Vol. X.
INDIM^OUS, MDMM, DECEMBER 25th, 1875.
No. 51.
SOMETHING NEW!
fjl Farmers want to sell Farm:
City Property:
, Wild Iaands, nr
Seedsmen   want to fell fJarden. Flower.
Flower Seeds;
Merchants want customers for goods of anj
kind;
i,i Manufacturers want buyers for Agricultural
n     implements;
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nTl Nurservmen want to sell Apple, Peach, P< ir
J     or Evergreen Trees;
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IF
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,71 Real Estate Agents want to sell any kin
!^   ' of property;
Ul Publishers, or others, want AgcllK Solicit' i>  |
lj     or Salesmen;
71 you want to hire hands, or any kind of hell
i     on your farm:
|,i you are tired ofthe city, and wantiisituati n
'"i     on the farm:
you have an animal strayed or stolen; or if
'you have an animal for sale;
I.-i vou desire to make any kind of an announce
J   "ment to the farming public;
It Will COst but TWELVE AND A HALF CENTS PKK ll\r
art of a line) each insertion, in these column-.
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No advertisements inserted for less than 2> cenl
Remit by post-office order, or registered letter, w nil
the copy of your advertisement.	
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
We have concluded to admit brief business an
nouncements In this column, from those who v ish
to exchange or sell, or who may desire to pureha. c
any article. The charge will be 12% cents per line
each week. About eight words make a line. No
notice admitted for less than twenty-five cents.
When answering these advertisements, please sa\
that you saw the notice in the Indiana Farmer.
FOR  SALE.
FOR SALE.—Three million acres of land, on 11
years time, seven per cent, interest.   Morris &
Mills, Indianapolis.	
FOR SALE.—Dry Goods for even- farmer in thc
State.   Rivet & Pardridge, 84 East Washington
street. lndianai>olis.            .   	
17IOR SALE—CHEAP-53 acres of coal and heavy
j oak timber land, two miles from Clinton, Vermillion countv, Ind.. near the T. H. & C. railroad.
For terms, address P. P. NOEL, Rockville, Ind.
F
OR SALE—A PRAIRIE FARM, WELL IM-
proved, choice land, 800 acres, near a great
commercial center, »t only SlM per acre. Will take a
farm in Marion county, worth JjS,ooo,or.city property
of equal value in part pay.
T. A. GOODWIN, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—THE BEST COUNTRY STORE IN
the State. All the old stock worked off by me
in the last two years, and new goods in their place.
It is one of the best points for business for the
amount of capital, I know of, Inquire of ANDREW
WALLACE. Indianapolis. *	
lbs. at 24 months. Yet thero is quite a
number of our farmers who have kept
np the old woods hog to wonderful perfection, notwithstanding for twenty-live
yeare they have been selecting the best
boars and sows for breeders. vBut like
will beget like, and the long neck, nose,
short fore leg and light carcass have been
reproduced from age to age.
I  COME  TO  THIS CONCLUSION,
from
wear
hog
observation, therefore
out any man to make
out   of  the   ol
close bleeding would
that  it will
a line model
woods  hog.    Ffty
not give us
Poland-
WANTED.
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ANTED—FARMS TO SELL, IN ANY  PART
of the State, Morris & Mills, Indianapolis.
WANTED—TO LOAN $2,000 FOR THREE
years on first mortgage improved property,
at 10 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually. R. S.
Dorsey, 8 Bates Block, this city. ■
"ITTaVNTED—AGENTS.—WE WILL SELL TUCK-
VV er"s Alarm Money Drawer to canvassers at a
price affording a very large profit. Small capital
required. May select your own territory. Call on or
address Tucker & Dorsey, 129 South New Jersey St.,
this city.
"TTrANTED— FARMS—L\RGE     AND    SMALL
VV     Farms in any good county in Indiana.   Address W. E. Mick, Real Estate Broker, 16J4 E. Wash-
ngton street. Indianapolis.	
