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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. MARCH 19, 1881.
NO. 12.
FOBSAJaaR.
F0R SALE-Garden Seeds-Groff & Co.,77 East
Market street. Indiai,&polis.
FOR SALE—White Pekin dnck egcs at |l for IS.
JAMES M. MARLOW, Adams, tnd.	
FORSALE—A flne Llnooln buck, two years old.
Address FRANK CROSS, Washlngt >n , Ind.
FOB. BAIaK— Garden Seeds—Send for catalegne.
oroff*- Co., 77 East Market stre.t,Iodlai apolls.
FOB BALE—White Cochin et*«; flrat-rlaissblrds;
piwilen*.   Address A. £. fclllT 11, Princeton, Indiana.
FOB SALE—Blonnt's Prolific corn, from 2 to 6
ean per stalk, 73 centa per peck.  £. J. REEL,
Yincennes, Ind. 	
FOR  SALE—Five  Totslcnse geese  and   Pekin
drakes, also p.ultry and eggs. I. N. BARKER,
Thorntown, Ind.
FOB SALE—"Beauty of Hebron" potatoes at S2
per bushel; {Sper barrel.  A. 0. HARVEY,
Latayette, Indiana.
F
OB SALE—A flne Norman stallion,Bycars old
this spring.   Address F. C. McCIaOTJD, Peru,
Miami connty, Ind.
FOB SALE—Choioe Yellow seed corn, thoroDgnly
tested.   |1 per bushel;  sack, 25c.    JNO. W.
CLABK. Arlington, Ind.
FOR SALE—Plymouth Bocks and Golden Hum-
burr chickens and  eggs.  Address T. HOL-
MAN, Sr., Terre Haute, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farms—In various parts of Indiana,
by H. ARBCCELE, Agent, 68 East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE-Eggs.  Light  Brahmas   fl   per   IS.
Birds large and well marked, B. D. MILLS,
78 N. Delaware St., In dianapolls, Iud.
OB BALE—Teemster-s Favorite—a new white
-rape, yery hardy, for particular** and prlce.ad-
vIt**-*"w7a. WORKMAN, Greencastle, Ind.
F
EOR BALE—A few trios of pure Bnff Chochln
chickens bred direct trom I. N. Barker's s-aln,
at »3 per trio.   Write L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind.
EOB SALE—Mammoth Bronze turkeys, 45 to CO
pounds per pair at 2 years old; also a few pairs
ot Toulouse geese.  ELLIS HOUSE, Blcknell, ind.
FOR SALE—Two flrst-class Sbert-horn bulls, one
yearling and one  two-year-old, of good  -pedl
free and coler.   Address J. N. COBY, Fort Wayne,
ndiana.
FOR SALE—The Jersey bull Randolph. «62; color
dark fawn, black point", three years old. For
particulars, etc., address J-. S M. B HANSON, Farmland. Ind.
EOR SALE-No. 1 thorougbbr. d and high grade
bulls, ready for service. All reds. Price. SiO to
fMO'eacn. Guaranteed as represented. Write L. H.
AIKMAN, Dana, Ind.
FOR BALE—A good lot of Cot*.weld sheep, all Imported firom England and Canada. Correspondence promptly answered. Address -E. J.
REEL, Vincennes, Ind.
EOR SALE—A few deten Plymouih Rock eggs,
also G. S. Bantams, at reasonable price. Can
send X dosen of each. Care Indiana larmer, J. G.
KINGSBURY, Indianapolis, Ind.
F
OB SALE-Stock aud eggs from my imported
and high-class Dark   Brahmas   and   ~ "'
ducks.  Send for Illustrated circular.   M.
NEB, Wlnterowcd, Shelby county, Ind.
Pekin
H. CON
OR SALE—Norman Percheron Margot, imported 1875; also two ot his stallion colts, three and
four years coming spring, for sale cheap, on easy
terms.  SMITH diSHEBMAN, Loogootee, Ind.
F
FOB SALE—Eggs from Light Brahirlas.Plymouth
Becks, Partridge Cochins,Brown Leghorns and
Pekin Dncks, »1.'Oner IS, packed to go Bafely anywhere.   J. L. BBEN1 ON, Petersburg, Pike Co., md.
