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IND^N-AJPOLIS, BTDIANA, SATURDAY, DEC. 3, 1881.—TWELVE PAGES
NO. 4a
FOR SAI.K.
-IOR 8ALE—Pnrtrtdee  Ciajhlne  and Pektn ducks.
1     Write to JOHN UOe*S, Bellniore, Ind.
r-tOH BALK—A   few  palm of  P. Rocks, first-class
1    stock.   J.CUNNINOHAM.Miatnl.lnd.
"tOK BALK— t-neap— A few trloa of  fine Toulouse
geeee.   H. C OKHS. Broad ltlpple. Jnd.    	
FOIt HALE— White Leghorn chicks.   DB. W. J.
ElaSTON, 11 North Meridian Btreet, Indianapolis, Ind. 	
FOR BALK—White and Brown Leghorns, Aylee-
bnry and rekln ducks.   TIIaSON A ROBlfiON,
Kocklane, Ind.
F
OR BALE—Pekln  ducks, as Une as you wish for
J2 per i»ir. If  taken  soon.   J.  L.  BRENTON,
Petersburg, Ind.
IIOB BALE—A large lot of  fine Partridge Cochin
chicks at (3 per pair.   Write soon.   OEOEOE
VESTAL, Lafayette, Ind.	
IT-IORB >LE-Chester Whites-Sow* bred If desired,
1     and bears ready for service.   Priie animals this
year.   AddreM E. K. MOODY, Emlnenoe, Ky.	
FOR KALE-Pekin dncks, large and well bred.
Will sell a few   trios for  II 60, or ('.   per pair if
taken soon.    A. P. WHIOHT, Greentown, Iud-
IriOHKALK—A few extra good Berkshire boars to
1     pell. Two of them yearlings—apply soon.  HEN-
UY a MKltKDITIl, Cambridge City, Indiana.
I710K BALE—A flne lot of llronie tnrkeys, Kmbden
1    geese,   ltouen  and   Pekin ducks, and Leicester
rlieep.   T. -<■ *t B- F. 8MILKY, Portland Mills, Ind.
FOR SALE—Cheap to close out   tbe   business, 25
head of purelv bred Short-horns.    For a bargain
address II. LEWIS, P. O. Box No. 30, Louisville, Ky
ITIOK BALE— Boar 7 months old. Bire, Black Bob.
1 985 dam, Juliette. 352. Central PolandChlnaltec-
erd, large, of fine Io;ni. Price, fa). W. C SMOCK,
Indianapolis, Ind
ITtOR BALE—A first-classlot of youngPoland China
1 sows. Will breed tbem to my sweepstakes hog
If parties wish. Eligible for recording. J. CUN-
NINlillAM, Miami, Ind.	
FOIt BALE—Five thoroughbred Kliort-horn bull-i
from 9 to 20 months old. got by Prince of Mln-
glewood. No. S0tiG9, Vol. 1? American Herd Book.
WM. L. MILLER. Ft. Wayne. Ind.	
ITlOR SALE-A choice lot of yearling Cotswold
" ewes, bred to my imported ram, Duke of Gloster—prefer to sell in lots of Ave ot more. HENRY C
MKltKDITH. Cambridge Cify.-Ind.	
ITtOR SALE—Cotswolds, Shropshire* and Bouth-
' downs, imported from Canada; ram and ewe
lambs of either breed: 12 yearling Cotswold ram* Imported last year. PERRY' KESLINO, Onward, Cesp
connty, Ind.        ^__^___^_^_
FOR BALE—Thoroughbred l'oland China pigs,
sired by Star of the West and Prince 2d at J10 to
112 Plymouth Rock cockerels 75c each, fl 25 for two,
very bc«t- BA IfCLAY MOON & SON, Jerome.now-
ard county, led. ■  ^
FOR SALE—Wc have a fine farm of 210 acres 10
miles north of Indianapolis on White river; 150
acres cleared, 60 acres good timber: all well improved,
Forsale on eaev terms; WAINIUGUT & HALL.
aW'oMesvIlle. Ind.       -' „_^__
I-iOil MALE— a few malt Poland China pigs of good
1 slieby ■•reC3 6tar"and"6tarof tbe West," see
"Central Record," dams recorded, very extra animals. Address or call on T. M. RE VEA L, Clermont,
Marion county, Ind.	
