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Only Agrioultriral Paper in Indiana. iievotes » Department to the Interests of the Order of tne Patrons of Husbandry. •endorsed by Indiana Btate Board ol Agrtcul- tore, Indiana Horticultural Society, Indiana Short-horn Breeders' Convention, and many County and District Societies. KINGSBTJI.Y & COKKEB.Pnbliilieri, OFFICE: No. 8 Bat*» Block,OppotHe the P. 0., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BOBSt-anTioN Terms—Two Dollars per Year; lo Clubs of four or more, $1.75 each. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. This Department has been placed ln the charge of W. C. Gerard, to whem all Inquiries fertalnlng to advertising should be addressed, erms—For four Insertions or less, ordinary rages, 15 cents per line each Insertion—12 lines nonpareil type per Inch. More than four and less than thirteen Insertions, mj cents per line; more than 13 and less than 26 insertions, 10 cents per line. Liberal discounts for large advertisements and yearly contracts. Indianapolis, Sept. 4th, 1875. EDITORIAL NOTES. Rye pasture is reckoned most excellent for young stock of all kinds. If a large area cannot be sown, a small amount can, and it should not be wholly neglected. . e«» » . The short «rop of hay saved, and the destruction of .the oat crop, will make corn fodder an important winter feed, and it is likely that an unusual amount of fodder will be saved this fall. . ♦ > Keeping Accounts.—If you have not already, how is a good time to begin keeping accounts on the farm. Nothing will prompt a man to energy and carefulness so much as to know he is losing money in his business. Necessity is said to be a virtue in this respect, but we can only know our necessities when we have the means of looking the future square in the face. Carefully kept accounts gives us this very thing. «■ e«. « Wheat Ground.—The ground is not dry and hard, as usually at this season. The early rains thoroughly soaked it, and plowing for wheat is this season easier on the team, and the ground is in much better shape for pulverising. Wheat will generally be put in better this season than usual, on this account. It is coming to be well understood that the finer and more friable condition of the soil at sowing, the better the saed will germinate and the more rapidly it will grow, and get ready for winter. ■ m i ■ Stock Hogs.—No one ean afford to stint hogs he intends to fatten. They should be kept growing, and therefore the time to commence feeding is when they need it for this purpose. It is the poorest kind of economy to starve hogs, ' at any time, if you hope to make them come to their best. To make a hog that has been stinted, fat for the market, requires very much more feed, than if it had been evenly and continually supplied with nourishment. And remember that fresh water, salt and shade are also es- tial. ■ ae, . Geological Survey.—A volume of 285 pages, embracing a report of the geological survey of Brown, Jackson, Scott, and Jefferson counties, this State has just been issued. Professors Borden and Collett, the assistants of Prof. K. T. Cox, conducted the surveys of these counties. This volume, being the sixth, is one of the most important of the series. Besides the survey reportB, it contains some very able and scientific papers on State topics and resources, which will attract general attention. The report proper gives us in authentic shape an account of the beds of kaolin, or porcelain clay, named by Prof. Cox, "In- dianaite," which were discovered in Lawrence county. The deposit is said to be almost inexhaustible, and is scarcely excelled in quality by any mines in the world, for the manufacture ofthe finest queensware and china ware. Ware manufactured from this white clay will be on exhibition at our coming exposition and fair, and preparation is being wade for extensive use of U in the man ufacture of these goods both in and out ofthe State. It is believed that these beds of kaoline will prove a mine of wealth to the State. So, we see that these geological surveys are constantly discovering to us vast resources of wealth, heretofore wholly unknown. faith in the remedy of that class holding convertible securities and mortgages. May we not suggest in reply tothe Cul- tivator that no complaint was heard from the workers during the period of our greatest volume of currency, and when we were paying the publio debt at a hundred million dollars per annum even, and people were more nearly out of debt than ever before. That period, too, when the volume of currency stood still and at the same time the premium on gold fell rapidly. Now perhaps the period when the government was rapidly reducing its debt; when labor was fully employed; when people were more out of debt than ever before, and material development was bounding ahead as it never had, would be a good one to which to return. We are coming to that conclusion in the West. HOG CROP IN INDIANA. The following is an exhibit of the hog crop in this State, as reported by the Assessors of the counties to the Auditor of State, as compared with the exhibit made in the same manner last year. The report is to the lst of April in each year: 1871. COUNTIES. Adams 23,1X2 Allen „ „. 3»^u7 Bartholomew „ 37,215 Benton is,4b7 Blackford 11,11-2 Boone 51..35 Brown Hj.tsxs Carroll „ 40,(ii*i Cass „ 29.417 Clarke 19,009 Clay „ 21,101 Clinton .'. G0,&U9 Crawford 12.91S Daviess 32,850 Dearborn 15,214 Decatur* _.. 33,ul» DeKalb 25,679 Delaware _ ti2,05» Dubois 13,704 Elkhart 29,879 Fayette 29,25(1 Floyd :,,W2 Fountain ~. 55,41X1 Franklin -. 41,113 Fnlton 22,704 Gibson 15,852 Grant (0,114 Greene 38,21.5 Hamilton 51,190 Hancock 30,710 Harrlsson" 26,804 Hendricks 50,645 Henry ..._ _ 75,851 Howard* 24,190 Huntington „ 37,046 Jackson 40,988 Jasper 14,150 Jay 29,351 Jefferson 14,058 Jennings 28,971 Johnson 45,529 Knox..: 40,669 Kosciusko 42,378 Lagrange 40,494 Lake* 19,900 Laporte 16,602 Lawrence 22,493 Madison 81,«77 Marion* 40,852 Marshall* ~. 7,715 Martin 11,523 Miami 33,671 Monroe -.(,481 Montgomery 64,772 Morgan -.. 62,923 Newton 17,096 Noble „ * 28,628 Ohio 3,351 Orange 35,550 Owen...... 24,027 Parke 31,054 Perry 10,335 Pike _ 21,591 Porter ■ - 16,011 Posey «. 22,835 Pulaski* 7,897 Putnam _ 38,938 Randolph 41,568 Ripley 16,183 Rush. 69,635 Scott 10,495 Shelby 59,365 Spencer 21,751 Starke 2,777 St. Joseph 22,280 Steuben 26,636 Sullivan — 27,475 Switzerland 10,229 Tippecanoe 58,953 Tipton — 36,387 Union 18,906 Vanderburgh 8,992 Vermillion..... 6,281 Vigo 32,083 Wabash 37,213 Warren _ ~ 31,022 Warrick 17,24s Washington 30,998 Wayne. 63,069 Wells 37,051 White 27,086 Whitley* 1»,401 OVER-PRODUCTION. 1875. 