VOL. XTI
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JULY 9, 1881.
NO. 2a
fOBSAUB.
-i-soB SAIalt, OS TBADE—My 3year old half Nor-
H man stallion 'Bosf. Jr." .address G. M. BAI*-
j^BD, Indianapolis, Ind.       ■-"."'
FOB SALE—Four registered Alderney bulls at
reasonable prices; ready for service,  Myjer-
.(.Tg are second to noceln the State.  R. S. DORSEY. Indianapolis, Ind.      ...
FOB SALE—Nice 40 acres er ground, *20 acres under cultivation, close to Bloomlngdale station,
Atthe most reasonable terms. -Apply at once to V.*
K. MOBBIS. 68 East Mattel street, Irdianapolla,
Indiana.
fords have become known in the West, the
surpln3 stock is all taken under a year old
at "paying" prices,which have ranged from
?200 to J300 a head for pure stock.
F
lOB PALE—Farm of 2T0 acres t}i miles of Indl-
IH     *fa\a.Jt—XSIiUUI    AuBUCAUiUTQu,     aa.u.-
erspoliaStockjari.8, on first and second bottom ol wblte liver. 110 acres ln cultivation. Price.
16 COO; re KO casb. balance In 6 years to suit buyer at
percent. M. ABBUCKLE, 68 East Market St.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
FOB SALE—Threehlng Engines—We have on
band Eeveral good secondhand threshing engines of standard make. Warranted ln flrst-class
running order; alto Stationary Engines and Sawmill outfits. BICEABDB A BOTLEB, 149 South
Meridian Btreet, Indianapolis, led,
FOB BALE- Short-horns—I have 20 head of Bhort-
horn cattle on my farm near Plchmond, Ind.,
embracing such families a*. Donba Rosas, Erdoras,
Bright Promises, etc. also pure Batee bull. I oiler
an elegant chance to peisons -wishing to start a
herd as n*y animals Ere all flrst-class breeders and
flue Individuals. Tbe.n-.alorlty ol theBe cattle were
bred by tbe well-kni wn Drt-eders, &. Mer-tdlth A
BON.«.f Cambridge City, Ind. AUdresB FRAISCIB
A. COFFIN, Indianapolis, Ind.
F
lOB BALE—Farm of 160 acres of tood land in
jj .Hendricks county, Indiana. 12 miles west ot
Indianapolis, on a leading pravel road 'root Indianapolis to Springfield. Illinois. Bald farm ls within
one-fourth mile of fine brick schoolhouse, three-
fourths of a mile from a good frame M. E. Church,
half a mile irom P. O. on 1. and St. L. B. B. Well
Bopplied with stock water and a well of never falling water at the door~. There ls 120 acres ofthe land
under cultivation, and the limber ls thinned out
and well set ln blue-grass ■ For further particulars
address, or call on, JAMES McCLAIN, Hendricks
coanty, Indiana.*
LOAS9.
MOHEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest.
My terms are fair and liberal. THOS. O. DAY,
67 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on Improved farms at 7 per cent.
Commissions reasonable.   WM, HENBEB-
SOX.74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on flrst mortgage of
improved city and farm property, in Indiana
and Ohio, at very low interest, without commission,
Prompt parties, with CeblrableEecurity, can be accommodated without delay. All local securities-
City, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated.  JOS. A. MOORE, 811 ast Maiket street.
Eg,..
MISCEI.lASiEO-US.
ATTENTION FABMEB'I-Insure your stock!
Certain lrtfemnity in case of loss by disease or
accident. Active working agents wanted ln every
couuty. The Farmers and Planters Live Stock As
soclation. J. B. HIL1.& CO., General Agents, No.
56 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
WAHTED,
"TT7"ANT * D—Good Draft Horses In trade for Bus;
TV    gles.   Carriages or Farm  Wagons.   G. H
SHOVEB, 172 and 174 E. Market street.
ifyivt ^iotk.
J, Baugh & Eon, . Farmer's Institute,
Ind., sold a Bhort-horn bull a few days -ago
to Thos. Ward, Jr., Linden, Ind., for $300,
and five others recently which averaged
each |300.
