VOL. XVI.
INDIANAPOLIS,- INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 1881.
NO. 43.
FOR SAI.K.
IT'OR SALK—Brown   Leghorn  cockerels and Mus-
?     eovy ducks.   U. K. FISIIKI., Hope, Ind.
FOU BALE-Chester White pigs, |U apiece, or p5
a pair.   BEN F. MOORE, Monticelio, Ind.
I^OR SALE—Thoroughbred Short-horn calves of
?    good families.   CALEB UOAliK, Avon, Ind.
FOR SALE—White-Leghorn chicks.   DR. W. J.
KI.STUN. 11 North Meridian street, Indianapo-
IU, Ind.
IT'OR SALE—Merino Sheejr—Rams, ev. ts and spring
'     lambs.   Prices low.   Address J. II. DENHAM,
Box 12, St. dalrsville, Ohio.
IT'OR 8ALE-A flne lot of l'oland China pigs.
J    of my own breeding.    Very cheap.    Adore
H. AIKMAN, Box 21, Dana, Ind.
All
Address L.
FOR SALE—D.rham bull, fonr years old, beautiful
red color, and considered the best in the country'.
llicr, tlOO.   ANDREW COIIKE, Lebanon, Ind.
IT'OR SALE—Cotswold buck lambs at |15 from my
1    Imported buck.    He  weighs 3"_3 pounds.    Tbe
prite winner.   JAMES 11. MARLOW, Adams, Ind.
ITIOR SALE— Blount's Prolific corn .Mammoth Pearl
.     potatoes and Herman or <J.»lden millet.   Wholesale and retail. E. s. THAI! A RDKN,Davenport,Iowa.
ITlOR KALK—Cheap to clow out tbe   busln.-es, -25
head of purely bred Short-horns.    For a bargain
address IL LEWIS, P. O. Box No. a), Louisville, Ky.
ITIOR SAW-Fir-t-class English Berkshire male
pigs, ready for service. Also Whito Holland
turkeys. Address W. A. MAZE, Sharpsville, Tipton
oounty. Ind.
1T--.OR SALE—Some choice bucks nnd buck lambs of
- the long-wool breeds. Imported direct from
Canada. -Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed.
W. 1). PRIVETT, Greensburg, Ind.
ITIOll SALE—Rome fine Cotswold ewes in lamb by
- Gray I'rince 3d, all Imported from Canada, three
years old, at %1S each; also some Plymouth Rock
eockerels at fl.   IU O. CRIST, New Market, Ind.
IT'OR SALE—One-half mile north of Bloomington,
; Ind., a small farm of 51 acres, good Improve,
ments; also 95 acres adjoining It, For particulars addrees CHARLES T. ROBERTSON, Bloomington,
Ind.
IT'OR RALE—A few thoroughbred Jersey bull
/ calves. Registered In American Jersey Cattle
Club. Fashionable colors and the best butter stock.
Address or call on W. J. HASSELMAN, IndlanapoUs, Ind.
FOR SALE—The finest lot of Plymouth Rock cockerels In this State. I won the lst prize at even-
fair I showed at this season. Price, $2 each, or 83 for
two. Address J. CUNNINGHAM, Miami, Miami
county, Ind.
ITIOR SALE—Fine Cotswold ram, 3 years old, en-
. titled to registry, price S3!>, and two full blooded
Cotswold rams, price *15 per head, boxed and delivered on cars. Address W. HENRY BELL, Scott's Station, Shelby county, Ky.
IT<OR SALE—Farm of 210 acres; good grain and
stock rarm; well watered: oneof the best and
•heapest In the connty; buildings and improvements
good; six miles of Bloomington, Ind. Mustsell. Address C. M. HOUSTON, Bloomington, Ind.
ITiOR SALE—A few Cotswold male lambs, got by
? my superior imported ram; also a few pure bred
Berkshire pigs, April farrowed, sired by my Imported
hog, Elmwood I'nnce. Prices very reasonable. Apply soon.   JOHN II. SWALES, Logan, In*.
ITIOR SALE—Registered Poland China pigs, from
; three to five months old, at |15 to fJO each. Have
taken sweepstakes at many of the leading fairs tills
seftson, including herd sweepstakes at Lafayette. Address J. CUNN1NOHAM A CO.,Miami,MiamiCo.Ind.
