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voii. xyi. i8>'l INDIaAJ^aAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JULY 2, 1881. NO. 27. FOR SALE. OR TBADB-M y 3 year old half Norman stallion.* Boss. Jr." Address O. M. BAL- I.AB**, Indianapolis, Ind. FOB SAIaE-Foor registered Alderney bnlls at reasonable prices; ready for service. My Jerseys are second to none in the Btate. B. 8. BOB- BEV," *— BEY, Indianapolis, Ind.' FOR SAI*B--Fara ol 83 acres, well improved, rood stock water, flne bnlidlnrs. Terms reasonable. Call on, or address E. A. HABTIaEY, jriendswood. Hendricks Co., Ind. FOB SALE—Nice 40 acres *f rronnd, 10 acres under enltlvation. close to Bloomlngdale station, atthe most reasonable terms. Apply at once to V. K. MORRIS. 68 East Market, street, Itdlanapclis, Indiana. >.*•!■- FOB 4SALE— I have fonr -Spanish Merino bncks, two to five years old„whIch I wish to sell or exchange for same kind of stock. For particulars, address E." BUTTEBFIEIaD, Wright's Corner, Dearborn connty, Ind. ■ -• - * ' FOB SALE—Farm ot SCO acres *X miles »! Indianapolis Stockyards, oo. first acd second bottom of White river. 130 acres In enltlvation. Price, 18,000; 12 000~cash, balance In 6 years to salt buyer at .percent. M. ARBUCKLE. 58 East Market St., Indianapolis, Ind.' * FOR 8a*.LE-Threshing Engines—We have on hand several good second b-and threshing engines ot standard make. Warranted in tirst-class running order: alio stationary Engines and Sawmill outfits. RICHAKDS A BDTLKR •*»——*■ Meridian street, Indianapolis, Ind. 149 South FOB SALE- Short-horns—I have 20 head of Shorthorn cattle on my farm near Bichmond, Ind., embracing such families a& Donba Bosas, Erdoras, Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates bull. I ofler an elegant chance to persons wishing to start a herd as my animals sre all flrst-tlasB breeders and fine individuals. The majority of these cattle were bred by the well-known breeders, 8. Meredith A BON. of Cambridge City, Ind. Address FRANCIS A. COFFIN. Irdianapolls, Ind. X-9AHS. MOI-tEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent, interest. M. E*. VINTON A 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. HENDERSON, 74 E. Market street, Indianapolis. fTIO LOAN—Money to loali on first mortgage of JL Improved city and farm property, in Indiana, snd Ohio, at very low interest, witnoutcommisslon, Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. AH local securities- City, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated. JOS. A. MOOBE, 81 Kast Maiket street. TO LOAN-In sums of -J500 to JIO.OCO, for term of years, at 7 and 8 per cent., on farms ln Indiana; Interest payable annually on lst of January of each year, with privilege of paying the principal or any part thereof at any time, ln sums of not less than (100, or loan may be contlnned at option of borrower, provided security remains unimpaired and Interest promptly paid. Our commission for negotiating loans are as follows: MOO to -fl.OOO, 5 per cent.; over 1,000 and less than I3.0C0, 3,*-S per cent.; (3,000 to 5.000,3 per cent.; over $5,000,2 per cent. H. B. PAL MEB & CO., to East Market street, Indianapolis eow - n is ceii. a xeocs. STOLEN—From the undersigned. Jnne S-i, 1881. Brown Horse, 15 years old and about Vt% hands high,in good flesh; asmall lump above and back oi right eye; a very little whit, on left hind foot, and white cellar^ mark on mane. (>0 .eward for return of the horse. ALEX. MCDUGCM-LL, BrOWas- vllle, Ind. ..-..- WANTED. "TT7"ANT f D-Good Draft Horses in trade fbr Bug- YV ties, Carriages or Farm Wagons. O. H SHOVER, 172 and 174 E. Market street. Tfyivt j|»tad.. J. B. D:—Devonshire cattle are highly esteemed by those .who'have, grown them, both for beef and milk. ••*,■ • /.*-> ■ i -~ . *»» J. Kunkle, Bartonia, Ind,, has jnst sold his Poland*China boar, Capt. jack 2d, to J. TV. Williams, Jay county, for ?125. -'■ ^^*, * * -* I. A. Lawrence, breeder of Poland China swine, Connersville, Ind., shipped June 10, to Oldenburg,, Germany, four of his fine blooded sows. Their average weight was •575 pounds, for which he received $400. Ee has a fine lot. of breeding stock for salp. Mr. L. has a good reputation for fine hogs. Colin Cameron, Brickerville, Pa., has favored us with a catalogue of the "Elisabeth" herd of registered Jerseys, It eon- tains one hundred and fifteen description*, and Is beautifully Illustrated. Oar readers •tho desire to investigate the merits of Jersey cattle should send for a copy. Mr. Cameron is also an importer and breeder of Hambletonian horses, Southdown sheep, Shepherd dogs and Shetland ponies. . A KBLEai herd of Jersey cattle from Nut Wood farm, owned by A. C. Jennings & Co., Uibana, Ohio, passed through this city, Thursday, 23d ult.', on the way to Springfield, Illinois. While stoppingat the Union stockyards we had the pleasure oi inspecting a portion of the herd, and a glance at the catalogue of. registered thoroughbreds a&d a few high grades showed them to be of excellent pedigree, representatives ofthe herds of Sharpiess, Hand, Ogden farm and other noted breeders. Many stock men *ere anxious to make purchases, but were enable to do so as tbe herd was advertised to be sold at public sale at Springfield, Illinois, the 29th ult. We will give our readers farther, notice of the sale as soon as the kets can be obtained. Encouraged by the demand here for Jerseys the propietors contemplate making a public sale of their best Wooded cattle at an early day. Due notice of the sale will be given in the Farmer. . . IAEGE STOCK SALE. The Philadelphia record says that the Jersey cattle sale at Herkness Bazaar was the largest