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V.i voLxm. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JUNE 15,187& No. 24. FOR BALK. TT-OE SAXE-LN. BABKHR, norntown, Ind. Jj has a few first class 1 horoughbred Berkshire Brood sows to sell at a bargain, nrill farrow in* to 7 weeks. Good pedigrees. V-iob aA_E—Teu Dollar Hay Forks for Five Dol- Jj lars. Address GEO. K. SCHOFIELD, 78 N. Delaware Bt, Indianapolis. . I have one more Boar Wg out of sow bought of I. N. Barker, sired by Tippecanoe, for which I will take H8.00. E. G. BAGLfc, Y, Indianapolis. OR 8__B*****-The Farm Begister and .Account- J? counts. Price, J1.0& each. MSB CO., Indianapolis. Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao- - - -._*_. __,____tt_ani__ii__ji,Arjix. "|710B SALE—Three full blood Jersey bull calves, JC one two-year old, one yearling, and one spring calf For further information call on or address J. M. LEWIS. Lelptic P. 0„ Orange Co-.Ind. IJIOR SALE—The art ot propagation by J. Jen- JC kins, Nurseryman, Winona, Ohio. Full and complete Instructions illustrated by numerous cuts, etc. Price 50 cents, postage prepaid. INDIANA FABMEB CO.TlndianapolIs. Ind. XTIOK SALE—A farm containing UO acres, two JD . miles from Lena, Parke Co., Ind., on the Indianapolis and St Lruls B. B.; 50 acres under cultivation; young orchard; small fruit abundant; dwelling and outhouses; well watered; SO large poplars; 400 sugar trees; other timber plenty; coal plenty. Price S20 00 per acre. Address JAS. O. COLLINGS, Bellmore. Ind. 17 8t WAKTEO. WANTED-Good, reliable agents. Liberal in- ducen- ents and good territory offered. Call or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21 and 24 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and By-laws sent free upon application. EDUCATIONAL. YOUNG MAN, if you desire attending a college where you procure valne received In instruction for your money, attend tbe Terre Haute CoMMEBCIAL COU—GB AND INSTITUTB OP PENMANSHIP, which offers superior facilities for preparing young men and women for business pursuits. The finest accountants, most accomplished penmen and best practical book-keepers in the land are to be found in the above college. For terms addrees, £. GARVIN. Principal, Terre Haute. Ind. MISCEIOaANEO-S. MC""Y to loan on farms. Interest payable once a year. The most desirable loan in the market Apply to THOMAS 0. DAY, Loan Agent, or W. C. Griffith. 87 _■ Market St., Indlanapolts. T Ind. IO LOAN—Money on improved farms! BCD- DBf-.li, WALCOTT& VINTON, Indianapolis, a C. BURGESS, Dentist. Oflloe in room 4, Va- Jen's Exchange Block, N. Penn. St. 7-tf. TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms. . J. HaHABDEBECK, 86 Eaat Market St, Indianapolis.,.; * . . ■ tf EUIDED BABGAINS^ jolredu olce Ks- aU •^aJeedim' stock of »Tor_*l«i; , - ■_^<&_ateL__?te -ana Poland C-lna.^gi&Hje- new" breeder's manual, elega'ntly^iSi—txated and giving fall description of the different breeds. Price ■25 cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts tl.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BUBPEE _ CO., 233 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 88-17 Breeding Short-Horns for Beef. Let us assume, then, that our ideal bull, now under scrutiny, has shown a full development of all the positive points—eye well open, clear and placid; the action alert and spirited; the touch elastic and soft; and above all the wide and Ht of re,- What Aili My Hogs? To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I wish you or some of the Farmer readers would tell me what is the matter with my hogs. I have lost' some hogs lately. They lay around and don't eat; seem to breathe very hard; act like a horse does when he has thumps, and lungs seem to be inflamed. . . G.W.B. Will some reader whose hogs have been affected in thia way please answer and name remedies that have been used with success, if any. The approved hog cholera remedies will be as likely to be effectual as anything we can name. . sm a Percheron and Norman Horses. deep chest, which gives plenty play for large vital organs—all these together indicate the possession of a sound and vigorous constitution. Then the wide shoulder, fall crops, round b-pdy, broad loins and hips, and the hl-vl quarters, long, level, deep and square, altogether vouch for the presence of abundant beef, the excellence of which is verified by the mellowness it.reveals to the touch. The bones of the bull under inspection should, throughout his entire frame, be as small and compact as possible in proportion to the weight of muscle they bear. The finer the bone of the beef animal the better, if it only fulfils the destined purpose. Moreover, the bone of any race of cattle improved by breeding is much stronger in proportion to its size than that of the scrub. The latter is coarse and porous, the former solid and compact. The fineness of bone manifests itself in many particulars which our Short-horn bull ought to display, modified, of course, by the effects of his masculinity. Let us see. Is his leg, which is well muscled and tapering above the knee and hock- joints, small and delicate below them? Is the tail, which turns at right angles at the extremity of a well-extended rump, fine and slender? Is the head small, broad between the eyes, and tapering toward the muzzle? Is the entire body smooth, round, and flowing in outline? If our bull passes muster m all these important particulars, he is unquestionably a fine boned animal.—National Live Stock Journal. i « am a -..,,, ^The Hog Production. msSw t_estatistics oi*ttrernogij-of the United States for three years. This shows the relative position of each state in the number of swine raised. The figures are as follows: 1878. Iowa « 2.950,000 Illinois _- 2,900,001 Missouri 2,585,600 Indiana . 2,422,6M> Ohio — 2.250,t 00 Kentucky L950-™? Tennessee - 1,900,000 Texas 1,716,700 Georgia 1,588,900 Mississippi 1,284,400 North Carolina 1,180,000 Arkansas „ 1,010,300 New York 975,000 Alabama. 952.800 Pennsylvania 937.200 Virginia 759,200 Wisconsin 635,800 Michigan ; -. 556,1-rO South Carolina 450.000 California 438.500 Kansas - 481700 Louisiana _ 850 000 West Virginia 281,500 Maryland. 259.600 Nebraska 25VT00 Oregon ~ lflsl?9 FlOTlda 190,000 Minnesota— -. I80.00*} New Jersey 1H,«« Massachusetts 78,600 Maine «2,-0 Connecticut -59,509 Vermont.— 54,800 Delaware .MSS New Hampshire 42900 Rhode Island 18,100 Colorado «,50O Nevada 10.800 The Territories 105,090 THE FURST * BBADLET »VLK¥ RAKE. 1877. 