IT-lOR SALE— A first-class breeding Jack; also a
good general purpose horse. The Jack can show
a flne lot ft colts, and the horse has taken firstpremium at Indiana Htate fair. Reasonable prices will
be made.   SIMEON TINDER,,Danville, Ind.
OR SALE—Two Jersey Cattle Clnb bull calves, 8
and ft months old. and one herd book calf Irom
as good stock as there is in the State, sired by my fine
bull "Delanore Boy." Also White Holland turkeys,
singly or ln pairs. MRS. T. J. JOHNSON, Oreen-
caste, Ind.
IT-IOR SALE-1 cock and 8 hens, Partrigde Cochins:
/ 1 cock and 8 hens, Silver Penciled Ifamburgs; 2
pairs Golden Polish; 1 pair Sliver Duckwing Games;
1 pair Black B. R. Games; also other stock/ Address
G. W. DUNNING, Marion Poultry Yard, Marlon,
Grant county, Ind.
IT'OR SALE— Cheap—53 acre farm one mile south of
: Monrovia, Morgan county, Ind. A11 under fence;
mostly under cultivation; house of 4 rooms, cellar, 2
wells, barn, apple and peach orchard,springs and running stock water. Only »1,600, if sold soon. T. E.
JOHNSON, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr. II. D. Collins, Bellmore, Ind., has
bought "Prince lst," a prize winning Poland China, of A. W. Ross, Muncie, Ind.
Several correspondents ask who have
Galloway cattlo for sale. Let such as have
thera for sale announce it through tho business columns of the Farmer.
If a sheep is laine, examine  the   foot,
clean out between the hoofs, pare the hoof
if unsound, and apply   tobacco with blue
vitriol, boiled in a little water.
 •	
The "Oxford park" flock of Oxford-
down sheep, Reading, Ohio, has again this
season carried offthe prizes at most of the
leading Stato fairs, and at tho St. Louis
stock fair.
Graded Jorsey oows wliich now compose
many of tho dairy herds aro reckoned to
bo worth for butter twice the value of common cows, and require no   more   food   to
keep them.
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Accordino to the best information, thero
aro about 4,000,000 sheep in Texas. This
will in all probability bo increased during
tho coming lambing season twenty per
cent., bringing tho number to 5,500,000.
In the fattoning of wethors to finish as
shearlings, English breeders stato that the
Cotswold and Leicester' grades can be
made up to 200 pounds, the Oxford Downs
to 180 pounds, aud tho Southdown grades
to 160 pounds, live weight.
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Farmers who havo not a largo pasture
for their hogs, should build a fow rods of
portable fonco and mako a small inclosure
for them and move it around as circumstances roquire. It will mako pork raising more profitable than to keep hogs confined in pons all tho time, and keop hogs
moro healthy.
weight of offal, of be--t to poorest parts,
and by tho test of public taste based upon
the exterior form and finish, as from outward appearance somo prefer one breed
and others the other. The specimens of
high grado steer beef procured on Adams
streot showed nearly all tho qualities of
high marbling of tho exhibition steers, and
thero were no differences in color, fineness
of fibre, distribution of fat vesicles, nor in
llavor or odor when cooked, though thero
was some difference in the degree to which
the fibers were filled with nutritive substance.
THE SCRUB MEAT .
Rut a comparison of the scrub meat, or
that part of it known as scalawags, with
tho high grade, prompts us to over in future turn our backs upon and lefuso to
take upon our plate a cut from tho class
referrt'd to. The lean fibers from this
class of i-.ircasses are like rubbor, and are
hold together by a glutinous substance,
and not by cellular tissue and fat vesicles,
filled with fat and easily separated, as in
tho caso of high brod steers. The specimen
pieces of tho scrub meat—and this held
good with tlio six examined—commenced
to curl as soon as tho drying process commenced, and in throo days the pieces wero
curled up at tho edges and thoroughly
dry; whereas tho cuts from tho high grades remained moist, juicy, and lay Hat upon
tlio paper, though on hand threo or four
days beforo tho others woro procured.
When dry, tho cuts of tho scrub meat had
no flexibility, would break before they
would beifd, and when cooked wero without fat, juiciness or llavor.
At tho lato Stato fair, Mr. Wm. Buker.
