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INDIANAPOLISe INDIANA, SATURDAY. MARCH 5, 1881.—FOURTEEN PAGES.
NO. 10.
FOBS_U_l_.
flOR 8 A IE-Nice  White need corn.   SAMUEL
■    DRAGOO, Kdluburg, -rod.
^ORSALK-Garden  Seeds—Groff &Co.,77East
1     Market street. Indiauapolls.
OB BALE-Onepftlr of White Cashmere coats.
B. ti. CRIST. New Mai feet, Iud.
,0B HAt-W— Garden Seeds—Send  for catalogue.
orofTA Co., 77 Bast ilarketBtrett,Indian ap-j-lis.
Et)_R S.A1.E—Chloee farm neaf the city, finely Improved.   8AWYKR & WABSON.Kcom&Tal-
bott block
F
OB 8AI.E -'-Beauty of Hebron" potatoes at 9Z
per bnshel; "5 per barrel.   A. C. HARV.EY,
a.     per uusiic,   •*- J
latayette, Indiana.
FOB SAIaE—Aflne Norman stallion, s years old
this spring.   Address F. C. Mc&LOCD, Pern,
aallaml connty, Ind.
FOR BALE-thoIce selected White and Yellow
seed corn.   Address J. B. JOHNSON, Laurel,
Franklin county, Ind.
FOR SAT,:E-Plymouth  Rocks and Golden Ham.
burg chicken*  and  eggs.   Address  T.  HUI*-
MAN, Sr., Terre Haute. Ind.
F
OR BAIaE-Farms—Io various parts, of Indiana,
by M. ARBOCKIaK, Agent, bS East Mar_ei
street/IndlanapoUs, Indiana.
TJIOR BALE—A lot. of 7and81nch (round)draln
J* tile In car lots; quality flrst-class. Address K.
0. DAWSON, Lawrence, Ind.
FOR SAIeTS—The Tice Weather Almanac for 18*.!,
Price 20 cents postpaid.    Address INDIANA
I* ARM* It CO.,Indianapolis.
E0R SaLE—Mammoth Bronze turkeys,45 to 60
ponrids p°r pair at 2 years oln; also a lew pairs
ot Tonlon.se geese.  BU.1S HOUSE, Blcknell, tnd.
EOR BALE—One P. B. cock, large, well marked
• and ol eood form.   Price,**!    Also o. S. Ban-
tam eggs, H 6t« per des.   J. G. nINGSBURY, Indiana Farmer office.
FOR BALE—A good lot ot Cotswold sbeep, all Imported from   England and   Canada.    Correspondence   promptly   answered.    Address   E. J.
REEL, Vincennes, Ind.
FOR BAI-E—One of the finest general purpose
stallions* ln tbe West.   Weighs 1400 pounds;
splendid color and carriage, and a sure foal getter.
Address  H. G , Farmer oftlce.
POR BALE-Btock aod egg*) from my Imported
and   high-class  Dark    Brahmas   and    Pf-kin
dncks.   Send for Illustrated circular,   lu\. H. CONNER, Wtnterowed, Bbelby county, Ind.
FOR BALE—Norman Percheron Marget.imported 1875; also two of his s.allion colts, three and
four years com'rttr sorlne., for aale cheap, on easy
terms.  SMITH & SHERMAN, Loogootee, Ind.
FOR BALE—Thoroughbred Short-horn calves,
Poland China pigs and Cotswold sheep. Correspondence solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed,or
money refunded. Call on, or address O. W. TUELL,
Vallonla, Jackson county, Indiana.
1J10R SALE—Farm of 76 acres near UTorrlstown
Jj Hanoockcounty,60acres cleared,48in wheat,
new frame house of .rooms, new barn 30x35 feet.
Beautltnl situation, on a pike. Price, *3,»C0. M.
ARBUCKLE, 58 East Market street.