3,263,200 2,750,000 2 560.C00 2,375,000 1,755,700 1,588,200 1,087,900 1.144,500 1,483,-0 1,189,800 735.500 1,000,300 580.000 793,600 901,200 607.40O 562,300 505,600 284.100 417,700 309.800 242,600 200,700 252,100 170,500 188,700 166.6CO 215.500 151,400 78,600 59,900 58,400 53,800 46 700 38,-00 17,100 "h'jfiS 116,600 the diseasrs dealt with under the bill, A contemporary opposes any relaxation on this point, on account of unknown dangers from "Texan fever," And the supposed existence of pleuro-pneumonia in tbe United States. If the latter disease does exist there (and the evidence is not conclusive that it does), due precaution would, of course, be taken on that score; though even in that case America is likely to stamp it out quite as soon as tf e in England; But, as to Texan fever, our contemporary seems unaware that this is now known to be a local malady, which invariably attacks importations into that State, and is confined to them; being thus apparently carried bypurely atmospheric conditions, to which the native scrub stock have been acclimated, and from which they do not suffer. We do not say that exclusion even of trans-Atlantic stock, however, is not a fair subject for argument; but we think so far, the feeling is doubtful, on the grounds we have stated; and if it should be thought favor-; able to concede this point, considerably opposition would be removed. THB FARM. • —■ Postal Card Correspondence. If our postal card correspondents, in this and ad- Joining States, would send their favors on Saturday, they would reach us in Ume for the issue of the following week. When sent Monday or Tuesday, they are often too late, and have to lie over. _MB__aH.rU though some fields of wheat are injured to some extent with fly and rust. Oats and grass look fine. Pastures getting Bhort, owing to the dry weather. There will will be plenty of blackberries. Not many grapes of any kipd. There will be a grand exhibition at our little town on the ISth of June, commencing at 7 o'clock P. M. We hear of no hog cholera around here; they are so low in price this season we guess they won't have the cholera. Plenty of everything in this connty except money^and that Is as scarce as hen's teeth. G.M.J. Sylvakia, Parke Co., May 31.—In looking over the postal correspondence of the last issue, I notice that the very excellent prospect for wheat in many of the counties of the State seems to bs fading, and that the rnst and fly are doing much injury. Such is the case in Parke; though a field occasionally yet looks well, and bids fair for an average crop. Rust seems to be the canse; though, perhaps, it is the fly. The prospect for the coming corn crop is, at present, anything but flattering, ai the heavy rains have so settled the ground that the stand will be poor. And, the rains are keeping farmers from work, and conse. quently the weeds are growing finely. Oats are looking well, and promise a fair yield. Grass is also getting a fair start with the season. Hogs are going at $2.50 per cwt. The Wabash has been on a "high," and many of the more energetic farmers are having to replant their corn, as the overflow was general. The peach prospect is still good. The apple crop will he poor, many of the apples have fallen oft. No very serious damage done by the frost of the 13th inst. Candidates still plenty. Only seven aspirants for the sheriff's office 1 I sometimes think of "Josh," where Ojr*rioaii"_iatenai snail W6 uo_nruoi| Fences. Bconv—_e, Warrick Co., May 25.—There has been a large corn crop planted here, and it is in good order. Wheat badly rusted, but promising. Peaches plenty. Apples scarce. All small fruits abundant. Health good. Politics—a large crop of candidates. Times Improving. W. F. 8tohe. Jiffkbson Co., May SI.—I would like to inquire, through the Fabmeb, for the merits and demerits of the Utah hybrid cherry, said to be a cross between the plum and the cherry, and three kinds of colors. Fruit of all kinds \{. plenty. Wheat looks flne. Oats flne. Com do- ILLINOIS. Champaign, 111., June 1.—Have had frequent heavy rains in May, interfering very much with farm work. Corn looks well where it is in, but in the southern part of this county much corn ground is too wet to plow—under water, in fact. Fall grain very promising. Spring grain in good oondition, but threatened with rust. .Strawberries generally killed by the frost, but a fair crop where they escaped. Cherries generally killed. Grapes badly checked by frost, but not killed. H. B-mabk, Vermillion Co., 111., June 7.—The prospect for a corn crop is not very flattering. The com is not all plowed yet Wheat looks well generally. Some rust and fly in it. Oats and grass look well. Apples and cherries injured by frost. A good many peaches; currants, gooseberries and blackberries in abundance. Plenty of stock hogs; some cholera; not many fat hegs in this vicinity. Fat hogs worth $2 50@2.60 per hundred. Fat cows, $2 50 @ 3.00 per hundred. Com, 25@27 cts. per bushel. ^ J.H.N. IOWA. " Fairview Etock Fabm," Lee Co., Iowa, June 3.—We are having very wet weather. Yesterday the most destructive rain storm ever seen by the oldest inhabitants passed over this section, causing small streams to oveiflow their banks, and do great damage to growing crops. During the rain storm a great many large hailstones fell, some measuring fourand five inches in circumference, after being brought into the house after the storm. Com is all planted, although some are still replanting yet. Wheat lcoks very bad; will 1876. 3,296,2fl0 2,640,100 1871,300 2,1*38,0001 1,696,100 1,601,300 1,026.400 1,090,000 1,360.700 793,905 758.P0O 901,200 568,700 750,900 875000 689,800 540,(00 4M.700 275,900 363,300 246f00 222.600 248,100 233,f0O 80.900 181,500 175,400 213,400 153,000 75,6t0 68.8*0 57,900 51.800 46,700 37,800 16,300 "•5-00 116,600 The Live Stock Journal in response to the question whether these breeds of horses were the same, says: Intelligent importers and others who have investigated this subject, recognizing these facts, are not willing to place themselves on the record as declaring that all the horses brought from France are of the same breed; and yet there is little doubt but that most of them possess a considerable portion of Percheron blood. Just where to draw the dividing line is a difficult question. In the introduction to the Percheron-Norman Stud Book—which was so strongly and emphatically endorsed by the Association of Norman Horse Breeders at its last meeting—this subject is very fully discussed; to which our correspondent is referred. It is a difficult matter to decide what is and what is not justly entitled to registry in a stud book for these horses. The plan adopted was, to give the full account of the course of breeding and crossing practised in France, and then admit all horses to registry that were imported from that country, as Percherons, _Tor- mans, or Nopnan-Percherons—not very satisfactory, we will admit, but the only thing that could be done, if we have a book at an. i i • » Lameness in Swine.—Most farmers have noticed that in fattening swine, especially when they are crowded rapidly, they always appear weak in their hind legs, and sometimes lose the use of them entirely. An intelligent fanner says that he and his neighbors have made a practice of feeding bone meal in such cases, and find that a small quantity mixed with the daily feed will prevent any weakness, and strengthen the animals so as to admit of the most rapid forcing. As bone meal is known to be a preventive of cripple ail, and weakness in cows, it looks reasonable . that it should also be a benefit to hogs, t which are often confined to a-dietcontain- Tottll „„„._ 32,262,500 28,077,100 25,726,800 Number reported in the United States in previous years: 1875 ...'