A Weekly Journal of the Farm,Home ahd Garden.
VOL. XVI.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DEO. 24, 1881.
NO. 52.
FOR HM.K.
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r>OH SAI.E-rartridOT  (Ya-fclns  and Pekln ducks.
1     Write to JOHN GOSS, Briluiore, Iud.
FOK  -SALl'—A   few   pain, of  I'. Rooks, first-class
nock.   J. CL'XXIMIHAM. Miami. Ind.
IT'OR-SALE—Prl-t-t-wiimliigiiiammotli BronreTur
1 keys.KRj*^ In *eaf.on.Boi'khHlBrt«..ri..Vayi*ie,In<!
F
lOIt KALE—White Leehorn chicks.   Dlt. W. J.
nil r*jr\i.r.— « uiw jv*'cnuru cuicka. *■>*.*. »■». a*.
__. KL-STL'N, 11 Nortli Meridian street, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOK KALK— White and Brown  Leghorn", Aylesbury and rekiii ducks.   TJLSO.N &-UOB)t=ON,
Hocklane, Ind.
FOIt HA LK—Yearling-and i;ull calves of po-txi form
and rwHlijrree.   K. C. TI!OMl*SON. Lock XIox 1,
Kdtnburg-, Ind.
TT^OU SALK—Jersey   bnll, 13  months old.   Addicts
1     ('.   I.EuEltING,  care   Indiana   F
Momh Delaware street.
Parmer, or 3£5
I7*OK KALK—A larfieloi of   fine Partridge Cochin
;     chicks at pi per pair.   Write soon.   OEOKtJE
VESTAL, Lafavette, Ind.
I^OH SALK—25 pair Bremen   %>:i*,e from prire-wlii-
nliiK  strain-*,   price  SI   eat'li.    Address  M.  A.
PENL'K, lien Davis, Ind.
17011 S,» LE—t luster Whites-Sows bred if desired,
and boars ready tor service.   Prize animals this
year.   Address K. It. MOODY, Kmln* nee, Ky.
I70H  SALK—IVkin   ducfcs,   Ihtko  and well bred.
1     Will sell a few   trlrsfor  tl 30, or f 1   i+r pair If
taken soon.   A. 1*. WRIGHT, lirretitown, Ind.
IT^OHSALK—A tine lot or Bronze tnrKeyR, Kmbden
1     geese,   Boneii   and   Pekln docks,  and I^tcester
Bheep.   T.N.A H. F. SMILKY, Portland Mllta, Ind.
FOR SALK—Cheap to close out   the   business, 25
head of purely bred Short-horns.    For a bargain
address Jl. LEWIS, P.O.Box >*o. 30, Louisville, Ky.
IT*®It SALE^M Sliroi*hire ewes and ewe Iambs,
: bred to Sampson, winner of 11 first prices and
gweepFtakes laat fall. UllIAll I'iaVETl\ Greensburg, Ind.
F
OH SALE—Joseph Pool. Green*burr, Ind.,ofTers
__ Buff Cochins and Dark Brahmas at reduced
prices forthe next tlilrty days. All bred from bis
premium imported strains.
FOB 8A LK—A first-class lot of young Poland China
bows. Will breed them to my sweepstake* hor
If partfes wish. EIMhle for recording:. J. CU.N-
JJINGHAM, Miami, Ind.
EOH SALE—I ofler one cock and one hen, four pullets and four cockerels of my Light Bran ma* at
from f_ to *3perpalr.If taken at ence. AddressW.
II. BOLINGKR, Pendleton, Did.
IT'OR SALK—Five thoroughbred Short-horn hulls
' from (Mo 20 months old, pot by Prince of Wln-
eiewood. No. 3Witw. Vol. .7 American Herd Book.
WM. L. MILLF.lt, Ft. Wavne. Did.
FOI! SALK—A choice lot of yearling: Cotswold
ewes, bred to my Imported Tarn, Duke of Gloster—prefer to sell In loisof fiveoi more. HENRY C.
MEKKDITir. Cambridge (Uy*. Ind.
