VOL. XT I.
INDIA_NAPO_LI8, INDIANA, SATURDAY. APRIL 9, 1881.
NO. 15.
rOBIAUB.
F
OR 8AI_E-White P-kin duck ego at |1 tor 18.
JAMES Jl. MARLOW, Adams, Ind.
F
OR SALE— Plvmouth Rock egcs. *1 for 15.   J_,E-
VANT BOUGHTON, Wat teka, 111.
F
OB SALE—1 pair of Fmbden gme, one year
old May 1. good.   ELVIN & CO., Pern, Ind.
F
OR  BALK-Garden  Seeds—Send  for catalague.
Uroffit Co., 77 East Market street, Indianapolis.
FOR   BALE-Pure   Taylor   Prolific   Blackberry
roots.   Address JACOB TAYLOR, Spiceland,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—Blonnt's Prolific corn, from 2 to8
ears per stalk,75 cents per peck.   E. J. REEL,
Vincennes, Ind.
FOR 8ALE—Eres—per it, t3. from prize* winning
mammoth   Bronze    tnrkeys.      ROCKH1LL
BROS., Fort Wayne, Ind.
FOR SATE— Plymouth   Recks and Golden Hamburg chickens. (J per pair.   Eggs.   A der ess T.
HTJTMAN, Sr., Terre Hante, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farms—In varlou-1 parts of Indiana,
by   M.  ARBUCKLE,  Agent, 68 East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE-Sli pedigreed Chester White boar
P'rs. one pair Cashn-.re gnats cheap.   Write to
R. G. CRIST, New.Market, Ind.
FOR SALE—Ems from tne of the finest yards of
Plymouth Rocks io the Stste.   J. CUNNINGHAM, Miami, Ind    (1 for IS e;gs.
FOR SALE— Feemster's Favorite—a new white
grape, very hardy, for particulars and price address W. A. WORKMAN, Greencastle, Jnd.
FOR BALIS—Thoroughbred Short-horn cattle sf
both sexes all  recorded ln A.  H. B.  Address
OKO W. THOMAS, Homer, Rush connty, Ind
FOR BALE—Buff Cochins. Light Brahmas. Ply-
month   Bocke, and  II* nen   duck eggs.   12 per
lt.   KINSLEY A NICB OLLS, Shelbyville, Ind.
EOR SALE—Mammoth Bronze tnrkeys. 45 to 60
pounds per pair at 2 years ol 0; alBO a lew pairs
si Tonlouse geese.  ELLIS BOUSE, Blcknell, ind.
FOR SALE-The Jersey bnll Randolph, 16(12; color
dark fawn, black point**, tbree years old.   For
J)artlcnlars, etc., address J a S M. B HANSON, Farm-
and. Ind.
FOR SALE— Eggs— Frim the best yard of Brown
Leghorns ln the West at ft perstcting. I have
tbe birrs to show for themselves. AddreBsJ. R.
DUTY, Waldron, Ina.
FORSALE—A few dozen Plymou'h Rock e-rsrs,
also 6. s. Ba.tams, at reasonable price. C»n
serd )*> d**sen of each. Care Indiana farmer, J. G.
KINGSBURY, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE-Stock aud e-tgs from my imported
and high-class Dark Brahmas and Pekjn
dnavks. Send for Illustrated circular. M. H. CONKER, Winterowed, Shelby county.lnd.
FOR SALE—Business Opportunity—An Interest
ln one of the most desirable business houses In
Indianapolis. No debts. All In good rhape. Address RENRUT, care Indiana Farmer office.
FOR SALE—Eggs frcm Light Brahmas,Plymouth
Recks. Fart-idgecochlns.Brown Leghorns and
Pekin Docks. J-lfO per 13. packed to go safely any-
where.   J. L. BRENTON, Peierstmrg, Pike Co., Ind.
FOR PALE--4 thoroughbred 8hort-horn yearling
red bnlls, and 23 head ol females at my place 2
miles northeast of Eminence, Ky. Correspondence
solicited, ana wonld be glad to show the stoek.
