ToL X.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 28th, 1875.
No. 34.
Live Stock.
Henrt Comstock, of Liberty Mills,
Wabash county, Indiana, last week
bought of James Mustard, near this city,
his celebrated boars Blackhawk and
Bismaro, both Poland China of most excellent stock. Mr. Mustard retains the
use of Blackhawk till the middle of De-
oember, to breed from. Price paid for
the two, one hundred and forty dollars.
Mr. Comstock is one of the best stock
breeders in Indiana, and is ever on the
alert for the very best that is going.
For the Indiana Farmer.
TREATMENT OF  STOCK  EFFECTING DISEASE.
All accounts go to show that bad food
and bad treatment produce disease in
stock—not bring it on so much as an
outside influence, as develope it in the
system where it lurks hereditarily, but
it is an axiom in veterinary science that
most, if not all, the diseases of cattle and
stook in general, are transmitted. As it
is known that some maladies may never
break forth in the human system, so is
it known to be the case with the dunghill animals. Good keeping is a preventive, and keeps back often what otherwise would be developed. This is bo
also in the vegetable world to some extent. It shows that disease is an abuse
of nature, and through persistance becomes established, becomes as it were a
habit in the system.
Some diseases are contagious, propagated by contact. Even these are in
some cases influenced by the sanitary
condition of the brute or the plant.
Hence the importance oi developing
health in our stock, and this by good
treatment and sound healthy food-
Musty hay or grain is to be avoided.
Bank fodder grown on a sour, wet, and
poisoned soil, is not fit for stock, which
always seeks the sweet herbage of the
hills. Botten apples and potatoesare a
nuisance, and they introduce fungi and
poison into the Bystem. So there are
poisonous plants.
If an animal is made to suffer from exposure to dampness and cold, and has to
eudure the changes of temperature,
colds, fevers, &c, will often be the result. With suitable shelter this would
have been avoided—disease would have
been marked off.
Bad food makes bad milk, bad blood,
and disorders result.
With all these agents, and many more,
we invite disease, we awaken it, as consumption is awaken in the man; as
rheumatism is developed by dampness.
Care here would have prevented, or at
least put off, both rheumatism and consumption.
The careless farmer has always diseased stock; the careful seldom. Now,
it is not only disease that is warded off
by the treatment recommended, but
other benefits, indeed almost all, are secured. It is the one stone that hits not
only two birds, but many. F. Q.
The returns of the central statistical bureau of St. Petersburg
publish the facts that, although the
supply is decreasing, Russia maintains a larger stock of horses than
any  country _ in    Europe.    It has	
almost three times as many in pro- _==
portion to its population as either _Jj
England, Prussia, France, or Aut,- _=p
tria.   The number of these useful
quadrupeds owned in its dominions
is  upward of 20,000,000, or 27 to _
every 100 inhabitants.   Siberia has =____.
the best supply, there being in this^iffjr
district  a  horse  to almost   everj e^Z
nun   of the population.     Poland, -_f___"-~
Finland,   and Caucasia possess but
,few,  while in  the southandsouth-
western governments oxen take tht |
place of horses almost  altogethei
lor agricultural purposes.
The four great breeds of Russian
horses  are the steppe   horse,   the*^y_
mountain horse of Caucasia, the for ..jgs?
est   horse of  the north,   and  thcj-J__f
draught horse, called  the  Bitjug w"a
The Bteppe horses are of various yet
kindred decent, and are all noted
in greater or less degree  for   kecnl§
eight, swift pace, great endurance
and   exceeding  hardiness.     Tbey
live out of doors the year round,
and   are    capable    of    sustaining
extreme changes   of   climate   and
HORSES IK RUSSIA.
Indiana Farmer Family.
Onr Postal Card Correspondence.
Clarke,     .____*, u2^ CWsusI rt. SI.
IMPROVED CORN CRIB AND WAGON SHED.
severe privations of food and drink._ Tho
Caucasian breed are generally spirited,
enduring, cautious, and sure-footed. The
northern horses are distinguished for
good temper, activity, strength, and endurance. The Bitjugs, which take their
name from the river Bitjuga, are extremely strong and adapted to hard work as
well as quick driving, but the race is
said to be nearly extinct.
Thereareseven crown studs in Russia,
and one in Poland, containing, altogether,
3,602 brood mares and horses, with
twelve crown stables, having 9-45 stallios.