TJrOR SALE—7 flne large yonig Poland China
2V sows, bred and * afe in pig. These are recorded
in 2d vol. Central P. C Record. Also, 5 extra select gilts of 150 pounds weight each, at prices reasonable. Address T. M. REVEAL, Clermont, Marlon county, Ind.
EORSALE-Orcbard grass seed, crop of 1880, my
own raising, $2 per bnshel; sack 25 cents. A
lew bushels Beauty of Hebron potatoes from seed
from the Agricultural Department at Washington
city, *2 per bushel; sack 25 cents. Delivered free on
cars.   Address J. W.aRCHbR, Spencer, Ind.   •
"triOR SALE—Blonnt's corn, grows 2 to 6 ears on a
X stalk: 150 bushels per acre. Peck, }2. Also the
"Mammoth Pearl" potatoes; be-t, fittest ana most
prolific tn cultivation; yields 400 to 60b bushels per
acre. 1 lb, 61c: 3lbs, SIM); peck, (3. Sacks free.
Address E. S. TEiGARDEN, Davenport, Iowa.
FOR BALE—Fertilizers—Cayuga Land Plaster in
any quantity by tbe sack, barrel or car lots ln
bulk. Bone Dust Amonlated Bone Guano ard Superphosphates. Plaster Sower and 8eeder combined.
Write ns for circulars aod prices, stating kind and
quality wanted. TKNER <6 HADLtY, Indianapolis, Indiana
FOR SALE—Seed Oats-Golden Drop; limited
quantity, I brought tbe seed from Canada last
spring. They grew very tall and heavy, and don't
fall down. &5 cents per nushel, sacks added. Also,
Yellow Dent seed corn, No. 1, In sacks, shelled, ?1
per bnshel, delivered on cars CAL. P. DARNELL.
Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—A new standard Singer Sewing Machine. Sample Machines furnished agents on trial.
Wood Work, Heads, and Stands a Specialty. Send
for terms and prices on large orders. Every Machine Warranted and subject to return at My Expense if not satisfactory, u. G. AKAM, 22 Adams
street, Cnlcago, 111.
FOR SALE—Garden Seeds—Fiesh new crop, in
packages or bulk. Field Seeds: Clover, Timothy, Kentucky Blue-grass, Alsike and Mellltot Clover. A full line ef Garden Seed Drills, Garden and
Field Cultivators, and standard sericnltural machinery. Write us tor circulars. TYNBR<6 HADLEY,75 and 77 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE-By G. W. Alexander, 36 East Mar-
ir-at Btreet *
2,-. acre farm near Rnshvitle, Ind., lor M0 per acre.
293 acre farm near centerton, Ind., tor StO per acre.
160 acre farm near Kokomo, Ind., for *rt0 per acre.
10. acre farm near Lebanon. Ind., for "25 peracre.
'120 acre farm near Indianapolis, Ind., for "SO per
"^aore farm near Indlanapolls.Ind. ,for f35 per acre
FOR SALE—150,000 frnit, shade and ornamental
trees at wholesale and retail. Peaches a specialty; my peaches I bave grown ln New Jersey: we
think all the peach stock In Indiana ls winter killed;
the old peach trees ln this valley In particular,
Also, Cottswold and Lincolnshire sbeep ot late importation from Canada. Correspondence solicited.
Address WILLIAM SIGERSON, Wabash, Ind.
TJIOR BALE—Short-horns—I have 20 head of Short-
JP horn cattle on my fat m near Richmond, Ind.,
embracing snch families as Donna Rosas, Endoras,
Bright Promises, etc., also pnre Bates bull. I offer
ah elegant chance to persona wishing to start a herd
as my animals are all flrst-class breeders and fine
Individuals. The majority of these cattle were bred
by the well-known breeders, S.Meredith ds Son. of
Cambridge City. Ind. Address FRANCIS A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind-
FOR SALE—A good stock farm situated on the
New Albany and Paoli turnpike seventeen
miles from the former and twenty-one frcm the lat-
te-r DlB.ce This farm consists* of lfO acres of flne
fSmlng land, fltty acres of It In timber, the rest
nnderYc-Ced cultivation; well fenced, well watered
hy a spring branch, has two wells and a cistern*
good tVamf cottage of nine rooms: two barns and ali
other necessary buildings: two f^_*gM™-
ohards; near good stores,school and to*ree ch-rcAm.
