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No. 4
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STOCK SiU.ES.
We  have  reports of the   following
:   stock sales made by S. Meredith & Son,
Cambridge City, Indiana:   The Rose of
Sharon bull, Thorndale Dnke, 13,298,
•by   Fourteenth   Dnke  of   Thorndale,
, 28,452, dam Rom Jackson, by Thirteenth
Dukeoi Airdrie, 5,535, &c, to James
j Mix,   Kankakee,   Illinois,   for   $1,000.
| This is perhaps the best bred of all the
I Rose of Sharon bulls, as the fashion
I   goes, and "will prove valuable to  Mr.
!   Mix to use with his nice herd of Rose
'   of Sharon cows.   Wm. H. Sparrow and
J. B. Iden, Bourbon, Marshall county,
Indiana, also recently made a visit to
Oakland Herd and took away with them
Rose Leaf and Wax Flower, two fine
Short-Horn heifers at $€00.   They also
purchased  six  Poland China pigs for
themselves at $25 each, and one Berkshire sow pig for a neighbor, Mr. Dish-
ler.   Washington Iden, same place, also
purchased a choice Berkshire sow pig
at $25.   These gentlemen are prominent
members of the Grange and Agricultural
Societies of Northern Indiana, and are
displaying commendable enterprise  in
' the   improvement of  live stock.; One
•  pair of Berkshire pigs to Leessal Long,
J  Antioch, Indiana; one Berkshire  sow
■   and one sow pig to R. W-Rich, Fal-
;  mouth, Indiana; one sow pig to Joseph
Rich, same place; one Berkshire boar
pig to T. J. Crisler, Alpine, Fayette
'county, .'Indiana;, one boar, pig to Mr.
v Hill. Brownsville,'Indiana; one Poland
China  boar   to   John   Brown, Wayne
'county, Indiana; one Berkshire boar to
Jonathan. Dawson, Kokomo, Indiana;
,    two Poland China pigs to John M.Davis,
\   Fulton eounty,  Indiana, all at satisfac-
'   tory prices.    7 -,  '.'''..
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; PREPARING FEED. '
INDIANA NEWS.
Short-Horn Cow "VILLAGE ROSE," the property of Hon. M. H. Cochrane, Compton, P. Q.
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Editor Indiana Farmer.   ,,   . i , , . '■'., ">'.
■ We noticed a communication in a recent
number of the Farmer, signed by our
old friend, T. J. Collins, of Montgomery
county, asking our opinion of a machine
that-would grind corn, cob and all, for
the farmer's use in feeding.   In Teply, we
would say that my experience is'against
! the use of the cob in any shape, as an
i article of food for stock. We believe that
! it has no nutriment to speak of, and that
s \ it is an irritating substance when taken
j into the stomach, and really does the
1 animal eating < it more harm than*good.
^If corn meal is too rich, better buy a
'feed cutter and chaff hay to mix with
, the corn meal.   This fills, the animal to
■ satisfaction, is soothing and pleasant.
> After eating they will lie down and chew
j their cuds; while feeding meal only they
:' never seem satisfied, and are restless and
j do not take flesh so well nor give milk so
\ freely as when they have had their
j stomachs well filled with good chop
j feed twice per day. This feed is easily
:- prepared.   A good chaff cutter, a corn
■ sheller, a feed grinder and pump can all
i be worked at different times by attach-
|~ ing them to a wind mill apparatus that
' can easily be erected on top of the barn;
• or if preferred, can be run by a one-horse
tread power, or lever power, as would
j seem cheapest. There is now in opera-
| tion a feed mill that farmers may use in
_ this way.   One was  exhibited at our
• ? State Fair, propelled, as herein sug-
\ gested, by wind power. They are eom-
sparatively cheap, are of several different
•'sixes; some with sheller attachment and
| would no doubt prove valuable to
i farmers with' a reasonably large stock.
t We use all ground feed, either of wheat,
.' corn or oats, offal, Ac, but find it cheaper
: because using such quantities, to buy
-  direct, from the mills which are conve-
nient and from which we get satisfactory
1   prices."       ■  i-t- ■
We believe there is great economy in
proper preparation of food for stock. We
also believe there is actual economy in
giving stock, cattle especially, all they
will eat. Satisfy their appetites and they
will rest and assimilate their food. Uneasy spirits never grow fat. They worry
until the food which should go into the
blood passes away and they do not even
get the benefit of the scant feed already
given them. We think there are more
^cattle suffering to-day for the want of
[food.than from having had too much.
