VOL. XYI.
• J. i
IND-OlNAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. SEPT. 24, 1881.
NO. 39
nbuu.
.nR BALE—Pnrebwd Bbepherd peps.  In^nlre
"   ,| JaMHB —. WIS6HIP. Rnthyllle.lnd.
F'     OB 8AL1*—A line lot ol Poland China pigs.   All
of my own brerdlnr.  Very cheap.  Addresa Ia,
lj >iKMAM,EozZl,Sana.Ind.
F"    oK BA_E-T**e yearling bulls. Beds, Yoang
Wary. UK. Favorite: yiongPhyllls.TMO.Kva'a
fteaiVaXe M.  B. C. THOMPbOM.idlabm-j.Iud.
FOB BALE—Cotsvold buck lamba at |15 Irom my
impotted bock.   Be aelghs SI*, poands. Tne
,,i,t»Mti.   JAMES _ ■ _. ARLOW. Adama. Ind.
FOB 8AI*E—Cheap to close ont tbe business,-K
aesd of pnrely bred -Short-horns, for a bargain,
,*JrWs H. LIWK, P. O. box Ko. W, -oulsTUle,—y.
FOB BALE—A  splendid farm of 90 acres, near
Friends Wocd.  Hendricks cennty, for sale
ctrsp by i- c- HAOG, Capital Shore Store, Indianapolis, Ind*
FOB SALE-U. Plymontb Rock cockerels. While
strains.    15  pairs  Partridge  Cochin   chicks,
jais and Todd strains.   Address BEN B. HY EBB,
lis-sfordsTllle, Ind.
FOB SALE-One half mile north of Bloomington,
Ind., a small farm of Cl acres, good improve-
■asfnts: also96acres sd]*lnlngit.  For particulars,
It&rea CHABT.KH T. KOBEBTBOK, Bloomington,
Indiana.
FOB SALE—A* few   tboronghbred Jersey bnll
calvpa    Beilslered In American Jersey Cattle
(lob    Fa.hlonable colt r* aDd the best butterstock.
icd.ess or call on W. J. HaSBULMAIS. Indlanap
i::i iud
FOR SAliKORTBADK—My premlnm Southdown
buck awarded   me   by   the  Indiana Farmer
ur.Ukh Mr. H. C. Meredith In 18»o.   Price, fai.  Or
• 111 trade for Cotswold or Leicester ewe.  JOHN T.
| CORN. Porte.-svllle, Ind.
FOR BALE-Cheap—Farm of 100 ac:ea; well
drained and Improved; good buildings; near
mod pike; wltblu 8 miles of the city. For partlcn-
-ara sddrtss or call on FBGS s-CBHID, it Sooth
Jew Jertey street, Indianapolis, Ind.
-■OR SALE—A Brst-cUis breedln-r Jack, also a
J good general purpose hone. The Jack can
ihow a line lot ol colts, and the hcrse bas taken flrst
-fremiti*— at Indiana Btate fair. Reasonable prices
sill be made.   SIMEON TINDER, Danvl.le, Iud.
FOB BALE-1W.C00 Apple, Peach. Plum and Cherry trees.  Alto a large stock ef Baspberrles,
I firs-sberries. Gooseberries, Blackberrlea and Cnr-
nsts-  Bend a list of what yon  want and we will
lire special prlcea.   B.  Jl. 8IHPS0K A CO., Yin-
I Mines, Ind,     	
FOB SAM— Farm of two hundred acres JO miles
east ofcIty: l*20acres nudercultivation; irood
I Inprt vements; lasting* stock water; good orchard; 80
lore*, coel timber. Price, f35 per acre, on payments
\ j)es, raim of 120 acres 2B miles northwest otthecitr:
J xvacr.-s under cultivation: bouse, orchard, etc., 92.