170R BALE—10 good farmB in Wabash and Miami
1 counties. One fruit farm of 1M>acres; splendid
commercial orchard; 3,200apples. •»r-f»™l?jMe4jr4
sorts; at a great bargain. Address WILLIAM »l-
8ERSON. Real Estate Agent. Wabash, Ind. -
ITIOR SALE-A first-class breeding Jack; also a
' good general purpose horse. The Jack can show
a fine lot ri colts, and the horse has taken firstpremium at Indiana Btate fair. Reasonable prloes will
be made.   SIMEON TINDER, Danville. Ind.
17IOR SALE—Farms—We have a few farms forsale
* in Hamilton county. Indiana, from 40 acres to
450 each. Borne very desirable and at reasonable
prices This ia one of tbe finest counties in the Btate.
Address WAINBIOHT A HALL, Noblesville. Ind.
FOR SALE—-Some flne Cotswold ewes In lamb by
Cray Prince 3d, all imported frcm Canada, three
years old, at |15 each; also some Plymouth Rock
cockerels at-Jl. Also flne White seed corn at {1 per
bushel in the ear if taken this fall; sacks 25c. It. li.
CRIST, New Mklket, Ind.
T,-\OR SALE-A Steam Custom Mill on L, P. and C.
J? R B .28 miles from Indianapolis. Frame building, two-story and basement; corn shed,scales and
sheller. all In complete order: latest improvements;
large local trade; in good grain region. For particular?, addrees WAINRIUHT & HALL, Noblesville,
Indiana.   ^____	
FOR BA LE-Twenty-flve head of Jersey Red sboatt
large enough for breeding puipotw. of both
■sexes. Taken from tbe twn of Clark Pettlt, Salem,
New Jersey. Breeders all Imported and in fine grow
ing order. Will sell them during the next 30 days for
Is per hundred, boxed and delivered at express offloe.
Fine bred sows |10 per hundred. PETER MILLER,
P. O. Box 18. Martinsville, Clark county, Illinois.
I?<OR SALE—A choice lot of Poland China pigs of
' either sex. large enough for service, descendents
ofthe most popular families of l'oland Chinas, such
as Tom Corwin, Black Bess and Perfection. Most
of thes-H** offered bdmr •*Jr-*}-.-u-.* tha noteilhOiT
"Star of the West,'' No. 63.. Poland" China Record.
All stock offered being from recorded animals. Address W. O. REVEAL,
Clermont, Marlon county, Iud.
1~?OR SALE— Fertlliwrb-Superphosphates in bags
* 012(10 pounds each, *{40 per ton; Cayuga Land
Plaster in barrels of atO pounds each, J2 -5 Per barrel;
in ton lots of seven barrels, *14 per ton. We handle,
also, the superior Oraln Drill with Fertilizer Attach
menu The Best Drill in the world. Write us for circulars giving Information relative to use of Fertilisers
and des-rription of Drill. TYNER & HADLEY, In-
diannpolls. Ind.
^•clmuavtj.
This department Lb edited by Dr. John N. Nav-i**,
Veterinary Surgeon, author of Navin's aaatplacatory
Btock Doctor.
Rules.to be observed by thoee expecting correct ran-
1. Sute tbe rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
3. Tbe standing attitude.
4. Apperarance of hair.
6. If oough, and secretion trom noae, whether
glands between the laws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
fl. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing Bound, no time must be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for lime ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall mnst Inclose a
stamp.
17-lOK SALE-3 pairs Partridge Cochins, 1 pair White
1 Cochins. 2 Black Cochin cocks, 1 trio H.H. Ban-
tame. 4 8. D. Wing Bantams, 8 Golden Sebright Bau-
tams 1 pair Silver Duckwing Oamrs and 2 PHlrr*niack
Breasted Red Game*, and 2 palm Brown lied Games,
or wUl exchange Cochins forBrownor white Leghorn pullets. Write soon and get the best for I must
sell. Address O. W. DUNNING, Proprietor Marion
Poultry Yards, Marion, Grant county, Ind.