THOS. C. VANMET.R.   *
FOR SALE-Seed Oats—Golden Drop; limited
quantity. I bronght tne seed from Canada last
spring. They grew very tall and heavy, and don't
all down. &*. ceuts per bushel, sacks 15c extra.
CAL. F. DARNELL, Indianapolis, Ind.
F
OB 8-AUS—-Man-moth Pearl Potatoe**—T__e most
pro.ltie variety In cultivation,at>d oneof the
best. Price by mail, .postpaid, 1 pound, f.Oc; by ex-
pi-ebs. l peck. 75c; 1 bushel, f2; 1 barrel, $4 50. J. A.
iVKKITT, Seedsman, Waisontcwn, Penn.
FOB BALE—Mrs. Jos. E. Cobb has for aale some
Tery fine Llgbt Bralixna hens, cockerels and
pullets* Will sell at $5 and $7 a trio Also, 3 Wblte
Polish cockerels, priz*- bird.-*, at $2 each. Eggs: $3
per sitting tor bearded Wblte Polisb; (150 for .Ught
Brahmas, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOB BALE—Eggs from the finest stock In Southern Ohio' Plymouth Bocks. Brown Xeghoms,
Golden Spangled Polish, and Kouen ducks. E?gs,
|l2_>per 15. Suck e_rg«, ?150 per 12. A fair hatch
guaranteed. Address CAl* HAYES, P. O. box .No.
7, E.-iabetfatown, Hamilton county, Ohio.
"ITIOB SALE—Orchard grans awd, crop of 3880, my
JC own raising, |2 per bushel; sack 25 cents, a
ft-rw bushels Beauty of Hebron potatoes from seed
ftt>m the Agricultural Department at Washington
city, $2 per bushel; pack 25 rents. Delivered free on
cars.   Address J. W. aBCHKB, Spencer, Jnd.
FOB BALK—Fertilizers—Cayujra _LaDd Plaster ln
any quantity by the sack, barrel or car lots In
bulk. Bone Dust Anaonlated Bone Guano aid Su-
peTpboepbates. Plaster Sower and Seeder combined,
write ns for circulars and prices, stating klDd and
quality wanted. TY.fi-** KB &HADLB.Y, Indianapolis, Indiana *
FOB SALE—Egjai_i from B. I egborns at ft 25 per
•Hiln-vof 13; P. Rocks, Silver Gray Durklnrs
and White Holland turkeys, at (1 EO per sitting of 13.
Also, one Jersey bull calf, not registered. 4 mo ths
old. for sale or trade. Two White Holland turkey
hens forsale.-All jrood stock. MRS. T. J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE—40 acres of good farm land one mile
nortb of Cassellton, on Peru railroad, on which
tbere is a good apple orcbard; ten acres of timber,
balance ln cultivation; three fourth of a mile from
Indianapolis acd .Noblesville pfke, %37X per acre;
$900 cash, balance on time G. w. ALEXANDER,
rear of Central Bank, Indianapolis.
FOB SALE—Egrs—BoiT Cochins, Pool and Con-
■ger strains. My fowls bave been bred with
special reference to heavy toe feathering, color and
Cochin sbape. and are excelled by none. A few ait-
tings only will be sold tbls year. Correspondence
solicited- Eggs. |4 for Bitting of 13; f25o for sitting
of?. Address JOHN a. YOUNG, Shelbyville, Ind
||iue jpteflt*
FOR SALB-Several thousand acres of the beBt
land lnthe country to be sold on payments.
Good Improved (arms from (10 to (IS per acre, and
unimproved lands from f) to *fs an acre. Easily ac-
eesslb'.e to Chlcato, St. Louis, or Indlanapelis markets. For particulars and r escrlptlve circulars address T. K. KORRIS, 68 Kast Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
TJlOB BALK—Garden Seeds—Fiesh new crop In
J? packages or bulk. Field Seeds: Clover, Timothy, Kentvcky Blue-grass, Alslke and Mellitot clover. A full line ef Garden Seed Drills, Garden and
Field Cuitfvators, and suindard aerimltursl ma.
Chinery. Write ns for circulars. TYK__Jt<__ HAD-
I___.T,75 and 77 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
"IT-IOR SALE—At very low prices, seedlings and
_£. seeds of Catalpa Speciosa or Hardy Catalpa.