IT'OR KALE—A tlnes'ock and resident I2S acre farm
? near city, (pike road j, good 2 story brick house,
barn, water, fruit, etc., on Chicapoand LouisTllle K.
It.     Address E. YOKK, Blocmincton, Ind.
XT OR SALK— Cotswolds, Shropshires and South-
S? . downs .imported from Canada; ram and ewe
Iambs of either breed; 12 yearling Cotswold rams imported last year. PKKItY KESLING. Onward, Cass
county, Ind.
FOH SALK—Thoroughbred Poland China pigs,
sired by Star of the West flr.d Prince 2d at flO to
$12. Plymouth llock ccskerels 75c each, |1 25 for two,
very best. BA B CLAY MOOX A SON, Jerome.IIow-
ard county. Ind.
IT'OR SALE—A few male Poland China pigs of good
? size hy "Pet'sStarBand "Star of the Wesf,"see
"Central Becord," dams recorded, very extra animals. Address or call on T. M. REVEAL, Clermont,
Marion county, Ind.
ITIOR SALE-One of the best farms in Central Indl-
1 ana, 225 acres, house 7 rooms, barn 48.\R2, oirly 12
miles from Indfanftpolis, on a pike and railroad; 56
acres of excellent wheat go with it withoutadditional
cost, about 2Tio choice apple trees. T. A.GOODWIN,
29 Thorpe Block.
FOR SALE—A beautiful heme, 210acres,-good Improvements, good house, barn, orchard, water,
timber. HO acres in cultivation, church and school-
house near by. 6 miles frcm Bloomington, 3>£ miles
from Elliots ville railroad station. Cheap and easy
terms. Address C. M. HOUSTON, Bloomington,
Monroe county, Ind.
FOB SALE—A nice little larm, 12 miles from city,
on good pike,railroad pear farm; in bad repair,
but pretty good house of 8rooms; stable, orchard,
etc.; good land; 40 acres under cultivation; Htimber.
Can be had at a bargain. If you are ready to buy
don't miss this chance. V. K. MORRIS, 58 East Market street, Indianapolis.
F
OR SALE-Cotswold Shee;*—I have sold mv farm
and must dispose of the balance of my sheep; 9
ewes very fine, ali in lamb by Gray Prince; 15 shear-
IiK bucks, sired by Gray Prince; also Gray Prince for
sale; he is the world beater. The aboTe sheep are aU
Imported and will be sold strictly at cost. Address
CAL. F. DARNELL, No. 73S North Illinois street,
Indianapolis, Ind.
FOIt SALE— A choice lot of Poland Chlnaplgsof
either sex, large enough for service, descendants
ofthe most popular families of Poland Chinas, such
as Tom Corwfn, Black Bess and Perfection. Most
of tbe stock offered being sired by the noted hog
"Star of the West," _?o.63S Poland China Record.
All stock offered being from recorded animals. Address W. O. ItEVKA L,
Clermont. Marion county, Ind.
IT'OR SALE—A splendid farm of 343 acreR adjoining a good town of six or eight hundred people,
16 miles from this city. A fine two-story brick house,
two good bams, plenty of everlasting water; mostlv
bottomland; Uio acres of timber; balarce under cultivation; hest of society and excellent traded school
and depot all in half mile of farm; pike alongside;
oneof the best farms in the State; ?<*) per ncre. V.
K. MORRIS, 58 Kast Mark* t street, Indianapolis.
FOR   KXCHAM5E.
IT'OR EXCHANGE—A fine Short-horn bull calf,
; solid red, of excellent rxdiirree, for a Jersey
heif.r. Address JOHN MORGAN, Plainfleld, Hendricks county, Ind.
.nisci:M,ANi-m:s.
GOOD Reading very cheap. Four5c Novels stories
of adventure on Land and sea. 15c.; two2f»c Novels, splendid stories, 30c; six 5c storv papers, 15c. Sent
postpaid br mail.  >;. OTTAIM, Roekford, III.
JW. WATSON, Merchant Tailor, 33 East Market
• street, Indianapolis, Ind., has received a second invoice of tine fall and winter goods. Get a suit
of bim and you will surely buy another. New Fashion
Plate just received.