There are also 2,444 private studs, containing 6.406 stallions, and about 70,000
brood mares, besides upwards of 69,000
stallions and 62,000 brood mares in the
copach and steppe "tabures." Three
hundred and eighty, horse fairs are annually held in Russia' at which about 150,-
000 animals are sold out of about 263,-
000 brought to market. The average
price per horse is about 90 roubles,
making the returns 9,000,000 roubles,
or $5,250,506. Anexibition of Russia-
bred stallions and mares will take place
at Moscow the coming September, under the imperial auspices, when about
$15,000 will be distributed as prizes.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Foot-Rot or Fouls in Cattle.
MULES AND HORSES.
The Arkansas correspondent of the
American Farm Journal, says :
Mules on an average are more valuable
than horses, are more easily raised, are
not bo subject to diseases, ar. not likely
to run away in wagoning and ploughing,
are longer lived, will do more work and
require less feed and attention; they are
stronger, will draw heavier loads and
stand a good deal more hardship, and are
in every way preferable to the horse for
feneral farm use. Mules come in earlier,
eing ready for light work when three
years old. They will then do enough
work on the farm to pay for their feed,
and after having attained the age of four
years, they are ready for any kind of
service. But the horse (colt) must be
kept until he is four years old before he
is worked at all, and when he is four he
must be a first-rate colt to bring as much
as the mule will at two years old. But
assume the animals are both required for
farm work, see what a difference there is
in favor of the mule. The working life
of the mule can be safely estimated at
thirty years, and that of a horse at ten
years. So while a mule is working its
* life out, three horses will be required to
do equal service. But these are not the
only items. The saving of feed is at
least one fourth, or not less than 647
bushels of corn and 427 tons of hay.
These amounts, added to the original
saving in purchasing of animals, show an
advantage in favor .of the "use of the
mule over $1,000 during the ordinary
life of the animal. The mule is less
. dainty about food, ungrouud grain and
dry feed being just the thing for him.
JThere are still other advantages in favor
Lof the mule too numerous to mention.
Says a correspondent of the Rural
New Yorker: The foot-rot can easily be
cured-by simply taking a tarred rope,
drawing it smartly through the split in
the hoof a few times, when it will give
out a bad stench; remove the rope and
fill the raw wound with fine salt. One
application is all that is necessary; keep
the animal from the wet barnyard—
which is a fruitful cause of this disease;
I have had 6 or 8 so afflicted at once, always effecting a Epeady cure by using
the means described above. They may
be deemed harsh and cruel but they are
effective.	
A new disease has broken out among
swine in western Missouri, which affects
them most singularly, and has resulted in
the death of a number of hogs. _ When
first attacked, the hog squeals as if in intense pain or fright; the legs and back
then, break out with an eruption, leaving
the flesh raw, and his porkshipsoon after
yields up the ghost.
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The sales of Short-Horn cattle made
during the month of July were the best
and most extensive which havo been
known for several years. The sum realized from the sales of four of the breeders near and around Paris, Kentucky,
aggregate over $140,000—and less than
250 head were sold. The highest price
obtained was for a bull whioh Bold for
$17,500. 	
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Wool in Colorado.
A correspondent of the Economist
writes that wool growing is destined|to
be one of the heaviest and most important interests in this territory. There
is no location in the country better fitted
for sheep. The climate is mild, and in
most casses the sheep graze the year
round. The water is abundant, and the
bunch grass in the valleys is very nutritious. Few lambs die in the fields,
and there are no diseases _ among the
sheep, and never have been in this territory. While in the southern and western portions ofthe territory, I saw many
large flocks of sheep numbering thousads.
I was surprised at the number of lambs,
which seemed to be equal to the sheep.
The wool here is very clean and entirely free from briars,  burdocks' &c.
The July returns show that the acre
age of tobacco is greater than that of
last year, the increase being in the great
tobacco-producing states. Maryland has
increased her area 4 per cent., Virginia
30, North Carolina 33. South Carolina 7,
Florida 23, Mississippi 16, Arkansas 10,
Tennessee 203, Kentucky 223, Ohio 25,
Indiana 49, Illinois 56, Missouri 60.
The first of tho new cotton crop reached Memphis, on the 21st.
Peru has been overhauling her Court
House and making the vaults fire-proof,
Tho late Emperor of Austria left $6,-
000.000 to the Pope, which have been
paid.
Seven hundred and ninetv-two cars of
coal were shipped from thc Brazil mines
last week.