A very desirable farm. Terms *W-.ffi*A.1fff2
cash, or part payments, well secured. JONATHAN
F. HANCOCK, Palmyra, Harrison connty, Ind.
^xvt j|_iK-L
Thomas Pickrell, Carlisle, Kentucky,
bas sold his herd of Short-horns to Alex.
McClintock, Millersburg, Kentucky.
S R. Quick, Columbus, Ind., Informs ns
that he has made several sales of Cotswolds
and Short-horns recently, at fair prices,
from his advertisement in the Farmer.
T7-OR SALE—Blonnt's Prolific Co™-?"™'"™
-I? stock, worthy of extensive trial. Yield past
season about 150 bushelB per acre. Per quart, by express, 25 cts. When packed with other seeds, only
&cts.   By mall, postpaid, 50 cts per quart; Sj cts
Serplnt. Mammoth corn, 20 cts per pkt. White
luBslan oats yield double the Northern or common
white oat, and do not rust; per quart, 25 cts, by express: 40 cts by mall; |1 per peek; $3 per bushel, by
express, bags included. We Bave a complete and
choice s-ock ol garden, field and flower seeds, bulbs,
roses and plants, seed potatoes, onion sets. etc. The
only complete seed store In the State. We make a
specialty of flne seeds and plants, and can supply
market gardeners and large growers on the most
reasonable terms. Bend tor our catalogue and price
list. Address J F. MENDENHALL <fc CO., 78 Kast
Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
A sheep shearing match is to oome off
at Russell, Kansas, on the 13th of April,
with the Central Kansas wool-growers,
representing1 about 40,000 head ot sheep,on
which occasion the novelty oi shearing
sheep by machinery will be presented.
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Mb. John T. Collins, Franklin township, this county, is authority for the statement that his Uncle Isaac, who lives near
him, owns a hog which was imprisoned in
a hollow log dm lug 11 weeks ot tbe late
cold snap/without food or water, and is now
doing well. • . • ' '
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The Texas Sun, published at San Antonio, says there are ten breeders of Angora goats in thai State, whose flocks of
goats now range from 100 to 1,500. It regards the introduction of this goat into the
Btate aa an established success, and predicts for it a prosperous future.
The Short-horn sale of Dr. J. P. Forsyth tt- Son, advertised elsewhere to take
place at Dexter Park, Chicago, will embrace seme 50 select bulls from the herds
of leading breeders. All the most popular
strains are represented in this offer, and
the sale will doubtless attract a large number of breeders interested in Short-horns
from the various sections of the West.
OAXTLB DISEASES I2T EH GLAND.
The London Ltve-S:ock Journal gives a
frightful account of stock diseases in that
country in the following. In thia country
as yet the disease i9 principally confined to
New York, New. Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland:
The returns of cases of foot and mouth
disease in Suffolk for the past week show
the considerable increase of 1,558 cases.
The Increase is entirely among, sheep, of
which 3,003 are now reported down with
the disease, against 1,047 last Monday. On
the other hand, there are fewer cases among
the cattle, the present number of cases being 638, against 1,023 last week.
According to the reports just published
of the inspectors appi luted under the provisions ot the Contagious Disease (Animal)
Act, 1678, foot and mouth disease has been
very prevalent during the past three
months in the county of Surrey. At the
end of December there were 99 animals affected with foot and mouth disease, and the
total during the three months exoseded
500. A few cases of pleuro-pneumonia had
also occurred, but the disease was entirely
confined to the district of Corydon, where
there had been 84 cases of foot and mouth
disease, as compared with 170 in Farnham,
and 130 ln Kingston district. The inspectors-eport that the dairies and cowsheds
in the county are in a satisfactory state.
