LiYG Stock,
Trom the Illinois Journal of Agriculture.
JERSEY   CATTLE    FOE   BUTTER
.MAKERS AND HOUSEHOLDERS.
BY GEO. _. WARING, JB.
In no branch of stock raising has interest increased more rapidly during the
5ast ten years than in the breeding of
ersey cattle. At the close of the war
there was a large number of these animals scattered oyer the country, the result mainly of importations made between 1S50 and 1800, and kept with more
or less care, and in large or small herds.
The value of the breed being well demonstrated, much attention began to be
paid to pedigrees and records of importation. In 1868 an association of breeders was formed under the name of the
American Jersey Cattle Club. Since
the work has gone on much more systematically^ A Herd Book has been established in which over five thousand
pedigrees have been recorded, and an
effort is being made to extend the knowledge of the merits of this beautiful and
useful race.
_ The effort is not without its effect, and
interest in the breed is growing in every
State in the Union; the value of really
fine animals is increasing,-and it is becoming rapidly understood that inferior
animals, no matter how pure their blood,
must be discarded.
.The demand for Jerseys at first arose
mainly among wealthy men who wanted
cattle for so-called "fancy" purposes;
but the merits of the race were too great
to allow them to be confined to this use.
Without lessening in any respect the affections of those who are chiefly for the
beauty and rich milk of these cattle,
they are fast extending their popularity
among farmers, especially where butter
making is one of the chief items of business. ,
It must be clear to all who hare
watched the manner in which the breed
has introduced itself in America, that
the time is fast approaching, if it has
not already arrived, when the great demand for Jersey cattle will come from
those who make an important item of
butter making, just as Shorthorns have
found their way among beef raisers.
The position they now hold for family
use will doubtless be maintained and extended, but the great field with the finest
Jerseys, as with the finest Shorthorns,
will be among the chief breeders on
whom the farmers at large depend for
constantly improving stock. We shall
probably never see $40,000 paid for a
Jersey cow, but the prices to be obtained by reliable and skillful men who
will give their best attention to the most
perfect development of the breed, are
doubtless larger than would now be believed, and these prices will depend, directly or indirectly, on the demand for
this stock by enterprising butter makers
throughout the country.
The butter-making possibilities of
this race are far beyond what would ordinarily be supposed. Instances of
from fourteen to sixteen pounds of butter being made in a week from the milk
of a single cow of small size, consuming
only a moderate amount of food, are by
no means rare. Many cow? are known
to be reliable tor the yearly production
of 300 pounds and over. Mr. Thomas
Motleys cow "Flora" made in fifty
weeks, between two calvings, 511 lbs. 2
oz. of butter. In the largest week she
made but 14 pounds, but her smallest
product, one year after calving, was 6
pounds. The average for the whole year
was about 10 pounds per week.
There are plenty of cows of other and
larger races which will give 14 pounds a
week but the Jerseys and Guernseys are,
I believe, the only ones which will hold
out so persistently with such a large
product.
Nor is the quantity of butter made
(although larger in proportion to the
amount of food consumed than that of
any race), their only great advantage;
tbe firmness, solidity, good flavor and
fine color which distinguish Jersey butter are unequaled in any other class of
cows,
i While recommending Jerseys in the
highest manner for the several advantages I am satisfied they possess, I desire
to give prominence to the faot that there
are bad Jerseys as well as good ones,
and that he who hopes to succeed in securing the great advantages claimed for
them must confine his selection to animals of really good quality. A Herd
Book Registry is highly important as
securing purity of blood, but among the
animals thus vouched for there is a wide
difference of quality. Some are rich
and some are poor; some are large butter makers and some are handsome and
some are far from it. In short, there
are as many and great differences among
Jerseys as among other races of cattle.