FOB SALE—Thoroughbred cows; cows in calf;
cows with calf by side; 2-year old heifers, bred,
Also hellers e months to 2 year old. Always state
abont what you want, and write L. 11. AIKMAN,
Dana, Ind.
FOB SALE—Finely marked Bronze turkeys, Toulouse and White China geese; of heavy weights.
Winners ot six prizes at National exhibition, 1880.
All kinds warranted. DB. J. 9. FOBSYTH & SON,
Franklin. Ind.
FORSALH— 6 Imported Clydesdale Stall'ons, three
half blood Btaillons, at low prices and on easy
terms. Also, six Shepherd pups ready to ship. For
further particulars apply to WM. MEIKLB, Pendleton, Ind., formerly lnd.t Pa.
FOR SALE—Eggs; Litht Brahmas. Plymouth
Rocks, Partridge, White and Boff Cnochlns,
games, 8. S. Hamburgs, Oeldon Sebright Bantam-,
Bronze turkeys, Embden ceese, Pekin Dncks.
Write for what yon want. BLVIN <** CO., Peru, Ind.
FOR BALE-20,000 acres choice land ln Bnvm.tt
connty, Iowa, at |3to f5 per acre, on easy
Eayments. with credit of *-! per acre for all land
roke the first year. Call and see plate and description of lands, u. M. BALLARD, Journal Building,
Indianapolis.
TJIOR S ALE-1 Trio of W Leghorns, price *3; 5 D.
JP Brahma hens at V>; • Silver Gray Dorking hens
or pullets and one cockerel at %125 each, or all for
110. Extra fine. 4 Wolte Holland turkey hens and
a gobbler,price *3 eacli, or all for }9, MBS. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
TTtOB SALE-Orchard grass eetd, crop of 1880, my
-C own raising, f2 per bushel; *ack 2S cents. A
few bushels Beauty of Hebron potatoes from Beed
from the Agricultural Derailment at Washington
city, fa per bushel; rack 25 cents. Delivered free on
cars.   Address J. W. ARCHER, Spencer, Ind.
FORSALE—Farm-Balf In good timber.the other
half ln good cultivation; large apple orchard,
Plenty of other fruit; good two story bouse,stone
chimney; other outbuildings; never tailing medical
well of water at the door, besides other running
Bbrlngs on place. For further information address
J. B. HUTCHISON, Pulabki Station, Ky.
FOR SALE-Fertllizers—Cayuga Land Plaster in
any quantity by the sack, barrel or car lots ln
bulk, Bone Dust Amontated Bone Guano ard Superphosphates. Plaster Sower and Seeder combined,
write ns for circulars and prices, stating kiDdand
quality wanted. TYNER & 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, to cents per Dnshel, sacks added. Also,
Yellow Dent seed corn. No. l.ln sacks, shelled, fl
Per bnshel, delivered on cars CAL. F. DARNELL.
Indianapolis, Ind. *
UlOR SALE—Garden Seeds—Fresh new crop. In
JC packages or bulk. Field Seeds: Clover, Timothy, Kentucky Bine-grass, Alslke and Mellltot Clover. A full line ef Garden Seed Drills, Garden and
Field Cultivators, and standard agricultural machinery. Write ns for circulars. TYNEB <t HADLEY, 75 and 77 West Washington Btreet, Indianapolis, Indiana.
TJIOR BALE-Eggs from my Improved P. Bocks.
-C No other breed kept. Having Improved my
"took over last year, I will sell 18 eggs lor 11; S5 for
»-. packed securely and all orders not proving 60
Percent, fertlle.or an aeddeat ln shipping or hatch-
•ug. I will duplicate the order tor one-half the purchase price. Satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. Address B. G. CRIST, New Market, Monte-ornery county, Ind.
TJIOR SALE-150,000 fruit, shade and ornamental
-a. trees at wholesale and retail. Peaches a specialty; my peaches I have grown in New Jersey; we
think all the j. each stock in Indiana ls winter killed;
the old peach trees in this valley In particular.
Also, Cottswold aud Lincolnshire sheep ot late Importation from Canada. Correspondence solicited.