Also Teas' new Japanese Catalpa. Russian Mulberry, a valuable fruit and timber tree. Gresgand
other best raspberry plants. Snyder. Taylor's Prolific, a_.d Wallace blackberries. Sharpiess and other
choice strawberries. Descriptive price-lists free.
B. Y. TEAS, Dunrelth Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from my Improved P. Bocks,
Ho other breed kept Having improved my
stock over last year, I will sell 15 eggs lor fl; 85 tor
$2, packed securely  and all orders not proving 60
Jier cent. fertlle,or an accident ln shipping or hatch-
ng. I will duplicate the order lor rne-hall the purchase price. Satisfaction .uaranteed. cr money re-
fhnded. Address R Q. CRIST, New Market, Montgomery couuty, Ind.
FOR SALE—I have a *_3S acre farm !.<< miles south
west of Rnsbvllle, on the pike, about 140 of
which ls river bottom, st me CO of timber balance
upland, rolling and sandy: altogether a good piece
of land for stock and grain. Fair house In sugar
grove, frontini pike: orchard ami stabling: some
hedge fence; HO per acre, part time. I have tb* exclusive aget>cy of this farm. I also know of another
farm near thi. city tkat ls for sale reasonable. Information concerning which I will communicate to
a bona fide purchaser who wtll come to my oflca
a. W. ALEXANDER, it East Market street.
Southdown Sheep—Breeding.
BY CA8SIC8 M, CLAY.
Last year I turned my ewes with the
bucks in October, this year in September,
leaving them with backs only one month.
I have been trying for years to catch a favorable time for the lambing, but onr
changeable climate Waffles me. By allowing the lambs to come in April in this latitude, 38" N., we could save tbe more, bat
would lose by the hot summer and the fly,
in s'zeand health, so that I have concluded
after many changes to stand for the month
of February. I am of the opinion that the
ewes should be-over a year old before they
take the buck to insure the highest form,
and give sufficient suck for the lambs; but
as some of them will have young, before or
at one year old, it is very tempting to so
allow it.
It think it well to bave as many bncks
as possible turned with the ewes in September, separated into squads, to prevent
the bucks' fighting. Whilst a buck will
serve fifty ewes or more, I think the lambs
will be better if twenty or less shall only
be allowed. After they are taken from the
ewes, the bucks are herded together again.
d-iSTRATION AND TAILING.
Sometime in-March or April before the
files are bad, tbe bucks should be castrated.
But lately I do not castrate my bucks, as
the butchers give as much for them as
wethers. I have the choice for breeders
after they are fully developed. In cutting
the tails, they should be laid on their backs
on a plank, and firmly held; tbe skin ot the
tail is then pulled towards tbe sheep, and
then cut with a chisel at a blow. This allows the skin to cover the bone, and aids
the cure.
CHANGE OF PASTURE.
Sheep will generally lie down in the
same place, and it becomes foul. They
shonld be frequently changed into new
pastured to allow the sun and rains to
cleanse those places, and new herbage to
startup.
SALT, AStXBS AND SULPHUR.
Salt and ashes are always kept in watertight troughs for tbe sheep to lick at will.
The ashes are good of themselves, and prevent a too free use of the salt. But by having it always accessible to the flock, I find
no inconvenience to be always in fall -supply. They will eat of it, at least onco a day.
Towards spring, I always put flour of sulphur for a week or two into the salt, say a
half gallon to a hundred sheep. This
seems to prevent* ticks, and favors the
growth of the wool, I rarely lose a sheep
by disease, though some are lost in lambing, and they should if ne«d be carefully
watched at that time, and relieved if necessary, by hand. They sometimes get on
their backs and die, not being able to torn
over.
BAVma OF LAIHBS.
The necessities of climate, food and labor
change tbe methods of treatment in difler-
ent countries and places. Often breeders
are deterred from doing anything by fear
of too radical changes in theirmetheds and
surroundings. The time will eome when
there will be lambing-houses, with a heated
stove and shepherds in relays, so as to
watch the sheep night and day at the time
of lambing. My sheep relying at all times
upon grass, are yet within reach of stables
nnd sheds, and they will in very cold nights
or rains take shelter, bnt even then some
lambs will periBh at night. My shepherd
goes around late at night before bed-time,
and brings to the fire and feeds with milk,
with spoon or suckling bottle, all lambs
not able to stand, and in the morning they
are returned to the mothers. The same
thing Is done during the day, beginning as
soon as it is light. I have fonnd a sheep
box, such as I use in the shipping of sheep,
very convenient. The first slats and bottom are made tight to hold saw-dnst, and
the lambs are then suckled, and dried, by
setting it by the cabin or kitchen fire. As
the dirt feeoomes foul, it is renewed. All
the lambs of an hundred ewes may be thus
managed, and many lives saved without
any additional expense.
IN CHOOSING BUCKS AND EWES.
I consider that in the selection of breed-
era the characteristics of the breed should
bB well regarded. In the Southdowns their
beilth, size and form should be first considered. The model of the first-class Shorthorn is not a bi>d one for the Southdown.
Of course tbey have no horns. The long
necks, light quarters and high backbones,
etc., spoken of in the Grazier, have been
bred out. The fore-quarters, weigh as
much as the hind quarters, divided at the
first rib. The necks are now short
as all should- be, and the spine
level and sunk into the flesh; wide
between the eyes, with short clean
faces and legs, etc. The wool should be
fine, close and oily. And the color of the
lega and faces, gray, tawny or Ught brown.
Yet there are some breeders like those
Short-horn fanciers, who will only have a
BRAW -LADDIE, Clydesdale,Imported by Powell Bros., Sprlngboro,Pa.
'Scttrhwrj!*
This department Is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Bules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
L State the rate of pulse,
2. The breathing.
3. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. If cough, and secretion trom nose, whether
glands between tbe Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. It breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time mast be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tengue alternately
every two hours, for time ls too short tor an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mail mnst enclose a
stamp.
single color, when the type is otherwise
identical, in that case it only remains to
kill off or sell the distasteful colors, and retain the favorite one in all the breeders.
Sometimes fine ewes, being quite fat do
not become impregnated within the month,
in that case the ensuing fall they are left
with the bucks when separated. I have
thus had them to raise lambs again.
FEEDING.
In a climate like England, roots are very
proper food for sheep, but here the cold
weather prevents their nee. The blue-
grass is the proper thing all the year round,
and in the failure of that, blue-grass and
clover hay ate the best substitutes. Indian corn is our best grain, but no doubt oats,
millet, barley, etc., are good. I have never
tried them. The art of making hay, strange
to say, is but Uttle understood in this
country, and for the best method, I refer
your readers to a former article of mine in
your journal, on "Breeding Stock," repeating here some things then said to complete
the system.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SHKEP CULTURE.
This industry cannot be too highly estimated. It is one of the most sure and
agreeable; supplies material for manufactures; of all stock most enriches tbe land;
affords one of the most agreeable and
healthy meats used by man; from the
length of the intestines and rumination, it
makes more net product than almost any
domestic animal, and consumes profitably,
weeds and bushes, as well as cultivated
crops.   Long live the sheep!
"White Hall, Kentucky.
ADDENDA.
Extract from tbe Times on the Smithfield  shew of
Southdown sheep, Loudon, 1880.
"The Southdown sheep heads the Ust of
brown-faces, aa the Leicesters  do  that  of
the long-wooled sheep, and weU shown itself, it has a  noble  foUowing.   Here  are
some two dozen pens from  ten different
flocks, and there is wonderful uniformity
of type.   Brown-faced, velvet-eared, sym
metrical, compact, with hardly a pound of
coarse meat anywhere, they are at once the
pets of the unprofessional spectator, and the
favorite of the butcher.  Lord Walslngham,
is as usual, first in every class he shows,
and his sheep are not  only  admirable  in
point of quality, but the heaviest in  their
class.   His Royal Highness, the Prince of
Wales, shows in the  same  class,  and  is
highly commended for ______ pen of wethers.
The pen of these with which Lord Walsingham wins the ewe class, weighing near 200
pounds each, contains one especiaUy of
extraordinary merit."