ever held in America. The sale fimbracedfifty.fivecows, twenty calves and 'wo bulls, and these sold for $22,27450. Ths cows averaged S-34146, and the calves , 'H818 per head. The lot was the Impo-rta- . Won of Mr. S. Client, selected from the ' Best milk strans on the Channel islands. JEBSEY CATTLE AT HOME. The* English Live Stock Journal contains the following interesting account of Jersey cattle: "Jersey is but amail island; if It were .square, it would jast be six and three-quarter miles each way. Yet this little spot manages to support about 12,000 cattle, that Is, roughly speaking, one for every two acres of its surface rocks, roads and wastes, and house-room for 60,000 people included. * And it has done this for the lasttwenty years at least, for - the census of 1861 gives the number of cattle in Jersey as 12,037. What is still more remarkable, it exports every year above 2,000 head (the average export,*by the*customs' returns, for the last • eighteen years being 2,0*49.) nearly one for every ten acres. Now the total number of cattle in England only averages one head to ten acres; it therefore follows that, in proportion to its slz9, Jersey, exports every year as many cattle as England contains. In other words, il England were to export cattle at the same rate, her whole stock would be swept away in a single year, not a hoof would be left behind * * • All the beef ol our. 60,000 people Is Imported every week from the neighboring coast of France, and from Spain; and this bas beeu the case for the last hundred years. With our 11,000 cattle, we do not rear a single bullock; neither do we make a single pound of cheese, and probably never did. * * * A good Jersey will yield half her own weight of butter in a year—she rarely exeeds 800 pounds ln weigit, and her average here is about 700 pounds—cows that yield hall that weight oi butter in ay ear are to be found in every good herd.", THE CATTLE INTEREST. Mr. Conrad Wi'son contributes the following to the Rural New Yorkei: There are probably bnt few of our farmers, and still fewer of other classes that realize the total aggregate value of the cattle interest of this country. A brief glance at a few leading facts can hardly fail to be of Interest, and may tend to promote a truer appreciation of this immense industry. Taking the whole number that are now annually slaughtered for beef, at twelve millions, with an average weight of 800 pounds per head, it shows an aggregate of nearly ten thousand million pounds, worth from five to six hundred million dollars. If we take the whole number of cows at thirteen millions, the yearly product, either in milk or butter, would be in money value over seven hundred million dollars; or by comparing the nutritive quality of the milk with that of boneless beef, the intrinsic food value would be nearly a thousand million dollars. Bat there is in the manure another value which is too often overlooked,-and the annual amount of which (if it were carefully kept, and rightly used by all farmers), would amount to over three hundred million dollars for the steers, and an equal sum for the cows, i Now, it is true enough that this splendid heritage of manure is not all realized by our farmers. But that is the fault of the owners, and not of the cattle. This value, and even more, is all within their reach, and whatever they fail is due to their own indifference and neglect. The following statement shows the footing up of this annual value. Yearly value of slaughtered cattle.........t 600.0 1,000 Yearly value of dairy product _. 1,000,000,«(» Total valne of manure from both the * above, .....m.....a...»....m HWH, •SOl.OOfOCO (2,100,000,OW Leu tot cost of labor and feed, say 900,MO,oco Net annual Income.... ......_.„__ll,200,oo*lfltm COST OF FEEDING FOB BEEF. From some experiments recently cited in this journal, as reported by Prof. Sanborn, Prof. Cook and Prof. E. W. Stewart, I showed that the cost of production for beef, in the cases cited, was less thau four cents a pound, and the cost for butter not over six cents. • These were,. of course, exceptional cases and better than the present average of actual results. Yet there is no good reason why ordinary farmers may not oome very nearly up to this standard, nor any sufficient excuse, for their failing to make the effort. The following facts ahd figures may perhaps help to guide the earnest, progressive farmer in this direction. In the Journal of the Bath and west ot England Agricultural Society, a table ls given, in which lt appears that 12 pounds of clover hay are equivalent In feeding to one pound of beef; also that eight pounds of peas, or six pounds of barley, or oil-cake (either rape, linseed or cotton-seed,) will giveithe same result; and, farther, that four and a-half pounds of ground peas ahd linseed cake combined, will produce a pound ofbeef. According to the late Alderman Mechi, seven pounds of grain (as an average for the leading cereals,) will produce one pound of beef, net butchers' weight. In an experiment of (J. H. Chase, of J Western New York, it was found that 28 quarts of ground barley per week gave an I increase of 18 pounds of flesh. ' The editor of the Rural Annual, com- WW? ■*""" '" ' " ""j'rsAk'EP r.'