Numerous business failures are reported in the East, as well as a few in
our midst.
Mr. Warren Mason, Miami county, recently threshed 225J bushels of .wheat
from 81 acres.
Mr. T. C. Graham, a farmer, near Auburn, Indiana, had two valuable horseB
stolen last week.
The Indians have decided to not sell
their interest in the Black Hills country,
to the government.
A military company has been formed
in Williamson county, Illinois, to compel obedience to law.
Italy and the United States governments are negotiating for the exchange
of Postal Money Orders.
The Osage Indian Agency is being investigated. _ Damaging facts are brought
to light agaiust the agent.
Immigration to the United States for
tho year ending June 30th, 1875, fell off
86,000 less than the previous year.
A congress of German journalists in
session at Bremen, are asking gTeat
liberties of Germany for the press.
This city is also included in the arrangement of the Postoffice Department,
for an earlier delivery of the Eastern
mails.
Mrs. Lincoln is pronounced well
enough to leave the Asylum, having recovered her reason fully, to all outward
appearances.
But little of the large peach crop of
the East will find its way to our markets
on account of the high freight rates of
the railroads.
Jefferson Davis has cancelled his acceptance ofthe invitation to address the
farmers of Winnebago county, Illinois,
at their fair.
Don't use a copper teakettle or oxalic
acid in cleaning it. That's what came
near poisoning to death Thurlow Weed
and family, the other day.
Rev. Dr. Cyrus Nutt, until recently
President of the State_ University at
Bloomington, Indiana, died at his home
in that place, on the 23d inst.
It is roughly estimated that the Mississippi river overflow has damaged the
cotton crop from 20,000 to 80.000 bales.
Large quantities of corn were also ruined.
Martinsville had a visit of counterfeiters a few days ago, who passed considerable counterfeit money. Two of
them were afteward arrested at Gosport.
The continued crop reports from Europe indicate a much smaller crop than
last year. A great falling off in the
wheat crop is reported from France and
Austria.
Various points in Illinois were visited
with frost on Saturday night the 21st.
In the vicinity of Freeport, corn potatoes.-- and other vegetables were nipped
considerably.
The people in the country adjacent to
Sandersvillc, Ga., were greatly excited
over a threatened negro insurrection a
few days ago; but all apprehension is allayed and peace reigns in Warsaw.
Many points in Illinois, Minnesota,
and Wisconsin, were visited by frost on
Saturday and Sunday nights last. Corn,
potatoes, buckwheat, hops, <tc, were
seriously damaged on the low lands.
Being pressed to meet his paper and
unable to do so_ at once. Mr. William
Braden, of this city, has placed his property in the hands of a receiver. His
assets are largely in excess of liabilities.
The old settlers' annual meeting at
Centerville, Wayne county, lndina, Saturday last, was a success and an enjoyable affair, as ways that also of Cass
county, on tho same day.
The Courier-Journal's crop reportB
from Kentucky, sum up as follows:
Wheat one-half to two-thirds crop, rye
about the same. Oats damaged much
more than any other crop. Hay crop
large.
The recent census of Louisiana show
the w.iite population to bc 404.361; colored 450,029; total 854 390. Excess ol
colored over whites 45,CC8. The population of New Orleans is shown to be.
whites, 145.721; colored 57,647; total of
the city 203.368.
Some of the County Clerks don't care
to be too smart in acknowledging the receipt of the laws of the last legislature.
It would interfere with their fees, you
know. Tbere are yet several delinquents. Tbe laws are not in force till
proclamation issues from the Governor,
except such as contain emergency
clauses.
County and District Fairs.
Fairs will be held next week, August 31st to
(September 4th, at
Brookville, Franklin County.
Gosport, Owen County.
Anderson, Madison County,
Petersburg, Pike County.
Osgood, Ripley County.
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County.
Russel ville, ?utnam County.
Week after next, September 7th to llth, at
Logansport, Cass County.
Charlestown, Clark County.
Aurora, Dearborn County.
Washington, DaviessCeunty,
Connersville, Fayette County.
Pendleton, Madison County.
Seymour, Jackfon County.
Valley Mills, Marlon County.
MartlnRvllle, Morgan Connty.
Bloomlngdale, Parke Couuty.
Shelbyville, Shelby County.
A -UCCE-S.