ITtOR SALE—I now offer for KMC tl hlce lot of Short-
' horn cows and heifer*. All that are old enough
are safe in calj Will give 10 rmnths time to responsible purchasers. I have also for stle an extra fine lot
of l'oland China pigs, some splendid young boars
readv for Service; will tukea fewsowstobe bredln
December. This stock Is all of my own breeding.
Satisfaction  guaranteed or money refunded.   Come
'•   - •    •    Address I.. II.
county, Ind.
and see, or write for what you want.
AIKMAN, Box 21, Dana, Vermillion
MI SO F L.I* A IS EOTS.
"TTTHITE Holland turke>s. p 50 per pair.   A Nn. 1
>V     Chester White sow, {IO.   LON   UINBHAW,
Dreenshoro. Indiana.
JW. WaVTSON, Merchant Tailor, 33 East Market
• street, Indianapolis Ind., has received a second Invoice of flne fall and winter goods. Get a suit
of him and you will surely buy anather. New Fashion
Plate Just received.
IaOANS.
TO LOAN-Money to loan on first mortgage of improved city and farm property In Indiana and
Ohio, at very low Interest without commission.
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. All local eecuritie*****—
City, County. Town and Railroad Bonda— negotiated.
JOB. A. MCKJRE, 84 E. Market street.
Swine Disease.
Editor* Indiana Farmer:
Will you please tell mo what is tho matter with my sow, and give remedy? She
is in good order, and eats woll; but is
weak ln her hind parts when walking or
running. She reels in her hind parts, and
when standing, her head keeps in a constant quivering as   though sho was  cold.
G. E.
Givo her Fowler's solution of arsome
fifty drops three times daily. Increase
four drops daily until woll, if ever.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a young horso that has callow on
his front knee caps, nearly as bifj as a half
hen's egg, seems to be a thickening of the
skin caused by a yoke wliich he knockod
bis knees against in walking some four
months ago.   Can thoy be reduced?
A Subscriber.
l'oor chance of removing it, at this late
day. Severe and repeated blistering ls
the only chance. See blister iu Indiana
Farmer.
Cist in the Brain.
Editors Indiana Fanner:
Please tell me what to do for a pig   that
has the "run-a-rounds."   We have a nice
one that has it.   It sticks its head down to
its f'.rc feet and runs around and  around.
Subscriber.
It has a cist on tho brain which medicine
cannot reach. Muffle a small mallet with
* pad of some sort of goods, and strike it
opposite the brain on the head, just
strong enough to not kill, but to shako and
burst the cist.
Blood Spavin.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please inform me what to do for my
horse. He has had fistula four mouths
this summer, but is now well. Has got
very poor but cats well. About six weeks
ago, a small swelling came where blood
spavin comes, aud he was lame.
1 Moll.
Blister the parts, use Spanish fly one
ounce to the pint of spirits turpentine.
Rub in well with tho hand twice daily for
three days, then onoe for eight or ten;
then gre-ase.
Glanders.
Editor* Indiana Fanner:
The leg of my horse is swelled to his
body on the inside part of it. It broke and
I probed it and found opening between
hoof and heel. Ho is still lanio. What
shall I do? I have another horse which
has been discharging at the nostril for six
weeks, and is getting worse. Has no symptoms of glanders except running at the
nose. The right eye matters a little also,
same as tue nose. K. W.
"BhVl do you kilow he Is not glandered?
He runs, and has a weak inflame J oye of
tlio glands, or ono of them; thoso between
the jaws are enlarged. His caso is doubtful to say the least. Let ino know by lot-
tjr. Does he cough? Is hi*-hair staring?
Your other horse I suppose ha.-i quitter.
Take lemon juice, and burned alum and
inject to the bottoiii of tho sinin.
Lameness.
Editor* Indiana Farmer!
I have a cow that has been lame about
threo months, in the leg. Tho wholo limb
is shrunken just as a horso with sweeney.
She seems to be in good health otherwise
Ihavetried several linlment«,all tonoavai'.