He took also at the same time and ahow
the £30 plate for the beat pen of sheep in
the show. My buck, No. 17, from his
Lordship's herd is grey faced.      ,
question, let us keep awake to our own interest knowing that right wrongs no man.
Lewisville, Henry Co. D. J. O.
*»*»■»■ —"
Merino Sheep-
Editors Indiana Farmer
I have been raising Merino sheep 26
years; commenced with sheep from Hammond's flock, of Middlebury, Hinds, of
Brandon Wrights, Stickneys, Riches, etc.
Have bred to the best rams that I conld
get, and now have rams that shear 27
pounds, and ewes that shear from 10 to 12
pounds of good Merino wool. The flock
now cumbers 180 head; 45 rams and the
remainder ewes, all in fine condition.
Breeding ram, "-Rich," at the head, weighs
175 pounds; very strong constitution, with
fleece nearly four inches long.
Next is "Little Giant," that weighs 150
pounds, a pure bred Infantado ram, bred
by Peter Martin, of Western New York.
Last "Banker," sired by N. Riches Bunker,
of Toimont,a very fine sheep. With these,
and as good a class of ewes, I think I have
as gfcod and reUable sheep as can be fonnd
anywhere in the West. Daring the past
year I have sold 40 rams and about 50
ewes. Have sold sheep to go to-many
counties in your State, all from my adver-
tisl__g in the Indiana Farmer.
McHenry Co., 111. N. S. Colrt.
STOCK   NOTES.
Sprained in Loins.
Editors Indlaua Farmer:
PlpBsettll me what is the ma!ter with
my mare. She is weak across the loins.
When Bhe walks she drags her hind feet.
C.
II you find your mare sprained in the
loins, blister her. Use Spanish fly, one
ounce, to a pint of spirits of turpentine.
Rub in daily with the hand for several
days. If limbs are affected you must find
where, and treat accordingly.
Heaves.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that has the heaves. What
is good lor it? C. Q. A.
Tne disease called heaves is a spasmodic
action of the diaphragm, and is quite difficult to cure. Take Spanish brown, two
ounces; tartar emetic, two ounces; resin,
four; ginger, four; bloodroot, two; black
antimony, two; mix. Dose, one teaspoonful three times daily in chop or other
ground feed; give one teacupful of flaxseed jeUy in each feed.
| i David Eabhtart, Mulberry, Clinton
county, Ind., has lately bought of N. S.
Colby, McHenry county, IU., a pen of
Spanish Merino sheep. They were bred
from the best Vermont blood.
Stock Law.
Editors Indiana Fanner:
It was one of the most wise acts the legislature of Indiaaa have done, when they
defeated the late stoek law. What better
law do we want than that a mania respon*
sible for the damage his stock does. The
gentleman from Floyd Co., says the poor
man's milch oow killed the bUl, and so it
should it there wai no other reason why it
should be killed, '-.uie land owners don't
pasture tbe stock that runs at large in
Rush county; they have their lands nnder
good fence, so all that stock can get ia along
the road. There are but few men so narrow as that they don't want the poor of
their neighborhood to have stock enough
to eat the grass that grows on the sides of
the road. An for the land along creeks and
branches that occasionally overflows, all
energetic farmers bave this fenced, so stoek
can be near good water and shade, knowing such land is almost worthless for
meadow. . «*,
The law is good enough, and if men with
Mr. Hornrakkr, Montgomery connty,
Ind., writes that finding a swollen place
along the back of one of his cows which
was looking bad all winter, he opened the
swelling and near a pint of matter, together with a warble, came out, and after
squeezing oat teveral other warbles the
cow has recovered and is in  prime  condi
tion.
       *	
We have received the catalogue of
Messrs. A. C. Jennings <fc Co., Urbana,
Ohio, of the fifty head of choice Jersey cattle, to be sold at the Union Stock-yards,
this city, April 20, as advertised elsewhere,
The eatalogue contains many representative animals from the best well-known
milkingstrains of Jerseys. Those wanting
to gride up their dairy stock will find an
opportunity at this sale to de so with so_ne
rare good animals.