Address WILLIAM SIGEBSON, Wabash, Ind.
n
TTIOR 8ALE-Short*horns-I have 20 head of Short-
-*-' horn cattle on my faim near Bichmond, Ind.,
Embracing snch families as Donna Rosas, Endoras,
bright Promises, etc., also pure Bates bull. I offer
•n elegant chance to persons wishing to start a herd
«« my animals are all first-class breeders and flne
individuals. The majority of these cattle were bred
oythe well-known breeders,S.Meredith<feSon,of
Cambridge City, Ind. Address FRANCIS A. COF-
■»IH, Indianapolis, Ind.
l|iuc j^ioclt.
A. S. Staunton, Gr enwoo<*, Ind., has
Just sold the celebrated stallion, Garibaldi,
so well and favorably known throughout
Central Indiana to R'chard Stoddard, Charleston, 111. 	
Messrs. Smiths & Powell, Syracuse,
N. Y., have recently sold several very flne
Holstein balls and cows for breeding par-
poses, to first-class breeders. Some of the
oows sold have as fine a milk record as any
ln the United States. This firm has also
lately sold a few fine Clydesdale Btaillons.
The new secretary of State, Mr. Blaine,
has called attention of the English Minister to this oountry to the false and outrageous statements of the British Consul,
at Philadelphia, who lately sent word to
Mb government that swine diseases were
so bad in this country that it would be unsafe to bny onr meat. It is evident that
the report was sent for speculative purposes.
Mb Alex. M.Clintock, Mlllersburg,
Ky., has just sold to C F. Gordon, Metamora, Ind, 37 Cotswold ewes ln lambs, by
his fine English gam. The lot includes
many in the show flock of last season,
several of which were Imported from Bag-
land. Mr. Gordon also bought from same
a fine Jersey oow. The sales from Mr-
McClintock-s herds and flocks have been
pretty large of late.
Grubs in Oattle.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
A correspondent of the Fabmer has
some strictures upon my answer to a gentleman inquiring what to do for bots under
the hide upon the backs of cattle in which
I advised him to let them alone, that several animals had been killed in forcing
them out. The rbove named gentleman
tells us tbat he has forced them out of his
old oow's back etc., to no inconvenience
to the old oow. Now I will say that his
old oow establishes no new theory any
more than "one swallow proves a summer."
Now I wish to set him right by telling him
that I have known splendid amlmals to fall
lifeless to the ground in the operation, and
will give the readers ofthe Farmer sound
reason for my theory, not theory but facts.
The intelligent reader is well aware that
the brain is the source of the nervous system and that it is placed in the skull; that
the spinal column is a prolongation of the
posterior portion of the brain called the
cerebellum; that the spinal column throws
out large nerves on each side as it passes
along to the last eoxcegal joint; that those
nerves branch out in minute fibres until
every inch ot the muscular system is pervaded, giving senation to every part, the
hide also is numerously furnished with
nerves.
Therefore those "grubs" as he calls them,
being from one-half to three-fourths of an
inch long, when in the backs of cattle low
in flesh are certain to reach down among
the larger branches of nerves,therefore when
a great many bots are squeezed out at a
time the air is suddenly let in and this is a
great shock to nervous system, and as all
shocks to the nerves are carried to the
brain, that organ is thereby affeoted and
death may result, by apoplexy or other
termination oi the cause.
His cow therefore being invulnerable to the squeezing process,
whioh he advocates, may be accounted for
ln more thafa one way. First, as before
remarked, she may be of little value and
her nervous system reduced by want, starvation, and the bots not being able to penetrate the old parched hide may not have
had enough bots to give her a severe shock.
If he will let nature alone and not violate
its laws, the publio will feel quite grateful.
Experiments upon your old cow to the contrary notwithstanding.
John N. Navin, V. S.
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"What iB a Barren AnimalP"
Editors Indiana Farmer.
We are often told that a certain cow,
horse, or sheep is barren, which we are
taught to believe to mean that they are not
.breeders, or that they will not produce
young. Now I have one case I wish to
mention. Abont nine years ago,or in 1872,
Sol. Meredith & Son, Cambridge City, Indiana, bought one flne Cotswold ewe of
Simon Beattie who imported her from England, Mr. Meredith showed her and never
failed tb take a prize wherever and whenever exhibited. In 1876 or 1877, Hon. W.
W. Thrasher bought the ewe of Mr. Meredith at public sale, as I am told as a barren
ewe. She never having produoed a lamb.
In June of 1877, I bought said ewe,
(named Lizate,) as a barren sheep. I showed
her until she was excluded as being barren
and not allowed to compete with breeders.
