vol. xni,
EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen..
Ten centa per Ume, and no advertisement for lea
than 25 cents. ,...*•;
- No better medium could be selected than this department ol the Farms for the recovery of stock.
Tell yonr neighbor of lt when yon hear of the 1cm
of his stock. ■  ■•..*•;:.  ■-.«-■
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 2, 1878.
No. 5.
FORSALE.
F
OR SALE—__e_ Figs. H. T. HUJKRNBMXTH,
New Augusta, Ind. ,.,"-"'.   •• 4.-1X
08AGE HEDGE PLANTS—Lowest possible rates
at Remington Nursery, Remington, 'Jasper
; Co., Ind.   M.TP_.UOH A 6Q3.      -... ■ ,..* ,T .... ltf
F
low.
OR RALE.—a few Berkshire botes ready -tor
service.  Bailie and Oxford strains-, Prices
W. A. KELSEY, Box 1898, Fort Wayne.
•   ' - ••••■■:.;.... .site
OR BALK—The thoronghbred 'Shart-horit Bnll
. llaltic; 2 yeara old; red. DAVID K BT_V_N-
N, Biinman. Ripley county. Ind.. ,' '. * *;     5 4t
j TJIOR SALE—Koung Poland China sow pigs, safe
_E ln pig, for Ja-0 each, or 135 for two' fo one address. • Satisfaction • guaranteed.    A. vW>*
Muncie, Ind.
ROSS,
It
i Tj,OR SALE—A thoroughbred Short-horn Bull
JD   .threeyears old Ho. 20685.  Pedigree recorded
-E1A.H.B.     .  '* J.C.SERlNtf,
.8-4t    ... .   Whltc6mh.'FrankllnCo.,Ind.
OJTl
[.OR SALE-bKRDS — Clover.   Timothy,   Blue
_j    Grass and all kinds; also Sort Oits.   JOHN
) 3TBRMAN, cor. Washington and Tennessee Sts.,
■ IndlanapoUs. * :       8-18t
OR SALE—Spanish Cockerels at J2 each; won 4
_?c
—8pi .    .   .
first at Indianapolis Poultry show. Few pul*
lets at 15 each,
county, Ind.
r_.e
JOH & BENNETt, Sunman, Riple;
i-St
"""ITIOR 8ALE-100 acres of improved land lying ln
1 ti j Bumnei county, Tenn., witliln 803'yards of
, depot.   A rare chance for some one   Address W. K.
~ ■ NDLE, Mltchellrllle, 8umner connty, Tenn. 5 nt
iOR SALE-My Essex Boar "Standard,"   He
_    took lst premium at State Fair, over a large
ierd; now 8 months old. Price *_.00. Satisfaction
aranteed. JOHN MQ2QAS, Plaiufldd, Ind. 4 2t
OR. SALE—10 head of Ho, 1 Ootawold Ewe
: Lambs, a flae lot of White Holland Tnrkeys,
a.d P. Cochin Chicks,  all at pa lie prices. Address
ACOB KENNEDY, Liztoa. Hendrfjks Co., Ind.4tf
OR HALE—Galvanized Eureka Sap Spout.   We
have several thousand of these sap spouts,
ich we will sell at the low rate ct 53.50 per hun-
"    Address IND. FARMEH CO.. Indianapolis.
OR SALE—Oie Dark Brahma Cockerel and
three pullets cheap, or will trade for Burl'
in Pullets.  The Brahmas are Cram the »*■!<*
hport, M-ion Co., Jggr"^^ 6 lt
ARTRID3E COCHINS FO_ SALE—John M.
Spann, who won so many premiums on his
•xiUecUou of Partridge Oocalns at thelndlan-
>lis h&tfw j ost closed, will sell a few birds at very
,v prices. , My stock Is all pnre, as I keep bnt one
'    Addresa J. M. SPANN, Indianapolis.        4tf
TOR TRADE—Js. honse and lot ln Southport,
Ind.  House has 5 rooms, good celler, good
.tion, lot 58x135. good barn ana other improve-
_    ,   t, 5?nt».  Will trade for land ln Marion of adi lining.