What can I do for her? I have a three-
vear-old lilly that hurt or bruisedher hind
leg just atthe lower back part of book
joint, in June last, which made a largo
running sore. I havo healed it all up;
cured all lameness, but thero remains on
the tack part and out i lo of leg at tho
joint, a small enlargement or bump. Can
it be taken away? 'If so, how?
w. w. c.
You hrJve neglected your cow too long.
Setons are now the best remedy. You
had tolerable good patioiicJ with your filly
also. She is evidently curbed, or has retained a morbid secretion from the abscess.
Blistering is the test you can do.
WANTED.
"TITANTED-A girl from the country to do general
>\     housework, washing excepted.   Address J. O.
KINGSBURY', 34 East Market BU, 1 ndianspolis.	
WT ANTED— Every farmer and stock roan to send
?V me their addr*-ss on postal enrd for my December circular describi*g ray Poland China swlne and
Merino sheep. Address J. II. DENHAM, Box 221,
St..t.1airHvllle, Ohio.
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A series of agricultural conventions is to
take place at the Department of Agriculture, in Washington, during January, 18S2,
for the purpose of discussing tho various
branches of agriculture that will bo represented by delegates sont by associations
and schools.
Mr. James Caird, tho woll-known authority on agriculture, says a million acres
of land have gone out of cultivation in
England during tho past ten years. Ho
attributes this not to American competition but to bad seasons.
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
THE   FOOD   OF   PLANTS.
By W. O. Atwater, Ph. D.,
Profeaeor of Chemistry, Wealcyan Univeralty*
Middletown, Cobb.
The accompanying illustration is taken
from a photograph of one of a series of
experiments conducted by Dr. Nobbe,
Director of the agricultural Experiment
Station at Tharandt ln Saxony. The experiments belong to a large number it
series of researches which have been mai'e
to discover what are the essential ingredients of the food of plants and the function of each in plant-nutrition; that is to
say what elements plants must have to
live upon and what is the especial [«irt
which each of these essential ingredients
of plant-food plays in the building up of
thc plant.
Until qulto recently no one has known
what constitutes the real food of plants;
how much of tho material of the plant
comes from tho air and how much from
tho soil; what is needed for fertilizing
crops, nor how tho required materials
may best bo obtained in manures. Hut
years of patient labor of many investigators in the chomicalanalysis of planto,soils
and manures, and in tho culture of plants
in tho greenhouse and of crops iu tho field,
holds in solution? This question might
be tested by growing plants in soils with
one of these substances absent from it,
potash for example. "But it io *iiiBa»*»it t<*
find a soil entirely free from potash. It is
easy, however, to dissolve in pure water
mtry-srr-mU-r,t~trsesc substances, in any desired proportion, and it is well known
that plants will grow with their roots in
water.
EXPERIMENTS IN WATBR-CULTIMIE.
How indispensable each of the essential
ingredients of plant-food is to the development of the plant is illustrated by Dr.
XobLe's experiment, referred to alrove.
In a series of glass jars,Dr. Nobbe put water containing various materials in solution, as we havo sugar dissolved in our
tea. The material* were different in the
difl'ereutjart*.. One had what is called a
"normal solution," furnishing all of the
essential ingredients of plant-food. This
contained phosphoric acid, chlorine, iron,
lime, nugnesia, potash, and a compound
of nitrogen. In another were the same
matorials, with the exception of the nitrogen ; lu another, the same, only lime was
left out; from another the potash was
omitted, and so on. Moanwhilo grains of
buckwheat had been allowed to sprout in
sand and moist cotton, or in this particular caso, in an   apparatus devised for  the
The Food of Plants—Buckwheat,Grown in Water.
Without Potash Without Normal Without Without       Soda in place
potash. added later. chlorine. solution,   •       nitrogen. lime. of potash.
The above engraving represents buckwheat plants grown with the roots immersed ln solutions of the ingredients of plant food ln water. The plants were supported by perforated corks inserted ln the covers of
the jars and by upright sticks. In jar I was a "normal'solution," that is a solution containing aU the essential soil-ingredients of plant-food. The plant was nearly 3>j feet high. The solution ln II was the same as
ln I eicept that potash was omitted.. The plant was rscarcely 3 Inches high. No. Ill was commenced as I,
but potash was added later. In IV soda was used in the place of potash. The solution ln the others differed
from the normal solution ln that V bad no lime, VI uo chlorine and VII no nitrogen.
have thrown a flood  of light upon   these
dark problems.