The looal authorities ofthe connty of Leicester have sent a request to the Privy
Council to declare Leicestershire an infected district, and to stop the holding of lean-
stoek cattle markets, on account of the
prevalence of foot and mouth disease.
During the last few days four cases have
been reported, aud It is feared the disease
will extend. .    -   .
The foot and month disease has within
the past week spread to an alarming extent throughout the oounty of Somerset,
and meetings of local committees tinder
the Contagious Disease (Animal) Act have
been held in moBt of the pilncipal petty
sessional divisions to consider what steps
it will be neoessary to adopt in dealing
vtilhthe difficulty.
The disease isspreadingwith some rapidity in Buckinghamshire, there being, so far
as the Executive Committee are aware, 101
animals affected—viz., 99 beasts and two
pigs. Last week fresh outbreaks were reported to have occurred at Hugnenden,
Colnbrook (on tbe Middlesex border or the
county), Old Wolverton and Aylesbury,
and the authorities have requested the
Privy Council to declare the whole oounty
an infected area. Fortunately, the disease
ls not bo violent as it appears to be lnsome
other counties.
The foot and mouth disease continues to
spread through the Showle Court Herd.
Trafalgar, Tredegar, Adamant and Thor-
old are all affected, put, it is to be hoped
that Thoughtful will continue in the enjoyment of the good fortune whioh has attended him so far. According to information received Friday afternoon there was
no further spread ofthe disease. The animals then suffering from it were four bulls,
two steers, 17 oows, 14 heifers, 12 calves,
and two piga; and the cattle that were unaffected were one bull, three oows and
three calves,
A case of pleuro-pneumonia among cattle on Mr. G. W. Scott's farm at Skellow
has been reported.   One milch cow was
found to be suffering from the disease in
an aggravated form. There were 19 other
blasts on the premise**. The premises hav»
been declared an infected place.
Tee Privy Council order for closing the
whole of the cittle markets iu Lincolnshire
applies to fat cattle only. The north and
mid divisions bave Buffered most severely
Irom the epidemic; the southern division
has enjoyed an immunity very extraordinary.
An official return shows that the foot and
mouth disease has decreased among cattle
in Norfolk, while it has Increased among
sheep; thus, in the week ending December
25,1,471 oases of the disease were reported
among beasts; while 2,400 occurred among
sheep, and 65 among pigs.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you please tell us the difference between tbe Alderney and Jersey breeds of
oattlt? It is claimed by someinmy neighborhood that they are identical.
Reader.
There is no practical difference as to utility. They both oome from the Channel islands, Jersey and Alderney. Whilst there
are some distinctive markings, they are
usually all called Jerseys.
Kdl tors Indiana Parmer*.
I see an article in your paper by J, B, on
polled cattle, of whioh I, and many others
were quite interested. Now will some one
give the following information.
1. Is there a herd book in the State of
Indiana for the Galloway, oattle, if so,
where?
2. Will the half-breeds sired by a Galloway bull be hornless or not, or what per
cent.
3. Will they be black or what per cent,
will be black, bred to any common  cattle?
L  W.
Grubs in Cattle.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I was astonished to see a correspondent
advise leaving grubs in calves; that it
would kill the beast to squeeze them out.
Stock will not get fat, and hair will be
rough, etc. When about half grown or
any time when the lumps can be felt by
passing the hand over thefr backs, is the
time to squeeze them out. Take a very
sharp and pointed knife, and cut two slits
in opposite directions about an eigth of an
inch or less, then press on each side of the
lumps, until the grub comes out. Do not
put point of knife too deep,orcut the grub.or
it will not come out whole. Nearly every
winter I find some on our cowp, and I always squeeze them out. The cutting will
make the cow wince more or less, but they
get used to it. Our old oow knows what is
coming and will hold her head down and
olose her eyes until all are out. Tie a cow
to a jost, or fence, on a sunshiny day. Let
tbe'r 1-acks get warm, then go to work.