•.. /i^lB-_w,ER,8on-_psrt,_-r!oaCo.,Ina.t        ■  BU_[
F
OR SALE—One yonng England's Glory stallion
   nine years old; flue bay color; 16>i hands high;
weighs abont 1600 pounds, and has flue style and
action, and his stock ls fine. Any -one wishing to
purchase such a horse, call on UATE-3 & PRAY,
at Indianapolis, or B. O. Kelley, Dublin. Wayne
Co., Ind. 6 4t
FOR SALE—A splendid farm of 187 acres well-
Improved, good land witb good buildings;
frame house with 8 rooms, nice, dry cellar, etc.;
good frame barn 45x52 feet; cattle stable 30x48 feet,
and all well finished and in good order; good timber and never-failing water. The farm ls very
nicely situated three miles northeast of Thorntown,
Ind. Call and <see the place, or address J. T. WILLIAMSON, Thorntown, Ind. 2-4t
INDIANA FARM FOR SALE.—A desirable Farm,
containing 1000 acres, 9 miles west from Fort
Wayne (80,000 inhabitants), on T. W. & W. R., y,
mile from Aboite Station. W. and Erie Canal runs
through farm. About halfbottomandpriarieland;
balance upland. An abundance of the best limber
—white oak, burr oak, ash, eln, hickory and walnut Timber when marketed will bring more money than is asked for the farm. Good soil, plenty of
good Springs, large Brick House, good cellar, well,
cistern, large orchard, best of fruit, good School
House % mile from residence. Just the place for
an enterprising stockman. Can be divided into 2
or more farms If desired. If a reasonable payment
Is made down, balance on easy terms. For price
and more extended description, address
KELSEY BROS.,
Box 1898. Fort Wayne, Indiana    Sltf
WAITED.
~\\t ANTED—800 Young Men te learn relegraph-
VV Ing, and take offices on the lines. Salary 560
to 175 per month can be earned in ten to twelve
weeks. Address, with stamp for circulars, INDIANAPOLIS TELEGRAPH INDT1TCTE, Bates Block,
opposite Postoffice. 42tf
a*--.,     i.
MISCELLANEOUS-
IO LOAN—Money on Improved farms at 8,9 and
  10 per cent. Money furnished promptly. RUD-
DELL, WALCOTT _ VINTON, 3 Vinton Sock, In-
dlanapolls, Ind. , 20-tf-aO)
TO TRADE-A nice two-seated family carriage
to exchange for young cattle or cows; Jersey
stock preferred. A good trade will do given. Carriage nearly as good as new. J. F. MICK, Bridge-
port.Iad.       5 3t
YOUNG MAN I Do yon want a lucrative situation in business? If so, attend the old reliable Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block,
opposite the Postoffice, ln same building in which
the Indiana Farmer ls published. Address, with
stamp for circulars, etc, KOKRNER & GOODIER,
IndlanapoUs, Ind.  _._
'•' W. E. Wise, of Fillmore, sends us a
nice specimen of wool, clipped; from a
lamb of.April,-77. Itis eleven inches in
length, and of fine texture.
Mr. A. W. Ross, of Muncie,. Delaware
-county, has recently sold fifteen head of
"Poland ^Chinits to parties in Delaware,
Henry, Jay, Morgan, Bartholomew and
Vigo , co-unties.'. Among the noted pigs
sent out were Black Tom, Prizgr, Fred
and , Frank, ali sired >by. Perfection.
Perfection wai sired by Black Tom, birfcd
bya.'F.'ParentofO'aio'. "   •       '      ,'■
 — . -rrrr— __    *   * -*
Stock Sales—I find your paper an
excellent one' to advertise in; from the
number of cards I have received since
my notice of Jersey cattle for sale. I have
sold to J.L. Payne of Harristown, Washington county, a young Jaraey bull, Arab,
and a Keifer, Darling. T. J. Johnson.
■   Greencastle, Jan. 18, 78. ...,**,-
Heavy Hoos—The pork packing is
about closed in this county and will fall
far short of last season in numbers. The
weight is greater per head but not enough
to make up the difference. Cholera and
the low price have caused this. Most of
the pork sold here brought $4,50 net per
hundred.  $4,00 is all that is now offered.
