VOL. XVI.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 1881.
NO. 47.
FOK H*l I.E.
17(011 SA LE-M Merino em e«.   fall un. or adilrns r.
?     FlCKblUKa.Qidiz, Ind.
F
■OK PA l.K— A  few tlwHifcTd Kinder hliicl* beirfpf*.
Addrees FRAKCIHUlUVriKa. IJifayetie.Infl.
FOU 8AI.E.—Fbropjdtir*pyrar!inK ram.   Wripht 175
pounds.    (.11 AH. MctXAVK, New linden. Ohio.
F
OK  HALK—18  Plymouth   JWk   c«x-k*>r*l*.  full
stock,   fleach.   J. H. GA610N, Btan fold, Ind.
FOR RALE-Wblte'Inborn chick*.   DR.  W. J.
ELKTUN,!. Nortb Meridian street, Indianapo-
Us, Ind.
FOH BALE—White and Brown J>ehoros. Aj-lew-
bnry and Pekin ducts. * Tl LfcON A HUB1KON,
Hocalane, Ind. -
FOR BALE—Pekln   duckF.aj* fine asy«ti »fc h, for
$2perpntr, if  taken   Bocn.   J.   L.  BltKMON,
peterMbBrff, Ind.
FOR BA LF—25 pairs each ot fc. S. Jl amen its and
Xf.  V.   B.   Bpanlch.     Address   bTAMOK   &
tlRI' CJO, Oreerwm.d, Ind.
I Tion TltAUK—Money  and  miaing- Mocks  for a
*    farm or WesUrn lend.  .KCtlitss "MUM- It,Mcare
cf Indiana Farmor, Indtanapapo!i£.
FORBALK—AtliorcDKhtred bhert-tun Lulls, 9t to
M .nonlbp old, -sired bv a IXnble J.c?<\ No. 3178,
A.S. Jl. R.   WM.GRAWKXK.l'H-itibmco.Jnd.
I7»OK RAI-E— Jeiney   Rid l I*f> ln ?<<<. condition.
1     Will *»bip th** Hii*t tii pmir.lpr.   Prices reeM.ii-
•ble.   Addreaa V. KIM-l] Y, MciriMi*n. Jrd.
I7"0R SALE—Cotswold buck lambp at flfi TrtiU, my
1     imported  buck.     He  weipbF 335 trounds.    The
prlae winner.   JAMES II. HARLOW, Adan.fi, Ind.
IT-ORBALT— A fine lot of Fr<ni.e ttirkeytt, Fmbdea
1     jreew,  Rouen   ai'd   Pekin dnck*.  nnd I*efcestcr
ebeep.   T. J*. A B. F. SMILEY, Portland Mills. Ind.
TpOlt BALK—nolstcin bull. Ella* out 2d,dfmlm-
1     ported «jw  Maid of Tw*Pk.   a   .gcod  breeder.
JOSEPH FUR.NAB, Boxley. Hamilton county, h>d.
FOR BALE— Chr<ip to ck>*e out the   busineiw, 25
bead of purely bred Kbort-horns.    For a barjrain
addrem H. LEWIS, P.O.Box No. 30, LonJsvllle.Xy.
FOR BALF—A few English Bbepherd pupa.|S fora
male ft nd (3 fora feniate.boxeu'tiiid delivered on
tbe car*. T. A. HOUSTON, Bedford, Lawrence Co.,
Indiana.
InOR BALE—Boar7 months old. Bire. B'ack Bob,
' 1*5, d*m, Jnllettfe. 362. Central Po'rndCh.r» Keo-
ord, large, of tine foim. Price,fax W. U HMUCK,
Inmanapollit, Iud.
I7*OP BALE—A titst-claw Block and k>*'" form of
: 2*7 acres in Putnam county, Jnd. Two and a
half miles from railroad: six miles from Ore^ncafttle.
