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fi. VOL. XVI. INDIANaAJPOLIS, nSTDLaUSTA, SATURDAY. JAN. 22, 1881. NO. 4. FOBHAXaE. F OH H*LE—Nice Wblt* *eed coru. SAUUE-L DRAGO'), Kdit.burg. Iud. 17* OR SALE—or Tr^e-F»rma la Intllnna and II- ; Jlnols. C\ K. Cotflu.iU North Delaware .meet. FOR SALK-TheTie* WVmiher Alm.u>*r for I«l, Hrlc«Mc€nU postpaid. Address INDIANA - FABMVA CO., Indianapolis. _^__^_ FOR BALK— Farms—In various part* of iBdlana, bv M. AHBUCKLK, Ageut, bS -East Market Btreet, Indianapolis, IndiiDR. FOR BALE—Shepherd pup*. ftHont five weeks old, Mil blood and (-mart. Address J. A. UOCS- TON. P. O. box 4», Bedford, Iod FOR BALK-Cheater Whites. Extra pics; ready for imp, nnd Borne bows bred. Address DR. E. MOODY, Eminence, Kentucky. FOR RAI-K—Cheip—A well-improve* H5 acre Bioctfarna, IS mtitM from c-Uv and rolt*Mr«\ tUleicood. For particulars, addressW, D. YORK, BloomlnBtcn, Ind. ■OOUHAr.E-AEO*itt lot or Cot-Hwold aheep, all im- X) ported from England ami Can.t-da. Corr*- j-.ponder.rn promptly aqs.v.-ered. Address iC. J. R1ZKL. Vlacennea, Ind. FOR SALE—A ..inlted qunntlty of Mammoth c«*t.. ihat I raffed on mv prhe n<*re ct Hi bush- Pis. W.U deliver on railroad, tn sack, at fifty f»nU p«»r peck OKOHUE O. COOK, HevastapoJ, Kt<a- clusko county, I nd. 1 7*011 H\LK—Clydesdale HtalH-nu—A very fine " tnrrouirhbrert Clydesdale malllon, hai Rplenritd ntyle and action- Calor, <tarlc brown; vre\ght.l.*GO. F**T further i art!cu)arn, address Il.U. FALiKR, Ht. Htepbe-Ui, Beneca couuty. Ohio. FOR SALE—A few Poland China ple.s of the nett premium-.akin.: nock; hH.vl.n-: taken over fifty premiums la^t year. WM sell at fair prices. I hev« special rates witti express company. Addresi J. OONN^OHAM, Miami, Miami county, Ind. EORHlLE-Orchard grass *e«d, crop of 1S80, my own raixlntc, fJ per bushel; eaok25 cents, a lew bushels Beauty oi* Hebron potatoes trom seed from the Agricultural Department at Washington city. Kperbuabel: fackSS cents. Delivered free on cars. Address J. W. ARCHKR.&tencer.Iud. FOR SALK—Choice Garden, Field and F.»w«r Seeds, of every kind. A lso Bulbs, Ro'es, and rinnta. Hend for our Catalogue. We offer some grand piemlums to Club*. Seeds given away to A rent*- Our Hcedn ar« the hest In tbe world. J. I*\ MKSDKNHALL & CO.,78 E*«t Market Btreet, Iu- dlanapolls. Ind. "TpOR 8ALE—A desirable and cheap stock farm of JD 197 acres HX miles Bonthwesi of city stockyards. P«rst and second bottoms or White river. lKOin cultivation; be*t quality nf soil; teyee sufficient with a little repair. Price, sS-tWn. In very easy payment* at low interest, M. altCCCKLE, E8 Kast Marset street, Indianapolis, Iod. FOR BALE—FA«aof i» acres adjo-nlii* Dablln, Warn* eounty, Indiana. This is one or the most desirable locations in the State: good ncbooU, chnrche-* aud soctetv; trftme residence o-t lOroowin, barn, cribs, good orchard, rnnnlug stock water. Will etcha-iK** for imp raved farmlh Kat ter u Ka<-eaif. FoTartlcnlarf., ^ddreas JaMFS MOORE, Dublin, or JESSE D.CAltM.CHAEL, 81 Circle utrett, Indl- anapclia. Ind. "IJIOR SALE-Farm—Nfeedlnj? money ba41y I offi-jr Jj tor sale a gooo improved farm of one hundred and thirty-three acres in kScoct county, tourmfles lYcm two railroads; thirty-three acres In timber, balance blow land; good frame house, barn, and other buildings all In good repair; ten acres wbeat-; good netghbornood; beetoi fruits; flue localliy fnr good health, vegetables, grain, ox stock. S. W. MOROAN, Indianapolis, Ind. , IfiOR RaLE-Farms—One of 10) acres 11 miles west ' ofthlscHyon Nat'onal p)ke.75 1.a cutilvatlon; good large frame honse and bam, good orcuard. fence3, and good soil. Price. O.UUO. Also, 40 acres 14 miles north of this city, 82 id cultivation; frame house of 6 room**, etc. Price, ft;,i",0 Also, a well- Improved farm I. miles north of this cit>, JS- acres; 110 la flnestateof cultivation. 