Mr, Joseph Cale, of Robb township,
slaughtered 116 head of Poland China hogs,
all of his own raising, which averaged 405
pounds net. Mr. James Cale slaughtered
82 hsad of .same breed averaging 464 lbs
net '■•■-: ■--■ Fk__k l}. Holton.
New Harmony, Jan. 22,1878.
— . — . :—_
Thumps in Pigs. (
DECIDED BARGAINS  to reduce our choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester white and Poland China pigs of all
" ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest,
new breeder's manual, elegantly Illustrated and
Miring full description of the different breeds. Price
'i*fSJwnts.  Seed wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed.  Also turnip, cabbage, cauli-
wer. lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
fall.   Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful for-
•lant, setts (4.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
- catalogue free.   BENSON, BURPEE _ CO.,
Church street. Philadelohia. Pa. 88 lv
fOUTIGA-. ANNOUNCEMENTS.
lO!
Fob AcnrroE.
tliUM A. PFAFF is acandldate forthe office
IMltor of Marion county, subject to the decision
^e Republican nominating convention, which
*, Saturday, March 2d, 1378. 2-7t
[■ PATTISON, candidate for Auditor of Marlon
7. subject to the decision of the Hepublican
lattne convention. March 2,1878. 2 7t
^BLES W. TUTEWILER will be a candidate
'altor of Mirion county, subject to the dscl-
'the Republican Nominating Convention.
fcWlLLIAM H. WHHARD ls a candidate for
]aol Auditor of Marlon connty, subjeet to
Won of the Republican nominating con-
Saturday, March 2,1878. Primary conven-
■— 1st.   td
'3
■ X
tdite
SI
Foe Sheriit.
• PSESSLY, candidate for Sheriff of Maty, subjoct to the decision of the Republishing convention, March 2,1878. a-7t
nm- Fob Teiasubkr.
*.,*L HANWAY lsa candidate for re-noml-
kfcthe office of Treasurer of Marlon county,
hn»the decision of the Republican Nomlna-
pventlon, which meets Saturday, Much 2,
3 6t
»/C. HANNA Is announced as a candl-
f^fieasurer of Marion connty, subject to
iai ?.of tts Republican county convention,
'a March 2.1878. td
In the above disease an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, hence,
our first inquiries should be, how to prevent oar pigs from this And other diseases. Cleanliness is very essential to
the pig's health, and that includes clean
food, clean water, clean bedding and
clean blue grass pasture, or a clean grass
lot to run in and be fed in. In the feed
lots there should be good sheds, which
should be well ventilated. Their beds
should be kept clear of dust, for dujt is
very unhealthy for them to live in, causing them to cough and take the heaves
as it is called. Jast sa sure as pigs are
kept filthy they will imbibe di lease. Pigs
are generally more or less wormy, especially in the fall. They should be rid of
worms and not allowed to lie around old
straw stacks and manure heaps. There
is something about nntilled land that
seems to be healthy for pigs, and the
leaves of the forest trees make the best
bedding for them. Give the pigs salt,
ashes, charcoal and'soap mixed with water to a stiff dough, and once a week; give
this all winter, and When your family
wash take the soap suds and pour out to
them and let them drink all they will of
it. This is my plan and my pigs never
have the thumps nor cholera. Thia treatment gives your pigs a good appetite and
their hair looks smooth and nice, and
they grow right along. W. E. W.
Fillmore, Ind.
> *• *	
Jersey Bed Swine.
Our opinion is that there are two distinct breeds ofs wine known as Jersey Beds,
for we have seen some very common
stock of that name, and we have read of
others, like those of Col. Grundy's, that
were superior. It will be seen, by reference to our report of the Swine-breeders'
Convention, that the breed has no friends
among those who spoke on the subject
there—[ Indiana Farmer.
There is but one true Jersey hog, but
we have in Kentucky a red hog commonly called Red Berkshires which
many persons are led to believe is the
Jersey Ked because of a similarity
of color. The Jersey' Bed is of
quick growth, and attains a very large
siz3, often reaching three hundred
pounds gross at eight and ten months,
and dressing 600 at eighteen to twenty
months. Ic is docile, and easily kept fat
at any age. Its ear is the most objectionable featore, being large and sometimes hanging over the eyes, so as to
prevent the animal seeing ahead. Many
of them, however, have ears not hanging
more than the Poland Chinas. The color
is from dark to sandy red, legs short, face
wide and short. There are several breeders of the Jersey Beds in Kentucky.