; The selection should be made according to the ordinary indications of good
dairy quality—very little, if at all, according to fancy marks. Beauty and
utility are, of course, very often com-
■5 _le<^ Variations from the fixed type
j?^ the rule rather than the exception
V,u_ r breeding °f a composite race like
j tne Jersey. Their excellence seems to
.••1
have been derived from several sources,
and viewed by itself, this race might almost be regarded as a mixed one. It is
only when compared with other races
that its typical individuality becomes
manifest. However much a her4 of
Jerseys may vary among themselves, not
one of them ever looks like a Shorthorn,
Ayrshire or a "native." Within the
varying range of color and form that the
breed presents. th:re are many points
such as the black switches and the uniform hues, which may be singled out for
the especial attention of thb breeder,
and may be made in a few generations
more permanent and conspicuous than
they naturally are. While it would not
be impossible, it would be extremely
difficult to give prominence to distinct
features—to the large milking qualities
and to the black points—at the same
lime. The difficulty of selection would
be increased many fold. It would be
possible, no doubt, to establish a herd of
15 lb. cows with the leading fancy-color
points, but it would require a long time,
great care, and probably an important
sacrifice of form and fineness. Then
again, by the time perfection had been
attained, the question of color might
have come to be little regarded, or the
fashion might have changed entirely to
fawn and white color, with white
switches and light-colored tongues. If
we are to be fanciers in the sense in
wliich those arc who breed pigeons,
then we may very properly set up a fancy
standard, and breed to a hair. But if
we are to take a farmer's view of the
subject, and breed for whatever will produce the most money, then we should
by all means seek for such a large yield
of yellow cream js will maintain the unquestioned superiority of the Jersey for
the economical conversion of food into
butter, and such striking typical beauty
as shall keep her always the favorite
cow for ornamental purposes— a beauty
that does not depend on adherence to
arbitrary points, out on fineness of breeding, symmetry of form, variety and har-
monyof color, and the deer-like characteristics of head and eyes for which the
race is noted. Such a standard of beauty as this, admitting great variety of
color, allows us to seek our great milk
ers through a much wider range of
animals.
While Jerseys adapt themselves well
to the circumstances of large farmers
depending on broad pasture fields, the
race has an inherited tendency which
should be observed by those who,
especially for domestic purposes, desire
to preserve their original characteristics.
The extreme delicacy of limb, the slight
development of muscle, and the unusually small lungs of these animals may
be taken as a natural result of the almost entire absence of exercise that we
know to have long been one of thc leading conditions of their lives. The perfect docility of disposition, the evident
fondness of even the youngest calves for
the presence of man, and the slight disposition to roam (especially observable
in imported animals), have unquestionably grown from the door-yard and
household-pet character of their treatment through long generations. The
unusual secretion of fat in the mil-
may be reasonably attributed to the
slight waste of the fat-forming portions
of the food that moderate respiration
and limited exercise make possible, and
and to the fact that fat in this form,
rather than in flesh, has long been the
prime object ofthe farmer's attention.
Of course it should be our object to
improve on the best results that have
yet been attained by breeders in Jersey
but we should be extremely oareful how
we set about it.
lt is very commonly asserted that,
under the warmer sun, on the broader
pastures, and_ with the more lavish feeding that are incident^ to our own operations, the breed has improved since its
introduction intothis country;_ also that
the progeny of imported animals are
usually superior to their progenitors. It
seems to me that this criticism is not
unquestionably a sound one. There is
no doubt that, under ordinary American
treatment, the animals do increase in
size, in richness of appearance, and in
the quantity of their of milk; it is, however, very doubtful whether this general
enlargement is a real advantage. The
most desirable qualities of the Jersey
are quite the opposite of the most desirable qualities of the Short-Horn or
the Ayrshire; and there seems no reason to suppose that we shall really improve the breed by giving it the characteristics of larger races, else we had
better breed Short-Horns or Ayrshires
at once.
As a broad proposition the sole officeof
the Jersey cow is to produce the largest
possible amount of rich and highly colored cream from a given amount of'food.
The best rule for a beginner in establishing a herd of Jersey cattle, or in
buying a few animals to raise the value
of his present stock, will be, while discarding animals deficient in beauty or
form, to select those of unquestioned
pedigree, which give in the largest decree
the indications which all butter makers
recognize as indispensable. He should
disregard color absolutely, taking more
or less white;_ white switches or black;
fawn, gray, white or black body colors as
the case may be; but he should insist
on fine horns, yellow hides, good udder,
good escutcheon, and so far as he can
ascertain it,a good butter-making ancestry. The accompanying illustration of
the cow " Eva" has been selected as
showing the characteristics of the breed
in a good degree, not because she is materially better than other animals ofthe
herd. We never tested her by herself,
but so nearly as we could estimate she
might at any time have been forced
to the production of 350 pounds per
annum.