"VirANTED—TO EXCHANGE—GOOD BRICK
VV Business Houses, under rent, free from encumbrance, for stock of Dry Goods. Will give or
take difference. Taylor & Co., 31 Circle street, Indi-
anapolis.	
years
such   a   hog   as  the Berkshire,
China, Essex, or Suffolk.
Friend reader, if you think dif-
crent, why is it that a hog that
has not imported blood in his veins, does
not enter the show ring? The Chester
Whites began their history over fifty
years ago, with a pair of fine imported
pigs. Crosses from imported stock made
tho fine Poland-China hog. The fact of
these hogs being imported, does not make
them the hog wc need, but the fact of
their being carefully bred for almost centuries, docs, and I find it much cheaper
and quicker to get the hog I want by
mying those already bred up to my
wants, than to undertake to improve the
old breed. Scientific breeding has given
us a good hog, we can retain it only in
the same way. A. If. McCoy.
Gentryville, Spencer Co., Ind.
STOCK SALES.
AMERICAN   ASSOCIATION
SHORT-HORN BREEDERS.
A. P. Wiley & Son, recently butchered
an Essex hog, after six weeks feeding, the
gross weight of which was 470 tbs and net
weight 420 lbs, making a loss of only
about 10 per cent. The. hams weighed
40 pounds eacli.
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State Short-Horn Association.
The meeting of the association in May
adjourned to meet again on the call of
the Executive Committee. The committee has not fixed the time yet. We
make this statement in answer to several
inquiries on this subject.
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Stock Sales.
Mr. A. W. Ross, of Muncie, Indiana,
has lately made the following sales of
Poland-China pigs:
-    One sow pig to T. W. Tuttle, for $25;
Kichard   Stoner,   Delaware county, one
boar pig, for $18; AVilliam Young, Henry
county,   one   boar   pig,   for $20; Frank
Oden, Cass county, one boar pig, for $12;
X. Greenfield, one boar pig, for $25; W.
.   D. Cooper, Henry count}-, one boar pig,
; for $25; D. W. Cooper, same, one pair of
1 pigs, for $.15 ; J. P. Shoemaker, Randolph
M county, one boar pig, for $25 ; Alexander
Butler & Co., Grant eounty, one hoar pig,
-$20,
vlr. Alexander   Butler thus speaks in
-e of his pig from A. W. Ross :
acknowledge  the  receipt of one
China   pig.    The   pig   came all
d in good condition.    We were
sod   with him—better than we
Our neighbors who have seen
in his praise.    It is thc best
' lave seen in this jiSirt of tho
' can   cheerfully recommend
all, as having the kind of
ertises, and his stock is as
•st.   Alexander Biti.er.
Ind."
We give an abstract of the proceedings
of this association, held during this
month in Toronto.
annual address.
The day was too far advanced for any
one to question that Short-Horns were
the best breed for supplying meat for the
people. Another source of congratulation
was the marked degree of success that
had been attained, and the further advance made, in Short-Horn breeding
since the date ofthe last convention. The
high prices obtained at the New York
Mills sale had been surpassed by thc sale
at Earl Dunmore's, and still later at the
dispersion of the Aylesby herd, where 84
lots averaged upward of £500 sterling.
Tlie question' as to whether, in view of
the large number of Short-Horns now
bred in different countries, there was not
danger of raising too many to sustain the
market, could be confidentlyanswered in
the negative. The question of the assessment of Short-Horns required the attention of the association, for at tho present
time it was a source of trouble both to
owners and assessors. Tho attention of
the association should be devoted to ascertaining the best means by which to
prevent thc introduction and dissemination of thc foot and mouth disease,
which now largely prevailed in Great
Britain and Ireland. A special committee, comprising-one member from each
province and State, should be appointed
to report on tho most effective means of
preventing the introduction of the foot
and mouth and other diseases of a contagious and epidemic character. He had
corresponded with the. Duke of Devonshire, President of the Short-Horn Association of Great Britian, in regard to the interchange of reports anil publication.
Somo plan must be devised for placing
the association on a more permanent
basis, and with an annual change of
membership came a fluctuation in the
receipts.
PROCEEDINGS.