-   _—      „,
Among the fifty head of Short-horns
which Col. T. Corwin, Anderson, Ky., will
sell, as advertised, August 18, include
many representatives' of the pure Bates
families,   as   well as other fashionable
•strains.
 m
Most of the Short-horn eows to be sold
August 19, by Mr. J. M. Bigstaff, Mt. Sterling, Ky., are in calf to the pure Bates
Craggs sire, 6422, 5th duke of Vlnewood
32442. The entire offeriDg is one hundred
head of all strains, 75 females and 25 yearling bulls. *
Ex. Chief Justice B. J. Peters andj
Johnson A, Young, Mt.. Sterling, Ky.,
will on August 17, sell some superb Shorthorns, by pure Rose of Sharon bulls. and
fflany other ofthe best known families, as
shown by their announcement elsewhere,
nnder the head of "Kentucky Short-horn
Sales."
E. Dillon <fc Co., Bloomlngten, 111., the
celebrated Importers of French Norman
torses, received a telegram last week say-
*ng that seventy-five or more French
hones would be shipped from London the
early part of next month. The purchase
includes some of the best animals which
could be purchased in France, and the importation will be the largest ever made-to
America.       '
Messrs. -VV. H. and L..TJ. Todd, Vermillion, Ohio, recently sold to P. E. Fredrick and Sons, of Mo., two thoroughbred
Hereford bull calves for J500. The buyers
Ranted a carload of pnre bred young bulls,
out they have been bought so closely, and
taken when calves they could not be had.
t0 Erie and Lorain counties, Ohio .there
18 » flne "bunch" of pure bred Herefords,
Within a radius of 20 miles there are some
^n breeders whose cows and heifers aggre-
l&te about 150 head. This is really the
Woneer sections of the Herefords
'■> the West, as they were imported
^English breeders more than 20 years
'■?°i and the stock has been kept np to a
"Kh standard. Within a year three im-
|?°rted bulls from England have been
| fought in. One weighs 2,000 at 32 months
di and is handsomely built. The demand
large from the ranchmen of the plains
8110 wy the Herefords immortaliz.dthem-
e'ves for extreme hardiness and thiift
|,J^nK the past terrible winter of "short
11, and severe weather, for they went
1 trough ail right, where animals of other
lar^' 8n^ even tne hardy natives, died all
l^nnd them. Since the merits ofthe Here-
HEHBFOBD BEEEDEKS' ASSOCIATION.—
The American Hereford Cattle Breeders'
•Association, was organiz d at Chicago on
the the 22d ult. The meeting for the
organization was attended by breeders from
most of the Western states,and theassocia-
starts oil with great promise, of success,
and will doubtless pioye a wise and very
useful movement for the breeding interests
of the great West. Mr. T. L. Miller,
Beecher, 111., is entitled to great credit for
his nntlring energy in this enterprise and
is likely to reap valuable fruits as the result
of common Interest. ,
The rules of the association provides that
any firm or breeder of Hereford cattle in
good standing can become a member by
paying ttn dollars to the Secretary. Thb
association, adopted the lst volume of the
American Hereford Record. The report of
the organization adopted declares:
"The ob)9ct of the society Is to promote
and improve the beei cattle of the country
by the introduction of the Hereford strain
Of cattle more generally throughout the
beef-producing region, claiming, as we
think lastly, that wherever the Herefords
have been fairly tried, they have proved
themselves far superior and more profitable as beef cattle than any other known
breed. We claim for them as being better
gralsers, winter better on rough feed,
mature earlier, and bring better prices than
any other known breed of cattle; and in
proof of this we ask »11 who have given
them a fair trial along with anyotherstrain
of cattle, to come forward and testify."
The following officers were elected for
one year:
C. M. Culbertson, president, Chicago, 111.
T. E. Miller, secretary Beecher, 111.
Adams Earl, treasurer, Lafayette, Ind.
The business committee was then Instructed to retire and recommend the
names of the other offcers. Upon their return, the following gentlemen were named
and duly elected by the association:' '
Vice presidents—A. H. Swan, Cheyenn*»,
Wy ; .W. H. Todd, "Vermillion, Ohio; Wm.
Hamilton, Flint, Mich.; H. W.: Sample,
Lafayette, Ind.; G. S. Burleigh, Mechanlcs-
ville, Iowa; B. Hershey, Muscatine, Iowa;
J. M. Studebaker, South Bend, Ind.; Wm.
H. Sotham, Chicago, 111.; A. H. Seabury,
New Bedford, Mass.; A.-D. Raub, Earl
Park, Ind.; N. Abbe, Elyria, Ohio.; Mr.