......28,062,-0 1872 -MS-SB 1874 80,660,900 1871 &{-•„£ 18ra!;"™......l...S2,632.050 1870 .26,751,600 This shows conclusively that it is not over-production which causes the present remarkable depression. . i ■ ■ One More Cure for Hog Cholera. ■ Mr. David Graham, one of the oldest settlers in this vicinity, states that crude petroleum is a dead shot for hog cholera. He has made a practical test of this remedy upon his own hogs and also upon the herd of John Byers, near Langworthy, a year or two ago. Mr. Byers had lost at the rate oi ten or a dozen a day, but not one died after the petroleum was administered. This fact is remarkable, to say the least. The petroleum was given in doses of two or three spoonfulls for pigs, and a half a pint to hogs a year old. Seventy hogs were cured with two gallons. Mr. Graham says he has also used this remedy on cattle and horses and invariably with j the most gratifying results. If other parties test Mr. Graham's specific we would be glad to hear from them as to results.— Anamosa (Iowa) Eureka. a am a ■ The English Press on the Importation of American Cattle. The London Live Stock Journal makes | the following liberal observations The main point of attack (by those who oppose the bill) is, of course, the enactment of compulsory slaughter of foreign animals. On this point we will at ouce admit that we think the case of America and Canada deserves, at least, very special consideration, on two grounds: The first, that the longer voyage gives a practical a v.v,___w lu auieicouuuu-1 guarantee of very considerable power; ing but little bone making material.—Sci- and the second, that these countries are entiftc Farmer. J even more removed than England from After much study, observation and experience on this subject, I have abandoned the idea of hedging, especially for the masses of our farming population. The care, skill and attention required to make and keep in constant repair, a fence, is more than can be bestowed by the masses. Thousands of failures all over the country will convince the thoughtful of the truth ofthe above assertion. A perfect defence against any and all kinds of stock can be made of OSAGE obange, and perhaps of other hedging plants, but that it is not often done is equally true. The causes are a lack of skill, a pressure of other, and perhaps more important— at least, to the fanner, more congenial— work, and a lack, even after once fully establishing a hedge, of perseverence in keeping it np, without which it will soon fail. These, although not necessarily insurmountable obstacles to success, are in effect so, and mnst so remain until information on this subject, and habits of persevering industry are more fully diffused among men. Without arguing this point further, as I have no doubt that some one interested in the sale of hedge plants will give mean opportunity hereafter to answer to charges, I will say that our first duty is to see that the men for whom we vote for legislative honors are sound on the question of a PROTECTIVE STOCK LAW, extending at least to a prohibition in the case of hogs running at large. With a prohibitory law against hogs, outside fences may be made very mnch cheaper than now, while our public highways will suffer nothing in consequence thereof. But, without reference to stock laws, permanent outside and line fence, where changes will not probably be made soon, if ever, may be made by planting at regular intervals trees of some healthy valuable timber producing varieties, or even fruit trees, to which two strands of No. 7 or 8 wire may be attached, fastening pickets of durable wood to these by means of staples, or in the absence of hogs, barbed wires will be sufficient In this way, we may beautify our places by means of imSCI TE-CS! P09HJ, which, in addition to beauty and utility, will soon yield us valuable timber, and the trimmings an abundant supply of fuel. The time required to get trees np to the size necessary for posts will be less than that required to establish a hedge, while first cost, and necessary labor and attention will be far less, after which the | cost of a barbed wire, or even a wire and picket fence, will be less than the cost of labor in annual attention, in case of a hedge. The variety of timber selected for Hving posts, may be a subject of fancy or economy on the part of the planter, but I would recommend the use of such varieties as would combine hardihood, and durability and utility of timber. Clayton, June 8. W. H. RAaAS. not be more than a half crop at best. Oata I prospect the finest ever seen in this county. he sayB the t ffice seeker reminds him of a lost 1 Com worth 80 cents; oats, 25 cents; wheat dog, who wags his tail at everyone he meets. I $ioo; fat hogs, worth $2,50 per hundred. No J. H. L. OHIO. Abmsteokg, Allen Co., O., May 31.—Wheat and oats look well. Cora about all up. Have well. Wheat doing some better; some very good and some very bad; in jured by rnst. We need rain badly. Hogs, $2.00. Cattle, $3,00. Wheat, 90 cents. Oats fair. Half crop of apples. Early cherries plenty. No pears nor peaches. Hog cholera bad at places in the I connty. The Fabmeb is a welcome visitor in my family. E. Otleb. I Mab_-svili_, Morgan Co., June 6.—Not seeing anything in the Farmer from this part of the county, I will give a few items. Some hog cholera and some chicken cholera. Frnit of all kinds plenty. Wheat looking well at present, considering the wet, cold weather and rust. Corn coming on finely. Moles are taking the com very bad. No cut worms to bother. Sheep scarce. Cattle doing well. J. S, H. Flovd Co., June 7.—The weather at this writing is very warm during the day, and the nights are cool. Corn is growing very fast, and looks well. Oats are growing very fast. Wheat harvest will he here at least two weeks earlier than usual. Barley is ripe enough to cut now. Some are talking of cutting their wheat next week. There will be more blackberries this year than for many yeara. Strawberry time has about expired. Is. D. EKGl—MAW. Tipton Co., June 7.—Com is doing very well, except that the heart worms are working on it badly in some fields. The farmers are very busy working their growing crops. Wheat harvest will come on early. I think harvest will commence between the 20th and 25th inst. Some rust on the blades, but none on the stalks yet that I have seen. The heads are short, but are filling very well at this time. Oats are looking fine; about the usual acreage sown. You shall hear from here again at some future time. O. K. W. Fbedebic—sbubo, Washington Co., Jnne 1.— 1 think wheat will be an average crop yet. The blades are about all dead; rnst is the cause. The fly damaged some pieces considerably. Oats look fine; getting rather dry just now, but not damaged any yet. Com ia 8 oents. Potatoes, no sale, Q. D. _. Blue Baix, Warren Co., O., June 3.