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INDIaA^aAJPOLIS, IKDI.ANA, SATURDAY. JUNE 4, 1881.
NO. 23.
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FOB BALK—White Pekln duck eggs at p for IS.
JAMES M. MAKLOW, Adams.lnd. ,
FOB SALE—Farms—In various parts of Indiana,
by M. ABBUCKLE, Agent, eg East Market
street, IndlanapoBa, Indiana.
FOB BALE—Km—From the beet yard of Brown
Leghorns ln the West at tl per sitting.  I have
tte birds to show for themselves.  Address J. B.
DOT Y, Waldron, Ind. ,
FOB SALE—Four registered Alderney hulls at
reasonable prices; readr for service.  My Jerseys are second to none ln the Btate.   B. 8. DORSEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
pi OR BALS—Thoroughbred Bhort-horn cattle, Po-
A' land China pigs, Cotswold sheep, and Plymouth
Bock eggs. Satlft'actlon guaranteed or money refunded.  O. W. TTJKLL, Vallonla, Jackson Co., Ind.
FOB BALE—ltlce 40 acres »f ground,» arte* nnder cultivation, close to Bloomington station,
atthe most reasonable terms. Apply at once to V.
X. MOBBIS, 58 Bast Market street, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
FOB SALI—All persons desiring a show bull'lbr
. 16*1, should call on. or addre- s us at once and
get one, or be beaten tbls fall. 13 to select from. 47
reds. Pedigree first-class. DB.. J. P. FOHBYTH A
BOM. Tranklfu, Ind.   _
F
OK 8ALE—A On. Light Brahma rooster Just 1
year old. of tbe purest strain. 93; and a hen of
same sitting, fl, or both together js, boxed In good
aider for sbippingto anypilnt.   Address J. H.
SMITH, Indiana Farmer (afflce, Indianapolis.
■poR •ALB—Farm ef 1-se acres 1H miles south-
Sj west of Moorasvllle, 100 acres In cultivation,
balance timber and blue grass, gcod buildings and
orchard. Also 13 acres, part ln cultivation, balance
timber and blue-grass, adjoining Mooresville, and
home and lot* In town. Apply to ABHEI HAD-
LKT, Commissioner, Mooresville, Ind. ■     ,
FOB BALE- Short-horns—I have -20 head of Bhort-
horn eattle on my farm near Bichmond,* Ind.,
embracing such families as Deuba Bosaa. Bndoras,
Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates bnll. I oiler
au elegant ebanee to persons wishing to start a
herd as my animals are all nrst-ttass breeders and
Sue Individuals. The majority of these cattle were
red by tbe well-known breeders, 8. Meredith A
BON. of Cambridge City. Ind. Address PKANClB
A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind.
Tkfl'ONEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent.
J5d Interest M. B. VESTON A (X)., t and 4 Vinton Block. Indianapolis, Ind. *
MONEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest.
My terms are fair and liberal. THOS. C. SAY,
HI Kast Market street, Indianapolis. Ind.
MONEY to loan on Improved farms at T per cent.
Commissions reasonable.   WM. HENDKB
B0N.74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
TO LOAN-In sums of (SCO to-{10,000, far term of
years, at 7 and 8 per cent.; on ' farms ln India-la; Interest payable annually on 1st of January of
each year, with privilege of paying Uie principal or
any part ttiereof at any time, ln sums of not less
than (too, or loan may be continued at option of borrower, provided- security remains unimpaired and
Interest promptly paid. Our commission for negotiating loans are as fallows: K00 to 11,000,5 per cent.;
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Address SIGLEB A 8CHELL, Frank ton, Ind. •-
THE Employment Agency, CO Circle street, Indl-
- anapons, can give Immediate employment to
girls Item tke country able to do general * housework.
Call at. er write to above address with references.
WASTED.
The Bonanza Thresher, Manufactured bj Robinson «* Co., Richmond, Indiana.