.'OR. Colswold Sheep imported and Owned by J. J. Dodge * Son, Sonth Wew Lyine, O. menting on some experiments of Dr Lawes, concludes that one bushel of corn, with 100 pounds of good hay, will produce 10 pounds of beef in a week. In another case Dr. Lawes cites from experiment of Biddell, a feeding ration, for beef-—comprising oil meal, wheat meal, cotton seed, mangels and straw, qosting about |7 for four weeks, and equivalent to 60 pounds gain of flesh, plus one ton of short dung. In the Farmers' Gazette it is stated that a dally ration of tbree and a half ponnds of bean meal and oil meal, iu equal parte, added to cut straw will produce a pound of beef. At the Willoughby Farmers'Club, ln Ohio, Mr. Moore reported a result showing that steers fed with corn-meal combined with cut stover and cut straw, gained two pounds a day at a cost of six cents for the beef. Now it is not claimed that the feeding materials in these cases are all of them of peculiar value, nor that any ofthe rationx, so far as they are defined, are specially remarkable, but the point intended here, is the instructive fact that In each case, if the manurial valne is duly credited, the cost of the beef is less than four cents a pound, and in several cases less than three cents Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a high grade calf too months and 17 days' old that weighs 340 pounds, milk and grass fed. S. S. Earhakt. Mulberry, Clinton Co. *»■»*■»■ Editors Indiana Farmer; Having seen through the Fabmer reports from several wool-growers, I thought I would make my report. We have six Cotswold lambs one year old, June 1, from which which we clipped on the 10th of May, 85 pounds fine combing wool, an average of 14 yt pounds. The heaviest weighing 16 pounds, the lightest 12%. Where is the man in southern Illinois that can beat UT Let us near from him. We want a buck to match our ewes. . ■ W. H. J. Clay Co., 111. ■»*-»■» A Oood Calf. Editors Indiana Fanner: I now report again about my calf, which was weighed at two days old and weighed 160 pounds. At 30 days old it weighed 26*6. At three months and 28 days old, 650 pounds. His name is the Dake of Harlan. If there is any one that bas a calf that compares with him, I would like to hear from the owner. I would pay a' round price for his equal. He has never had any grain; has been fed on sitimmed milk and grass the last two months and 28 days;; is not fleshy, nothing more than in medium order. Pekthcs Billeter. Harlan, Iowa. Importation of Oxford Down Sheep. Mr. R, C. Estill, Elmhurst Herd, Lexington, Ky., has received forty-one head of Oxford Down sheep, thirty-five ewes and two yearling rams, three ewe lambs and one ram lamb. This lot of sheep were Imported for Mr. Estill by Mr. Wm. Miller, of Claremont, Canada. Mr. Estill has sheared the two yearling rams and obtained V&K and 14 pounds of wool each. As this variety of sheep are comparatively little.known in. Kentucky, we give a short history of them for the benefit of our readers: The Oxford Down is now one of established reputation In England. They are cross-bred sheep and were first bred in tht neighborhood of Whitchurch in the northern extremity of the County of Hants. Mr. -Twyhbam, about the year 1830, was the first to commence a cross which has resolved itself Into the Oxford Down sheep. tion will soon follow this. Parties desiring anything in their line for exhibition and breeding purposes would do well to correspond with this firm. A cut of their sheep will be found on this page. ^etcrinarga This department Is edited by Dr. John Vt. Navin, Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ol Navin's Explanatory Stock Doctor, Bales to be observed by those expecting correct answers: 1. Btate the rate of pulse. 2. The breathing. J, The standing attitude. 4. Appearanc*oi hair. o. II cough, and secretion from nose, whether the bone. t. It breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or rushing sound, no,time mast oelost ln blistering throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately every iv o hours, for time ls too short for an answer. 7. Parties Ceslrlng answers by mall must encloses stamp. His object he states was at once to hasten the maturity, and improve the carcass and the fleece, and yet to preserve the hardihood possessed by the Hampture Downs. For this purpose he sought for those sheep which possessed these requisites in the greatest degree, and believing them to exist in theimproved Leicester and the Cotswold, he availed himself of the ram produced by this oross, and put it to his Hampshire Downs ew6s; and the produce approximated both to the Cotswold as regards the fleece, and the Leicester with respect to carcass, and much exceeded the parent ewes in size, but retained their hardihood. He says the produce of th e crosses named above was an animal much improved in , symmetry, with a Jieece nothing deficient J *?££™^J^-^$h "* '^•"*r in weight from the parent Cotswold, but mnch firmer and finer in texture, while it retained a great length of staple, say from five to seven inches on the average in th- shearlings. Having by this means obtained the animal he wished*he did not pursue crossing any further, but afterwards bred from the same affinity a first class ewe and a first 'class ram, carefully culling those which were faulty or exhibited too much the character of either parent, and studiously aiming at the required mixture of character, which he observes, may be perhaps properly described as a middle-bred sheep, possessing in combination the quantities of Down and Cotswold. Having first of all selected for uniformity of character, in course of time he turned his attention to procuring a uniformify of color, and he asserts that under the system of farming in England there is no description of sheep which will pay tbe feeder so well for consuming the produce of the farm. He says they are hardy, make an average of 80 to 9*0 lbs net at 14 months old—when well fed give at that age eight or nine pounds of wool of a very salable description. The quality of the mutton is considered sup- perior to that of the Leicester, the tallow being less abundant, with a larger development of muscle.