40 In grass and timber; good sou. Price, *?i0 per acre. M. ARBOOKLK, m East Market street. Indianapolis, iud. FOR SALE—Bhorthorna—I have 30 head of Short- born cattle on my faim near Blchuiond. Ind.. embracing such famlilec aa Donna Kottas, Ennorae, Bright promises, etc., alfl'J pare Bates bull. I offer an elegant chance to persons wishing to start a herd aa my animals are all fli>t-cl»ie breeders and line Individuals. The majority of these cattle were bred hy the well-known breeders, S, Meredith <fc Son, of I'ambridKeCliy, Ind. Address FRANCIS A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind. FOR 8* LE— 840 acres or good timber land, 30 acres cleared, and house on lt, ba]ance heavily Umbered with white oak, aslr, hickory, gum, «tc.; good water-power, 150 boree-power. Tnls land lies iiear Black river, in Arkaufaft, v.p wblcb boats ran tbe year round. The hardwo-xi on ibis laud maybe sawed up by the water-power on lt and easily marketed. Xhe whole tract will be fold at |5 p*»r acre. Address W. C., care of Indiana Farmer, Indianapolis, Ind. FOR HALE-Farm of J60 acres, second or third best ln tnis county In soil, Improvements aud location. Win produce 8-j bushels of corn; 40 bushels of wheat, and 3 tons of hay per acre of a good season. The flne large brick dwelling ovst M,5(*0; the barn aud other buildings cost J3,(H0. and tbe tile ditches cost fzj&ufrz a total expend ture ot (10,000, after paying |75 per acre for tbe farm in 1867 The farm Is only 7 milea northwest of this city on a pike, In the best improve-?] part nt this county. Price $75 per acre. M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, M Ka3t Market etree-1, Indianapelts, Ind. tVAKTED. "TTrANTED-l^iOiogs to saw by the thousand. TV Address G. R. HENRY, Jordan. Jay couuty, Ind. *\1/ ANTED-To buy ft Clydesdale stall I "ti, not T» over eight or under four years old. Address F.. J. REEL, Vincennes, Ind. "TTrAXTED-JOHiV 8. SPA-VN <t CO.. Room II >V Bates Block, Indianapolis, want all the best farm property insured lo tbeir oBlce. Best companies and lowest rates. We do not charge anything extra for surveyor polio'fees. Call and get rates even If your policy does not expire yet. we can save money lor you. Tit ANTED—The Indianapolis Cabinet Company, TV OfOceftnd Factory head of Malott bveaue, Indianapolis, Ind., waats l,ax> 000 feet of wn-Innt logs. l'*£2 ?* ,eet of ash logs. J.0O) ooo feet or poplar logs. LOfl/t)) feet of cherry logs. -Zrr« ,ch they w111 pay the highest market price and allow good measurements. BD^CfalJLAJrEOV.*. rpO EXCHASOK-Om pair of Pekln dncks for a JOHN KIDD, atvorney-at-law, rooms 3 and •» Tuorp-* Block. Proprietor of "Tlie Wondl Uol- lectfon Barean." CaMIectlor*** aod commercfal IItlgi> eioQ a specialty. Personal attention to city bustnean. OOr WATCHJCS^ 4 oi!. »n*?er case. rpr_«8. Krery JftOOwatoh JeweW aud warrant.**! two yer.L when ordering state name of express otnee. \Vatcr.e3 Bent CO. D. with privlledgeofejamlnlnibav-oi-e ua- vanting any money, jr. &.. STKVKNa, Jeweller, Brandon, Wisconsin. laOAHn. MorfEY to loan on rmoro.***d FarmsatTpercenet. Int*re«t. M. E. Vl>lTOa, * CO.,3 and 4 Vinton Block Indianapolis. Ind. MONES' to loan on improved farmr. at 7 per eent. a^„ .Om.mla»lon» reasouable. WM. H-CNDER- "ON.74 K. Market street, Indianapolis. MONKY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest. Mj terroa aro fair and liberal. TllOd. C. HAY, w Hast Mearket street, Indianapolis, Ind. . MB TRADE. Pon TRADK-KOaore farm In Montiomery Co., ■ .-?*.0*-?* rn,,.P*ril(T,ilars, addreruii. M. HAlr LARD. Indianapolis, Iud, ||iuc ^locli. Mr. CiaORK, Montgomery Oo., Ind., will hold his Short-horn cattle sale this year at the Crawfordsville fair grounds in August next. He has lately sold some fine grade heifers for $75 eaeh, and a thoroughbred cow for J275. .» In the proceedings of the Swine-breeders' Association published last week tke name ofthe secretary was spelled Willey, whereas it should have been Wiley, and that of Ssmuel Dragoo, Edinburg, was misprinted "laaGro." _ .tae. ^-Messrs. J. O.Putnam it IUKmi, Neosho, Wis;oiu«ln, lately bought a thoroughbred Merino buck and two lauibs for which they paid ?1,043 78, and 5819 78 was tlie price paid for tho ram. This ram took first premium at tho last Vermont Stato lair. Mr. S. Rader, Woicott, White county, Ind., writes us as follows: "For killing lice on cattle or horses take sassafras roots, boil them to a strong tea; tako some old cloth and wash the animal so as to wet the hair and hide thoroughly, and I will guar- autoo it to dostroy the liee. Either warm or cold when applied will do this. I have used this on cattlo and colts with the best oi success, and no danger of any bad effect or Injury to the animals." CLYDESDALE H0BSES. The Messrs. Powell