T. M. I.OBPKN. nreencantle, Ind
I7-OR BALK—B<iine flne  Ccti-vold ewes ln Ir.mb bv
1     Gray riinreSd, all Imported fnm Canada, tliret
yea.
OM*.t
mj.k CvA j»r.— cmiith* nne wimoio ew«(in iF.mti oy
1 Gray riinre 3d, all Imported fnm Canada, three
ars old, at fis each: i-bo pome Plymouth Rock
c.trr^l.-a'M.   R <». CRIST, New Mm krt, Ind.
T.NUH tvA-JUte/—A ii-w tiKirntiKhiirfd Jersey bull
X? calves. Re*f.Ptered in American Jeiwy Cattle
C'inb. Fashionable ooIot* and the \\tvt butter Btock.
AddroPsorcalloTt W. J. HAKSKLMAN, Indianapolis T»rt
|. <jtm t>.!*ia..fc.-Uii*-vn,iUB, hhit-tKliires and Kcuth-
X1 downn, imported fr« m Ornisda; ram and ewe
Jambs of eiiner bre^d: 12 veflrl.nc C<-tsn<»ld iamK Imported last year. P>JIRY KtKL^G.Onwatd, Ceuw
connty, In(f.
I^OR BALE—A «rat-claE8 breeding Jark; alw> a
1 good general piirpoee horee. The Jack cwn show
a flne lot rf colts, and the horse hah taken flrsrpre-
Hiinm at Indiana Btate fair. Renaonable prices will
bomndo.   BIMFON TINDF.R. Danville. Ind.	
17>OUBALl— Ami Poland * hira pi-gNtSO, nnd June
' pi»psat«16. Bire, "Hoosier Tom," took in premium at A fairs In three etaten laat year. Took lut at
KanRan and Illinois BTate fairs of 1-^bl. Bire and dams
recorded in O. P. C R. D. L. THOMAS, RunbTille,
RiiFh county. Ind.
"lj>0±t bAL-fci— Eertiinfers—BuperphoBphates In ba^s
J? «f200 pounds each, |40 per ton; Cayuga Land
Planter in barrela of 300 pounds each, $2 25 per barrel;
ia ton lots of seven barrels, «4 per ton. We handle,
also, tbe Boperior Grain Drill with Fertilizer Attach
ment. The Best Prill in the world. Write us for circulars riving information relative to use of Fertilizers
and deacriptTon of Drill. TYNER A HADLEY, In-
dianapoiis. Ind.
FOR BALE—1 nowcflerforsalea nice lot nf Shorthorn cows ond heifers. All that are old enough
aresafeinraC- Will Rive 10 months time to responsible purchaMre. I bave alao for sale an extra fine lot
ot Poland China pig«. wnie splendid young boars
ready for service; will take a few sows to be bred in
December. This stock is all of my own breeding.
BatWactlon guaranteed or money relunded. Come
and see, or write for what you want. Addrees L. H.
AlKM AiN, Box a, Dana, Vermillion county, Ind.
DIIPCELXANEflrN.
TEN farms for pale and  exel onpe, hraltl-y country, rednoed rates.   P. BAJIR, Niles, Mich.
JW. WATBON, Merchant Tailor(3H East Market
• street, Indianapolis, Ind., has received a second invoice of tUie lall and winter iroods. Oet a suit
of him and you will surely buy another. New Fashion
Plate inst received.
OR BALE OR TRADK-A p.111. Wtuldientto
some good man. Good water rcwer, with three
run of bubr-p, IB acres of lj-ttd.thiee-iourths mil*»*fir.m
railroad station, in a pood wlent ritwirg cmntiy.
For further information write to WM. ZEI1KEU,
Plymouth, Marshall county, Ind.
LOANS.
rilO I*OAN—Money to loan on flrst mortgageof fm-
JL proved city and farm property ln Indiana and
Ohio, at very low Interest without commission.
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can l>e ac-
eommodated without delay. All local spcnritles—
City, Connty, Town and Railroad Ikmda—negoUated.