—Wheat badly injured by rust Com came up Well and looks fine, but needs rain. Barley good, and nearly, ready to cnt. Oats good. Small fruit and apples plenty. No peachss. Not many of last spring's pigs on band; all fed and sold out at from $3.40 to $2 60 gross; offering, $2.50 now. Small pigs plenty and doing fine; all healthy, so fer. T. H. I: Bbookviiae, Montgomery Co., O., Junei.— Wheat looks well; it looks as though we are going to get the largest crop we ever had through here. Oats look fine. I sowed a little of the China hulless oats, audit looks aa though it was going to head out in a few days. Barley looks nice, too, bnt the frost hurt it a little. We have an abundant crop of cherries. The trees are just loaded with them. Plums are a good prospect as cherries. Apples, but few; peaches, none. The Fabmeb is a welcome visitor.' Iba Wellbaum. Bettsville, Seneca Co., O., May 30.—The fly will injure wheat some; otherwise, the prospect is good for a good crop. Cora is backward, on account of cold and dry weather, hog cholera. In fine stock, English Berk-' shires and Poland-Chinas take the lead. In draft horses, the Clydesdales are growing more in public"favor_eyerv.day, m th«g »ra thena-h% ._ jgJSK-TIOKY. Beavwr-Lic_, Boone Co., Kentucky, May 80. —The weather iB warm, and we are needing rain badly. Com is all np; looks fine; is mostly drilled in this county. Some say that check rowing is best in a wet season, but I prefer drilling. Wheat is looking fine; best prospect we have had for many years, although - iDjured to some extent by rust Oats and rye never" better. Frnit prospect fine. Grass looks well. Tobacco plants ready for setting, and the planters wishing for rain. Stock of all kinds look fine, and not half enough stock to consume the grass. There is but very little stock selling. Lambs are selling at $3.00@3 50 per head. Com is going at 35 cents per bushel. Aspirants for the different offices plenty. Health of the community good, bnt all are complaining of hard times. O. Is, Griffith, The receipts and shipments of grain at the principal Western depots for grain, since January 1st, have been about 50 per cent- in advance of those for the same period in 1877, The most noticeable excess has^ been in wheat, the increase being 250 per cent « am a La Apples, an abundant crop. Peaches, a fair The minoifl river is still rising about yield, but few raised in this county. Grapes, Salle)) ^ has submerged thousands of acre injured badly by frost Strawberries, also Q. -^e bottom lands, the most fertile in the hurt by frost. Good wheat is selling for $1.00. Btate indeed, aU the low lands in that Corn is worth 35 cents. Oats, 25 cents. Butter, 11 cents per lb. Eggs, 8 cents per dozen. The live hog market is at present very dull; worth, from $2.50(3)2.75 per cv(t Stock hogs in tbis part of the county are doing well, bnt, from current reports, are diseased some in the southern part. Last night it rained some, and is still raining to-day, which is much needed. J. D. R. MISSOURI. Bolungee Co., Mo., May 27.—Corn all planted, and Is all up and looking fine. Some is knee high, and has been plowed through the second time. We have had too much rain to cultivate our last planting. Crops are ;^a_;but7umds"we_^^pt wherethemoles | growing finely forfoehurtfewJays. It looks and crows have taken it. Wheat harvest will be here before it is half tended, it seems. We have no peaches, except on the hills in places. Not many apples. Plenty of plums; cherries scaroe, but a few. More anon. W. A. A. Jasfkb Co., June 3.—Bain, rain 1 Bad roada, and com not all planted. Wheat hurt with rust Fruit injured by frost. Money scarce, is the cry of nearly every farmer. Horses, cattle and hogs plenty, but scarcely any demand. The National Greenback party is becoming quite a formidable political organization in Jasper county, and is likely to become the ruling party. WiU the Editors, or some reader of the Fabmeb that knows, tell us what will destroy the wire worm that works in the com at thiB season of the year, and at th* same time not destroy the yount; com. The Fabmeb is a very welcome visitor. EZRA C. NOWELS. Washikoton Co., May 31.—Farmers done planting com. We are having dry weather at present; most too dry for com, but good on as if the rain was over. Wheat is struck some with rust, but not enough to amount to anything. The early variety of wheat will be ripe enough to harvest in a couple of days. Young Potatoes have been big enough to use for over a week. Prospect for all kinds of fruit good. Health good. J.W. TiroBSTOn. AMBAMA. -The crops in south Some com laid by. Dam Co., alia., May 28. Alabama look promlsiBg. Ootton nearly all chopped, and looks very fine for the time of year. Oats never were finer. Fall oats are .ready for harvest. Fruit an abundant yield. Peach trees. cannot stand nnder their amount of fruit. Apple trees not so fall, bat fine plums are ripe and plenty. We have fine seasons. We had a wind and rain yesterday, which, I fear, have injured the oats crop. We have a very pleasant conntry. There is not the interest taken in raiting Btock that there should be; and I hope that the day is not region are completely saturated, and the prospect for com is anything bnt encouraging. ^__________ The Farst & Bradley Sulky Bake. A cut on th;s page illustrates a Sulky Eake, made by the Furst & Bradley Mannf'g. Co., of Chicago, one of the oldest and most extensive agricultural implement manufacturing concerns in the west. Their Take is said to be a fine combination of simplicity, strength and firet class ma terial, which is very naturally expected in goods made by an establishment having sucb an extended experience in that line, covering as it does, a period of over a quarter of a century. These rakes are said to excel all others in tbe quality and construction of tbe teeth wbich are made of the very best spring steel, tempered in oil, and shaped | witb special reference to great elasticity and strength. These teeth will pass over I the most uneven surfaces without scattering bay—each tooth being able to conform, independently to any variations of surface, owing to this extraordinary elasticity, without breaking, bending, or throwing up the head and thereby raising the other teeth; they are also able to stand the heaviest kind of work, such as raking cornstalks, bunching up, etc. A boy can easily handle the rake. When a farmer buys one he gets the worth of his money, for there is more good solid wear in a "Farst & Bradley" rake tban in a half dozen of moet other kinds made. This company publishes a pamphlet of 64 pages, (which they will serd free to all who ask it) giving full description of far ahead when the people of South Alabama wheat, of which there will be a tolerable fair 1 will take an interest In raising stock. Success crop, if nothing injures it in the future, al-1 to the Iudiaha Fabmeb. X. all the goods they manufacture; containing also, information valuab'eto every household. See advertisement in another ^ column.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1878, v. 13, no. 24 (June 15) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1324 |