—Kentucky Live Stook Record. , is to place a soft pad on the face above the eyes and strike the'pad such a blow as will burst the sack and not kill the hog. Or your hog takes an inflammation of the brain or maulary. In such case give on his tongue every two hours alternately ten drops of tincture of aconite root and of belladonna until well. , The Prog. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a mule that cut the frog about an' inch and a half, and the flesh about the sfz? of a silver dime and it became very feverish and sore. In about eight days it broke and became a running sore around the hoof and discharged a large quantity of matter and large lumps of clotted blood, and it had a very offensive smell. On the. ninth day after It broke the hoof came off.' The fever has left her leg. The sore around her ankle is still discharging a quantity of matter. She has a very poor appetite, and looks bad. I. S. B. You must stimulate the ulcer into I healthy action. Mix one-half ounce of Spanish fly in one pint of spirits of turpentine and apply it to the sore once daily. Distemper. Editors Indiana Farmer. ' Some time ago I noticed my horse cough-" ing at intervals, and sometimes a watery . secretion passing from his nostrils, and at times the deposit was more like pus. Then again several days would pass without any discharge at all. A few times when riding him he appeared to be a little thick-winded.- Since plowing season opened he has been worked without intermission and remained . ln about the same flesh. He is a large' horse and several years old. His appetite is generally good. He has a nice -coat of hair which always appears nice and glossy. Of late he takes spells of coughing while standing in the stable, like he was taking distemper, then probably several hours intervene with no coughing at all. D. L. T. Feel between his f aws, and if kernels are found report. If not, give the powders so often recommended in the Farmer, ginger, black antimony, etc. Sale of Short-horns. A portion of the herd of Dr. J. P. For*, syth <fc Son, of Forsyth Dale Farm, Johnson County, Ind.,were sold at the Union Stockyards, Thursday, the 23d ult. A number of stock men were present from a distance, but. ewing, to the early harvest, many farmers were unable to attend wbo would have.- greatly added to the number of purchasers.-, A portion of the herd unsold will be shipped to Kansas where many, stock • raisers will doubtless avail themselves ofa fine opportunity of improving their stock by selecting breeders from this valuable herd. A number of cows and heifers were returned to Forsyth1'Dale Farm where they will be sold at private sale. Stock men should not fail to improve this ohance of securing good bargains. Imported Sheep. The enterprising flrm of Messrs. J.J.Dodge 4 Son;South New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio, well known throughout the states, asy being among the most popular breeders of Cotswolds in America, have just received their first importation of the season of 18S1, arriving at Montreal, Canada, about June 1st, via steamer "Oxel Holme." Said importation arrived in fine condition, cor slating of Cotswolds, Oxfords, and SbropshiredownB. They are by far 'the finest importation ever made by paid firm being superior specimens ef the various breeds, well showing the good judgment in their selections which was made by Mr. Robert Miller, Canada. Another importa- Spa8m of the Diaphragm. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a valuable hog that has had \he thumps for two weeks. I have tried several remedies but they do no good. A. W. B. ' Your hog has spasm of. the diaphragm, and is very hard to cure. Try the following: Ground ginger, four ounces; flour of sulphur, black antimony, sulphate of iron, pulv. niter, and resin, of each two ounces. Dose, in slop, one teasponful three times daily. Qrogginess. Editors Indiana Farmer: My colt is two years old, all right in every way except her hind legs, ou which she stands with the pastein joints pitched a little forward. Some think It is the curb. J. M. S. Your colt has a trouble called grogginess, and nothing except rest can be done for her. You might paint the joints and tendons daily with tincture of iodine. Tell your advisers that curb is upon the posterior of the hock-joint. Milking. Editors Indiana Farmer: When a cow is In good order and her milk becomes so abundant a few days before she becomes fresh that she has to be milked daily to prevent local injury, does such milking do ner or the calf any injury, and is such milk, when it has every appearance of being good, suitable for use the same as at any other tim6? Ingalus, Milking before calving does good by preventing iDJary; the dam Is benefited with no injury to the calf. The first two or three milkings should not be used, but when a light color is good. Many cows never go dry, and their milk is good the day before and the day after calving. Enlargement. Kdltors Indiana Farmer: I have a three-year-old colt that has a lump ou its knee about as large a> a hen egg. I think It was caused by pawing and striking it against the manger. The lump is not very hard. It has been of about eight weeks standing. • J. D. N. Enlargements, abscesses, over signormal joints, generally form sacks which contain a yellowish secretion, and tAough opened aud the contents discharged, soon heal up, and secrete the same kind of substance, therefore the skin must be opened and the sack excised; this done there is an end to the abscess. Take care to not