JOB. A. lf.OORK.84 E. Market street.
WANT FP-
TITANTKD—Pair of Sumatra tJamo fowls, id-
W dre«sslating price, JOBEPH VANSlt.KLE,
llu.sp!&TU}e. Ind.
c^xtTje §>1wzk.
A eorres-pondont wants to know who
haa "Russian China hogs," and what kind
of swlno thoy aro.
Messrs Powku., Urio-s. Springboro, Pa.,
have just received their fifteenth import.i-
tion for the season, of Clydosdalo   horses.
"Q. R."—Tlie pri<-o of mules in Md. nn-1
Ky., range from $100 to $«!0O, aeconling to
•size and quality. Tho price depends entirely on size and quality, as of horses.
A Stiff wisp broom is bettor to remove
the dust and dirt from a horse's legs than
a currycomb. Many horses with thin skin
are exceedingly nervous and restless in
the hands of a careless groom, andf this
nervousnoss often degenerates into vicious-
noan.
Tun  Poland   China hog, "Princeton,"
which Mr. Thomas, of Homor, Ind., resold
to Mr. I. A. Lawrence, weighed 10080  lbs.
at 30 months.   Thomas's and Lawrence's
yearling boar, -'Iloosl^r Tom," took 1ft
premium this year at  the Kansas and Illinois stato fairs.   Last month Mr. Thom.-.s
, *old a  yearling sow  to tho  butcher that
. wcighod 450 lbs. and netted 1G0 lbs. of laid
' Worth 15c per lb.
The experiment of carrying fresh beef
and mutton frun Australm to England
has pvovod In file sense a micccks and in
another a comparative failure. The ment
has arrived In perfectly good condition,
but the price obtained is not remunerative. The meat having been transported
in refrigerators for sucli a great distance
must be sold immediately upon arrival,
and cannot wait even a day for a   better
market..  .
.	
Volumb twenty-one of the American
Short-horn Herd Book is uow ready f..r do-
livery, and iflriaent by mail for ?5. It cm-
tains 400 clow-ly-printed jiages with
over 3500 pedigrees, besides produce,
contributed Uy over 700 breeders and owners. It Ls a cheaper herd book than any
ever published in this country or England,
when the quantity of matter Isconsidorcd.
Several imported oows and other unrecorded female ancef-tors of living animals aro inserted, ranking it of valuo to
some who havo no animals recorded in it.
Address Allen A Bailey, Buffalo N. Y.
Tiik publio sale of livo Jersey cattle, of
fered by J. E. Mooney ife Co., of Louiw-
ville, Ky., November 30th, affords a rare
opportunity to our readers who want good
dairy stock to get such. Wo havo carefully examined the herd, and know what
we say when pronouncing them as woll
bred Jerseys as any that can be found.
The entire lot advortised will be sold without reserve, aud honorably without by-
bidders, for what tb'-y will bring. Those
wanting pri:*:io good butter-making stock
should attend this sale. Tho catalnguo ol
tho herd is ready for distribution, showing
tho excellent character of- tho stock by
podigreos. Address Harvey Lewis, P. O.
Box No. 30, Louisville, Ky.
LUCERNE ADD PEAKL MILLET.
Prof. Ingersoll, of Purdue University,
after experimenting with Lucerne and Alfalfa on the college farm gives it as his
opinion that it is a valuable plant for all
hilly lands whoro grass makes a feeble
growth, and ls frequently burned out by
drouth. He sums up its valuable point*
as follows: 1st, itsmannerand quickness
of growth. . 2d, capacity to endure drouth.
3d, hardiness in winter; and 4th, that il
adds one more to the valuable list of our
forage plants, and thus enlarges thc range
of our production.