The hog named in Kentucky as Bed
Berkshire is descended from an importation from Spain or Portugal, made
many years ago. It is not absolutely
pure as a breed now, but soms very fine
specimens are often seen. It is popular
with the packers on account of its flne
yield of lard and its compactness. It is
not of such rapid growth as the other red
hogs, but is very popular in some portions of this State.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
Stock Yards.
The Future State Fair Grounds.
'        . '      *LrRoy, Jan. 22, 77.
To the Edilori Indiana Farmer:
I notice in"t_e Farmer a resolution
from the Slate and Delegate Board of
Agriculture, congratulating the members
of the Union Eiilway and Stock Yards
company on the completion of that great
central enterprise. While such resolutions are right and proper, I think the
State Board, and farmers generally,should
have an eye' open to the management of
the yards. If they are to be a "shaving
shop," as B. Mitchell said in a late issue
of the Farmer, the producers of the
state ought to so understand it.
Perhaps there are very few farmers
and shippers in the northwest,'that have
any knowledge of the magnitude of the
swindling that is practiced upon them
at the Union Stock Yards of Chicago.
My impression is that the etock of the
stock yard association cannot be had at
200 per cent. In fact, I believe that it
pays more than 300 per c°nt, and could
a showing be made to the legislature of
Illinois of the transactions of that company, it would be truly astonishing, and
create no small degree of dissatisfaction
among those who pjttronize the yards.
In opening up the stock yards in our
own state, it is sincerely hoped that the
company will do business on a fair basis;
live and let live.    _;-'
Any such enterprise should have a large
margin fjr a dividend, but to make it
oppressive on,the producer is crippling
the most important industry of our state.
Farmers of Indiana keep the eye of the
mind open. .  Observer.
Lake Co., Ind.
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County Fairs.
New Harmony, Ind., Jin. 24, 78.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Your correspondent, Mr. Charles Lowder, lAJiicits discussion through the columns of your paper, on the subject of
county fairs, and as I have been an active
member 6f the Pyjsey county agricultural
soCiety7and have -served as secretary for
a number of years; the fair of 1877 being
our nineteenth annual fair, I have accepted the proposition of Mr. Lowder,
and will give in my experience and the
result of our system. In regard to giving
first and second
premiums isr CASH.
The plan was adopted at our first fair
and has been continued up to the present
time with slight variations, but we have
foand that any innovation of this rule,
cut down the number of entries and consequently injured the display. We have
a very handsome diploma that is considered the first and highest premium of
the society, and it would naturally be
supposed that manufacturers and mechanics, at least, would desire them, but
they are rarely called for, and a dollar is
preferred by exhibitors. Oar society
awarded about forty diplomas at the last
fair, and they are considered the highest
reward, and are gotton up in beautiful
style and an ornament to any room; but
two only were called for, and when others'
were asked to take them, refused and this
has been our experience for the last
eighteen years. .
THE SUCCESS OF A FAIR.
depends on the display and unless a substantial inducement is offered, people
will not contribute to it The second
premium is nearly as much prized as the
first, if there is a few dollars attached to
it Oar society have, for the last two fairs,
given a year's subscription to the Indiana
Farmer, as a second premium, but it is
evidently not as desirable as the money;
but we feel that we are doing more for
the agriculture of'our county in furnishing the farmers with this excellent paper
than by any other means at the command
of the society.   In regard to
OVER-FED alNIMAM
at our fairs—our by-laws and instructions to judges, have done all that can be
done to discourage it, but it has failed to
produce any good results. The greatest
difficulty we have to contend with is the
SELECTION  OF JUDGES,
for the several classes. We have made
it a rule to select persons as judges that
came from a distance, and could have no
interest in the awards; but often those
who are best qualified to act in this capacity, refuse to serve, when we are
obliged to take any one that will consent,
and consequently often get incompetent
judges. A system for selecting judges is
more needed than anything I _now of
forthe improvement ofour fairs.