I »r acre; great bargain Apnly at once either ln
tenon or by letter to T. X MORRIS, M East Mar-
I tet street. Indianapolis, Ind
FOR SAIaE—Fertilizers—Superphosphates ln bags
of 200 ponnds each, M0 ter ton: Cayuga Land
I risster In barrels of 800 ponnds each fl 25 per barrel, ln ton lo-.s of seven barrels, |H per ton We
kindle, also, -ihe Superior Gialn Drill with Fertl-
lier Attachment. The Best Drill ln the world.
sMteus for clrcnlars giving Information relative
louse of Fertilizers ard dtscrlptlon 01 Drill. TT-
JER A HADLEY, Indianapolis,Ind.
FOB SALE—120 acre farm 9 miles s< nthweet of
Newton In Jasper connty. 111.: 86 ln cnltlva-
I tun; 34 of timber: good log honse with frame kitchen new frame barn 44x48 f. et, worth (800: 200 bear-
I Inr fruit trees; farm well fenced and ln gosd nelgh-
I torhood; twe churches, school, store, blacksmith
I ihop. etc.; 36 acres of wheat and 92 of rye turned over
1 •!_ farm tor half delivered at railroad, I have ne:
I Ken this farm, but It Is said to be cheap at (2.000, ln
I foments. Address Mr. L W. Allen, owner, at
iJtwton.I..., orG. W. ALEXANDER, Ii.alanapo-
1U Indiana.
»iscixi-tKEeir>s.
I TTXANTED—Full blood South-down buck* and one
III ewe. oneand und**r fonr yeara old at cbeap-
I tst cash price. Address MASON SHEBMAM, —oo-
I IMlee, Martin county, Indiana.
STRAYED—From 847 Ash street, this city, two
cows. One white, with Inside of ears and nose
I irewn; the other a Durham, roan and white, moat-
I !j roan, both yoang and giving milk.
I TrrAUTED-t.coff bushels Clover seed. Highest
111 market price paid. St*nd samples of average
I twlty. J T. UEKPENBalL * CO., Wholesale
Iud Retail Seedsmen ,78 East Market street, Indl-
■ uipells, Indiana.
I T W. WATSON, Merchant Tailor. 88 East Mario, ket street, Indianapolis. Ind., haa received a
■ Kond Invoice of fli e tall and winter goods. Get a
li.Uof him and yon will surely buy another, New
1 tachlon Plate Jnst received.
rAKK JJOTICE-The subscribers will arrive
In Wabash, Ind.. about tbe 12th of September,
l***~two car-loads o' thoroughbred Cotswold and
I uncolnsblre sheep. Will be on exhibition at Wa-
■ '*»»>. Bnntlbgton and Fort Wayne Fairs. WM.
Is GERaoN axd LEK S. WILSON, Wabash, Ind.
liTRAYKD Ol. BTOLEN-On or abont July 17.
IO from 4V9 Ash street, Indianapolis, Ind., three
l.itsr-old milk cjws, describe** as Kllowe: The flrst
l-uk brown, white on the belly and hip, large,
l^o.-th teats, long talc, andis very gentle Tne
Vt* end, light red. a little white on belly, near eye
I 'iT7 sore when seen last. The third, a red and
l^lte. white predominating, very wild and timid.
■ 11 imali cows A liberal reward will be paid tor
J *e!r return. or for any Information leading to their
Ifcovery. N. J. OWING:), 499 Ash atreet, Indian-
I'Mils, Ind.
.LOAMS.
I Vf ONE 7 to loan on Improved farms at 7 per cent.
If'i   Commissions reasonable.   WM. HEMDEB-
so*\74 E. Market atreet, Indlanapolla.
Ul
ONEY TO LOAK OK FABMB-In soma of 1S00
and upwards, with privilege of partial pay-
■j-JJts or prepayment of whole at any time. B. B.
'4LMBR a CO.. M E. Market Su,Indlanapolis,Ind.