A Short-horn sale of much importance
Is mentioned in our advertising columns
to-day. We refer to that of Avery &
Murphy, and other parties, to take place
at Port Huron, Mich., May 18 and 19. The
offer comprises 120 females, and 30 highbred bulls. It will be noticed in their announcement that this splendid offer includes representatives of the best known
families. This sale will undoubtedly attract
breeders of fine stock from all quarters as
the opportunity to obtain choice animals
f >r breeding purposes is a rare one.
Buffalo harbor is clear of ice and navigation has opened on the Hudson river.
  S       *»       Si
The Governor of Wisconsin haa signed
the bill prohibiting the practice of "treating." It provides that any person who
shaU hereafter ask another to drink at his
expense, or any person consenting to
drink at another persons expense, shaU be
liable to arrest and punishment.
 «  ■»  * :	
Foreign imports of specie at New Tork
last week were -f-363,781, of which f6C4,680
was gold. The importations since January 1 amount to $7,590,165, against |2.455 .
674 for corresponding time last year. The
amount of gold imported since August 1
1880, is tJ75,165,850, against   ?76,158,150  for
broad acres and selfish motives agitate the' corresponding time the preceding year.
Pig Files.
Editors Indiana Farmer
Please inform me what to do for my hog.
It has what I would call "piles." Have
had pigs suffer from the same trouble, but
this one is a sow about one year old, and is
fat. Her feed consists of slop from the
kitchen and dry corn. J. A. F.
Mix sulphate of Iron, 1 ounce,ground fine,
and persulphate of iron in powder one
ounce; mix and apply to the parts twice
daily. If any fungus flesh appears, apply
burned alum, powdered fine, or lunar cos-
tic. (
Bhoumatism.
Editors Indiana Farmer*
Please tell me what ails my horse. He
stretches himself while standing in the
waj?on after driving. By all appearance
he has rheumatism, because in changeable
weather he is worse than in steady. His
fore feet are narrow like those of a mnle;
his frog is not v-ry hard. In turning
around he makes a large circle. His breast
is full.   He eats hearty and looks well.
J. C. F.
Give him pulverized niter, a level teaspoonful every night in mill or chop feed.
If your blacksmith is in this city we will
show him how to treat his leet.
Glanders or Strangles.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My horses refuse to eat, seems difficult
also to swallow. When they drink water
the most of it comps out of the nose; they
do not cough for two or tbree or four d »ys
after taking disease. One of them is
swelled under thej st ws. The limbs of the
one sweUed under the jaw are beginning
to sweU. A. G. Z.
If the swelling between the jaws Is small
and round liko a hickory nut, and runs
more or l6ss at nostril, you may look ont
for glanders. If of a uniform elevated
form, strangles is likely to be the disease.
Let me know, and I wUl give remedy for
either.
Stifle.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
My neighbor bas a colt nine months old
that has been stifled in the left leg seven
months. Stifle will not stay in place, will
slip ont when colt moves, around; can
throw back with hand when out; can't
stand on leg. Stifle seems to be aU right,
only will sUp out side ways. W. M.
The patella joint is filled with a morbid
secretion which fills up the cavity, and
the capsular ligiments which encompass
and hold all joints together are overstrained for so long will not keep the patella in its place. The only chanoa for a
cure consists in blistering.
Won't Give Milk.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me what ails my oow. She
dropped a calf, Mtrch 10th, and has given
no milk since. The cow eats well and is
hearty. We milk her, or try to, regularly,
but she has nothing in her udder but a little water; the hinder part is apparently
hard, whUe tne fore part is not so.
B. F. P.
If the udder is swollen and hard, paint
with tincture of iodine once or twice daily.
Take bloodroot, yellowroot, black antimony, niter, sulphur, and ginger of each three
ounces; mix. Dose, one teaspoonful twice
daUy in ground feed.
Blind Teeth.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I would like to inquire through the eol-
unans ef the Farher if it is necessary to
knock  the blind teeth out of a horse's
mouth, or is there such a thing as blind
teeth? J. T. S.