North Madison, Iiid., bought of Garretson
Bros., the young Jersey bull, "Tibs Champion," entitled to registry in tho A. J. C.
C. • This animal comes of the best known
milk and butter strain of tho Jersey breed,
and is to stand at tho head of the Jersey
herd Mr. Baker is now starting.
IT-lOR SALE—Mostly on  time, a fine river bottom
;    farm of 125 acres, abovo overflow, 8 miles north
of this city; good buildings; finest orchard in county;
8ike along side, school-house fcand churches near,
iwner a non-resident and will sell very low; 85 acres
under cultivation; no better land. Call on or address
V. K. MORRIS, 58 East Market street, Indianapolis,
Ind.
IT'OR SALE—Fertilizers—Superphosphates in bags
. of 200 pounds each, fw per ton; Cayuga Land
Plaster in barrels of 300 pounds each, $2 25 per barrel;
ln ton lots of seven barrels, S14 per ton. We handle,
also, the Superior Grain Drill with Fertilizer Attach
ment. The Best Drill in the world. Write uaforcir-
culars giving Information relative to use of Fertiliwrs
and description of Drill. TYNER A HADLEY, ln-
dlanapolis. Ind.	
MISCELLANEOUS.
STRAYED—From 347 Ash street, this city, two
cows. One white, with inside of ears and nose
brown; the other a Durham, roan and white, mostly
roan; both young and giving milk.
JW. WATSON, Merchant Tailor, 33 East Market
• street, Indianapolis, Ind., has received a second Invoice of fine fall and winter goods. Get a suit
othlra and you will surely buy another. New Fashion
Plate Just received.
FOR SALE, OR TRADE—Bottom farm of 160acres;
all under culUvation; hedge fence: mile east oi
city of Emporia, Kansas; one-third cash, balanoe on
easy payments to suit purchaser. Will trade for good
farm in Central Indiana. T. K. JOHNSON, Indianapolis, Ind.
STRAYED OR STOLKN-On the evening of thc
28th ult., a brown mare, of medium size, whlto
hind feet, white spot on nose and forehead, high
backed, tail rather short, shod when missed except
right forefoot, shows harness marks on the sides. A
reasonable reward will be paid for her return to me at
398 College avenue, or for information of her whereabouts.   W. S. HAYMOND, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOANS.
MONEY to loan on improved farms at 7 per cent.
Oommissons reasonable. WM. HENDERSON,
74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
M
ONKY TO LOAN'ON FARMS— In sums Of $500
and upwards, with privilege of partial payor prepayment of whole at any time.    It. B.
menta or prepay ..    _ ..
PALMER & CO..90B. Market St., Indianaplia, Ind.
a MO LOAN—Money to loan on first mort^a-sre of Improved city and farm property in Indiana and
Ohio, at very low interest without oommisHion.
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. All local securities—
Citv, County, Town and Railroad ISonda—negotiated.
JO&. A. MOORE, 84 E. Market street.
%im gtotli.
California estimates her wool clip this
year at 52,000,000 pounds against 46,074,164
pounds last year, and 20,072,G69 pounds in
1870.
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Ik changing the diet of an ox, fivo days
will generally clapso before tho remains of
tho preceding diet are expelled by the animal.
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Aj» American cheese bore away the prize
of a silver medal at the lnte great cattlo
and dairy show at Birmingham, Kngland.
The prize cheese was ono of tho largest
ever made, weighing three-fourths of a
ton." It camo from Iowa.
Sweepstakes Premiums at the State
Fair.
Tho sweepstakes premiums which were
unaccountably omitted from the list of
premiums awarded at tho State fair, as
heretofore published, are given below:
CLASS XJII—SWEEPSTAKES ON OATTLE.'
Bull, any age or breed, James Gaines A Son, Ridge
Farm, 111., *?50.
Cow, any age or breed, James Gaines & Son, Ridge
Farm, 111., (SO.
Bull, to be exhibited with three of his calves, not
over 12 months old, James Gaines & Son.Ridge Farm,
HI.,»».
Committee—Dick Jones, Columbus; J. Q, A. Selg,
Corydon; R. G. Haworth, Liberty; Smith Wooters,
Billingsville; nenry R. Pritchard, Indianapolis.