Bros., Sprlnsboro, Pa., imported six lots of Clydesdalo horses in'1880, and others are soon to follow. One member of this firm, has recently returned home from Scotland, where he spent last summer and fully investigated the merits of draft horses, and became fully convinced of the great value of this breed. The Illustration this week shows one of their recent importations. VALUE OF PEDIGKEES. Mr. S. M. Shephard, this city, at the late Swi De-breeders' meeting gave a talk on the "Value of Ptdigrees for Swine." He said: The practioe of keeping a record of tbe different families is of a very remote origin. The practice was first applied to the horse, but as the importance of it became realized lt was used for other domestic animals, until at present the system of keeping a record has reached the "feathered tribe," It is impossible for a man to remember tbe characteristics of diflarent animals and unless a rtcord of the animals and their ancestors are kept for reference, there will be serious mistakes made in breeding, that will take years to correct. Breeders and iarmers should devote more timo to thought and to keeping a record of their different breeding animals and business transactions, and leas time to physical labor. HAHDUHG SWINE FOB MABKET. The subjeelol "TuemostProfitable Mode of Handling Swine for Market," was presented and discussed at the late Swine- breeders' meeting by several of the members as follower Mr. Jou68 said the best mode is ln keeping your hogs ready for market at any time, and then sell them, when there is a suitable market. Mr. Reveal agreed with what had been said, tbe first hundred pouuds ccst less to produce than the second, and the second cost less than the third. The last pound of flesh put on the hog invariably costs the most. Mr. Macy—There Is quite a difference in raising swine for market and for breeding. If hogs are raised for pork exclusively they should be pushed as rapidly as possible Mr. Dragoo—If pigs have the ran of a good grass lot thero will be no danger of over feeding. The most profitable age to put hogs into market is at the earliest age thoy can be mado marketable. Mr. Craig—I have been feeding hogs for several years, and give my spring pigs plenty of grass and a variety of food through the summer, and fat them on corn In the fall. Mr. Edwards— I think the most profit ia In putting hogs on tbe market the flrst year of their life. > I think it pays to give hogs swill once a day, and never give more feed than they will oat up clean. We can make cheaper pork by feeding while on grass, rather than In cold weather. Mr. Pegg—I turn my hogs Intended for market on clover when in bloom, and let them rnn about two months and then fatten on corn. What to Feed Bheep. Editor* Indiana Farmer: Is shorts and eorn mixed good to feed sheep, and what proportion? Will some oue teat has experienco give me through the Farmkr the best kind of grain to feed sn^pf E. M. J. Knightstown, Ind. Tho Wool Growers' Association at its recent meeting decided in favor of shelled cam as tbe best winter feed lor both wool and mutton. r -a, PVV} ' TIIK WA11DEN...A Ilerontly Imported (nyaeMlal-* Ilorse, Onned l»y Powell Broa,, r.tiru.igbol'O, l*? nil sylvan I a. whose hands I may fall Into, and I don't want enemies." It seems tome that no farmer who is capable of. doing business should be prejudiced infavorof any breed. I should take 1,000 sheep which yield seven pounds each, 7,000 pounds of fine wool; this Is liberal for fine wooled sheep, at 60 cents per pound, 54,200; against 1,000 sheepyield- ing 12 pounds each, 12,000 pounds, at 50 cents per pound, 56,000; this leaves a balance of ?1,200. This is not all, for the difference in weight ot carcass is equally aa important as an item for food, as is the wool asa fabric. Whendoctorsdiffer,however,it should be no wonder that farmer's notions should be wide asunder. My preference, if a wool grower, would be found for either the Downs, the Leicesters, the Cotswolds, or the Iaincolns. I would have both mutton and wool, and consequently more money. . eat. » Angora Goats. Editors Indiana Parmer: Where can I buy Angora goats? I would like to have them with lamb. Let any one having any for sale announce the fact in the For Sale column of the Farmer, Greensbure, Ind. W. D. C. Diseases of Sheep and Different