Sunman, Ind. John Bennett.
Sheep in Virginia.
A friend has furnished us with the following record of a fl ick of sheep owned by
T.  H. Vandevanter, Hamilton, "Virginia,
from September, 1878, to January, 1881:
EXPENDirPKES.
1878—September, 40 ewes at }1 25 |170 OO
RECEIPTS.
1879-June,298 pounds wool at Sic... *70 03
June, lost one ewe.
August, 44 lambs, at (8 25 139 75
13 ewe lambs, not Bold.
1880—June, S10 pounds wool, at 40c 124 00
August, 45 lambs, at (3 135 00
August, 89 ewes, at }4 60  176 00
11 ewes not sold.
1881-Jan.,24 ewes, 1 and 2 yrs. old, at &... 144 CO
 J788 21
Deduct cost of ewes _ 170 Oj
Gross profits..   - t*118 28
The lambs and wool were sold to dealers
at the farm, and the former not for the
high prices paid for fine lambs.—Oountry
Gentleman.
Time to Breed.
A correspondent asks us if it will do to
breed a two-year- old filly ? If she was well
matured for her age, and we did not intend
to train her for racing or trotting, woul •
not hesitate to breed her. There are a number of notable instances of two-year-old
colts and fillies being used at the stud with
great success, and one remarkable instance
is given of a filly being bred at a yearling.
In the fifth vohim* of the English Stud
Book, page 207, we find the following note
to the bay filly experiment, hy Bay Mid-
dleton, dam Miss Craven by Soothsayer;
"This mare is In Lo»d George Bentlnk'a
stud| having a crooked leg, she was put to
Venison in 1842, when a yearling, according to racing law, but' in fact before she
was twelve months old,' and from the experiment thus made she takes her name;
she produced a flne colt, which was healthy
and perfectly formed, but lived only twenty-four hours; the mare did remarkably
well, and had plenty of milk; she was barren in 1644, and produced a bay filly by
Venison In 1845, missed to Emilius in 1846,
and was sold to go abroad.
The dam of Optimist, by Lexington, V y
imp. Glencoe, was bred at two years ol ,
and she threw him the -spring she was
three. He was a most excellent racer in
England,  being   exported   by   Mr.   Ten
Broeck when a yearling, and afterwards
sired Mars, who in turn . ot Jongleur, the
French-bred colt who won the Cambridge-
shir - in 1877.
Rysdyk's Hambletonian sired Alexan-
der'a AtxJallab, the sire of Goldsmith Maid,
when he was • two-year-old. Many other
examples might be given, but these are
sufficient to illustrate that early breeding
is not injurious or barren o( success. Indeed we, believe b critical examination ot
tbe English and American Stud Books
would show that young mares as a rule
bave been themost successful brood mares.
Kentucky Live 8tock Journal.
This department ls edited by Dr. John N. Navin.
Veterinary Snrgeon, autbor ol Navin's Explanatory
Btoclc Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State Uie rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
3. The s-andlug attitude.
4. Appearance of hair.
6. II cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
tbe bone.,      •   .
6. It breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time mnst be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mail must enclose a
stamp.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will sawdust bedding cause contraction
of the feet? Is it better to have a horss
shod that has contraction than to let him
go barefoot? C. H. C.
No, sir, neither sawdust nor any other
litter will contract a hoarsee feet; it ia better
to have him shod than bare; have his feet
cut down and the sole pared quite thin,
then put on spreading shoes.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare is not right in her fore legs, or
feet. In backing, she steps her hind feet
but can't move her fore feet until she stops;
very lame sometimes; legs not swelled at
all; no fever as I can find. Jl. A. W.
I suppose your mare Is hollow in her
breast, ,*tnd perhaps her frogs hard, and
feet contracted; it so, inform me of it. It
is impossible for me to know the disease
unless the symptoms are given as near as
possible.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me through your paper what
to do for a three-year-old colt that has a
bad cough, whioh it has had for about six
months. It has no discharge from the
nose and appears to be in good condition
otherwise. B.