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VV man In every county ln this State. Must be
handy with tools, responsible, and of good address,
and competent to manage a permanent and paying
business, Forpartleulars call and see, or address
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Indiana.
Bonanza Thresher.
' We present to onr readers on this page a
cut of Robinson <fc Co.'s "Bonanza"
Thresher,' which is now the acknowledged
leader ol this class of machines. The remarkable capacity of this machine ior separation enables it to save and separate perfectly in the fastest threshing. -
The "patent pickers" used, in it are a
great point of merit and are exceedingly
effective.
The percentage of waste is not increased
in doing the fastest work, and therefore
the only limit to the capacity of the machine is the amount of wheat that can be
gottolt.  . '      '.'/.'■
In these days when the thrashing season has become short, this ability to do
fast work withont increasing waste, is of
the utmost importance to threshermen,
and largely increases the season's earnings.
It has 'become quite common of late to
put "beaters" and other contrivances into
machines to assist in separation and prevent back-lashing, which beaters, etc, have
to be .removed, to thresh flax and seeds.
The "Bonanza" pickers are much more effective than any pf these and never have
to be removed. It is safe to say that the
"Bonanza" is superior In all respects,
and every farmer should inform himself
as to its merits, which can be done by
sending for the free catalogue describing
It. It has patented features found in no
other machine, and without which its
work cannot be equaled, v The manufacturers are ready to make good and show
ty friendly contest the correctness of every
claim they make. Not what Is promised,
"but what a man does is the thing." This
machine does Wire than is promised for it.
It amy oogt a few dollars more than, other
machines, but the largely Increased earn-
ln8s resulting from its great capacity
ttakes the question of cost of secondary
importance.
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Thh following are : some of the points
"ought after by our best breeders of Oxfords:.Size, quality of mutton, plenty of
lean meat, heavy fleeces of fine quality of
wool, legs and faces, of brown or smoky
color (not speckled or too dark, or there Is
* chance of. dark wool around the neck),
, good legs pf mutton, and head, etc, well
corered with wool of flnci t&xture.'.
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"W00L-GB0WEES* ASSOCIATION.
The Wool-growers' Association of Indiana met in semi-annual convention last
week, at the rooms of the State Board of
Agriculture, with about thirty members in
attendance. In the abserce of the president and vice-president, S. W. Dungan
called the meeting te order. On motion of
Mr. Sunman, a committee oi three, consisting of Messrs. T. W. Sunman, I. J. Fai-
quahar and J. I*. Thompson, was appointed
to arrange a programme for the State fair.
D. H. Thompson read an interesting paper
on "What is the best mode of wintering a
flock of fifty or more sheep." The subject
was discussed at length by various members, and the various methods of preventing the sheep from being infested by lice,
were considered. Among these were tobacco stems, sulphur and dipping. The
matter ot food was considered, and Mr.
Darnell strongly recommended the use of
beets, cooked and cut up with a proper
amount of hay. /   .   .
Mr. Thresher recommended the feeding
of plenty ol corn, believing that it waa
best for geneaal purposes.
Uriah Privett read a paper on "Manner
and time of breeding ewes, the best mode
pf caring for lambs from the time of birth
to weaning," and Lee McDaniels gave an
address on ''What is the best cross to put
on our. common sheep." The discussion of
these two papers took up the remainder or
the afternoon session.
The association adopted the standard of
points of the Illinois Wool-growers' Association for the different breeds.
The premiums on wool were awarded as
follows: "v
Long wool lst and 2d to J. W. Dungan,
Middle wool, lst and 2d to Uriah Privett.
Fine wools lst and 2d to L. Thompson,
and same on grade wools.        .        •
The following report was made - by .the
committee on the programme for the January meeting in 1882:
Address of President, Hon. F. Beeler,
Indianapolis.
How shall we sell our wool? T. Wilhoit
Middletown.
What is tariff, and what has it done' for
sheep husbandry? J. W. Robe, Greencastle.
