AMERICAN   ASSOCIATION   OF
BREEDERS OF SHORT-HORNS.
Greencastle, Ind., Sept. lst, 1875.
Attention is respectfully called to tbe
Fourth Annual _ Convention of the
American Association of Breeders of
Short-Horns, to be held it Toronto,
Province of Ontario, beginning Wednesday, December lst, 1875, and continuing
two days.
An interesting programme will be arranged, consisting of essays and discussions on matters of interest tothe Association, to be participated in by the
ablest writers and speakers in the States
and Provinces. The Conventions of the
Association have, so far, been liberally
attended, and prove how earnestly the
breeders of the country second the
efforts that are being made to increase
and disseminate the knowledge of the
"Science of Short-Horn Breeding."
And in no other way, perhaps, can this
be accomplished so effectually as through
these annual gatherings of the men immediately connected with the profession.
There are no better educators, so to
speak, than these Annual Conventions
where the practical experience of men,
grown old inthe service, as well the less
matured opinions and theories of younger
men are related, sifted and discussed,
and finally, together with the verdict of
the Convention, are carried, by means of
the press, to the fireside of every breeder
in the country.
As the forthcoming Convention will be
held near the borders of the two countries, it is hoped this fact will contribute
to an unusually large attendance, and
aid in making it more important than
any yet convened.
The breeders of Canada have kindly
signified their intention to make the
event one of special interest, and to extend a warm welcome to their friends,
and it is hoped that the breeders of the
States will reciprocate these efforts, both
by a large attendance at the Convention,
and also by laboring to make it a successful one, and thus promote a proper feeling in the Brotherhood of Breeders, as
well as between the two countries.
A general invitation is herewith extended to breeders to prepare essays and
addresses for the Convention; and they
are requested to notify the Secretary of
the subjects selected, that a proper pro
gramme may be prepared.
Very respectfully,
S. F. Lockridge,. Secretary.
Greencastle, Ind.
WEANING COLTS.
Since replying to the question of a correspondent in regard to the feeding of a
colt about to be weaned, three months
old, in which we stated that in our
opinion that was too young, we have met
several large and successful breeders of
horses, and inquired of them as to their
practice in this respect. The youngest
age set for weaning was four months.
One of them was clearly of opinion that,
on the whole, fall colts were the best,
because they could run with the mare all
winter without the risk of getting stunted in their growth, as they would have
the advantage of fresh green grass
about the time of weaning in the spring,
so that they would keep growing right
along; while if they are foaled in the
spring, it is quite difficult to get them
through the first winter, without getting
some check to their growth, getting them
pot-bellied or otherwise out of shape.
If weaned in fall, say at four or five
months, they feed some oats, from one to
two quarts a day, and a bran mash frequently or some similar succulent food
made up of shorts and cut hay. All concur in saying that it is very important to
guard against any check in the first year's
growth. They want to give * plenty of
exercise and plenty of nutritive, muscle-
forming food, like oats, shorts, bran, etc.;
and all concur in the opinion that_ three
months is too young to wean at this season of the year.—Mass. Ploughman.
hor the Indiana Farmer.
SHORT-HORNS   IN   VERMILLION
COUNTY, INDIANA.
Clinton, Vermillion County, )
Indiana, Sept. C, 1875.  J
Editor Indiana Farmer :—Having
been much interested in the reports of
the number of Short-Horn cattle in the
few counties already published in your
paper, and believing such matter will be
read with much interest by many of
your readers, I send you the number of
Short-Horns owned in Vermillion
county. Please call for suoh statement
from each county in the State. Respectfully, Claude Matthews,
owners' name, postoffice. males. females.
Mllo Waterman Eugene 3 12
Thomas Patrick      "      1 „ —
Samuel Qrondy^e....     "       — 4
J. R. Dunlap Perrysville 1 —
1 —
1 —
1 —
3 5
.... 1 4
  1 —
... 1 —
.._ 1  2
.... 1 1
.... 1 1
.... 5 7
.... 8 30
Amos Fleshman  "
Cun'ingh'm. Foster        "
Peter Corsey  "
J. L. Thomas Newport,
W. C. Cooke       "
Preston Thomas       "
Jerome Thomas       "
H. C. Randolph.       "
Wm. Henderson       "
Isaac Bogart.       "
Levi Long „       "
Jos. Staats A Sons.....Dana.
