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V>" Livs Stock. WILL THE PRICES OF SHORTHORNS BE SUSTAINED? In the month of January, 1874, there were three public sales of Short-Horn cattle made in Canada at which 17 males and 51 females were sold at an average of $457 per head. One of the herds sold was one ofthe best in the Dominion and the sale was a "closing out" one. In January just past there have been again three public sales in Canada, the summary of which is as follows: At William Miller's Bale, 33 cows and heifers sold at an average of $1305 per head, and 6 bulls at an average of $167.50 per head, making 39 head at an average of $537,50 per head. At Birrell and Johnston's sale, 19 cows and heifers sold at an average of 1393 per head, and one birll for $-100 making 20 head at an average of 139350 per head. At Thompson Brothers sale, 22 cows and heifers sold at an average of $412.75 per head and 4 bulls, at an average of $132.50 per head, average $370 per head. At J. R. Craig's "closing out" sale, 27 eows and heifers sold for an average of $594.25 per per head, and 5 bulls for an average.of $371 per head, making an average on the 32 head of 1559. The entire 117 head told for an average of $481.50 against the 68 sold last year at an average of ♦457 per head. Surely the price has not broken down yet. At the sales ma<je last year a number of the cattle sold came to Indiana, General Meredith & Son being large buyers. In the report of the sales just made we do not notice the name of any man from Indiana as a purchaser. Most of the highest prices paid were by buyers from Illinois and Kentucky. "Ware & McGoodwin, of Danville," Kentucky, purchased one cow at the nice little sum of $3,360 and a white heifer calf at $1,200. Will the white color come in fashion again? Will the high prices be sustained?, . sis . Fattening by Shrinkage. Jamestown. Boone County, 1 Indiana, January 24. j' Editor Indiana Farmer. Information wanted, which I suppose, can be readily given by some of the many cattle feeders of Indiana. It appears to be desirable with feeders to have a good fat set of cattle to commence with. ■ We believe it is customary to rough feed till February or March, allowing each animal to shrink from one hundred to one hundred and fifty pounds, then feed out on corn to get the original weights back. This is what we cannot understand. In what way does this management pay? Please explain in the Farner. Granger . s» < Sale of Poland China. James Mustard, of Broad Ripple, re eently sold one of his finest young Poland China sows, Eva Dili, James C. Calvert, Poseyville, Gibson county, Indiana She was two years old and weighed 492 pounds and the price paid was an even $100. - —. I . s . - - Care of Young Stock. —• Some farmers have advanced the opinion, and even practiced upon it, that to have hardy stock they must be exposed to the weather, and stinted in food while young; or. in other words, that a calf or a colt well fed and cared for will naturally be tender, and must be so fed through life to be kept in good condition. This is not so, in the first instance, for stock half kept while young can never recover from the injury thus received, and no after-care in feeding can make as good an animal as would have been produced by proper treatment in early life. To keep stock profitably, they should always be kept in thriving condition, receiving extra -attention while young and growing, especially during the winter and spring. Good shelter and plenty to eat and drink are particularly necessary at this season of thc year to all colts and calves which we desire to become^valuable horses and cattle hereafter.— Wool Grower. Horses were exported from France, ' in the first nine months of 1874. to the value of three million dollars. They in- eluded 5,217 mares, 536 stallions, and 11.959 geldings. The exports for the corresponding period in the two previous Wars were: 1873—Mares. 4 957; stallions. 616; geldings, 12.990. 1872— yMares, 4,265; stallions, 992; gelding s * «J26. They are exported principally to ngland, Belgium, and Germany.—N. Times THB MARSH HARVESTER AT "WORK. The Marsh Harvester is simple in construction, made ofthe very best materials, and although weighing only about 800 lbs., is strong and durable. Thc draft is lighter than any other Reaper of the same capacity. The platform is adjustable, and easily adapted to all kinds and conditions of grain. Two binders will easily bind as much on this machine, as four 6r five binders following other styles of Reapers, saving in addition all the grain that by other machines is lost,—this saving is estimated, by many, to be sufficient to pay thc wages of the binders. There is furnished with each machine a Shade- frame, over which an awning can be placed, protecting the workmen from the rays of tie sun, enabling them to do their work thoroughly and comfortably. ■•■".. In brief, the saving of labor, the saving of grain, tbe saving in wages and board of additional help, the durability and adaptability of this Harvester to all conditions of grain, renders it tin: Cheapest, most et-onomical, and best grain cutting machine now in use. .:.