VOL. XT I.
INDIAN.AJPOL.IS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. APRIL 23, 1881.
NO. 17.
FOR SAXeB.
■■.OR 8AI.E—White Pekln dock eggs at |1 lor 13.
!    JAMES M. MABIOW, Adams, Ind.
FOB SALB-Plymouth Bock eggs, fl for 15.  I.B-
VANT BOCQHTON, Watseka, 111.
FOB SAaaE-Blonnfs Prolific corn, from I to«
ears per stalk, 75 cents per peck.   JS. J. BEEI..
Vincennes, Ind.
■CIOB SAI.E-Em-per 11, f3. from prf« winning
t. mammoth Broi'ie turkeys. KOCKHIIX
BROS., Fort Wayne, Ind. 	
FOB SALE—Pekln dnck and Partridge Cochin
eggs,  fl 50 perU.  Also- «—.•*----> "i—»■*
JOHK OOSB, Bellmore, md.
■CIOB SALE- Quaker Brick M««»1°ftF0?rS"uS:
If nUrs and prices, address FLBTtHiB <ft
IH0MA8, Indianapolis, ILd
-fins BALE-Plymouth Bocks and Golden Ham-
Jj burg chickens,Mper pair. E«s. Address T.
gDXMAN, Sr., Terre Haute, Ind.	
FOB SAIeB-Parms—In various partsi of Indiana,
by M. ABBUCKLE, Agent, M East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOB SALE- Egtsfromcneof the flnert yards of
Plymouth Bocks ln the Stste-  J. Cur«Mr-.a-
HAM, Miami, Ind.   fl for 15 eggs.	
■YJIOBSALE-Eges.IalghtBrahmas.fi pprl|. Birds
J! large and well maiked, D. D. MiL-LS, 78H.
Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOB SALE—Thoroughbred Short-horn cattle of
both sexes, all reccided In A. H. B.  Address
•aEO W. THOMAS, Homer, Bush county, Ind
FOB SALE-Farm of 212 acrei. best ln Marlon
county 6 miles from Indianapolis. Easy terms
Apply to A_ DiCKSOM, Trade Palace Dry Goods
Store.
FOR SALE-The Jersey bull Bandol*>h, 1162; color
dark fawn, black point., three years old.   For
particulars, etc., address J_lS. M. BKAKSON,Farmland, Ind.
-f_"OB BALE—rnre Bronze turkey 1 ens, bred from
Jt. gobbler weighing 40 pounds at 18 months old.
Addrles ISAM. BABBEB, Box 114, Washington,
Indiana.
FOR BALE-Eggs-From the best yard of Brown
Leghorns In the West at fl per Bitting.   I have
Uie birds to show for themselves.  Address J. B.
LU1T, Waldron, Ind.
FOB SALE-Four registered Alderney bulls at
reasonable prices; leady for service.  My Jer
leys are second to none In the Btate.   R. S. DORSEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE- Stock aud eggs from my Imported
and high-class Dark   Brahmas   and   Pekln
ducks.  Send for Illustrated circular.   M. H. CO-SUES, Wlnterowcd,Shelby county.lnd.
FOR SALE—Business Opportunity—An Interest
ln one ot the most desirable business houses In
Indianapolis. No debts. All in good *hape. Address r.ENRTJT, care Indiana Faimer office.
OB BALE—Eggs ftcm Light Brahmat,Flymoutb
     Becks, Partridge Cochins, Brown Leghorns and
Pekln Ducks, tl to per 13, packed to go safely anywhere.  J. L. BREN'l OH, Petersburg, Pike Co., Ind.
F
FOE SALE—Jersey Boll—Bias Chief, Ko. 5,609,-
solid fawn, one year old. nose, tongue, switch
and feet black; yellow t kin; flm*. form; noue better.