Yours, truly,
S. MEREDITH & SON
Forthe Indiana Farmer.
COMMON BREEDS.
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Mr. .Editor :—I have read a great
deal in the Indiana Farmer about
Short-Horns. We believe in good cattle,
at the same time we believe Short-Horns
are overrated. If the people of England
have brought their cattle to their pre-,
aent perfection, beginning with common
stock, why not, the farmers of Indiana
do the same, by selecting the most perfect animals to breed from and feed as
well as the Short-Horn men do. It is
just as necessary to feed calves well as
to feed pigs well; if you want a good
animal. Somebody says James Gaines,'
of Ridgeway farm, Illinois, has twelve,
year old Short-Horn steers, which averaged 1,154 pounds. I have four, year
old steers common stock, weighed October 1st, which averaged 1,102 pounds.
One dropped, in March, two in April and
one in May. The calves were fed shelled
corn till weaned. Wintered on corn
hacked with shuck on. Grazed from
first of May till weighed, without any
other feed. If they had been wintered
in Short-Horn style, oil cake and
chopped feed, they certainly would have
weighed 1,200 pounds each. Feeding
hard .corn for such a great length of time
made their teeth quite Bore, which was a
heavy drawback on their improvement.'
Isaac Trotter.
Boone county, Indiana.
For the Indiana Farmer.
SHORT-HORNS-DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
For the Indiana Farmer.
Short-Horns Sold.
We see it stated in one of our exchanges that Messrs. T. Wilhoit and son.
of Middleton, Indiana, have recently
sold to J. H. Kinnard, of Pendleton,
Indiana, the yearling Short-Horn bull
"Duke of Goodness 16,793," to A. Q.
Robbins, of Rochester, Indiana, the
yearling bull Red Jacket 15th, 18,125.
and to A. C. Wood, Greensborough, Indiana, the yearling bull Pop Corn 17,971.
Prices obtained not given.   Why not?
, S. Meredith & Son, will have a public sale sometime in the spring, which
will be announced in the Farmer in
due time: They have some exceedingly
fine calves of Short-Horn stock, and
they are doing remarkably well.
Worms in Horses.
For worms in the bowels, give, daily
for a week, a ball made of sulphate of
iron (green copperas) two drachms, pulverized ginger one drachm. Wet up
with oilmeal and boiling water sufficient
to make into a ball. At the end of the
week given linseed oil sufficient to physic
the animal. Repeat another week if
necessary. A drachm of tartar emetic
may be substituted in place of the copperas, but it is not so safe a remedy.
For ascarides or pin worms in the rectum, give an injection of linseed oil, one
quart daily for two or three days; and
repeat after a week.
The'following remarks clipped from
the National Live Stock Journal are to
the point. There are hundreds and perhaps thousands of pure bred lulls that
can be bought at prices ranging from
$100 to 1300 which are capable of earning every year by their services at last
double what it would cost to purchase
them. The remark relative to the
"Seventeens," that "there is no belter
family of cattle in this or any other
country" may grind a little harsh upon
the ears of some of the more fashionable
breeders who have taken much pains to
call and dispose of every animal in their
herd which might have one drop of
Seventeen blood in their veins. We
should not think it strange if the time
should come when animals tracing di
rectly to Mrs. Motte with a good supply
of her blood would be eagerly Bought
after. They are to say the least among
the best families of Short-Horn cattle
There is a very large class of breeders
who breed most excellent cattle which
do not'happen to be of the families upon
which fickle fortune is at present bestowing her "random favors." The
cattle are just as good for all that, and
perhaps some of them_ better, for all
practical purposes, and it is not altogether impossible that some of these
families may be among the most fashionable of the future. _ But we do not care
to cor s:der that point at present. W hat
we wish to observe is, that when a bull
or heifer sells anywhere from $500 to
$5,000 it gets into the public press, arid
is published from one end ofthe country
to the other. But when somebody else
sells a bull or heifer for one, two or
three hundred dollars, the price is not
made public, aud the transaction, if re
ported at all, is on "private terms." Now
we wish to urge these gentlemen to give
the prices. They are breeding the cattle
the farmers want, and from their herds,
and not from the fashionable herds, will
the animals come,_which, scattered far
and near, are to improve the general
stock of the country. Withholding
prices gives the general farmers, who do
not understand this fashionable nonsense, an entirely erroneous impression
about the current value of good, useful
Short-Horns, and deters thousands of
them from investing in this blood. They
are willing to pay a moderate amount of
money for animals to bring upon their
farms, and there are plenty of breeders
who are prepared to sell them animals of
strictly first-class quality and pedigree
for the money which they are willing to
pay, but these farmers see no sales reported at less than $500, and from that
up to $5,000 and higher, and when by
some accident they ascertain where they
can buy animals at $100, $200, $300 each,
they are afraid to buy, because they
have been misled by these reports, and
suspect that because these eattle are
cheap they are not good. This is an
error, which can only be overturned by
reporting the lower priced pales. Let
tbe men who breed and sell cheap cattle-
send in their reports and the prices
which they bring, that the farmers may
see through the Journal that Short-
Horns can be had at such low prices
that they can afford to invest. There
are plenty of men breeding this description of cattle, and there are plenty of
such cattle. -Thereare the Seventeens—
as the descendants of the importation of
1817 are called—which are selling everywhere at a low price, and there is no
better family of cattle in this or any
other country, but we rarely get the particulars when they are sold. The .Tour-
nal desires to see Short-Horns introduced srenerally_ among the farmers, and
we trust our friend.? will always give us
the facts concerning these sales.