open the joints by cutting the capsular ligaments. Cist bn the Brain Editors Indiana Farmer: - I have a hog that takes fits of turning round as though he was dizzy headed. Can you give me the cause and a remedy ? A STJRSORrBEB. Your hoginas a cist upon the brain (a water sack.) The best way to get rid of it Abscess. Editors Indiana Farmer: ; I have a mare that has a sore shoulder. There is a lump on her shoulder almost , balf as large as a man's head. It does not seem to be very sore; has a little fever. The lump came there wherl'I (Jtiit working her. I blistered it for five mprrjlngs witb tbe blister recommended in the Farmeb. Was told to quit after I had blistered it for ' five mornings*; the lump was almost gono i when I quit blistering. Worked her one" day and the lump came back larger than ' ever. What shall I do for it? J, L, '• Your adviser did you much irjury. If ' every man would hold his advice until they > understand what they pretend to know,, t things would turn out much better. Now , most likely you must cut the parts open, and take out a sack, which I fear has formed by this time. Try tincture of iodine twice daily for a week or two. If you work her make two pads, sew one above and one below the abscess, to keep the friction off the place. Coughing. Editors Indiana Farmer: One of iny brothers has a horse that had the epiziotic last fall and has had a dry hacking cough ever since. Lately he has been running yellow,offenslve matter from his left nostril. He eats hearty; hair looks well; is improved in flesh—can't tell any difference in pulse from other horses. I have a horse two years old ruptured at tho navel; the knot is about tbe size of an egg. I don't think there is any intestine down; there ls a hole about the size of a quarter, I think. Can she be cured? WiU it-hurt to breed or work hei? Subscriber. Sew a piece of tin about six or eight inches square, corners rounded off, between' two folds of drilling; make a surcingle out of a piece of same drilling, two thicknesses, and sew the covered tlu ou the in-alde of surcingle; run tbe bowels up and place the tin over the aperture aud buckle it over the back tightly. Smear th<8 surcingle and pad with plaster of Paris before putting it on, or fix a breech strap and breast plate to keep it in place. You or your brother must let us know whether the submaxillary glands are enlarged or not. See the* heading of the veterinary column. Time to Cut Hay E*t»ls Indiana Farmer: I often see it advocated in agricultural papers to cut grass while in bloom, or soon after. I think it the worst time a farmer can cut to make good pay. It takes longer to cure it, and a rain or heavy dew turns lt black, and even if cured all right, it chews like a rope. The best tinie to cut timothy is when the seeds are well formed or nearly ripe. Tbe hay does not shrink away as it does when in bloom. And if cut early there is always a must about it. The heads should be frea from bloom at least to make good hay. J. Bennett. SunmaD, June 27. » — *» -. %t Hoagland, nine miles south of Fort Wayne, on the 24th, men were working on an unfinished church, thirty feet from the ground, when a storm struck the building, tearing it in pieces. Two men were fatally injured, another bad his thight broken ia two places and his arm broken near the shoulder.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1881, v. 16, no. 27 (July 2) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1627 |
Date of Original | 1881 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Coverage | Indiana |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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INDIaAJ^aAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JULY 2, 1881.
NO. 27.
FOR SALE. OR TBADB-M y 3 year old half Norman stallion.* Boss. Jr." Address O. M. BAL-
I.AB**, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOB SAIaE-Foor registered Alderney bnlls at
reasonable prices; ready for service. My Jerseys are second to none in the Btate. B. 8. BOB-
BEV," *—
BEY, Indianapolis, Ind.'
FOR SAI*B--Fara ol 83 acres, well improved,
rood stock water, flne bnlidlnrs. Terms reasonable. Call on, or address E. A. HABTIaEY,
jriendswood. Hendricks Co., Ind.
FOB SALE—Nice 40 acres *f rronnd, 10 acres under enltlvation. close to Bloomlngdale station,
atthe most reasonable terms. Apply at once to V.
K. MORRIS. 68 East Market, street, Itdlanapclis,
Indiana. >.*•!■-
FOB 4SALE— I have fonr -Spanish Merino bncks,
two to five years old„whIch I wish to sell or exchange for same kind of stock. For particulars, address E." BUTTEBFIEIaD, Wright's Corner, Dearborn connty, Ind. ■ -• - * '
FOB SALE—Farm ot SCO acres *X miles »! Indianapolis Stockyards, oo. first acd second bottom of White river. 130 acres In enltlvation. Price,
18,000; 12 000~cash, balance In 6 years to salt buyer at
.percent. M. ARBUCKLE. 58 East Market St.,
Indianapolis, Ind.' *
FOR 8a*.LE-Threshing Engines—We have on
hand several good second b-and threshing engines ot standard make. Warranted in tirst-class
running order: alio stationary Engines and Sawmill outfits. RICHAKDS A BDTLKR •*»——*■
Meridian street, Indianapolis, Ind.
149 South
FOB SALE- Short-horns—I have 20 head of Shorthorn cattle on my farm near Bichmond, Ind.,
embracing such families a& Donba Bosas, Erdoras,
Bright Promises, etc.. also pure Bates bull. I ofler
an elegant chance to persons wishing to start a
herd as my animals sre all flrst-tlasB breeders and
fine individuals. The majority of these cattle were
bred by the well-known breeders, 8. Meredith A
BON. of Cambridge City, Ind. Address FRANCIS
A. COFFIN. Irdianapolls, Ind.
X-9AHS.