Lee, of Lae & Reynolds, Camp Supply,
Indian Territory.
Auditing Committee—Wm. Powell,B9ech-
er, 111.; T. L. Miller, Beecher, 111.; Thos.
Clark, Beecher, 111.
T. L. Miller offered the following resolution, which was adopted.
That it is the opinion of this Society that
a single judge in each class will secure a
more intelligent and Impartial judgment
or award than three or five judges.
It was finally decided to hold the annual
meetings of the association during the fat
stock show at Chicago.
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
. The Diagram Pedigree.
The superiority of the system of pedigreeing, adopted by the Central Poland
China Record Association needs noenconi-
ums. The standing of the Central Is now
fully assured, being supported by the leading breeders of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska. The animals recorded from
these several States show for themselves
how well the efforts of a few men beginning under the greatest difficulties have
been cordially seconded by discerning and
appreciative breeders. It Is no sectional
organization; the design is to make it a fair
Important medium for all. Distant and
comparatively unknown breeders stand on
the same footing with those doing the
largest business. Every opportunity has
been afforded men just beginning herds to
build up a record of pedigrees of their
stock. This has been necessary In justice
to small breeders. Breeding of full-blooded
stock carried on to the extent of the cost
and constantly increasing proportions of
the Poland China breed demands that
some sort of a public record be kept, that
purchasers and breeders may alike be protected. Withont such a record purchasers
would only have personal honor to retire
on,and it becomes a demand to furnish some
necessary medium that will supply the
place of personal honor, of mere personal
character. These'ln small communities are
sufficient within themselves, but when
great states are grouped together In pursuance of a common design, a public record
becomes from mere force of a common
want an absolute necessity. For such a
record everything Is placed in black and
white Men vouch on their honor for the
truth'of their statements, and if as in the
courseoi every line of business unavoidable
mistakes are made. Men who tnow the
Z gree of every hog of note In the West
I Si soon discover and point out the incor-
Irectness or falsehood of an assertion.  In
s'ench?   The  wonder is that more stock j hind lever rak6« is always more or less
The Tlrer Sulky Hake, aold by jr.. irereon -tuylor.ao 1 und 2D6 M.-.sa. ATe„Icdlanapoi:s,Ind.
no case can a man in ike a willful inisrep-
representation without the fear and certainty of detection, and consequent fall in the esteem of honorable men. A man may utter
a falsehood with security but never with
safety, and in a voluino eontalnlng the pedigrees made from their best knowledge and
belief by men representing all the wealth,
and social standing, and business lntegtity
of their class, personal honor assumes its
highest dignity and criticism is freely invited that unavoidable errors may be as
early as possible ..corrected. On such a
plan, and in such a manner only can business of any magnitude be constructed witb
any degree of certainty ol final success.
THE CHIEF JfEBIT
of the system consists in the fact that on a
manner, knowing every obstacle that will
i. jure, and knowing every cause that will
contributfe to success, and by the light ot
this collected information inter and cros-
breeding among the several herds Is reduced to a system, a science within itself,
and is not only made Intelligent but
comparatively easy.      A. K. Saundebs,
      » ■*■» »
When it Pays to Feed Corn to Hogs.
"It jjays," says the Southern Farmer,
"when corn is worth 30 cents per bushel to
oonvert it into pork when it sells for f3 per
100 pounds, as the manure will pay abundantly for the corn when properly saved.
So when oorn is 40 cents, pork should sell
at $4 per 100 pound*?; corn at 50 cents, pork
fo; corn 60 cents, pork J6; corn 75 cents,
This department la edited by Dr. John N. NavU-,
Veterinary Burgeon, author ot Navin's Ezplanatorr
Stock Doctor,   *
Bules to be observed hy those expecting correct
answer-*.
L Btate the rate of pulse.
t. The breathing.
S. The standing attitude.
i. Appearance of hair.
5. 11 cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone. .    .