I then decided to sell herjbut being so gentle
she was very valuable to turn with weaned
lambs into a field,or Bhe wonld stay where-
ever put, and the lambs would remain
with her. So I kept her. She was served
by the back every fall sinoe she has been
in my possession, and I even went so far as
to take extra pains and dug a square pit to
stand her In.same as B. F. Magee tried,but
without success. This last fall she was
again served and upon March 4, 1881,
dropped two lambs, but unfortunately
both died. My men, Mr. P. Endres and
John Gladwish, were both present at the
time the lambs were dropped, and will
make affidavits that this ewe lambed twins,
etc., as above sta ed. Now if after nine
years of unproductiveness, she became a
breeder,what is a barren animal? She was
every time bred to a different buck.
I will also mention one other case. We
own a mare who will be twenty-four years
old in the spring. We know her age for
we raised her. She was sired by a trotting-
bred stallion, dam a thoroughbred mare.
The mare was always used as a buggy
horse, never worked hard. She almost
every season has been served by a stallion
who was a foal getter, and she never produced any colt from any such service. Until 1879 I Bred to a horse which was sired
by aMembrlno stallion and from a thoroughbred mare, and in June, 1880, she produced
a fine mare oolt, in July, 1880, she was bred
to the same stallion and I am happy to say
is safe in foal again. Could she have been
called "barreof"        T. W. W. Sunman.
Wlnwood Farm, Spades, Ind.
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Foiled Cattle.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In answer to Mr. L. W.'s questions,
I will state the following:
1. There is no herd book for the Galloways in this State. But there is one called
the American and Canadian Herd Book at
Ontario, Canada, J. L. Craig, secretary and
treasurer.
2, We can safely count on 90percent. being Polled if the bulls are coupled with heifers for their first calves; and with old cows
I think about 65 or 75 per cent, will be
polled.
8. The color like the horns depends
somewhat on the animal; if heifers are
coupled the progeny will invariably be the
same color of the sire. In old cows the influence of previous Impregnation stand as
a hinderance to the bulls characteristics. Morton.
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Editors Indiana Farmer.
I would like to .know of some of your
'readers who have tried it by actual expert
ment, what the advantage of feeding
ground oorn, cob and all to hogs, is over
whole corn. Also whether it is benefited
by cooking or soaking. If some one has
made a practical test of the matter and
would give his results through the Fabmer h 9 wot Id greatly oblige a      Reader.
Peru, Ind.
This department ls edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ol Navin's .Explanatory
Stock Doctor,
Rules to be observed hy those expecting c-orrect
answers:
1. Bute the rate of poise.
2. The breathing.
8. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance ot hair.
5. It cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and bow near
the bone.
6. It breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tengne alternately
every two hours, for time is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall most enclose a
stamp.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My colt flrst got stupid, then the left jaw
swelled considerable, and was very hard;
pulse very quick but weak. The Becond
night it died. G. W. S.
There was no doubt but that inflammation
ot the bowels was the cause of his death.
The swelling ot the jaw may be caused by
a hurt; perhaps in a prior attack of the inflammation; this Is confirmed by the quickness of the pulse.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My oolt had the scratches last spring and
it got well, and afterwards sore again, and
It is sore yet, and its heels are cracked and
swollen. The swelling goes down through
the day. I. W. T.
Gum myrr, one ounoe; gum camphor,
one ounce; spirits turpentine, one ounce;
mix,and add sulphurlo acid,l ounoe slowly
in a -juinlne bottle; mix with one pound
of melted lard; apply once per day; wash
before using with oastile soap except the
flrst time; dry well before using.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have lost two sheep. The disease
seems to be ln the head. They live several
days after they are taken, but so far none
have recovered. They are in good condition. All that have been taken are ewes,
and about lambing time; have been wintered well until late. J. H.
How do you know the disease is in the
head? Give symptoms, examine their
eyes, how they breath, the posture they
hold their heads in.whether they stagger in
walking, or not. I wish that when an animal of any kind dies that the owner would
open them and report What they oan find
wrong; the oolor of the alimentary oanal,
the liver, lungs, heart, muscles, brain, etc.