LOAN*.
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 withont delav. All loenl securities-
City, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated.
JOS. A. MOOBE, M E. Market street.
WANTED.
WANTED-500 Agents-Splendid  Photo Family
Becord   Pictures.   Best paving  tiling new offered to Agents.   U. F. snoBT, Chicago. 111.	
^TITANTED-A girl from the country to do general
TT      houseworkawasktng excepted.   Address J.G.
KINGSBURY, 34 East Market St., Indianapolis.
WANTED—HOTtSES-To Insure against death,
protect against thieves, secure nguinst disease.
For local agency or circulars, address AMERICAN
FIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION, Ind.an.To.is.
£ii*e ®»tcrcka
Canadian authorities say tliat shipments of cattle toJRreal Uritain from Canada will roach 75,000 tliis year.
ants of ono bull and eight cows taken
there from Eur#jie in 18o3 by two Portuguese brothers named Goes.
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Mr. W. X. Bei.i., l?oone Co, Ind., says:
The Farmer is the paper to advertise stock
in. I have sold much fine stock to breed-
era in various sections.
Mb. J. I). Kioer, Corydon, Ind., a few-
days ago butchered a Jersey Red hog,
which weighed 500 pounds net at 27 mouths
old.    lie   would   havo   weighed   GOO   lbs.
gross. *
. .  *♦ .	
Mr. Gkoroe Jacksov, of Beech Grove
farm near this city, bought somo lino Jersey cattle at tho salo of Oxford Park herd.
lie bought Oxford Prince 13170, two years
old for $500, and Ulythesomio 13407, four
years old for ?350. Those are very lino animals.
 1   m   s	
Mr. R. S. Russell, Zionsville Ind., lias
lately sold the Chester White pig "Hoosier Dick," to Mr. J. C. Jenkins, Petersburg, Ky. This pig is out of tha Htte;
which took first premium at tlio last Statu
fair, as bost sow and pigs, aud ono of  the
fivo herds by Mr. R.
 ■   m   »	
IJa-wi.ht Bros.,' Kbenezer, Preblo Co.
Ohio, havo just sold tho tine malo pig
"Wideawake" to Messrs. Wallace A An-
drews7 Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, for $50.
They still hold theirSweepstakes pig "■Surprise," after having boen offered a hundred dollars for him.
Consul-Generai. Weaver writes from
Vienna, Austria, to tlio Secretarj- of State
at Washington, that riiulorpesthas broken
out in an epidemic form in tho Province
of Lower Austria, and has resulted in a
loss from tlie disease, and by tho desiruc-
tion of animals—cattle, sheep and goats—
supposed to be infected, of 3,088 head.
 . *♦  .	
Dr. Brill, Pittsboro, Ind., has recently
added to his herd two thoroughbred heifers, both in calf by Wm. Powell's imported bull, of Beecher, Illinois, to-
wit: G. S. No. 1 hides, 60 lbs. and down,
9J4c; No. 2,7Mc; G. S.B. hides, all weights,
8Ko; G. S. No. 1 hides 60 lbs. or over 9J4c;
No. 2, 7'Ac; G. S. No. 1 heavy steers, 10@
lie; No. 2, 7K@9^'c; G. S. bulls, 7c;  ,
 .   m  .	
Kdltors Indtana Farmer:
Will some one tell me how many pounds
a bushel of corn will put on a hog that
weighs 150 pounds, and is in good health ?
Richland Co., Ohio. SimscRlJSEK.
Our correspondent will find  a  substantial answer to his question in this issue of
the Farmer in this department.—Ed.
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Will it Pay to liaise Clydesdale Horses.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Last weok I sold three colts, two years
old past, for J1G0 each; a tbree and a four
year, for $185 and $200; making J8C5 cash
in hand, for tho fivo head. All of my own
stock, and my own raising. Oan any of
your readers beat it? E. S. Frazee.
Fayetto Co., Ind.