In regard to opening our county fairs
TO THE WORLD;
much of the improvement in stock and
agricultural implenents, in this county,
is to be attributed to thia system and our
experience is that if there is proper en-
entrpnse in the community, each county
can Boon hold their own against all
comers, and that is the sunst way to
bring about improvements.
Frank D. Bolton,
8ec.'y Posey Co. Ag'i. Society.
While attending the meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture, I noticed
quite a feeling, or disposition, to abandon
the old fair grounds and locate anew
somewhere else. Now as to the feasibility
of such a course, I have nothing to say,
but if they do dispose of the old ground
and locate anew, then I say by all means
go west of the city, and locate between
the Vandalia and St. Louis railroads. Oa
the eminence west of the city limits the
two roadways are just about fir enough
apart for a good siz 3d fair ground to be
in good shape and reach from one road
to the other, thus giving access to the
grounds on the north and south, by two
of as good railroads as reach Indianapolis, The3e two roads can land all the
visitors as well as stock, implements, and
heavy machinery directly on the ground.
■In this location we not only have one
but two first class railroads, which would
furnish a remarkable contrast with the
present plan of reaching the old grounds,
or, even when there was a railroad track
from the Peru road. Another advantage
of this new location is," that it is remarkably dry and eligible for building sites,
as well as for Bhow_ grounds, and time
track.and still another matter of no small
significance would be the standing advertisement of the grounds, being seen by
hundreds of strangers every day the year
round, 'by being thus situated on the
principal thoroughfares, going west from
Indianapolis. For access by private con-
veyence, it is very near the national road
with a good pike running along the east-
erh line of the proposed grounds. O"
coursa this would not be suffi sient, but
no doubt, ample means could be made
for this* kind of access by additional
streets.. I should judge the distance from
the Union Djpot not farther, if so far, as
to the present grounds. That there are
other locations where a fair could be
held I have no doubt; but without in the
least dictating to the board. I present this
locality,.tryipg to look at it from an unbiased standpoint, with no other interest
than that held in common with every
man that desires the success of our state
exhibitions. A. Furnas.
Danville, Ind.
v  . i ■	
Farm Accounts.
in my affairs, I concluded not to offer it
for publication, but in the Farmer of January 12th, I see a farm statement from
Deputy, Ind., and I concluded to send you
mine for use if you find it worthy a place
in your columns. To keep a book account
for the farm, according to the rules laid
down in the regular fornn of book-keeping,
is an impossibility, so I adopted a plan of
my own, and those that keep accounts can
readily understand this statement of mine.
To be exact in everything involves more
trouble and expense than most of us are
willing to incur. Suppose for instance,
that I undertake to keep an exact account
of the living of my family, I must measure every mess of potatoes dug out of the
patch, every bit of apples, every item,
milk, butter, etc. Every item is worth
what it would sell ior in the market, and
is so much to be credited to the farm. The
only way to come at these items is to make
a rough estimate of quantity. I will come
now to the point I started out on.
A TABULATED STATEMBKT.
	
GENERAL NEWS.
Wheat sold	
Hogs
One calf " 	
Marketing and poultry Bold..
Flax seed and straw "   ..
Butter „ "  ..
Hay "   ..
Cloverseed _„.. "   ..,
Ear corn	
406.33
344.73
8.00
80.87
loi.eo
57.40
10.20
72 00
40.75
Amount of gra-ss sales for 187*3 $ 1,079.01
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL.
«58>i acres of land t 6 250 00
Two horses, three cjws and hogs       400.00
Farm Implements       400 00
For lab .-rand repairs, etc      400.00
J7.4 0 00
Interest at 10 per cent -       745 00
Amount of gross sales....... .*.  .   1,079 94
Interest on capital „..     715.00
From the number of contributions on
this subject that have been sent to us lately we are lad to think that a larger proportion of our readers have been keeping accounts with their farms than we had heretofore supposed, and from  the unprece-.
