock on the place three years ago and I shot a few for my own use. The rest scattered around in the fields and I have a brood or two in every one of my fields. One of the worst destroyers of this little bird is the village boy or the fellow that goes out a little while in the evening. .The female dusting in the road just off of her nest or the male bird on the fence stake giving the call of love to his little consort are all legitimate game to the magnificent loafer and 20 or 30 eggs are left to spoil. : Use the gun with judgment and you can multiply the quail. All the old States have more than the new. Because they protect when the birds most need it. Yours truly, S. Haweb. Independence, Ind. In central Indiana the snow was sufficient to protect the wheat' during the late cold weather. * ' The Benton county lion was poisoned by a farmer last week, and proved to be a- puma, next to the largest species of the American lion. . -:; ■ • * i ■ - ■ ■ Ice companies are packing 120,000 tons of that article at LaPorte this Winter. At present 495 men and 314 horses are employed in the work. ... _r . William Cook, of Mishawaka, continues bis offer of $800 reward for the villain who killed his fine team of horses in 1873. He has strong^ hopes and stronger purpose of hunting out the scamp. ' ' Mr. Voorhees has withdrawn from the candidacy for United StatesSenator. and there are none in the field how but si. E. McDonald, W. S. Holman and Mr. Buchanan.. The law fixes the 19th as the day for election.. A Jeffei-sonvilje correspondent gays: The petition which was in circulation praying the Legislature to enact a law forbidding the employment of convict labor so as to conflict with free labor, has received hundreds of signatures in this city. w : The Fort Wayne Journal says: S. D. Rieman, Esq., of this city, has a farm near LaGro, Huntington county, this State, upon whichhe raised the past year 4,200 bushels of potatoes, tha t he sold 80 cents per bushel, realizing $3,300 gross, for the crop. Mrs. William A. Abbett, living three miles southwest of Columbus, marketed 1.035 pounds of .butter in the year 1874, at 25 cents per pound, besides supplying a large family with all the milk and butter theyused. This froman average of five cows. The Jeffersonville News says: Ice commenced floating by this city in the Ohio river at 11 o'clock Saturdaynight, and since that time thc river has been full of large fields of ice. If the river was a little lower we. would have a gorge at Weitzel's dam. Alexander Ferguson was found dead near Hanover Saturday morning last. The Madison Courier says: The unfortunate man drove over a bluff about 14 feet high, team andall. He was lying flat on his back, and it is supposed he was stunned by the fall and finally died of the cold. The two-story brick residence of Jacob Mullendore, two miles north of Rockville, Carroll county, was burned Tuesday night, with all his household goods. The family had retired, and the fire in the old-fashioned fire-place rolled out, and before the sleepers were aware of it, the flames were beyond control. Their son, John, supposing the baby had been forgotten, rushed to the rescue, and was severely scorced. The loss jis about $2,000, with no insurance. Onr Portal Card Corresrpondenoe. NEW STYLE OF TJNDEBDBAINS Editor Indiana Fanner. In reading the Farmer I have found much valuable information about underdraining.! Yet there is one idea for which I have looked in vain. The primary object of underdraining is well understood; but are tbe good results of underdraining to be entirely at tributed to the mere fact of the excess of water being carried off more Bpeedily from the soil. Is not the ditch a generator of carbonic acid gas and to this fact may we not attribute the chief good. Otherwise, why is it that plants grow so much more luxuriantly about old wells and holes in the ground? Will some of your scientific farmers give their views on this subject? And while on the sub ject of underdraining, it may be well for me to tell of a novel way which' I hearda stranger describe of doing this business. It is as follows: The ditch having been dug, a rubber hose about fifty feet long and of the desired diameter, is provided, one end is made airtight; it is then greased with tallow and laid in the ditch straight; it is then blown full of air by a hand bellows (your humble servant would substitute water) after which it is covered with cement which quickly sets; then the air is let out and the long hose drawn out its length and the process repeated and thus the ditch is extended as wanted. The water torn>s in from beneath. If any readers of the Farmer have had any experience in this mode of .underdraining they would confer a favor by making it known through the Indiana Farmer. B. F. B. CLINTON COUNTY. About an average crop of wheat sown; looks well. Wheat ls selling here at from 9ocents to $1.65. Corn.55 to 65 cents. Fork.aU sold at from «5 to 86.50. Potatoes 85 to Jl per bushel.'