Ogden Farm, Newport, R. I.
THE PROFIT OF A THOROUGHBRED BULL TO THE FARMER.
I had five steers; three were thoroughbred and two high grades; two were
three years old and three were four years
old. I held them at even $1,000. Messrs.
Mullhall. Scallini: & Co., of St. Louis,
hearing that I had these cattle, sent a
man up to my place to buy thein. He
paid me $8.50 per hundred pounds, for
them, and took four of them home with
him. The remaining steer I was to keep
until February 1st. The four wcut off
about the middle of January, and they
designed taking them to New Orleans in
time for the Mardi Gras festival. Owing
to the trouble in the South, the festival
was not held, and these gentlemen wrote
mc, requesting mc to keep the other
steer until fall; that I might weigh him
and draw on them for the money, and
they would give mo $10 per hundred
pounds for all the additional weight I
put on him before taken away. lie was
the second smallest steer when tho others
were taken away, and on March 5th he
brought me $198.47, So that you will
readily see that if I had kept the whole
of them until the 1st of March, they
would have brought me over $1,000. As
it was, they fell a few dollars short.
These cattle had not been cfowded_ at
all. Icould have easily made them weigh
two or three hundred pounds more it I
had pushed them. They never had any
grain in tho summer, and not near all
they would eat in winter, until the present one. "The steer now On my place is
three-year-old, coming four.—William
Black, in N. S. Journal, Carrollton,
Illinois.
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SALES OF SH0RT-H0RN CATTLE.
Editor Indiana Farmer:
We have recently made the following
sales of Short-Horn cattle: To William
A. Painter, Middletown, Indiana, the cow
Emma llth, and bull calf, by Louanjo
17597. Emma llth, by Duke of Highland 5570; dam, Emma 4th, by Imp.
Czar 395, for $450.
To Judge H. Craven, Pendleton, Indiana, the cow Highland Mary 2d, and
cow calf, by Louanjo 17597. Highland
Mary 2d, by Indian Chief llth. 8380; dam,
Highland Mary, by Burnside 4618, for
$400.
To Martin Galliher and Lewis Moor,
Muncie, Indiana, the yearling bull, Geneva Lad, 17173; got by 7th Dake of
Geneva 7934; dam, Highland Mary, by
Burnside 4618, for $300.
To B. F. Legg, Windfall, Indiana, the
bull calf, Louanjo 2d, by Louanjo 17597;
dam, Kuparea 9th, by Rob. Anderson
6124, for $125.
To David Franklin, Mechanicsburg,
Indiana, a bull calf, by Louanjo 17597;
dam, Annie R., by 13th Duke of Airdrie
5535. T. Wilhoit & Son.
Middletown, Indiana.
OUR FIRST  PREMIUM—LOUAN'S
KAPLER.
HOG FEEDING.
Editor Indiana Farmer.
I have 33 hogs that I am feeding for
market. They weighed on the 22d of
March, 6,010 pounds. I weighed to them
272 pounds, or 4 bushels of corn per
day, for ten days, and weighed again.
Weight 6,605
Weight 22d March „ .'.....8,010
Gain ln ten days ™  685
An average gain of a little over 18 lbs.
per head, or 14? lbs. of pork for every
bushel of corn fed.
Said hogs were in a small lot and have
not had anything but dry corn and good
water. J. K. Payne.
Mundy's Station. April 5,1875.
Relative Cost of Butter and Beef.
A Visit to the Stock Farm of General
S. Meredith & Son.
SALE OF THE GLEN FLORA HERD.
Arriving at Glen Flora about 10
o'clock a. m , on the 7th inst., we found
a large concourse of people, among whom
were many noted breeders of Shorthorn
cattle from Kansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, New York
and Michigan, and a from Canada. Very
complete arrangements had been made
for the accommodation of bidders and
visitors. A stand had been prepared
for Auctioneer, clerk and reporters,
around which was a circle 30 to 40 feet
in diameter, surrounded by comfortable
raised seats sufficient to accommodate
probably 1000 persons—the whole thing
under one large canvass prepared for
the express purpose of accommodating
such sales. A good and ample lunch
had also been prepared for the hungry,
to which all were cordially invited.