6. It breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must oelost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tengne alternately
every tv. 0 hours, fbr time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall must enclose a
stamp.
diagram plate eo divided into columns P°rk *»bould.sell at ?7 50. If pork sells lor
and divisions that at one glance the eye *ess ti>an iB represented by thecorrespond-
takes in every ancester of the pig recorded InB Price ot corn, Itis fed at a loss; if more,
for five generations. Every column reprc- tne advance is profit—in each case regard
sents a generation. Every division; reprc- lnSthe manure as paying for the trouble."
sents an ancestor. Every degree in the line
of ancestry Is filled out bo that the eye in
one look presents to the senses a clear and
comprehensive impression. Such a form
of presenting the ancestry, ;each name in
its proper space according to the degree ol
its relation to the animal reoorded, presents
a single and plain view ol the kindred existing between thejanimal recorded and anyone of its ancestors; or in another light of
the degree of relationship existing between
two or more ot the ancestors to each other
in such pedigree. There is no confusion.
It requires no effort of the mind; It demands no labored study to puzzle out the
mixture of blood. You quarrel with your
neighbor about your lives; you go to yonr
lawyer and you find it impossible to give
him a clear idea of the questions Involved;
yon produce your plat and everything is
plain. So it is with the system adopted by
the Central. Every single ancestor that
contributes a strain of blood is given.
Every column represents a consecutive degree, a consecutive removal; and every division of such column represents a separate strain of blood. In all the other records
only the line of the dam is given, the line
of the sire is dropped at every remove.
You only have a chain of females in them.
Yon never In any case have a continuous
olaim of ancestry in the line oi the sire, at
every remove from the animal recorded,
you instead of squaring the number of ancestors by the number of removes you continue counting only two, but every step
you drop one of these.lNow as it isself-ev.-
dent that at each remove the power and
Influence of the blood decreases, tbere is
that much greater need that you should
thoroughly understand all and every strain
of blood in the veins of your thoroughbreds.
NONE OF THE OTHEB RECOKD3
attempt to do this, and owing to this very
reason,for all the purposes of as a record by
which inter and cross-breeding among the
several families of the. Poland China may
be carried on, they are absolutely worthies", for there is only a line of dam and
where In the fifth generation they only give
one link in the claim of lineage the Central gives 16. Now the principle ol ject in
pedigreeing stock is not for the mere and
sole purpose of showing up at a sale a long
line of ancestry, bnt its main object is to
enable the breeder to inter and cross-breed
among the several families to the best ad*
vantage and for this purpose especially lies
the great strength and usefulness of the
system of diagram pedigreeing. In, each
pedigree as it appears on the pages of the
records of the Central, yon have five degrees of blood, and not only five degrees of
blood but also thirty strains of blood. On
the pedigree there are the names of 31 hogsi
and by one single glance yon take in their
several names, the relation of each to the
other, the degree of their remove and the
relative influence of each on the distribution of the 30 strains of blood. Without
any effort, withont any figuring or doubt,
you know in a minute what will be
the product of breeding any two of these
pigs together, you thus know beforehand
to what extent of fineness your litter' will
be.   You thus proceed in an intelligent
ara not destroyed. It ever I did know tl e
theraputic properties of the sunflower, let
me know what I assed of you, and I will
forego all knowledge of your smothering
proc.ts.
Wind-Gall.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
My horse got his pastern joint strained
three weeks ago; bas got over his lameness
but has left a puff on each Bide above the
joint between the tendon and bone. Have
blistered but does not seem to drive it
away. Will it do to stick a knife in ii? If
so, give directions, E. F.
Thepufl Is a wind-gall; It will do no
harm. You had better keep your penknife from it. Bandaging with the application of iodine ls your best chanc?; some
prick with needles.
Hernia.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Can there be anything done for umbilical
hernih? I have a colt tbree months old
that has had it for three wetks, though not
bad. A Sub.
Take a piece of heavy drilling long
enough to surcingle the coif; double it
lengthways and sew a piece of tin about
six inches square between its folds; round
the corners; smear tbe part of the bandage
next to the colt with starch, glue, or plaster of paris; bind it round the colt; push
up the bowels and place a broad kniie blade
over them until the belt is on, then withdraw the knife.
Abscess.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that was bitten by another on top of the shoulder. I opened it
in a few days afterwards, when a considerable quantity of bloody matter came out.
After this it, appeared to heal, but when
turned to pasture it became swollen, and
a yellow pus comes from the place opened
to let the bloody matter out.      A. M. O.
Take eight ounces of nitric acid in a
wide-necked bottle; drop into it as many
old copper cents, or any clean copper, as it
will dlssolv-p; then- mix.* one ounce with
one of pure cider vinegar and inject it to
the bottom of the abscess once or twice
daily. If not strong enough mix less vinegar with the aoV"; grease below the abscess to save the hair.
arduous.