22,300 33,381 39,456 14,180 20,855 39,290 15,4Si 35^59-J 25,130 16,578 21,617 38.41S 10,068 27,432 12,461 33,019 18,89:1 16,738 18,028 25,744 27.LV7 3;348 29,470 12,893 23,471 28,112 60,525 32,777 12,277 29,378 28.K04 39,101 29,103 24,190 35,853 24,089 9,178 27,338 13,825 20,872 54,763 46.340 33,309 15,145 19,200 13,496 41,792 18,898 10,852 7,715 12,658 31,809 21,382 36,128 25,897 9,380 20,085 2,996 31,177 18,882 30,886 8,643 22,279 17,528 22,718 7,897 29,912 55,132 11,448 68,958 5,171 15,949 20,563 2,035 16,212 13,999 27,785 9,662 12,425 38,9.58 22,046 8,544 1,233 28,021 31,966 20,1*79 20,386 29.765 88,595 27,332 20,273 19,401 Direct Trade With England. J. H. Rutherford and T. D. Worrall, English representatives of the Mississippi Valley Tranding Company, were on 'Change at St. Louis last week, and made brief speeches, defining the objects of their company, and urging the cooperation of merchants and business men of St. Louis in the enterprise. They expressed strong belief in the success of the jetty system, now being applied to the mouth of the Mississippi, which would enable them to bring their ships to New Orleans, and meet the trade of this section of the country. They stated that their company consisted of half a million members, all of whom wanted cheap food and regarded the river as the natural and by far the cheapest outlet of the West to the sea. They were also convinced that St. Louis was the most advantageous point for trade. Mr. Worrall will remain there some days and endeavor to arrange a definite plan for the exchange of commodities with that city and section of the Mississippi Valley. I give you my experience with the wire worm. Being troubled with the little pests one year, I was advised to soak my seed corn in a solution of oop- peras and saltpetre, using one-fourth of a pound each to a bushel of ears of common eight rowed corn. The result was that my seed all grew, and I lost none by the wire worms, and I never saw corn have bo dark and vigorous a color before. Since then I always soak my •ant will accommodate both the advertiser and the proprietors of this paper, to say their advertisement was seen ln the Indian.*. i-ab. seed twelve hours after being shelled, do not know as it would affect the out worm, but I have never been troubled with them since I used the solution of coperas and saltpetre. Neither was I ever troubled with them when I ploughed my corn ground in the fall, which I would invariably do on old sod. Some farmers exterminate them by hunting them out in the hill and killing them by hand, but this is slow and tedious work, and is liable to be slighted by hired help. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of oure, is a proverb true in this case.—J. U.,in Country Gentltfnian. Potash in Wheat Manny, Roekford, W. Weaver, Greenwich, G. Wilkinson, Quincy, Total -.2,883,654 *No report furnished for 1875. Farmers not Readers. 2,408,637 "What is the remedy—that's what we want to know? "Some one may reply—find out what the market for home consumption and exportation demands is and stop there— good advice—but what is to become of workers? Men and women who depend upon the week's labor for their support?"— Boston Cultivator. The Cultivator after copying and commenting upon a late article in the Indiana Farmer, concludes with the above extract. It shows that Eastern ^industry is also worrying over the • ex- ■isting prostration, and has not implict Whenever any reform is undertaken, looking to the amelioration of the condition of farmers, one difficulty will be encountered, and that is that farmers are not generally readers of those papers and journals exclusively devoted to their interest A few years go, while located near a village composed mostly of mechanics, we were led to remark that a large proportion of them subscribed for and studied scientific or mechanical journals, most of them rather expensive, and that too when many of them were behind at .east a month with their various bills. Merchants and dealers have their dailies, which they study carefully, that the state of trade may be noted, and changes in the market understood; they hesitate not to do this, although the expense is from twelve to twenty dollars per year. Physicians and lawyers have their own papers, and even agents have their monthly guide issued. Political demagogues, and even some classes of territorial agents,- take advantage of this neglect of the farmers to take the papers. Speculators or dealers often make handsome profits by striking out among tho farmers immediately after the rise in some kind of produce, which they hav.. to sell, and buy at the old price, and sell at the advance; indeed much of the exorbitant profits of middlemen are possible only on account of the ignorance of farmers and others. We mention theso facts hoping the Grange will take them up and consider them more thoroughly, and if possible devise some means to induce all the members to become readers.— The Husbandman. For a few years past farmers have " turned over a new leaf," and are now, more than ever before, reading publications devoted to their own interests, just as other classes have long done. There is certainly a great awakening on this subject Reported for the Indiaka Fakmkk. Official List of Agricultural .Patents Lately Issued. Rotary Harrows, W. G. Head, Colusi, California. Reciprocating Churns, D. Rowland, Pittsburg, Pa. Feed Cutters; A.-C. Stewart, Walton, N. Y. Green Corn Cutters, I. Witmer, Buffalo N. Y. Ilorse Hay Forks, T. M. Edwards, hast Hampton, N. Y. Harvesters, J. P. Maury, Roekford, Harvesters, J. 1 111. Mowing Machines, J. P. Manny, Rock ford, 111. Revolving Horse Rakes, .1. 11. Ran dolph, Bayou Gould. La. Sulky Harrows, I). F. Shaw, Hamil ton. Mo. Cultivators, N.Y. Cultivators, Ohio. Milk Coolers, O. H. Willard, Randolph, N. Y. Harrows, J. S. Beazcll, Chillicothe, Mo. Gang Vlows, K. j\. Beers, DeKalb Centre, 111. Horse Hay Rakes, C. M. Lufkin, Barre, Mass. Plows, J. J. Middleditch, New York City. Corn Shelters, C. I). Read, Ayer, Mass. Farm Fences, A. Rash, Tyler Texas. Spiral Hay Forks, A. Shellenbergcr, Versailles, Ohio. Harrows, L. Study, Plum Hallow, Iowa. . m . The property leased by thc _ National Grange comprises all the granito building, No. 90 Main street, and the second, third and fourth stories of No. 91. The buildings are eighty feet deep; the entrance to the grange offices is at 92 up stairs, they having re-let the lower floor of No. 90 to the Masonic Bank. On the second floor, at the right, is a very pleasant front room, occupied by the secretary. Adjoining this is a janitor's room, water closet, etc. In thc rear of this is the reading and executive committee room. To the left is a large room, used as the packing and express^ department. On the left of the main stairway arethe clerks' offices, very neatly and plainly furnished, having fine light from three front windows. These are in charge of Miss C. A. Hall, chief clerk. The rooms are provided with all conveniences necessary to expediate business, and by having these, the same amount of work with less clerical force can be accomplished than at Washington. Tako it all in all, we think the order has made an excellent move in changing its headquarters.—Louisville Courier- Journal. . . ■ e> * Cuoumbers for the Table. "FT? "EVE.,? applicants, ray Wholesale and ■*- aifcaU U Bulb CeLteLlrwriiM Four catalogues F. K. PHOENIX, Bulb Catalogues, post free, 20 cents. tlie set) Bloomington Nursery, IU. 34-lOw $250 A MONTH-Agentt Wanted Enmrher*. Business honorable and flrst-class. Particulars sent free. Address 23-ly. I. WORTH a CO.. St. Louis, Mo. Thp TflL! -fiATF ? PHm Picture sent free! k« ,i 7,m ..Is,' Aa ingenious gem! 00 objects to find! Aldress with stamD. 