Price fJO.   DR. I. S. EABHAf.T, Mulberry, Ind.
eow
FOR SALE-Yearling bulls cat of Lcuans, Cam
brtas, Phylllses, etc., by Geneva Wild Eyes.
86.7, A 8. H. B. by 4th Duke of Geneva. 1750, out ot
Imp. Bogui.h Eyes. J. O. JEJXX1KS. Petersburg.
K*_ntucky,
FOR BALE—Eggs ft<m Prize Plymouth Bocks
and Bi.frCochins, (gettha best),at f-iperslt
ting. Send for new lllttstrated circular with list of
mizes won and matlnts for 1881. SID. COKGEB,
Flat Rock, Ind.
FOR FALE--4 thoroughbred Short-horn yearling
red bnlls, and 23 head ot f males at my place 2
ml'es northeast of Eminence, Ky. Correspondenc.
Bolicited, and would be glad to shew the stock
THOS. C. VAKMETl* B.
F
OR SALE OB TRADE—A few extra good thorax oughbred Jersey bulls, coler, daik fawns and
Fquirrel grays: frcm beBt butter stralrs known, and
all excellent shew animals, and warranted ln good
condition and sure getters. Address B. S. BUS-
SELL, Zionsville, Ind.
FOR SALE—Fertilizers—Cayuga Land Plaster in
any quantity by the sack, barrel or car lots in
bulk. Bone Dust Amonlate* Bone Guano at d Superphosphates. Plaster Sower and Seeder combined,
write us for circulars and prices, stating kind and
quality wanted. TYNKR <£ HADLbY, Indianapolis, Iudlana
FOR SALE-Eggs frrai B. leghorns at fl*»per
sitting of 18; P. Rocks. Silver Gray Dorkings
nnd White Holland turkeys, at fl 50 per sitting of 13
Also, one Jersey bull calf, not registered. 4 moiths
old, for sale or trade. Two Wblte Holland turkey
hens for sale. All good slock. MBS. T. J. JOHK-
BON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE-Pure Early Amber Sorghum seed,
(the best known variety), sent by mall at three
cents per ounce, ten ounces being enough to plant
one-fourth acre, or f I a peck, delivered on cars at
CiaytOB; 3-ceut stamps received, other m'.ney preferred. Mark address plain, A. HADLEY,Clay.
ton. Hendricks county, ILd. |
FOR' SALE—Several thousand acres of the best
land lnthe country to be sold on payments.
Good improved farms from flO to fl5 per acre, and
unimproved lands from ft to fSan acre. Easily accessible to Chicago, St- Louis, or Indianapolis mar
lets. For particulars and ("escrlptive circulars, ad-
■Iress T. K/MORKIS, 68 East Market street, Indian-
spoils, Ind.
FOB SALE—Garden Seeds-Fresh new crop, ln
packages or bulk. Field Seeds: Clover. Timothy, Kentucky Blue-grass, Alsike and MeUltot Ulo-
*M. A full line ef Garden Seed DrlllB. Garden and
Field Cultivators,and Btat.dar* agricultural machinery. Write ns for circulars. TYNER * HAD-
1*1. T, 76 and 77 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Indians.
FOR SALE—Eggs from mj Improved P. Rock'*,
No other breed kept. Having Improved my
nock over last year, I will sell 15 eggs for fl; 35 for
R packed securely and all orders not proving 50
Per cent, fertile ,or an accident ln shipping or hatch's*, I will duplicate the order tor ot-e-haU thepur-
ehtse price. Satisfaction -guaranteed, cr money re-
ftttded. Address R. O. CRIST, New Market, Mont-
tomery county. Ind.
