VOL. XVI.
IND]_AN.AaPOI_IS, rNDIANA, SATUBDAY. JUNE 11,1881;
■NO.-24.
VOBAaXE.
F
OB SAUC—Farms—In varlons parts of Indiana,
by M. ARBCCKLE, Agent, M -Cast Market
In"  *-" — -
I treet, Indianapolis, Indiana.
F
OB SALE—Thoroughbred Sootch Shepherd pops
C. B. Fa-.\VKU1 ft, :M South Meridian etreet.    .
F
OB SALE—Eges—From the beat i»rd of Brown
-.eghorns ln the West at 11 per Bitting. I bave
* *    -       "     -*■    Address J. B.
the birds to allow for tbemselyes,
DUTY, Waldron, Ind.
•*G*,OB BAlaB-Tonr registered Alderney bnlls at
J? reasonable prices; ready for eerrlce. Mj-Jer-
seys are second to none ln the Staw. K. S. DOB-
BET, Indianapolis, Ind. -.    	
FOB BALK*—Farm ol 83 acres, well Improved,
good stoek water, fine bnlldlngs. Terms reasonable. Call on. or address E. A. HARTLEY,
Frlendswood, Hendricks Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Nice 40 acres ef ground. 10 acre* nnder enltlvation. close to Bloomington station,
atthe most reasonable terms. Apply at once to V.
K. MORRIS, S8 Bast Market street, UOlanapcUs,
Indiana.
FOB 8AI/»—All persons desiring a show bnll for
1881, shonld call on, oraddresus at once and
get one, er be beaten this fall. 83 to select from. 47
reds. Podlgree flrtt*claaa. DB. J. P. rOKSYTH.**
SON, Franklin, Ind.
OB 8 A LI-A fine Light Brahma rooster Jast 1
_ year old. of the purest strsln, 13; and a hen of
same ilttlng. $-. or both together ft, boxed ln good
order for shlpplngjo any pclnt.   Addrees J. H.V,
F
■SMITH, Indiana Farmer v. fflce, IndlanapoUt
T7*OB SAL*-Farm of 160 acres IU mflessonth-
JD west of Hoorettiae, 100 acres ln cnltlvaMon.
balai ce timber and blnegiaf>, gcod bolldlpg** and
orchard. Also 13 acres, part In enltlvation, balance
timber and bine-grass, adjoining Mroreevllle, aad
home snd lot* In tewn. Apply to ABNER HAD-'
LEY, Commissioner, Mooresville, lad.
"IJVOR SALZ- Short-horns—I bave 10 head of fjhort-
Xt horn cattle on my farm near Flchmohd, Ind.,
embracing snch families aa Donha Bosaa, Erdoras,
Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates ball. I Oder
an elegant chance to persons wishing to start a
herd-as try animals are all flrst-class breeders and
flee lnelTldnale. The majority of these cattle were
bred by th% well-known breeders, 8. Meredith A
SON. of Cambridge City, Ind. Address FBANCIU
A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOANS.
MOOTEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent,
interest.  M. K. VINTON A CO., 8 and 4 Yin-
ton Block. Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest.
Mv terms are fair and liberal. THOS. O. DAY.
SB Bast Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONX Y to loan on Improved farms at 7 per cent.
Commissions reasonable.   WM. HBNDBB
SON,74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
niSCIala-.AXEO'C'S.
"(OK TBADE, OB SALE-Fine half Norman stal
1    lion.  Address G. M. BALLABD,Indianapolis.
THE Employment Agency, E0 Circle street, India-capons, can give Immediate employment tn
Iris frem the country able todogeneral housework.
11 at, or write to above address with references.
SI
tyivt ^tek
Mr. O. W. Tttell, Jackson Co., Ind.,
sold one of bin prize winning male Poland
Chinas to Mr. H. W. Chadwiok, a valued
agent of the Fabmxb at Vallonia same
county.       .*;
Mr. B. F. Lego, Tipton Co. Ind., send**
ns a sample of wool from one of his Canada Cotswold yearlings, which is good.