Our own experiment with pearl millet
leads us to a similar conclusion regarding
this prolific forage plant. During all the
long drouth it retained its trash green
color, althougV com planted alongside of
it dried up entirely. Considering its immense productiveness and its ability to
withstand dry weather, we regard it as a
most desirable acquisition, and one that
farmers ought to cultivate at least to the
extent of an acre or two, for the uso of
their mlloh cows when pasturo grows
scarce in the fall. It requires good land
and some cultivation to give tho best results.
The Central Poland China Becord.
We would call the attention to the fact
that tho Central is now receiving pedigrees for its 3d Vol. and that It will go to
press in a short time. It is nocessary that
pedigit>es be sent in as soon as i>ossib!e to
enable the secretary lo avert mistakes and
to arraiigo the whole to tho best interests
of tho breedors, etc. of tho association.
By thus acting early it will afford the executive committee a longer timo to compare dates of farrow, and tho ages of different animals, by this means dis -overing
tlio errors of others as well as your own;
enabling them to secure both uniformity
and correctness as far as the nature of
such a work will admit. It is tho desire
of all the stockholders to mako this vol.
as near perfect as can bo, and to do this
tho exocutivo committoo de-ire overy
brooder who has recorded in vols. 1 and
2, to tako both books and search out any
mistakes if such thero bo in his pedigrees;
then by those to correct his matter for the
3d vol.; then to send in all such notes to
the secretary and thoy will bo publishe.l
free. If you havo already sent in such
notes be kind enough to mako a now examination and send in a duplicate copy.
The executive committee earnestly ask for
henrty cooperation of all. Thoy yet hold a
fow shares of stock for b»1o. It will be for
the profit of evory breeder to insert a his-
toryof herd as it calls attention to pedigrefs.
Your aim and interest is to sell to brocc'-
ers, and breeders invariably examine, the
histories of herds in order to seo wliat
Unes of stock your pedigrees represent,
when they turn over the pages. But it is
a woll known fact that enterprise is always
found in tho beginning Just for the same
reason that the biggest potatoes como to
tho top ot the barrel. Men nover look for
mueh grain in the tail end of tho threshing
pile, and the same is truo pf tho tail end of
evory pile in which men look for money.
By selling to breeders you build up a reputation soonorand it is easior  maintained
becuise the purchasing breeder develops
your animal and brings out its good
points tu full maturity and your reputation as a breeder is thus not ouly preserved
but is increased. Without advertising
j-ou no longer can oxpect to do business.
Tho heaviest advertisers do tho largest bus-
siness, the only question which remains
to you is the cheapest manner that will
insure the largest number of sales. In
th*M->o days energy and enterprise win;
without those you fail. The day is past
whon the utility and necessity of recording lino st *ck ceaj^os to be a question
of doubt. Fow breeders will now. buy
liuo stock unless thoy have undoubted
pedigrees, for wiihout such clear and undoubted lines of ancestry they cannot dispose of the progeny of such animals. Tho
great objoit now is to build up and pro-
serve a good and roliablo record of all such
pedigrees, and tills can only be dono by
and through tho united exertions of all
mon Interested in improving thoroughbreds. If any information is desired by
those unaquaintcd with tho association, it
can bo obtainod through thu secretary, A.
K. Saunders, Indianapolis, Ind.
Winter Lambs for Early Market.
MONKY FKOM MKAT AND MANUHB.
Mr. J. S. Woodward of Niagara Co., N.
J., gives tho New York Tribune bis experience as follows:
Wben an avallublo market exists, no
branch of sheep husbandry pays such
largo profits as the rearingof winter lambs
for an early market; nor Is there any that
requires such careful watching, punctuality in foeding, and such unceasing looking after-^and no man should go into the
business unless he is willing to givo tin
needed attention. Wo havo tried almost
all breeds and crosses, but so far haw-
found none so well suited to all our wants
as tho oommon gr.ido ewes, say from one-
half to soven-oiKhlhs Merino, crossed witli
a thoroughbred Cotswold buck. I am
aware that the O.tswold when puro bus
too much fat, but whon crossed rs above
there Is no objection on this score. We
put tho bucks with tho ewos July 20, and
leave thom together until October 1; ono
buck to fifty ewes we consider  sufficient.