. Apples scarce but good, J. A. S. " ■ .- . i LAWRENCE COUNTY. . , " Corn all gathered; worth 50 cents. Oats an en-', tire failure. Hogs scarce. Potatoes almost a failure. Average crop of wheat. J. A. Crawford. MARSHALL COUNTY. Plymouth, Jan. 11. Onr wheat crop before this storm, where it was drilled in, looked well, while that sown broadcast looked poor. Corn is selling at 55. Wheat at 95 and J1.05. Hogs at 86.50. ■ Weather very cold. J. Bbowhlke. NEWTON COUNTY. Wheat Issnffenng very much from dry freea- ing. Water for stock is scarce. Hogs al} sold. Cattle doing well. The price of corn has gone down from 35 to SO centa. W. ty. PERRY COUNTY. Wheat crop good; growing crop looks well. Corn crop light. Potatoes poor. Two-thirds of a hay crop. Hog crop short. Grangers are plenty. I have been a reader of the Farmkk for nearly a year; think when my time ls out I shall send for it again with some new subscribers. G. R. Dyer, WARRICK COUNTr. Boone VH.J.K, Jan. 2. Winter, so far, very mild and open. Wheat looks well; more than an average amount sown. Corn Is all gathered and ls being sold at 45 and 50 cents per bushel. Pork crop light: selling at $7.50.' Lots of Grangers here but not in good working condition. G. ty. P. GIBSON COUNTY. Last week the thermometer ranged from zero upto52J>. On Friday night a snow storm came up which lasted for 2 hours. The thermometer fell from 32° to 11" below zero. Saturday was a terrible day. The writer rode Hi miles to an installation of the officers of Black River Grange, where we met a number of visitors and the Grange members wrapped np ln Lapland style. Grangers never turn back for the weather. ty. Mitchell. HOWARD COUNTY. We are having nice winter weather, but most too dry for our mills. Some of the farmers are complaining on account ofthe scarcity of water. J. H. CkaWyokd. Wheat Is not looking well at present. Hogs all sold. Two-thirds of a crop of corn. The present hog crop Is short; but very few shoats for next year. I have been a reader of your paper for six yean». Ueadkb. BENTON COUNTY. In looking over the columns of the Farmeb ol December 31st, I noticed an article under the head of "Good Corn Crops," ln which thero are some statements that attracted my particular attention viz., that 70 pounds of dry "Dent" corn in the ear, will shell a bushel, and that from 72 to 75 pounds of ordinary corn, are required to do the same. We do hot grow the "Dent" corn here, but we raise a purely yellow corn, which is both early und yieldy. I call It the Branson corn. On a test trial this.. wlnter,68 pounds In the ear shelled out&9% pounds of clean corn. M. v. Bowman. WABASH COUNTY. It has been more like winter for a few days past. The roads were a little rough ln somo places, but generally smooth enough to receive the snow-flakes that are now falling ln a business-like way, leaving such a surface as will bo duly appreciated by many farmers who have been waiting for lt to aid them in getting ln their logs. Considering the dry fall and summer, and consequent short pasture, the stock looks well. The winter has been favorable to them, and to our western brethren. Wheat looks well oh the river. Farmers coming here from 'a distance Bay that lt looks badly on the clay soils. Fat hogs are all sold at satisfactory prices. Grange interest ls increasing; getting ont of the meshes of credit obligations by adopting the cash system tts fast as circumstances will permit. H. Comstock. The Enemies of Health. Kefuse and waste are thc natural enemies of the health of mankind. The products of their decomposition pervade every household. Their offensive odors are charitable warnings to guard against them. From the cellar, storeroom, pantry, bed-room, sitting-room, and parlor; from decaying vegetables, fruits, meats, soiled clothing, old garments, old furniture, refuse of kitchen, mouldy walls, everywhere, a microscopic germ is propagating. It contains in itself the seeds of disease—all that is needed _is the proper soil or condition of constitution adapted for its reception. Each germ may find it* specific habitat, snd hence develop into some specific malady. Typhoid, typhus, cerebro-spinitl, relapsing or scarlet fever, measles, small-pox, roseola, cholera or some other lorm of dis-. ease may result. Cleanliness, pure air, sunlight and pure water are the antidotes. God in-' dicates and provides these in abundance. He who neglects Or rejects these de-, serves to suffer, as surely he will.—San- itarium. c^T^ W5- "When we read we fancy we could be martyrs, when we come to act we cannot i bear a provoking word.—Hannah Moore.) •i
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1875, v. 10, no. 02 (Jan. 16) |
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Yd X.