His fleeces weighed from 13 to 19 poands
His flocks are ln prime condition,
... ■♦
Mr. W. B. McCbbatiy, Compo Point,
Saugatuck, Conn., has sold to 6. W. Farlee,
Hill Top Farm, TrentoD, H. J,, imported
Jersey cow Reception 8557 for ?1,750. She
has a butter record of 19 pounds and 8 oz.,
in seven days on grass, at 5 years old.
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Cubtis, Holoate A Co., Defiance, Ohio,
in giving notice of the shipment of the
pair of pigs they gave ns as a premium sa]
that their hogs and cattle are doing better
and are in finer condition this sprinp
than ever before. They breed pnre Jersej
Ked swine and Short-horn cattle of best
and most fashionable families. We can
recommend this firm and their stock to the
favorable notice of onr readers. ,'.
mm
Db. J. P. Fobsyth <fc Son, Franklin, Ind.,
have lately sold yonng Short-horn bulls to
W. K.Spronl, Indianapolis; Geo. Cut-singer,
Franklin, Ind.; Alexander Cook, Kosci-
UBko, Ind.: Tom Bridges, Trafalgar, Ind;
John Ingham, Kewanna, 111.; John Zuell,
Janesvllle,*Wls.; Darlington & Co., Chicago, Hi., and two others in this State. The
Bales, we understand were all made at fair
prices. The doctor has several young bnlls
still on hand.
One of the test sales of Short-horn cattle
this Beason was that of Messrs. Avery <fc
Murphy, at Port Huron, Mich. The offerings comprised some of the best in the
oounty. Bidding was fairly spirited on all
fancy animals and taking it all in all
the sale may be considered a fair success.
Kentucky carried off many of the greatest
pr'zes. . The. Messrs. Hamiltons of Mt.
■Sterling, Ky., got three Duchesses for f 17,-
'525, • Airdrie Duchess 5th, a six year old
oow at $3,000, Airdrie Dnchess 10tb, at
17,525, and -Urdrie Duchess 2d at $7,000.
' A Duchess cow calf went to Mitchell Bros.,
*t -$5,055. T. Corwin Anderson, of Mt.
Sterling, Ky., paid f2,900. for a Wild. Eyes
oow and f2,O0O ior «a heifer. There were
several sales of Princesses at from $500 to
|800.:     •'-■*■....
cooking of beets, nor mixing with hay, but
I did advocate the raising of sugar beets fer
winter feed. I have a root cutter with
which I cut the beets into small slices, so
that the sheep can easily eat them, and of
which they are very fond. I feed them
once a day, at noon or night. I also take
one bushel of shelled corn and one of oats,
put them together and grind them. This
gives two bushels, then add two bushels of
bran, and this makes four bushels in all;
then feed plenty of clover hay cut when
quite green and pnt np ln the barn for winter feeding. Hoping yon will give this correction in your most valuable paper, I remain,      Youni truly,
Cal. F. Darnell.
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Brutal Treatment of Stock.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you thiough yonr valuable paper,
notify your patrons to beware of the enormous quackery prevalent in the oountry,
by men professing to be veterinary surgeons. On the 23d inst I received a telegram to go to Rockville, Park, Co., this
State, to see a sick horse. On arriving
there I was informed that a knight of the
bloodstick and lance had been there three
days previous and prononnced the case
"hooks," and extracted nine gallons of
blood from the poor doomed life. In the
way of correction I said "nine quarts you
mean." No '*Sir," was the reply, "but 36
quarts, and next day returned and bled
him nine quarts more."
Surely my indignation became boundless.
Upon examination I found the poor brute
suffering from a slight attack of the tetanus, lock-jaw, but so slight that a treatment of opiates and 'lobelia would have
quieted his nerves in 24 hours; he is now
exceedingly weak, and at. flrst being in
high condition is now thin and poor.
What say our hide-bound ante-phlogistic friends, when I say that, such brutality
has not killed him, and he has yet a chance
of reoovery, at least he is no worse.
John K. Navin, V. S.
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Live Stock Importations.
. A report has just been issued showing tht-
importation of living animals into Grea*
Britain for the year 1880, as follows:
CATTLB.
United Btates..™. .184,814
!K
Feeding Sheep.
^ters Indiana Farmer
I Bee by your last issue that yon err in
•■reporting my remarks at the wool growers' meeting, in reference to the matter oi
'ood for sheep. In your report you say
that I strongly recommended the nse of
neets cooked and cat up with a proper
•mount of hay.  I did not advocate the
Denmark .....__.
