VOL. XT I.
INDI-AaNAPOIilS, INDIANA, SATUKDAY. JUNE 25, 188J.
NO. 26.
rOBMLE.
F~~ or SALE—Farms—In varlons parts of Indiana,
by M. ABBCCKI.K, Ajent, 58 East Market
ltreet, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOB SALE— Four registered Alderney Dulls at
reasonable prices: * ready* tor eervlce.   MyJer-
..vsare second to none In the State.  R. B. DOB-
ggy, Indianapolis, Ind. *	
FOB BALE—Farm ot S3 acres, well Improved,
•rood stock water, line buildings.   Terms reas-
nnabfe.   Call on, or address E. A. HARTLEY,
friendswood, Hendricks Co., Ind.
FOB SALE—Nice 40 acres ef ground. 20 acres under cultivation, close to Bloomlngdale station,
•atthe most reasonable terms. Apply at once to V.
K. MORRIS, 68 East Market street, Indianapolis,
Indiana.     *'	
FOR SALE—I bave four Spanish Merino bucks,
two to five years old, which I wish to sell or exchange for Bame kind of stock. For particulars, address E. BUTTBRFIELD, Wright*. Corner, Dearborn county, Ind. ' ,
FOB BALE—All persons desiring a show bull for
1881, should call on,. or addref s ns at once and
ret one, or be beaten this fall. 53 to select from. 47
reds. Pedigree flrst-class. DB. J. F. FORSYTH <fc
SON, Franklin, Ind.
FOB BA LE—Threshing Engines—We bave on
hand several good Becond band threshing engines of standard make. Warranted ln flrst-class
running order: air o Stationary Engines and Sawmill outfits. RICHARDS & BUTLER, 149 Bonth
Meridian street, Indianapolis,Ind
FOB BALE—Farm of 160 acres IK miles southwest of Mooresville, 100 acres ln cultivation,
tslarce timber and bluegrafs, gcod buildings and
orchard. Also 13 acres, part In cultivation, balance
timber and blue-grass, adjoining Mroresvllle, and
bouse and lots ln town. Apply to ABNER HADLEY, Commissioner, Mooresville, Ind.
FOB SALE-Short-hornB—I bave :0 bead of Bhort-
horn cattle on my farm near Plcbmond, Ind.,
• embracing sucb families as Donha Bosaa, Ec dor-as,
Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates bull. I offer
in elegant chance to persons wishing to start a
berd as my animals are all first-class breeders and
tne Individuals. The majority of these cattle were
bred by the well-known breeders, 8. Meredith A
BON. of Cambridge City, Ind. Address FBAKCIM
A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ja-OAJfS.
MONET to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent,
interest. M. E. VINTON & CO., 3 and 4 Vinton Block Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest.
My terms are fair and liberal. THOS. C- DAY,
87 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on Improved farms at 7 per cent.
Commissions reasonable.  WM. HENDEB-
BON.74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
O LOAN—Men ey to loan on flrst mortgage of
_ Improved city and farm property, ln Indiana
and Ohio, at yery low interest, wltnoutcommlssion,
and with the privilege of payment before maturity.
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated withont delay. All local securities—
City, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated.  JOS. A. MOORE, Si East Market street.
T
IT ANTED.
TTTANT8D—Good Draft Horses In trade fbr Bu
TT ales.  Carriages or Farm Wagons.
SHOVES, in and 174 E. Market street.
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'ofl-
H, F. Slade, Oneonta, N. T.; secretary, S.
Hoxie, Whiteston, X. Y ; treasurer, A. F.
Cole, Pine Woods, N. Y. Executive committee: 8. Burchard, Hamilton', N. Y.;
Robert Burch, Schuyler, N. Y; Irvin
langworthy, South Brook field, N. Y.
The Short-horn sale of Thomas Pickerell,
Illinois, averaged $214 90 per head.
McD. SheAD, Rolling Prairie, Ind.—In
regard to stoAk running at large, see our
explanation in this department in .last
week's issue. -~~—•-._ •
TTbiah Pbivett, Greensburg, Ind., has
sold W. K. Sproule a yearling •Shroj*-share
buck tor J40. He has a Shopshire buck
lamb,which weighed forty lbs. at30days
eld.  '    ' -      -.'.-..  . _' .