■'.. BLANKETING HORSES. But few people, comparatively, understand how to blanket a horse to prevent him, from contracting cold. We frequently see the blankets folded double, and laid across the rump, and a part of the animal's back, leaving those parts of the body that need protection entirely exposed to cold 1 storms and chilling winds. Those -parts of the body of a horse which surround the lungs require the benefit of a blanket, in preference to his flanks and rump. When we are exposed to a current of cold air, to guard against any injury from contracting cold, we shield our shoulders, chest, neck and hack. If these parts be kept protected, the lower part<of the body will endure a degree of cold far more intense, without any injury to the body, than if the lungs were not kept warm with suitable covering. The same thing holds in the protection of horses. The blanket should cover the neck, withers and shoulders, and be brought around the breast, and buttoned or buckled together as closely as a man buttons his overcoat, after baring his bosom. Let the lungs of a horse be protected with a heavy blanket, and he will seldom contract cold, even if the hindermost parte of the body are not covered. . We refer more particularly to blanketing horses that have become unusually warm by violent exertion and hard driving, and exposing them to a current of cold air while standing still. Many of our best teamsters protect the breast of their horses by a place of heavy cloth about two feet sqmare, hanging down from the lower end -of the collar. This is an excellent practice in cold weather, as the most important part of the animal is shielded from the cold wind, especially when traveling toward a strong current. The forward end of the horseblankcts should be made to fit as closely around the breast of a horse as our garments fit our bodies. Most horses will contracts violent cold almost as soon as a man,_ if not blanketed while they stand still, after having been exercised so violently as to produce a profuse perspiration. So long as a horse is kept in motion, there is little danger of his suffering any inconvenience from cold winds. But allow him to stand still for a few moments, while loading or unloading, without a heavy blanket to protect his shoulders and lungs, and he will take cold sooner than some men.—Exchange. CORN MEAL AND HAY. 1 Your correspondent T. .T. E., in comparing a ton of hay with the same quantity of corn meal, makes a difference of one dollar in favor of the former, but thinks this differeneo "more than made up by the increased value ofthe manure from the ton of corn meal." He forgers that what goes to the dung heap is so much taken from what was estimated as going to the animal. This is one of the dlJiculties with grain when fed—the mannre pile gets _ too much, probably in consequence mainly of a lack of balance of the nutritive properties of the grain, grass (dried) supplying them all in the right proportion' and so as to be nearly all available. The grain is only a part of the plant; hay is the entire plant. This acoounts for the difference. A feed is not valuable for what it may contain, but for what is _ available. Grass, or tender hay, fills* this last requirement. It is the natural feed of herbivorous stock, as milk is for young animals, and hence adjusted to the wants of the system. But theoretical discussion is not needed; practice and careful observation make clear the fact that grain, though it has its advantages, is not a profitable feed when stock is to be wintered or held to milk. For working horses and for fattening purposes it becomes a necessity. The cow, the sheep and the young animal thrive upon grass alone, provided always that the quality is good and the quantity is sufficient, whether green, or dried when green, the mature grass in all cases to be excluded. We include under this h.ead the clovers, the usual forage grasses, and corn fodder, when the material reserved for the berry is yet in the plant and available; and what is more than all, such fodder can be much more cheaply raised. This should decide the matter, and it does where it is known; and it is getting to be more and better understood. Hay is cut greener (often two crops in a season^, which early cutting favor. -Clover is comingmore into favor, and cornstalks are being largely used, as well as corn fodder, for feeding in summer—which is found cheaper and better than grain. Let us not deceive ourselves by theory, but go direct to practice, and bring all things, including the healthful action of the feed, to bear upon the subject.