Breeds. Address by Dr. 1.1*.. Navin before the Indiana Wool Growers' Association. ! The sheep is naturally tbe healthiest, though the tenderest of aU domestic animals, scarcely ever getting sick except from some great provocation, malarial influence having more to do with it than all other oauses combined. The sheep ls an Inhabitant of every climate from the torrid to the frigid zone. It seems to adapt its shape and the texture of its wool to tbe climates of every country which it is a native. In hot climates Its wool is scarcely finer than hair, and In temperate, or colder climates it is finer, until the silky wool of the Saxony sheep is reached. It also can, and does subsist on whatever fare its native country produces. In fact, sheep in some countries live chiefly upon salt flab, and in all countries its flesh is admitted to ba the healthiest of all aninAl tood. In Europe the sheep is subject to about TWE>*Tr rivB diseases, none of which are incident without cause or provocation, except, perhaps, thrush lu the mouth, or blaln. With these two ex- oeptions, all others aro the result of treatment, or of malarial Influence. Foot disease, the rot and dropsy, are the result of malaria and pasturing upon wet, and marshy lands. DiarrtdU and dysentery are the effect of feoding, or of some affection of the liver by malaria. Water on the brain, epilepsy, apoplexy, hydatid on the brain, and lockjaw, are caused the same as in other domestic brutes. Bots ia the sinuses ofthe head are the larvso of the fly, so-called, but smaller than those which horsemen dread so much. Bronchitis, lung fever, colic and inflammation of tho brain are also manufactured diseases, or the effect of treatment, cr usage. thk r.or is perhaps the most formidable disease of the sheep. It has its origin in the liver, and subsequently affects tho entire glandular system, the lungs, the kidneys and the entire cellular system; the abdomen becomes filled with serum (water) of a greenish color. This is called dropsy by some veterinary surgeons, and sheep raisers. But this is erroneous. Its symptoms and cause are of moro importance to know than Is the remedy. These are dullness, bluish color of the skin, diarrheal, and thirst, which are thc main symptoms of the disoaso. Thirst, however, is the most, noticeable from the fact that sheep never drink In parts of Europe until taken with the rot. Neither do they eat salt there. The great and immediate cause of rot is attributable to wet or marshy lands, except ln wet seasons when all lands may rot more or less. And strange to say no sheep ever aontracts the disease on either dry or wet lands, while rain continues to fall and keeps fresh upon the ground. It is therefore a prevailing opinion, if not certain, that the little insects found ln the biliary duct and gall bladdsr, called flukes, are taken up by the sheep off the graaj after the ground dries upand are passed into the liver through the absorbants, or .lacteals of the bowels, which take up the nutriment out of the food, as trichina in pork le, by the human subject. After sheep are seen to drink, or the blueucss of the skin is observed, they are pronounced as having the rot, and if not in order for the butcher thoy are immediately removed to luxuriant pastures and fattened, and will fatten (if not more readily) equally as readily as healthy sheep for at least two months. DROPSY—BUD WATBB, is a disease much resembling the rot in many respects; the water in this disease is found in the chest and in the abdomen,and of a reddish serous color, differing from the green color in rot. The symptoms of the disease are enlargement of the abdomen.apnffy swelling beneath or between the jaws, hurried breathing;-either cost.veness.or dittr- rha>3 may ba present. It observed in time lt may be successfully treated until the sheep is found uneasy, largely swollen, and breathing hard; at this stage ol the disease nothing can be done. Foot-rot is a very troublesome disease to the shepherds ln wet or in muddy places, or wot pastures. CAU8B. Between the hoofs of the sheep a small aperture may bo seen, called the biflex caual, whose office it is to secrete an oily fluid ijr tlie purpose of lubricating the hide between the hoots, it being called into action by overy step tho sheep takes In providing its food, therefore