O LOAN— Meney to loan on first mortgage of
it., improved city and farm property,ln Indiana
I l?a Ohio, at very low Interest, without commission,
Ifampt parlies, with desirable security, can beac-
I ?.»niodat«d withont delay. All local securltlee-
IJ.'Vi Connty, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotl-
l'*4. JOS. A. MOORE. 84 Kaat Maiket street.
WAJTTKD.
I uTANTED-Man te solid, and manage general
m,'!    agency for enlarged  pictures.   Oil paintlnga
■ "dla Ink prices. • J. F. 8STDEB * CO.. Indian-
•^ila.Iaai.
t
wt ^lorli.
J TtxAs is -very rapidly developing her
I^Uties for sheep breeding   and   wool
'iwing.
Dcrinq the late drouth the live stock
I^Pmenta to many points East have fallen
I* hearlly.
[ * S., of Hope, Bartholomew connty,
I ^>t» to purchase some polled or mnlay
PtIe*   Who has them for saltT
^pobts from New York last week In-
h^ed 1,630 live cattle, 410 live sheep, 4,-
' ' .'lartera of beef and   770  carcasses  ol
Wton.
! It la
\<h
pretty well settled now that good,
°Rb will this Beason bring good prices,
The late rise In the market will undoubtedly be maintained.
The profits of wool-growing in the states
of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, are
derived largely from production,of lambs
for the neighboring markets.
Shkep farming in Great Britain ls declining, the nnmber of Bheep in England
and Scotland having fallen ofl over 12 per
esnt. daring tbe last two years.
Hon. Ci.audb Matthbwj, Clinton, Ind.,
has sold to C. W. Waterman, Lodi, Ind.,
the Jersey bull calf, sired by Cash Boy
(2248), dam Eastwood Belle (102*1) by Star
of Empire (236*), etc. Mr Matthews says
that after his advertisement appeared he
had purchasers withont delay.
Polled Angus cattle are bringing higher prices n<iw iu Scotland than Short-horns.
At a late sale a cow brought 225 guineas,
or f 1,125, and others, with bulls, from 42 up
to 180 gntneas. The average price obtained for 15 cows was $-.73 It is 'evident
that the _breed of Angus cattle is in-
creasing rapfcUy, not only in Scotland "but
in Ejgland.
Mb. I.' N. Barkkr, Thorntown, Ind.,
while attending the Crawfordsville fair
last week purchased five head of thoroughbred Jjrsey heifers, two years old, from
the herd of Heath <k Holien. They were
Drought to Montgomcrv county last June
by Messrs. Heath <_ Holden, from the
best herds in Connecticut, and are the immediate descendants of some very noted
milk and butter strains. Mr. Barker's
purchase included a portion of their prize
tierd at the late fair, and are pronounced
by Jersey breeders to be fiae specimens ol
meir breed.
To Provent Hog Cholera
idltors Indiana Farmer:
Tell your readers who are feeding hogs
to change their hogs frequently from O-ie
pasture to another, letting them have free
~icces3 to fresh water, and feeding plenty
■ >f ashes, charcoal and salt, and the hogs
>vM be ready for fattening. I prefer summer feeding, with good cao'.ce pasture.
1 find it a great saving of corn. E. S.
———, ■   a   ■*»   s»
The "Nots" of tho Horss.
Going up hill, whip me not; going down
nill, hurry me not; on level ground, spare
me not; loose in-stable, forget me not; of
hay and corn, rob me not; of clear water
stint me not; of soft, diy bed, deprive me
not; tired and hot, wash me not; if sick or
oold, chill me not; with sponged brush,
neglect me not; with bits and reins, ohl
jerk me not; and when you are angry,
stike me not.
a ■—» > *—
Imported Clydesdales.