MOI-tEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent,
interest. M. E*. VINTON A 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. HENDERSON, 74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
fTIO LOAN—Money to loali on first mortgage of
JL Improved city and farm property, in Indiana,
snd Ohio, at very low interest, witnoutcommisslon,
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. AH local securities-
City, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated. JOS. A. MOOBE, 81 Kast Maiket street.
TO LOAN-In sums of -J500 to JIO.OCO, for term of
years, at 7 and 8 per cent., on farms ln Indiana; Interest payable annually on lst of January of
each year, with privilege of paying the principal or
any part thereof at any time, ln sums of not less
than (100, or loan may be contlnned at option of borrower, provided security remains unimpaired and
Interest promptly paid. Our commission for negotiating loans are as follows: MOO to -fl.OOO, 5 per cent.;
over 1,000 and less than I3.0C0, 3,*-S per cent.; (3,000 to
5.000,3 per cent.; over $5,000,2 per cent. H. B. PAL
MEB & CO., to East Market street, Indianapolis
eow -
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STOLEN—From the undersigned. Jnne S-i, 1881.
Brown Horse, 15 years old and about Vt% hands
high,in good flesh; asmall lump above and back
oi right eye; a very little whit, on left hind foot,
and white cellar^ mark on mane. (>0 .eward for return of the horse. ALEX. MCDUGCM-LL, BrOWas-
vllle, Ind. ..-..-
WANTED.
"TT7"ANT f D-Good Draft Horses in trade fbr Bug-
YV ties, Carriages or Farm Wagons. O. H
SHOVER, 172 and 174 E. Market street.
Tfyivt j|»tad..
J. B. D:—Devonshire cattle are highly esteemed by those .who'have, grown them,
both for beef and milk. ••*,■ • /.*->
■ i -~ . *»»
J. Kunkle, Bartonia, Ind,, has jnst sold
his Poland*China boar, Capt. jack 2d, to J.
TV. Williams, Jay county, for ?125.
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I. A. Lawrence, breeder of Poland China
swine, Connersville, Ind., shipped June 10,
to Oldenburg,, Germany, four of his fine
blooded sows. Their average weight was
•575 pounds, for which he received $400. Ee
has a fine lot. of breeding stock for salp.
Mr. L. has a good reputation for fine hogs.
Colin Cameron, Brickerville, Pa., has
favored us with a catalogue of the "Elisabeth" herd of registered Jerseys, It eon-
tains one hundred and fifteen description*,
and Is beautifully Illustrated. Oar readers
•tho desire to investigate the merits of Jersey cattle should send for a copy. Mr.
Cameron is also an importer and breeder of
Hambletonian horses, Southdown sheep,
Shepherd dogs and Shetland ponies. .
A KBLEai herd of Jersey cattle from Nut
Wood farm, owned by A. C. Jennings & Co.,
Uibana, Ohio, passed through this city,
Thursday, 23d ult.', on the way to Springfield, Illinois. While stoppingat the Union
stockyards we had the pleasure oi inspecting a portion of the herd, and a glance at
the catalogue of. registered thoroughbreds
a&d a few high grades showed them to be
of excellent pedigree, representatives ofthe
herds of Sharpiess, Hand, Ogden farm and
other noted breeders. Many stock men
*ere anxious to make purchases, but were
enable to do so as tbe herd was advertised
to be sold at public sale at Springfield, Illinois, the 29th ult. We will give our readers farther, notice of the sale as soon as the
kets can be obtained. Encouraged by the
demand here for Jerseys the propietors contemplate making a public sale of their best
Wooded cattle at an early day. Due notice
of the sale will be given in the Farmer. . .
IAEGE STOCK SALE.
The Philadelphia record says that the
Jersey cattle sale at Herkness Bazaar was
the largest ever held in America. The sale
fimbracedfifty.fivecows, twenty calves and
'wo bulls, and these sold for $22,27450.
Ths cows averaged S-34146, and the calves
, 'H818 per head. The lot was the Impo-rta-
. Won of Mr. S. Client, selected from the
' Best milk strans on the Channel islands.
JEBSEY CATTLE AT HOME.
The* English Live Stock Journal contains
the following interesting account of Jersey cattle: "Jersey is but amail island; if
It were .square, it would jast be six and
three-quarter miles each way. Yet this little spot manages to support about 12,000
cattle, that Is, roughly speaking, one for
every two acres of its surface rocks, roads
and wastes, and house-room for 60,000 people included. * And it has done this for the
lasttwenty years at least, for - the census
of 1861 gives the number of cattle in Jersey
as 12,037. What is still more remarkable,
it exports every year above 2,000 head (the
average export,*by the*customs' returns,
for the last • eighteen years being 2,0*49.)
nearly one for every ten acres. Now the
total number of cattle in England only averages one head to ten acres; it therefore
follows that, in proportion to its slz9, Jersey, exports every year as many cattle as
England contains. In other words, il England were to export cattle at the same rate,
her whole stock would be swept away in
a single year, not a hoof would be left behind * * • All the beef ol our. 60,000
people Is Imported every week from the
neighboring coast of France, and from
Spain; and this bas beeu the case for the
last hundred years. With our 11,000 cattle,
we do not rear a single bullock; neither do
we make a single pound of cheese, and
probably never did. * * * A good Jersey will yield half her own weight of butter in a year—she rarely exeeds 800
pounds ln weigit, and her average here is
about 700 pounds—cows that yield hall that
weight oi butter in ay ear are to be found in
every good herd.",
THE CATTLE INTEREST.