• Col. J. W. Jody will be auctioneer at
the great Short-horn sale of A. C. Jennings & Co., at Springfield, 111., on Wed*
nesfiay, tbe ,29th. See advertisement on
Page3..       '    '       _"."'■-   ..'.
Dcbihg the past month 9,000 head of cat*
tie and 2,600 sheep were exported from
Montreal to Great Britain, an increase of
2,000 cattle and 1,000 sheep over the corre-
tponding month of -880.
Tkkrb were over two millions of sheep
fteared in Michigan this year, according to
official statements from the Michigan
Secretary of State, Mr. Jenney. He says
that the total average clip waa 10,974,163
Pounds of wooL That is an average of
nearly 5K lbs. per head. *   .    * .
Bauolat Moon, Jerome, Howard coun-
ty, writes us that he has a fine lot of Po-
>&nd China pigs forsale after July lst.
Sis'stock Is of the best strains, and ia
eligible for record in the C. P. O.K. We
**n confidently.', recommend him to our
■readers as a careful breeder, whose word
**n be depended upon.
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A mongbei. sire of any kind of stock
•hould never be used. If a farmer Is not
'ble to purchase a thorougbred alone, he
ehould get others to unite with him and
make a joint purchase, dividing pur-
ebase price and cost of keeping. When
'his is done no neighborhood need be withont such a sire.
Mb. r, -w. Bundle, Padstow, Cornwall,
has a ewe which dropped two lambs Jan-
a**y2, 1879, two on November 1, 1879,
tht«e on May 1, 1880, and three
°n January 30, 1881, together, ten
''sibs in two years and one month*
*u the lambs are doing well, seven of
'aem having'been reared by the ewe.—
Iark Lane Express.
^Bii annual meeting of the Dutch
fdeslan Breeders Association'was held st
^gg's Hotel, Utica, N. Y., June 13th and
°e following officers elected for ensuing
year: *•.-,..
President, C. R. Payne, Hamilton, N. Y.;
.^ce presidents, Dr. A.R. Gebbie, Lowville,
fl> "■*-*•; Professor W. J. Bsal,Lansing,Mich.;
CBOSS-BBEEDIHG IK SHEEP HUSBANDRY.
. M. Sanson, the highest authority in
France upon the zdotechny of Bheep, says,
in his work, L-3S Mutons, published in
186S-.;
"The utility of crossing is limited to two
cases: 1st, to the absorption of a race, or of
a specific type by another type, and, 23, to
the production of grades (metis,) ameliorated in their aptitudes, and which are not
destined themselves to reproduce. In the
first case, which is called the method of continued crossing, the course is to choose always and indefinitely the male reproducers from those of the specific type of the
race which It is desired to implant. • * *
The first method of crossing is, above all,
invaluable, in an economic point of view,
for implanting a race In a country where it
is new, and because it enables the grower
to supply by time an insufficiency of capital, a small number of male reproducers
being easier to pay for, and even to find,
than a flock of dams.
f'ln the seoond case, the typical characters are not regarded. A local race, little
advanced in productive aptitudes, being
given, the point in hand is only to derive
from it the best products by coupling the
females of this race with males, witbi a view
to the kind of production which the economical situation renders most advantageous ahd which the agricultural situation
permits."
It .will be observed that the system of
crossing, which the intelligent practical
growers pursue, whom we have quoted
above, Is strictly limited to these two cases.
M. Sanson characterizes the idea ot forming new races by crossing as a "chimera."
He says the method by the aid of which this
chimera Is pursued consists in making the
products of a cross to reproduce among
themselves.   This he calls grading.
In an important work published last year
by Mr. Geo. A. Brown, on sheep-breeding,
the latest work on the subject, the author
says:      ' v .      .
' '•'Though the principle of In-and-in-
breeding has firm adherents, the opposite
practice, cross-breeding, has been strongly
condemned by all those whose opinion on
the subject is entitled to any weight. By
cross-breeding, I mean a union between
animals of a distinct type or breed. For instance a union between any of the following 'animals would be cross-breeding:
Sheep—Merinos, long-wools—Welsh and
Southdowns, etc. _ * , *.. * Cross-
breedlng'iia Bheep"fof" a -pewuanant flock
has been condemned by almost every
practical sheep breeder who has written on
the subject. In no instance has the line of
demarkatlon been more distinctly drawn
between'the Merinos and other breeds."