Canada...... _ „_
Netherlands.—. ...
SshleswIg-HoIstem„
Spain.——__-...—._
Portugal.___..__.._...-
Sweden._.___._..___._.
Channel Islands........
Prance......	
Norway...™	
Ships' Stores.....
Total	
•ermany._.,
Netherlands.-
Denmar k_„.
Canada........._
SHKEP.
.81,788
. 4$,103
.(8,79
.35,889
. a3.4f,(*
. 14,73(1
. 10.616
. 2.HS.
,. 1,S7
. 1,03
6
 888,43.'
.....327,78
 10701!.
„„„ Mfis
United States..
Scble3Wlg-HolsteIn.._
Be'glnm ___..__.._
Sweden..—...................
Norway._	
Portugal ................
Spain...
Ships' Stores -._...
Total..
. 78,*71
. "6,71
. 48.41.
. 11,14*
.   4,741
.   i,1TS
91
8
1
PIGS.
Germany..—....
United States.
Denmark**,-—.
Netherlands...
Sweden...........
Canada..._„...
Ships'Stores..
...»12^7!i
_. 16,916
... 12,«4'..
..   9.462
... i,:«<
.-   -.961
...      671
6
Total _,  *   B14-W
The figures on animals from this side oi
the Atlantic for the three previous yean*.
show the growth of the traffic during thai
period
.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Figs.
U. S.     Can.
U. S.     Can.
TJ. S.     Can
1877...
. 11,688      7,649
18,120      1*3.275
229       (M
1878a...
. 68,540     17.S89
43.M0      40,182
16.821     1.614
1879..
76.H7 * 25.185
119,350      78,913
15,180     3,663
Comparative Value of Food.
Prof. Armsby, of the Connecticut Experiment Station, in his Manual of Cattle
feeding, gives the results of the experiments made at the German experiment
stations by Kubn and Wolff, and tables ot
nutritive values and equivalents derived
therefrom. Premising that "protein" includes the albuminoids or flesh-forming
substances, and "nitrogenous free extract"
the starch, gums, etc., or carbhydrates,. the
following table will, to a considerable extent, guide In making np rations for cattle
and horses; the figures being in pounds:
One Hundred  Dry Nlt'gn-Pree
Ponnds of   Matter. Protein. Fat. Kitract.FIber
Meadow Hay 85.7
Maize Foddei«-....86.«
Cow Peas -80.0
Corn Meal 81.8
Llnsed Meal 00.8
Cottonseed-meal-93.0
Shorts.. ._._-...67.1
Bran  ._.. 87.0
•Only one analysis
From this table it is comparatively easy
to make up a ration tor any desired purpose. For growing'animals, much protein
and fiber are needed; for working animals,
much protein, together with plenty of
carbhydrates, ls required, and for fattening
animaia, less protein and more fat and carb-
9.8
2.3
404
27.1
8.0
1.1
87.8
40.0
21.6
1.3
49.3
4.7
8.0
3.0
68.0
1.4
29.4
11.3
31.1
8.3
42.9
17.3
18.6
7.4
14.8
3.0
63,8
3.1
14.S
3.8
E3.8
9.4
The Hamilton Adjaalable-Areh Bar-Slmr-i CuUl-rator, KTannAielnred by the Long A AU-
atatter Co., Biwnlllon, Ohio.
hydrates.  The following table will "still I . Like Distemper.
further guide ln making np rations.   It Editors Indiana Farmer:
gives  the  percentage  of the substances I    Please tell me what alls my mare.   A
named, which are digested and wslmUated Jf" *g° "h„e ,was ta.ken like distemper
v   a.   Ls.       ._ -i  i  _*, i      ,   , , ynXb. cough and running at the nose,   I
by healthy animals judiciously fed: plowed her some; she got a stiff neck-when
she run on pasture Bhe got worse; did not
work her mnch through the summer; in
tbe winter she appeared aU right, and this
spring as soon as I plowed her a day she
began to get a stiff neck. She cannot lay
down; appears stlfi all over; hurts her to
trot.   She eats well. J. M. C.