18-ly E. «:. Alliuy, BnlThlo, ». T. Patents! Obtained on easy terms by P. :,d Co., P.O.Box Sweet, Jr., , Washington, £>'. c! 34-1. Instruction book free. AMSIeEN'N JUNE PEACH. Earliest ln the world. Best Market Peach. Circulars and prices free. Buds, IS per 100; S10 r>er 1,000. Address E. Y. TEAS, Richmond, Ind. 31-Oeow When writing to advertisers please say that the advertisement was seen ln the columns of the Indiana Farmer. :' TO THB Patrons of Husbandry _"r£iT'T7"X'T_'_To agents and others, male \JTJL V •C-aLV ■ and female, a $50 secret and I beautifully Ulust'd 100-page A XST A ^trlNovelty (jatalogue. „. F. •-ne. TT mtX. X IYODNQ 4Co.,VSB'dw'y,N.Y. 31-eowly Why is it, when growing wheat or rye is being snick with rust, that a little plot here and there where stumps, logs or brush have been burned to ashes, will be bright and free from the attack of rust? Because the growing plants employ potash and silica not only to give stiffness and rigidity to the straw, but to form, as it were, a glassy coat of mail over the surfaco of every leaf, glome and straw, to fortify the tender and delicate parts against the attacks of spores that are floating in tho atmosphere. We all know how readily substances in the atmosphere are turned away when they come in contact with a glassy surface. Potash and sand are the essential elements of glass. The roots of growing plants have the power to employ tho sharpest sand and potash to form a thin, elastic, glassy covering which is spread over the surface to exclude moisture and to repel any attacks of fungus.—Practical Farmer. OLE BULL; Violin, and Strings, Strings 25 cts. each. Illustrated Catn- . , ... loguesfree. J.Jay Watsoh's Musical Agency, Box 668.N.Y. si-ao TO IiOAlV! IN sums of 11,000 and upwards, on Improved Indianapolis real estate, and good Improved farms. Interest at Uie end of the year. Sl-lSt No. 83 East Marke't m'_ JuSiSefpolls. I. H. HERRINOTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer ln HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, Collars, Whips, Robes, Blankets, Brushes, Combs, riy Nets, etc., etc. 78 W. Washington, Ht, INDIANAPOLIS,1 NO. 32-lw to Mississippi as a Grain State. The following is a communication the Vicksburg Herald: As a very great intorest is being manifested over tho entire south in tho production of grains, grasses and all cereal crops, I propose, for tho information of the many who have not tried tho growing ot such crops, to B'vo «,y otnerienco ot the past season, and the results yet to t« obtained. Last fall I fenced off with a good stake and rider fence fifty acres of land, and seeded forty acres of it down in rye, and ten acres in red (rust proof) oats. I commenced breaking the land up tho last week in November, with two mule turning plows. It was broken up thoroughly, the grain sown and covered in with a heavy brush. An opportune rain brought both rye and oats up within a week. In January I commenced pasturing the rye, and continued until February, when all the stock was taken off. The rye grew magnificently, and attained a height of at least six feet, headed well, with heads of great length, and _ fat plump grains. I commenced cutting the first week in June, selecting an average acre of the field, and weighed off the acre 4,350 Bounds, or two tons, threo hundred ana fifty pounds of forage, and then threshed thirty bushels of grain from this product. Can Missouri or Kentucky beat it? Knox Nurseries. OEl«nto.lr>liia,li.oci lata. XOOX. General supplies for Nurserymen, Clubs and Dealers; cheap, Wrll-nrown asd True In Nam*. •Mr Hend for my Price List before purchasing. J.H.HIKIPSON, ' Vincennes Knox Co., Ind. O .EL^aM. H? IQ 3ST TWO-HOBSE "* GRAIN DRILL With Force Feed Grass Seed Sower, and Sliding Rail ' Attachment!' $15.00 SHOT GUN. A double barrel gun, bar or front action locks: warranted genuine twist barrels, and a good shooter, or no sale; with Flask, Pouch and Wad-cutler, for 115. Can be sent C. (). 1). with privilege to examine before paying bill. Bend stamp for circular to P. POWELL & SON, 238 Main Btreet, Cincinnati, O. S4-26W aoiueoss An article which retails at One Dollar sent on receipt of Fifty Cents. Or, a confidential circular sent on receipt ofa three-cent stamp. Address J. 11. DAltKKlt 4 CO_ x7-ly. Blunton. Wells County, Ind. We Invite correspondence, and will send descriptive circulars and prices to all desiring them. Allor-lers received through ALPHEUS TY- NKlt, Indianapolis, Iud., State Purchasing Agent for Indiana; W. II. MILL, Sharonvliie, Ohio. 8Ute Purchasing Agent for Ohio: S. J. FltEW, Alledo, 111., Htate Purchasing Agent for Illinois; or J. D. GUTHRIE. LonlsvlHeTKy. Htate Agent for Kentucky and Tennessee:' District aad County Purchasing Agents and Secretaries of Oranges, when accompanied with seal, will receive our prompt attention. Yours, Respectfully, Wayne Agricultural Co., r,tf. DUBLIN, IND. EDUCATIONAL. PEACH Profit from Forest Trees. The Rural-Newyorker gives the proper method of preparing cucumbers as follows : "Pick the cucumbers in the cool of the morning, and as soon before using as possible. (It is important that cucumbers should he fresh.) Then remove the outer rind and cut in the thinest possible slices. Sprinkle a little salt over these; then cover and leave for 5,10, or even 15 minutes. Our practice is_ to put the slices on a plate and cover with another. The salt extracts the juices from the cucumber more perfectly^ as the slices are thinner. After standing a few minutes*shake thoroughly and drain off the water, which will take away all the superfluous salt. Then cover with strong cider vinegar and pepper to suit the taste. This gives a dish that an epicure might envy, and which will not injure tho most delicate stomach. The substitution of vinegar and pepper for the watery juices of the cucumber makes the vegetable peculiarly grateful to the palate in extremely hot weather, and acid stimulates the biliary secretions, keeping the stomaoh in healthful tone. Prepared thus, cucumbers may always be eaten with gusto and decided benefit during even the sickliest season of the year, all of which we can vouch for from many years' experience. —: ■ e» . The army worms have largely increased in numbers in Maine. They are destroying vegetation in every direction, and the people are trying hard to keep them from their houses. Mr. Vick says in his "Floral Guide" that ten drops of carbolic acid, to be obtained from any of our druggists, put in a pint of water and poured on the earth in flower pots, will destroy all earthworms, which do so much damage xo the plants.' A trial will satisfy all ofits beneficial effects. ■ It matters little whether it be Norway Spruce, White Pine, Scotch Larch, American Elm, Red or Soft Maple, etc., all and each with many more are rapidly and easily grown. The simplo course is first to sow the seeds thinly in beds with rows four inches distant eaoh from the other. Shade them, from the time of seeding, both winter and summer, until they have grown to be four to six inches high; then, having made the ground loose and pliable, transplant into rows four feet apart and the plants one foot apart in the rows. This will give some thing over 10,000 plants to the acre. At the end of three years every three plants out of the four should bo taken up from out of these rows and replanted in another field at a distance of four by six feet. The growth now of both plantations will be rapid, and in three years more one-half of the whole will be of twelve to twenty feet in height, and a diameter of four to six inches, and valued for various purposes at thirty to fifty cents each. The removing of these pays for all of previous labor, and safe to say in six years more will sell for $1,000 per acre. So much for a calm view of judicious investments, where money can be spared and the future looked to for its return at a large profit. The few varieties I have named are as nothing, for the Chestnut, Butternut, Black Walnut and many more of fruit producing trees, have in them qualities valuable for timber, and should the investor grow 1,000 acres, less or more of them, their production of fruit would fully compensate him.