The North British Asriculturist of August 31, says: "Another of those extensive
shipments of Clydesdales for America,
which have recently been so freqient, was
made on Wednesday last by the steamship
Galitiafor New York. By this steamer
Powell Bros., 8pring*boro, P*t., sent out 36
ani*nals; Singmaater <fe S jns, Iowa, 19; and
-several were exported in addition by different owners. .Powell Bros, shipment
included numerous useful well-bred animals, admirably adapted to improve the
breed of draft horses on the other side of
the water. A marked improvement has
oeen made this year in the quality of the
stock exported. Fawerindiff .rent animals
are now being purchased than was the caso
last year, and buyers are keeping more in
the traditional Clydesdale districts. * *
Powell Bros, have since the beginning of
August exported upwards of a dczan
horses each week by the Allan Line Boston traders."
Sheep in England.
The London Field has this to say in regard to sbeep husbandry in that country:
The prices that have been made of some
rams would be surprising under the present state of agricultural depression at home,
and the importation of foreign live stock
and meat, if it was not for the great fact
that the stock of sheep In the United
K.ngdomhas decreased 3,574,1)26 during
the last two years of exoessive wet. As
cattle are slightly decreasing, too, in consequence of the temptation feeders have
held out te them to sell, this brisk trade
in sheep Is further satisfactorily accounted
for.
' On these good prloes may be penned a
few wordi of comment. Now that long
wool, even when of a lustrous character,
Is worth no more or less than la. per
pound, and dark-faced mutton keeps at a
high price, Lincolnshire and Midian!
counties flockmasters are turning their attention to the cultivation ofa better olass of
mutton than it is known white-faced and
long-wooled sheep prodnce. The demand
for Hants-Downs ram lambs has therefore
increased du ring the last few years. Tnou-
sands have been sold aanually for and in
Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Huntin-
donshlre and Yorkshire. The numbers this
year will, no doubt, be Increased.   A point
•bout the Hampshire sheep is exceptional.
They are so large and vigorous, tbat ram
lambs are preferred for use t-» yearling or
older sheep. In fact, in the case of an exceptionally good ram, which proves himself capable of leaving a strong stamp of
his own good qualities on his issue, a
yearling or two-shear sheep is never used,
even by the fl ickmasters of Hants and
Wilts. These ram lambs are in great demand, o'n account of the great proportion
of lean to fat they produce. This is why
tbey are so suitable for crossing purposes
with the large Lincoln ewes, which possess
a large portion of fat to lean. By the way,
too, brown, black or mottled leg-t are thus
produced; butchers can leave a bit of skin
on the legs and shanks of their sheep in
tbe carcass, and thus charge the prioe of
cross-breeds or downs. Whether or not
there will be a turn In the English wool
trade, we have at present no means of
Judaing. But tbe increase in the produce
of the foreign wool-growing countries has
been so great within a few years, that it
seems to be a better prospect for England
fl.e_-masters to Improve the quality and price of mutton, rather than
to lok forward to an increased
profit by the growth of wool. This
will be sufficiently evident if the fact
be recalled that the wool imported from
Australia, Naw-Zjaland, South America,
and- some minor foreign countries
amounted last year to tbe sum of upwards
of twenty-five million ponnds sterling.
■ .—*a ^   »	
Profit of Horse Breeding in Texas.
A Texas correspondent of the Boston
H-arald who seems to be posted writes the
following npon the su^J' ct of the profit
in horse breeding in that State:
There can be no question in the mind ol
any one well acquainted with the breeding
•tnd growing of horses, who examine the
conditions which make for success in this
business in this State, but that horses, of
•tny breed or family, can be bred and be
urown for market more cheaply than in
*ny other section of the country. I have
<iven this sub} act the careful examination
It deserves of any American who undertakes to point out to his countrymen any
aource of prosperity, and am tree to declare that, while the business of cattle,
•iheep and swine growing in this Stat
is often attended with great difficulties,
tnd, because of - attendant circumstano s,
iften made disagreeable to the proprietor,
C have been unable to discover no condition or circumstance connected with the
business ot breeding and gro vlng hor»?s
here tbat either militates against the
.-turety of success or causes it to be other
than •
MOST PKOFITABLB,
peaceable and gentlemanly employment,
iud I do not hesitate to pronounce it the
business par excellence for Texas, and the
one that will return the largest per eent.
of profit to the Investor of any class cf
oreediag that ean be engaged ln. I will
wie fly lay before the readers the reasons
ior the above statement, whicii may be
startling to some, and to others seem utterly improbable. I a the flrst plaea the
demand for horses is on the increase the
wirldover. The rapid construction and
enlargement of cities and the increase of
men's accumulated wealth are annually
bringing more and more buyers to th*?