Herd, 5 head, 1 bull and 4 cows or heifers, 2 years old
and over, James Gaines & Son, Ridge Farm, 111., fICO.
Herd, under 2 years, I bull and 4 heifers, owned by
exhlbltorGO days previous to exhibition, Thos. Wilhoit, Middletown, f50.
Herd, 1 bull and 4 cows, any age or breed.owned and
bred in Indiana, Thomas Wilhoit, Middletown, $75.
Committee—W. W. Thrasher, Groves, P. O.; Ben S.
Miller, Billing-sville; Leonldas McDaniel, Rushville.
CLASS XXIV—SWEErSTAKES ON  nOQS.
Poland chinas, Chester Whites, Jersey Rests and other
large breeds.
Soar, any age, A. S. Gilmour <fe Co., Greensburg, $1.\
Sow, any age, A. W. Ross, Muncie, ?15.
Herd, 1 boar and 6 sows of any one!.-. *»1, regardless
of age, size or color, aU owned by one exhibitor, A, E.
Slaughter, South Charleston. Ohio, *}S.
Berkshire, A-wjToM:, Essex and other smaU breeds.
Boar, any -ago, J. Heck, Waldron, $15.
Sow, any age, I. N. Barker, Thorntown, $15.
Herd, I boar and 5 sows, of any one breed, regardless
of age, size or color, all owned by one exhibitor, J.
Heck, Waldron, »2>.
Committee— Feter Taylor, Booneville; Thomas
Huey, Clinton; Sam*! H. 8neU, Walton.
Value of Oood and Poor Beef.
Ono of the bost reasons for breeding high
grades for beef we have seen, was that
given by Dr. Sprague of Illinois, beforo
the Iowa stock breeders association. Ko-
forring to samples of beef examined under
tho microscope, he said:
• The specimens wero examined under tho
microscopo and te.-ted by cooking. Thoy
were taken from tho loin of Short Horn
and Hereford grades of liko ages, these
being animals slaughtered and dressed in
competition at tho recent Fat Stock Show
in Chicago. Specimens from same part of
carcass woro produced from a butchershop
on Adams street, whero only high grado
steers are cut up, and of low grado from
two South Division shops, as also from the
wholesale establishment on West Jackson
street. A careful examination in overy
state, from moisture to extreme dryness,
running through a period of ten days,
shows no discernible difference in color,
structure of fiber, or tho equable distribution of fat vesicles and fat, among tho
muscular fibers of the sjiow steers. So,
after thoroughly weighing and sifting
overy feature of the structure of fiber and
fat in the two breeds, as represented in the
high grades presented as specimens, v.o
conclude that superiority must bo determined by early maturity—pounds of gain
upon a   given amount  of  feed:   relative
during the whole year until the natives
can be persuaded to grow green crops,
such as lucerne, and to make hay at the
latter part of tho rainy season. It is sometimes stated that the climate of India is
not adapted for properly curing hay, but
in the years 1879 and 1880 I tried the experiment on an extensive scale, and with
perfect success, collecting ricks forthe uso
of tho government stallions in the depot
at Abbot tabad.
Mr. Hallen, general superintendent of
horse-breeding has for some time past endeavored to induce many of the large landholders to enclose tracts of grass land, and
keep colts loose upon them, until three or
four years of age. He has supplied the various breeding districts with castrators,
who aro paid by government, and are
bound to operate without charging. In
order to encourage tlio breeders to havo
the colts castrated, he is annually increasing tlie prizes for geldings at the horse
shows, and diminishing those for entire
animals.
If these ondcavors ultimately meet with
tho reward thoy deservo, tho result must
be that tho country will furnish a plentiful supply of useful remounts; but the natives of India aro eminently conservative
in their ideas, and timo is required to induce them to adopt new customs.
Tho climate and tho soil of the Punjab
are well suited to horses, and it is to be
hoped that the obstacles to tho success of
tho work now carried on by tho government will gradually bo overcome.
Horse-Breeding in Punjab, India.
A correspondent of the Veterinary Journal gives tho following facts   in regard to
breeding horses in   India, which   will be
found very interesting:
IN THE SELECTION
of brood marcs the following rules are observed by the superintendents of both the
Punjab ahd northwest provinces:
1. Tho mares aro not to be under 14J4
hands high.
2. Thoy must not exceed 14 years of ago.
3. They must have frames at least fairly
developed, and safe action.