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Weight of Pig.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I herewith report weights of a pig that I
fed during a part of last summer. At 83
days old weighed 82 lbs; at 90 days old
weighed 90pounds; at 97daysold weighed
108 pounds; at 104 days old weighed 125
pounds ;at 111 days old weighed 140 pounds;
at 130 days old weighed 1*75 pounds; at 137
days old weighed 195 pounds. The feed
consisted of dry whole corn and milk.
Breed, seven-eighths Poland China, one-
eighth Berkshire.      Isaac Cautwrioiit.
Fillmore, Indiana.
Profitable Hogs.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In the Farmer for Dec. 10th, is an account of the gain in weight of hogs for a
given time. Jethro and William Tim-
mons (-old in this market in Nov. last, 51
Poland China hogs one year old that
weighed 140 pounds each at feeding timo.
They were fed 72 days and weighed when
sold 3S3J4 each, a gain of 213K, or noarly
three pounds per day. Tliey wero fed
corn, but I do not know how much. Sold
at ?6 per hundred and the lot brought tho
nice sum of $1,081 20. J. W. Raoan.
Fillmore, Ind.
Sixty million sheep and twenty million
cattle roam the pampas of the Argentine
Republic; nearlyall.it issaid,the descend-
Soaked Corn for Swine.
Under, the above caption the Kansas
Farmer says:
During the summer months cor-i gets
hard and dry, and if it happens to bo a
rough variety, hosrs will eat no moro of it
than will keep them in decent living condition.
By soaking corn that has become excessively hard and dry, we restore it, in a
measure, to its normal stite, and put jt in
a condition easily to bo masticated and
rapidly digested, and there hinges the
whole question; the more rapid tho digestion the quicker is assimilation, tlie more
rapid assimilation tho faster does the animal arrive at maturity to fit it for market.
■  UU]
Water.
niit-kwlirac Crown in Ilarren Saud Snpp
Wiuiuut Wuhuut
Phosphoric a\cld. -Nitrogen.
lie," Wllh I>ifl'rr<"«t IVrllll/Jnii Materials.
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
THE   FOOD   OF PLANTS.—NO. II.
By "W. O. Atwater, Ph. D.,
Professor of Chemistry. Wrsleraa UmiyersItT,
Jlfridlvtitwn, Conn.
In the previous articlo upon thissubject,
(in Indiana Farmer of Docembor 3,) several ways wero mentioned by which we
may restore tlie fertility that our soils
lose by cropping. Ono was proper tillage.
By this means the soil is exposed to tho
action of tho atmosphere and its stores of
inort plant food are rendered availablo to
plants.
Tho purpose of this articlo is to illustrate
and explain the fact that all our ordinary
soils, however poor or worn out, havo a
supply of plant food which may, by proper
means, be utilized to produco crops. The
experiment shown in tho engraving will
help to bring out this idoa.
EXPERIMENTS IN OROWINO PLANTS IN BARREN S.VND.
Not far from New Haven, Connecticut,
is a barren tract of land known as the
Wallingford Plains. Largo portions of
this soil, if such a dry, sifting sand may
be called a soil, are entirely devoid of vegetation. Tho region comes nearer to my
idea of a desert than any other I have ever
seen in the Eastern states. The experiments referred to were mado nt this place
with some of tho most barren of this sand.
Fifteen wooden boxes, each ono foot
square, were filled with the saud and arranged in throe series of live each. The
boxes of each series' wore numbered I, II,
III, IV, V. In the first series buckwheat
was sown; in tho second oats, and in the
third beans. To fertilizo theso, several solutions were prepared by dissolving thc
proper chemical compounds in wator.
One, the "normal solution" was similar to
that used in Dr. Nobbo's experiment, described in the former article. It contained
all tho essential soil ingredients of plant
food. Tho mixture was, in short, what
may be called a complete fertilizer. No.
V of each series had this normal solution.
Another solution, similar to this, except
that no nitrogen was supplied,' was used
for each No. IV. Each No. Ill had a solution without phosphoric acid, and each
No. II no potassium, whilo No. I in each
case received rain-water only. Tho engraving shows the appearance of theseries
with buckwheat. Tho oats and beans
showedasimilargradation. Theplants.supplied with tho complete fertilizer, No. V,
wero healthy, grew well, and gavo a fair
yield. Whero potash was omitted, No. II,
the plants wero about as tall, but thinner,
and tho yield of seed was only about half
as largo. Without phosphorio acid, No.