Give the following: Ginger, fourounces;
bloodroot, flour of sulphur, black antimony,
pulv. niter and sulphate of iron, of each,
two ounces; mix. Dose, one teaspoonful
three times daily in chop or other mixed
feed.
Salltors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that is stiff in her shoulders and knees; her shoulders and breast
are sunken some, and when I sweat her
one day she is stiff all over the next,
J. A.
Take and rowel her breast; set in four or
six between tbe points of the shoulder; her
feet must be contracted, too. Have her
soles pared thin and put on spreading
shoes. I fear you and your blacksmith
will not accomplish the job properly. You
must have a veterinary surgeon to do it.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a bull which will not eat muoh; ls
falling away; has no cough; breathing all
right; hair a little rough; stands as well as
he ever did, but is losing fiesh; has been
stabled all winter. J. N.
Feed your bull the following, as a general remedy. Take podophyllln, bloodroot, pulv. niter, black antimony, flour of
sulphur, and sulphate oi iron, of each two
ounces; ground ginger, four ounces-; mix.
Dose, one teaspoonful three times daily in
chop or mill feed.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare which had an infUmed
eye some two months ago, but to all appearance it got well; but within the last
few days the stftne eye has become sore;
has some fever in it; runB a little matter,
and is overcast with a slight bluish scum.
Please tell me what to do In order to cure
her eye, for she ls a valuable animal.
Subscriber.
If your mare loses her eye, you are to
blame. The first attack was easy to cure;
now her chance is not so flattering. Break
an egg and pour out the albumen. Mix in
salt with the small end of teaspoon until
quite stiff; set it in the fire, cover with
clear coals, and let burn until charredjeool*
grind flne and blow into the eye once daily
until clear. -      -
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare which was kicked on ln-.
side of the hind leg, on the hock-joint, by
a sharp-shod horse. When I first saw her
after being kicked, there was an oily looking substance running from it; later, a
whitish matter, sometimes looking like
Jelly. I have had a local horse doctor—not
V. S —attending to her, but quit using his
medicine four days ago and commenced
using Mustang Liniment. The cut has not
run any for two days. She seems to be
better, but it will probably break and mat-;
ter again. What shall I do for her? Ought
the joint which is swollen pretty large be
blistered? If sr>, insids or outside of the
leg. She is swelled a little on the ham
near the udder; seems as if the muscles
bunched a trifle and got sore. I don't
know much about a horse's pulse, but I
found something on the inside of her jaw
tbat beat 60 times iu as ninny seconds; perhaps tbat was it. It is now 17 days since
uhe was kicked. Since being kicked she
has rubbed tbe hail off the butt of her tall.
Her colt, tied in the same stable, has got a
bare spot in the same place. Is it worms
that causes them to do so? W. C.
Dane Co., Wis.
Yes, blister her. TJ.se Spanish fly, one
ounoe, and spirits of turpentine, one ounce
ol the former to one pint of the latler. Kub
in twice daily with the hand; blister only
one side of the leg at a time. Kub for ten
days, then grease with lard, and if necessary, blister the other side.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare has a disposition to eat grain
very slow; will take a few bites at a time,
sometimes be a half day eating up a feed;
appears well and eats fodder or hay hearty.
She hf»s been so inclined, generally in
spring when work is steady, to reluse a
full le<-d of seven or eight eais of corn.
She Iotiks well and feels well to all appearance, but I want a horse to eat a reason-
rble feod; Subscriber.
Ttike two ounces of alum, burn on a hot
surface, grind and mix with salt one handful; meal, double handful. Make a swab
16 inches long out of a thin board and one
inch wid6; fold it over with a strip of muslin; wet and roll It ln the mixture, and
swab the mouth, cheeks, tongue, and roof
of mouth twice daily. Feed the powders
recommended in this issue ofthe Farmer.