The sale opened at about 11 o'clock.
Col. J. W. Judy, Auctioneer.   Below is
the result,
cows.
Rose of Oxford 2nd, Roan, Col. Taylor,
London, Canada $    900
Prince of Oxford 1th, Roan, Simon Beat-
tie, Whltcvale, Canada    1,700
Prince of Oxford 7th, Roan, N. P. Clark,
Minneapolis, Minn - -   1,850
■Atlantic Gwynne    2nd,   Roan, George
Grimes, Ilournvllle, Ohio _.   1,550
Oxford Gwynne 2nd, Red, by same    1,000
Oxford Gwynne 3d, Roan, J. R.Craig, Edmonton, Canada 1      775
Having a desire to take a look at
Louan's Napier, our first special premium, before he started to his new home
at Plymouth, Marshall county, we went
over to Cambridge City last Monday and
visited the stock farm of Gen. Meredith
lying just east of the place. The General, although suffering from a severe
cold contracted whilo attending thc
recent cattle sales at Waukegan and
Chicago, insisted on showing us through
hie stables. We were much pleased with
the fine appearance of his large herd of
Short-Horns which have lost nothing by
the severe weather of the past long cold
winter. It; is hardly necessary to say
that thc splendid animals of this choice
herd are well housed, fully fed and carefully bedded and groomed. If time permitted we should be glad to describe thc
well arranged stables and grounds, the
manner of feeding and grooming, and
especially the noble animals themselves
which form one of the finest and most
valuable herds in the country and are an
objeot of pride to tho State. Messrs.
Meredith & Son attribute their rare
success in acquiring their superior herd
. ,      .     , . .       , sussissssu, v.aas,tsass.	
to their long experience in breeding and   Oxford Gwynne 5th, Roan, Wm. Miller,	
, ,,    . .  .     , , .       . A tha, Canada s _.   1,225
raising and their persistent determination   Oxford Gwynne llth, Koan, Geo. Grimes..     BOO
s\_. ■ i-. r n.s.    atri.i...    llhVPrnn.
Countess 2d, Red, Ell Elliot  200
Blushing Fairy, RAW, Same _ 260
Yaries Butterfly, Red, Andrew Crawford. 200
Royal Butterfly, Roan, Same  32S
101 females, average $570,—aggregate ^59,280
18 males average t_i5, nearly,—aggregate.   5,125
122 head average $528, nearly,—aggregate. 61,105
Fourth Earl of Oxford 8075, Red &
White, 6 years old, sold to Bailey and
Goodspeed, Baldwin, Wisconsin, for $1,-
000; and Baron Bates 3d. 11332, Roan,
4 years old, to Geo. Otley, for $1,500.
The other bulls sold quite low." They
were not desirable, as they lacked vigor
and substance. Had been stabled too
much.
s     s»     .	
We have recently sold the Shorthorn
cow, Annie and bull calf, 4 weeks old,
by Forest Napier, 11973. to James R.
Christian, Noblesville, Ind., for $350;
also, Berkshires to Messrs. Prettyman
& Markle, Bluffton, Ind. Dennis Noo-
nan, Hartford City, Ind. Mack Rich,
Falmouth, Ind.        H. C. Meredith.
A Mechanics' Cow.
Did it ever occur to any of your readers that it takes more feed to make a
pound of beef than a pound of butter?
A good cow in milk, well cared for, will
make 200 pounds of butter in. a season,
worth from $60 to $70; but a dry cow,
with the same feed, will not gain as much
in weight in the same time, nor will she
be worth as much as the butter from the
dairy cow, and the milch cow is left. An
acquaintance of mine is fattening an ox,
and in sixty days he had feJ him 900
pounds of meal, at a_ cost of $15, with
only 100 pounds gain in weight—H. W.,
in Country Gentleman.
to. have the best strains of blood and
most perfect specimens at whatever cost.
We trust that, a large number of our
readers will attend the salo of this herd
on the 28th of next month and see for
themselves to what perfection these
cattle have been brought.