—E. R. Elliott. Including Early Beatrice, Rlv- ers, Louise, Alexaniler, Amsden's June, A large stock ers, Louise, Alexander, Amsden's June, and best Houthern varieties. Apples, Cherries, Wlld-Ooose Plum, and the largest Btock of Ornamentals in the country. Send for new Trade List. 1IOOJPEN BRO., A TII OMAN, 34-«w Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Chester, Pa. FOR SATaiE. WE have twelve Bock Lambs, got by the Imported Scotch Leicester Buck that took a premium at the Indiana Btate Fair ln 1871. Their dams are Cotswold and Southdown crosses of extra slse and superior ln yield and ?uallty of wool. For sale, at the low price of 10 each. TBelr sire sold for S150. Address HOOKK A CARSOK, Jl-lw Southport, Marlon Co., Ind. GILES' LINIMENT INVENTORS Ise^cfuVrm^e^-o'r sketch and a full description of yonr Invention. We will make an examination at the Patent Office, and if we think lt patentable, will send you papers and ad vice, and prosecateyourcase. Our tee will be In ordinary cases, S2S. Advice free. Address LOUL1 BAGiaEK * CO., Washington, O.C ■•-Send Postal Card for our "Ouidb for obtaining) Patknts," a book of 50 pages. 'MSI FIIBBAIKS* STA1D1BD SMLES' Repaired. Of all kinds, at manufacturers prices. Also, Ware- bouse Trucks. WM. P. OALLUP, Agent for State of Indiana, Nos. 13 and IS North Tennessee St., Indianapolis, Indiana. Scales x-l-.yr Condition of the Canadian Crops. The wheat crop of Canada has suffered from the severity of the winter, but on the wholo the quality is said to be good, and the total yield, although below the average, will be much larger than was expected. Spring wheat will be above the average to a quite heavy per cent. Corn has a most promising appearance, and the return per acre will be fully up to, if not above the yield of the, last ten years. The acreage of this crop is very large. Oats, barley and peas have a healthy look, and the yield per acre is entirely satisfactory. Thero has. been a partial blight in the pea crop, but not to such an extent as to alarm the cultivators of* this product. The Colorado beetle attacked the potato in some localities, but the damage was trifling and will hardly be seen in the return of this crop. Hay was never more abundant. To tbe Patrons of nnsbandry; McOTJNE & SON, snrWHOL£SALE-*m Coffees, Teas and Sugars, 100 North Illinois St., and 22* East Washington St INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Reference—A. Tynke, State Purch'ng Ag't. 4-ly JSelflCMAevK IODIDE OF AMMONIA Ouret Neuralgia, Face Ache, Rheumatism, Gout Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Sore Throat, Erysipelas, Bruises or Wounds,of every kind in man or animal. "Discharged from tbe Massachusetts General Hospital as Incurable, with lnnamatory rheumatism ln my shoulders, fingers and feet; suffered fearfully for three years; tried everything- lost all hope. Db. Qh.es' liniment Iodide or Ammonia effected a complete cure. ELLEN SMITH, No. 72 Plane St., Fall River, Mass." Bold by all Druggists. Depot 451 Sixth Ave., N.Y. Only 60 cents and Jl a bottle. 33-36. Agents Wanted In every Oounty, to sell "NAVIN'S EXPLANATORY STOCK DOCTOR." The book contains S00 octavo pages: ls fully Illustrated, and neatly bound In leather. It gives the symptoms, causes and treatment of all the diseases of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry. 60,000 copies have already been sold. Agents make from $10 to J15 per day. For terms and territory address the publisher, J. B, YEAGLEY, 34-l3t. Indianapolis, Ind. Formerly "A. Fornas." Danville NURSEBT. Home Grown Trees Tlirlftj-aiiil .Vice. Apple trees from 1 to 4 years old, with Pear, Cherry, Plum, Peach, and Orape.with a com- Jilete stock of small rults and ornamentals. Stock enlarged. Send for price list. FURNAS eft MILLS. 34-tf Jacobs' Sugar Evaporators! Warranted the BEST IN USE. Send for our descriptive circulars, containing many- useful hints on Syrup and Sugar making. JACOBS BROTHERS, Address, 34-4W Columbus, O. high I Si Hart's New Beater Louisville Female Seminary, MRS W. B. NOLD, Principal. The TwentyaF.rtl. Animal Nesslon will commence the First Monday ln September, and continue forty weeks. Fos circulars, eto., apply to MR*, vr. n. NOLO, South-west Corner First and Chestnut Bt*., (29-lSw) • LOUISVILLE, KY. Purdue Universiiv The State Agricultural and .Mechanical College. The next Academic Year of Purdue University Will Open Sept. 16th, 1875. „ : For Information In reference to courses' of study, conditions of admission, etc., send for ■ the University Register. Address • A. C. SHORTRIDGE, President, 29-tf. IjeFnyette, Indiana, "I Oxford IVnrsery, . : Bstabliflliedinl864I Afullllneof home-grown reliable and cheap ' Fruit Trees, Vines, Plants and 8hrubbery. ,. Apple Tree*, 7 to9feet,flne.... — -HOper 100 : Osage Plants, No. 1, Fall delivery ~ ■ J2perl,Mu Evergreens, j Three times transplanted, at half price I SLEEPER'S DWARF PEACH I The hardiest and most perfect Dwarf Peach la the world. Fine free stone and perrectly hardy, 'hipping facilities ample and convenient, ■jorresponuence solicited. Send stamp for price list, circulars, 4c. Add reus, W. M. SLEEPER. 31-17W* Oxford, Benton Co., Ind. PERUVI.ANJUAN0! TTNTIL further notice, Peruvian Onano, IJ guaranteed to contain 10 per cent, of Ammonia, will be sold by the Undersigned or their Agents, ln lots of not less than Ten Tons, at Sixty Dollar.. Currency per Ton of 2240 tts., full weight at the time of delivery. A liberal discount will be made to dealers or others en the entire amount bought during the Spring or Antumn seasons. HOBSON, HURTADO & CO., Agents of the Peruvian Government. July 1st, 1S75. New Yokk. ■A.-Q B IST TS : B. F. VOSS, Baltimore, Md. GEO. W. WILLIAMS 4 CO., Charleston, S. C. R. G. LAY, Savannah, Ga. . 29-lSw. Ten tons of Hay or Straw can be put ln an ordinary box car. Trom 30 to 40 Bales a Day Can be pressed on this Hay Press, by t and aboy. By the additional help of o 50 to 60 bales a day can be prr— Send for Descriptive Catalogue and Price list. Address ■«■■«. ^ ■ '■ STEDMAN & CO., 23-28t. . AURORA, Dositorn Connty, Indian.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1875, v. 10, no. 35S (Sept. 4) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1035S |