Mr. Conrad Wi'son contributes the following to the Rural New Yorkei:
There are probably bnt few of our farmers, and still fewer of other classes that realize the total aggregate value of the cattle
interest of this country. A brief glance at
a few leading facts can hardly fail to be of
Interest, and may tend to promote a truer
appreciation of this immense industry.
Taking the whole number that are now annually slaughtered for beef, at twelve millions, with an average weight of 800 pounds
per head, it shows an aggregate of nearly
ten thousand million pounds, worth from
five to six hundred million dollars.
If we take the whole number of cows at
thirteen millions, the yearly product, either
in milk or butter, would be in money value
over seven hundred million dollars; or by
comparing the nutritive quality of the
milk with that of boneless beef, the intrinsic food value would be nearly a thousand
million dollars. Bat there is in the manure
another value which is too often overlooked,-and the annual amount of which
(if it were carefully kept, and rightly used
by all farmers), would amount to over
three hundred million dollars for the steers,
and an equal sum for the cows,
i Now, it is true enough that this splendid
heritage of manure is not all realized by
our farmers. But that is the fault of the
owners, and not of the cattle. This value,
and even more, is all within their reach,
and whatever they fail is due to their own
indifference and neglect. The following
statement shows the footing up of this annual value.
Yearly value of slaughtered cattle.........t 600.0 1,000
Yearly value of dairy product _. 1,000,000,«(»
Total valne of manure from both the *
above, .....m.....a...»....m HWH,
•SOl.OOfOCO
(2,100,000,OW
Leu tot cost of labor and feed, say 900,MO,oco
Net annual Income.... ......_.„__ll,200,oo*lfltm
COST OF FEEDING FOB BEEF.
From some experiments recently cited
in this journal, as reported by Prof. Sanborn, Prof. Cook and Prof. E. W. Stewart,
I showed that the cost of production for beef,
in the cases cited, was less thau four cents
a pound, and the cost for butter not over
six cents. • These were,. of course, exceptional cases and better than the present average of actual results. Yet there is no
good reason why ordinary farmers may
not oome very nearly up to this standard,
nor any sufficient excuse, for their failing
to make the effort. The following facts
ahd figures may perhaps help to guide the
earnest, progressive farmer in this direction.
In the Journal of the Bath and west ot
England Agricultural Society, a table ls
given, in which lt appears that 12 pounds
of clover hay are equivalent In feeding to
one pound of beef; also that eight pounds
of peas, or six pounds of barley, or oil-cake
(either rape, linseed or cotton-seed,) will
giveithe same result; and, farther, that four
and a-half pounds of ground peas ahd linseed cake combined, will produce a pound
ofbeef.
According to the late Alderman Mechi,
seven pounds of grain (as an average for
the leading cereals,) will produce one
pound of beef, net butchers' weight.
In an experiment of (J. H. Chase, of
J Western New York, it was found that 28
quarts of ground barley per week gave an
I increase of 18 pounds of flesh.
' The editor of the Rural Annual, com-
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Colswold Sheep imported and Owned by J. J. Dodge * Son, Sonth Wew Lyine, O.
menting on some experiments of Dr
Lawes, concludes that one bushel of corn,
with 100 pounds of good hay, will produce
10 pounds of beef in a week.
In another case Dr. Lawes cites from experiment of Biddell, a feeding ration, for
beef-—comprising oil meal, wheat meal,
cotton seed, mangels and straw, qosting
about |7 for four weeks, and equivalent to
60 pounds gain of flesh, plus one ton of
short dung.
In the Farmers' Gazette it is stated that
a dally ration of tbree and a half ponnds
of bean meal and oil meal, iu equal parte,
added to cut straw will produce a pound
of beef.
At the Willoughby Farmers'Club, ln
Ohio, Mr. Moore reported a result showing
that steers fed with corn-meal combined
with cut stover and cut straw, gained two
pounds a day at a cost of six cents for the
beef.
Now it is not claimed that the feeding
materials in these cases are all of them of
peculiar value, nor that any ofthe rationx,
so far as they are defined, are specially remarkable, but the point intended here, is
the instructive fact that In each case, if the
manurial valne is duly credited, the cost
of the beef is less than four cents a pound,
and in several cases less than three cents
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a high grade calf too months and
17 days' old that weighs 340 pounds, milk
and grass fed. S. S. Earhakt.
Mulberry, Clinton Co.
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Editors Indiana Farmer;
Having seen through the Fabmer reports from several wool-growers, I thought
I would make my report. We have six
Cotswold lambs one year old, June 1, from
which which we clipped on the 10th of May,
85 pounds fine combing wool, an average
of 14 yt pounds. The heaviest weighing
16 pounds, the lightest 12%. Where is the
man in southern Illinois that can beat UT
Let us near from him. We want a buck to
match our ewes. . ■ W. H. J.
Clay Co., 111.
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A Oood Calf.
Editors Indiana Fanner:
I now report again about my calf, which
was weighed at two days old and weighed
160 pounds. At 30 days old it weighed 26*6.