'-. While we were there the purchases
made by General M. at the recent sales
in Illinois arrived. Thc purchases consisted of six head of Short-Horns and
an imported Clydesdale mare. The latter
is one of the finest animals of its class
we have ever seen. She has taken several first prizes in England and Canada.
The six Short-Horns, all of wbith arrived in good condition, are: Young
Mary and calf, red, 6 years old; Phoenix
1, roan, 2 years; Phccnix 5, roan, 2
years; imported Frill, roan, 6 years,
Booth stock ; and Belle of Oakland, red,
2 years, strongly Bates. The average
cost of these cattle was about $500.
LOUAN'S NAriER.
We were more than pleased with our
first premium and are sure that our fortunate agent, J. Brownlee, of Plymouth,
and our numerous readers in Marshall
county will be delighted at the prize
they have won. He would have been
our choice of all the stock of his age
that was shown us, and General Meredith assured us that as prices are now
ruling for such animals he regards him
worth $500. He is certainly as handsome, well formed and stylish a young
Short-Horn as the State affords and we
expect to hear of his taking numerous
red ribbons at the fairs in northern Indiana next fall. We give his pedigree
below:
Red; bred by 8. Meredith at Son, Cambridge
City, Indiana; calved Dec. 20th, 1871,
Got by Forest Napier, 11973.
Dam, 2d Louan of Oakland, by Prince Alfred.
8840.
Sth Louan of Woodlawn, by Laudable, 5870.
3d       •' "      Dukeof Airdrie, 3713,
Lonan lflth, by Colin Campbell, 2839.
••        9th, by DKMcy, 432.
"       5tb, by Sclota, 949.
" by Imported Otley, (1832.)
Cambria by Bertram 2d, (3144.)
Virgtnia 2d, by Imported Bertram, (17)6.)
Imported Leucllla, by Memnon, (1223.)
Virginia, by General, (272.)
Rosemary, by Flash, (281.)
Red Rose, by Petrach, (488.)
Bright Eyes, by Alexander, (20.)
Red A comb, by Traveler, (685;)
 by Bon of Bollngbroke, (86.)
 by J. Brown's Red Bull, (97.)
Forest Napier and Prince Alfred are Booth
bulls, the three previous ones are Bates Bulls.
400
1,050
700
1,200
600
550
600
Oxford Gwynne7th, White, Alb'rtCrane,
Durham Park, Kansas —
Oxford Gwynne Sth, Roan.Geo. Grimes —
Oxford Gwynne 9th, Red, Same      800
Jubilee Gwvnne2nd, Roan, Same    1,200
Jubilee Uwynne 3d, Koan, ty. N. Offltt,
Georgetown, Ky      »j0
Jubilee Gwynne 4th, Roan, J. R. Shelley,     	
Hhanon, 111    1,000
Jubilee Gwynne 5th, Roan, Robert Holloway, Monmouth, IU -.
Princess Gwynne 7th, White, J. It. Shelley	
Princess Gwynne Sth, Roan, Wm. Miller.
Princess Gwynne 9th, Roe_,Geo.Grlmes.
Melody Gwynne llth, Roan, J. R.Shelley.
Melody Gwynne 12th, Red & White, Geo.      	