T*10B SALE—By ». W. Alexander, aide door, Cen-
-P tral Bark, Indianapolis; 240-acre farm, m
■Mies north cf EarKvPark, Benton county, Indiana;
11 in cultivation; four room frame house, large
stable, corn cribs, etc.. good orchard. It is one of
the finest looatlons, aod best land ln Indiana for
psin and cattle*, ls offered only * for a shor titme,
* known as the Mills farm. Net price, f8.400; part
lime at « per cent. This is a rare chance to get land
»° well located that It will never wear cut and In a
healthy, grand oountry near railroad direct to Chi-
**go and this city.
FOR SALE-Cheap—A farm of tit acres within H
 ,ofi mile of depot, store, postoffice, church and
psded school, and on a good graveled road. 154
•eresln cultivation, 6« in timber and set lnblue-
trsss; 180 acres flrst bottom, ll« acres sec-end bottom
* "Jgar and black walnut land; watered by springs:
good two-story brick house of 10 rooms and cellar;
,xtte frame barn and other outbuildings. For fur-
(Wf-at-wUeul*-™. c»" on, or address SMALL A
SSlPKs, piaiLfiiid. Ind. Box No 1. We also have
i „ It" a number of otber good farms lor sale or trade
10 Indiana, Illinois and Southeastern Kansas.
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Hoosier Boy Tot'gneless CnlUvator, M'I'g by Reeves it Co., Colnmbns. Ind,
yfivt jpfarlt.
O. W. Hou-AND, Pike county, Ind., has
a Cotswold lamb which at 21 days old
weighed 30 pounds.
Beeves Stalk Cutter, Mauniuttured by Reeves d. Co., Columbus, Ind.
leal if fed alone. A few shorts and a proportion of cob meal is proti table in the
feeding mixture.
We have a sample of wool from the flock
of Cotswolds owned by John T. Corn, Dubois county, Ind., which is excellent.
Mb. C. T. Gordon, Franklin county, Ind.,
has just sold an imported Cotswold ewe U
Mr. J. C* Roblson, Henry county, for f 60.
The fleeces from the flock of N. S. Colby,
McHenry county, 111., weighed from 10 to
19 pounds each. Many of his ewes sheared
16 pounds.
Mb. E. J. Keel, Knox county, Ind-.
sends us samples from fleeces of his Cotswolds which are very fine. He has lately
sold quite a number of Cotswold breeders.
Mr. Thos.' R. Htjey, Vermillion county,
Ind,, has a Cotswold lamb which weigheo
when dropped 18 pounds, when one daj
old 24 pounds, two weeks 30 pounds, thr'ee
weeks old 36 pounds, and at one month 44
pounds. The sire is a Canada imported
buck.
At the late meeting of the Kentucky
Wool Growers' Association, held at Eminence, our old Mend F. A. Byara.Simpson-
ville, Kentucky, carried ofl most of the-
honors and premiums, both on carcass and
fleeces. His flocks are among the very best
in the country.
S. W. Dungan, Johnson county, Ind.,
reports good success with his CrystalSpring
flock of Cotswolds, he has over a hundred
lambs, some seventy odd of which are from
his famous English ram, Duke of Fyfield,
for which he paid ?250 last fall. Ten of hit-
lambs are from imported ewes. His whole-
flock of 260 head he reports as in fine condition, and has only lost about 15 per cent.
of his lambs.
TsAASCejLLAXtZOVm.
TiLTSIOUTH ROCKS exclusively. Eggsforhatcb-
■J-    Ing $125 for 13, or f* tor 2>.  W. O.  WRIGHT,
i *i--***lsviUe, O.
>ARTIE8 wanting to procure sitting of full
4- -)J?I*od Plymouth Rock eggs, shonld apply to C.
5_RHOAPE3. Rockville, Ind.   Price, f 1 per IS.
•T0}?2* KIDD, attorney-at-law, rooms 23 and »
V   Thorpe Block.   Proprietor of "The World's Col-
1 i_ei?on Bureau."  Collections and commercial lltiga-
uon a specialty. Personal attention to city business.