-q.iine field, and that this demand will
continue and continue to increasa is beyond q ie*ition. There will never be horse-3
enough to satisfy the world's denand.
And this holds true, not as regards one
family and class oi horses, but of the whole
gsnus. The horse is man's beet servant,
as the dog is his best companion, and the
more the borders of civilization srj
widened and extended, the more opportunities will there be for equine service
and assistance. Hence, it may be safely
predicted, a growing demand will exist for
horses; every class of horses can be bred
aad grown here to perfection. The climate and soil are of such a qna'ity that
they provide the best possible condition of
development. Indeed, Texas might, With
truth, bs called the natural, as It was the
flrst home of the horse on the American
continent. Here the high-bred Moorish
horse, accustomed ln old Spain to every
care and attention, was left by the vicissitude of fortune to such' treatment as nature, undirected and unassisted by man,
might be able to give him. It proved a
most kind;y and beneficent one indeed.
And within half a century the '.' wild horee
ofthe plain" had spread his offiprin?
• over the fertile country in herds numbered
only by thousands, and became a synonym of beauty, speed and courage. I have
been told by old plainsmen that
forty teabs aoo
herds of wild horses,  numbering   then-
sands, true descendants  of the  Moorish
barb "a stream   as pure  as the  fount
when«3 it flowed"—might be met with on
the prairies of Texas, divided by their leaders into bands of "fifties and hundreds," the
whites, the blacks, the bays, the roans, the
parti-colored, each in squadrons by
themselves,  whose movements  had  the
precision of disciplined men, and whose
careering charge across the plain was, in
mfj-sty of motion and terror of sound, as
wben an ancient army rushed headlong to
battle. I have, myself, sat in my saddle,
in the cool, dewy morning, never, as it
seems to me, so cool and dewy as here,
and seen 500 horses "unbridled, nnhaltered
and free," go swinging by at a trot, heads
up, eyes on fire and tails streaming, not an
unsound foot or limb in the herd; not a
1 ggard; and, as the long line swept over
the verge of the swell, out of sight, leaving
only a fragrant trail of crush grasses and
floweas behind tbem, and the dying echoes
of mufll;d sound, wondered If eye of man
ould see a finer sight; and what the poor,
pent-up dwellers in cities would say oould
they sit where I sat, amid the grasses, the
flowers and the dew, and sen what I had
seeii! Bat these are not the horses I
should breed were I a breeder in Texas,
any more than I would breed the old-time
Texas steer, or Mexican sheep. Not that
the Mustang horse ls not a valuable animal iu himself, and a valuable basis to
oreed up from in order to reach quickly
certain results, for they arf; but still they
.lo not  constitute  the best  cross  if the
• reeder alms at the best, viz :
THB MOST PROFITABLE RESULT.
The breeding I advocate for Texas is
norses precisely such as are being bred
North—the family horse, the farm horse,
■ he trotter, the Parcheron, the thoronghbred. The trouble with Northern breeding is it does not pay, and the reason it
does not pay is because lt cost so much to
raise a colt North that, when he ls ready
tor the market, even if he should bring
$g00 or $400 to his owner, he has eaten
.limself up in the mean time. The cost of
.-aiding a colt North, If bred from good
-took, is more than, on the average, he
vill bring, when ready for the market.
Now, |200 is a good selling price for a well-
bred, four-year old horse, unbroken.