To day we know that the atmosphere
supplies, In the forms of carbonic acid
and water, the matorials which mako from
ninoty-two to ninety-eight per cent, of tho
weight of our cultivated plants, and that
tho soil has to furnish from its own stores
for their nourishment only from ono to
six per cent, of mineral matter and from
ono to threo por oont. of nitroge-, which
they also contain.
ESSENTIA!*   INGREDIENTS   OK   PlaANT-FOOD.
It is also settled that a cortain list of
chemical substances, to wit, potash, lime,
magnesia, iron, phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid, must be supplied to all agricultural plants through their roots or tliey
cannot grow, whilo small quantities of
two others, chlorine and silica.suppliod in
tho samo way, soom to bo necessary to the
perfect maturing of the plant and full
yield of fruit.
If any ono of these substances be lacking, the plant can not thrive. If the soil
fails to furnish a full supply of each and
all the dements the crop requires from it,
a reduced yield is inevitable.. With an
abundant supply of all and other conditions favorable, tho growth will be luxuriant and the harvest large.
HOW HAS AW* THLS BEEN I.EARNKD?
In tho first placo, in overy analysis that
chemists make of any cultivated plant,boit
corn,orgrass,or turuips,be it in America or
iu Europe—and thousands of these analyses
havebeen made—each one of theso substances liars always been found. It seems fair to
supposo, then, that, being always present,
they havo each a work to do i» tho plant.
Still, this is not positive proof. As every
ordinary soil contains all these substances,
is it not possible that tho plants may tako
up somo of them in tho water it absorbs
from tho soil, just as a towel, ono end
of whicii has fallen into a dish of water,
will absorb   tho   water  and   whatever   it
purpose. When the roots were started,
the plantlets were susj>ended at the tops
of the jara with the roots dipping in the
■solution. The roots extended down into
the water,found the food dissolved therein,
and thus the plants grow.
This method of raising plants, to which
the name "wat-or-culturo" is applied, has
been much usod for experimenting,
Nearly all of the experiments of this class
have been made by German chemists.
Plants are raised in this way as large, as
healthy,-and in every way as perfect as
those grown in the soil. Prof. Wolff
raised in such a solution four perfect oat
plants with 40 stems and 1,535 well developed seeds. Dr. Nobbe obtained a Japanese buckwheat plant, 9 feet high, weighing, air-dry, 4,786-fold the weight of the
seed, and bearing 790 ripe and 108 imperfect seeds. And Prof. Knop used to delight in showing his friends a young oak-
tree, very small indeed, but the growth of
which had boon normal, though its roots
had boen immersed only in aqueous solutions.
The above were obtained in the "normal
solutions." Now, what would result if
one of the necessary food-ingredien.s
were omitted?. This is answered in Dr.
Nobbo's oxperiment, which is illustrated
in the picture. The plant in the normal
solution,  t
No. I was vigorous and healthy, and
grew to bo nearly three and one-half feet
high.   But
No. H grown under precisely - the
same circumstances, exoept that no potash was supplied, Iod a starving and sickly
life, and attained a height of scarcely three
inches. Without potash no full development was possible. When potash was
added lator as in
No. Ill the plant revived, pushed out
with some vigor, but was unable to overtake its botter-fed neighbors. Nor did tho
plants succeed woll in lack of either limo,
or chlorine, or nitrogen.
It should be borne in mind that these
are the results, not of single, but of many
repeated trials. Dr. Nobbe made in this
-oko a -niimhor nf different series of experiments. Thus, there were several in the
normal solution, several without potash,
and so on, some larger and others smaller.
From these, certain ones were selected as
fair average samples, and photographed.
The picture was taken from the photograph
thus made.
A great many such experiments have'
been carried on at the Agricultural Ext
periment Stations and elsewhere in Europe by Nobbe and other investigators.