A Texas Cattle Farmer.
The correspondence of the Baltimore
American gives the following, relative
to_ the "cattle kings" of Texas: "Captain King has an enclosed pasture of
70,000 acres.though he owns 150,000
acres of land in Nueces and Duval counties. The entire stock held by him at
the present time is 50,000 head of cattle,
20,000 head of sheep,, and 10,000 head of
horses.   He  overstocked his   enclosed
Easture to such an extent last Fall that
e was compelled 'o turn a great many
out on the range again, although he Sent
4,000 head to Kansas, and slaughtered
4,000 head more for their hides and tallow. He disposes annually of about
8,000 head of cattle, either by sale or
slaughter, notwithstanding which his
stock is always steadily on the increase.
He has recently purchased another ranch
in Cameron county, on which he has
10,000 head more of cattle, and attached
to which are about 10,000 acres of land.
He is making extensive experiments in
the way of improvement on the stock of
the State, having'imported for his own
use a great many head of the finest specimens of Kentucky cattle to intermix
with the native grades." These experiments are praiseworthy, and well merit
the approbation of the State.
Horses and cattle are liable to sprains
in cold weather from slipping on the ice,
and horses often get "calked." I have
found the following an excellent embrocation for such injuries. _ It should be
well rubbed in when applied to sprains.
It is good for rheumatism if well rubbed
iu while exposed to a hot fire: Oils
origanum, anise and spike, each one
ounce; spirits of turpentine, one ounce;
aqua ammonia, one ounoe, and alcohol,
three ounces. Shake well before-using.
The bottle should be kept securely
corked.—Cor. Country Gentlemen.
The Clerk of Pike County issued 174
licenses to marry during the year 1874.
Randolph county issued 246 marriage
licenses during the year 1874.
' Carroll county has seven representatives in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Evansville's contribution to the Kansas sufferers will, it is believed, reach
$1,000.
■ It is predicted that the present year
will witness the biggest wheat crop ever
raised in Posev county.
The commissioners of Tippecanoe
eounty have purchased 450,000 bricks
for building a new county poor-house.
The high-school building at Goshen
was totally destroyed by fire on the
night ot the 18th inst. Loss $23,000: insurance $7,000.
The farmers of Laporte oounty, as a
class, are holding on to their wheat with
the expectation of obtaining better prices
in the spring.
The Herald says: " The ice crop, like
every other crop of Randolph this year,
is immense, and several of our townsmen
are harvesting and stowing away the big
blocks of ice in large quantities."
A Wayne county youth skated into a
hole on the AVhitewater a few evenings
ago, and went under, but on coming to
the surface was seized by Miss Ina Williams, and held until rescued.
The artesian well at Kentland is 246
feet deep, and tbe work goes on. The
drill has now passed through" seventy
fefct of stone, and at present is cutting in
flint-rock. It is estimated that $45,000
worth of hogs have been shipped from
Kentland duriug the past season.
The Tipton county Times contains the
following: "J. E. Lakey had eight acres
of ground that husked out over three
bushels of corn to the shock, each shock
being ten hills square. T. J. Wheeler,
during the past season,raised 1,000 bushels of corn, and fattened and sold 300
bead of .hogs. Mr. Wheeler is one of
the best farmers in this county.