That ls, it is a price at which he oan quickly and shortly be parted with by his
iwner. But it cost double that to breed
•tnd gro*- one up to his fourth year in the
Northern states. Hence the difficulty.
But what does it cost to grow a colt in
CexosT I have floured ln every item of
-oxpense that my own mind and the minds
•f other experienced horsemen can sug-^
<ost, and the annual cost of growing a
jolt ln this State, in a good location, can-
lot, under judicious management, be made
•o exceed (5. It is safe to say that 1,000
ir 10,000 oolts of high breeding, were the
eqnlsite number of Northern mares and
.tallions here, could be bred and grown up
o the end of the fourth year at an average
of |30 per head. Such stock would oom-
jaand here from f 150 to $200 each for driving, family, livery stable and saddle use,
•and this regardlf ss of any speed, beyond a
fair rd~.d"galt.   A farm stocked with
TWO HUNDRED BRCOD MARKS
prom the North of fair quality and bred to
tallions of approved quality, would after
the fourth year, net to the owner at least
$20,000 a year, nor can any intelligent
horseman "cut" the figures down lower.
C consider the business of breeding and
growing fine—viz , sound, beautiful and
speedy horses, as destined In the near future, to be the business of Southwestern
Tex :s.
Tae conditions are all favorable to an
unparalleled degree. A mild, healthy climate, dry soil, plenty of water and shad**,
a donn indigenous grasses, peculiarly
adapted to thoir taste and the upbuilding
of their structure; oat lands that yield
-from 50 to 93 bushels per acre, soils tb
which the famous alfalfa is a native and in
wbich Swedish turnips grow an enormous
yield; no necessity for barns or costly
equipments; cheap land—why, in view of
these thl.igs, should a Northern man wonder when told that "we raise a horse here
as cheaply as you do a turkey North."
so stlfl in her limbs, she walks with difficulty; abont two or three days patches of
redness appeared on ber teat*?; now those
red spots c iver half of teats and the calf,
10 weeks old, in sucking cuticle ofl* and
they are very sore and cracking. Run on
clover, but onoe In awhile they did dodge
ofl a in woods pasture where there were
some polk berries. There were some stains
on their heads. Hair rough; head down;
eats enough soft feed but don't chew  cud.
A SCBSCBIBEB
Your cow has the Eagllsh mouth and
foot disease. U*-e alum on the tongue and
month, and spirits of turpentine between
the hoofs and around the coronary. That
is, around between tbe hoof and the skin.
Rab in well.
Big Leg.
Edltorslndlana Farmer.
My horse has a big leg; it does not lame
him nor make him stlfT, but lt Is big all
around trie hock and half way down the
pastern and half np to the stifl-*, and lt has
been blistered; painted with iodine but no
good. The ekin seems to be very thick
till I work lt; tuen it is soft as a sponge.
He eats, and hair looks sil right; tho Bkin is
cracked in lront ol the hock and a little
yellowish matter runs out. He has been
that way for six months. J. N.
No cure that I know ol, as you describe
the trouble. Better** show him to some
oo rope tent veterinary surgeon.
Sprained.
Editors Indiana Fanner:
My horse is very lame. The stifle Joint
ls out of place; can press it back, but he
does not like to stand on tbat leg; has been
se for tbree days. What ls the L>est treatment? He is a large, likely tbree-y ear-old
colt, br.ke to work; don't know bow he
done it. I corded tne other hind leg, bnt
it swells badly. Subscriber.
You will flnd that his stifle is not out of
place as you say. There mnst be a sprain.
Blister it once daily for five or Bix days
with Spanish fly one ounc, spirits of
turpentine one pint. Rub in well with the
hand.
Glanders.
My mule had the distemper last spring,
and she has not been well this summer.
N /W ehe is running at the nose, sometimes a kind of bloody mucus; has a kernel between the Jaws and is -swelled above
xho nostrils.   She does not eat very well
J. A P.
Your mule has glanders. Send for medicine and instructions.
raim
Postal Card Correspondence.