Ill, the plants looked about as woll as in
No. II, but tho amount of seed was extremely small. Whero nitrogen was ieft
out, tho plants wore stunted, spindling,
and sickly. They yielded almost no seed,
and wero in fact no better than thoso
which had nothing but rain-water.
When tho plants woro ripe they wero
harvested, tho sand was carefully -washed
from tho roots and tho different parts
measured and weighed. The tablo below
gives measurements and air-dry weights
of buckwheat and oats:
I.
II.
III.
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Weight of straw   **
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8.7
2.9
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4.0
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Number of Plants	
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0.3
4.5
1.3
1.3
4.2
Weight of straw   '*
1.8
11.9
11.4
5.5
.34.5
Weight of roots    "
2.3
7.7
4.6
3.9
17.3
* 2*^ centimeters — about 1 inch.    11 gram •
grains.
Now let us look into theso details a li "
tlo. With tlio complete fertilizer tho yiold
was good. This we should expect whether
tho sand furnishes any food for the plants
or not. Given a fit medium to grow in,
enough light, warmth, and water, and
plenty of food, and tho plants must nourish. Hut if wo withhold any of the essential elements of tlie food fr«m tho fertilizing mixture, thon it becomes a question
whether tlie saud can furnish it or not.
If tho sand supplies enough of the lacking
element tlie plant will thrive; if only a
partial supply, tho plant will have only a
partial development, and its growth will
be a measure of tho amount of that ele-
mont wliich tho sand supplies. When tho
potash was omitted tho plants suffered
somewhat, and tho yield of seed was reduced about one-half. The sand furnished
considerable Jxitash, but not enough.
Without phosphoric acid in the fertilizer,
the plants were still moro stunted. The
sand was capable of supplying some phosphoric acid, though only very little. But
when there was no artificial supply of nitrogen the sand could yield scarcely any
and the crop was an utter failure, no better indeed than wheTe it had only rain-
wator. This was in fact just what was to
be expected.
The minerals of which the sand was
composed included feldspar, (orthoelase)
mica, hornblende, and fragments of trap.
Theso contain considerable potash and a
littlo phosphoric acid. A soil so destitute
of vegetable matter could have and hold
but extremely littlo nitrogen.
_/ INERT AND AVAILABLE PLANT FOOD.
A chemical analysis of this sand would
show large quantities of lime, potash,
phosphoric acid, and other ingredients of
plant food, moro than the heaviest crops
could consume in years, perhaps in centuries. But they are, so to speak, locked
up in inert, unavailable combinations, so
that plants can not make use of them, and
further, some of-r the essential elements of
plant food aro lacking. If the store on
hand, wero mado available, the lacking
ones supplied and plenty of water were
provided, the Wallingford sand would bo
as fertile as the richest virgin prairie,
TLANT FOOD SUPPLIED BY SOILS—NATURAL
STRENGTH VS. CONDITION.
To repeat, then, every ordinary soil,
however "worn out" it may be, can do
something towards supporting crops. It
does this by virtuo of what Sir. Lawes,tho
famous English experimenter, has very
aptly termed its "Natural Strength." By
this is meant tlio capacity for supplying
plant food to crops year after yoar without
manure. Tlio "black-earth" soil of Southern Russia has borne large crops of wheat
for generations, without manure, and bids
fair to do so for generations to como. Wo
havo such iu somo of tho river valleys of
our own country. Tliey are tho soils
wliich "youhaveonlytotickle with the hoo
and they laugh with a harvest," and keep
up their beneficent smiling indefinitely,
notwithstanding the long continued drafts
upon their good naturo, or, rather, upon
their natural strength. But in Virginia
and Tennessee, whore tho land is skimmed overyear aftor yoar without manuring, about six or seven bushols of wheat
per aero is all tho farmers reckon on. Tho
natiiral strength of such soils is of a very
foeble sort indeed. Between these extremes most of our soils come, and, unhappily, the majority stand much nearer
tho lower than the higher level.