4. Shoymusthave no unsoundness likoly
to bo hereditary.
Any mare coming up to this standard
can receive tho government brand, and be
covered free of chargo after thoy aro four
years of age.
During the first few years after the introduction of this system, great numbers of
the landholders refused to accept the
brand. Beforo the Punjab was conquered
it had been customary for a native prince
to supply stallions, and frequently to seize
tho bost of the produco for his own use.' In
many places the landholders wero afraid
that the British Government might act in
tho same way, and it was often necessary,
during the first year or two, to pass and
brand inferior mares belonging to thoso
who wore willing to run the risk, in order
to givo confidence to tho groat mass of the
horso breeders. Theso suspicions aro now
almost entirely set at rest, and in nearly
overy part of tho country tho owners of
the bost mares aro anxious to havo them
branded. During tho threo years between 1877 and 1880, tho number of mares
on tho list increased from 1,500 to 4,500,
and others aro constantly being added
Thoy are supplied' with stallions
at tho rate of one to every forty or fifty
mnres.
THE CHIEF DIFFICULTIES
encountered by the horse-breoding Department aro:
1. Tho great objection to castrating
colts, and tlio custom of keeping thom tied
up without exerciso, except when ridden
occasionally.
2. Tho dislike of even rich breeders to tho
trouble of keeping colts until   full-grown.
3. Tho want of sufficient food for horses under the present system of agriculture Tho produce of government.stallions
boing greatly suporior to that of the country bred, is eagerly bought, at from one to
two years of age,by native dealers, who annually take hundreds of the liest young animals from the Punjab to tho moro southern parts of India, aud after keoping thein
a year or two, sell thom to the nativo gentry and to princes of tho independent states.
Ono reason why the Punjabs dislike to
keep a number of young growing animals
is that, excepting at certain seasons of the
year,
HORSE FOOD IS LIMITED
in quantity. During, and for somo timo
aftor the rains thero is, of course, a plentiful
supply of grass.
When certain crops, such as millet, aro
reaped, the stalks aro given to the horses,
and last for weeks or months.
For fivo or six weoks before the green
wheat blooms, it is cut daily, and horses
are fod upon it, becoming glossy in thoir
coats, and very fat.
At other times forage is very difficult to
procure, and   it will   never   be   plentiful
Feeding and Watering Horses.
Tho Dublin Farmer claims that a full feed
of hay to horses, to follow concentrated
food, is wasteful, and crowds tho latter out
of tlio stomach beforo proper digeston occurs. This authority claims that the hay
should bo fed first to avoid the above-mentioned trouble. A hearty drink of water
upon a full stomach also operates to push
its contents into tlio intestines before
there is proper digestion.
cough ceases. You may give it in milk,
greasy slop, or any food, or drop it on the
tongue.
Leg Cut.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that got his leg cut just
above the knee on a wiro fence j it cut the
muscle or flesh off to tho depth of perhaps
one inch; tho flesh protrudes out of the
wound, doesn't appear to get any better.
Should tho flesh be cut off? It seems tohave
a tendency to bleed very bad when it is
clipped off any. B. F. H.
If near the kneo it is a tendon, and if
well up, is a muscle. You will fare better
by not cutting it. You should have
skinned, stretched the hide and kept it
from protruding. You must now band-
ago a pledget of folded muslin over tho
protruding part, leaving room for tho suppuration to pass offat one.orboth sides. If
any fever exists keep wet with cold water,
and tincture of arnica.
Slightly Lame.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What shall I do for my mare that has
been slightly lame for over six months?
The lameness is in the right hind leg; she
travels woll in a walk whether under tho
saddle or in harness, but when ridden or
driven in a trot sho limps. Sho also limps
on being turned short round; on being
brought out of tho stable in the morningshe
stops rather on tho too. There is no sign
of swelling any where in tho diseased
quarter; no tenderness, no fever j nothing
unusual in any particular; appetite good.
Pulling a heavy load, if driven slow does
not seem to hurt her. Subscriber.
You must locate hor diseaso. It is utterly impossible for a v. s. to guess at a diseaso by tho simple statement that a horse
is lame. Tho fact of stepping on the toe
is usual in at least four cases of
lameness; limping in turning short, etc.
Locate the disease better and perhaps help
may bo prescribed.