dented demand that is made foronrnewffi1^^,^^!"*^*™"™*^
_       -    . . *, . , —,   , | ¥100 more than I had the same day the
Amount in favor of farming over loaning capital at U per cent %    384 94
The amount of capital in the farm is
just what it cost me in 1870. There is of
cleared land sixty-five acres in cultivation,
four acres were in pasture in 1876. I have
besides fifteen acres in permanent pas-
tnre, ^except an orchard, and yards about
house-and barn and garden. In addition
to the sales is the amount c onsumed by the
•family to go to the credit of the farm, besides house rents and other privileges
which are worth just what I would have
had to pay for them. . I have estimated
the living, etc , at $400, and I think that
sum of money not too high for a family of
5 persons, besides board oi extra hands, and
comers and goers. Very few farmers ever
give tbe farm any credit for what is consumed by their families. I have made no
allowance on my account for taxes, from
the fact that every business has to
sustain its portion ofthe revenue levies.
On the first day of January, 1877, I found
Farm Register and Account Book, we are
satisfied that many more will adopt this
excellent plan hereafter.
Among the statements of farm accounts
we have received is that of
A. W. CARTER,
of Cartersburg, Hendricks county.
Mr. Carter's, farm consists of 70 acres,
50 being plowed land and the remainder
pasture and orchard. We condense his
statement as follows:
Value of land   .13 50000
Improvements - ._.    701.00
Horses, cattle, hogs, etc ™     628 00
Corn, wheat and other produoe    580 00
Furniture, Implements, etc -....™.    435.00
Total » 5,7*13 00
Interest on same ."     574 30
TotaL..
..M.317.30
Amount of products of farm ia 1877    693 60
Value of stock, grain, machinery, etc., on
hand - ~  1,200.25
Received from sales of stock, grain, etc     773.77
Total..... „ '. -J2,06102
ACCOCNT WITH STOCK.
Cost of keeping fire horses and colts-.    244.56
Value of work of same _     806 50
Git
Net gain....—........- ~	
Cost of keeping four-cows ».     221.95
Milk, etc., from same valued _     281.59
Net profits  59.61
Seven head of young cattle, cost of keeping 16**) 09
Increase In value~ ..-......._-.....„. 175.00
Net gain  7.00
81x sheep, cost of feeding „.;  3 oo
Increase ln value „._  9.90
i day
year previous, and about $50 worth of per
manent improvement, not included in the
above statement, which I charge as capital for 1877. I shall mike a report of 1877
as soon as I can get the account closed and
made out. Now if any one doubts the
truth of this statement I can have it verified by competent and responsible persons. Any and all criticisms are in order,
and any interrogations will be cheerfully
answered.
January 19,1878.
Saving Seed Corn.
77.
6.90
173 25
82i00
Net gain ~ - „i.
Four swine and increase, value and cost of
keeping...... - -, „	
Present value ~~\	
Net gain -     148.6
Forty chickens, value and cost of keeping-
Sales and nsed and present value of remainder  ...~...	
Net gain...... - ,
Total gain on stock     360 33
Total production of iarm _    693.80
Grand total —, 1  958.83
The showing is quite encouraging for a
farm of only 70 acres.
The following is from James Haslet,
Camden, Carroll county.
FARM ACCOUNT FOB 1876.
I had the following statement of
my farm account for the year 1876 made
ont some time ago, but thinking perhap s
that other people might not be intereste d
Hartford, Jjtn. 23,
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
As of late years the farmers of Indiana
have had a great deal of trouble in get*
ting their corn to come up'after planting
so as to make a good stand, and believing
that the trouble arises from the carelessness of selecting the seed and taking
proper care of it afterwards, I will give
the readers of the Farmer my plun
When I am ready to gather my corn, I
provide myself with a box holding sayi
one bushel; this I attach to the hind
end of my wagon box. In selecting corn
for seed I select only such ears as are
dry and perfect, I take ears with grains
that are smibth and deep, with perfect
rows and as nearly straight as possible,
and running out to the end of the cob.
The cob should be small with as many
rows on it as you can get. Some have
the idea that any kind of an ear of corn
if it is sound, will d:> for seed. Bat this
is a mistake; if we wish to raise giod com
we must pay attention to the seed we
plant After I have finished gathering
my seed corn, I'mike a'scaffjld in my
barn, using straight rails or narrow plank
| and placing them just far enough apart
so that the corn will not fall through.