Mangel Wuizels as Stock Focd.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Having seen in your paper of April 2, an
article oh tubers and roots, I will give yon
my experience ln raising mangel wuizels
last year. It waa not a good year for root
crops in this neighborhood, being too wet
in the early*part of summer, but we raised
on a piece of ground 250 feet in length bj
78 feet in width, as measured this morning
by the same man that helped weigh them,
IS tons 90 pounds of good sound mangel
wunel. They were drilled in tows two feet
six Inches apart, and left standing from 12
to 15 inches each apart ln the rows. We had
more roots planted on other parts of the
farm, but did not measure the ground or
weigh tbe roots. I have been raising mangels and sugar beets for a few years on a
small scale, but I intend to increase the size
ofthe scale every year. Our sheep had no
corn this winter; nothing but roots and a
little hay until this month. Our roots were
used up about the last of March. O.ur sheep
have wintered finely. They are pure Cotswolds; we would be willing to show them
against any flock ln this State or any other
State ofthe same number of breeding ewes,
60 or 70 belonging to the same herd, wintered on corn or any other kind of food. We
used to raise turnips and mangel wurzels
iri England; why not raise them here. I
am confident we ean raise 40 tons to the
acre one year with another on my farm.
Our soil la clay, timber, white oak, black
oak, sugar and black locust. Mr, Joseph
Harves, author of Walks and Talks, Rochester, ST. Y., wrote me that he raised 10 oz
15 acres every year of roots for his stock.
He Is good authority, and he says we can
raise them better here tban in England.
Some two or three years ago when he was
in England hia mangels and beets were
much finer when he left home than he saw
ln England when he got thc re.   Ii you fee d
your milk cows on mangel wurzels and
sugar beets, yoa will not flnd the milk cr
butter taste of them as lt does when fed c n
turnips, but you will see how grateful and
thankful the cows are for them, and they
will show it in the milk pail. We have
had the longest and ooldest winter here
that I ever recollect seeing since I was in
this country. Small grain looks better
than expected; no plowing done yet for
oats or anything else.
W. H. Swales, M. D.
Dearborn county.
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Eule for Calculating the Weight of
Cattle.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
By the following rule may be found very
nearly the weight of livt animals. See
that the animal stands square; then take
his circumference behiud the shoulder-
blade—this ia the girth. Then measure
from the bone ofthe tail which plumbs the
line with the hinder part of the buttock,
and direct tbe string along the back to tbe
fore part of the shoulder-blade—this will be*
tbe length. Then work the figures thus::
Suppose the girth of a bullock six feet four
inches, length five feet three ii.cl.os, which
multiplied together makes 33 square superficial ieet; and this multiplied by twenty-
three—the number oi pounds allowed for
each superficial foot of cattle measuring less
than seven and more than five feet in girth
—makes 759 pounds. When the animal
measures less than nine and more than
seven feet in girth, thirty-one is the number of pounds to be estimated for each su
perficlal foot.
And suppose a small animal to measure
two feet in girth and two feet in* length,
these multiplied together make four feet,
which multiplied by eleven—the number ol
pounds allowed for each square foot when
cattle measure less than tbree feet in girth
—makes 44pounds. Again, suppose a calf
or Bheep, etc., measure four feet six inches
In girth, and three feet nine inches in
length, that multiplied together makes
sixteen square feet, and these multiplied by
sixteen—the number of pounds allowed for
cattle measuring less than five and more
than three feet In girth—make 256 pounds.
The dimensions of cattle, sheep, calves and
hogs taken this way, will give the weight
of the animal, sinking the off_U. A deduction must be made for animals half fattened
—of one pound in twenty Irom those that
are fat; aud for a cow that haa had calves
one pound must be allowed, in addition to
the one for not being fat, upon every twenty.—Boston Traveller.
   » *» *»
Meal for Figs.