A large number of horses all over the
State have wolf teeth and sound teetb, but
as soon as they are found accompanied
with diseased eyes, some propose to knock
them out. Does supernumerary teeth ever
lDJure the eye of man? Othors undertako
to cut out the haw, a very useful organ;
they call them "hooks." Have none of it,
but use the powder recommended in the
Fabmbb for the eyes.
Lampers.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse five yeara old th it has had
his gums cut once lor lampers, still large.
Will he need a second operation? His hair
is dead and in poor condition; been fed
well and token care of all winter. When
he stands in stable is at the full length of
halter strap. Am now feeding him oilcake. F. B. H.
Fill a wash-boiler % full of water, and
steep five pounds of flaxseed in water over
night; when the water is boiling pour in
the seed and boil slowly until lt forms a
jelly. See that It does not boil over, by
keeping cold water at hand. K«ep well
stirred, lest it burn. Give one teacupful
threo times daily in chop or mill feed of
^any kkid.
Healing a Wound.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that has a running sore
on him, caused by falling on a harrow, one
of the teeth puncturing him in the thick
part of the ham to the depth of three or
four inches. This happened over a year
ago, and the first treatment, and all the
treatment used, was gargling oil injected
into the wound. He is six years old, and
seems to be in good health. What shall I
do for the running sore? A. M. K.
Make a pledget made of a piece of a twig
covered with a strip of muslin as long as
the wound is deep. Smear it with Venice
turpentine, and insert it in the wound.
Take a stitch in the lap of the wound, pass
a strong thread through, which tie to
another on the end of the pledget to keep
it from falling out. Remove onco daily;
smear with the turpentine and return. If
this fails let us know, and we will give you
a cauterizing medicine.
Water Foundered.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that was water-foundered
some time ago, was very stiff for some
time in fore-legs, but is not now; her feet
seem to be very sore, the sole seems swollen and bleeds a little, about the center of
the sole; appears1 to get better when not
worked, but when worked gets worse. Is
there any remedy for het? F. H, M.
If I understand you right your mare's
feet instead of being concave, are convex.
If so, the lamira. that forms a dove-tailed
attachment between the interior superior
surface of tho foot, and the superior lateral
surface ofthe cofHn-bonehas been severed,
and the ccfllu-tone has descended upon
the sole and broke it down. If the break
is complete tbe chances for a cure are
meager; in such case the pole must be
pushed up to its place,or the hoof cut from
the coronary and another hoof grown.       s\
Plant Maple Groves.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Like home, the old sugar camp brings
back to us many pleasant re flections and
incidents, and not a little hard work.
But O the sweet, the sweetest times
romping and wax-pullings we had.
Such as the young folks ofthe new generation wiU know but little about.
There is nopleasanter sweet than new
maple molasses made right, not black
a_j_d scorched; and as a grove the maple
besides the nice shade, is tbe best of
wood. .And when the time and season
comes, those who have those pleasant
groves,mayenjoyadelightfulluxury and
treat of fresh maple molasses as your
fathers did in years goDe by. The trees
are easily grown, they grow faster than
apple trees. A Mr. Buntrager, Carroll
county, planted a grove near his house
several years ago, as a wind-brake,
which by the way probably saved his
house recently duriDgahurricane. This
grove contains near 100 trees, about the
size of a man's body, and probably will
turn out nearly a gallon of molasses to
the tree, in a good season. Forthe benefit of the readers of tlie Farmer I have
made the following experiment this
week:
On the 23d of March. I tapped five
small maple trees averaging about nine
inches in diameter and about thirty feet
in hight. In two days I got from them
eleven gallons of water, which I boiled
down in Iron kettles and got three pints
of splendid molasses. I am an old mo-
lasses maker, but I never-had tested the
quality of the water from young trees
before. I find it compares favorably
with the old trees of the "camp." Ho
I say to our young farmer's, have
your maple groves started and you will
be proud of them in after years. Fall is
the best time to plant, butepring will do.
Tippecanoe Co.        Joel Yhfflsy.
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The reduction of the publio debt daring
the last nine months has been 198,408,702.
On a fair estimate tot tbe next Hires
months it is thought the total reduction
during the present fiscal year will reach
flO«,000,000, against -$«5,000,0u0 last year.