Date of Original | 1875 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Transcript | Only Agrioultriral Paper in Indiana. iievotes » Department to the Interests of the Order of tne Patrons of Husbandry. •endorsed by Indiana Btate Board ol Agrtcul- tore, Indiana Horticultural Society, Indiana Short-horn Breeders' Convention, and many County and District Societies. KINGSBTJI.Y & COKKEB.Pnbliilieri, OFFICE: No. 8 Bat*» Block,OppotHe the P. 0., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BOBSt-anTioN Terms—Two Dollars per Year; lo Clubs of four or more, $1.75 each. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. This Department has been placed ln the charge of W. C. Gerard, to whem all Inquiries fertalnlng to advertising should be addressed, erms—For four Insertions or less, ordinary rages, 15 cents per line each Insertion—12 lines nonpareil type per Inch. More than four and less than thirteen Insertions, mj cents per line; more than 13 and less than 26 insertions, 10 cents per line. Liberal discounts for large advertisements and yearly contracts. Indianapolis, Sept. 4th, 1875. EDITORIAL NOTES. Rye pasture is reckoned most excellent for young stock of all kinds. If a large area cannot be sown, a small amount can, and it should not be wholly neglected. . e«» » . The short «rop of hay saved, and the destruction of .the oat crop, will make corn fodder an important winter feed, and it is likely that an unusual amount of fodder will be saved this fall. . ♦ > Keeping Accounts.—If you have not already, how is a good time to begin keeping accounts on the farm. Nothing will prompt a man to energy and carefulness so much as to know he is losing money in his business. Necessity is said to be a virtue in this respect, but we can only know our necessities when we have the means of looking the future square in the face. Carefully kept accounts gives us this very thing. «■ e«. « Wheat Ground.—The ground is not dry and hard, as usually at this season. The early rains thoroughly soaked it, and plowing for wheat is this season easier on the team, and the ground is in much better shape for pulverising. Wheat will generally be put in better this season than usual, on this account. It is coming to be well understood that the finer and more friable condition of the soil at sowing, the better the saed will germinate and the more rapidly it will grow, and get ready for winter. ■ m i ■ Stock Hogs.—No one ean afford to stint hogs he intends to fatten. They should be kept growing, and therefore the time to commence feeding is when they need it for this purpose. It is the poorest kind of economy to starve hogs, ' at any time, if you hope to make them come to their best. To make a hog that has been stinted, fat for the market, requires very much more feed, than if it had been evenly and continually supplied with nourishment. And remember that fresh water, salt and shade are also es- tial. ■ ae, . Geological Survey.—A volume of 285 pages, embracing a report of the geological survey of Brown, Jackson, Scott, and Jefferson counties, this State has just been issued. Professors Borden and Collett, the assistants of Prof. K. T. Cox, conducted the surveys of these counties. This volume, being the sixth, is one of the most important of the series. Besides the survey reportB, it contains some very able and scientific papers on State topics and resources, which will attract general attention. The report proper gives us in authentic shape an account of the beds of kaolin, or porcelain clay, named by Prof. Cox, "In- dianaite," which were discovered in Lawrence county. The deposit is said to be almost inexhaustible, and is scarcely excelled in quality by any mines in the world, for the manufacture ofthe finest queensware and china ware. Ware manufactured from this white clay will be on exhibition at our coming exposition and fair, and preparation is being wade for extensive use of U in the man ufacture of these goods both in and out ofthe State. It is believed that these beds of kaoline will prove a mine of wealth to the State. So, we see that these geological surveys are constantly discovering to us vast resources of wealth, heretofore wholly unknown. faith in the remedy of that class holding convertible securities and mortgages. May we not suggest in reply tothe Cul- tivator that no complaint was heard from the workers during the period of our greatest volume of currency, and when we were paying the publio debt at a hundred million dollars per annum even, and people were more nearly out of debt than ever before. That period, too, when the volume of currency stood still and at the same time the premium on gold fell rapidly. Now perhaps the period when the government was rapidly reducing its debt; when labor was fully employed; when people were more out of debt than ever before, and material development was bounding ahead as it never had, would be a good one to which to return. We are coming to that conclusion in the West. HOG CROP IN INDIANA. The following is an exhibit of the hog crop in this State, as reported by the Assessors of the counties to the Auditor of State, as compared with the exhibit made in the same manner last year. The report is to the lst of April in each year: 1871. COUNTIES. Adams 23,1X2 Allen „ „. 3»^u7 Bartholomew „ 37,215 Benton is,4b7 Blackford 11,11-2 Boone 51..35 Brown Hj.tsxs Carroll „ 40,(ii*i Cass „ 29.417 Clarke 19,009 Clay „ 21,101 Clinton .'. G0,&U9 Crawford 12.91S Daviess 32,850 Dearborn 15,214 Decatur* _.. 33,ul» DeKalb 25,679 Delaware _ ti2,05» Dubois 13,704 Elkhart 29,879 Fayette 29,25(1 Floyd :,,W2 Fountain ~. 55,41X1 Franklin -. 41,113 Fnlton 22,704 Gibson 15,852 Grant (0,114 Greene 38,21.5 Hamilton 51,190 Hancock 30,710 Harrlsson" 26,804 Hendricks 50,645 Henry ..._ _ 75,851 Howard* 24,190 Huntington „ 37,046 Jackson 40,988 Jasper 14,150 Jay 29,351 Jefferson 14,058 Jennings 28,971 Johnson 45,529 Knox..: 40,669 Kosciusko 42,378 Lagrange 40,494 Lake* 19,900 Laporte 16,602 Lawrence 22,493 Madison 81,«77 Marion* 40,852 Marshall* ~. 7,715 Martin 11,523 Miami 33,671 Monroe -.(,481 Montgomery 64,772 Morgan -.. 62,923 Newton 17,096 Noble „ * 28,628 Ohio 3,351 Orange 35,550 Owen...... 24,027 Parke 31,054 Perry 10,335 Pike _ 21,591 Porter ■ - 16,011 Posey «. 22,835 Pulaski* 7,897 Putnam _ 38,938 Randolph 41,568 Ripley 16,183 Rush. 69,635 Scott 10,495 Shelby 59,365 Spencer 21,751 Starke 2,777 St. Joseph 22,280 Steuben 26,636 Sullivan — 27,475 Switzerland 10,229 Tippecanoe 58,953 Tipton — 36,387 Union 18,906 Vanderburgh 8,992 Vermillion..... 6,281 Vigo 32,083 Wabash 37,213 Warren _ ~ 31,022 Warrick 17,24s Washington 30,998 Wayne. 63,069 Wells 37,051 White 27,086 Whitley* 1»,401 OVER-PRODUCTION. 1875. 