Our experience, says the American Cultivator, is that meal should be fed to pigs
in. limited quantities as soon as they are
taken from the sow. If you have plen ty of
milk, feed that, although you will flnd
great assistance from the use of a little
meal. In providing for your pigs, If you
find that you have milk for but four pigs,
divide It among six, adding meal to compensate for divlaon. -As the pigs grow, add
shorts and other muscle and bone-making
material, aa these animals need to be
lengthened and grown before too much attention ls paid to fattening. Scalding shorts
Improves their feeding value for pigs. Aa
the piges continues to grow, Increase the
ration of meal, and in nine months after
weaning you will flnd on the above basis
that you have six fat pigs if of the small-
boned breede, while if of the larger breeds
you will find an increase in weight stffl-
ent to repay you for the extra cost of feeding them meal. An idea la prevalent that
reeding meal will check the growth of pigs,
which is true, if nothing else ia fed, since
Indian corn la somewhat deficient in'the
materials which go to form the bone and
muscle; yet we have found that meat In
combination with other food, Is an advantage at any age of tho pig. However anxious you may be to hasten the fattening
of a pig, clear meal la not themost«concm-
'Scfcrinarge
This department is edited by Dr. John N. Navin
Veterinary Burgeon, author ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor,
Rules to be observed by those expecting correc
answers;
1. Btate the rate of pulse.
Z. The breathing.
8. The standing attitude,
4. Appearance of hair,
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whethei
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how net-*
the bone.
6. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
-rushing sound, no time must be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and Unct
lire of beUadonna 20 drops on tengue alternate!}
every two hours, for time ls too short lor an answer
7. Parties desiring answers by mall must enclose a
stamp.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I hare a three-year-old colt that took the
thoroughpin about nine months ago,
Please give me a remedy tor it.       A. P.
Thoroughpin of nine months standing is
incurable. Try blistering, and after ten
days of blistering paint with tincture of
iodine.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a valuable cow with a hole in
each of her hind teats, about one inch
from the end, through which the milk
flows the same as at the end. What is the
beat remedy 1 E. B,
Ifthe holes are natural nothing can be
done; 11 not, stitch them up. The chances
for a cure are meager. Never heard of a
similar case. -
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please give me a remedy for my horse.
The hair comes off wherever the harness
touches him. I can do nothing to prevent
it.   He ls in good health. J. W. A.
Your harness ia too hard and rough I
suppose. Line them with a sheep, or lamb
skin, with the wool next the horse; a piece
of buffalo robe does well, or get new harness.
fcditors Indiana Farmer:
I had a colt castrated last May, and he
appeared to get along very well for two or
three weeks, then he began swelling, and
since that time has gathered and broke,
and considerable corruption has run out.
N.
Paint the part swollen with iodine once
daily. If the sheath la the part that the
matter ls produced Irom, li ject with alum
water or persulphate of iron In water.
Blood Spavin.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a young horse that has a swollen
hock-Joint on each side arid in front, and it
issolt and seems to have bc me fever in it,
but is not lame. Subscriber.
Your horse haa blood spavin - and
thoroughpin, blistering is the best you can
do.   See blister in Fjlrmer.
Inflamed Eyea.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We have lately purchased a pony, .Arabian breed, I suppose, as she is spotted. It
has tore and inflamed eyelida, running a
food deal of matter. The eye-ball aud
Ight seem to be all right as yet. A. P.
Your pony.I j adge, Is o* appalusey stock;
If so, nine-tenths of them go blind. Take an
egg, break one end and pour out the albumen; stir salt until a stiff paste ls formed.
Set among clear coals; cover, burn to a
char; grind and put in eye once dally.
Dropsy.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a colt that could not make watet
after it waa foaled, and in about 20 hours
its legs began to swell. I gave it Buchu
and Uaerst*; got the urine started, and it is
flowing freely. Will that take the swelling
out of the limbs, I think it is dropsical.
If ittloes not go down aeon what can I do
for It? J. A.