Chace, West Liberty, Iowa      400
Melody Gwynne 14th, Red at White, AI-
belt Crane -     *°u
Melody Gwynne 15th, Red at White, W.     inc
M. Smith. Lexington. Ill      425
Melody Gwynne 16th, Red st White, An-
drew Crawford, Lone Tree, la....     450
Lady Oxford 3d, Red, Geo. Grime*,      ft>0
Perl of Fairview, Roan, T.J. McGlbbon,
Cynthiana, Ky    2,500
Perl's Duchess, Roan, N. P. Clark    1,600
2nd Rose of Racine, Red, II. F. Brown,
• Minneapolis!, Minn    1,200
Rose of Woodlawn, lied, Geo.Grlmes      425
Carlotta 3d, Roan, Same      275
White Rose, White, T.J. McGlbbon     ...      37o
Flatter}' 4th, Roan, J. R. Shelly      600
Sally, Red & Whlte.Geo. Chace       42o
Sonerilla 2nd, Roan, J. R. Shelly      850
Portulacca, Red, Albert Crane      300
Portulacca 3d, Roan, J. D. Dawaer, Mar-
sllalltown, Iowa       I°o
Oxford Lass (ith, Roan, Geo. Orlmes       9o0
6th Duchess Louan, Red. N. P. Clark    1,800
Belle of Racine R & W, RIgdon Hueston,
Blandonville. Ill -     525
Airdln Queen, Red, Dr.  Ormond,  Milwaukee, Wis       5oO
4th Louan of Glen Flora, R, Wm. Smith.     500
5th Louan of Glen Flora, Red <fc White,
Amlrew Crawford       52o
fth Louan of Glen Flora, R, Geo. Grimes,     72o
Mh Louan of Glen Flora, Red, H. H. Cor-
ban, Paris, Ky      675
Lonan  of  Glen  Flora, Red, Mies
—-  - -" 550
500
525
I have been much interested in reading the accounts of the value of various
breeds of cows for milking qualities, also
of individual cows. Mr.H. O.Foster of
this town, has a cross-breed cow; partly
Ayrshire and Jersey; that gave nearly
five thousad quarts of milk (4,083) from
January 1, 1874, to January 1, 1.875.
Her feed consisted of 8 quarts of bran
and corn meal per day, and all the
chopped English hay she would eat,
with the run of a common wild pasture
in summer. I do not know whether the
meal was continued "in summer or not.
She calved in January, 1874, and will
calve next August. She has had no
roots of any kind ; being a family cow,
raised by Mr. Foster, who is a mechanic,
and has no other stock. All the milk-
has been sold to a milkman, and account*
kept, which can be consulted at any
time.  G. A. G.
For the Indiana Farmer.
FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA.
9th Lonan of Glen Flora, Red, Nlles
Brothers, Wataga ill -
12th Louan of Glen Flora, Red, Same	
llth Louan of Glen Flora, Red, B. F.
Trimble, Plattsbure, Mo	
15th Lonan of Glen Flora, Robert Hollo-
16th Louan of Glen FVorai'N.' P. Clark      350
17th Louan of Glen Flora, W. Warnlck,
Cynthiana. Ky      t"5
18th Louan of Glen Flora, George Otley,	
Neponset, 111 -       600
4th Louan of Chesterfleld.G. II. Lamber-
ton, Wis       800
Lou-Angellne 9th, Roan, Andrew Craw-
ford "-•••••     3_>
Lou-Angellne, Roan, C. J. Morton, Cedar
Rapids,Iowa ....-■•- ..............      400
Lou-Angellne 10th, R & W, J. E. Griffith,
IsOUlsvlUe, Mo      22a
Bright Eyes Duchess, Roan, H. F. Brown.   li2oo
Bright Eyes Duchess 2d, Red &  White,
George Otley    8,000
Bright Eyes 7th, Red, Robt. Holloway      375
Bright Eyes8th, Red, Same    1,100
Brlgh Eyes 10th, Red. Albert Crane       <2o
Oxford Bloom, Red, J. R. Shelly    1,200
Oxford Bloom 2d, Red, William Smith...      62j
Oxford Bloom 3d, Roan, Geo. Grirnes    1,350
Oxford Bloom 4th, Roan <t Bull Calf, T.
J. McGlbbon    2,000
Oxford Bloom 5th, Roan, Geo. Chace       800
Oxford Bloom «th, Roan, Geo. Otley       500
Oxford Bloom 7th,Roan, T.J. McGlbbon.   1,200
Oxford Bloom 8th, Red, Wm. Smith T      425
Victoria of Glen Flora, r, T. J. McGlbbon.   1,325
3d Victoria of Glen Flora, Red, E. L. Davidson, Springfield, Ky _...     350
4th Victoria of Glen Flora, It, T. J. McGlbbon      To0
Princess Gwynne 10th, Roan. E. L. David-
A Three Cow Dairy.