How to castrate and dock successfully,
A. McClelland, Door Village.
What course Bhall we pursue to increase
the number and quality of sheep iu Indiana?   Call, Darnell, Indianapolis.
How shall we supply the looms of the
United States with all the wool they manufacture?   Robert Mitchell, Princeton.
Sugar, beets, mangel, wurtzel, rutabagas, carrots, and parsnips ln relation
to husbandry, T. W. W. Sunman,
Spades.
What is the best mode of wintering fifty
or more sheep? D. H. Thompson, Waldron. ■ -
Characteristics of the Shropshire Downs,
Morgan and Cotton, Newman, 111.
A paper on "Oxford Downs sheep," by
T. S. Cooper, of Ohio, was read by T. W.
W. Sunmau.
The Convention then adjourned.
HfDIAKA SHOET-HOEI-T BREEDERS.
, The association of Short-hom Breeders' of
Indiana held their May meeting here last
week, i The attendance was not as large as
it should have been, but many of the most
Intelligent breeders oi the State were in attendance, and proceeded at once to a sensible consideration of the Interest in this regard. Dr. Stevenson opened the discussion on the merits of the Short-horns for
milk. He. said that whilst it was conceded
ou all hands that for beef this was the
breed par excellence, lt logically followed
that it might be made equally so the milk
breed. That a breed of cattle which assimilated food to such perfection In beef, if bred
and handled also for milk and butter could
for that reason equally be relied upou for
milk and butter as excelling all others. A
race of cows which produce such calves as
the Short-horns do must of necessity be re
garded most excellent for milk, both as re-|
Sards quality and quantity. , The demand
on this breed has been great for beef, and
hence no extended and general test for butter has been made with them as with Jerseys and others. Wherever the test has
been made, however, the proof of their
milk and butter qualities have been manifest enough. It is important that we turn
our attention to adding the reputation for
milk and butter to this breed, as it can easily be done by proper breeding and handling. The motive for this step is the 'fact,
well understood now, that the milk and
butter qualities of cattle are by far Hhe
most valuable in dollars. Then it is wortli
considering whether we shall not pay
more attention to the production of these
qualities. Under such system of breeding
as shall develop these, whilst the good
milkers would be far more valuable, any
proving not to be so, and males would
be still valuable for beef, thus excelling
in all regards  the other breeds.
Mr. Wilhoit and several other breeders
bore testimony to the value of the 'Short*
horns, A general exchange of views
made it evident that interest was on
the decided up-grade. Scores of new men
are waking up to the importance of grading up their stock with thorough-bred
Short-horns. ,, '
James Marlatt, of Milton, read a* paper
on the best varieties of food to produce the'
most milk, and Robert Mitchell, Princeton, made a verbal report on the best
grasses to feed cattle. The following programme was arranged for the next annual
meeting:
Has the mania for red cattle been for
good or bad to the short-horns?   S. Quick.
What effect do big prices paid for cattle
have upon the Short-horn interest generally?   C. Matthews.
What is the most profitable age to sell
steers?   J. W. Robe.
What is the cause of Short-hom bulls becoming worthless at three or four years of
age?   E. S. Frazee.
How can we get men with common cows
to breed to none but Short-horn bulls? W.
D. Cooper.
What is the beet winter feed for Shorthorns?   Geo. McCaslin.
What condition should we keep our
Short-hom cows in to be in best breeding
condition?   Elijah Clore.
What are the best grasses in Indiana for
producing beei?   R. Mitchell.
Can the beef and milking qualities be
successfully -combined in the same animal?
Dr. Stevenson.
After electing the following officers the
association adjourned for one year. President, Thos. Nelson, Parke county; vice-
president, J. W. Robe, Putnam; secretary,
Thos. Sunman; treasurer, W. W. Thrasher.    ■•  __
But it is a subject which admits oi constant
consideration, because it is one of which
we are ever learning something new. /-j
a fodder crop it has not yet had Justu-.
done to it. Many farmers have grown i
for want of any better, and have fed it because they have grown lt, and have roundly abused it in private and public because
of disappointments for which their own
mistakes have been to blame. It has been
charged that this crop makes a very poor
fodder. That is true when it is grown in
such a mannsr as to entirely prevent it
[trom becoming anything else than poor.
It has been sown broadcast very thickly,
so that the ground has been entirely covered when the blades were a foot high. All
the growth after that has been in a dense
shade. It should be well known that the
bright sunlight is required for healthy
vegetation; that some wholesome plants
when grown ln the dark become absolutely poisonous; that at the best the chem-
lbal changes by which water and woody
fiber become starch and sugar, and by
which nitrogenous elements are elaborated
Into flesh-forming substances, require for
their operation plenty of air and light and
warmth. But all of these are denied to a
crop of corn sown broadcast and thickly,
and the consequence is that fodder is
worthless, being mere water, acids, and
innutritions cellular matter. There is then
no nourishment ln it, and cows fed upon lt
not only shrink in their milk, but are troubled with diarrhea and urinary complaint.
But this is not the case when the corn is
grown in the usual manner ln rows, although thickly planted in the rows. Exposed to the blessed Influences of the sun's
heat and light, the stems and blades are of
a vivid, healthy green, and the sap is rich
in sugar and starch. The stalks grow stout
and strong and tall, and although but one
fourth as much seed is sown as when
planted broadcast, there is a much
heavier product of fodder. It matters not what variety Is sown so
much as the manner of sowing it.
Common field corn of average height, with
a leafy habit and inclined to throw up suckers, ls the best to choose, and a variety that
is no taller when full grown than nine or
10 feet ls preferable to a larger kind. The
writer prefers Bweet cord and the kind
known as Stowell's Evergreen, a common
and everywhere to be procured variety,
and to plant this in drills three feet apart,
three seeds together, four Inches apart in
the drills, or if the seed Is dropped three in
a place, 12 Inches apart, a very heavy
growth of the best fodder and many half-
grown ears will be produced.
Ths Rural New Yorker says that, where
a person designs to devote himself to sheep
keeping alone, he must go West where the
range is practically free and where a homestead for winter occupation and to be cultivated for winter feeding can be procured
for {10 an acre. A homestead of 160 acres
would sustain 2,000 sheep upon corn, milet
and other feeding crops with rye sown
among the corn for winter pasture, and
with a free range in the summer. And a
flock thus kept should pay one dollar a
head clear profit; or, if the wool is made to
pay all expenses, the increase, which
should be 75 per cent., would be equal to a
profit of more'.than 50 per cent, on the
value pf the flock.
The Fodder Crop.       *
- An agriculturist of long experience says:
Our greatest fodder crop is com. Grass
is great but odrn ls greater. One acre ln
com may be made to produce easily ta
much fodder as five in grass. Here is an
enormous economy. And corn well grow*p
is but little inferior to ordinary grass, if
indeed It not equal in every respect. Cora,
then should take the first place in the list
of fodder crops. Much has been said of
thia crop because it is unquestionably the
greatest we can produce In every sense.
This department Is edited by Dr. John N. Ravin,
Veterinary Burieon. author ol Navin's Explanatory
Btock Doctor,
Bules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
L State the rate of pulse.
' 2. The breathing.
I. The standing attitude.
i. Appearance ot hair.
5. It couth, and secretion from nose, whether
elands between the Jaws can be felt, and bow near
the bone,
6. Il breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, ne time most be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every tv-r o hours, fbr time ls too short fbr an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall must enclose a
■tamp.
Blister It.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me what alls my horse. He
has been swollen under the Jaw for five
weeks; does not ran any at the nose, and
coughs but little; his limbs swollen some;
neck ls very hard where it is swollen.
S.W.
Blister the swollen part; rub ln well
with the hand for several days. See blister in Fabmxb.
Slobbering.
Editors Indiana Fanner:
I have a mare that ls always slobbering
when she is working, never slobbers any
only when she has the bit ln her mouth,
does not seem to hurt her any, only looks
bad, with slobber all over her nose. Can
you recommend anything to cure her?
S. H. A.
Burn a few ounces of alum, say three;
grind and mix with one handful of salt
and a double handful of meal; rub on her
tongue, lips and cheeks; after eating tie a
little in a piece of muslin round the center
joint of her bridle bit while at work.
Ruptured.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a colt one year old this spring;
when about two weeks old was ruptured,
bowels came down In one side, small at
first but grew lsrger until in the fall, when
it gradually got well, as Ithought, but this
spring are coming down again. Can it be
cured? O. J. O.
If the man who castrates him understands his business, he may stop the rupture; If not, your colt ls not worth one
dollar.
Nasal Gleet.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
. I have a mare that has something the
matter with her right nostril. When she
Is used it runs matter, which smells very
offensive; has a kind of rattling in her
nose; has been that way for some time.
W. F. M.
She has either nasal gleet or glander**;
if the left nostril run it would be more
certain. Has she an occasional cough?
Search for kernel, between jaws, and report. Give general constitutional symptoms, If any.
Lamport,.
Editors Indiana Farmer: ,
I have a mare three years old that, bas
the lampers; have cut her gums twice;
still large and in poor condition and low
spirited. J. B. F.
The gums of every colt swell in the
teething season. I suppose yours is no exception. If she has changed her teeth and
If they are up level touch the gums with a
red hot iron flat and curved at extreme
end, just enough to destroy the skin. Rub
witb burned alum, meal and salt, or turn
on pasture and do nothing more.
A Subscriber: Examine your oolt, and
If you find a kernel between her jaws let
us know; ln the meantime give her 15
drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic three
times dally ln either her drink or feed; add
two drops daily until 40 drops are given,
but no more; as soon as her hair becomes
sleek and bright, cease the use of it for a
few days, say one week, and resume again
as before; paint the swollen hock twioe
daily with tlnctue of iodine; take aTstick
of lunar caustic and cauterise the sore
twice daily; search it for a snag. Your
doctor is seemingly not an expert. .
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Strangles.
Editors Indiana aTarmer:
We have a horse that bad the strangles
and it never broke out, but his left front
leg swelled to a great extent. . We applied
tincture of arnica, one ounce, in a pint oi
water, but there ls still fever. Would it do
to blister while there is yet a little fever?
He also had lung fever. He was blistered,
and there is a small place on each side
where I think there will be no hair.
J. B.
Do not blister until you subdue the
fever with arnica and water. If the hair
bulbs are destroyed by a mercurial blister,
they will never produce hair.
Megrims.
Bditers Indiana Farmer:
My mare has something like spasms
once or twice per month. She begins by
blowing her nose frequently, then quivering all over, throwing her head high; ears
set back; looks wild out of her eye*-;
breathes hard, and finally falls down,
straightens all her legs out, looks around
at her side, gets oold all over; spasms last
about five minutes, then leaves her. She
appears to be healthy ln all other respects.
O. H.
Your mare has megrims, a rush of blood
upon the over-distended vessels of the
brain. No cure for it. Work her in wide
collar, and do not rein her head high, or at
all while using her.
Founder.
■dltoie Indiana Farmer*:
I have a mare that gets stiff all over. The
picking coro; think I pulled her too hard.
Sometimes ehe can scarcely walk; seems
better when I work her. Mare is with foal.
Pulse natural and breathes natural, except
when she lies down, when she groans and
makes some noise. She rests one foot and
then- the other. Hair all right and appetite good. A Reader.
Being stiff all over gives me no symptoms of disease. Examine her feet see if
they are contracted, also her breast between
points of shoulders; if the muscles are at- .
rophied (sweeneyed) and if her frogs are
hard. Let me know these points and I
shall give you instructions. I suspect you
foundered her.
Ruptured an Artery.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
There ls a case here which has occasioned
much dispute, and it is referred to you for
information. A valuable horse had worked
lightly thiough the day, and was put in
the stable about 5 p. m. about 8 o'clock following was heard coughing, and on examination was found bleeding at the mouth
and nostrils; apparently had the power to
withold the flaw of blood from one to two
minutes, then a paroxysm ot coughing
would seize him and the blood would
break forth. He died in about 30 minutes
after being seized. Just before death a
kind of jerking backwards seized him.
Ia. H. Mc. ■
The oolt bursted or ruptured as** artery;
his coughing would Indicate it to be in his
lungs or air passages, if in his nostrils he
would not-be likely to cough, nor would it
be likely to pass out at his mouth. He
must have bled longer than 30 minutes if
from the nose. It must be supposed that
he bled from the lungs.
Dysentery.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What ails our cattle? One two-year-old
seemed a little droopy for a few days, then
began to swell under the jaw. It seemed
to be in his threat. He did not eat very
much. Two weeks after the swelling
seemed to disappear, and we thought him *
better, but just about this time he took the
scours. We gave him in all some gallon
and a half of strong oak ooze and got some
medicine of the druggist, but all to no effect. After lingering some three weeks
died. Towards the last his ears and nose
were very cold. He seemed very thirsty,
drinking the ooze or anything like water
very greedily. We have another one affected in the the same way. There are
some little white or brown lice on several
of them; others seem to be* mangey; or
scabby; the hair comes off In patches, and
they lick, scratch and rub themselves. It
appears to bean itching humor; they eat
well and seem to do well, although thin in
flesh. They were wintered principally on
corn fodder and wheat straw. T, P. '
You stock are affected with dysentery-,
although some of the symptoms vary. To
a full grown animal give one and a half
pints of castor oil and one ounce of spirits
of turpentine, and after it acts upon tha
bowels ior a day or two and the discharges
are not abated, give powdered opium, -10
grains, and calomel 40, in gruel. If the
opium'ls in mass, blend it in fluid of any
kind. In about 24 hours after, powdered
rhubarb, half an ounce; powdered yellow
root, half ounoe; salts of tartar, one ounoe?
essence of peppermint, six ounces; tincture of opium, six ounces; water, three
quarts; mix, and give half a pint twice
dally; be careful to stir up well beforb
taking out the dose. Grade the above for
young animals and shorten the Intervals If
not effective. Chalk and charcoal be may
given with good effect. If skin eruptions
continue, treat with tobacco ooze after
bowels respond.
Postal Card Correspondence.
She gets pure feed and ia in good flesh.   Ttfirst time I noticed lt was this spring, iwas
mTTDIAttA.
Viao Co., May 28.—We are having warm,
fine weather for' corn planting. Not more
than half planted yet. There ls muoh
trouble in getting good seed. Ground in
our clay soil is hard and dry. We need
rain very badly, both for corn and wheat.
Our wheat crop ls seriously damaged, some
flelds beyond redemption. Seme fields
are being pastured, some plowed up, and
few, if any, will reach the average ef last
year. This is a good section for wheat, and
I predict that our crop will fall short of
last.years fully 40 per cent,, and should
rain fail for one week more, 50 per cent,
would be a fair estimate. I.. H. D.
Vioo Co., May 28.—The late dry
weather is hard on wheat and oats, and will
cut short the crops which promised well a
week or two ago, I fear, C. C. R.
Gibsoh Co., May 28.—Wheat will not be
so good as many suppose. It is very thin
in places, and some flelds are being hurt
by fly and dry weather. D. W. J.
OalalNOI*.
Coles Co., May 28.—The dry weather is
hurting the spring crops in this section.
Corn is mostly up—especially early planting, but needs rain. A, C. V,
OHIO.
Butler Co., May 28.—Oats and wheat,
as well as the young oorn plant,, need rain
badly. There la a large acreage of com
planted this season. B. G.
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