If your colt is this spring's oolt, take
ground ginger, four ounces; flour of sulphur, bloodroot, pulv. niter, black antl-
mony, sulphate of iron and resin of each,
two ounoes; mix. Dose, one" teaspoonful
three times daily to the mare In chop or
other ground feed. If it ia a last year's
colt, give it to him.
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Foundered.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that was foundered three
years ago on millet hav, and he seems
lively, but his appetite is not very good,
and seems some stifle.,; his hair looks all
right, but his hide seema too tight.
A. H.
Take five pounds of flax seed, steep it all
night In water; in the morning set an ordinary wash-boiler two-thirds lull of water
on the stove; when boiling, pour the seed
in; boil alow, stirring constantly, rubbing
the bottom of boiler; to keep from boiling
over keep a tinful of cold water by; when a
thick jelly is formed pour in a double
handful of salt;, let cool. Dose, a teacupful three times dally in chop or mill feed.
Poll-Evil.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please Inform me through your valuable
paper what to do for the poll-evil.
A-3ENT.
Take nitric acid In a wide-mouthed bot
tie, drop in old copper cents, or other clean
copper, all it will dissolve. Mix one ounce
with one of pure cider vinegar and put in
the abscess once or twice daily; open the
absoBBS wide and flnd its bottom with t>
probe; cut a hole in the bottom to let the
matter out. If the mixture is too weak,
mix an ounce of vinegar with two ounces,
of the copper, and so on till It destroys the
wall of the abscess; grease below the afc-
scesa to save the hair.
Foundered.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My horse became lame last summer while
running on pasture, not at work, and being
fed s'.rongthree times a day on corn. At
first it seemed to be in his left fore foot
then in bo.h fee'; hia feet at first spread
out very wide and soon broke off, and
they seem to grow too narrow and long,
and-he is lame all the time; it boihers
him very much on sidling ground or to go
down hill, or to travel over hard and uneven ground. h, -\yt j*#
sulphate of iron, of each two ounces. Dose,
one teaspoonful three times' per day in
chop or mill feed.
Strange Disease.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What is the matter with my cattle and
sheepf I have lq/st inside of two months
nine head, and the tenth one down. The
first appearance of anything wrong ls, they
commence walking stiff in the legs, and
soon, they can't get up without help, and
soon they can't stand when helped up.
Some live a day or two and others linger
along several days. They continue to eat
to the last, all ages have died; the last calf
that died the hair came off above its hoof,
and the blood oozed out. One yearling
not yet dead is in the same situation; legs
cold, swelled some In the body; breathes
free; nothing unusual in looks of the hairr
do not cough. My sheep get stiff and
weak and can't stan<"; will lay stretched on
the ground; eat until the last. Have lost
ten head of old sheep, and as near as I can
tell 30 head of lambs. O. M.
This seems to be a new disease to me Id
the manner described; perhaps not, if I had
the diagnosis. Getting stiff is not enough to
know, in the.absence of pulse, heat or
coldness of limbs, and other symptoms.
Why'do farmers not have post mortem examination!.? I would have to see them
to know.
The cutb on this page represents two of
the leading implements In the equipment
of a farm. The better class of farmers are
fast learning that it is economy to cut their
stalks up fine and plow them under, thus
increasing the fertility of the soil, as well
as getting the stalks where they will not
interfere In cultivation. This can be dene
easily and effectively'with the Reeves Cutter, and in it are combined strength, simplicity and durability. Of the many cultivators now claiming the attention of the
farming world none possess more points of
actual merit than the "Hoosier Boy."" It
ia composed of iron and steel throughout
and its adjustability is such that it adapts
itself to any level and does the beat of work.
The cumbrous tongue is dispensed with,
and at the same time it can be transported
easily from field to field upon its ..own
wheels." Reeves & Co., Columbus, Ind.*,
the maufacturers of these implements will
be pleased to send descriptive circulars of
these and other goods of their manufacture to all who will fayor them with their
address.