I wish to make a report of three cows;
one of them a three year old that came
in when two years old, and again at three
years old ; all natives and fed nothing
but grass in the summer and fall. I
have a family of seven to be supplied
with milk, cream and butter, of wnich
no account is made. It makes a wide
difference in salea from supplying a
family of three or four persons from a
ten or twelve cow dairy of fancy blood
that has a liberal supply of meal the
most of the season. I made and sold 648
pounds of butter—which I think is doing well on land which can be bought at
$7 to $20 per acre.-J. C. Parmenter,  Hettle7thiHoan.N.P.ciark.,
in Country Gentleman. vanity, Red, w.k. smith
Frantic 13th, White, Simon Beattie  225
Frantic 25th, Roan, G. II. Lamherton  *»
Frantic 27th, Red, Simon Beattie..  «00
Nell 2d, R & R, A. Jeffrey, Peru, 111  f"
Nell 6th, R at R, Dr. Ormel ••,;■•■■;■•» ;„* 190
Fashion 5th, Roan, Ell Elliott, West Lib-
erty.Iowa - *~
Twilight 3d, Red & White, Same ••"••••••••• 200
Fanny Elpler 2d, Red-roan, Wm. Smith 220
Oxford Butterfly 4th, Red at White, Robt.
Holloway ••■••  °£>
Belle Sheridan, Roan, Albert Crane.   600
Australia llth,R, Jos.Scott, Paris,Ky  325
Australia 12, Red, ty. R.Dnncan, Towan-
,j|a  in           „  500
Australia 18th, Roan, Andrew Crawford. 200
Faith, White, G.H. Lamberton...:  400
Friendship, Red-roan, J. R. Graig  600
Lady Marv 3d, Red-roan, N. P. Clark  325
Surprise 2d, Red, J. D. Downer  259
Surprise Sth. Red, Ell Elliot  275
Bellflower 7th,R4 W, N.P.Clark  250
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Mr. Editor :—The Indiana Farmer
comes weekly to hand and is read with
interest by all. No more welcome visitor ever crossed our threshold. It is
the best paper for the farmer that I ever
saw. Not being graneers, however, we
fail to appreciate that portion of the
paper which devotes so much space to
the interests of that class of farmers;
but, our motto is, " Live and let live;"
so send it along, grange or no grange.
Owing to sickness, I have not been able
to canvass for the paper this winter, but
shall try to take off some of your premiums next year.
We had no snow here worth mentioning, and many supposed the wheat crop
to be " gone up," but I believe I am safe
in saying that wheat in this county,
especially drilled wheat, is but slightly
injured. The peach crop, I think, is
materially injured. Stock cattle look
bad, having gone through the winter on
straw, hay not being within the reach of
poor men—selling at $20 per ton. Cows
with young calves bring $20. Stock
hogs are selling at 5 cents per pound on
foot. Corn is selling slowly at 60 cents
per bushel. A Subscriber.
Corydon, Indiana.
PUMPKINS.
Editor of Indiana Farmer :
Every farmer should raise some
pumpkins for stock. They are invaluable for cows, horses and hogs in winter.
Can be raised among corn without much
trouble, though they require rich soil.
Some overflowed bottom ground or new
land is best. Although it was a dry
season last year 1 raised a fine lot on a
moist piece of bottom land.
I saved a large lot of seed of the
largest and best for the readers of the
Indiana Farmer. All I ask is, to send
me a stamp or two and I will mail them
a packet of seeds. One pumpkin for
pies will pay for the trouble of sending.
No seed for sale.   Address,
J. Bennett,
Sunman, Ripley County, Ind.
225
Miss Bellflower 4th, Red, Eli Elliot	
Queen of the Meadows, Roan, Albert
Crane « ™
Mollie Pierce RAW, Geo. Chace	
19th Louan of Glen Flora, Red st White,
Geo. Chace	
Irena 9th, Roan, J. B.  Taylor, London,
Canada      475
Irena 10th, White, E. L. Davidson      600
llth Rose of Richland, B _ ty, Andrew
Crawford      475
Miss Wiley of Woodlawn, Roan, RIgdon
Hueston _     750
        12-5
       300
The prices and the choice of stock to
be had at Arcade No. 6 seem to be duly
appreciated  by  all   the   farmers and
by Grangers espeeially as this  is their
original headquarters, judging by  the
crowds visiting  thatpopular  and well i
known house daily.   The assortment to 1
be had there this season is said to far)
eclipse any stock of clothing in Indiana.
Economy demands a thorough   inspection.   Call and make it as you are welcome doing so.
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