22,300 33,381 39,456 14,180 20,855 39,290 15,4Si 35^59-J 25,130 16,578 21,617 38.41S 10,068 27,432 12,461 33,019 18,89:1 16,738 18,028 25,744 27.LV7 3;348 29,470 12,893 23,471 28,112 60,525 32,777 12,277 29,378 28.K04 39,101 29,103 24,190 35,853 24,089 9,178 27,338 13,825 20,872 54,763 46.340 33,309 15,145 19,200 13,496 41,792 18,898 10,852 7,715 12,658 31,809 21,382 36,128 25,897 9,380 20,085 2,996 31,177 18,882 30,886 8,643 22,279 17,528 22,718 7,897 29,912 55,132 11,448 68,958 5,171 15,949 20,563 2,035 16,212 13,999 27,785 9,662 12,425 38,9.58 22,046 8,544 1,233 28,021 31,966 20,1*79 20,386 29.765 88,595 27,332 20,273 19,401 Direct Trade With England. J. H. Rutherford and T. D. Worrall, English representatives of the Mississippi Valley Tranding Company, were on 'Change at St. Louis last week, and made brief speeches, defining the objects of their company, and urging the cooperation of merchants and business men of St. Louis in the enterprise. They expressed strong belief in the success of the jetty system, now being applied to the mouth of the Mississippi, which would enable them to bring their ships to New Orleans, and meet the trade of this section of the country. They stated that their company consisted of half a million members, all of whom wanted cheap food and regarded the river as the natural and by far the cheapest outlet of the West to the sea. They were also convinced that St. Louis was the most advantageous point for trade. Mr. Worrall will remain there some days and endeavor to arrange a definite plan for the exchange of commodities with that city and section of the Mississippi Valley. I give you my experience with the wire worm. Being troubled with the little pests one year, I was advised to soak my seed corn in a solution of oop- peras and saltpetre, using one-fourth of a pound each to a bushel of ears of common eight rowed corn. The result was that my seed all grew, and I lost none by the wire worms, and I never saw corn have bo dark and vigorous a color before. Since then I always soak my •ant will accommodate both the advertiser and the proprietors of this paper, to say their advertisement was seen ln the Indian.*. i-ab. seed twelve hours after being shelled, do not know as it would affect the out worm, but I have never been troubled with them since I used the solution of coperas and saltpetre. Neither was I ever troubled with them when I ploughed my corn ground in the fall, which I would invariably do on old sod. Some farmers exterminate them by hunting them out in the hill and killing them by hand, but this is slow and tedious work, and is liable to be slighted by hired help. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of oure, is a proverb true in this case.—J. U.,in Country Gentltfnian. Potash in Wheat Manny, Roekford, W. Weaver, Greenwich, G. Wilkinson, Quincy, Total -.2,883,654 *No report furnished for 1875. Farmers not Readers. 2,408,637 "What is the remedy—that's what we want to know? "Some one may reply—find out what the market for home consumption and exportation demands is and stop there— good advice—but what is to become of workers? Men and women who depend upon the week's labor for their support?"— Boston Cultivator. The Cultivator after copying and commenting upon a late article in the Indiana Farmer, concludes with the above extract. It shows that Eastern ^industry is also worrying over the • ex- ■isting prostration, and has not implict Whenever any reform is undertaken, looking to the amelioration of the condition of farmers, one difficulty will be encountered, and that is that farmers are not generally readers of those papers and journals exclusively devoted to their interest A few years go, while located near a village composed mostly of mechanics, we were led to remark that a large proportion of them subscribed for and studied scientific or mechanical journals, most of them rather expensive, and that too when many of them were behind at .east a month with their various bills. Merchants and dealers have their dailies, which they study carefully, that the state of trade may be noted, and changes in the market understood; they hesitate not to do this, although the expense is from twelve to twenty dollars per year. Physicians and lawyers have their own papers, and even agents have their monthly guide issued. Political demagogues, and even some classes of territorial agents,- take advantage of this neglect of the farmers to take the papers. Speculators or dealers often make handsome profits by striking out among tho farmers immediately after the rise in some kind of produce, which they hav.. to sell, and buy at the old price, and sell at the advance; indeed much of the exorbitant profits of middlemen are possible only on account of the ignorance of farmers and others. We mention theso facts hoping the Grange will take them up and consider them more thoroughly, and if possible devise some means to induce all the members to become readers.— The Husbandman. For a few years past farmers have " turned over a new leaf," and are now, more than ever before, reading publications devoted to their own interests, just as other classes have long done. There is certainly a great awakening on this subject Reported for the Indiaka Fakmkk. Official List of Agricultural .Patents Lately Issued. Rotary Harrows, W. G. Head, Colusi, California. Reciprocating Churns, D. Rowland, Pittsburg, Pa. Feed Cutters; A.-C. Stewart, Walton, N. Y. Green Corn Cutters, I. Witmer, Buffalo N. Y. Ilorse Hay Forks, T. M. Edwards, hast Hampton, N. Y. Harvesters, J. P. Maury, Roekford, Harvesters, J. 1 111. Mowing Machines, J. P. Manny, Rock ford, 111. Revolving Horse Rakes, .1. 11. Ran dolph, Bayou Gould. La. Sulky Harrows, I). F. Shaw, Hamil ton. Mo. Cultivators, N.Y. Cultivators, Ohio. Milk Coolers, O. H. Willard, Randolph, N. Y. Harrows, J. S. Beazcll, Chillicothe, Mo. Gang Vlows, K. j\. Beers, DeKalb Centre, 111. Horse Hay Rakes, C. M. Lufkin, Barre, Mass. Plows, J. J. Middleditch, New York City. Corn Shelters, C. I). Read, Ayer, Mass. Farm Fences, A. Rash, Tyler Texas. Spiral Hay Forks, A. Shellenbergcr, Versailles, Ohio. Harrows, L. Study, Plum Hallow, Iowa. . m . The property leased by thc _ National Grange comprises all the granito building, No. 90 Main street, and the second, third and fourth stories of No. 91. The buildings are eighty feet deep; the entrance to the grange offices is at 92 up stairs, they having re-let the lower floor of No. 90 to the Masonic Bank. On the second floor, at the right, is a very pleasant front room, occupied by the secretary. Adjoining this is a janitor's room, water closet, etc. In thc rear of this is the reading and executive committee room. To the left is a large room, used as the packing and express^ department. On the left of the main stairway arethe clerks' offices, very neatly and plainly furnished, having fine light from three front windows. These are in charge of Miss C. A. Hall, chief clerk. The rooms are provided with all conveniences necessary to expediate business, and by having these, the same amount of work with less clerical force can be accomplished than at Washington. Tako it all in all, we think the order has made an excellent move in changing its headquarters.—Louisville Courier- Journal. . . ■ e> * Cuoumbers for the Table. "FT? "EVE.,? applicants, ray Wholesale and ■*- aifcaU U Bulb CeLteLlrwriiM Four catalogues F. K. PHOENIX, Bulb Catalogues, post free, 20 cents. tlie set) Bloomington Nursery, IU. 34-lOw $250 A MONTH-Agentt Wanted Enmrher*. Business honorable and flrst-class. Particulars sent free. Address 23-ly. I. WORTH a CO.. St. Louis, Mo. Thp TflL! -fiATF ? PHm Picture sent free! k« ,i 7,m ..Is,' Aa ingenious gem! 00 objects to find! Aldress with stamD. 