The discharge is accomplished by simply
pressing the foot upon a chain conveniently arranged for that purpose, and the teeth,
are thereby locked to the rotating axle, .
and, after being tilted and contents discharged by the movement of the horse, are
automatically released and resume their
work.
Any boy or girl that can drive a horse
can rake with it as well as the strongest,
man, as the horse does all the hard work,
and this Is a very important feature, for it
iB a notorious fact that farm labor is always
scarce and high in harvest time.
The teeth, which are the most important
part of the rake, are madeof the best spring
steel, tempered in oil, and each tooth is subjected to a severe test at our works, and are
warranted to stand severest useage.
The teeth run lightly on the ground and
are easily adjusted, at the will of tbe operator, to any desired position, and will rake
heavy green hay as well as light.
It Is constructed of the best selected materials of wood, iron and steel, by expeti-
enced workmen with machinery especially
adapted for the purpose.
The farmer who thinks that all hay rakes
are very much alike, and that one is just
as good as another; and whose chief concern is to find the lowest priced one, commits a very great mistake. The country is
flooded with many very inferior rakes that
are dear at any price; some so worthless
that the farmer who would accept one
as a gift, and rely upon it to secure hit*
crop, is likely to discover very soon that
it would have been true economy for him.
to have bought at a fair price a reliable
standard rake, with an established reputation for fcHccessful working and durability.
By attempting to use an inferior and unreliable machine, he Is frequently annoyed
and delay ed,in the busy time of harvest,by
breakage* that often result in the partial,
it not total. Joss of his crop.
The Tiger Rake is in every way worthy
of confidence and can be depended upon,
to do the woa-kr* quired ofa flrst-class rake.
They are for sale ln this city by Jt fferson)
Caylor, dealer in leading farm machinery,.
294 and 296 Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.
Somebody who signs himself W. F. M.,
if I can read them right, gives spmptoms
of glanders' in a private letter bnt leaves
me in total ignorance of his address, either
state, connty or town. So far I am ahead
one tbree cent stamp. I nope people addressing me will write their names and
addresses as plain as possible, giving town,
county and state.
Too Late.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
One of my neighbors has a three-year-
old dolt hurt on the hind leg, knee joint,
along in the Winter. It swelled up, broke
and run, and is now healed up and Is hard
on both sides of the joint. Can anything
be done for it? J.C.
Nothing can bs done for it now, the time
for doing good has passed. If you choose,
blister it, aa it is the only chance.
Sweenoy.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a three-year-old horse that is
sweeneyed; his shoulder is sunken and is a
little lame.   What must I do for him?
' A Reader.
Take oil of spike, oil of organnm, aqua
ammonia, spirits, spirits of wine and olive
oil; mix. Rub all the shrunken parts every
alternate day, using one-fourth the medicine each application, eight days in all,
Orease with lard on the tenth day.
Stiffness.
Editors Indiana Farmer: '
• My mare was slightly stiff before foaling;
since • foaling (Aprii 27) water has been of
muddy, reddish color and very offensive;
low spirited; appears to be weak in the
loins; appetite only moderate; hair in fair
condition; welts on skin. . H. M.
Give the following: Blood root, flour of
sulphur, pulv. niter, black antimony, of
each two ounces; ginger, four ounces; mix.
Dose, in chop, bran or other ground feed,
one teaspoonful tbree times daily.'
Editors Indiana Farmer: <'
In answer to your questions as to curing
my mare. As soon as I could I had her
neck blistered with hop salve, and smoked
her with tar and leather. And to stop her
cough I kept,pine tar in her feed trough
and fed her sunflower seed. I quit giving
her hay, there is so much dust in it; it
made her worse. Fodder is the best feed
there is.   I. cured her. W. L. M.
You have not answered my inquiries.
Yon set out to tell me what yon had done.
First, you suffocated her with tar and
burned leather. How wonld yon like to
have yonr head held over snch an offensive
Muoh Patience.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My colt bas a swelling around the stifle-
joint. - When bathed with liniment tbe
swelling shifts to the other leg, then to the
right shoulder, then back to the original
Joint. The colt is one year old and has
been afflicted since it was foaled, or a few
days afterwards, and has always walked on
three legs; when the swelling movesit gets
comparatively well in the former leg.