A letter ofthe 10th of November, 1875,
from Mr. Hyatt, Secretary of the Short-
Horn Society of great Britain, in which
he thanked the American Association for
their communication of the 27th August,
enclosed a resolution of the British Society that their publications should be
forwarded to this association, and requested that the publications ofthe latter
might be forwarded to England.
The treasurer presented a report showing tho receipts to amount to $5S9.S0 and
the expenditures to $402.33, leaving a
balance in hand of $187.47.
Tlie Secretarv read a detailed report of
his receipts and expenditures, which wore
included in the treasurer's general statement. He explained that a few members
were credited with the payment of $2 fees
only, because they had left for home before the association decided to increase
the amount to $4, and had not responded
to his notification on the subject.
Hon. T. C. Jones, of Ohio, moved "that
animals whose pedigrees show descent
from imported ancestry, or as many as
seven   crosses of  approved or   recorded
blood, are entitled to registry u\ the
Herd Books." He said he desired this
resolution to lie on the table, and offered
it this time in order that it might bo
known that such a proposition would
probably be considered by tho convention.    It was so disposed of.
FOOD  PRODUCTION.
Dr. A. C. Stevenson, Greencastle, Ind.,
read an interesting essay on. Food Production and Necessities, showing that as
there is no source of human food supply
so largely drawn on as neat cattle, the
great question should be how to produce
beef and milk at the least cost and in the
greatest supply. He then gave a description of animal combining all the points
necessary to this supply, and claimed
that Short-Horns, as a breed, come nearest to his ideal. It is a fact that the
cheapest beef is not produced by low-
priced animals, as in such there is too
much offal and waste. An animal selling at $0 per hundred is usually cheaper
than one selling at the same time for $5.
He showed that Short-Horns are very
hardy, stating that he once raised ton
steers, letting them run in pasture, and
yards without sheds, or other feed
than straw and cornstalks, until three
years old, after which they were fed corn
in the fall and winter, and weighed at
four years old 2,140 pounds each, selling
for ten cents per pound. His latituted is
39°. In relation to the subject of record
of pedigree, he said that he thinks the requirements for the English Herd Book
five crosses for bulls and four for cows
are about right, although he does not object to long pedigrees. He doubted the
special claims of some families to greatest
value, saying that some other less-noted,
lower-priced families show better adaptation to the production of cheap human
food. Fancy prices aro no criterion of
value.
A committee appointed for that purpose, reported in favor of fixing the membership fee at $2, which was adopted. It
was $4 last year.
THE O.ITKSTION'  OF IN-RKEEIMXO.
B. B. Groom said that he had been, until recently, opposed to in-breeding, supposing it dangerous, but from teii years
steady in-breeding of red Berkshires," he is
satisfied that the practice is not destructive to vigor, size or. health. He is satisfied that the real cause of the delicacy of
Duchesses is due to their continued
forcing by high feeding.
Judge Jones thought this association
was formed for the general improvement
of Short-Horn breeders and the breed.
Thc interests of the few, when conflicting
with general interests, are not to be considered. As a writer for the agricultural
press, he valued his reputation, and could
not possibly write on the subject of breeding without touching on tins disputed
question. Facts generally go to show
that in-breeding is destructive of vigor,
and although he has in his own herd
some animals with considerable Bates
blood, candor and regard for the general
interest of farmers and consumers, compel him to object very strongly to line-
breeding. The main object in* breeding
Short-Horns should he to produce cheap,
good and wholesome beef and milk. He
is well acquainted in England, has lived
there, and knows that in that country thc
general opinion is that in-bred stock loses
vigor and thrift, and in the local dialect,
"wunna get fat." Duchesses aro fine and
good, but are not specially superior to
many other loss fashionable families, for
general use. Growthy, thrifty, vigorous
stock, is the desideratum. He objected to
calling animals bred in line "high-bred,"
or ciws-bred animals "low bred." These
terms are misnomers. He added that the
first Duchess came into prominent notice
aboutjl784, and although no females were
ever fjold, but seven females were in existence in 1840, when the herd of Mr.
Bates was sold and scattered.
The two papers heretofore read by A. S.