On this I lay my corn to dry; after it is
thoroughly dried out I place it in barrels
which I have on the scaffold, or in some
place where there is a circulation of air,
and. the work for the present is done.
But do not wait until the day you want
to plant before you shell your seed com;
go to work alon» in March and shell and
put up in barrels, so that when planting
time comes, you will not have to delay
to shell seed. One of the great causes
of corn coming up badly.is that it is thrown
into large cribs and is caught by the
cold of winter before it is dried, and the
germ is frozen. J.B.Gerard.
Ohio County, Ind.
Mobile, Alabama, ia completely overrun with tramps.
Florida people are eating fresh shad
and green peas.
A local-option law agitation is going on
in Pennsylvania.
Russia reports a total loss of 82,000
men up to-Jon. 10th.
The fifteen state legislatures now in
session cost $33,000 a day.    •
B wton has 62 national banks, with a
capital stock of $94,500,000.
Philadelphia exported nearly $4,000,-
000 worth of merchandise last month.
Longfellow and Tennyson can command $10 a line in gold for allthey write.
Barnum says that he has sold since he
began business no less than $83,000,000
worth of tickets.
Good farming land, in Stafford county,
Va., was sold a few days ago at less than
one dollar an acre.
A convention of State agricultural
societies will be held in Washington on
the 19th.
The Indians in the Black Hills are on
the war paths, and a rapid rise in hair is
anticipated.
Samples of fine wools and other products are ready for shipment from Tennessee to the Paris exposition.
It costs $33,000 a year to keep the
streets of Washington in a passable condition.
Within the past two months seventy
thousand persons in northern New York
have signed the temperance pledge.
Advices from the pineries report logging very backward this winter, on ao-
count of the scarcity of snow.
Illinois has 41,000 square miles of coal
bed, averaging more than 4 feet in
thickness.
New H-iven, Connecticut, is having a
fight about the bible and religious instruction in the schools.
In Chicago 500 tailors have thrown up
their situations for the benefit of nursing
their notions of a strike.
There are forty thousand Italians,
more than one hundred and fifty thousand Germans, aud two hundred thousand Irish in New York city.
A company has been formed at Iowa
City for the manufacture of potoline, an
illuminating oil made from potatoes. It
is said to be non-explosive, and cheaper
than kerosine.
Throughout the entire Scate of Naw
York scarlet fever in the worst form ia
prevalent. Hundreds of children have
died in the last six months in that region
of the fever and diphtheria.
The treasury now holds $345,932,550 in
United States bonds to sscure a national
bank circulation and $13,688,000 to
secure public deposits.
The Mormons are building a magnificent temple on the summit of a high
mountain in Manti, Utah. Five hundred
men are at work on it, and it will not be
completed for four years.
M issachusetts has a law disfranchising
all voters who receive public charity
within twelve months preceding an election, and a "labor reform" party demands
that it shall be repealed.
The Keokuk northern packet company
have abolished bars from their steamers
and will run the boats in thb future on
strictly temperance principles. The profits from this source, heretofore, have been
about $12,000 per season.
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The Nationals.—The platform of the
new party, the Nationals, is as follows:
We beliove the principles and policy
embodied in the following propositions
to be absolutely essential to the welfare
of the people.
1. The immediate repeal of the Resumption act.
2. The restoration of the Silver Dollar.
3. The withdrawal of all National
Bank notes and the issue of an equal
volume of United States notes.
4. The making ofUaited States notes a
legal tender for all debts public and private, except where coin has been expressly stipulated in cxistiug contracts.
5. The payment at or before m»turity
of all United States bonds in exact accordance with the law under which they
were issued.
6. Equal taxation.
7. The common school system is the
palladium of our liberties and must be
maintained forever free from sectarian
influences.
8. It is the duty of governments to exercise a healthful control, within constitutional limits, over all corporations.
9. We deprecate all efforts to redress
wrongs by violation of law and believe
that through the ballot-box must we look
for justice.
10. We believe that through the benign influence of the above measures,
business and industry will revive, labor
i meet with employment and its just reward, and prosperity and plenty return
' to the homes ofthe people.
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