when perpetually wet, or constantly dirty, the parts swell, and this secretion already spoken of, is stopped, or retarded; therefore not only Is the hide deprived of the oily secretion, but the secretion itself becomes an Irritant of the glands which secreted it; therefore in fl animation of the parts is tho consequent result; honoo foot-rot, which, unless retarded and remedied very soon, destroys not only the hoofs, but the glands, and perhaps the coronary border which secretes the hoofs. THE MOST rnOFITABIaTS BREED, OR BBEEDS OF SHEKr. Much has benn written and published in the agricultural papers by the differeat breeders oi sheep, ovidently for the purpose of selling portions of their stock for high prices; each writer of course true to his individual interest, therefore not stopping at any assertion likely to ba credited by the unwary. Each succeeding year ior the last ten or twelve years has brought us such immense weights of fleece over the last years weight, that at such a ratio our stock of sheep would appear to bo turning into wool, leaving very little to be placed to the mutton side of the account. A few years ago no sheep master would venture to assert that a ewe of his sheared over 12 pounds, or a ram more than 15 pounds; this then was considered a superior weight of fleece, and indeed it was, and still is. Subsequently, however, men have advertised 15 for ewes and 20 for rams and wethers. To beat the above weights, innocent men just foran experiment.you know weighed their fleeces and became agreeably surprised to find that their flocks outstripped all prior weights, and inform the public that they obtained 25 and some 30 pound fleeces and thought themselves monarchs of all they survey, if not the American continent, and of course the universe; until Kansas is heard from with 35 pound fleeces. Now, if one man upon the face of tbe earth ls dupe enough to credit such an assertion, ho should be tenderly taken care of. Thirty-five pounds of wool, 560 ounces, in one year's growth, is one ounce and a half per day, less 25 ounces divided upon the 365 days in the year. Will any sane man acknowledge himself such a dupe as to credit such a fabrication, especially when we flnd the weight of carcass of those sheep average 110 to 120 pounds after shearing. Next season it is expected that the above will be beaten, and if such increase of wool reduces the carcass, we shall see men publishing heavy carcasses. To be just toward my Kansas friend, I shall strike a debtor and creditor sheet, allowing him 85 on the creditor's side, and charging a debit against him of yolk 10 pounds and dirt 10 pounds, leaving of clean wool 15 pounds. Wool, aot yolk, (grease) is what the people delight to read about— it is all that will draw money. Gentlemen, the controversy is scarcely waged between the proprietors of long- wooled breeds, or middle-wooled breeds, or long against middle, but between both, and the short wools or Merino. Not being a breeder or owner of sheep, I therefore have no enemy to punish or friend to serve. I take the attitude of the Irishman on board a ship In a storm, who prayed first to God and then to the devil. When remonstrated with he said: "Sure I don't know ^petcrinarji. This department Is edited by Dr. John N. Navin, Veterinary Burgeon, anthor oj Navin* Explanatory Btock Doctor. Kales to be observed by those expecting: correct answers: 1. Btate tbe rate of pulse. 2. The breathing. 3. The standing attitude. 4. Appearance of hair. 5. If congh, and secretion from nose, whether glands between tbe Jaws can be felt, and how near ih^ bone, 8. If breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or rushing sonnd, no time mnst be lost ln blistering throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna M drops on tongue alternately every tiro hours, ior time is too short for an answer. I. a'artle. desiring answers by mall must enclose a stamp. What is the Matter of My CowP Editors Indian Farmer: Please t«ll me what is the matter witb my cow. She dropped a calf a few weeks ajfo, but she don't giv6 a spoonful of milk, but eats hearty. j^ g. Take flour of eulphur, black antimony, pulv. niter, sulphate of Iran and bloodroot of each two ounces,- ginger, four ounces; mix. Dose, one teaspoonful three times daily in chop feed, bran, etc. Lame Mule. Editors Indiana Farmer: What can I do for my mul6? The muscles are contracted from the coffin-joint up to tbe knee-joint on fore leg. I think it is caused irom a strain. It has gradually been glowing on her for a year. She can only touch her toe on the ground. W. Is. S. A year ago when your .mule became afflicted, something in palliation or prevention might have been done, but now nothing less than cutting the terfdons would avail; this being a delicate, operation, no one but a veterinary surgeon can operate with any chance of success. Kioked. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a mare that received a kick on the inside of the hind leg, just below the cambrel joint; is badly swollen; was healed up, but is very lame; good appetite and grows poor; has been about a month. What must 1 do? j# -ry_ N| Blister with Spanish fly, one ounce; spirits of turpentine one pint. Rub in well with the hand until pain is felt; tie up for short time to keep her from biting it. Repeat once or twice dally for ten or twelve days, then grease and let go. If in a few days any of the swelling remains, paint with tincture of iodine twice dally. Blood Spavin. Editors Indiana Farmer: What is the matter with my mare? She has a swelling on her left hind lerr; soft, and on the inside of her leg on the hock- joint. I aiso have a mare that cannot hear anything. She is aline animal. I have not owned her long. She has been that way for two years. If there is a remedy, please give it. j^ s< K/ Your mare has a blood spavin, and nothing will cure it except a blister or the fire iron. See blister in this issue of the Fabmeh. Your deaf mare I think is incurafcle, at least I cannot give you any remedy that will have any good effect. Disabled Horse. Editors Indiana Farmer. Please tell me what ails my horse and what will effect a cure. His excretions are a good deal like that of a cow; has a dry cough; hair rough, and when he hurls himself it is almost Impossible to heal, List fall he snagged himself on tbe pastern joint, and it has just healed. SUBSCRIBKB. Take five pounds of gronnd flaxseed; if not ground, steep it all night in cold water; place a wash-boiler two-thirds fulX of watty* upon the stove, when boiling-, pour the Bleeped seed in; keep well and constantly stirred, rubbing the bottom of the boiler to keop it from burning; boil quite slowly, and keep cold water by to keep It from boiling over, which it is apt to do. When it becomes a thick Jelly, vand cool, give one teaspoonful throe times per day in chop or mill feed. To know when it is a jelly immerse a tincupful in cold water. Rheumatism. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a flne mate that is lame. On the snow or Band, or going up a hill, it is not noticeable. It seems very difficult for her to go down hill; on a barn floor, or rough ground. Is it in the feet or shoulders, and what is tt? J.C.W. It is rheumatism of the muscles of the breast and contraction of the feet, or either one or vice versa. If the breast is hollow between the shoulder points it ls rheumatism. If the feet are narrow like those oi a mnle, and the frog hard, she has contracted feet, with perhaps corns, and sweeney, all curable. What Ails My Horse? Editors Indiana Farmer: He has been ailing for one year. He can't set his feet back; he shoves or works them back; urine highly colored; hair rough. It does not seem to hurt him to go forward; eats well. What shall I do for him? M. E. K. Twelve months is too long for your horse to suffer. You do not give the proper symptoms. Examine his breast. Is it hollow, and the point of shoulders at breast larger than coaamon? It may be his loins are sprained. Try. Can he turn round in a narrow circle? The urine has nothing to do with his locomotion unless bis kidneys are affected. Let us know. In the meantime give him ground niter, a level teaspoonful every evening and morning, in chop feed or bran. . Corebro Meningitis. Editors Indiana Farmer: Can you tell me what ailed my sheep? A fine ewe in good order and due to drop a lamb in about six weeks, held her head a little to one side lor several days, but ate hearty until yesterday morning, when Bhe was unaMe to gtt up, holding her nose up and head back as lar as possible; shook her head occasionally as if something was wrong with it; died