Tliey have been made not only in water,
but also in sand. By applying the essential ingredients of plant-food, to the most
barren sand, magnificent crops have been
obtained. Bnt whenever any one of
these, materials was left out, tho plants
wero all partly developed, e-pindling, and
sickly. The results of a vast amount of
this sort of experimenting all point in
one direction, and prove theso
GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
1. No agricultural plant can attain full
growth without a sufficient supply.through
its roots, from the soil, of potash, limo,
magnesia, iron, phosphoric acid,sulphuric
acid,-and some compoundof nitrogen. To
this list of the essential ingredients of
plant-food that must be furnished by the
■soil, two more, chlorine ahd silica, ought
to be added though they are required only
in very small quantities.
2. Each of the essential-food elements
has a function of its own in the nutrition
of the plant, a work that no other can perform.
3. If all the food-ingredients are supplied and other conditions favor, the yield
will be large. But in lack of any one tho
crop inevitably fails.
THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
In removing crops from ourland,we carry
away great quantities of plant-food. By
continued cropping, the available supply
of some of the essential ingredients becomes too small for profitable production,
unless by some means they aro replaced.
The ones most generally deficient are
nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash.
The chief use of manure is to supply these
lacking materials. Stable manure is a
ooraplote fertilizer, as It furnishes all the
ingredients of plant-food, and improves
the land besides. Super-phosphates, bone-
manure, guanos, potash, salts, and other
like artificial fertilizers aro valuable chiefly for their nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash.
In brief we may restore our worn out
soils by:
1. Proper tillage. By this means the
soil is exposed to the action of the atmosphere, aud its stores of inert plant food
are rendered available to plants.
2. Rotation of crops. Thus clover is an
excellent preparatory crop for wheat. It
gathers its food, particularly its nitrogen,
where wheat cannot, and stores the food
in its roots and tops, ready to be utilized
by the crop whieh follows.
3. Careful husbandry of tho manurial
resources of tho farm, stables and cattle
sheds, household waste, muck, etc.
4. Artificial fertilizers to supply in concentrated and active forms, the ingredients
not otherwise furnished.
contains the names of over one thousand
imported and native full-blood animals.
The book is edited by J. M. Hiatt, aud-
published by the Pantntrrap publishing,
Co., Bloomington, Ul.
I'l
ir.
Thk sale of the Bow Park herd, Canada
West,  Short-horn   sale wa*s  a good  one^
The following was the rcouita _..
32 cows and heifers, average r{558 SO—Total..,...$.8,J7£
6 bulls and b. calves, average  866 tt— Total-    2,tll
38 head, average  $555 Ott-Total £Ufla&.
The highest price paid was for the cow,.
imported Grand Duchess of Oxford 29,- ta.
Henshaw Trimbleand Pickett,Plattsburg-,
Mo., for |4,025.
Mr. G. R. Dykeman, Shlppensburg, Pa.,
has sold Jersey heifer, Lizzie D. 10,408, and
Jersey heifer calf Sockel-Alphea 12,899, to
John B. Trice, Hopkinsville, Ky.,, who*
writes:
"I am in receipt of yours of £6th ult., in**.
eluding transfers and certificates of registration. The calves arrived safely and ia
fine condition Saturday night. They ara
nice specimens, and I am very much,
pleased with them, particularly SockeK
Alphea."
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Mr. G.R. Dtkeman, Shlppensburg, Paaf.
writes us: 'My four months old Jersey*,
bull calf Standpoint 2d, 6114, has such &
large and finely shaped escutcheon that I
enclose you a paper pattern of upper part
of same. Tho measurements are 16 Inches
from point to point horizontal, and 17}£
inches from upper point to forward end,,
covering inner thighs and flanks. I think
for square inches, few cover a like amount
at his age. In other respects he is fine in
form, silky hair, soft yellow skin. His
pedigree by his Dam Dessie 4,623, runs
twice in short lines to Europa 121, whose
produce is now attracting so mueh attention, to Niobe 99 once, twice to Fairy 10,
and Juno 120. Sired by my Alphea bull;
Standpoint, 4,508 gives him the highly
prized blood. The pattern received shows,
that Standpointlssplendidlymarkedin the.
line of milk strains.*—Ed.