At three months and 28 days old, 650
pounds. His name is the Dake of Harlan.
If there is any one that bas a calf that compares with him, I would like to hear from
the owner. I would pay a' round price for
his equal. He has never had any grain;
has been fed on sitimmed milk and grass
the last two months and 28 days;; is not
fleshy, nothing more than in medium
order. Pekthcs Billeter.
Harlan, Iowa.
Importation of Oxford Down Sheep.
Mr. R, C. Estill, Elmhurst Herd, Lexington, Ky., has received forty-one head
of Oxford Down sheep, thirty-five ewes
and two yearling rams, three ewe lambs
and one ram lamb. This lot of sheep
were Imported for Mr. Estill by Mr. Wm.
Miller, of Claremont, Canada. Mr. Estill
has sheared the two yearling rams and
obtained V&K and 14 pounds of wool
each.
As this variety of sheep are comparatively little.known in. Kentucky, we give a
short history of them for the benefit of our
readers: The Oxford Down is now one of
established reputation In England. They
are cross-bred sheep and were first bred in
tht neighborhood of Whitchurch in the
northern extremity of the County of Hants.
Mr. -Twyhbam, about the year 1830, was
the first to commence a cross which has resolved itself Into the Oxford Down sheep.
tion will soon follow this. Parties desiring
anything in their line for exhibition and
breeding purposes would do well to correspond with this firm. A cut of their sheep
will be found on this page.
^etcrinarga
This department Is edited by Dr. John Vt. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor,
Bales to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. Btate the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
J, The standing attitude.
4. Appearanc*oi hair.
o. II cough, and secretion from nose, whether
the bone.
t. It breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no,time mast oelost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every iv o hours, for time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties Ceslrlng answers by mall must encloses
stamp.
His object he states was at once to hasten
the maturity, and improve the carcass and
the fleece, and yet to preserve the hardihood possessed by the Hampture Downs.
For this purpose he sought for those sheep
which possessed these requisites in the
greatest degree, and believing them to exist
in theimproved Leicester and the Cotswold,
he availed himself of the ram produced by
this oross, and put it to his Hampshire
Downs ew6s; and the produce approximated both to the Cotswold as regards the
fleece, and the Leicester with respect to
carcass, and much exceeded the parent
ewes in size, but retained their hardihood.
He says the produce of th e crosses named
above was an animal much improved in ,
symmetry, with a Jieece nothing deficient J *?££™^J^-^$h "* '^•"*r
in weight from the parent Cotswold, but
mnch firmer and finer in texture, while it
retained a great length of staple, say from
five to seven inches on the average in th-
shearlings. Having by this means obtained the animal he wished*he did not pursue
crossing any further, but afterwards bred
from the same affinity a first class ewe and
a first 'class ram, carefully culling those
which were faulty or exhibited too much
the character of either parent, and studiously aiming at the required mixture of
character, which he observes, may be perhaps properly described as a middle-bred
sheep, possessing in combination the
quantities of Down and Cotswold. Having
first of all selected for uniformity of character, in course of time he turned his attention to procuring a uniformify of color, and
he asserts that under the system of farming
in England there is no description of sheep
which will pay tbe feeder so well for consuming the produce of the farm. He says
they are hardy, make an average of 80 to
9*0 lbs net at 14 months old—when well fed
give at that age eight or nine pounds of
wool of a very salable description. The
quality of the mutton is considered sup-
perior to that of the Leicester, the tallow
being less abundant, with a larger development of muscle.—Kentucky Live Stook
Record. ,
is to place a soft pad on the face above the
eyes and strike the'pad such a blow as will
burst the sack and not kill the hog. Or
your hog takes an inflammation of the
brain or maulary. In such case give on
his tongue every two hours alternately ten
drops of tincture of aconite root and of
belladonna until well. ,
The Prog.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mule that cut the frog about an'
inch and a half, and the flesh about the
sfz? of a silver dime and it became very feverish and sore. In about eight days it
broke and became a running sore around
the hoof and discharged a large quantity of
matter and large lumps of clotted blood,
and it had a very offensive smell. On the.
ninth day after It broke the hoof came off.'
The fever has left her leg. The sore around
her ankle is still discharging a quantity of
matter. She has a very poor appetite, and
looks bad. I. S. B.
You must stimulate the ulcer into
I healthy action. Mix one-half ounce of
Spanish fly in one pint of spirits of turpentine and apply it to the sore once daily.
Distemper.
Editors Indiana Farmer. '
Some time ago I noticed my horse cough-"
ing at intervals, and sometimes a watery .
secretion passing from his nostrils, and at
times the deposit was more like pus. Then
again several days would pass without any
discharge at all. A few times when riding
him he appeared to be a little thick-winded.-
Since plowing season opened he has been
worked without intermission and remained .
ln about the same flesh. He is a large'
horse and several years old. His appetite
is generally good. He has a nice -coat of
hair which always appears nice and glossy.
Of late he takes spells of coughing while
standing in the stable, like he was taking
distemper, then probably several hours intervene with no coughing at all.
D. L. T.
Feel between his f aws, and if kernels are
found report. If not, give the powders so
often recommended in the Farmer, ginger, black antimony, etc.
Sale of Short-horns.
A portion of the herd of Dr. J. P. For*,
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