before noon. What can I do ior the next one. W. H. M. Your sheep died of either cerebro meningitis or dropsy of the brain. This water is contained in small sacs, and the latest and best cure is to lay a pad on the upper portion of the head and strike tbe pad with a maul, not a maul to be used with both hands, but one tbat will suddenly jerk tbe head and break the little sacs which con" tain the water. If meningitis, drop tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna alternately on ber tongue every two hours. Dose, five drops. I wish when men do not know the disease, they would cut dead animals open and let me know how the parts affected appear. I would have very Uttle difficulty in giving correct opinions; this is always done in Europe. Cost of Fencing. Editors Indiana Farmer: Manufacturers goto Congress and have laws made for their especial benefit. The lawyers of Indiana have Hjtate laws tbat greatly protect their interests, aud physcians are now roundJy paid out of public money for what they used to do gratis. There is a matter that would be of great assistance to the farmers of this Btate, that should be attended to by our present legislature. I refer to highway fences. We are required to put much moie material in our road fences than should be necessary, because the law requires us to fence for road stock. Tight fences would not be required, were it not for the hogs and sheep turned on the roads to graze. Three strands of barbed wire, or three boards, would be suilicient to keep cattle out of inclosures. Any stock that would not be kept in place by euch fence should not be tolerated at large. Indiana comprises 33,809 square miles. Suppose a public highway ls situated on one-fourth of the seotion lines, each section would have one mile of road fence. This would give ub about 8,452 miles of road fence for the State. This built close to the ground, as we have to build now, costs not less than one dollar per rod, or $320 per rulemaking a total of $2,704,640. Can this amount of fencing be reduced, in justice to the people of the State? Certainly! tbe farmer should keep such fence around his pasture as wonld keep his stock off the road, but where his arable land is by the road, the fences named above would do. Fences built with the bottom rail, or board, or wire, two feet above the ground would cost nearly one- third lees than the tight fences now built. Brother farmers, think of this and Jet us hear from you. Let ua look after our own interests. H. Lkamikc., Jk. Tippec-noe county. ■> m. »*e- ' The d« crease in the rates of railway transportation in Iowa haa been 58 per cent, since 1869. l< ^^rr-.:fv^>-^'^*s>..,- k ms»,MM ^LL*^l-.^*rfJ!-s^^i.i,,i.in-^m*m'*r.1.m>^sy
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1881, v. 16, no. 04 (Jan. 22) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1604 |
Date of Original | 1881 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2010-11-08 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript |
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VOL. XVI.
INDIANaAJPOLIS, nSTDLaUSTA, SATURDAY. JAN. 22, 1881.
NO. 4.
FOBHAXaE.
F
OH H*LE—Nice Wblt* *eed coru. SAUUE-L
DRAGO'), Kdit.burg. Iud.
17* OR SALE—or Tr^e-F»rma la Intllnna and II-
; Jlnols. C\ K. Cotflu.iU North Delaware .meet.
FOR SALK-TheTie* WVmiher Alm.u>*r for I«l,
Hrlc«Mc€nU postpaid. Address INDIANA
- FABMVA CO., Indianapolis. _^__^_
FOR BALK— Farms—In various part* of iBdlana,
bv M. AHBUCKLK, Ageut, bS -East Market
Btreet, Indianapolis, IndiiDR.
FOR BALE—Shepherd pup*. ftHont five weeks old,
Mil blood and (-mart. Address J. A. UOCS-
TON. P. O. box 4», Bedford, Iod
FOR BALK-Cheater Whites. Extra pics; ready
for imp, nnd Borne bows bred. Address DR. E.
MOODY, Eminence, Kentucky.
FOR RAI-K—Cheip—A well-improve* H5 acre
Bioctfarna, IS mtitM from c-Uv and rolt*Mr«\
tUleicood. For particulars, addressW, D. YORK,
BloomlnBtcn, Ind.
■OOUHAr.E-AEO*itt lot or Cot-Hwold aheep, all im-
X) ported from England ami Can.t-da. Corr*-
j-.ponder.rn promptly aqs.v.-ered. Address iC. J.
R1ZKL. Vlacennea, Ind.
FOR SALE—A ..inlted qunntlty of Mammoth
c«*t.. ihat I raffed on mv prhe n<*re ct Hi bush-
Pis. W.U deliver on railroad, tn sack, at fifty f»nU
p«»r peck OKOHUE O. COOK, HevastapoJ, Kt |
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