MY BARNS,
where lambs are raised, are 76 by 82 feet,
with basement to tbe wholo; but the basement Is above ground, except one side;
the walls of the basement are stone, and
two feet thick. It is divided by two alleys into four rows of pens; each now being divided into four pens, making sixteen pens about seventeen by eighteen feot
each. Along each side of each alley is a
board fenoe three feet high, having a gate
to each pen; tho division of pens is made
with tho feed racks having grain-troughs
on each side; on the end walla of each end
the pen is a half-rack, thus glvingreaeh
pen about thirty-four feet of feeding
rack and trough; in each pen is a water
trough six feet long, that is always full oi
fresh water, supplied from pipes lsading
from a large elevated tank, kept full by a
windmill aud pump from a deep well.
Theso troughs should be woll washed out
every day; no stock are so particular
about having fresh and clean water as
sheep. From this basement there are six
ventilating tubos, eighteen inches square,
leading up to and out of the roof, and
theso by being opoued and closed always
keep tho air pure and tho Bheop
COMFORTiVBLB AND IIEALTUY.
In different parts of tho basement hang
six thermometers, and the temperature is
kept as near 50° F. as possible. Iuto each
pen we put twenty ewes, as soon as cold
woatber has spoiled the grass; and thoy
aro fed each day hay, straw, mangels,
corn, bran, and oat-meal; commencing
with a small quantity of each, it is gradually increased until they get all they will
catjtbisis kept up until they are ready, as
fat sbeop,for tho market, after having raised
their lambs. Tho lambs begin to drop the
last of December, und continue-until
March 1; when they aro about ton days
old they begin to eat, aud aro then allowed fino clover hay, bran, corn, oll-moal
and mangels, soparate from the owes, anil
are allowed to oat their fill. No sheep
goes out of the pons from the time they
are put in until thoy go to market, oven if
it bo so lato as June, we having found for
years of experienco that they aro much
quieter, ara just as healthy, and do mu< h
better by this method.
DY march 20,
tho lambs begin to lie largo enough to market, weighing sixty pounds each, and aro
sold as fast as they reach this weight at so
much per pound, live weight, up to June
1; that takes all, not a dozen culls being
loft over. Last year wo sold 235 lambs
previous to that date, for $1,150, and the
increase on owes soli for mutlon over
what wo paid for them made tho total re -
ceipts for owes and lambs over 51500. This
paid for all the feed, whetlior raised, or
bought, including the mangels, and let a
nice surplus fur profit, besides the' very
largo amount of tho very best kind of manure, in tho best possible coudition. This
manure wc draw out about twice each
winter, taking it directly to the fields, and
spreading it just where wanted in thc
spring, unless it be whero tho water would
run over it and wash it away. In this way
we get the work done in season, and two
loads do as much good as threo would if
allowed to remain in the yard and wash
all winter.
What manure accumulates after tb* seoond cleaning of the jiens we allow to remain all summer In them, keeping it
sufficiently wet so it shall not burn, and
we find it just what wo need for top-dressing the wheat fields just boforo sowing the
wheat. If wo only succeeded in getting pay
for our feed, wa should still continue to
raise lambs, and feed other stock, for we
realize the f»ct that without manure we
cannot expect profitable crops of any
kind, I am avvaro that in my method of
close housing sheep I am following a plan
entirely different from that advocated by
many good feeders; but wo havo now followed it Bdveral years with tho bost results
both in raising lumbs and in feeding yearlings and older shoep. When wo commenced it wo wero entirely alone, and evory feeder about us predicted failure, but
now most of tho best feeders of our vicinity follow this plan and succeed, and suc-
oess is tho very best evidence that we are
right.
 « '«.   »	
Experiments in Feeding Stoete.