The Vincennes Sun has the following
about the coal deposits of the county:—
" Only a few years ago it was beleived
that there were no coal seams in Knox
county worth opening, but the opening
ofthe Edwardsport mine fully established the erroneousness of that opinion,
and now a shaft has been sunk at Bick-
nell by Wm. Helphenstine & Co., which
demonstrates beyond any doubt that
Knox county has not only plenty of coal,
but of a very superior quality."
A man named Daniel Dees, about 36
years old, one evening last week attempted, in a drunken condition, to go home
leaving Attica late in the evening. Parties in Attica tried to persuade him to
remain in town till morning, but he refused to do so. The next morning his
stiff and mutilated body was found by
some parties, one ofthe ears, part of the
face, and other parts of his body having
been bitten, eaten and mvtilated by hogs.
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The New Albany Ledger - Standard
says that a combination is being formed,
consisting of gentlemen of ample capital,
whs design completing the Air-line railroad to_ Huntingburff, Dubois county,
connecting at that point with the Cincinnati and Rockport road, and making
connections at _ Rockport by means of
transfer boats with the Owensboroand
Russellyille railroad, thus forming direct
connections with the railroad system of
the South.
ladlaaa FaimerFamily.
Onr Portal Cord Comcpondenos..
FULTON COUNTV.
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Jail, 20.
From tie Virginia Enterprise.
Means to Get Rich.
Says a Cattle Raiser.
"Salt should be furnished to all animals regularly. A cow, an ox, or a
horse needs two to four ounces daily.
Salt increases the butter in milk, helps
the digestive and nutrive processes and
gives a good appetite. The people of interior Europe have a . saying that a
pound of salt makes ten pounds of flesh.
Of course salt only assists in asBimula-
ting the food, it does not make flesh, nor
muscle.
Mr. S. M. Wells, of Wethersfield,
Connecticut, one of the leading onion
growers of that famous onion raising locality, writes to the New York_ Tribune
that the best fertilizer for this orep is
the richest^ stable or  hog-pen  manure
filoughed in four inches deep. The
and: he says, should be subsoiled.. An.
application of forty bushels of wood
asbes . per acre after the onions have
been once hoed, has an excellent effect.
Resolutions by Illinois State
Grange.—The Illinois State Grange
passed resolutions protesting against the
repeal of the present temperance law of
the State; or ofthe present Railroad and
Warehouse Commission law, also opposing, the indiscriminate extension of
patents by Congress.
Ten or twelve years ago there was a
miner working in the upper levels of the
Comstock at $4 per day. He lived in a
little cabin down the capyon, did his
own . cooking, and whistled softly,
"Ther's a good time coming, boys" Today that miner walks about the streets
of Virginia City' as cordial as in the old
days ; he dresses no better than any ordinary gentleman of Virginia, and eats
no better food than a conscientious editor ought to have. And yet, as bis fortune is rated in the stock list daily, he is
so rich that, were his stocks turned into
money, he could lend Scott that $70,000,-
000 he wants and have enough left to live
comfortably upon. He could, unaided,
g > down and open, at his own expense,
the Darien Canal; or should Jiis fancy
run that way, he could advertise to-morrow that the Government through him
had determined to resume immediately
specie payment, and pretty nearly make
tne promise good, lie could endow a
college iD each State of the Union with
$2,000,000 each, or could build a double
track narrow-guage railroad from San
Francisco to. New York, and solve at
once the problem of cheap transportation. There is no telling, indeed, wbat
he might do; but what he will do is apparent enough. He was here when thirty
feet of ore near the surface was a big
mine. At 1,500_ feet he has found it
three or four times as wide. He believes at 4.000 he will strike it
Wheat 19 worth 92 cents; corn 50; hogs 5 to e
Stock hogs scarce.   Weather cold and dry.     '*
r   P.C.D.
WELLS COUNTY.
Montpelier, Jan. 16.
Hogs nearly all sold at prices ranging fron,
te to 56.50 per hundred.  Corn ls worth 50 cents;
wheat 85.   We have had some Tery  cold, dry
weather.  Water very scarce.
Jas. H. Deaver.
KNOX  COUNTV.
Wheat looks badly, on accounts of dry, cold
weather.    Hogs about all sold; stock  hogs
scarce.   Fair crop of corn, and selling at 5234 c.