Date of Original | 1878 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | V.i voLxm. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JUNE 15,187& No. 24. FOR BALK. TT-OE SAXE-LN. BABKHR, norntown, Ind. Jj has a few first class 1 horoughbred Berkshire Brood sows to sell at a bargain, nrill farrow in* to 7 weeks. Good pedigrees. V-iob aA_E—Teu Dollar Hay Forks for Five Dol- Jj lars. Address GEO. K. SCHOFIELD, 78 N. Delaware Bt, Indianapolis. . I have one more Boar Wg out of sow bought of I. N. Barker, sired by Tippecanoe, for which I will take H8.00. E. G. BAGLfc, Y, Indianapolis. OR 8__B*****-The Farm Begister and .Account- J? counts. Price, J1.0& each. MSB CO., Indianapolis. Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao- - - -._*_. __,____tt_ani__ii__ji,Arjix. "|710B SALE—Three full blood Jersey bull calves, JC one two-year old, one yearling, and one spring calf For further information call on or address J. M. LEWIS. Lelptic P. 0„ Orange Co-.Ind. IJIOR SALE—The art ot propagation by J. Jen- JC kins, Nurseryman, Winona, Ohio. Full and complete Instructions illustrated by numerous cuts, etc. Price 50 cents, postage prepaid. INDIANA FABMEB CO.TlndianapolIs. Ind. XTIOK SALE—A farm containing UO acres, two JD . miles from Lena, Parke Co., Ind., on the Indianapolis and St Lruls B. B.; 50 acres under cultivation; young orchard; small fruit abundant; dwelling and outhouses; well watered; SO large poplars; 400 sugar trees; other timber plenty; coal plenty. Price S20 00 per acre. Address JAS. O. COLLINGS, Bellmore. Ind. 17 8t WAKTEO. WANTED-Good, reliable agents. Liberal in- ducen- ents and good territory offered. Call or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21 and 24 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and By-laws sent free upon application. EDUCATIONAL. YOUNG MAN, if you desire attending a college where you procure valne received In instruction for your money, attend tbe Terre Haute CoMMEBCIAL COU—GB AND INSTITUTB OP PENMANSHIP, which offers superior facilities for preparing young men and women for business pursuits. The finest accountants, most accomplished penmen and best practical book-keepers in the land are to be found in the above college. For terms addrees, £. GARVIN. Principal, Terre Haute. Ind. MISCEIOaANEO-S. MC""Y to loan on farms. Interest payable once a year. The most desirable loan in the market Apply to THOMAS 0. DAY, Loan Agent, or W. C. Griffith. 87 _■ Market St., Indlanapolts. T Ind. IO LOAN—Money on improved farms! BCD- DBf-.li, WALCOTT& VINTON, Indianapolis, a C. BURGESS, Dentist. Oflloe in room 4, Va- Jen's Exchange Block, N. Penn. St. 7-tf. TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms. . J. HaHABDEBECK, 86 Eaat Market St, Indianapolis.,.; * . . ■ tf EUIDED BABGAINS^ jolredu olce Ks- aU •^aJeedim' stock of »Tor_*l«i; , - ■_^<&_ateL__?te -ana Poland C-lna.^gi&Hje- new" breeder's manual, elega'ntly^iSi—txated and giving fall description of the different breeds. Price ■25 cents. Beed wheat; all the best varieties, grown especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts tl.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BUBPEE _ CO., 233 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 88-17 Breeding Short-Horns for Beef. Let us assume, then, that our ideal bull, now under scrutiny, has shown a full development of all the positive points—eye well open, clear and placid; the action alert and spirited; the touch elastic and soft; and above all the wide and Ht of re,- What Aili My Hogs? To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I wish you or some of the Farmer readers would tell me what is the matter with my hogs. I have lost' some hogs lately. They lay around and don't eat; seem to breathe very hard; act like a horse does when he has thumps, and lungs seem to be inflamed. . . G.W.B. Will some reader whose hogs have been affected in thia way please answer and name remedies that have been used with success, if any. The approved hog cholera remedies will be as likely to be effectual as anything we can name. . sm a Percheron and Norman Horses. deep chest, which gives plenty play for large vital organs—all these together indicate the possession of a sound and vigorous constitution. Then the wide shoulder, fall crops, round b-pdy, broad loins and hips, and the hl-vl quarters, long, level, deep and square, altogether vouch for the presence of abundant beef, the excellence of which is verified by the mellowness it.reveals to the touch. The bones of the bull under inspection should, throughout his entire frame, be as small and compact as possible in proportion to the weight of muscle they bear. The finer the bone of the beef animal the better, if it only fulfils the destined purpose. Moreover, the bone of any race of cattle improved by breeding is much stronger in proportion to its size than that of the scrub. The latter is coarse and porous, the former solid and compact. The fineness of bone manifests itself in many particulars which our Short-horn bull ought to display, modified, of course, by the effects of his masculinity. Let us see. Is his leg, which is well muscled and tapering above the knee and hock- joints, small and delicate below them? Is the tail, which turns at right angles at the extremity of a well-extended rump, fine and slender? Is the head small, broad between the eyes, and tapering toward the muzzle? Is the entire body smooth, round, and flowing in outline? If our bull passes muster m all these important particulars, he is unquestionably a fine boned animal.—National Live Stock Journal. i « am a -..,,, ^The Hog Production. msSw t_estatistics oi*ttrernogij-of the United States for three years. This shows the relative position of each state in the number of swine raised. The figures are as follows: 1878. Iowa « 2.950,000 Illinois _- 2,900,001 Missouri 2,585,600 Indiana . 2,422,6M> Ohio — 2.250,t 00 Kentucky L950-™? Tennessee - 1,900,000 Texas 1,716,700 Georgia 1,588,900 Mississippi 1,284,400 North Carolina 1,180,000 Arkansas „ 1,010,300 New York 975,000 Alabama. 952.800 Pennsylvania 937.200 Virginia 759,200 Wisconsin 635,800 Michigan ; -. 556,1-rO South Carolina 450.000 California 438.500 Kansas - 481700 Louisiana _ 850 000 West Virginia 281,500 Maryland. 259.600 Nebraska 25VT00 Oregon ~ lflsl?9 FlOTlda 190,000 Minnesota— -. I80.00*} New Jersey 1H,«« Massachusetts 78,600 Maine «2,-0 Connecticut -59,509 Vermont.— 54,800 Delaware .MSS New Hampshire 42900 Rhode Island 18,100 Colorado «,50O Nevada 10.800 The Territories 105,090 THE FURST * BBADLET »VLK¥ RAKE. 1877. 