^jcijcvmarif.
This department is edited by Dr. Join* N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, author of Navin-s Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules .to be observed by those expecting correct answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
3. Tl e rta idlng attitude.
4. Ar7 ssTince ot lialr.
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time Is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall must inclose a
Btamp.
Thick Wind.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horso that is thick winded, and
I would thank you to tell what would
euro him. C. W.
If it is thick wind a cure is quite uncertain. If you can hear a noise in his throat
in breathing, by applying the ear along its
length; blister severely. If not, take indigo
and color his drinking water as a palliative
remedy.
Bruised.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I hava a sucking colt supposod to bo
bruised on hock joint; swelled bad; near
ono quart of matter run out; is still rotting
away "and sore, getting larger. What
shall I do for it? Header.
Paint it twice daily with tincture of iodino or stimulate it into healthy action
with spirits of turpontino or aqua ammonia,'
iJ.
j      Tumor on TJdder.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I haveia cow with a lump on the inside
of ono if back teats, about tho size of a
hulled Walnut; has been thero for somo
timo ard seems to bo growing. What
shall I db? E. T.
You hivo not informed me whether it
is on tho oxtorior surfaco noxt the
other teat, or in the milk orifice. If
the lattar, you must slit the teat
along its longth, leaving tho orifico at
end of t<at untouched. You must forego
any such operation whilo giving milk. If
on the surface, cut it off and cauterize its
base witi au iron brought to a white heat.
Swine Disease.
Editors It* liana Fanner:
ily hojs have a vory bad cough. I think
perhaps.thoy aro having symptoms of
cholera, lowever I don't know. Will you
pleasu te* mo what the difficulty is, and
what to fo for it? A Header.
Ch'+len is not the only constitutional
disease if the hog; there is just where
many formers make fatal mistakes. It
seems impossible to convince some of their
moro than fatal error. Your hogs havo an
affectionof tho lungs, bronchia, or traehea,
which very likely may end in pleuropneumonia, -Which is no cholera. Medicine is certain to ciro. Give your hogs 15 drops of
tincture >f aconite root, and 15 of belladonna altermtely every two hours until tho
Postal Caj-d Correspondence.
NEBRASKA.
Beaver Co.—Corn is a poor crop with
us, bn account of dry weather and chinch
bugs. Sorghum and broom-corn good
crops.   Wo have had plenty of rain of late.
P. E. A.
this
MISSOURI.
Bates   Co.—Our   wheat   averages
year about 20 bushels per acre.
A. C.
Knox Co.—Pastures fine again.   Spring
calves §14 to $16 per head here.
R. D. K.
Porter Co.—I send you a bunch of blossoms from a pear tree which is in full
bloom. Pastures are green again. Wheat
acreage this fall not as large as usual.
T. K.
Kosciusko Co.—Wheat is growing nicely,
but tho acreage is not so large as last year.
Corn has dried out enough to crib. The
lato rains aro making lato potatoes grow
again, and they may make something;
in places. O. P. B..
Switzerland Co.—In tho midst of wheat
sowittg we aro having copious rains.. All
good farmers aro sowing less aereago of
wheat, but aro putting the ground in
far better condition, and are using much
bone dust, bone meal and other fertilizers. We find that \vt> cannot raise a good
whoat -crop withoutlertilizers.
J..C..S.
ILLINOIS..
Vermillion Co.—Thcnewly sown wheat
looks very fine. Chinch bugs have been
bad hero. J. L.
Douglass Co.—Broom-corn saves us here
this year. That erop was good while others failed. A. C. W.
Madison Co.—The recent rains have pnt
everything to growing handsomely*; but it
came after our crops failed for want of  it.
Ia.   S.
Knox Co.—Owing to* the dry weather
crops were poor here. Wheat lately
sown ii? now looking well.
S. C.C.
Edgar  Co.—-The  tie-w crop of wheat f»
growing and looki'.ng very well, and  pastures are getting gooax «gain.
G.A.H.
SnELBY Co.—The  brown  pastures  aro
again bright and green since  the   copious
rains.   The newly sown wheat looks Qaev
but the acreage is not largo. J. G. S,
Jefferson Co.—There are many fields
of corn here that do not mako over two or
three bushels per aero. Good farm horses
aro worth ?60 to ?100 each. M. J. J.