• - After quoting Dr. Browne, Mr. Spooner,
and Dr. Knox, the author say?: "I think
the bad opinion of cross-breeding entertained by the authorities I have quoted will
be fully borne out by the experience of
Australian sheep farmers,"at least so far as
regards crossing Merino sheep with other
breedr. * * * .As a rule, all eminent stockbreeders have a horror of cross-bieedlng.
Where it Is desirable to cross for the market, the unilateral cross (that is, with a
pure race on each side) will be more reliable than where both parents are cross-bred
animals."
Mr. Jno. L. Hayes, in the Bulletin of the
National Association of wool manufacturers, draws the following conclusions from
these views:
1. Cross-breeding of two distinct races of
sheep, with the object of forming perma
nent flocks possessing the best qualities of
both races, is objectionable.
2. Cross-breeding may be advantageously
pursued with the object of ultimately absorbing ene race by another.
3. It may be advantageously pursued
with pure animals on each side, or at least
on the side of the sire, with the object of
producing certain desired qualities of wool
and mutton, the products of the cross not
being destined for reproduction. _
A Humane Invention for Cattle.
Is. Kltsee, superintendent of the Parlor
Cattle Car Company, Casmer Bowman, one
of the board of directors, and George Rief,
a stockholder and large cattle dealer
from Cincinnati, brought here with them
yesterday one of their parlor cattle cars
from Cincinnati, which will be loaded this
morning with twenty Texas steers at the
East St. Louis stockyards and shipped for
New York. This is the first experiment
in that kind of car from this place, and is
designed to test its advantages in the
genteel and humane treatment of cattle.
It takes about eight minutes to put
the cattle on board and on the trip the
animals are fed twice a day, and watered
three times a day.. The stalls are
placed in the car diagonally, so as to utilize
the space to the greatest advantage and
t i' *- \
Clydesdale Dnke of Marlboro, Imported My Powell Bros., Spring*
boro, Pa-
afford the cattle a comfortable berth at the
t ts, and providing a heat-supporting food,
same time to lie down and rest themselves. I Be that as it may, our better grasses analyse
It has been a problem which Mr. Kltsee'a only approximately one of albuminoids
experiment has EO'ved to place twenty fat
oxen, for Instance, 1,500 pounds each, %in a
car thirty-four feet long, so that they can
all lie down comfortably. The car has
been in operation some months in Cincinnati, and it was found that in traveling a
distance of about 900 miles, the cattle * lost
2% per cent, of flesh, while by the old
method the average loss is from 11 to 15
per cent. This result is due to proper feeding and watering while en route and to
warm apartments In winter and cool ventilation in the summer season.—St. Louis Republican.
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Barbed "Wire Fenoe.
Two more horses ruined by running
•gainst barbed wire fencing. Scarcely a
{lay passes but I am called out to stitch up
aorses so Injured. Poor brutes do not
know what hurts them and run against a
fence several times until so maimed that
one must feel that they have very little
less sense than the man who sets such a
dangerous trap before them. Why not
nail a piece of narrow board on the tops of
the posts and the poor brutes will scarcely
aver run against a fence. Do show some
numanity. While saving expenses in fence
building. John. N. Navin.
Polled Cattle. -
The Banffshire Journal (Scotland) says
that Messrs. Gudgell <fe Simpson, of Missouri and -Colorado, have been buying 38
head of Polled cattle from some of the best
Scottish herds, including eight four-year-
old cows, three three-year-old cows, 14 two-
year-old heifers, six yearling heifers, six
calves, and also a two-year-old. bull. The
various animals represent nearly as many
families or tribes, as these gentlemen considered them too high in prlc« to introduce Into a new country in an untried climate at first. They went as high as 70
guineas for several, and refused in any
case to go higher. The cost of freight,
keep, 90 days' quarantine at Quebec, and
carrying 1,500 miles by rail after, will add
nearly £20 a head to their price. This will
be the largest lot of pedigreed Polled Aber.
deen and Angus cattle tbat have as yet
gone to America, and there are none of the
breed within 60-8 or 800 miles of the place
for which they are destined. It is also
stated that "Gudgell <fc Simpson have taken
Herefords to America for some years, and
are to take out about 100 head of England's
famous white-faces in June next, along
with the northern polls."
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Feeding -Animals.