Farmers and Swindlers.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In reading the papers I see, I might
say, daily accounts from farmers,,
complaining that they have been swindled by some tree peddler, some patent-
right vender, or other humbugs. Now
I have no sympathy for a man who is
thus swindled. Whenever farmers are
so ignorant that they will persist in
dealing with strangers instead of buying
of men whom they know to be reliable,
they should be swindled. When a man
You foundered your horse, and his feet4gets an education, he should be willing
are badly contracted. I shall have a new
patent shoe in a few days that will cure
him. It you send me the size of his feet
on a piece of pasteboard, cut to fit all
round, with 50 cent?, I will express shoer,
ready fitted, with instructions.
.  Hooft.       *>
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Can you tell me what alls my colt?
When about ten months old both hoofs
grew straight down, so aa to cause
It to walk on the point of the hoof.
Since that time one foot haa become natural, while the other is growing worse. It
is three years old. a. M. B.
Have a Bhoe put on your colt; have it to
project beyond the toe and two inches to
each side of toe; weld a piece to the center
of toe about half an inch square and one
and a half or two inches long, and turn the
end of it up to'keep it from sticking in the
ground; thia will throw him back on the
tendons, which being yet growing will in
time bring It right; the effect for letting
the web of the shoe beyond* the toe, ls to
direct the growth in that direction; have no
objection ftom your smith. If he fails to
stand on the foot by a so-called stifle shoe,
prevent him from using the other.
Hollow Horn.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I wish to ask you if there ia such a thing
as hollow tail and hollow horn in cows?
I have a cow whose horns seem cold, and
about four inches from the lower end of
the tall there seems to be a space about the
same length, where there is no bone. If
there is such diseases what shall I do for
tbem. The cow is In fair condition; eats
well, does not seem sick in any way.
• Subscribes.
There are no such diseases as hollow horn,
or tail; they are a symptom of a diseased
or hollow stomach. No bone ever decayed
aud yras replaced agaic; carles of the bone
never is replaced by nature, the hide, however, extends beyond the last coiygal
joint; sometimes in puepuera the coldness of the horns la the effe«_
of the blood centering near congestion,
and therefore fails to circulate in the horns.
Give the following: Ground ginger, four
ounces; podophyllln, bloodroot, pulv." niter, flour of sulphur, black antimony an**
to pay his teacher and not whine. In
this day and age when a man can get a*
newspaper for from one to two dollars
per year, he should take two or more.
If every man in the State of Indiana
would adopt the rule of taking one of his
county-papers, and then some one or
more papers published in the interest of
his profession, he would flnd himself
better off at the end of the year. Then
let him make it a rule to buy such
articles as he may need of those men
that advertise. Then he has as a rule
responsible parties to deal with, and he
knows where to go to get repairs, and if
the articles are not as represented, he
has some one to go to for damages.
Farmers especially should be ccreful in
buying new inventions of traveling men.
I am not opposed to new inventions, but
think it best to have a good man to fall
back on in case of failure. As a rule it
is best for farmers to patronize home
dealers, home newspapers, and especially home nurserymen. Deal with men
you know; then you are safe. Put your
names to no papers as agents or on any
other contracts unless you are acquainted with the men you are dealing with,
NORTHFIELD.
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The Johnson Stock Corn.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
In your description of Blount's Prolific corn, I see no difference from what
is known here as the B. D. Johnson
stock corn; only we plant one kernel in
the hill in drills four feet apart; distance
in drills 16 inches. One kernel will grow
from one to Ave stalkfj the flrst stalk
will be about two feet high, when others
will make their appearance; they are
not suckers. If thinned to two staJks
they will yield from one to four ears to
the stalk. I raised it 16 year's ago, and
have a quantity of seed iiow on hand.
I send you an ear that we may ascertain
whether it is the same or a different
maize. S. B. M,
Midway, Kentucky.
Judging from the ear received, we
pronounce it the same as the Blount.
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