The Farmer Is welcome here.   T. Wallace.
WABASh COUNTV.
Corn, oats, potatoes, clover seed, hogs and
sheep a good crop. Wheat, about one-third f
a crop. Hogs nearly all sold at B@6J£ cents per
pound. The most of the farmers have Improved their stock ofsheep. Growing wheat looks
poor.  Grangers looking for better times.
A Patron.
. PIKE COUNTY.
Jan. 18.
The wheat and corn crops In this section were
good. An average crop of hogs; sold at good
prices. Stock hogs scarce on account of cholera.
Cattle in good demand. Horses and mules are
very low. We have had two weeks of the coldest weather since the cold new years, 11 years
ago- D.D.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
"Crawfordsville, Jan. 10.
Yon made me say a short time ago that the
apple crop was.au average, when I Intended to
say a half crop. This protracted cold snap Is
telling on the winter's feed. It requires twice
as much feed now as in moderate weather.
Many thanks to the Farmer for the advice in
giving charcoal to cattle. My experience was
satisfactory. Swank.
DEARBORN   COUNTY.
The weather has been cold and dry for the
past three weeks. No snow. Wheat suffering,
and prospect for a very short crop. Business a
little dull. Money rather scarce. Our agent at
Cincinnati, Ii. C. Sawdon, isdoinga good thing
for the Patrons, though not very profitable to
himself. The Ohio river is blocked below Aurora, and frozen over above. . O. W. S.
JEFFERSON COUNIY.
Janvary 23.
The weather remains cold, though moderating slowly. The river ls still frozen over at
Madison. It is feared the severe weather has
injured the small grain, especially barley. If
any parties in the State are raising companies
to move South, we would like to hear from
them through the Farmer. *» o. S. T.
BROWN COUNTY.
January 22
Wheat crop of last year was good. Corn fair.
Hay and oats very light. Potatoes scarce.
Wheat looks poor; an average crop sown; worth
Jl. Corn 60 cents. Stock hogs scarce; worth
five to six cents per pound. Cattle—no sales.
Grangers are numerous and still increasing.
F. Milnes.
HENDRICKS COUNTY.
I.izton, Ind., January 20th.
Has any of the Farmer family ever cut and
burned stalks on wheat to destroy chinch bugs?
I am told by an old farmer that It will not kill
the wheat if the burning Is done while the
ground is frozen, and will destroy thousands
of bugs that have taken up winter quarters in
the husks and behind the boots on the stalks.
If any one has tried It, please report what success they have had. Hogs are not doing well
on account of the long cold snap. Cattle and
sheep are doing well, but take large quantities
of roughness to keep them warm.
J. Kennedy.
MADISON COUNTY.
January, 1875.
Wheat was an average; corn above an average—selling at 65 cents per bushel; oats light;
hay medium; potatoes, half crop; fruit, hal
crop; wheat sown about the same average as
1874. 1875 came upon us with a fine snow. The
weather for the last two weeks has been very
cold, but has moderated some ln the last two
days. The farmers are maturing plans for
spring operations. The Indiana Farmer is a
welcome visitor, and praised by all who see
and read lt. J. H.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Plymouth, January 25th.
Steady winter weather with a few Inches of
snow. On the 23d Inst, a large quantity of
wheat was taken ln at the warehouse here, at
prices from 95 cents to J1.00 per bushel. There
seems to be considerable wheat In the county
not yet sold, on account of the low prices,
which seem to be slowly advancing. Corn is
selling at 25' cents ln the ear. Hogs selling at
16.50 per cwt., but scarce. Plenty of stock cattle ln this and adjoining counties for sale
cheap, but no buyers. G. W. Oles.
January 22*.
Weather flne, but cold; five or six Inches of
snow.   Potatoes frozen.   Wheat, 95 cents; corn,
55; oats 45. Stock hogs, scarce and high; sheep,
J3.50. J. D.- W.
We believe  the prices of pork will
rule high next season, possibly not so
high as  this  season, if the corn ' crop
prove large, but undoubtedly at a better
profit to the feeder, for this crop of pork
was made on high-priced corn, and, even
on a full crop of corn next season, we do.
not anticipate low prices, for the reason (
that next fall tbe country will be drained*,
of corn, as it is now of pork.   Hence the'-
—   -. .deduction   is  sound that  next   year's
500 leet prices, both for com and pork will be
wide, and get rich, and he is going for it. remunerative to the grower and feeder.
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