Tliis natural strength is what the soil
has to fall back upon after it has been reduced by cropping. It dopends upon tho
chemical and physical procosses tliat, with
the aid of air and moisture, warmth and
frost, and growing plants as woll, are continually going on in every soil. The soil
is a sort of chemical laboratory, or manufactory, if you will, where manifold agen
cies are ever busy working over crude materials already in store, and gathering
others frcm the air, and making them all
available for the uso of plants.
Now these processes go on whether the
soil is cultivated or not. Proper tillage
aids them wonderfully oftentimes, but
still they keep on without it. The soil is
continually producing new supplies of
plant food. If they are removed, if we do
net carry thtm til with crops, as fast as
they are renewed, they will accumulate
and tho soil will grow richer. It is in this
way that fallow ground recuperates, and
that virgin soils have acquired their richness. And what the soil will thus do for
itself, though slowly, we may do for it by
manuring.
This strength,accumulated by natural pro"
cesses or imparted artificially, Mr. Lawes
has taught us to oil "Condition." Condition is like a deposit in the bank, which
we may draw upon slowly or rapidly as
we will, but which will, sooner or later, be
gone unless new deposits are made. Natural strength is like tho interest on good
bank stock. It comes gradually, uniformly, cannot be drawn in advance, but if not
drawn will be accumulated and held for
later use.
FEEDING   PLANTS   AND   BNRICHINO   SOILS.
In a conversation between a number of
our best Connecticut farmers, a while ago,
ono of them made a remark which seemed
to n^e very much to the point. He said,
"Wo farmers are just beginning to get into
our heads the idea that we must feed our
plants as we feed our animals. We have
always had the notion that to get good
crops we had simply to make our soil rich,
and have not stopped to think how the
manure helps the plant to grow. But we
have got to learn that the main use of manure is to feed our plants, and that we must
adapt it to the needs of our crops and
soils, just as we adapt the fodder to the
wants of our stock. We have got to learn
how to make the most of the plant-food
that our soils may furnish of themselves,
and to supply in manures what our soils
lack."
IN CONCLUSION.
To make the most of the natural resources of our soil; to supply whatitlacks;
to see that the plant food we remove in
our crops is restored; to do this in part by
careful tillage, so as to aid nature in re-
leasinglthe locked up supplies that every
soil contains, and in bringing material
from the atmosphere to the soil as well; to
make up for what nature can not supply
by carefully husbanding the manurial resources of the farm, and, where itis necessary and profitable, by supplementing the
manure of the farm by fertilizers from outside, and finally, by draining and otherwise amending the mechanical condition
of our land; these are the means for restoring our worn out soils and filling our barns
a nd our pockets and bringing the material prosperity we all desire.
IMmtmrij*
l£fl_ts department Ia edited by Dt. Johz* N. Navht,
Veterinary Surgeon, author of Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Baletito be observed by those expect—* correct an*
swera:
1. Btate tbe rate of pulae.
2, Tbe breathing.
8. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance of balr.
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the jaws can be felt, -Ahd bow near
tbe bone.
6. If breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound.no time mnst be lost ln blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall most lncloae-a
stamp.
Shrunken Hip.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
* My neighbor bas a horse that has one
hip that is shrunken; has been so for
two years, and is lame.   Is thereanycure?
L. B.
It is too late for a cure.   You let it run
too long.
Chas. H.— You writo on both sides of the
paper, and therefore we can't use your
letter.
Give your horse capsicum, flour »f sulphur, pulverised niter, sulphate of iron
and black antimony, of each two ounces,
ground ginger four ounces, mix. Dose
in chop feed one teaspoonful three times
daily.
Liver Trouble. *
auditors Indiana Farmer:
My cows are swelled under the jaws;
running offat the bowels. Sub.
The disease originates in the liver; take
castor oil one and a half pints; spirits of
turpentine one ounce. Mixand give in a
drench. In twelve hours, give powdered
opium 40 grains, and calomel 40, in one
one more quarts of gruel. About 24 hours
after, take powdered rhubarb, half an
ounce; yellowroot, one-half; salts of
tartar, one ounce; essence of peppermint*,
six ounces; tincture of opium, six.