This department la edited by Dr. JoHn K. Navin,
Veterinary Buxceoa, ant—or ol Navin's Kiplanatory
Stock Doctor.
Boles to be okserved by those sipectlnr oorrect
aM-wera:
1. Btate tbe rate of pnlae.
2. Tbe breathing.
>. The etandlnr attitude.
4. Appearance ol hair.
5. II confh, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone, .
t. It breathing la rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sonnd, no time mnst be lost tn blistering
throat, and using Unctn-re of aconite root and tlnct-
nre of belladonna -20 drops on tengne alternately
every two hours, ft>r Ume ia too short lbr an answer,
7. Parties desiring answers by mall mnst enclose a
stamp.
English Month and  Foot Disease.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What shall I do for my cowT The first
wa noticed wrong with her, was her
gaunted appearance and great loss of milk.
Oflered her feed anl she wanted to eat, but
her to igue seemed so stifl she could get
feed into her mouth with groat diflVmlty.
Inside of her mouth swollen, some sore
and inflamed; now five days later better
movement with tongue; mouth better, but
PEHSSTLVAHI la
Cumberland Co.—The weather has been
so dry here that the preparation of the
land for fall crops ls much delayed, it
being almost impossible to plow our heavy
limestone lands. It appears now as if we
would have rain, a little falling last night.
The corn crop will be one half a crop;
there will be none for sale; we may have
to fetch In a little Western to carry us
through. The hay crop was a medium
one, enough to do us through or nearly so.
The pasture is now entirely dried np, so
that most farmers have to feed some hay
to help along. Apple crop almost an en
tire failure. A few potatoes; no peaches.
Gardens a'l dried up. We will be short of
cabbage and turnips. O. R. D
Berks Co.—Our hay crop was good.
Oot crop very gcod. Wheat 15 bushels
p«r acre. Corn 15 bushels per acr*>.
Ground very dry, not one inch rain I *r
past two and half months. Pastures dri <-.
up. Ground so dry tbat fall seeding lm**
not commenced, and ground can not bo
sown until it rains. Fruit of all kinds
poor.   Potatoes very short crop.
J. L. R.
MASBAM.
Cbawfobd Co—We are having some
very fine rains. Fall pasture begins to
looX well. ThreshlDg about half done.
Wheat running from six to 20 bushels per
acre. Corn will make from five to thirty
bushels per acre. Late potatoes a fallurp.
Stock hogs plenty and cheap; fat hogs are
worth f 5 50. Cattle are looking well and
boar good prices. This county will pull
through, although corn will be scarcer
than any year since 1875. Farmers in
this State appear less discouraged over the
drouth, than any where heard from.
South Eastern Kansas is destined in the
near future to take its place in the front
rank as an agricultural section.
A. P. T.
KLXUVOI*.
Jasper Co —The backbone of the dry
weather is;,broken.||Nice ralnB lately.
Ground was dry to the depth of two feet.
Com Is a fallurfCprinciple canse chinch
bugs. Wheat a very poor crop. Oate and
grass fair. Farmers selling oft"theirsto.k,
and preparing to winter on short rations,
and sowing rye for fall and spring pasture.
Alarge acreage of wheat Jwill be sown.
Ground is;ready and in fine oondition,
only waiting the days of the chinch bugs
to be numbered to commence. We pro
pose to pick our flints and try it again.
Ii.  Ia.   J.
OHIO.
ClaiNTON Co.—Weather continnrs dry.
We bave had rain last two days to moisten
the wheat ground already broken. Corn
two thirds crop. Wheat one half. Potatoes one-quarter. Apples one half. Stock
hogs five to five and a half. Cattle, stock
three and a half to four. Good feeders,
four and a half to five. Bhetp, stock f2 to
|5 per head. I. x.