Tho superintendent of theCJuelph model
farm, Province of Ontario, offers tho following ns tbe result or his experiments:
1. A steady frosty wiuter is better thau
MX open one.in feeding cattle.
2. An a'vi nge two or three-year-old steer
will cat its own weight on different materials, in two weeks.
3. Two or three-year-old cattle will add
one-third of a pound more per head per
day to tlieir weight upon prepared hay
-uid roots than upon the samo materials
unprepared.
4. It is thirty per cent, moro profitable to
pro-manure and dispose of fattening cattle at two years old than to keep them up
to three years.
5. There is no loss in feeding a cattle
beast well upon a variety of materials for
the sake of ihe manure alone.
6. Farm-yard manure from well-fed cattle, three years old, is worth an average of
$3 30 per ton.
7. A three-year-old cattlo beast, well-fed
will give at least one ton of manure every
month of winter.
8. No cattle beast whatever will pay for
the direct increase to its weight from the
consumption of any kind or quantity of
food.
9. On an average it costs twelve cents for
every additional pound of fiesb added to
the weight of a two or three-year-old fattening steer.
m 10. In thia country the market value of
store cattle can be increased thirty-six per
cent, during six months of finishing by
good feeding.
11. In order to secure a safe profit, no
store cattle beast, well done to, can be sold
at less than A.% cents per pound (live
weight.)
12. In the fattening of wethers, to finish
as shearlings, tho Cotswold and Leicester
grades can bo made up 200 pounds, the Oxford-down 180 pounds,aud tho Southdown
(grades) 1G0 pounds each (livo weight.)
A cow wintered upon two tous and a
half of hay will produce not far from fivo
tons of manure, provided that she be well
littered or none of the excrements be
wasted.
%imtt<trtt.
This detriment U edited by .Dr. Jmw N. Navin,
Veterinary Burgeon, author of Navin"b explanatory
Block Doctor.
Rules .to be observed by those expecting correct answers:
1. Btate tbe rate of poise.
X The lj rea thing.
S. Tbe standing attitude.
4. Appoaranoe of hair.
ft. Ii cough, and M-crettoa trom noee, whether
glands between the jaw*, can be teU, and how near
tbe bone.
ft. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rusbing eound.no time must be loat In blistering
throat, aud aatng tincture of aconite root aud tincture of belladonna 30 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time la too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by maU must inclose a
stamp.
Postal Card Correspondence.
Diseased Udder.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
One part of tho udder of my eow is
larger and gives lumpy milk at times.
Please give a remedy and oblige     J. H.
1'aint your cow's udder twioe daily with
tincture of iodine.
Contracted -Foot.
KdltoreIndiana Farmer:
The frog and in fact all over tho bottom
of my horse's right fore foot seems to
have dry rot. Limps when on rough road
and when mado to trot on any kind of road.
Eats hearty and appears to bo all right exoept in the foot. Enoch W. PETE-a.
Vour mare's foot is contracted. Put on
an expansion shoe, or a pair. See card in
tho FaUiMKR.   The oost of ono pair is 75c.
Lump on Shoulder.
Editors Indiana FarUM*ri
I havo a horso which has a lump on his
shoulder mado by his collar. At lirst it
seemed soft, andon opening some blood and
water pin out. It now appears hard and
about the size of a common apple; it has
been theie about three weeks.    A. T. V.
Blister it severely onto dally for ten
days. If any is left, paint witb tincture of
iodine for several days. If those fail it
must be cut out.
Lameness.
Edltora Indiana Farmer:
I have a horso that Is lame in one of his
foro feet. IIo does not limp when he
walks, but is quite lame when lie trots. He
does not seem to get much worse than at
first. Ilis heel is feverish, and above the
hoof is tender; no smelling any where.-
15. Hadley.
If feverish he may have taken up a nail.