In doing so I can tell better than by the
opinion of the owner; the fictions of the
animal are indispensable also.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a young mare that strikes her left
fore foot on tbe inside of knee of right leg-,
some times a little below on shank; it is
badly swollen inside of knee; shank feels
soft. What shall I do to prevent interfering and take tbe swelling down? She is a
little thin, and past a white worm about
eight inches long and about the size of a
common lead pencil, the shape of a rat-tail
file. Please inform a constant reader ot
your valuable paper. I think the Veterinary Department cannot be beaten.
Littleton, Mass.  - A. V. M.
Have the outer edge of your mare's feet
cut down as low as possible; leave the inner wall untouched; make her shoes double
as thick on the inside as on the outside;
after a tew shoelngs you make reduce the
shoe some on the inside.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a valuable horse that has been
lame formore than a year, excepting abont
2 months, the fore part of this winter; has
been lame again six weeks; slight fever in
tbe foot, but no swelling or enlargement of
any kind; favors that foot a little at times,
but usually stands square; picks up all
right when backed out of his stall, but
starts off lame; in ordinary driving limps
a little all day; when turned loose will run
vehemently, and does not appear lame.
Otherwise hefclthy aod in go-d flesh. Is
he stiained in coffin joint? J. W. J.
It is impossible to tell what is the cause
of your horse's lameness by saying that he
is lame and not giving * any description.
Stand in front of your horse and see if the
lame foot Is smaller or narrower than the
other,and take up his foot and feelif the frog
is very hard; if so, let me know. If Inflammation only Is the trouble, keep It wet
with tincture of arnica and cold water, one
ounce ol the tormer to one pint of the latter.
Editors Indiana Farmer
I bave a mare with a very sore foot. I
had ber rough shod, and when comln-r
home from the shop, she over-reached and
caught her front foot in the hollow place
just below the pastern joint; hive not used
heriince she was hurt; there te but little
fever, if any; the ankle ls swollen some.
I recommended your Spanish fly and
spirits of turpentine liniment to a young
man who had a yearling colt tbat got fast
ln the stable by getting fast in the
baiter strap, fastened around the hind
foot, just above the hoof. I saw the
colt; the bruise seemed to be very deep;
the hair had all come off, the colt could not
stand on the foot at all. I told him I
thought the hoof would come off. He used
the liniment I think rather freely. He
now blames me being the cause of the hoof
coming off. I deny the charge. Who is
to blamt? Please answer and oblige a
friend of the Farmer. B. H. R.
Take and paint the over-reached pastern
with tincture of iodine once or twice daily
for 8 to 12 days.
The blister never parted the hoof from
the ooffin bone, or from the coronary, but
the ltflammation consequent upon the
sawing of the rope, or any other internal
inflammation, such as founder, it wonld,be
better however, if tincture of arnica and
oold water were well applied until all fever
subsided.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer.
My neighbor has lost three head of
horses. They would at first refuse to eat,
mope around a few days and then try to
eat, but seemed tbat they could not swallow; they, could chew but not swallow;
they would linger along In this way for
about six or eight days before they would
get dowD; after they were down they could
not get up again; they would struggle in
the way of turning around in a circle always turning backwards; they would
struggle In that manner for four or five
days before dying; they didn't seem to
havo much fever; the throat was not swollen but very little; there was a few small
lumps on the neck under the throat latch;
they could not swallow food nor water;
their legs and ears were quite cold.
A Subsobibbb.
Your neighbors' horses died of either
laryngitis, (Inflammation ot the larnyx) or
of catarrh fever. In the former it is more
difficult to eat and drink than in the latter.
The best remedy for either would be to
blister the throat severely. In the flrst
stage aqua ammonia would be sufficient,
and with the blistering, drop one-half
drachm of tincture of aconite *oot and the
same amount of tincture of belladonna alternately on the tongue every one or two
hours until well. I never lose a case taken
In time nnder the above treatment,
Exlltors Indiana Fanner:
I had a oow that came in sometime
ago all right; is In good flesb; five or six
hours after ehe came in she commenced to
stagger and shake, and fell down and
couldn't get'up for a number of days; ate
nothing; finally got up, moped around a
few days and fell dead off of her feet.
I have a heller with scabby feet and
nose; her feet are a solid scab, with deep
crack**, and discharges a white milky matter; her feet are not swollen; her nose has
the same kind of a scab on it half way to
her eyes; she eats hearty and thrives slowly. We have blistered and greased and
took off the old scabs a half dozen times
this winter, but they will come back all the
same. A. C. C.