Practically, in feeding, animals of different ages and weights require substantially
the same amounts of concentrated food for
growth. The saving of the better hay from
older stock and feeding it to one-year-olds
or two-year-olds is the reverse of the correct process. The older animals require a
relatively large amount of carbhydrates, as
seen by analysis and practical feeding trials,
and the poorer classes of food, like straw,
swale hay and corn fodder, are relatively
rich, in these materials. Our chief concern
in feeding young animals when these poorer foods are given is to furnish rich flesh-
rormers within the ration given. I have
decidedly come to the opinion—but it is
hardly more than an opinion—from what
iactslhave gathered in experience, that
the ratios for this country, with Its cold
winters, need hardly be so narrow as those
found necessary In Germany. If it should
prove -so, then it wonld give more emphasis to the points to which I call attention.
If environment affects animal growth, then
we have a cold cimate, and our natural
fodder, the grasses, analyze, very much
wider ratios than do German grasses, as
though nature was anticipating cold win-
approximately <
to ten of' carbhydrates. This for our
warmer bams is certainly not the best ration for a growing young animal. So that
for the best results, even with good hay,
additional grain Is needed. This grain
must be nitrogenous, not corn-meal, always
so tempting to use, for even if fed wholly
it would furnish a narrower ratio than is
required forthe younger animals; hence it
could not afford the best theoretic ration,
nor the best practical ration either. This I
have demonstrated by the careful feeding
of sets of steers with weighed hay and grain
for two winters.   .       ■
The question of profitable feeding does
not hang so heavily upon-the hay supply
as formerly -Supposed, as it ls rather a question of so much albuminoids, carbhydrates,
fats and ash. We are left free to get these
materials from such sources' as we may
find cheapest. I have tried, by the scales,
many, combinations cheaper than hay,
made up from cotton seed meal, blood,
meat, fish, bran, clover hay, or rich nitro-
gepdus foods with straw, corn fodder and
swale hay. Thus I have just ended an experiment with four heifers, weighing, in
round numbers, 600 pounds each, for a
period of 66 days. They have gained 97 X
pounds each, only a fair gain, but it required a ration of corn fodder and straw, of
which 12K pounds each were eaten, two to
three pounds being left for bedding, and
three pounds mixed cotton seed and cornmeal (had the corn-meal, and the common
weakness to use it,) ratio one to eight; cost
of corn fodder, f7K per ton (say for 14
pounds, charging for one-half of fodder left
for bedding,) and meal at $25 per ton, making a total of 83 cents per day. For a
growth of 66 pounds in 66 days, 15 .pounds
of hay per day would have been required,
at |15 per ton, 11X cents, or if the comparative value,of the straw or corn fodder by
the side of hay is sought, these fodders
would bring over ?11 per ton and make
batter growth. I can give from my record
of experiments abundance' of similar results.—Prof. J. M.Sanborn in Rural New
Yorker.
Mb. C. M. St©ne, Harrisburg, Mo.,
sends us a most excellent sample of woo)
from one his Cotswold lambs, 11 months
old.
^pet*erinarj|»
This department ls edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Sarreon,author ol Navin*. Explanatory
-Stock Doctor.
Bules to be observed by those expectlnr correct
Answers:
L SUte tbe rate of poise.
I The bre&thlnf.
ST. Tbe standinc attitude.
4. Appearance ol hair.
5. Il couth, and secretion irom nose, whether
elands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
«. 11 breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rnshln-f sound, no time most be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tenrne alternately
every tuo hours, Ibr time ls too short fbr an answer.
7. Parties dediing answers by mall must enclose a
atamp. ^
Paint tlie Udder.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What alls my cow? She eats hearty,
coughs considerable, and one side of her
udder cakes once or twice a week, and the
milk on that side gets lumpy; has been so
for four months. What is best to do for
her? ' A Rmadkr.
Paint her udder twice daily with tincture
of iodine. Her cough will abate on pasture. You have kept her in unhealthy
quarters, if not unsheltered ln winter.
Blister.
E-dltbrs Indiana Farmer:
My neighbor has a colt that swells every
night about half way between the ear and
swallow, on both sides of the head; through
the day the swelling goes down; sometimes
the swelling runs to his eyes; his whole
head seems to be swelled at times; he runs
on pasture at night*?; he is always swelled
the most ln the morning. - He had the epizootic last fall; has had a dry cough ever
since; glands are not swelled; does not run
any at the nose; easily fatigued; pulse regular; .breathes natural,- stands with his
head 'drooping; hair all right; appetite
good, but keeps thin in flesh. Scb.