MDIMAPOLIS, INDIANA, JANUARY 16,. 1875.
No. 2.
Live StocL
'For tbe Indiana Fanner. ••
PTJBLIC SALES OF SHORT-HOBNS
FOE FIVE YEABS PAST.
313
351
SVi
In the last number of the Indiana
FakmeR, we gave a statement of the
public eales of Short-Horn cattle onthia
continent,.made in the year 1874. We
now give.a summary of all • the public
gales made in the United States for the
last five years, as reported in the Country
Gentleman aud National Live Stock
journal:'
' 1870—AtlSaaleMM bead brought an av. of £152
1871-" H " 387 " •' " " " 251
1872-" 29 " 1.0U "
1873-" 39 " 1,515 " "
1874-" 43' ". 2^81 " " "
The above statement of sales extending over a period ot five years as they
do, and excluding as it does four great
exciting sales in that period—the one
made by D. McMillan 1870, of 71 head,
whieh made an average of $885 per head;
the Clark County, Kentucky, Importing
Company's sale, in 1871, of 20 head, at
an average of $985; the New York Mills
sale in 1873, of 109 head at an average
of $3,504 per head, and Col. King's sale
in 1874 of 79 head at an average of
11621 per head), may be taken as a fair
index to the favor in which they are
held by the intelligent and enterprising
cattle growers of thiB country.
; The aggregate of all the 154 public
' sales made in the past five years is 6,201
head for the nice little sum $2,442,078,
or an average of $421 per head. When
.': we take into consideration that there
i have been but 154 public sales made iD
\ the last five years and that there are
probably 400 or 500 active bidders in the
i United States who have'kept their stock
\ sufficiently reduced by private sales we
',, might estimate the entire sales during
\ the five years at 15,000 to 20,000 head,
!• for which from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000
I have been paid out. Thc inquiring
reader who is not informed as to the real
value of Short-Ho.n cattle compared
: with the common stock of the country
and to the extent of territory in which
! ■ they may yet be profitably introduced,
i will naturally ask, "Will the prices of
' Short-Horns be sustained?" L
STATE MEWS.
Ro^ifsl C^o^tt^n^ciynycCvr,
Short-Horn BuU "ROYAL COMMANDER," the property of Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Compton, P. Q.
Indiana Farmer Family.
When to Breed Our Cows.
Domestic Animals.
t
We take the following from the editorial correspondence" of C. E. Babb, to
the 'Herald and Presbyter, Cincinnati,
who is in Central California; for; his
health: ,. .... <■ ■■- " ' '"
"Tho' domestic animals are one of
God's best gifts to us. And yet how
few treat them well I How many lose
half the value of the gift by abusing it.
A horse that is thoroughly gentle and
safe is worth twice as much as one of
the same size and style that is vicious.
But the vicious horse in ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred is made so by
hareh and cruel treatment. Almost any
horse, if handled early and gently, will
be a patient and trusty servant, ready to
go when you speak the word, willing to
stand without pawing or fretting when
he knows that you want him to. We
bought a horse last year out of a livery
stable. He had been badly treated, was
hard to manage and unsafe. We tried
to convince him that .se were his friend,
and in a few weeks he would follow us
about the pasture lot, would come at onr
call, aud stand to be bridled. He is now
both a pleasant horse to handle, and
perfectly safe. Tbe time spent in gentling this horse was well invested. We
do not have to chase V.im for an hour
when we want to use him. We do not
have to watch him all lie time while
using him. And the horse teems to be
really happy now, though he was evidently suspicions and unhappy when we
bought him. He Tegards us as his protector, has confidence that we will tot
overdrive or overwork him. and will feei
him well. -When we pat his neck and
', call him a good fellow, his eye brightens
,jind he seems to understand and rejoice
■Mi our appreciation of him.- I have no
t aoubt that if this horse could talk, and
|knew that I was writing a letter for
ifty thousand people to read, he would
'int me to put in a good word for ihe
looses; to ask their owners to try kind
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