Does she run at the nose and cough BtiliT
Has she a k'rnel between her jaws*? If so,
how near the jaw bont? Is her hide tlghtT
Is her hair staring and faded? Let me
hear from yon.
I gave him more niter; but didno 'good,
and died last night. On dissecting hirh
could find nothing In either :nreters or urethra. I supposed, it was gravel, but. the
bladder was very frill of dark clotted, blood.'
His pulse^ breathing, etc., seemed natural;
appetite good until late yesterday evening.
His case was a mystery'to all who saw
him. •;■ •' "   E,'a;p._.'.;
The difficulty:Is Of twii characters,viz,,
a bleeding from any of the urinary organs.
or the kidneys may fall.to. manufacture
urine out of the blood; the latter is likely to
cause the death ln your case, from the fact
tbatthe difficulty was above'the bladder,
blood having been formed in It. If he bad
inflammation  of the kidneys 'his > pulse
I wonld have been disturbed. As.aninretic.
your medicine would have.been proper,
but tbree ounces of niter and one of spirits
of turpentine was too large a dose. Styptics, such as muriate of iron, persulphate
of iron, or alum, either with spirits of niter, one ounce, and if much pained, one of
tincture of opium would have been-good
treatment.
look fair, with some ready to set.. We had *
drought here during the most of April" and
until the 10th of May, when It rained every
day for a week. Prospect,forhay. crop fair.
Pastures look finely how and stock are ln
good-condition. **••:-   -   ■■■■!■. L.-p.
'."':.••:     ...*:     -'■■•    tlaUUOIat,. .,,-.     :.*.,.'      ',-.,;,
; Oxnev Co.—The drouth ha*cut short the
wheat and oats. Corn looks fair, and a
large acreage has been planted,       .   .
~,A :>, " .*.*.■•:■. .-.     . ■'..,-.: :-.-.. *:*t)vW.]P.     '
UuioN Co.r-Some.wh,eat looks well, but ;
this is not the rule for the. crop, as it is generally poor iii promise,' Corn'came up
poorly, and there has been muoh replanting.
It has been very dry. The fruit crop Is
short inthis section. Hogs are scaroe and
high.   Plenty ot locusts. •'■■'-      • ■'■ J. K. P.
Nit
-Free
Protein.
Fat.
Extract..
Fiber.
...SS
74
90
92.
85
—
Unseed Meal	
10
Cottonseed Meal.
....74
91
46
23
Wheat Bran....—.
....75
80
78
IS
Meadow Hay.......
....58
48
63
J87
These percentages are averages for horses,
cattle and sheep. They vary somewhat
with the kind of animal fed; sheep, for Instance, digesting more of the fiber than
cattle or horses. Importance of decorticating cottonseed is -shown by the fact that
only 23 per cent, of the fiber in it is digestible, while 40 per cent, of the fiber In lln-
seed-meal, aud 57 per cent, of the fiber of
common hay, are digested. The fiber ot
bran is still less digestible, and this fact
may account for the notion held by some
good feeders, that bran Is overrated as an
animal food.—Country Gentleman.
This department Is edited by Dr. John IT. Na-flr
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor oi 2-TaTln-*s Explanator-
Stock Doctor.
Bnles to be observed by those expecting correc*
answers:
1. state tke rate of poise.
Z. The breathing.
3. The standing attltade.
4. Appearance ot hair.
5. It cough, and secretion trom nose, whethe.
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how nea>
the bone.
6. II breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle o>
rushing sound, no time must be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tlnot
ore of belladonna 28 drops on tongue alternate!*
every tv o hours, fbr time ls too short for an answer
7. Parties desiring answers by mall mnst enclose ►
stamp.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please give your opinion in regard tc
castrating a horse 8 or 10 years old.
D. M«D.
By all means castrate him standing.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a young mare that has a habit o<
sucking wind when eating; eats heart*,
enough but does not carry as much flesh tv-
I would like. I would like to knew ii
there is a remedy for such a habit, alw
what Injury it does them, If any.
Rbadbr.
There are two more inquiries in thb
day's Fatoteb, which see.
Flatulent Colic
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What Is the remedy for "clovering" li
cattle? B. L. G.
Clinton Co.   ,
Clovering is an erroneous name for flat
ulent oollo in cattle. Have a trocar or
band, and y>*>u need never lose a beast.