If yen mean by her coming in that she
had a oalf, she either sprained herself, her
kidneys, loins, etc., or had taken puer-
puera, a disease consequent to parturation,
oomlng in.   I suppose that a spi*ain was the
first affection, and that a sudden attack
of purpuera was the immediate cause of
her deatb, though I never knew of a case
terminating In less than 12 hours; the purpuera is often cured if attended in time.
I never saw a heifer or cow affected as
yonrs is; it prosente leprosy, like the Chinese disease of that name, which is partially incurable. I would cut the scabs off
or tasp them down until the cuticle is entirely off.then apply burnt alum, or a solution of sulphate of zinc; if those fail, burn
lt off with lunar oostic.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a heifer moping around and eating
but little; walks with a swagging gait;
eyes sunken and glittering; hair bar*, horns
cold; ears, tail, and legs cold; water did
not appear bad; passages somewhat loose,
with bad smell; two or three days before
her death was inclined to hold her head to
her right side. After deatb, examined
stomach, which was not very bad; heart
was gorged with blood; in both ventricals
blood same color; yellow matter settled all
thtough her; very large gall; lun„s literally covered with dark red spots and ulcers, one ulcer In center of right lung, oo-
cupying and eating out very near the half
of it; when opened a quart or more of
dark gray, thin matter came out, having a
very bad smell, all ulcers containing the
same; horns and top of the head hollow.
„ F. J. M.
Your heifer died of consumption, although some oritlo from Sunman will, I
suppose, tell you _>he did not have It. Her
weak swaggering gait, sunken, glaring
eyes, reverse direction of the hair, and especially the ulcerous.fetid condition of the
lungs leave no doubt of the disease in my
mind. Cannot guess at the cause. As a
preventive, give plenty of carbonized food
with plenty of fresh air in a dry, clean
house, and remote from stagnant water;
crinking water must be pure. I wish
owners of stock would discontinue giving
condition powders compounded by every
quack, who wants to make money, and
who knows nothing of the effects of the
medicines, or the life they tamper with.
Stock of all kinds looks well. Feedgetting
pretty scarce. Wheat lcoks ba'; will
doubtless not make more than half a crop.
Corn not all husked yet. Stock hogs are
scarce.   Bees nearly all dead.      P. G. C.
OHIO.
Champaign Co., March 8.—Wheat Is
believed to be in good condition here. The
tender varieties of fruit are killed. Bees
suffered badly by the hard winter.
A. C. R.
-."aBBAaUU.
Furnas Co., March 6.—The moBt serious
trouble here is for the people to get seeds *
to seed their lands with this spiring.   The
season promises to be a good one so far.
E.G.
KKNTVCKT.
Bourbon Co., Match 7.—Stock in fine
healthy condition; wheat is believed to be
in fair promise. D. R,
^ht Mantle
Postal Card Correspondence.
DTD-LAW A.
Cajss Co., March. 8.—Wheat damaged.
Stock in fair demand at good prices. '
A. O.
E-KB Co., March 9.—Wheat prospect
poor here. Peaches are believed to be killed.
J. L. B.
Clinton Co., March 8.—Wheat is not
damaged much jet. Hogs are very
healthy. Svb.
Newton Co., March.—Wheat looks
well. Feed getting scarce. Peaches all
killed. o. H.
HWsiaiaS Co., March 5.—Wheat looking
moderately well. There will be feed
here enough to carry our stook through.
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Sullivan Co., March, 10.—A large acreage of wheat was Bown last fall, but it does
not look very promising now.
D.W. B.
IiAwhence Co., March 7.—Peaches are all
killed. Apples not hurt. Feed scare?,
bees are all dead here. Wheat is damaged
one half. V.B.E.
Parke Co., March 11.—Wheat was damaged to some extent by the hard winter.
Most of the cattle look well. Feed getting rather scarce. J. C. G.
Delaware Co., March 9.—Early sown
wheat looks well, and late sown some
damaged. CherrieB all right, but peaches
killed.   Bees mostly dead. D. M. T.
Jenjiikgs Co., March 9.—Wheat sown
on land in extra condition Is looking well,
but other lands seem bare almost. It is
too early yet to say much about wheat.
Feed is becoming very source-.