3,263,200 2,750,000 2 560.C00 2,375,000 1,755,700 1,588,200 1,087,900 1.144,500 1,483,-0 1,189,800 735.500 1,000,300 580.000 793,600 901,200 607.40O 562,300 505,600 284.100 417,700 309.800 242,600 200,700 252,100 170,500 188,700 166.6CO 215.500 151,400 78,600 59,900 58,400 53,800 46 700 38,-00 17,100 "h'jfiS 116,600 the diseasrs dealt with under the bill, A contemporary opposes any relaxation on this point, on account of unknown dangers from "Texan fever," And the supposed existence of pleuro-pneumonia in tbe United States. If the latter disease does exist there (and the evidence is not conclusive that it does), due precaution would, of course, be taken on that score; though even in that case America is likely to stamp it out quite as soon as tf e in England; But, as to Texan fever, our contemporary seems unaware that this is now known to be a local malady, which invariably attacks importations into that State, and is confined to them; being thus apparently carried bypurely atmospheric conditions, to which the native scrub stock have been acclimated, and from which they do not suffer. We do not say that exclusion even of trans-Atlantic stock, however, is not a fair subject for argument; but we think so far, the feeling is doubtful, on the grounds we have stated; and if it should be thought favor-; able to concede this point, considerably opposition would be removed. THB FARM. • —■ Postal Card Correspondence. If our postal card correspondents, in this and ad- Joining States, would send their favors on Saturday, they would reach us in Ume for the issue of the following week. When sent Monday or Tuesday, they are often too late, and have to lie over. _MB__aH.rU though some fields of wheat are injured to some extent with fly and rust. Oats and grass look fine. Pastures getting Bhort, owing to the dry weather. There will will be plenty of blackberries. Not many grapes of any kipd. There will be a grand exhibition at our little town on the ISth of June, commencing at 7 o'clock P. M. We hear of no hog cholera around here; they are so low in price this season we guess they won't have the cholera. Plenty of everything in this connty except money^and that Is as scarce as hen's teeth. G.M.J. Sylvakia, Parke Co., May 31.—In looking over the postal correspondence of the last issue, I notice that the very excellent prospect for wheat in many of the counties of the State seems to bs fading, and that the rnst and fly are doing much injury. Such is the case in Parke; though a field occasionally yet looks well, and bids fair for an average crop. Rust seems to be the canse; though, perhaps, it is the fly. The prospect for the coming corn crop is, at present, anything but flattering, ai the heavy rains have so settled the ground that the stand will be poor. And, the rains are keeping farmers from work, and conse. quently the weeds are growing finely. Oats are looking well, and promise a fair yield. Grass is also getting a fair start with the season. Hogs are going at $2.50 per cwt. The Wabash has been on a "high," and many of the more energetic farmers are having to replant their corn, as the overflow was general. The peach prospect is still good. The apple crop will he poor, many of the apples have fallen oft. No very serious damage done by the frost of the 13th inst. Candidates still plenty. Only seven aspirants for the sheriff's office 1 I sometimes think of "Josh," where Ojr*rioaii"_iatenai snail W6 uo_nruoi| Fences. Bconv—_e, Warrick Co., May 25.—There has been a large corn crop planted here, and it is in good order. Wheat badly rusted, but promising. Peaches plenty. Apples scarce. All small fruits abundant. Health good. Politics—a large crop of candidates. Times Improving. W. F. 8tohe. Jiffkbson Co., May SI.—I would like to inquire, through the Fabmeb, for the merits and demerits of the Utah hybrid cherry, said to be a cross between the plum and the cherry, and three kinds of colors. Fruit of all kinds \{. plenty. Wheat looks flne. Oats flne. Com do- ILLINOIS. Champaign, 111., June 1.—Have had frequent heavy rains in May, interfering very much with farm work. Corn looks well where it is in, but in the southern part of this county much corn ground is too wet to plow—under water, in fact. Fall grain very promising. Spring grain in good oondition, but threatened with rust. .Strawberries generally killed by the frost, but a fair crop where they escaped. Cherries generally killed. Grapes badly checked by frost, but not killed. H. B-mabk, Vermillion Co., 111., June 7.—The prospect for a corn crop is not very flattering. The com is not all plowed yet Wheat looks well generally. Some rust and fly in it. Oats and grass look well. Apples and cherries injured by frost. A good many peaches; currants, gooseberries and blackberries in abundance. Plenty of stock hogs; some cholera; not many fat hegs in this vicinity. Fat hogs worth $2 50@2.60 per hundred. Fat cows, $2 50 @ 3.00 per hundred. Com, 25@27 cts. per bushel. ^ J.H.N. IOWA. " Fairview Etock Fabm," Lee Co., Iowa, June 3.—We are having very wet weather. Yesterday the most destructive rain storm ever seen by the oldest inhabitants passed over this section, causing small streams to oveiflow their banks, and do great damage to growing crops. During the rain storm a great many large hailstones fell, some measuring fourand five inches in circumference, after being brought into the house after the storm. Com is all planted, although some are still replanting yet. Wheat lcoks very bad; will 1876. 3,296,2fl0 2,640,100 1871,300 2,1*38,0001 1,696,100 1,601,300 1,026.400 1,090,000 1,360.700 793,905 758.P0O 901,200 568,700 750,900 875000 689,800 540,(00 4M.700 275,900 363,300 246f00 222.600 248,100 233,f0O 80.900 181,500 175,400 213,400 153,000 75,6t0 68.8*0 57,900 51.800 46,700 37,800 16,300 "•5-00 116,600 The Live Stock Journal in response to the question whether these breeds of horses were the same, says: Intelligent importers and others who have investigated this subject, recognizing these facts, are not willing to place themselves on the record as declaring that all the horses brought from France are of the same breed; and yet there is little doubt but that most of them possess a considerable portion of Percheron blood. Just where to draw the dividing line is a difficult question. In the introduction to the Percheron-Norman Stud Book—which was so strongly and emphatically endorsed by the Association of Norman Horse Breeders at its last meeting—this subject is very fully discussed; to which our correspondent is referred. It is a difficult matter to decide what is and what is not justly entitled to registry in a stud book for these horses. The plan adopted was, to give the full account of the course of breeding and crossing practised in France, and then admit all horses to registry that were imported from that country, as Percherons, _Tor- mans, or Nopnan-Percherons—not very satisfactory, we will admit, but the only thing that could be done, if we have a book at an. i i • » Lameness in Swine.