Blister both sides of-the head and tbe
larnyx.   See blister in FaUtMEB.
Caked Bag.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
Please give remedy for caked bag among
cows; calf four days old. It is her second
calf. I relieved her when she had first
calf by giving tincture of polk root, eight
drops three.times daily, and at same time
bathing it freely in boiled polk root. I
would not do without your valuable paper.
Subscriber.
Your cow would have done as well without polk root, except in rubbing it to the
caked.parts. Apply tincture of iodine to
the parts twice dally.
Faint It.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a colt about six weeks old that
was very crooked when foaled, but has
straightened up all right, except that it has
a lump on its bock-joint about the size of a
hulled walnut. It seems to be getting calloused. What shall I do for il? I consider
tbe Veterinary Department in the Farmer
alpne worth several times the subscription
price of the paper every year to any one
owning horses. J. S. E.
The colt is too yonng to be blistered.
Paint it twice daily with tincture of iodine.
Enlargement on Leg.
JEUtors Indiana Farmer
My neighbor has a colt that has two enlargements, one on each fore-leg, just below the knee, rather ln front, but both a
little towards the outside of the leg. They
are soft, snd feel as though they had blood
or water in them; no fever. The colt is
seven days old, was all right when foaled.
Those bunches began soon afterward, and
as they grow It seems to get weak in the
knees; bunches abont the size of a goose
egg. • Subscriber.
Paint the enlargements with tincture of
iodine, knees too, once or twice daily,
Hare Injured Her.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that has sick spells occasionally. She raised a colt last year and
has one now. She takes sick very suddenly; shows no signs of anything wrong
until she wants to He down; she then
rolls around awhile, turns over on her
back and tries to lie that way awhile;
sometimes gets up on her hind end and
sets like a dog; sometimes sweats very
much, gets as wet as if she had been wet
with water; other times she lies down and
is quiet, no sweat or any symptoms ot pain.
Sometimes she seems to swell out at the
flanks, other times no sign of swelling or
bloat. When I first turned her on grass I
saw a great many fine worms in her dung;
when last seen, none. I have fed her some
ofthe powders so often recommended in
your paper.   What is the matter with her?
J. H. A
You have In some way injured your
mare's digestive abilities; this is generally
done by injudicious feeding, the effect ot
which is to diminish the power' of the
stomach to secrete the due amount of gastric fluid, and also to retard the parestallic
action of both stomach and bowels, etc. It
would not surprise me if a run at grass
wonld prove of more benefit than medicine. You may however feed her the
powders spoken of, except the antimony.
The Foor Dog.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you please tell me what is the mat
ter with my shepherd pup. and what I
shall do for him? His right fore leg, or
rather shoulder, Is affected with a Jerking;
while lying down it pulls ap towards his
back, but while standing the right fore foot
Is swung over to the left, frequently resting on the top of the left fore foot; while
running he uses It slightly, the foot often
doubling up though and of no use to him.
The right foot is shrunken somewhat.
There seems to be no special* pain now in
the leg, when touched by anyone, although
when first taken it seemed to give him
?;reat pain when anyone took hold of bis
eg. Icould not do without your paper.
I look for its coming every Saturday with
eager expectation. Please do not consider
that because it is merely a dog that is suffering, therefore of little moment whether
he Is healed or not. He Is much to me, and
his suffering Is mine. My humanity is invoked to do something for him. Answer
and oblige a subscriber. H. R.
Burlington, Kan.
Dogs are quite subject to nervous fits,
and knowing very little about their ailments, having paid but little attention to
that part of the practice, we can only sug
ge3t a -stimulating application to the atro
phled shoulder muscles. .We have two
men In this city who profess to understand
the dog, and if desirable we will see and
consult them for your benefit.
QUERY  AXD .4JVSWEK.
Edit on Indiana Farmer:
Who has early gray buckwheat for sale?
Let him advertise in the For Sale column
and state price. Subscriber.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
When Is the best time to sow millet;
how much to acre and how should it be
sown? Would it do to be sown on wheat
land soon after harvest? Where can I get
seed or plants of mangle wurzel?   J.R.T.