18-ly E. «:. Alliuy, BnlThlo, ». T. Patents! Obtained on easy terms by P. :,d Co., P.O.Box Sweet, Jr., , Washington, £>'. c! 34-1. Instruction book free. AMSIeEN'N JUNE PEACH. Earliest ln the world. Best Market Peach. Circulars and prices free. Buds, IS per 100; S10 r>er 1,000. Address E. Y. TEAS, Richmond, Ind. 31-Oeow When writing to advertisers please say that the advertisement was seen ln the columns of the Indiana Farmer. :' TO THB Patrons of Husbandry _"r£iT'T7"X'T_'_To agents and others, male \JTJL V •C-aLV ■ and female, a $50 secret and I beautifully Ulust'd 100-page A XST A ^trlNovelty (jatalogue. „. F. •-ne. TT mtX. X IYODNQ 4Co.,VSB'dw'y,N.Y. 31-eowly Why is it, when growing wheat or rye is being snick with rust, that a little plot here and there where stumps, logs or brush have been burned to ashes, will be bright and free from the attack of rust? Because the growing plants employ potash and silica not only to give stiffness and rigidity to the straw, but to form, as it were, a glassy coat of mail over the surfaco of every leaf, glome and straw, to fortify the tender and delicate parts against the attacks of spores that are floating in tho atmosphere. We all know how readily substances in the atmosphere are turned away when they come in contact with a glassy surface. Potash and sand are the essential elements of glass. The roots of growing plants have the power to employ tho sharpest sand and potash to form a thin, elastic, glassy covering which is spread over the surface to exclude moisture and to repel any attacks of fungus.—Practical Farmer. OLE BULL; Violin, and Strings, Strings 25 cts. each. Illustrated Catn- . , ... loguesfree. J.Jay Watsoh's Musical Agency, Box 668.N.Y. si-ao TO IiOAlV! IN sums of 11,000 and upwards, on Improved Indianapolis real estate, and good Improved farms. Interest at Uie end of the year. Sl-lSt No. 83 East Marke't m'_ JuSiSefpolls. I. H. HERRINOTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer ln HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, Collars, Whips, Robes, Blankets, Brushes, Combs, riy Nets, etc., etc. 78 W. Washington, Ht, INDIANAPOLIS,1 NO. 32-lw to Mississippi as a Grain State. The following is a communication the Vicksburg Herald: As a very great intorest is being manifested over tho entire south in tho production of grains, grasses and all cereal crops, I propose, for tho information of the many who have not tried tho growing ot such crops, to B'vo «,y otnerienco ot the past season, and the results yet to t« obtained. Last fall I fenced off with a good stake and rider fence fifty acres of land, and seeded forty acres of it down in rye, and ten acres in red (rust proof) oats. I commenced breaking the land up tho last week in November, with two mule turning plows. It was broken up thoroughly, the grain sown and covered in with a heavy brush. An opportune rain brought both rye and oats up within a week. In January I commenced pasturing the rye, and continued until February, when all the stock was taken off. The rye grew magnificently, and attained a height of at least six feet, headed well, with heads of great length, and _ fat plump grains. I commenced cutting the first week in June, selecting an average acre of the field, and weighed off the acre 4,350 Bounds, or two tons, threo hundred ana fifty pounds of forage, and then threshed thirty bushels of grain from this product. Can Missouri or Kentucky beat it? Knox Nurseries. OEl«nto.lr>liia,li.oci lata. XOOX. General supplies for Nurserymen, Clubs and Dealers; cheap, Wrll-nrown asd True In Nam*. •Mr Hend for my Price List before purchasing. J.H.HIKIPSON, ' Vincennes Knox Co., Ind. O .EL^aM. H? IQ 3ST TWO-HOBSE "* GRAIN DRILL With Force Feed Grass Seed Sower, and Sliding Rail ' Attachment!' $15.00 SHOT GUN. A double barrel gun, bar or front action locks: warranted genuine twist barrels, and a good shooter, or no sale; with Flask, Pouch and Wad-cutler, for 115. Can be sent C. (). 1). with privilege to examine before paying bill. Bend stamp for circular to P. POWELL & SON, 238 Main Btreet, Cincinnati, O. S4-26W aoiueoss An article which retails at One Dollar sent on receipt of Fifty Cents. Or, a confidential circular sent on receipt ofa three-cent stamp. Address J. 11. DAltKKlt 4 CO_ x7-ly. Blunton. Wells County, Ind. We Invite correspondence, and will send descriptive circulars and prices to all desiring them. Allor-lers received through ALPHEUS TY- NKlt, Indianapolis, Iud., State Purchasing Agent for Indiana; W. II. MILL, Sharonvliie, Ohio. 8Ute Purchasing Agent for Ohio: S. J. FltEW, Alledo, 111., Htate Purchasing Agent for Illinois; or J. D. GUTHRIE. LonlsvlHeTKy. Htate Agent for Kentucky and Tennessee:' District aad County Purchasing Agents and Secretaries of Oranges, when accompanied with seal, will receive our prompt attention. Yours, Respectfully, Wayne Agricultural Co., r,tf. DUBLIN, IND. EDUCATIONAL. PEACH Profit from Forest Trees. The Rural-Newyorker gives the proper method of preparing cucumbers as follows : "Pick the cucumbers in the cool of the morning, and as soon before using as possible. (It is important that cucumbers should he fresh.) Then remove the outer rind and cut in the thinest possible slices. Sprinkle a little salt over these; then cover and leave for 5,10, or even 15 minutes. Our practice is_ to put the slices on a plate and cover with another. The salt extracts the juices from the cucumber more perfectly^ as the slices are thinner. After standing a few minutes*shake thoroughly and drain off the water, which will take away all the superfluous salt. Then cover with strong cider vinegar and pepper to suit the taste. This gives a dish that an epicure might envy, and which will not injure tho most delicate stomach. The substitution of vinegar and pepper for the watery juices of the cucumber makes the vegetable peculiarly grateful to the palate in extremely hot weather, and acid stimulates the biliary secretions, keeping the stomaoh in healthful tone. Prepared thus, cucumbers may always be eaten with gusto and decided benefit during even the sickliest season of the year, all of which we can vouch for from many years' experience. —: ■ e» . The army worms have largely increased in numbers in Maine. They are destroying vegetation in every direction, and the people are trying hard to keep them from their houses. Mr. Vick says in his "Floral Guide" that ten drops of carbolic acid, to be obtained from any of our druggists, put in a pint of water and poured on the earth in flower pots, will destroy all earthworms, which do so much damage xo the plants.' A trial will satisfy all ofits beneficial effects. ■ It matters little whether it be Norway Spruce, White Pine, Scotch Larch, American Elm, Red or Soft Maple, etc., all and each with many more are rapidly and easily grown. The simplo course is first to sow the seeds thinly in beds with rows four inches distant eaoh from the other. Shade them, from the time of seeding, both winter and summer, until they have grown to be four to six inches high; then, having made the ground loose and pliable, transplant into rows four feet apart and the plants one foot apart in the rows. This will give some thing over 10,000 plants to the acre. At the end of three years every three plants out of the four should bo taken up from out of these rows and replanted in another field at a distance of four by six feet. The growth now of both plantations will be rapid, and in three years more one-half of the whole will be of twelve to twenty feet in height, and a diameter of four to six inches, and valued for various purposes at thirty to fifty cents each. The removing of these pays for all of previous labor, and safe to say in six years more will sell for $1,000 per acre. So much for a calm view of judicious investments, where money can be spared and the future looked to for its return at a large profit. The few varieties I have named are as nothing, for the Chestnut, Butternut, Black Walnut and many more of fruit producing trees, have in them qualities valuable for timber, and should the investor grow 1,000 acres, less or more of them, their production of fruit would fully compensate him.