Matthews, of West Virginia, and not published, were ordered to he published with
the proceedings.
Resolutions of" respect to tho late Gen.
Meredith were passed.
Thc association then adjourned to meet
at St, Louis on the first Wednesday of
December, 1870.
For the Indiana Farmer.
BREEDING SWINE.
OAKLAND FARM STOCK SALES.
Messrs. S. Meredith & Son are receiving
numerous orders of late for fine stock,
and we note the following late sales:
Jabez S. Hodson, one of thc enterprising
farmers and stock men of Henry county,
visited their place a few days since, and
purchased the following Short-Horns:
Earl of Gloster, a roan three year old bull,
2d Louan of Oakland, and Young Mary.
They are all first-class animals, and are
fit to show in any ring. The two cows
were in their show herd this season and,
2d Louan was in tho show herd two years
ago, when she took every first premium
shown for as a two year old, and their
herd was successful in every show. She
dropped a fine red .cow calf just before
leaving, by London Duke 15th. Mr.
Hodson has made a start from some of
the best things, and if he does not now
succeed it will not be the fault of the
stock. He is beginning in the right way,
and will show a herd soon that will
trouble anybody to beat.   -
Stock Sales.
Daniel Fosher, of Falmouth, Fayette
county, Ind., has recently sold pigs to the
following parties:
John M. Sewan, Vienna, Scott county,
Ind.j a pair of Berkshire pigs; Henry
Wariek, Rush county, Ind., Poland-China
boar pig; H. Graves, Seymoro, Jackson
county, Ind., one Berkshire boar pig;
Lamberson & Son, Fayette county, Ind.,
two Poland-China boar pigs; Joseph Custer, Rush county, Ind., one Poland-China
boar pig; Marion Hamilton, Rush county', Ind., four pigs—one Berkshire sow
pig, two Poland-China sow pigs, and one
Poland-China boar pig; Oliver Jenkins,
Decatur county, Ind., a pair of Poland-
China pigs.
Systematic swine breeding in Indiana
is among the late improvements in our
State. Thirty-five and forty years ago
but little attention was given to the improvement of hogs. Then they ran at
large, fed upon the mast, roots, grass,
crawfish, etc. For hogs to secure a living
in this way required a great deal of rooting, and to root successfully, it was necessary for the hog to have a long neck, long
nose, and short fore legs; and as nature
has wisely adapted everything to its manner of life, our woods hogs became the
hog wo have described, together with a
light carcass, that they might travel with
speed from point to point in search of
food. This old woods hog we have said
was light, seldom weighing 200 lbs., at
two years old ; but as they ran in the
woods and fed themselves, farmers did
not care to let them run till two to three
years old, as they had only to attend to
marking thc pigs, and feeding them occasionally in the coldest weather, by
which they could know their hogs, and
"sort o' keep them gentle."
BUT THINGS  HAVE  CHANGED.
But as time rolled on, and the country
settled up, our farmer found that the old
woods hog was not the hog he would
like, therefore, there were efforts made
to improve the old woods hog. For ten
years I tried to do this myself, and
although I made some improvement by
selecting^the best boars and sows, yet'l
found it a slow business, for there would
be no uniformity in color, form or size in
the pigs of the same litter.
ABOUT TWENTY-FIVEi YEARS  AGO,
some emigrants brought from Ohio some
Byfiold, Woburn, and Irish grazers, or
said to be such. I crossed these hogs
with mine, which made an improvement,
but yet there were too much of the form
and characteristics of the old woods hog
about them, yet they were larger, and attained a greater weight in much less time.
About twenty years ago, seeing the Chester White hog highly spoken of in our
agricultural papers, I concluded to try
try them. So I sent to Thomas Wood, of
Chester county, Pennsylvania, and got a
pair. These I bred for fifteen years, getting from time to time from the same
man new stock of the same breed to
cross with those I had, (for I cannot bear
close in-and-in breeding,) I found the
Chester Whites the best hog I had ever
bred, yet I always had an objection to
them, (there was too much offal).