Water three quarts; give half a pint daily.
Ringbone.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a three-year-old colt on which
about 18 months ago, came enlargement
on near front ankle and off hind ankle,
which I thought was ring-bone, but the
front ankle has got all right, and the bind
one has increased or grown larger. Is it
ring-bone? And if so, what can I do for
it? He shows some lameness when stopping. L. W.
Take one ounce of Spanish fly and ona
ounce of spirits of turpentine. Mix, rub
in well with the hand twice daily for 18*
days; then grease with lard. You need
not expect the tumor off. If the lameness
ceases, be thankful. You let it run too
long.
Buckeye Poison.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a cow that has very curious sym-
toms. She staggers as she walks, at times
worse than others; does not look right out
of her eyes; eats heartily, but does not
gain in flesh. Would the eating of Jamestown weeds with the seeds well matured,
cause the above described symptoms, and
if so, what is the best remedy for it? She
acts very much like a cow that has been
poisoned on buckeyes. C. N. B.
i, If your cow is buckeye poisoned, she
will be either dead, or better before the
__j_t_R reaches you. The best remedy
for buckeye is lard; drench with a quart
of lard; then greasy slops, if not greasy
enough add lard.
Give Blood Boot, etc.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
T My mare was sick two years ago for
three months, and took sick the same way.
She is very sick for a few days and then
better for a whilo. She lays down most
of the time and draws her legs close to
her body and looks back behind her fore
shoulders, and some times rolls over on
her back. Sho is a fine mare, eleven years
old. She sometimes gets cold all over..
Ste«.-.*> (fez, safMi,   _    ^..     i Sub.
1, Qiveherbloodroot.flour of sulphur,black
antimony, pulverized niter, sulphate of
iron, capsicum.of each two ounces; ground
ginger, four ounces; mix. Dose one teaspoonful three times daily in feed.J gE^
Kipe Clover Hay.';^. ~^-
Editors Indiana Farmer:
You will please give your views on
feeding to horses clover hay that was allowed to get very ripe before cutting.
Some think it will kill or injure them.
One of my neighbors says he knew a
farmer once who lost several horses in
the spring after wintering on, or using the
above kind of hay. They believed the hay
was the cause. J. T. K.*(
We are not of the opinion that ripe clover hay -will kill horses, unless put up
damp, and heat in the mow, or stack, in
which process it musts, and musty hay or
grain is injurious to the urinary organs,
the dust arising from over ripe
clover hay is detrimental to the lungs and
air passages. I would not feed clover hay
of best qualify to our horses..^     g_^ ——
Grease Heel.T^__,._
Editors Indiana Farmer:'
I have a colt that has what is called grease
heel. The heel is swollen and has fever-
sloughs a yellowish matter and some
places cracked and scabbed. I have kepi
the parts cleaned with soap; used gun
powder and lard and poulticed with human bowel excretions all with no avail N
A. H.
Take gum camphor, gum myrrh, of each
one ounce, spirits of turpentine in a quinine or other wide-necked bottle. Pour in
slowly an ounce sulphuric acid, a teaspoonful at a time. Mix in one pint of lard.
Rub on the diseased parts. Next day,
wash with casteel soap until quite clean;
dry perfectly and apply medicine.' Continue, till well, washing, drying and applying.
Bank Barns. • ^_r"'^_.~
Editors Indiana Farmer r
I am studying a plan for a bank barn-
Will have plenty of room, and it would be
handiest for me to keep cattle and horses
(just the horses for asmall farm) all in
the lower story. But some say it won't
do to keep them in the same barn, for
good health. Please give your opinion on the subject. A Subscriber.
The only objection to bank barns is first,
seeping of water from hillside, and a lack
of ventilation. But the first can be remedied by a drain, and the second by raising the wall on bank side above bank at
lower end of hypothenuse, and making
windows at least one foot high above. The
presence of horses was never considered,
unhealthy to any other animal if kept
clean. Nor are cows if also, kept clean,
but both are unhealthy to themselves and
others, if kept filthy.
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