BuTiaRB Co.—The late rains have pnt the
ground in good condition for sowing wheat
and all live farmers are taking advantage
of It.   A good acreage will be sown.
S. K..
memo-jr.
Hillsdale Co—Since the late rain
wheat seeding is going on rapidly by all
who were ready. Gronnd ln fine condition. Q D. I*.
Ikohak Co.—Wheat one half crop. Oats
gcod. Corn fair, but injured by drouth.
Hey good. Fruit rredium. The drouth
lately bas done much irjnry.
A. J. C.
MISSO-CHt. -
t; Hbnbt Co —Wheat made about 14 bushels per acre, mostly No. 2 Corn not good;
too dry and too many bug*; will average
25 bushels per acre on uplands snd more
ln bottoms. Oats good, made 30 to 60
bushels per acre. Apples most a failure.
Peaches enough for home use. Potatoes
early good; late none. J. W. W.
INDIANA
Howabd Co —The drouth still continues,
and is the most severe that I have seen fbr
twenty years. Wheat sowing going on
slow; breaking not all done. Some are
afraid to sow until it rains.
Gibson Co—We had gocd rains here
lately. Tbe chinch bugs have done great
damage to the corn crop, and fears are felt
for the coming wheat crop. Corn is very
light, one-third of ari'ordinary yield.
J.l-C.
Posbt Co—Some sh knees here. School
has commenced. Farmers are all busy -
plowing. The chinch bugs are paying us
a visit. There are three empty houses in
Farmersvllle now for the first time In 8*0
years.   Had a little rain here. A. P. '
Clabkb Co.—Copious rains bave fallen
all over the southern part of tbe State in
the past few days, and wheat seeding is going on rapidly where it was not already
done. Tbe ground is in fine oondition, and
pastures will soon be good If it remains
seasonable. A. C. R. *
Orange Co.—Where can I get seme Bed
Chaff Velvet or Mediterranean wheat for
seed? (Red chaff preferred.) Those who
have it will please 8dvert.se it, giving
price of same. Com all dried up. It won't
average five bushels to the acre the oounty
over. No plowing done for wheat. Pastures all dried up. Fat cattle, horses and
sheep gocd piice, but none of that kind
here. j. h. M.
Elkhart Co —The drouth that prevailed
in Northern Indiana to some extent at least;
has shertened fall crops frcm one-hall to
three-fonrths. We had a good rain which
w as of great benefit to the wheat, which is
n early all sown. Corn much injured by
droutli; nearly all cut up early. Hogs
healthy, -scarce and bring good prloes.
Who has genuine large grain White Rye
for salt?   I want a small quantity for seed.
M. 8.
Miami Co.—Corn cuttiDg and seeding Is
the order of the day. Wheat, averaged
a'^out 12 bushels per acre, good quality.
Corn about 30 bushels per acre. Have had
in the last 10 days five showers of rain.
Tho ugh too late Ior potatoes, of which there
will be but few in our connty, partly on
account of dry weather and bugs. Weather pleasant. Health unusually good. Hogs
scarce and high. No bog cholera. Cattle
and sheep have been suff< ring for pasture
and water. s. T. W.
Harrison Co.—Varieties of wheat grown
in the northwestern part of this oounty are
F ultz on upland, and Mediterranean, and
a kind known as "White Amber," so
called, probably becanse the grain is an
amber color, and the chaff and straw very
white. There are small lots of Clawson,
Velvet and some other varieties. Smut is
appearing in the Full*, and we fear its
race is nearly run. By the aid of the commercial fertilizers it yields more per acre
than any other kind. Please give some
smut .cures in your next issue.
J. P. I*.
The fanners of a portion of South
Carolina who have had bad crops, propose to "readjust" their debts with the
merchants and dealers in fertilizers,
which the latter fail to see, claiming
that their prices were regulated by the
cost ofthe articles furnished, and not
by the propective profits on cotton. The
farmers propose to declare all who refuse to settle on the prorata plan public
enemies.