The day before turning on clover cut part
of tbe clover; let it wilt in the sun; feed
your cattle all they will eat, and then torn
them in, if the clover ls not wet.
Huzzle Him.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a very fine horse tbat has a habit
of lolling his tongue when the bridle ls
on him. What will break him of the
habit? Wm. M. R.
Have a wire muzzle made for him; have
the wire worked on the bit, leaving the
rings outside the muzzle if yon wish it to
fit close. If not, make it to fit outside the
bridle bit. Make the meshes at least one
inch wide.
Curbed.
Bdltors Indl»n» Farmer.
I have a yonng horse that got curbed
about one year ago. I used one bottle of
Kendall's spavin cure, and also some Other
liniment recommended for the curb. It
stopped his lameness but did not remove
the lump. About a week ago I noticed he
was quite lame in that leg, caused irom
being curbed; lump seems hard. Is there
a cure? W. N. B,
You have allowed your day of grace to
go by, fooling with that Kendall stuff. I
gave it a trial. The enlargement never
will or can be removed. Blister with
Spanish fly, one ounce; spirits of turpentine one pint. Rub in weB with the hand
twice daily nntll roughly blistered, then
once daily for 7 to 10 days, then grease with
lard.
Distemper. •
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mule that had the distemper
along in February, and It settled ln her
legs. I bled her in the neck, and the
swelling went down, but now she is lami*
In the right hind leg and her hip is shrunken, and It has been shrunken for about four
or five weeks. I bathed the hip with corrosive liniment and greased with hog-V
lard.   She does not seem to get any better.
J. A. P.
Of course I cannot tell what you have
done except bleeding. Yonr corrosive
liniment is a mystery to ns. Take oil o*
spike, oil of organum, aqua ammonia, spir
its of turpentine, spirits of olive oil, o
each two ounces. Rub in one-fourth o
the amount every alternate day over thi
shrunken part, then grease.
*   Cribbing, Eto.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a very flne young mare in good
health and very fat, and a good worker, bn
when in the harness for the last threi
weeks she shows signs of cribbing, or wine
sucking. I think it Is a habit of the family ot horses. Is there any cure or pre
ventlye for the habit. L. T. N.
'   * ANOTDOnt.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me through your valuable
columns what to do for my nnre. Some
months ago she commenced cribbing, ant.
now she sucks wind. Seems to be perfectlj
healthy otherwise. J. M.
Of oonrse it is a habit. Make her manger and feeding trough below two feet
high; board her stall up and down ln iron*
and each side as far back as her halte>
reaches. Take a piece of round bar iron
abont two feet or more, bend at each end,
flx a strap at one end to buckle to hitching
posts with a snap and two or three links o •
chain to the other, or bridle end. The
above is applicable ior L. T. K. and J. M.
Editors Indiana Farmer
What is the matter with my oow's milk?
She is a young cow, not three years old.
Her flrst calf ls two weeks old. The milk
is rich and she gives about IK gallons.
The milk ls perfectly good when it h*
sweet, but when I fix It to churn lt is noi
fittouspjit tastes a little bitter. Would
not clabber. j, t. C.
Your cow's milk is as good as natural
Supposing that your milk vessels are kept
clean and that no deleterious substance
oomes in contact with your vessels, and
that your oow has not access to filthy food
and clean water, that cause must be attrib
uted to the weather. Yon know, I suppose, that thunder, or rather lightning,
will destroy milk ln an open dairy. Milk
cannot stand electricity, as you have been
doing. Clean your vessels scrupulously by
filling them with boiling water, then
rinsing well. Examine your well, so that
nothing is wrong with the water, and take
ground ginger, four ounces; flour of sulphur, black antimony, pulv. nlter.sulphate
of Iron and resin of each two ounces.
Dose, one teaspoonful three times daily in
chop or ground feed.
Strange Case.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I want to know wbat was the matter
with my colt, and what would be the
proper treatment in such a case. He was
about H months old. I flrst noticed him
straining very hard, as though trying to
pass water, and would pass lumps of clotted blood, also thin blood from a few drops
up to near a quart at a time. Would do
this every few minutes; gave him three
ounces of spirits of niter and one of turpentine, at three doses. He apparently got
better, continued to get better and had a
good appetite until yesterday, (May 1)
when he seemed very much worse. Yesterday evening would almost constantly
^rv to pass water, but nothing bnt blood.