S. Aikman <_ Son    "    .
J. C. Foucannon.......   "    .
Wm. Wright Clinton  1 „	
Benj. Harrison       "      ..... 1	
Samnel Miller      "      1	
J.E.AC.B.Knowles..     '•      1	
Claude Matthews.....     "      ....... 4	
Total 40 81
[We have called for such reports from
all the counties, and hope they will continue to come.—Editors.]
For the Indiana Farmer.
PREMIUMS AWARDED.
Burglars are
City, Ind.
operating
Hartford
Report of the cattle department at
Hamilton County Fair, held the 25th,
26th and 27th of August, 1875:
BULLS THEIE   TEARS OLD AND OVER.
1st premium, L. B. Tomlinson and Z. KJssett,
Westfleld, Hamilton county, Ind.
2nd premium, J. Coklns, Aroma.
BULL TWO YEARS OLD.
1st premium, Lewis Gwlnn, Aroma.
BULL «*NE YEAR OLD.
1st premium, Marlon Ellcr, Carmel.
BULL CALF.
lst premium, Isaao Robins, Westfleld.
2nd premium, J. M. Bray, Demlng.
COWS THREE YEARS OLD AND OVER, WITII CALF
BY SIDE.
1st premium, Lewis Gwlnn, Aroma.
2nd L. B. Tomlinson, Westfleld.
COW TWO YEARS OLD.
lst premium, Lewis Gwlnn.
COW ONE YEAR OLD.
1st premium, L. B. Tomlinson.
HEIFER CALF.
lst premium, A. F. Haughey, Boxley.
2nd premium, L.*B. Tomlinson.
fat cow.
lst premium, J. M. Bray.
2nd premium, Lewis Gwlnn.
HERD.
lst premium, Lewis Gwlnn.
2nd premlnm, C. B. Tomlinson.
BULL SHOWING THREE BEST CALVES.
1st premium, Tomlinsonand Klssett.
SWEEPSTAKES.
Best bull of any age, L. B. Tomlinson and Z.
Klssett.
Best cow of any age, L. B. Tomlinson.
Texas Cattle Fever.
Sugar Beets for Fattening Swine.
Jonathan Talcott gives a statement in
The Boston Cultivator of an experiment
performed on Suffolk pigs where sugar
beets were largely employed for fattening. The animal was about a year old,
and the feeding on boiled sugar beets,
tops and roots, began on the 16th ot
August, and was continued three times a
day until the lst of October, after which
ground feed was given, consisting of two
parts of corn and one of oats, three times
a day, till the animal was slaughtered,
the meal being mixed with cold water.
The result was, on the 15th of August,
when the sugar-beet feeding was begun,
that the weight was 306 pounds; September 1, 390 pounds; Oct. 1, 450 pounds;
November 1,520 pounds. This is the
substance of the statement given, by
which we perceive that the increase the
last of August, when fed on boiled sugar
beets, was at rate the of two pounds per
day; the rate of increase on the same food
continued through ' September.- When
► fed on ground corn and oats, made into
cold slop, the gain for the nexty fifty
Delays was less than a pound and a half
|Per day.
About the middle of July Mr. J3. R.
Runkle, of Macomb, Illinois, was engaged in purchasing hogs in Gentry
county, Missouri, and concluded to buy
a car-load of good steers there. He purchased of different parties (18 head) in
the county named, and reached his home
in MoDoneuch county, Illinois, with
them on the 24th of July. On the 4th
of this month one of the cattle was
taken sick and died, and within a week
12 of the 18 had died, all showing evident symptoms of Texas fever; but where
was the disease contracted? The cattle
were kept in the stock yards at Quincy
during one night. There seems to have
been no knowledge of the existence of
the disease in Gentry county, Missouri.
Did the cattle contract the disease in the
cars in which they were shipped, in the
yards at Quincy, or where else? is the
question.—Drover's Journal.
Mexico, Miami Co., Ind.,)
September 3d.    J
Editor Indiana Farmer :
The pigs whose weights I promised to
report, have all been sold. Mr. H.
Grimes reports his male pig, which he
purchased of me, to have gained one
hundred and ten pounds in the last
sixty-four days. How's that for Poland
China?
The Indiana Farmer is highly complimented -by its readers here.
Josem! R. Willson.
Hon. Harris Lewis, of Herkimer
county. New York, is breeding a herd of
Short-Horn cattle, with a view of developing their milking qualities. All the
animals he breeds from are of the best
milking families.
Norfolk, Virginia, had a bank suspension on the 4th.
Dipthcria has made its appearance in
Washington county, this Stat..
Our Exposition opened on Thursday,
and will continue to October 2d.
Moody and Sankey commence their fall
work in Washington, next month.
lt is stated that Minnesota has a surplus of wheat of 22,000,000 bushels.
Two bungling burglars were trapped
and jailed at Shelbyville, Saturday
night.
Six criminals paid the penalty of
crime, by hanging at Ft. Smith, Ark.,
on the 3rd.
Forty horses have been stolen and run
off in the vicinity of Ft. Wayne," in a
month past.
Brazil, Clay county, celebrated the
event of the completion of city water
works on Saturday.
Wisconsin and Minnesota, have just
experienced great destruction of prop
erty by storm and flood.
The annual State Convention of thc
Y. M. C. A. will bo held at Crawfordsville, September 30 to October 3d.
Three hundred ofthe Harrison family,
of Now Jersey, recently had a re-union.
Now, for thc Browns' and Smiths' and
Jones'.
Tho pioneers of Union county, Indiana, held a reunion at. Liberty on the
4th, which was attended by iome 7,000
people.
Gold has been discovered near Butlerville, on the Muscatatuc creek, in Jennings county, in- paying quantities, it is
stated.
Ralston, the President of the suspended bank of California proved to have
been a defaulter to the amount of three
or four millions.
The Dublin, Wayne County Agricultural Works Company have concluded
arrangements for the removal of the
works to Richmond.
The public schools of the city opened
on Monday last, and were attended by
hosts of the little ones, upon whom rests
the future of the nation.
Postmaster General Jewell, has decapitated the p. m. at Laramie, Wyoming, for delivering lottery mail matter,
contrary to department orders.
Some of the Chicago papers are
anxious that Moody and Sanky should
go there and revive tho depreciating and
deterorating morals of that town.
Millions^ of _ grasshoppers were observed flying in southesterly direction
over Mattoon, Danville, Fairbury and
Bloomington, Illinois, on Saturday last.
One Rehm, a teller in the Planter's
National Bank, Louisville, robbed it last
week of $100,000. He was caught and
the money recovered.
The negro conspiracy scare in Georgia,
some weeks ago, has not panned out in
the courts very well. About all the
parties arrested have been released.
Dr. H. T. Helmbold, the great Buchu
man, has been discharged from the
Pennsylvania Insane Asylum. He proposes to bring suit for damage against
the asylum authorities.
Ripley county, this State, has been unfortunate with her county Treasurers,
Two have defaulted in succession. The
first in the sum of $34,000, and the
last—who has just been arrested—$15,000,
The grand industrial parade of this
city, will take place on the 16th of this
month. Everything is being done to
make it the grandest parade of our busi
ness and industrial interests, that ever
took place here.
Some citizens in the neighborhood of
Osgood,Ripley county, have been warned
that, in consequence of bad character
and known sympathy with thieves, rob
bers, etc., that they must leave the
county.
A woman, of Kokomo, dropped a note
through the postoflice, offering a physician $1,000 for a prescription with which
to poison her husband. The Dr. sent
sugar powders, and let the secret out,
The woman is known.
The sale of liquor on the Exposition
grounds has been forbidden. The fight
against it by the friends of temperance
and good order, was short, sharp and decisive. Score another victory for morality.
The Soldiers' re-union at Rockville,
Parke county, on Monday and Tuesday,
was a fine affair. Thousands of the
brave boys were in attendance. General
Sherman was present and addressed
them.
Two St. Louis editors retired to Winnebago county, Illinois, and exchanged
shots at each other to settle some real or
fancied wrong, a few days ago. The war
terminated without result, and they are
both quill driving again.
The Madison County Fair, which was
held last week, was one ofthe best ever
held there. The stock and articles on
exhibition were good, and the attendance
larger than ever before, showing a deep
interest in agriculture. The space for
horses was all taken and there was a
demand for more. Among others,
Messrs. Wilhoit & Son, of Middletown,
made a good display of stock, their bull
Red Jacket, weighing 2,700, being conspicuously complimented by visitors. T.
H. Stanley, W. A. Mays, A. B. Ross.
C. Hinshaw, exhibited a fine collection
of swine. Among the exhibitors of fine
cattle we call to mind W. M. Petty,
Lewis Gwinn, Wilhoit k Son, Jacob
Lyhens, H. Kennedy and Mrs. Frances
Garrish.
The Public Pulse.—In response
tj thc views of the Indiana Farmer
of last week, on the subject of
liquor at tho State Fair and
Exposition, wo have received a flood of
letters from all parts of the State, evincing a determination on the part of the
public.o stay away by thc thousands,if the
temperance sentiment was not respected.
We t]iank our numerous friends for
their warm expressions of approval of
the course of the Farmer on this
matter. Now that the President of the
State Board of Agriculture has placed
the emphatic disapproval of the Board
on this whisky business, it will not be
worth while to print these numerous
letters, which we otherwise should. The
prospect was that tho Farmer would
have been turned into an extensive temperance advocate. Wo are gratified at the
healthy public sentiment shown in these
numerous and well-written letters.
Temperance ts a power in Indiana.
The Union Fair of Henry, Rush, and
Hancock counties, held at Knightstown
last week, was^ very successful both in
the exhibition and attendance. The
people in attendance on Thursday numbered about ten thousand. The space
was all taken except a small amount in
the live stock department.
The leading exhibitors in the cattle
department were, E. S. h razee & Son,
L. McDaniel, A. Marlett, A. D. McCormack, O. C. Woodyard, B. F. Jackson, R. S. Miles, and D. B. Kennedy.
The cattle interest, as witnessed by the
excellent opes on exhibition, is growing
rapidly in that part of the State. And
the same may be said of swine and other
stock.
The chief exhibitors in the swine department were, R. Baldridge, Robert
Smith, Jr., T. W. Tuttle, Martin Fentress, L. II. Pickering, W. C. Williams,
C. G. Sample, Heck & Powell, A. S.
Gilmere & Co., Wilhoit & Son, James
McKee and L. Slyfer. The Poland
China, Chester White, Berkshire and
Essex on exhibition were all exceptionally good. All the breeds had their
favorites among the visitors present.
The Fair altogether was certainly a great
success, as might be expected, considering that it was the work of three of our
most productive counties, peopled by as
intelligent and enterprising class of
farmers as are to be found in the State.
For the Indiana Farmer.
THE INDIANA POULTRY ASSOCIATION
Will hold their first exhibition, in connection with the Indiana State Fair and
Exposion, commencing on Monday, September 28th, and will award premiums
as follows: First and second on cock,
hen, cockerel and pullet, of each of the
following varieties of poultry: Light
Brahmas, Dark Brahmas, Buff Cochin,
Partridge Cochin, White Cochin, Black
Cochin, White F. Black Spanish, White
Leghorn. Brown Leghorn, Golden Hamburg, Silver Hamburg, Black Hamburg,
Golden Polish, Silver Polish, White C.
B. Polish, Houdan, Black B. B. Game,
Duck-Wing Game, Black B. R. Game
Bantam, Duck-Wing Game Bantam,
Golden Sebright Bantam, Silver Sebright
Bantam, Plymouth Rock.
First and second on pairs of Bronze
Turkeys, White Holland, Aylesbury
Ducks, Cayuga Ducks, Rouen Ducks,
Pekin Ducks, Embden Geese, Toulouse
Geese, White Swan Geese, Wild Geese.
Best collection, Wright's New Poultry
Book, valued at fifteen dollars, donated
by J.G. Kingsbury, of the Indiana
Farmer, amounting in all to about $600.
The first premium will bc a gold lined
Silver Cup, from the jewelry house of
F. M. Herron.
For second premium, any monthly
poultry paper published in the United
States.
Rules same as published by the State
Board, except that entries of turkeys,
ducks and geese only, will be in pairs;
the rest shall be awarded on single
birds.
A fee of fifty cents will bo charged by
the Association on each entry for premiums offered.
The services of W. II. Todd, Vermillion, Ohio, Editor of the Poultry Nation,
have been secured as one of thc judges.
Entries can be made by mail or with the
Secretary, on Tuesday, September 29th ;
after which time no entry will be received under any circumstances. The
committee will make the awards on
Wednesday, the 30th, at 9 A. m., prompt.
Competition open to the world, and
exhibitors from other States, respectfully invited to attend. The Association
will hold meetings during the Fair, of
which further notice will be given.
A. C. Shortridqe, President
Wm. II. Fry, Secrectary.
Indiana Former Family.
Onr Portal Card Correspondence.
CLINTON COUNTY-SepL 4th.
Wheat very llgbt and badly damaged by the
late rains. Oats nearly all destroyed. Hay
badly lDjured. Oorn good on highlands, but
all washed out ln tbe bottoms. Hogs scarce.
The Farmer Is a welcome visitor.
Joab Brewer.
RANDOLPH COUNTY—Sept 4th.
Good seed wheat ls hardly attainable. Some
of ns have tested damaged wheat, and And that
lt will produce as well as the best. This ls not
according to popular teaching, but it is the
truth. T. ty. Reece.
Connty and District Fairs.
Next week, September 13th to 18th, Iain will
be held at the following places:
Columbus, Bartholomew County.
Delphi, Carroll County.
Cambridge City, Wayne Connty.
Princeton, Gibson County.
,   Corydon, Harrison County.
Rensselar, Jasper County.
Franklin, Johnson County.
Bedford, Lawrence County.
Ft. Wayne, Northern Indiana.
New Harmony, Posey County.
Rushville, Rush County.
Winchester, Randolph County.
Aurora, S. E. Indiana.
Tipton, Tipton County.
Union City, Union Agricultural Society.
Terre Haute, Vigo County.
Wabasn, Wabash County.
Centerville, WayneCounty.
Week after next, September 18th to 25th, as
follows:
Greensburg, Decatur County.
Goshen, Elkhart County.
Edinburg, Johnson County.
Covington, Fountain.Warren and Vermillion
Counties.
Marlon, Grant County.
Kokomo, Howard County.
Huntington, Huntington Connty.
North Madison, Jefferson Connty.
Bloomington, Monroe County.
Pern, Miami Driving Park Association.
Thorntown, Boone County.
Columbia City, Whitley County.
Reported for the Indiana Farmer.
Official List of Agricultural Patents
Issued  by  the  United States  for the
week ending August 27, 1875, and reported for the Indiana Farmer:
ty. Gray,   Middleton,
C.   Crofut, Weston,
Grain Separators, A
Vermont.
Weeding   Implements,
Conn.
Cheese Pressrs, G. C. Dolph, West Andover,
Ohio.
Milk Cans, 8. F. Hawley,Cuba, N. Y.
Harrows,!. W.IIutchin.'cilnton.'ll l'.
OralnSeparators, A. W. Kendwlck, Brook
A. Manuel, Napa, Cal
Iyn.N.Y.
Gang Plows, D.
Straw Cutters, W. It. Bowman, Danville,
Kentucky.
Plows, S. M. Brous. Philadelphia, Pa.
Grain Meters, W. Colwell, Chillicothe, III.
Harvesters, A. Gordon, Syracuse, N. Y.
Machines for Compressing Grain Shocks, S.
C. Mlncar, Chillicothe, O.
Machine for Sbarpenlng Mowing Machines,
G. V. Phelps, Newark, O.
Animal Clippers, T. L. Phlpps, Birmingham,
England.
Corn Harvesters,C. D. Reed, Paoli, III.
Cultivators, A. Schrader, Walla, Washington
Territory.
Baling Hay, J. M. Seymour, Newark, New
Jersey.
Egg Testers, W. W. Wilson, Parksvllle, Mo.
JOHNSON COUNTY—SepL 4th.
Wheat mostly threshed; average about eight
bushels per acre, and of a rather Inferior quality. Corn, a fair crop ln the south part ofthe
county, but very poor ln the north part. More
plowing for wheat than nsual. The ground Is
ln flne condition for plowing. Hones and cattle plenty and cheap.   Hogs scarce and high.
D.
MONROE COUNTY—SepL 4th.
Weather very hot and dry. Some plowing
for wheat. Ground very bard. Corn good, but
suffering for rain. Wheat all threshed, not
more than one-fourth of a crop saved, and that
ls damaged. Potatoes a full crop, none rotting
here as yet. Hogs scarce, and down to P/i
cents. Cattle scarce. But few good horses for
sale. Mules plenty. The crop of Patrons Is a
good one. J. H. T.
GIBSON COUNTY—SepL 4lh.
Weather flne. 4whr.at threshing nearly done,
and ls selling from 11.10 to {1.30 per bushel.
Mills and elevators full. We anticipate high
prices for wheat and other grains. Old com
sells from 60 to 75 cents. The potato market ls
unsettle.. Fruit scarce and high. Some farmers In the northern part of the county have
lost all their crop by the overflow of Wabash
and White rivers. The Farmer Is a welcome
visitor. Everybody who gets lt reads snd Ukes
lt. J. K. Crow.
BLACKFORD COUNTY-Sept. 4th.
For three weeks we have had flne weather.
Farmers have had a chance to save what was
left by tbe rains. Wheat was considerably
Injured,but some will be first-class; the most
of lt second class. Oats were injured the most.
Corn only a half-crop. Fruit scarce throughout the county. Potatoes about half a crop.
Some chills since the flood. Our grange ln In
good working order, and ^wholesome for the
farmer. ty. Is. Mcalexander.
RANDOLPH COUNTY-Sept. bth.
Wheat about one-fourth of a crop, and of
a poor quality. Selling from 75 cents to SI per
bushel. Corn on upland pretty fair where well
tended. Old corn ls worth 60 cents. Oats and
hay very badly damaged by the rain, and the
least saved for many years. Potatoes good, and
ln good condition. Hogs small, and fewer ln
number than last year, and worth 6>_ to 1%.
Cattle In good order and look well, but light.
Less wheat will be sown than,for many years.
Very dry and hot. Jas. M. Branson.
HAMILTON COUNTY-Sept. 6th.
Wheat ls about all threshed ln this part of
the county. It averaged about one-third of a
crop, and very poor quality at that. The most
of the farmers are done plowing for wheat.
Ground so hard and cloddy lt will be impossible for them to get their fields in order to sow.
No rain for some time. Corn looks very well.
Wheat worth 40 cents to S1_0 per bushel. Corn
60 cents. The Farmer Is a welcome visitor
every Thursday. Success to you, gentlemen.
G. W. Boweb WINE.
OWEN COUNTY-Sept 6th.
The farmers of this, as in all other counties ln
the valleys of the various rivers of this State,
have suffered much from high water, bnt seem
determined to hold np. Many have sown Hungarian and turnips, hoping to make some feed,
but the weather ls too dry. Others are mowing
blue grass pastures for winter leedlng. One
lesson will be taught by the seeming misfortune, and that ls, save what you produce, and
make the best returns possible. Grangers are
yet cheerful, and meet regularly, with many
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY-Sept. 4th.
Fine weather—no rain for a week. Crops are
doing well. Corn doing well since the waters
abated, and will be a heavy crop. Potatoes will
be a large yield, and are not rotting enough to
hurt. What wheat has been threshed ls not
damaged as badly as was feared; some ls growing in the shock. Old wheat selling at $1.40;
new from 50 cents to 11.20. Corn Is selling at 60
cents; jsotatoes not ln demand at 20 cents. Oats
a good crop, worth from 25 to 30 cents. Hay all
made: some of lt badly damaged. Some farmers cnt their grass ln water eight inches deep,
and carried It on dry ground and cured lt. No
Insects in this section, but I learn that ln the
north-eastern part of the county the army
worms are numerous, and doing great damage
to com. Farmers are getting along finely with
their fall plowing. There will be a larger crop
of wheat sowed this fall than usual. We buy
our dry goods, etc., of Montgomery .Ward 4 Co.,
Chicago, at wholesale prices.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY-Sept 3d. •
After being a constant reader of the Indiana
Farmer for several month, and being much
pleased with lt, I pen you these lines. There
was more wheat saved after the rain ceased,
than was expected, and lt ls in a better condition ; although the supply now ls very limited,
as many farmers will not have enough for
bread and seed. Hog cholera ls bad here now;
many have lost about all their hogs. Farmers
are plowing, bnt it is very dry, and up to to-day
lt has been very hot and dusty, but to-day we
had a good shower whlc.'i laid the dost and wet
the plowed ground considerably, and cooled
the air some, but lt is 'still very warm, and has
the appearance of rain. I have not heard of
any wheat being sown yet, as It has been so
dry that lt was almost impossible to sow, and
very unsafe also, as there is danger of the wheat
starting and dying. Many talk of sowing next
week if it is favorable. The county fair which,
ls golDg on now ls not very largely attended,
bnt the stock show ls pretty good; the rest is a
fizzle, except the fine art gallery, which is also
good. There is a great deal of sickness. The
prospect Ior a corn crop Is not very flattering"
on account ot the flood and the recent dry
weather. E. M. B.
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