Montgomery Co.—Between the Hessian
fly, chinch bugs and drouth, our staple
crops were cut very short. The now wheat
crop is in splendid condition. Fall pastures doing well. j. m. T.
Clay Co.—Calves hero command about
$7 per head. We havo a largo acreage of
wheat sown here, and it is looking fine.
Pastures are looking fino again.
W. H. J.
KENTUCKY.
Jefferson Co.—Hay was a good crop
hero, and oats medium, other crops were
short. J. W. D.
Barren Co.—We had good hay, peach
and applo crops. Tobacco erop short.
Plenty of rain and fair pasture.
J. N. G.
MICHIGAN.
Shiawas8Ee Co.—Late rains are bringing wheat forward splendidly, and the
pastures are getting green again. Our
crops were all short, W. F. A.
Barry Co.—A very large acreage of
wheat has been sown in this part of Michigan, and it is looking well. Our staple
crops fell much below the average yield
this season. s. S. F.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford Co.—Our crops this year average about half the usual yield, owing to
the drouth which was severe here.
J. H.
Erib Co.—We had an excellent grape
crop, but other crops short. The • drouth
and forest fires did a great deal of damage
here. P. M. G.
Lebanon Co.—Our crops this year were
very good except corn, which is a  failure.
J. K.
OHIO.
Butler Co.—The growing wheat looks
splendid, and acreage fair. Our county
fair was quite a success in nearly every department. Mr. P. Shafor's herd of Galloway cattle was a great attraction. They
sold at good prices. R. p.
VanWert Co.—We had abont an average of 20 bushols wheat per acre here this
year, and corn will go 40 bushels.
J>. D.
Hancock Co.—Wheat that was sown before the late rains looks well, but much of
that sown during the dry weather looks
poor. Clover seed is a good crop. Only
tho corn that was thoroughly tended before harvest made a fair crop. B. S.
INDIANA.
Switzerland Co.—Late rains have
made good pastures again, but all the crops
were cut short. T. J. II.
Pike Co.—We are still sowing wheat
here. Grass and clover sown last spring
were pretty badly killed ont by drouth.
Pastures are good. J. H. W.
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Highly Complimentary.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I find the contents of your paper highly
entertaining and replete with useful practical topics in relation to agriculture and
economic sciences; indeed its merits as an
agricultural and home journal entitle it
to becomo a welcomo visitor in every
home of the State.
Agricultural papers, in a broad sense,
are most generally regarded as valuable
only to the farmer. That such is a mistake becomes evidentfromaglanceatyour
columns, which abound in great variety
and useful information on almost any
subject relating to agricultural, mechanical and commercial industries. Every
household, whether city, country or farm,
will find hints, recipes and practical suggestions in such endless variety, as to
make some of them applicable to every
day life. Tlie editorial columns are supplied with ably written articles on subjects of natural science. Chemistry applied to agriculture and manufacture,
meteorology, entomology and statistics
are all discussed and treated with ability.
Besides all these advantages referred to, it
possesses a moral tendency over the family
circle, which many papers of the day cannot claim. Charles G. Boerner.
Vevay, Ind. teuj
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Unfortunate Boys.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
On Monday, September 26, Walter, a six
year old son of Dr. A. Morgan, Cartersburg,
formerly of Brightwood, fell from his
pony, breaking his right arm between the
elbow and wrist. He bore the misfortune
with marked patience for one so young
while his father dressed the wounded
limb. It will be remembered by your
readers that a year ago, tho younger child
Marvin, was thrown from the railroad'
breaking his limb just below the knee.'
He was playing on the railroad when an
engine came along and tossed him ofl".
M. C. Dobyns.
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i A Gentleman. ^jjj
Socially, the term "gentleman" has become almost vulgar. It is certainly less
employed by gentlemen than by inferior
persons. The one speaks of "a man I
know," the other of a "gentleman I know."
In one case the gentleman is taken for
granted, in the other it seems to need specification. Again as regards the term
"lady." It is quite in accordance with the
usages of society to speak of youracquain-
tance the "Duchess as "a very nice person." People who would say "very nice
lady," are generally of a social class which
has much to do with Duchesses; and if
you speak of one of these as a "person"
you will soon be made to feel your mistake.—All The Year Bound.