MAKING BEEF CATTLE.
The best efforts at rapid fattening of beef
cattle, as reported by the late Chicago fat
stock show, was as follows:
Gain per day
since birth
Age tn days. Ja.
in
2J11
144
141
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We have received from A. S. Gilmour &
Co., a photograph of their prize winning
Bessie—World Beater Poland China.
J. C. Romnson, Kingston, Ind., hasjust
sold to F. P. Apelgair, (Jreensburg, Ind.,
one of his fine imported Cotswold ewes for
?40. He reports his flock in splendid condition.
The Short-horn Dairy Company has
been organized in London, and has purchased a great dairy and farm business,
for the sum of $367,940, the total capital
being ?500,000.
Name of owners.
O. S. Burleigh, Iowa, Hereford and Bhort-horn _.... 287
C. K. Parmelee, Wolcott,.	
Ind., Hereford „ 19s
C. K. rarmelee, Wolcott,.	
Ind., Hereford         its
p. K. Parmelee, Wolcott,	
Ind., Hereford         s«l
C. K. Parmelee, Wolcott,.	
Ind., Hereford         a*
C. K. Parmelee, Wolcott,	
Ind., Hereford „         329 j,ag
Tho most rapid increase of weight Jn
grade Short-horns was in an animal exhibited by J. II. Potts* Son, Jackson ville,
HI., which at 719 days old had gained at
the average rate of 2.17 pounds per day.
IMPORTED CATTLE.
The Messrs. Cochrane, Hillhurst,' Canada, have just received a fine importation,
of 86 Hereford bulls from England. These
are imported for the big Cochrane ranche,
described as follows by tho Marquis off
Lome in a recent letter: "We saw a herd
of cattle, belonging to Mr. Cochrane's
ranche comprising 2,864 cattlo and 261
horses. On standing toward the American,
border we saw another herd on the way to-
Mr. Cochrane's ranche, and while at Fort
Macleod saw 1,800 more, bound for the
same destination. The location of the
ranche is very fine. It extends for five
miles along the south side of the Bow
river, near Fort Calgarry, and about
twenty-five toward the Rocky mountain?..
Tho Marquis expressed the opinion that,
tho district is only to be compared to tUe
Alps, as seen from the plains of Lombardy,
the slopes being finely wooded."
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Mr. S. S. Eaiuiart, Clinton Co., Ind.,
has bo ught two registered Poland China
sows, of the Black Bess and Oxford Boy
strain, from A. S. Gilmour & Co., Greensburg,   Ind., for  which a good  price  was
paid.
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W. C. Williams,Knightstown,Ind.,has
just sold the fine show pig Chief Justice
wbich he exhibited at our last State fair,
for ?75, to Williams Bros., Bryant, Jay,
Co., who are building up a herd second to
none. They know a good pig when they
see one and buy no othor kind.
Since our announcement of the National
register of Norman horses, last week, wo
have received the lst volume just issued.
It is a large octavo, size 6Ji by 9M, 284
pages, on heavy fine paper and handsomely bound. It contains a history of tho
horse from the earliest times, and a history of the Norman   horse.
Devon Cattle.
Mr. D. J.   Whltmore,  Casstown,  Ohio,
exhibited his herd of Devons this season
at five of the largest fairs, with the best of
success.   At Columbus, Ohio, he took f 106,
of prizes.  At Chicago, ?270, including the
herd prize.   At Peoria, Ills., ?235,  Including herd prize.   At St. Louis, $620, including prizes on aged and   young herd.   At
Atlanta, Ga.,  f430, including herd  prize
of 1250.   Ho has taken all these prizes with
strong competition at all the shows.   Ho-
has In his herd perhaps more  show  animals than any other herd in the country,
and animals that have taken more  prizes
than any others.   Barefoot, 272, is at  the
head of the herd and in all has taken nei,r
50 first prizes at stato and district fairs. Ho.
has been breeding Devons  for  ten years
with great satisfaction ai.d profit.
The National banks outside of New
York now hold more gold than they ever
held before, and more than is held by the
banks of that city, and more than had over
been held by the United States itself fivo
The registry • years ago.