Sow in June or early ln July, about a
bushel of seed to the acre. It will be ready
for feed in four or six weeks and should
not be left to get fully ripe. It may be
sown on wheat land after harvest if the
land Is In good condition. You can get
seed of the mangel wuiz-il of Mr. J. F.
Mendenhall of this city, who advertises in
in our columns. This answers a similar
query sent us by H. C. of Rush county.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Where can I procure a copy ol the new
ditch laws of this State? A. W.
White county.
We can send you a copy of the drainage
law.   Price 10 cents.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell how to use the Pyrethrum, or
Persian insect powder on cabbage, and
where it can be gol? J. M, M.
Adams, Decatur Co., Ind.
Sjfrinkle ln wpter, a tablespoonful to one
and a half gallons. Give an application
twice a week till wor-as have disappeared. •
If you can't get the powder aty our nearest
drug store, send to us. Price here 90 cents
per pound, or 10 cents per ounce.
Fea Nuts.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Having received from the Agricultural
Department some pea nuts to introduce and
test In our locality, will you please tell me
the time and manner of planting, mode of
Cultivation, etc. Please answer Immediately. Pimento. '
Plant at once. Sandy soil is best. Make
ridges as for sweet potatoes, and plant
about 15 inches apart. Keep clear of weeds
and when the vines begin to spread cease
cultivating. Do not cover the vines with
earth. After frost pull up vines with the
pods adhering and expose to the sun till
thoroughly dry. Then strip off the nuts
and store in a dry room. They are not considered a profitable crop in this latitude.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
1. Is the "Continuous" lightning rod-
better than one rod at the end of the building? ...-*,.
2. Is 37 cents per foot paying prettv.
dearly for rodB?
3. Isn't there a swindle somewhere when-
a rod man proposes to take old rods off the,
building at 1C cents per foot in part pay?
■ 4. Don't he pay well for old iron?
. 6. Please give a short article on electricity,
•tnd laws thereof, etc. l.
See answer to queries to No. 1 in last
week's Fabmeb, editorial page. Article*.
Lightning.
2, 3 and 4.   We think so.
Fish Pond and Deer Park.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
An enterprising former here has built a.
nice fish pond and is inclosing it in a beautiful park for deer. He wishes me to inquire
through the Farmer where he can get fish
to stock bis pond and deer to stock hla
park. y?.
He may learn of Fred. Kaempfer, 127
Clark St., Chicago, where deer can be had.'
Aa to fish to stock a pond, the kind most
suited may be near at hand. To answer
i atelligently you should inform The F*-u,i«-
er the source and- amount of supply, the-
kind of water, the Blze of the pond; also if
possible the temperature. All the above
conditions enter so largely Into the question of success that at present we hasard
no advice.
Bone Meal.
Editors Indiana Farmer. .■■■«.„,.-.
What is the best way to use bone" meal
for oorn; sow broadcast and harrow in or
so w it in the row after the corn is up? E.O.
A mixture of equal parts of bone meal
and gypsum (land plaster) dropped In the
hill or drilled in the row is the best method of using this fertilizer, if you want the
effect on the present crop only. As the corn,
is now planted, the bone meal', either with
or without the gypsum, may be dropped
on the hill and covered with the cultivator,
or if the corn is drilled, it may be scattered
in the drill furrow.
If, however, it be the purpose to permanently improve the soil, the bone meal
mixture should be sowed broad-cast. It Is
too late to get the best results in th» present crop, from the use of bone meal, but a
very decided improvement In the yield*,
may yet be secured.
Legal Queries.
Answered by Vinson Carter, Esq.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Your remedy is to bring suit against the
parties in the circuit court and have the
mortgage entered satisfied by the court.
A woman having been married twioe
and having three children, marries a third
husband, tbe other husbands both being
dead. By the third husband she raises one
child. At the time of her marriage to the
third husband she held a clear title to a'
piece of land. At the time of her death the
children ate all of age except the one by
the last husband. Can the husband after
her death claim part or any of her land, it
being in her name at the time of her
death? If so who would get his share after
his death? J. L.
Unless the land came to the wife by vir-
the of the first or second marriage the
third husband would take one-third ot the
land in fee upon the death of the wife, the
other ^two-thirds going to the wife's children. At the husband'*! death his portion
would go to his children, to the exclusion
of the wife's children by a former marriage.
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