Montgomery, Ward A Co., the original
Orange Supply House Is a success. For the
Interest of our readers we give a short history
of the above House, to show what Integrity and
business enterprise will do. This honse, with
the advice of men in high authority ln the
Orange movement, was organized ln the Fall
of 1872, to enable the Patrons of Husbandry to
secure their supplies from near the fountain
head. Their first efforts were met with suspicion, tne honest Granger having been Imposed
upon so oiten by the defunct concern Geo. B.
Hodges _ Co., class that the efforts of honest
men were looked upon as another delusive
scheme. After a year of manly determination
the clouJs commenced to clear away, showing
bright spots here and there portending a brilliant future, to-slay there lsnot a cloud In sight.
Tliey occupy a spacious building, corner of
State and Klnzle Sts., Chicago, lull ef goods,
embracing a verlety that would confuse an
ordinary mind. System and order prevail in
every department; while one may be conversant with sllkF, another will tell at a glance the
value of a piece ot linen. Every person in
their employ ls selected for their special qualifications. The membersof the firm haveserved
ln every capacity, from the boy who sweeps
out the small country store, draws the molasses and weighs up the codfish, to the proprietors of an establishment which has no equal.
The great cyclopedia of the future will say
under the heading ol Montgomery .Ward & Co.,
" they lived to a good old age, and died bright
examples of Integrity, enterprise, and Judicious
advertising." See the advertisemen of this
House ln another column. 34-It.
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S.  H. DeForest,   Shelby county: the
Eamphlet you refer to is now being sent
y the State Agent to each Grange in
the State.
GIBSON COUNTY-August 20th.
Prospects are better now than when I last
wrote. We have had some One weather.
Wheat ln good order tor threshing, and worth
(1-0 per bushel. A large portion of the crops
on low lands are lost. Potatoes are doing better. Health good. J. K. Crow.
CLARK COUNTY-Augutt 20th.
Tbe wheat crop ln this county ls badly damaged by the rains—will make abont one-fourth
of a crop. Hay badly damaged. Corn will
make an average crop. No oats bat what are
badly damaged. Wheat wortli 81_0. Corn M0
cents.   Hay worth from 118 to V22 per ton.
L. C. MC
WHITE COUNTY-August 2ltL
Wheat ln the Eastern part of the county ls
nearly all threshed out, and will make about
ouehalf acrop. Meadows badly damaged. We
think corn will make over half a crop. Stock
hogs scarce, and worth from 6 to li\ cents. Cattle very low, aud plenty of good ones for sale.
H. V.
SPENCER COUNTY-Augutt 20th.
The late rains have greatly damaged tho
crops. This ls the banner county of the State
for tobacco, but we will have only one-third of
a crop. Corn poor. Early potatoes are good#
Apples good, but no peaches. The county nas
been damaged by late rains to tbe amount of
$33,000. F. A. Evans.
PIKE COUNTT-August 20th.
The floods ceased on the 2nd of this month.
All of the bottoms were covered with water. A
vat— deal of damage has been done, but the
rivers are now ln their banks, and we find
some corn will make something. Grass was
good, but was hard to save. Wheat and oats
a total failure. Potatoes are rotting. Weather
fine now. J. L. Brenton.
CLINT0N COUNTY-August 21>L
Wheat was a very light crop, and It all badly
damaged. Oats were a good crop, but most all
damaged to some extent by the wet weather of
late. Grass was good, but has also been damaged, rota toes good. Corn will not make more
than one-half a crop. The farmers of this
county think they will come out all right The
patrons are doing well. M. P. K.
MARSHALL COUNTY-Augutt 2Itt.
Drouth I drouth I It has been a Uttle more
than two days since lt rained. Wheat ls turning out better than many expected. Corn ln
most parts of the county will be fair. «I have
been through the county to some extent lately,
and find heavy crops, but a bad time to save
them. Corn needs dry warm weather to make
it fill.
Brown, Holmes* Co.—How much wheat do
you want? I think I can secure you what you
may need—mostly gipsy. G. W. Oles.
MONROE COUNTT—Augutt 20th.
Farmers have Just finished stacking their
grain and hay. Great damage has been done
by the late rains. An Immense crop of oats were
raised, but was damaged ln the shock. Wheat
almost a total failure. It Itamost Impossible to
obtain wheat or flour, consequently, corn bread
ls becoming fashionable three times a day.