Have your smith search diligently; if
found, pull out and cut a hole through the
sole around tho nail hole as largo as a
quarter of an inch; cut into the quick and
keep it cpen; no poultice needed. H no
nail is found, apply tincture of arnica to
the inflammation several times daily; if
matter forms let it out.
A Lump on the Leg.
Edltora Indiana Farmer:
My yearling oolt has a lump tbe size of
a hulled walnut on inside of fore leg—suppose it is splint. What will remove it?
Noticed lt about two months ago; it grows
rapidly. He also has a lump the -same size
between the lower jaw; been thero ever
since he had the distemper last winter.
Have used the liquid blister without el-
fect. Sub.
The best you ean do is to let spliuts
alone, they Invariably are absorbed
after the horse arrives at maturity. You
can never see a horse from 10 to 12 years of
age showing a splint, except one that has
been tempered with by some smart aleck.
If you must remove it, friction and blistering are most efficacious. You had better watch the enlarged gland, aiid if slight
cough a and secretion from his nostril
should appear, let us know.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonviixb, Nov. 9.—Tho great and
much favored fruit of Florida, the orange,
is now coming into market and buyers
aro numerous and eager. The yield of thia
fruit if was feared early in the spring
would be light the present season, in con- *
sequence of the freezing of December 36;
but reliable reports show it to be greater
than ever. Of the staple agricultural
products, cotton, sugar can©, rice, the
yield bas been good where properly cultivated. Corn and sweet potatoes the chief
dependence for food; sufi'cicd most from
drouth, which prevailed in this region at
the timo most unfavorable for tho growth
of these products, and us a result both
demand a much higher prico  than   usual.
G.T.
aiiia.
Van Wert Co., Nov. 12.—We are favored here with reasonably good crops of
all kinds except potatoes. Early potatoes
a good crop, late poor. Wheat average;
about 15 bushels. Corn 35. Oats -40.
Horses high. S. C
Belmont Co., Nov. 12.—Fine grass and
growing wbeat, with an average acreage
sown. Good timss. Wheat worth 8130.
Corn about 60 cents. Pork five and a half.
Beef three to fivo cents. Stoek hogs
very scarce. Thero is n grand push to improve the stock of tho country. I am s< 11-
'"g pigs and sows to my neighbors overy
few d-a-ys, something I havo net done
beforo, since I have been iu tho stock business. J. U, D.
.II.I.l.NCKS.
RiciiLAKD Co.—'Ihe wheat lias a wonderful growth, so far promisiogiino. Tho
acreage is a fairone. l'usiurcs fctillsplen-
did and stock doing well. C K.
Sanoamon Co.—Wo havo had much rain
of late, but wheat is still looking fine.
The pasturageis most excellent. Wehavo
a fair acreage of wheat sown. Tho short
grain crop makes the fine pastures most
welcome. We think that we shall have
blue grass grazing till ChiistmHS.
Aa   R.
TEXAS.
Crosby Co., Nov. 12.—The season has
not been altogether so good as last, yet we
have had enough rain to make fair crops.
Wheat, oats, millet, melons and ootton
good. Corn better than in the older portion of the State. Summer pleasant,
mercury seldom as high as 100°. Land is
worth from 50 cents to f 1 per acre for unimproved land. Sheep are doing well;
mine paid me this year about 50 per cent.
  P. C.
KANSAS.
Anderson Co., Nov. 12.—Wo haVo had
but three frosts yet, and no snow. Weather is fino. Land here is good and cheap.
Good market and gocd price for all ono
can raise. We waut lots moro Indiana
farmers tocome here.     _ J. S. H.
Watering Stock in Winter.
There is probably no ono thing essential
to the hoalth and comfort of farm stock in
winter which is so generally neglected as
that of furnishing a full supply of water.