R. N. M.
You bave had mnch patience In waiting
one year. No doubt Tom, Dick and Harry
have exhausted their skill, and now when
tbe disease has become chronic, expect
somebody to snatch him out of the difficulty. Where Is the sorenest? If swelled,
blister the parts. See blister In former
numbers of the Fabmer.
Barrenness.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a Durham cow which, when 18
months old, I noticed an enlargement of
her udder, and upon examination found it
contained milk. We milked from three
quarts to a gallon per day till the following
September, when she brought a fine calf.
She did well so far as we know, but she
has never brought a calf since. Now,
what I want to know, Is whether milking
before she ever had a calf caused her to be
barren, and It so, is there any remedy for
barrenness In cowis? E. M.
Barrenness Is common among all kinds
of stock. The milking before calving is
not the cause in my j udgment. Some cows
become barren by becoming too fat, the
tallow reaching down and obstructing the
ovaries in their effice of receiving the ova,
and passing it into the uterus. If your
cow is burdened with flesh let her get
down poor.
Banning Into Glanders.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
A neighbor of mine has a mule which
has discharges from both nostrils, which
smells very offensive; sometimes the discharge is nearly white, at others more yellow. He coughs considerably; has a lump
on each side of the windpipe, near the roots
of the tongue, about half as large as a hen's
egg; no kernel between jaws. He has improved since grai»f; stands work .well, bnt
rattles in the throat when tired; has not
entirely shed off yet; has been in this condition several months. J. McD.
If the mule has not catarrh fever it' is
running into glanders. The kernels by
the trachea do not belong to the disease.
If it took the disease recently, blister the
throat, and If the pulse beats above 40 per
minute, give diuretics, snch as spirits of
niter, two ounces, every two hours until
the pulse beats below 45. If of long standing, inclose $3, and I shall express yon
glander remedy. •
The Tiger Bake.
This rake,a cut of which is shown on this
page, belongs to that class tbat are termed
"self-operating" or "horse-dump" rakes,
ln which the labor of discharging the gathered load is transferred to the horse, instead
of devolving upon the driver, and the latter
is, therefore, relieved ofthe work which the
Assurance of Success.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have been a constant reader of the
Farmer for the past few months and
think its columns meet the wants of
every farmer. Its extracts from exchanges, its editorials and correspondence are such as to n fiord every farmer
the means of educating himself ia hia
particular occupation.
What the farmers need above all
things else is education. Intelligence or
a practical, common-sense education
makes industrious and enterprising
farmers. It stimulates men to activitv*
it informs them of the relative importance of their occupations; it makes system out of mismanagement and disorder; it cultivates a taste for neatness- it
clears away the cobwebs of prejudice
superstition and old foggyism, and excites an ambition to excel, and causes
them toscrutin.'za closely and intelligently every product of invention pertaining to farm work, and enables them
te act wisely in replacing the old with
the new. Education informs them of
the character and needs of their soil
and acquaints them with the nature of
animal and vegetable growth, which
knowledge is necessary to successful
farming.
Many farmers seem to be ashamed of
their hard working occupation, apparently fiom their ignorance of the high
estimation at which they are held by
the leading men of other professions.
The opinions of the learned of all occupations are that farming is one of the
most, if not the most, self-sustaining
and Independent, as well as the most
honorable business in which men can
engage. How few farmers place such
an estimation upon their calling. They
are, in fact, too few. "The man makes
the profession," is a saying which is true
in all pursuits, and deserves the consideration of the farmer as well as others.
Lawyers who become dissipated and
neglect the interest of their clients become "shysters," lose their practice,and
are forced to take a place in the lower
walks of their profession. Just so with
all other professions. Success in auy
profession requires close attention to
their particular business. "While few
farmers gather wealth from other sources,
a great number, by departing from the-
strict line of their occupation, become;
loafers and bankrupts.
There are a few suggestions whjch
should be in the minds of every one attempting to make a success of farming.
One is to have pictured in the imagination an ideal of a successfully managed
farm, and coupled with it an advancement toward ft. In whatever you engage endeavor to excel all others.
To do this at the present advanced
stage of farming, requires thought and.
close observation, practice J and applied every day, in the rotation of crops,
management and care of farm animals,
care of implements, with a good system
of book-keeping and field record. And
of all the elements of success, the most
important is economy. Save, and care
well for what you have, and you have
a good assurance of success.
Fariialand, Ind. N. W. W.
B
^
I*
ll
i: