Volume II,—No. 9.—Terms, SI per Tear.
IHDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SEPTEMBEK 1,1857.
T. A. BLAND, Editor and Proprietor.
Contents of September Number.
Work for the Month 165
Scientific Farming, Xo. 14 106
The Usefulness of Flies 167
Management of Farm Stock 168
Why we Don't have Good Butter 168
Indiana State Fair 168
Much Ado About nothing 169
Preserving Green Corn 169
The Wheat Crop 16'J
Longevity of Animals 169
Don't Punish the Romps  169
Letter from Gov. Baker  : 170
I wish I had a Capital  .- 170
Talk About Grapes, Xo. 4 _.171
Hints for the Flower Garden 171
Illustrations—House Fly and Snow Flakes 172
Our Geographical Position 172
Indiana State Journal 173
Napoleon III. Strawberry 173
Better Late than Never 173
Breeds of Cattle—Short Horns and Devons 173
Agriculure and M:mu fact are 17-1
Bolting Cloths vs. Sound Teeth 174
State Fair 175
Value of Agricultural Papers ". 175
Commissioner of Agriculture 175
Beecher's Dream 175
Agricultural Papers—Their Local Value 170
Lime as a Fertilizer 170
Our New Premiums 17H
Philosophy of Rotation 176
Art Matters    176
Feeding Hired Men.  177
Salem Peach Show 177
Progress. (Knlargement) 177
The Little Chief  177
Brief Matters 177
Hook Notices  173
Write for the Farmer 17S
Scientific. Power 178
Giant Trees of California 178
Our Removal 178
• XXxXJUt.
Soiling1 Cows vs- Pasturing-.
An experiment-was made by .a member
of the Royal Academy of Agriculture of
Prussia, extending through seven years,
to test the comparative merits of soiling
(stable feeding) and pasturing. The pasturing averaged l.oSO quarts per cow, for
the whole seven years; and the average of
the soiling plan for the same time was
3.442 quarts per cow, the cows in both
cases being about the same in natural
production of milk,
This result does r.ot prove that such a
great difference can result from soiling
generally, as the quality of the pasture is
not stated; but it is a well established
fact that a good deal more milk can be
obtained by soiling than by pasturing, and
at considerable less expense, taking the
value of manure saved, use of land for
pastures, &c, into consideration.
For the AoW/i Western Fanner.
Work for the Month.
Last mouth we prescribed rest for the
farmer after his harvest was safely housed.
The weather is still hot and oppressive, and
generally remains so until the fifteenth or
twentieth of the month. We will yet take
a little time to visit fairs in our immediate
neighborhood, Jin order to learn jthe improvements that are constantly being made
in agricultural implements and machinery,
as well as the different kinds of stock. And
while we are at the fair we will not forget
to peep in the fruit department. A look at
tlie good things to be seen here is often
enough to make the "mouth water." Before going into Floral Hall, it is necessary
to procure a small blank book and a lead
pencil, for it is quite likely wc shall see
something there that)we will wish to introduce on our own grounds, and if we do
not make a note of it, we will soon forget
the name of it, for many of these new
names are quite arbitrary. This remark is
more particularly true of fruits, as many I
of their names indicate nothing of their '
real quality or character. Tlie names of
plants are generally governed by some
quality, shape or peculiar condition, which
is directly or indirectly Implied by their
names, which may be in Greek, Latin,
French or German, with all of which wo
are generally not familiar; and hence the
greater need of writing in our memorandum book tlie name of any plant which we
may wish to procure, aud not trust to a
treacherous memory for either name or description.
This memorandum book should be the
constant companion of every observing
farmer, for instance: he sees a very line
variety of wheat, which he would like to
try; he can just make a note of it, of whom
and where itean be had, and soon throughout tlie entire exhibition. Always be a
littlecautiousabout "hitching on" toevery
new thing that may be on exhibition, especially it the exhibitor be an interested party
in its sale.   It is not every goat at a fair
that will yield a silken fleece of cashmere
wool, or every cow with distended udder
that will give daily a bushel of milk. It is
not every churn for which there has been
obtained a patent that will always give satisfaction, nor every washing machine that
will take all the creases out of your wristbands; therefore listen patiently, respectfully, but cautiously to tiie extraordinary
qualities of all tho live hundred things on
exhibition, as set forth by their respective
exhibitors. Take the matter under advisement. If you should fancy :i particular
machine, enquire of those that have put it
to a thorough practical test. If it be a
sheep, ascertain positively whether it will
yield either wool or mutton, or both, as
may be desired. If you should conclude
to add a particular large fancy apple to
your collection that looks so tempting on
the table, do not take it for granted without inquiry, that^it will always be just as
rich, and just as large, and just as smooth
as the specimens, to which are to be added
hardihood and productiveness.
Alter saying this much in favor of agricultural fairs in general, perhaps it will
not be out of place to censure them by way
of reminding those having them in charge
of the real wants of an agricultural fair.
It cannot be denied that the prominent and
leading feature of nearly all our fairs is
the horse racing on the time track. In a
large pile of premium lists on our table
this is the case, with one honorable exception. The Bloomingdale Agricultural and
Horticultural Society of Parke County has
no time tiack on which to exhibit fast
horses. This Society offers encouragement
to every department of agricultural industry—the farm, garden, orchard, door-yard,
lawn, corn, wheat, hay, oats, and so on to
tlie end of the chapter, including all kinds
of stock, to which is added every essential
valuable quality of the horse. This, to our
mind, is the nearest approach to a real Agricultural Society with which we are acquainted, and we are glad it meets with
the encouragement it does in the largo
attendance of its exhibitions, which have
always, we believe, been successful.
It is also worthy of further remark, that
this Society avails itself of the full benefit
of the law in excluding all shows, swings,
and gambling traps, tints removing all such
demoralizing influences, as far as possible,
from its exhibitions. _:.;-;
But going to fairs is not all that we must
attend to this month; so we will look
around and see what can be done on
THE   FARM.
Buildings.—The comparative leisure of
this season affords ample opportunity for
erecting or repairing buildings.   If a roof
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