*f$tie $nr\Ue
Postal Card Correspondence.
: mcmeAx.
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IXDIAJTA.
Pike Co.—Farmers are done planting
corn. Wheat will be poor ln this part of
Indiana. Some are pasturing it. Apples
mostly fell off. Stcck looks very well for
the time a year.   Meadows look well.
J. H. W.
Jacks«n Co.—The wheat crop in this,
Driftwood township, Jackson county, as
compared with last season, will not be a
half crop. Farmers not near done planting
corn; many aie plantingthe 2d time, owing
to defective seec*. H. W. C.
Clikton Co.—We are having very dry
weather. Have not had rain for about three
weeks. E*rly planted corn very good
stand; hundreds of acres are being planted
over on account of the cutworm. Wheat
is heading out very, short, Oats will be
very storton account of dry weather. Fruit
mostly all killed except cherries.
A. W. B,
Foitntatn Co.—Wheat is very poor. I
have talked with a number of farmers who
say there will not be enough in Fountain
county for seed and bread. Have had several farmers offer me their entire crop for
the seed. Some have plowed up all they
had; others have seeded the ground to
clover; will mow it in a few weeks to keep
down weeds. Sbbsobibeb.
Madison Ce.—As I write, man and
beast, field and garden, meadow and pasture, are rejoicing in copious showers that
fell yesterday and to-day. Barly planted
corn has been doing splendidly, and ls ass
clean as a garden. Apples will not exceed
half an average crop. May cherries a full
crop. Ten-lined potato bugs numerous.
Wool 22c   Corn In active demand at 46c
S. W. H.
Habrison Co.—Everything dry, but we
had a good refreshing shower this mom
Ing. Wheat looks bad. There are hundreds of acres that will net average over
three or four bushels to the a«re. The best
will not average over 10 bushels. We
can't get any stand of corn to amount to
anything. Some have planted twice and
no stand yet. Plenty .of peaches and
cherries, but no apples worth naming.
J. S. B.
Suiaiaiv.A-t-J Co.—The weather is dry and
hot; the people mostly done planting
corn. The wheat in old Sullivan is a failure, won't average over three bushels to
the acre the county over. The fly has
ruined Uje wheat; the people will not make
over the seed and bread. There won't be
any wheat to sell in Oreen or Sullivan this
year. Who is BlgFoot, and where does
he live? The Big Wolf would like to send
him one oi those petition-?. J. M. A.
Mok<jan Co.—Corn all planted bnt not
doing very well; Insects destroying lt to
some extent, causlngreplantlng common
in some localities. Wheat will not be a
half crop, Oats very short. Grass may
be good If we have rain shortly. Potatoes
look well, but it is hard to keep them
"bugged." We have them (buge) in
abundance. Gooseberries and currants
generally destroyed by worms. About
one apple for every hundred blooms; bad
no frost to hurt them, but hot dry weather.
E. H.
Johnson Ce.—The prospects for wheat
are not very flattering. If It does not rain
In a few days there are many fields that
will not produce the amount that it took
to seed them. The fly is damaging the
wheat to an alarming extent. E-trly
planted oorn Is doing nicely, and that
planted within the past three weeks came
up very Irregular, and some of lt will not
sprout until it rains. Timothy mea-iows
are very short for the time of
year. Clover ls splendid on rich land and
very short on thin land. Blue-grass never
waa any bett- r for fattening than this
spring, and Is of magnificent growth. Live
stock generally in good condition.
F. H. J.
Ingham Co.—Wheat: will not be ■ heavy
crop.; Corn all up. Oats looking -. well.
Weather dry and hot. Pastures, short.
Spring.crops look, well. Hogs..are fine.
Stock doing well. Fruit scarce. No rain
in three *veeks; roads dry and dusty. Bar-
vest will be very late tbls year, 'Horse-aplenty but • still bring good prices." So
Blckness ' to speak of. Ingham county la
claimed to be the heralthiest part of Michigan. The grangers are buSy doing good
work;- Ths temperance societies -arebusy
and plenty of them..-Picnics are now In
Qrder.amongnearly-all societies.. ThelN-
,piana,.Pakmi5E is well liked here.: Success to It. .*..,....,   ;..a..*.   ,.,,.:.   ;..,-*,,. Z.C
..We this week f-avor our readers with a
cut Of the Hamilton ;B'af Share Cultivator,
manufactured by' the' Long,;-* A.lsiatter -
C6m^an^.,ahcl fdr..salein this city .by W.