Edltoi-B Indiana Farmer:
Last fall when I would go to milk my.
cow, she would try to make water, and
failed in her milk and in flesh, with good
food, until she went dry. She will be fresh
the Cth of March. She is poor; has had
Rood care, good shelter, and plenty of food
all winter, and I cannot get her in order.
If I attempt to milk her she will make
water. Her hair looks coarse and dead.
Has good appetite. Her food has been
corn-todder, with all the small nubbins
left in, straw, and ship-feed once per day.
H. D. B.
Take flax-seed, five pounds; steep it in
water over night; boil it in three-fourths
of a wash boiler-ful of water; boil slowly
until it becomes a jelly. Keep it from
boiling over by keeping cold water to
be thrown in to lower it. Boil at least half
an hour, to an hour. Dose, one teacupful three times daily in chop or mill feed.
Editors Indiana Parmer.*
Eight years ago my mare had the epizootic, and was lame with it. Ever sinoe
that she has been inclined to rest, sometimes one fore-foot and sometimes the
other, by setting it forward and not bearing her weight on it. Sometimes she has
been more or less lame; then again she has
been clear of lameness. Her legs don't
swell, neither do I find any fever about
them. I never doctored her for it. Up to
last fail she would soon get over her lameness; since that she has been more or less
lame all the time. After letting her stand,
in starting her, she hobbles along for a
short distanoe, then travels without showing but little^iaHii,ness; then, if. she stumbles, the same difficulty returns again.
Sometimes the main trouble appears to be
in one leg1, sometimes in the other, and
sometimes in both. R. s. s.
Your mare, if sunken in the breast, has
rheumatism of the brachial muscles. If
not, see if the frogs of her feet are hard; if
so, she has contracted feet. Living only
twenty-miles from here, you should send
or take her to the city, and our veterinary
surgeon will tell you exactly what to do.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me what is the trouble with
my sheep. They lose the use of their feet,
seem stiff in the legs, have a high fever,
breathe hard, a light colored mucus runs
from the nose and has a very offensive
odor, not unlike verdigris; are taken suddenly, and none recovering; live from
three to Bix days; are In good condition;
the ewes would have lambs in three weeks;
the 30 head have been housed in a Bhed 25
by 40 feet,south end open,and fed on shelled
oorn, one-half ear per head twice per day
with blight corn fodder; had the range of
20 acres of grass in woods pasture.
E. D. B.
We never saw or read of sheep affected
as yours are. It is well, however, to try
some remedy. Take podophyllln.one ounce;
bloodroot, two; flour sulpbur.two; black
antimony,two? niter, two, and ginger four.
Dose.one rounding teaspoonful three times
daily. Let me know the result, and I
wish you would cub some of them open
that die and examine the contents of the
abdomen, thorax, and the head; tbe stiff
legs should be skinned and examined, that
is the way we did In Europe to determine
new or unknown diseases.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Will yon please give through your paper
the best treatment for my mare, and what
ails her? A few weeks ago, she was noticed to be a little lame in the left hind
foot. Turned her out in tbe morning, and
in the evening she was very lame. On examining her foot, I discovered between the
bars of the frog, something like a cut. On
the second day her legbefran to swell in
the-ctffin joint, and swelled to the ankle,
and on the third day the swelling left that
part and went into the ankle and above
the hock. During this time she seemed
almost to suffer death, andI became reduced
very much in flesfc. In about a week her
ankle broke on either side, and run a great
deal of matter, and in three days more it
broke again on the outside of her leg, half
way betweon the ankle and hook. Where
it broke it M-em, d like tubes running way
in. le is all h<*vtled tip now, and she is well
of hor lameness, but the swelling still remains. S. T.
Blister; use Spanish fly, one ounce, spirits of turpentine, one pint. Blister only
one side of the leg at a time. Rub in well
twice daily until quite sore, then once
daily for about seven or eight days; then
grease with lard,.and if the other side is
swollen, treat as directed.