— Cor'. Country Gmlleman. The Ayrshiresi A poor farmer in 1750, finding it al most impossible to_ subsist, took _ great pains to nave his children drive his cow where she could eat the richest and thickest grass, to house her in the winter, and feed her with carefully stored hay; in fine, took unheard-of care of his cow. The grateful animal rewarded her owner with a fine calf and an unusual abundance of milk, and thus the celebrated breed of Ayrshire cows was pro duced, though it was not till about the first of the present century that it was brought to perfection. At the recent great fat cattle show at Islington, England, the Short-Horns took the three leading prizes. Best ox or steer, Mr. Belt's steer No. 65; best cow or heifer, Mr. II. Stratton's Nectar ineBud, No. 81. The 4*500 cup tothe best animal in the yard, "H. R. H." the Prince of Wales' white heifer, No. 170, bred by Mr. Hugh Aylmer; got by T.C Booth s British Crown. A fat ox exhibited by Mr. Wortley weighed, at sixty-five months old, about 2,700 pounds. Indiana Farmer Family. Onr Postal Card Correspondence. BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. Coi.umbcs, Jan. 3S. Tlie last few days of freezing and thawing has been hard on tbe thin wheat. Wheat ls worth »5«Mnts per bushel; corn 55 cents. Cattle are looking very well considering tho severe, <x>ld weather we have had. Stock hogs are getting scarce. Hike your paper better than ever and think lt Is being Improved every week. Success to yon. E. P. CLICK. TROM ANOTHER. Walksboko, Jan. We are beginning to nse land Plaster here and find lt very profitable, especially in clover. Borne fear It will Injure tbe soil by packing, exhausting, etc., and say that when Its use ls o»ce commenced lt must be continued. The opinion of those having experience In Its use on these points wonld be valuable. Will J. N. Robinson, respond through Uie columns of this paper. E. B. HARRISON COUNTY. Siiarpe's Mills, Jan. 30. Will you, or some of your readers, please answer the following questions: Wihere can lactometers be procured? What means will prevent the ravages of the old, striped potato bugs? Were lt not for these I think, .mangel-wurzel would be a profitable crop. Why can we not have an engraving of the Jersey or Aldercney stock occasionally. 8. U. B.6CSIBEB. A newly patented article is an india rubber over-shoe for horses. It is made and lined the same way as the one for the human race, only the sole is_ made thick and roughened to prevent slipping. It has the advantage that it can be removed at will, and easily put on again. The cost is one-third _mor,e than iron shoes but their durability is said to be great. NEW PARIS. OHIO. In Use report ofthe weights of my hogs, given In the Farmer a few weeks since. You got the weights a little too heavy. It should have read '.'the two largest weighed 1,500 pounds," not "1,500 pounds each" as the type made lt read. Please correct, as your readers may accuse me of telling Munchausen-like stories. W. H. Garret-son. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Salem, Jan. 28. We have had excessively cold weather. The peaches are nearly all killed. Apples are badly damaged. The wheat appears to be Injured, as there was no snow to protect lt during the severe freeze. Weather ls warmer. I.. N-Smith. RIPLEY COUNTY. Holtox, Jan. 28. The growing crop of wheat looks well. Corn Is selling at 55cents per bushel. Apples nearly all gone; have been rotting very badly; selling at 40 cents per bushel. Cattle, are plenty and are looking well. J, It. DECATUR COUNTY. We are In the southern part of Decatnr county, and think that the soil in this neighborhood ls almost as productive as can be found. This part ofthe county raised the usual number of hogs; most all sold at from J6.00 to 7.35. Corn plenty; selling at50 cents. Cattle plenty; selling at 3K cents, Qur Grange ls ln good working order. J. W. Armstrong. ALLEN COUNTY. Hogs all sold at7 and 8 cents. Stock hogs are bc arce. Wheat looks very bad. Corn is worth 00 cents; wheat 11; clover seed 16; potatoes 75, bay CO; batter !I5 cents per pound. Obangeb. WARREN COUNTY. Kainsvillb. Jan, 25. Weathereold; very little snow; hard on the wheat, especially on the prairie. Feed ls high and scarce. Water for stock ls scarce; stock, ls looking well. Fat hogs all sold at from 15 to t6.75. Very flne, fat cattle on hand. H. B. FOUNTAIN COUNTY. Tbeearly sown wheat looks promising, bnt tbe late sown looks.bad. Last year's crop was not as good as usual, neither In quality nor ln quantity. The corn crop was a fair one. Not much of an oat crop sown. Our hog crop ls nearly all sold, worth from five to six dollars per hundred. There will not be very many hogs for next winter's market. Cattle are tolerably plenty, bntare selling very low. The farmers will not have much feed to spare. W. N. I.. • CREENE COUNTY. • Marco, Jan. 30. To prevent rabbits from destroying young fruit trees I take the liver and lltes of a hog when butchering ln the fall, and rub the tree from the ground up higher than they can reach. This Is a novel but effectual way. J. B. Stiles. SHELBY COUNTY. Jan. 28. Since the long cold spell of weather ls over, and the snow and ice ls gone, wheat looks nice and green. I have a Berkshire pig that ls nine months old. At7 months it was a flne growing pig, but has now lost Its flesh. IU hair looks coarse and rough; the hide is rather dry and dead looking; lnsldeof the ears lsa white, horny substance at which lt strikes with Its hind feet. ltls running with mate which ls doing well. Will some of the readers of the Farmer please be so kind as to tell me through Its colums what alls him? It eats both corn and slop with a good appetite.' 