K. Spronl, 78. East Washington;! St. , This
cultivator.comblneaallthe latest improvements and'possesses more-points of merit
than any similar implemeiitin tbe market.
Its superiority is oonceded^all "who liave
given it atrial, ancljn'pomipetitibn ,wlth
other, cultivators it has always tjaken.j'the
lead, "Those_wl;o contemplate purchasing
a cultivator thepresentSeason should write
for full descriptive circular and1 list of Several hundred farmers wbo have been'using
the cultivator during tH-^p^st season,,',"
THICKS OF L10HTHIHG* KOD AOKKTT.
Editors Indiana Farmer:   ■     \".   -.:   ..'. •*.'    .:>..*.
In yourpaper of May 14, Ieee a notice
from W. W. W., of Shelby oonntyy- of
some lightning rod peddlers1 swindling
farmers in that section; 'I snppoefe the
same men were through this1'-section-last..
fall, at least there were men-herd selling
rods for a Lightning Bod Co. of Chicago.
They came to me and wanted-to:rod' iny
house. They said they conld not 'tell
exactly the cost, but it would'Dot-be
much. They finally said they wtiuld
charge sixty-five cents per foot-"for--"the
rod, and throw in weather vanen," balls
and joints. So I gave them permission
to put up the red?, and the bill amounted
to S75. By paying the 65 cents per
foot they agreed to insure my house
against flre and lightning for ten years,
and gave me a policy from their Lightning Rod Company to that effect. What
I want to know is if their company is
responsible. Further they said they
held all their notes given for rods, and
that a man would be around once a year
to see if the rods were In good repair
and collect the notes. But as soon as
they got to Mt. Carmel, county seat,
they sold all the notes they got In this
neighborhood. I suppose from W. W.
Ws. letter they left ofl the insurance
part in Shelby county. If you can tell
me aa to the responsibility of the company, you will oblige
Friendsville, 111.      A Subscbibkr.
You are safe in setting down the -so-
called agents, who dealt falsely with
you in putting your notes in bank, as
swindlers, whatever the company may
be. "We presume the company is responsible for any of Its contracts, but do
not believe that any lightning rod company ever issues such policies of insurance, as you received, nor authorizes
their agents to do so. It is no doubt a
trick of the men who put up the rods to
enable them to get orders for work.
You will not be likely to hear from them
again, and if you want insurance against
flre you ought to take a policy in some
well-known, responsible eompany.
Montgomubt Co.—Wheat is net as good
as was expected early In the spring. Flax,
oats and oorn all look well. We are ha ving
most too much rain at present, farmers cannot work the corn to doit justice, as the
ground is too wet. Stock -ot all kinds are
doing wtJl. O. N. N.
oosarEcrncTT.
HcCTtANUM Co.—Seeing no correspondence from old Connecticut, I inclose to you
a short notice of weather and crop prospects in this vicinity, . Like many others,
I can chef rfully recommend the Indiana
Fakhek to all agricultural people, and Is
a good paper for everybody to read for
general information. We are having fine
growing weather here. Com and potatoes
are np and looking well.   Tobacco plants
Chance for Profitable Business.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I would like to correspond with some
one who understandslthe burningof llm»
out of limestone rock. Would like to*
get some one to engage in that business
on my place, as I have an inexhaustible
supply of lime rock which makes the
flrst quality of lime. Before the war we
had a company of Englishmen here on
our place engaged in the burning of
lime which was classed as the best of
lime. This lime rock lies right along on
the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
one mile above Waynesboro. The company would probably put in a side track
at the lime kiln as they did before, when
the Englishmen were engaged in the
lime business*. This is a good chance
for some one with a little capital who
understands the business to make
money. Mb*. T. A. Taylor.
Waynesboro, Wayne ceunty, Miss.
During the past week, no less than
42,604 bags of coffee have arrived in the
Mississippi river direct from Rio Janeiro.