Many a farmer depends entirely npon
s*>mo stream or pond a quarler or half
mile distant, to which tho animals are
driven once a day over a frozen slippery
path, or through snow drifts, in order to
slake their thirst with a liquid slightly
warmer than ico itself. If a hord of cattle
could all be thirsty at one time and at the
hour most convenient for the farmer to
drive them to tho pond, this system of
watering might answer tolerably well, but
unfortunately animals have their individual peculiarities in such matters as well as
human beings. No animal can thrive, or
gain flesh when suffering from thrist, no
matter how much or how rich food is
given, and when kept upon dry fodder in
winter, they are as likely to require water
as frequently as in summer.
.Tames N, Young, SomerviUe, Butler
county, Ohio., has sold to David Baker
Greensburg, Decatur county, Ind., a fim
Poland china malo pig, sired by Young'i-
King, 2,12:5, Dam Flora Temple,3,110,sirei.
by Tom Corwin, 571. Tho first price wm
■?50.
Carp Culture.
By attaching a pump, propelled by the
wind, to a well, you ean supply a basin
from fifty to seventy-five feet in diameter
and six to eight feet deep, with water
sufficient tor-dse several thousand carp,
or other fish. The cost of this pond and
appurtenances need not exceed fifty dollars. Tho bottom and sides need to be
cemented thoroughly. When the basin
iscomplote, placo in ita small quantity
of brush or floating weeds. If you intend
to raise carp, do not place other fish of a
predatory character in the pond. Tho
spawning will occur during tbe spring
months, the female laying from 60,000 to
500,000 eggs. tThe eggs will adhere to
whatever they touch, and will soon hatch.
Tho green scum of a partially stagnant
pond is fine food for the young flsh. Mud
in the bottom of.tbe pond is beneficial.
The fish will, feed readily on kitchen-
garden refuse, such as cabbage, leek, lettuce, hominy, or other substances. Water
seldom becomes too warm for these: fish.
During freezing weather, they bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of the
pond. While in this condition, they
shonld not be disturbed.
In a pond of the given dimensions,
several thousand!fish have annually been
taken. If weeds and grass grow profusely about Ihe borders of the pond, so much
! better for the fish. In two ye«rs time y-m
; -.in havo nn abundant and constant sup-
o'v of sport and food, and the advantage
of a pond, to assist  in   beautifying  your
_ .K UNTUCK. Y.
Bourbon   Co.—Our   pastures  are   still
most excellent and the growing wheat
promises very fine for entering winter.
Stock are in good condition also for oold
weather. A. B. L.
9IICUIUAN.
Berrjen Co.—'iL»- gu.wirg wheat crcp
nover looked better at thisscastn of tho
y ear than it does now. A. R. C.
INDIANA.
Marshall Co.—AYo aro having a good,
deal of rain at tho present. Wheatislook-
ing well, and laigo acreage has been sown.
The corn crop is short and potatoes poor;
about ono-fourth crop. M. A. F.
Miaju Co.—Wo havo fino weather here
for tho season. Wheat looks well aud
thrifty. Farmers in this utighborhocd
aro ubout done gathing corn. Fruit of all
kinds scarce, Pasture is good. Sheep aud
cattle are doing well.   Not many hogs.
W. \V.
Kosciusko Co., NoV. 12.—Tho frequent
lato rains aro causing the com to sprout to
a considerable extent in tho fields. The
growing wheat looks well, notwithstanding the ravages of the fly. And the weather on the whole is delightful for this timo
of year. s. B. 8.
Tippecanoe Co., Nov. 14.—Weather still
wet. The ravuges of tbo insects on the
wheat has about ceased, and the plants are
taking a fresh start. There are lots of
v ery nice fields of wheat. I was just en a
trip in Montgomery oounty and I never
saw a better prospect for wheat anywhere
n my life for the time of year. J. P,
Grant Co., Nov. 14.—Many pieces of
wheat are now up tho second timo nice,
but much of it that ten days ago looked
well is now showing the yellow leaf.
Tho lato fall matured our corn well. Itain
and wind have conspired to sprout and
rot much of it, and epoil the fodder in thc
shocks, making it mildew and turn bl .ck.
H. N. H.