0. M. Sleeto. ALFALFA SEE0. We have got some ofthe Alfalfa seed from California. Can some one give us some advice as to the time of sowing lt and on what kind of ground lt should be sown.? Please give full Information and lt will be appreciated by a reader of the Indiana Farmer. J. McClellan. JEFFERSON COUNTY.' February 1. Will you or some of your readers Inform me through the cesiums of your paper how nuch oil meal to give at a feeding, and how often to feed lt to horses, cattle and sheep, when the object ls to fatten, Subscriber. MARSHALL COUNTY. How to Estimate the Profits ot. Farm. The farmerllvesln his own house. The use of the house he lives ln and does not pay for, ls as much apart of his Income as the money the salaried man may pay for rent is of bis, and should be counted as such in* an estimate of the profits of a farm. All things produced on a farm and consumed on the fanner's table, Including the vegetables from his garden, and tbe eggs and milk used ln cooklngareos much a part of his Income as the money a salaried man pays for the same. If a fanner giveshls wife a pleasant ride to town, and when using his own horse and vehicle, the value of their use lsa part of the Income from the farm as truly as the money the salaried man would have to pay for the same. The correct way to estimate the profits of a farm is this: Give credit for everything produced or expended, no matter how small In value, as well as for cash received for produce and Increase ln the value of farm property, and charge against the farm theintereston capital Invested, and for all expedltures. The man that will do this from year to year will not feel much like com plaining about the unprofitableness of farming. Few take into consideration the comfort and luxury ol lresh eggs, butter, fruit, Ac, such as they would have to pay high prices for^or do without, if they lived in towns. o. W. Oles. JOHNSON COUNTY. I have about 500 loads of manure under my barn, ln the dry, made from 70 head of mules. What ls the best method of disposing of It? I am hauling it out and spreading It on ■ clover sod to be put in corn in the spring. Is lt better todrop a load ln a place and spread Just before turning under ln the spring. Wheat looks well. Grangers are in splendid working condition. Farmers generally are aiming to get a better stock of cattle and hogs; till less land and do it better; buy less goods and pay cash. E. D. B. RANDOLPH COUNTY. I have been a breeder of Poland-China hogs ever since I was 15 years old. I have raised pigs which, when 7 months old, weighed 320 pounds; never fed strong until they were 8 months old. I believe the best way to raise pigs ls to not feed much corn to sows with young pigs, as lt will give them the scours. Some say that clover will kill young pigs. I beg leave to differ with them. I have raised fine pigs on clover alone. Good elover with small feeds of corn Is much better than If the feed was all corn. Some have a great deal of trouble In saving pigs. If they will feed their brood sows some bran mash with a few small potatoes one month before harrowing, the pigs will be sure to have good luck If properly cared for. W. H. Farmer. MONROE COUNTY. Growing wheat looks bad. Hogs all sold. Wheat is worth tl. per bushel; corn 00 cents; oats 50; potatoes 80. J. H. T. IKDIAKA 1TEWS. Ice ten inches thick has been cut in the Wabash at Yincennes. It is estimated that over 5,000 hogs have been marketed at Laporte so far this season. A. pottery is talked of in Petersburg, Pike county. Father William Taylor, a veteran of the war of 1812, died in Lafayette Wednesday night, in his 84th year. Wm. Wright, who lives near Scipio, weighed 120 hogs last week of his own raising, which averaged over 440 pounds each. The heaviest tax-payer in Switzerland county is U. P. Schenck, who pays $2,- 462 42. The treasury of the Howard county agricultural society is plethoric with a cash balance of $5 98, while the outstanding debts unpaid amount to $1,- 473.25. Hundreds of bushels of apples and potatoes have been frozen in the cellars of Delphi during the frigid term. The following item from. The Republican, published at Auburn: A recent fox hunt resulted in the capture of six foxes and some other game. The Sullivan Union says: Wheat continues to pour into the market here. The mills are kept running day and night. This is something unusual for this time of year, and gives a little idea ofthe immense crop which-was raised last season. Says Ihe Frankfort Banner: "Last Friday and Saturday were field days for grain men. The fear ofthe roads breaking up hurried many farmers up, and the consequence was that at least 6,000 bushels of corn was delivered on each day." The Tipton Advance says: "Two brothers, both young men, living in the southwest corner ofthe county! whose names we failed to learn, were out hunting on- last Friday, when one was shot by a rifle in the hands of the other, from the wounds of which he died some hours af-' terward." Ihe Tipton Times