—Most farmers have noticed that in fattening swine, especially when they are crowded rapidly, they always appear weak in their hind legs, and sometimes lose the use of them entirely. An intelligent fanner says that he and his neighbors have made a practice of feeding bone meal in such cases, and find that a small quantity mixed with the daily feed will prevent any weakness, and strengthen the animals so as to admit of the most rapid forcing. As bone meal is known to be a preventive of cripple ail, and weakness in cows, it looks reasonable . that it should also be a benefit to hogs, t which are often confined to a-dietcontain- Tottll „„„._ 32,262,500 28,077,100 25,726,800 Number reported in the United States in previous years: 1875 ...'......28,062,-0 1872 -MS-SB 1874 80,660,900 1871 &{-•„£ 18ra!;"™......l...S2,632.050 1870 .26,751,600 This shows conclusively that it is not over-production which causes the present remarkable depression. . i ■ ■ One More Cure for Hog Cholera. ■ Mr. David Graham, one of the oldest settlers in this vicinity, states that crude petroleum is a dead shot for hog cholera. He has made a practical test of this remedy upon his own hogs and also upon the herd of John Byers, near Langworthy, a year or two ago. Mr. Byers had lost at the rate oi ten or a dozen a day, but not one died after the petroleum was administered. This fact is remarkable, to say the least. The petroleum was given in doses of two or three spoonfulls for pigs, and a half a pint to hogs a year old. Seventy hogs were cured with two gallons. Mr. Graham says he has also used this remedy on cattle and horses and invariably with j the most gratifying results. If other parties test Mr. Graham's specific we would be glad to hear from them as to results.— Anamosa (Iowa) Eureka. a am a ■ The English Press on the Importation of American Cattle. The London Live Stock Journal makes | the following liberal observations The main point of attack (by those who oppose the bill) is, of course, the enactment of compulsory slaughter of foreign animals. On this point we will at ouce admit that we think the case of America and Canada deserves, at least, very special consideration, on two grounds: The first, that the longer voyage gives a practical a v.v,___w lu auieicouuuu-1 guarantee of very considerable power; ing but little bone making material.—Sci- and the second, that these countries are entiftc Farmer. J even more removed than England from After much study, observation and experience on this subject, I have abandoned the idea of hedging, especially for the masses of our farming population. The care, skill and attention required to make and keep in constant repair, a fence, is more than can be bestowed by the masses. Thousands of failures all over the country will convince the thoughtful of the truth ofthe above assertion. A perfect defence against any and all kinds of stock can be made of OSAGE obange, and perhaps of other hedging plants, but that it is not often done is equally true. The causes are a lack of skill, a pressure of other, and perhaps more important— at least, to the fanner, more congenial— work, and a lack, even after once fully establishing a hedge, of perseverence in keeping it np, without which it will soon fail. These, although not necessarily insurmountable obstacles to success, are in effect so, and mnst so remain until information on this subject, and habits of persevering industry are more fully diffused among men. Without arguing this point further, as I have no doubt that some one interested in the sale of hedge plants will give mean opportunity hereafter to answer to charges, I will say that our first duty is to see that the men for whom we vote for legislative honors are sound on the question of a PROTECTIVE STOCK LAW, extending at least to a prohibition in the case of hogs running at large. With a prohibitory law against hogs, outside fences may be made very mnch cheaper than now, while our public highways will suffer nothing in consequence thereof. But, without reference to stock laws, permanent outside and line fence, where changes will not probably be made soon, if ever, may be made by planting at regular intervals trees of some healthy valuable timber producing varieties, or even fruit trees, to which two strands of No. 7 or 8 wire may be attached, fastening pickets of durable wood to these by means of staples, or in the absence of hogs, barbed wires will be sufficient In this way, we may beautify our places by means of imSCI TE-CS! P09HJ, which, in addition to beauty and utility, will soon yield us valuable timber, and the trimmings an abundant supply of fuel. The time required to get trees np to the size necessary for posts will be less than that required to establish a hedge, while first cost, and necessary labor and attention will be far less, after which the | cost of a barbed wire, or even a wire and picket fence, will be less than the cost of labor in annual attention, in case of a hedge. The variety of timber selected for Hving posts, may be a subject of fancy or economy on the part of the planter, but I would recommend the use of such varieties as would combine hardihood, and durability and utility of timber. Clayton, June 8. W. H. RAaAS. not be more than a half crop at best. Oata I prospect the finest ever seen in this county. he sayB the t ffice seeker reminds him of a lost 1 Com worth 80 cents; oats, 25 cents; wheat dog, who wags his tail at everyone he meets. I $ioo; fat hogs, worth $2,50 per hundred. No J. H. L. OHIO. Abmsteokg, Allen Co., O., May 31.—Wheat and oats look well. Cora about all up. Have well. Wheat doing some better; some very good and some very bad; in jured by rnst. We need rain badly. Hogs, $2.00. Cattle, $3,00. Wheat, 90 cents. Oats fair. Half crop of apples. Early cherries plenty. No pears nor peaches. Hog cholera bad at places in the I connty. The Fabmeb is a welcome visitor in my family. E. Otleb. I Mab_-svili_, Morgan Co., June 6.—Not seeing anything in the Farmer from this part of the county, I will give a few items. Some hog cholera and some chicken cholera. Frnit of all kinds plenty. Wheat looking well at present, considering the wet, cold weather and rust. Corn coming on finely. Moles are taking the com very bad. No cut worms to bother. Sheep scarce. Cattle doing well. J. S, H. Flovd Co., June 7.—The weather at this writing is very warm during the day, and the nights are cool. Corn is growing very fast, and looks well. Oats are growing very fast. Wheat harvest will he here at least two weeks earlier than usual. Barley is ripe enough to cut now. Some are talking of cutting their wheat next week. There will be more blackberries this year than for many yeara. Strawberry time has about expired. Is. D. EKGl—MAW. Tipton Co., June 7.—Com is doing very well, except that the heart worms are working on it badly in some fields. The farmers are very busy working their growing crops. Wheat harvest will come on early. I think harvest will commence between the 20th and 25th inst. Some rust on the blades, but none on the stalks yet that I have seen. The heads are short, but are filling very well at this time. Oats are looking fine; about the usual acreage sown. You shall hear from here again at some future time. O. K. W. Fbedebic—sbubo, Washington Co., Jnne 1.