Corn on upland bids fair for an average crop
Threshing has commenced. No fruit of any
consequence. There ls a surplus of horses and
mules, and no demand for them. Beech mast
plenty and but few hogs to eat lt.       C. C_A"_
RANDOLPH COUNTT—Augtst 21th.
After the rain, sunshine. For near two weeks
we have had fine weather. Farmers have had
a chance to save what was left by the rains.
Wheat has been injured, but some will be first-
class, the most of lt second class. Oats were
Injured the most. Most of the crop has to be
mowed with a scythe. Corn only a moderate
crop. We are overrun with weeds and grass.
Fruit crop nix. The ground ls getting so hard
lt can be broke for wheat only with great dlffl.
culty. Roads are getting good, for the first time
this season. . L. J. Tkmplin.
DEKALB COUNTY-Augutt 20th.
Corn looks well considering the little cultivation lt got, but some ls very weedy and grassy.
We can't complain of the wheat ln this part of
the county (near Waterloo). I threshed for nine
farmers last week, and lt averaged twenty bushels and 57 pounds per acre. I threshed 176 bushels Irom six acres, for myself. Some wheat was
sprouted, but not very bad. Oats good, except
what the worms have cut off. They have
stripped a few Selds. Potatoes are excellent, I
have heard of no rot as yet. Hay tolerably
plenty, but there ls none for sale.
L. S. Goodwin.
VERMILLION COUNTY-August 20th.
Wheat very light, and badly damaged by the
late rains.   Oats nearly all destroyed.    Hay
badly Injured.  Corn good on high lands, but
all washed out ln the bottoms.  Hogs scarce.
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PARKE COUNTY-August 20th.
We, ln common with others, Buffered greatly
from the floods. Our wheat was generally good,
but nearly all of it took the rain in the shock,
and was badly damaged. To give an Idea of the
amount of damage, one of my neighbors has
Jast threshed and separated the damaged wheat
from the good, and out of one hundred bushels
he had about fifteen bushels damaged, though
I don't think he made as close a separation as
he ought to have done. I think the damage
will reach 20 per cent, of the entire crop of the
county. Some heavy Individual losses. Corn
not over one-third of a crop. Oats all lost.
Hay badly damaged. Potatoes rotting. No
fruit.   Very gloomy outlook.        L. F. Wood.
FROM --OTHER.
Wheat has been saved ln a poor condition.
Selling from »1.05 to _„0; what little was
housed brings the latter, and the damaged the
former price; loss fully one-fourth ln the county.
One man looses 40 000 bushels. Com very good
where properly drained, and worthless where
it was not. Oats nearly all lost. Hay cut in a
poor condition. No frnit. Weather clearing
"P. L. E.
VIGO COUNTY-August 20th.
Tlie rains have ceased and the waters went
down, Wbeat not damaged as bad as expected.
Meadows good, and taken care of ln pretty good
style. Oats good, but few saved. Corn on upland bids lair for a good crop, but all ln the bottom land ls killed. Hogs plenty and slow sale.
Beef cattle scarce and ln good demand. The
Indiana Farmer Is a welcome visitor, and ls
read by the most of us. Wm. J. W___.
FROM ANOTHER.
We have had eight or ten daysof good weather, with now and then a shower of rain. Our
wheat ls mostly stacked, and about all our grass
ls cut. but ln a poor condition for hay. Wheat
ls badly damaged, but not so bad as we supposed lt would be. Some wheat still ln shock.
Corn in this neighborhood will not make one-
half acrop. There was a great deal of corn
land that was not planted, and a good portion
that was planted was not plowed. I went once
to the Wabash when at Its highest. It was distressing to see flelds of corn, shocks of wheat,
slock etc. drifting down. Brnletts creek was
two feet higher than It was ever known. Hook
upon the Indian A Farmer as a friend to the
farmers of Indiana. On temperance lt ls a
friend to humanity. Prosperity to the Farmer.
Wm. P. Pittinoer.
HAMILTON COUNTY-Augutt 23d.
Weather fair for last two weeks. Ground ls
drying finely, so there ls some breaking ground
for wheat going on. Threshing ls progressing
finely; from the best information I can gather
from different neighborhoods, the average will
be about eight or ten bushels per acre,ana badly
damaged at that, by sprouting. Taking everything ln consideration we can't have half the
corn we had last year. Oats, the seed may be
saved that was sown. Flax, about five busbels
per acre, and that reduced in price on account
of damage. Potatoes good, but one third of the
crop destroyed by water and the rot. The hay
crop Just finished cutting, what was worth it.