—E. R. Elliott. Including Early Beatrice, Rlv- ers, Louise, Alexaniler, Amsden's June, A large stock ers, Louise, Alexander, Amsden's June, and best Houthern varieties. Apples, Cherries, Wlld-Ooose Plum, and the largest Btock of Ornamentals in the country. Send for new Trade List. 1IOOJPEN BRO., A TII OMAN, 34-«w Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Chester, Pa. FOR SATaiE. WE have twelve Bock Lambs, got by the Imported Scotch Leicester Buck that took a premium at the Indiana Btate Fair ln 1871. Their dams are Cotswold and Southdown crosses of extra slse and superior ln yield and ?uallty of wool. For sale, at the low price of 10 each. TBelr sire sold for S150. Address HOOKK A CARSOK, Jl-lw Southport, Marlon Co., Ind. GILES' LINIMENT INVENTORS Ise^cfuVrm^e^-o'r sketch and a full description of yonr Invention. We will make an examination at the Patent Office, and if we think lt patentable, will send you papers and ad vice, and prosecateyourcase. Our tee will be In ordinary cases, S2S. Advice free. Address LOUL1 BAGiaEK * CO., Washington, O.C ■•-Send Postal Card for our "Ouidb for obtaining) Patknts," a book of 50 pages. 'MSI FIIBBAIKS* STA1D1BD SMLES' Repaired. Of all kinds, at manufacturers prices. Also, Ware- bouse Trucks. WM. P. OALLUP, Agent for State of Indiana, Nos. 13 and IS North Tennessee St., Indianapolis, Indiana. Scales x-l-.yr Condition of the Canadian Crops. The wheat crop of Canada has suffered from the severity of the winter, but on the wholo the quality is said to be good, and the total yield, although below the average, will be much larger than was expected. Spring wheat will be above the average to a quite heavy per cent. Corn has a most promising appearance, and the return per acre will be fully up to, if not above the yield of the, last ten years. The acreage of this crop is very large. Oats, barley and peas have a healthy look, and the yield per acre is entirely satisfactory. Thero has. been a partial blight in the pea crop, but not to such an extent as to alarm the cultivators of* this product. The Colorado beetle attacked the potato in some localities, but the damage was trifling and will hardly be seen in the return of this crop. Hay was never more abundant. To tbe Patrons of nnsbandry; McOTJNE & SON, snrWHOL£SALE-*m Coffees, Teas and Sugars, 100 North Illinois St., and 22* East Washington St INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Reference—A. Tynke, State Purch'ng Ag't. 4-ly JSelflCMAevK IODIDE OF AMMONIA Ouret Neuralgia, Face Ache, Rheumatism, Gout Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Sore Throat, Erysipelas, Bruises or Wounds,of every kind in man or animal. "Discharged from tbe Massachusetts General Hospital as Incurable, with lnnamatory rheumatism ln my shoulders, fingers and feet; suffered fearfully for three years; tried everything- lost all hope. Db. Qh.es' liniment Iodide or Ammonia effected a complete cure. ELLEN SMITH, No. 72 Plane St., Fall River, Mass." Bold by all Druggists. Depot 451 Sixth Ave., N.Y. Only 60 cents and Jl a bottle. 33-36. Agents Wanted In every Oounty, to sell "NAVIN'S EXPLANATORY STOCK DOCTOR." The book contains S00 octavo pages: ls fully Illustrated, and neatly bound In leather. It gives the symptoms, causes and treatment of all the diseases of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry. 60,000 copies have already been sold. Agents make from $10 to J15 per day. For terms and territory address the publisher, J. B, YEAGLEY, 34-l3t. Indianapolis, Ind. Formerly "A. Fornas." Danville NURSEBT. Home Grown Trees Tlirlftj-aiiil .Vice. Apple trees from 1 to 4 years old, with Pear, Cherry, Plum, Peach, and Orape.with a com- Jilete stock of small rults and ornamentals. Stock enlarged. Send for price list. FURNAS eft MILLS. 34-tf Jacobs' Sugar Evaporators! Warranted the BEST IN USE. Send for our descriptive circulars, containing many- useful hints on Syrup and Sugar making. JACOBS BROTHERS, Address, 34-4W Columbus, O. high I Si Hart's New Beater Louisville Female Seminary, MRS W. B. NOLD, Principal. The TwentyaF.rtl. Animal Nesslon will commence the First Monday ln September, and continue forty weeks. Fos circulars, eto., apply to MR*, vr. n. NOLO, South-west Corner First and Chestnut Bt*., (29-lSw) • LOUISVILLE, KY. Purdue Universiiv The State Agricultural and .Mechanical College. The next Academic Year of Purdue University Will Open Sept. 16th, 1875. „ : For Information In reference to courses' of study, conditions of admission, etc., send for ■ the University Register. Address • A. C. SHORTRIDGE, President, 29-tf. IjeFnyette, Indiana, "I Oxford IVnrsery, . : Bstabliflliedinl864I Afullllneof home-grown reliable and cheap ' Fruit Trees, Vines, Plants and 8hrubbery. ,. Apple Tree*, 7 to9feet,flne.... — -HOper 100 : Osage Plants, No. 1, Fall delivery ~ ■ J2perl,Mu Evergreens, j Three times transplanted, at half price I SLEEPER'S DWARF PEACH I The hardiest and most perfect Dwarf Peach la the world. Fine free stone and perrectly hardy, 'hipping facilities ample and convenient, ■jorresponuence solicited. Send stamp for price list, circulars, 4c. Add reus, W. M. SLEEPER. 31-17W* Oxford, Benton Co., Ind. PERUVI.ANJUAN0! TTNTIL further notice, Peruvian Onano, IJ guaranteed to contain 10 per cent, of Ammonia, will be sold by the Undersigned or their Agents, ln lots of not less than Ten Tons, at Sixty Dollar.. Currency per Ton of 2240 tts., full weight at the time of delivery. A liberal discount will be made to dealers or others en the entire amount bought during the Spring or Antumn seasons. HOBSON, HURTADO & CO., Agents of the Peruvian Government. July 1st, 1S75. New Yokk. ■A.-Q B IST TS : B. F. VOSS, Baltimore, Md. GEO. W. WILLIAMS 4 CO., Charleston, S. C. R. G. LAY, Savannah, Ga. . 29-lSw. Ten tons of Hay or Straw can be put ln an ordinary box car. Trom 30 to 40 Bales a Day Can be pressed on this Hay Press, by t and aboy. By the additional help of o 50 to 60 bales a day can be prr— Send for Descriptive Catalogue and Price list. Address ■«■■«. ^ ■ '■ STEDMAN & CO., 23-28t. . AURORA, Dositorn Connty, Indian. |
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