STATE  JSEHS.
Fine bass are being caught through
holes in the ice at South Bend.
The Lafayette National backs reduce
their circulation in the aggregate $510,000.
"Rowdy Boy,"the Putnam eounty pacing
horse, has been sold to an Eastern firm lor
$10,000.
Crawfordsville has voted ?40,000 to the
Lake Erie and Western railway, by a large ;
majority.
Philip  Shears,   a   farmer  living Beven
miles from Tipton, was killed en the 26th ,
by a falling tree.
Samuel Handbrook, Clinton, Vermillion
county, was cremated on the ..7th while
kindling a fire with coal oil.
Richard Deane, aged twenty-four, was
killed by the falling of a tree near Bedford,
Lawrence oounty on the 27th.     ' _,'     -*~.
Henry W. Glendenning, of Rush county,
has been missing for two months. He had
f 1,600 on his person when last heard of,
Dagget's saw-mill, at.Dagget's station,:
near Worthington, was entirely destroyed ,
by fire on the 27th.   Loss 54,000; no. insurance.
Ervin Weller a young man of Muncie,
suffered the loss of one ot his legs by
having it torn ofl in the machinery of the
flax mill at that place.
A severe case of poisoning by eating
mixed fancy candies happened to the wife
and three childi en ol John Cazley, Knightstown, last week. They were considered in
great danger for some time.
The drug store of B. Christer & Co., of
Hartsvllle, Bartholomew county, was destroyed by fire on the 26th. Loes {8,000,
on which there was an insurance of $3,000.
It was incendiary.
Benedict Stain fly, a German farmer residing near Newville, DeKalb county,
while drunk fell from his wagon on the
27th, and the wheels passed over him,
breaking his neck and killing him instantly.
A one-legged soldier by the name of
Thos, Jackson, who has been a resident of
Terre Haute for many years, committed
snicide on the 25th by taning a heavy dose
of opium. He leaves a wife, but no ohildren.
A young man named John Dale was instantly killed by falling from a hay wagon
atWabaBh on the 20th, and breaking his
neck. His father, Hiraixi~a3aIe,:foimerly
represented that county in the State legislature.
A petition has been sent to the legislature asking that a bill be passed constituting a new county with Walkerton as the
county seat, the new county to be composed of portions oi St. Joseph, Laporte,
Marshall aad Starke counties.
E .Randolph Coleman, living five miles
west of Thorntown, committed suicide on
the 27th. He was found hanging toa beam
in the barn, hiB knees touching the floor.
He was thirty-five years of ego, and single.
No cause ls known for the act.
A movement is being privately organized
by leading Madison capitalists and business
men, with a view to increasing the navigable facilities of the Kentucky river, so as
to reach and develop the vast coal deposits
In the mountains beyond the Three Forks.
James Ketcham, Newberry, was badly
If not fatally hurt, while hunting, by resting on his gun, with the muzzle under his
arm, when his dog reared up and placed
its foot on the hammer, drawing it back
Bufflv-lently to discharge the weapon.
George Gray, Jr., son ot James Gray, a
prominent stock dealer, living four miles-
northwest of Glen wood, Rush county, on
the 26th, was found lylDg dead in the
woods in the evening with a terrible hol_
through the neck, where he had received
the contents of bis gun. Deceased was 18
years of age.
The report of Col. John M. Wilson, ofthe
corps of surveyors upon the proposed ship
canals from Toledo, O., to the navigable
waters of the Wabash river, and to the
Ohio river at Cincinnati, shows that the
cost ol the enlargement of the Wabash
canal from Toledo to Lafayette, wonld be
?24,236,135, and of the Miami and Erie
canal from the Ohio river to Junction City,
123,440,275.
The tea imports at New York in 1880 of
all kinds were 68,721,462 pounds, against
59,410,657 pounds in 1879; the imports at
San Fransciso, were 22,079,524 pounds in
1880, against 3,993,282 p unds in 1879.
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