Some not cut at all, and ont little good hay
saved Hogs scarce, and ln many localities
dying wllh cholera—worth from 6 to 7 cents.
An average number of cattle, and worth from
3>_ to 5M cents per pound. The indications are,
around here, that there will not be a very large
cropof wheat sown this fall. The most of the
farmers are discouraged with the business, as
it appears that what they have made out to
save won't fetch them ln anything.
Jno. Demoss.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY-Augutt 20th.
I have saved more and better wheat than I
expected by assorting lt. The weather is now
flne.butcool. Corn promises well if frost keeps
ott. Potatoes are immense in yield, and worth
25 cents per bushel. Wheat plowing and threshing progressing finely. Nursery stock ln splendid condition. Some chills since the flood.
Farmers generally cheerful, hoping tbat the
rise of prices will equal losses by rain. I, and
others are glad we took the advice of the Ihdi-
ana Farmer, and kept our old wheat. I have
one thousand bushels, worth five hundred dollars more than lt was last fall. We (grange 108),
have built a flne hall 21x40, and rejoice ln hopes
partly realized. A. C. Harvey.
WABASH COUNTY-Augutt 21tt
We are having flne weather now. We are
through harvest, and it was the longest harvest
I ever saw. Wheat is damaged some, but not
as much as was expected before stacking. The
farmers have all got their grain ln the stack
and barn. Ourflax and oats were damaged very
much by the army worms. Some flelds of oats
were entirely destroyed. Flax, full one-half is
left on the ground, being cut off by the worms.
I think corn can't make more than one-half as
much per acre ^is last year ln this locality.
Good cattle are scarce and ln good demand, at
from three to five cents. Sheep scarce—none
selling. Hegs scarce—selling from six to seven
cents. Liberty Grange No. 196 is all right-
holding fast to all things that are good and
wholesome for the farmer. Granger.
Farm Talks and Inquiries.
I.. A. Is. sends another receipt for canning
green corn, but we published one like it last
week and omit this one.
Raspberries Will side-bearing raspberry
plants change permanently to exclusively tip-
bearers? Will some of the horticulturists
please answer. O. B.
Horses Manes.—1 wish to enquire through
the columns of the Indiana Farmer how to
make a horses mane grow out. Some one will
please answer. W. F. M.
Black _et; In Cattle.—A subscriber asks
for the cause of, and cure for the disease called
black leg ln cattle. It ls believed to be caused
by over-feeding, and want of careful attention.
Bro. _ett, of Johnson connty, writes that
he values the Indiana Fabmeb so highly .that
he carefully files lt, and ls glad we Intend to
give a weekly table of contents, but would be
glad to have lt changed Into magazine form for
greater convenience.
Hedge Fences.—I wonld say to "H. H." of
Salem, that he talks good common sense about
hedging, and no fence is so cheap, neither can
one be made that will last as long. A good fence
can be made to turn stock at the trifling expense of (1.00 per rod, Including plants, cutting,
trimming etc., and you have a fence for all
time. G. W. Oles.
Plymouth, Ind.
Blnegrass ln Wood Land.-, wish to make
Inquiry through the medium of your columns,
of some experienced person,s_ to the best course
to pursue in order to secure a good "catch" of
bine-grass in wood-land. It is presumed of
•ourse that tbe underbush should be cut off,
but I need Instructions concerning the time of
year to sow, the quantity of seed per acre, and
the treatment %„er seeding as well as before.
How long a time will be required to secuie a
good set ready for grazing 7
An Inquiry similar to the above was answered
with the exception that lt pertained particularly to cleared land under cultivation.
T.I.L.
Cure for Cancer "Warts.—I see in your last
issue a      I rother Rhodes, of Mill town, wants
a cure for cancer warts, and I send a recipe that
will cure all warts and cancers on horses or
cattle.  One ounce arsenic; one-half pint of solt
soap.   Mix thoroughly, and apply to the raw
sore.  This will turn the wart black, and if it ■
should fleak off, and not all come off at once,
the medicine must be applied again.   The surface of the wart should be covered completely,
but not thick.  This is aU that I have ever had ]
to use to enre any wart or cancer that I have |
met with.   Alter the wart comes on} if it does
not seem to be killed, nse « grains of eWorld of.
line ln one ounce of water.   I would be glad \
to hear from any one that may use the above.
W. H. Stewart.
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