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INDIANA   FARMER.
Devoted to Agriculture,  Horticulture, Mechanics and the Useful Arts.
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XV. T. Dennis,   V Editors.
It. T. KccJ,
, IND., OCT. 1,1853.
llolloway & Co., I'ublislirs.
fVol. 3 3To. 1*]
To County Societies.
The second volume of the Reports of the Indiana State
Board of Agriculture is now ready, and may be obtained by
calling upon John B. Dillon, Esq., Indianapolis.
Each County Society is entitled to 25 copies, and it is
desirable that they shouldsendfor them by some individual visiting Indianapolis, as it is impossible to send them
by the various modes which may be ordered by letter.
W. T. DENNIS,
Secretary Indiana State Board of Agriculture.
Chat -with Subscribers.
A subscriber at Logansport, says: "Please find enclosed
$* for the third volume of the Farmer.    I have taken it
one year, and have learned more than double its cost and
carriage."
Another subscriber at West Kinderhook,  says:   "Enclosed find pay for the Farmer.   You may discontinue it at
the end of the year, as I have learned more from it than I
' shall be able to put in practice for five years to come."
Acknowledgment.
We are under obligations to our friend J. B. Scott,
Esq., editor of the Delphi Journal, for the interest he has
taken in the circulation of the Indiana Farmer. We shall
be glad to reciprocate the favor in any way that he may
command our services.
Charles L. Muit.itxr, Esq., has placed us under obligations for efficient labors in the circulation of the Farmer.
We will gladly return the favor whenever opportunity
occurs.
We are also under obligation to Mr. W. Anderson of
Spring Hill, Decatur county, for his influence in extending
the circulation of the Farmer.
The Union- County Agricultural Society held its
first annual Fair on the 16th and l~th inst. We regret that
we were notable to attend it, as we anticipated to do. It
was, as we are informed by those who were present,
largely attended, and the exhibition altogether worthy the
rich and productive county of Union.
Ohio and Switzerland Counties,—The Agricultural Society organized in these counties, have elected the
following olHccrs for the ensuing year:
David Henry, President;
D. G  Rabb, Vice President;
J. U. Harris, Treasurer;
W. M. French, Secretary.
Under a by-law of this Society, widows are allowed to
exhibit articles for premiums without paying the usual
1 fee.   A good and benevolent provision.
Knox County Agricultural Society.—This Society
has elected its officers for the ensuing year. They are as
follows:
J. D. Williams, President;
II. B. Shepard, Vice President;
T, J. Beeler, Treasurer;
A. R. M'Kee, Secretary.
The Fair is to  bff'held on the 4th and 5th days of October..
Miami County—An Agricultural Society was organ-
ized/ip^Iiami county on the 19th ult. Robert Miller
was elected President; Eli Cook, Vice President; Z. L.
Hunt, Treasurer; and J. A. Graham, Secretary.
.'[HJ^An Agricultural Society has recently been'organized in Grant county, and tho third'Thursday of October
- fixed upon for the time of its Pair.
The Northern Kentucky Cattle Importing Co.,
Resolved to sell their recent importation on
the farm of B. J. Clay, near Paris, on the 18th
ult. Purchasers were restricted to be residents
of Kentucky, and to give bonds in twice the
value of the purchase, not to remove it from the
State within twelvemonths. With this limitation the sale was well attended, and the bidding
spirited. The following is the reported list of
sales.
The cost of the stock delivered in Kentucky,
was about $23,000, while the aggregate of its
sales was $55,97G, a profit of $32,976! The
competition between Bourbon and Fayette for
Diamond, the finest bull in the lot, was most
spirited, but the nerve of the Fayette men failed
them; the Bourbon men would not have stopped
bidding under $10,000.
BI7LI.S.
1. Young Chilton, white,cost 8800. sold for S3,C05.
2. Diamond, roan, cost $630, sold for 50,00'.
3. The Count, roan, cost $525; sold for $■>,57.5.
4. Orontos, red and white, cost SKW; sold for 34,535.
5. Fusilcer, roan,cost $375; sold for $1,425.
G. Senator, white, cost SOW); sold for $2,000.
7. Belleville, roan, co;.t $1,050; sold for 31,500.
8. Challenger, roan, cost $45J; sold for $4,858.
9. Forttinatus, roan, cost $275;-so!d for $1,800.
10. Yorkshire Maynard. dark roan, cost $275;sold for S1,000.
COWS    AND   HEIFERS.
1. Lady Stanhope, roan, cost $375; sold fur gl,500.
2. Lady Fairy,cost $525; cold for $1,100.
3. Roan Duchess, roan; cost $275; sold for $900.
4. Coodness, red, cost $525; sold for $2,025.
5. Gem. roan, cost S375; sold for $825.
0. Equity, deep red, cost $400; sold for $1,000.
7. Necklace, roan, cost $200; sold for $^0.5.
8. Bracelet, roan, cost $200; sold for S750.
9. Mazurka.dark roan,cost $000; sold for $3,050.
10. I.ady Caroline, light man, cost S100; sold for $f,825.
11. Durhessof Sutherland, red,cost 3:175; sold for $900.
12. Maid of Melrose, cost S775; soil foi $0,200.
111. Motrin, red roan, cost $225; so'd for $'>35.
14. Orphan Nell, roan, cost $325; sold for 1,000.
15: Flattery, white, cost $325; so'd for $815.
SHEEP.
Southdown—3 bucks sold for $753, 400, $340, and 3 ewes for
S350, ISO, 230.
C otswold—2bucks $1,010,710, and 6 ewes, $270, 105,221,2C0
140, 200
Leicester—1 buck $50, and 2 ewes for $52 each.
.   HORSE.
Cleveland Day Hor3e (Yout? Lord,) east $1,000; soM for S2,800.
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O* The editor of the Delphi Journal says: "Several farmers have told us within a few days past, that a great deal
of their bottom land would average them a hundred bushels to the acre. -They say they never witnessed such
heavy corn as thero is this year. Deer Creek Prairie
will yield better this year than it has ever before, and it
has always been celebrated for its yield of corn. Come to
Carroll, if you want good 'hog and hominy.' *'
[J3= A writer In the Greencastle Banner says: "As the
time is near at hand for cutting up corn, the very best
thing you can use for tying up the tops, is tho sweet potato
vine. They ought to bo cut and left to wilt in the sun five
or six days before used. Try it, and it will save you a
groat deal of trouble and labor.