states that during the last summer, Mr. McFatridge had forty-four colonies of bees, and fromt them he obtained8.567 pounds of slung! honey. He sold 5,817 pounds at nineteen cents. The whole-amount raised from the forty-four colonies was worth, at market price, $1,627 73. and the amount sold came to $1,105 23. Ihe Noblesville Ledger says: A man named Frank Brewer, aged about thirty- five years, and a musician by profession, was found in the Perkinsville grave yard Monday morning, frozen to death. Deceased is said to have been a very- skillful musician, and generally traveled with shows in the practice of his profession. The Bedford Independent: "Prof. Cox, State Geologist, informs us that there is more mineral wealth in Lawrence county than in any other county in the State, and that Indian Creek and Spice Valley townships take the lead. The professor, is urging the necessity of building a nar- row-guage railroad from rockport to Indianapolis, through this county. He assures us that it would be tbe best paying road tn the State." , The Laporte Herald gives the following ice notes: "It is believed that the different firms and companies will pity out at least $50,000 for labor before the close ofthe harvest. Thompson & Co. have shipped in all 464 car-loads of ice to Chicago—at least 5,500 tons. This is about all the ice sent off by rail thus far. When the barns are filled the shipments are likely to be quite heavy, as Hilt & Co. will want to to send some blocks south over the I. P. & C. railroad. HENDRICKS COUNTY. Lizton, Jan. 25. I have a mare that chews the halter strap and bridle rein. Will some one that has a remedy give lt through the colums of the Farmer and confer a favor on J. K. The Scientific American proposes the' following treatment for wet boots : When the boets are taken off, fill them quite full of dry oats. This grain has a f:reat fondness for damp, and will rapid- y absorb the last vestige of it from the wet leather. As it quickly and completely takes up the_ moisture, it swells and fills the boot with a tightly-fitting last, keeping its form good, and drying the leather, without hardening it. In the morning shake out the oats and hang them in a bag near the fire to dry, ready for the next wet night; draw on the boots and go happily and comfortably about the day's work. Eating Without an Appetite. Dr. Hall says: It is wrong to eat without an appetite, for it shows there is no gastric juice in the stomach, and that nature does not need food; and not needing it, there being no fluid to receive and act upon it, it remains there only to putrify, the very thought of which shouldbe sufficient to deter any man from eating without an appetite for the remainder of his life. If a tonic is taken to whet the appetite, it is a mistaken course, for its sonly result is to cause one to eat more, when already an amount has been eaten beyond what the gastric is able to prepare. The object to be obtained is a larger supply of gastric juice, not a larger supply of food; and whatever fails to accomplish that essential object fails to have any efficiency toward the cure of dyspeptic diseases. The formation of gastric juices is directly proportioned to the wear and tear ofthe system, which it is to be the means of supplying, and this wear and tear can only take place as the result of exercise. The; efficient remedy for dyspepsia is workout-door work—beneficial and successful in direct proportion as it is agreeable,; interesting and profitable.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1875, v. 10, no. 05 (Feb. 6) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1005 |
Date of Original | 1875 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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V>"
Livs Stock.
WILL THE PRICES OF SHORTHORNS BE SUSTAINED?
In the month of January, 1874, there
were three public sales of Short-Horn
cattle made in Canada at which 17 males
and 51 females were sold at an average
of $457 per head. One of the herds sold
was one ofthe best in the Dominion and
the sale was a "closing out" one. In
January just past there have been again
three public sales in Canada, the summary of which is as follows: At William Miller's Bale, 33 cows and heifers
sold at an average of $1305 per head, and
6 bulls at an average of $167.50 per
head, making 39 head at an average of
$537,50 per head. At Birrell and Johnston's sale, 19 cows and heifers sold at
an average of 1393 per head, and one
birll for $-100 making 20 head at an average of 139350 per head. At Thompson
Brothers sale, 22 cows and heifers sold
at an average of $412.75 per head and 4
bulls, at an average of $132.50 per head,
average $370 per head. At J. R. Craig's
"closing out" sale, 27 eows and heifers
sold for an average of $594.25 per
per head, and 5 bulls for an average.of
$371 per head, making an average on the
32 head of 1559. The entire 117 head
told for an average of $481.50 against
the 68 sold last year at an average of
♦457 per head. Surely the price has not
broken down yet. At the sales ma |
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