Now for five years I have been breeding
the Berkshires, and find them nearer perfection, in my judgment, than any hog I
have ever handled, and with these and
the other improved hogs I have spoken
of, many of our farmers have crossed
their hogs and made great improvements.
So now it is more common to find a hog
to weigh 300 lbs. at 18 months old than
one of the old woods breed to weigh 200
Will T. P.vans, of Romney, Tippecanoo
count}', Indiana, has lately made tho following sales:
To James Irons, of Potato creek, Ind.,
one boar pig;   Philander Nicholson, of
Linden, Ind.. one boar pig; Burton Steele,
of  Culver's    Station,    Ind.,    ono    pair;
Calvin MeMillcn, of Romney,  Ind.,  one
boar pig;   Aaron Ghere,  ol"  Frankfort,
Ind., one pair; James McDavis, of Mulberry, Ind., one boar pig; Joseph Whistler,  of  Romney,  Ind.,  one  pair; J. A.
Moore,  Montgomery, Ind., one boar pig;
J. Aulman, Romney, Ind., one boar pig;
C. G. Kirkpatrick, New Richmond, Ind.,
one boar pig; Alex. H. Meharry, Pleasant
Hill,   Ind.,  one  boar pig; G.H.Brown,
La   Fayette,   Ind.,   one  boar pig; J. J.
Peters,  Culvers,  Tnd., ono sow pig; Robert Martin,  Linden,  Ind., one boar pig;
J. S. Williams, La Fayette, Ind., one pair;
Will  Skinner,  Romney,  Ind.,  one boar
pig; John Acheson, Battle Ground, Ind.,
ono sow  pig;   Rov.  Henry Fraley, Linden,  Ind.,  one  boar pig and threo sows;
James Gladden, Stockwoll, Ind.,one pair;
Reuben Peter, County Line, P. O., Tippecanoe count}', one sow pig; David Whipple, of Romney, Ind., one yearling sow;
Cyrus  Brunton, Romney, Ind., one yearling sow.
The demand for choice pigs has been
greater than tho supply.
He has added to his herd three very
choice sows—Belle, of Randolph, Tippecanoe Queen, and Flora. Also tho promising young boar, Young Herd.
For the Indiana Farmer.
DEER LICK FARM, THORNTOWN,
INDIANA—SALES.
.1. T. Williamson & Son recently sold to
Cyrus Brown, of Rensselaer, Indiana, the
yearling Short-Horn bull, Graceful Duke
12,893, by Duko of Edgwood 13,923, out
of Lady Grace by Grand Duke of More-
ton 5,732, has taken several prizes this
year; also ono fine show bull, Fairholme
Duke of Athol 13,244, by Mazurka Duke
of Airdrie 10,478, out of Duchess of
Athol 5th, by Duke of Airdrie 2,743, to
E. B. Sefton, Greensburg, Indiana. Fair-
holme Duke of Athol has stood at the
head of their herd for thc last threo years,
and has proved a superior breeder, as all
of his get will testify. His place will bo
taken by the fine voung bull, Star Duko
2d, 4,401, S. H. R., bought at Messrs.
Ayres & McClintock's sale at Millersburg,
Kp. This bull is a deep red in color, of
fine style and good size, without a bad
point about him; was sired by the pure
Duke bull, 4th Duke of Geneva 7,931,
out of Lotta, by Star Duke 11,015; 4th
Duke of Geneva was bred by Jas. O.
Sheldon, Geneva, N. Y., and now stands
at the head of the herd of Abram Ren-
ick, Ky. Also a Poland-China boar pig
to Mr. Beard, of Dover, Ind., ono boar
pig to Thomas Gregory, of Thorntown,
Indiana.
Mending Tugs.—The best way to mend
your own tugs, is to keep some harness
leather on hand and copper rivets three-
quarters of an inch long and caps, with a
good steel punch. If a tug breaks, cut
two strips of leather as wide as tbe tug
and eight inches long. Put the broken
ends together with one piece on each
side, punch and put three rivets on each
side of the break through these strips and
the tug, and head down on caps. This
makes a neat and strong mend. Vou'
can mend other portions of the harness
with rivets of the proper length, and save
much time by going to the harness
maker.