H. N. E.
HowardCo.,March 7.—Wheat looks tolerably well. Late sowing looks the best,
Stock of all kinds look tolerably well. All
kinds feed scarce, and all kinds command
high prices. A great many bees have died.
Preparation are being made for sugar making. W. W. F.
Puck Co., March 9.—The high water of
late destroyed a vast amount of corn and
other property in this oounty, much of the
oorn had not been gathered on account oi
the winter coming on so early and being
so severe. Some of the fields of wheat
are covered a foot deep w i"i'u sand.
J.1..B.
TEXAS.
MoLinman Co., March 7.—We have had
two weeks fine weather. Spring wheat and
oat sowing about done. Corn planting
commenced; early vegetables up. Grass
coming right along. Fruit trees in full
bloom. Early sown wheat looks well;
late sown damaged some by cold.
N* B. H.
■LLXANOIJS.
CHAMPaUaN Co., March 9.—We have had
an extremely oold winte* in this locality.
The ground Is frozen about 22 inches deep.
GavLVEKAI.  NEWS.
The amount of greenbacks outstanding
March 1 was $362,585,258.
The net public debt of the United States
on March 1,1881, was "Sl.879,956,413.
The deaths in New York now reach 800
each week which is a great inorease in the
death rate.
During February there were 223 railroad ■
accidents in this country, whereby 30 persons were killed and 182 injured.
Of SOO towns of 7,500 inhabitants and upward ln this country, the aggregate bonded  debt ls 863,3-19,913, or ?58 52 per capita.
Freights on cattle irom Boston or New
York to Liverpool are quoted at 70 shll- >
lings per head, an advance of ten shillings,
A new disease, similar to diptheria in
human beings, has appeared among the
cattle in Wright county, Iowa. Every case
is fatal.
The number of cattle in the United States, ,
as given by the Department of Agriculture,
was ,n 1840,  14,971,586;   1850,   18,378,907;
1870, 23,820,008; 1880; 33,258,000.
John Sherman, as Secretary of the Treasury, reduced the public debt $208,824,730,
and reduced the annual interest  charge
•117,557,708, during four years ending Maich ■
4,1881.
Russia's wbeat deficit on last year's crop ,
is now cffllcially estimated at 60,000,000 to
65,000,000 bushels, and   preparations   are
making for large importations of American wheat.
The immense amount of railroad building to be carried on all over the country
during the coming season is expeoted to
produce a scarcity of laborers. Good
wages are already being oflered.
Those who long for the "good old days
of our grandfathers" should go to Calhoun
county Illinois, it has neither a Masonio
lodge, railroad, bank, telegraph, express
office or paper within its borders.
The dairy products sold by Iowa last
year brought over one million dollars
into tae State, and that this was one-
eighth ot the total income, more than sufficient to pay the taxes of every description.
Dr. Herman Wendell dledatHmzelwood-
on-the Hudson, N. Y., aged 70 years. He
devoted the last thirty years to the cultivation of what is now one of the most complete orchards in the country, containing
10,000 fruit trees, every one of which ho
planted himself.
The president of the Chicago lumber- ■
mans exchange makes the startling statement that owing to the enormous growth
of the lumber business it will take only
twenty years to exhaust the great fine
forests of the country if the present rate of
depletion continues.
Latest advices from South Australia,
where the harvest is just completed, note
the general yield of wheat poor, and estimate the surplus for export about 34,000,-
000 bushels less tban last year. Later and
reliable reports from Belgium, Holland
and Germany note a total deficiency in
those countries ol 32,637,095 bushels.
The new prohibitory law in Kansas compels every physician to take an oath not to
prescribe any article into which alcohol
enters unless it Is necessary to the health
oi the patient, and every druggist to take
a similar oath not to put up or sell a similar article except by prescription, duly
signed, ofa prac.icing physician. Under
this law camphor, cologne and that sort of
extracts will have to be prescribed by a
physician.
The Brush Electric Light Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, have completed a light
for the British navy of 100,000 candle power, lt it ls designed to be used in night
attacks, and to scrutinize the sea for torpedoes. The intensity of heat generated between the carbon points is 600,000 degrees,
one-ninetieth of the estimated heat of the
sun. With an ordinary reflector a beam
of light oan be cast so powerfal that a person fifteen miles away oan see to read by
it.
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