— 1 think wheat will be an average crop yet. The blades are about all dead; rnst is the cause. The fly damaged some pieces considerably. Oats look fine; getting rather dry just now, but not damaged any yet. Com ia 8 oents. Potatoes, no sale, Q. D. _. Blue Baix, Warren Co., O., June 3.—Wheat badly injured by rust Com came up Well and looks fine, but needs rain. Barley good, and nearly, ready to cnt. Oats good. Small fruit and apples plenty. No peachss. Not many of last spring's pigs on band; all fed and sold out at from $3.40 to $2 60 gross; offering, $2.50 now. Small pigs plenty and doing fine; all healthy, so fer. T. H. I: Bbookviiae, Montgomery Co., O., Junei.— Wheat looks well; it looks as though we are going to get the largest crop we ever had through here. Oats look fine. I sowed a little of the China hulless oats, audit looks aa though it was going to head out in a few days. Barley looks nice, too, bnt the frost hurt it a little. We have an abundant crop of cherries. The trees are just loaded with them. Plums are a good prospect as cherries. Apples, but few; peaches, none. The Fabmeb is a welcome visitor.' Iba Wellbaum. Bettsville, Seneca Co., O., May 30.—The fly will injure wheat some; otherwise, the prospect is good for a good crop. Cora is backward, on account of cold and dry weather, hog cholera. In fine stock, English Berk-' shires and Poland-Chinas take the lead. In draft horses, the Clydesdales are growing more in public"favor_eyerv.day, m th«g »ra thena-h% ._ jgJSK-TIOKY. Beavwr-Lic_, Boone Co., Kentucky, May 80. —The weather iB warm, and we are needing rain badly. Com is all np; looks fine; is mostly drilled in this county. Some say that check rowing is best in a wet season, but I prefer drilling. Wheat is looking fine; best prospect we have had for many years, although - iDjured to some extent by rust Oats and rye never" better. Frnit prospect fine. Grass looks well. Tobacco plants ready for setting, and the planters wishing for rain. Stock of all kinds look fine, and not half enough stock to consume the grass. There is but very little stock selling. Lambs are selling at $3.00@3 50 per head. Com is going at 35 cents per bushel. Aspirants for the different offices plenty. Health of the community good, bnt all are complaining of hard times. O. Is, Griffith, The receipts and shipments of grain at the principal Western depots for grain, since January 1st, have been about 50 per cent- in advance of those for the same period in 1877, The most noticeable excess has^ been in wheat, the increase being 250 per cent « am a La Apples, an abundant crop. Peaches, a fair The minoifl river is still rising about yield, but few raised in this county. Grapes, Salle)) ^ has submerged thousands of acre injured badly by frost Strawberries, also Q. -^e bottom lands, the most fertile in the hurt by frost. Good wheat is selling for $1.00. Btate indeed, aU the low lands in that Corn is worth 35 cents. Oats, 25 cents. Butter, 11 cents per lb. Eggs, 8 cents per dozen. The live hog market is at present very dull; worth, from $2.50(3)2.75 per cv(t Stock hogs in tbis part of the county are doing well, bnt, from current reports, are diseased some in the southern part. Last night it rained some, and is still raining to-day, which is much needed. J. D. R. MISSOURI. Bolungee Co., Mo., May 27.—Corn all planted, and Is all up and looking fine. Some is knee high, and has been plowed through the second time. We have had too much rain to cultivate our last planting. Crops are ;^a_;but7umds"we_^^pt wherethemoles | growing finely forfoehurtfewJays. It looks and crows have taken it. Wheat harvest will be here before it is half tended, it seems. We have no peaches, except on the hills in places. Not many apples. Plenty of plums; cherries scaroe, but a few. More anon. W. A. A. Jasfkb Co., June 3.—Bain, rain 1 Bad roada, and com not all planted. Wheat hurt with rust Fruit injured by frost. Money scarce, is the cry of nearly every farmer. Horses, cattle and hogs plenty, but scarcely any demand. The National Greenback party is becoming quite a formidable political organization in Jasper county, and is likely to become the ruling party. WiU the Editors, or some reader of the Fabmeb that knows, tell us what will destroy the wire worm that works in the com at thiB season of the year, and at th* same time not destroy the yount; com. The Fabmeb is a very welcome visitor. EZRA C. NOWELS. Washikoton Co., May 31.—Farmers done planting com. We are having dry weather at present; most too dry for com, but good on as if the rain was over. Wheat is struck some with rust, but not enough to amount to anything. The early variety of wheat will be ripe enough to harvest in a couple of days. Young Potatoes have been big enough to use for over a week. Prospect for all kinds of fruit good. Health good. J.W. TiroBSTOn. AMBAMA. -The crops in south Some com laid by. Dam Co., alia., May 28. Alabama look promlsiBg. Ootton nearly all chopped, and looks very fine for the time of year. Oats never were finer. Fall oats are .ready for harvest. Fruit an abundant yield. Peach trees. cannot stand nnder their amount of fruit. Apple trees not so fall, bat fine plums are ripe and plenty. We have fine seasons. We had a wind and rain yesterday, which, I fear, have injured the oats crop. We have a very pleasant conntry. There is not the interest taken in raiting Btock that there should be; and I hope that the day is not region are completely saturated, and the prospect for com is anything bnt encouraging. ^__________ The Farst & Bradley Sulky Bake. A cut on th;s page illustrates a Sulky Eake, made by the Furst & Bradley Mannf'g. Co., of Chicago, one of the oldest and most extensive agricultural implement manufacturing concerns in the west. Their Take is said to be a fine combination of simplicity, strength and firet class ma terial, which is very naturally expected in goods made by an establishment having sucb an extended experience in that line, covering as it does, a period of over a quarter of a century. These rakes are said to excel all others in tbe quality and construction of tbe teeth wbich are made of the very best spring steel, tempered in oil, and shaped | witb special reference to great elasticity and strength. These teeth will pass over I the most uneven surfaces without scattering bay—each tooth being able to conform, independently to any variations of surface, owing to this extraordinary elasticity, without breaking, bending, or throwing up the head and thereby raising the other teeth; they are also able to stand the heaviest kind of work, such as raking cornstalks, bunching up, etc. A boy can easily handle the rake. When a farmer buys one he gets the worth of his money, for there is more good solid wear in a "Farst & Bradley" rake tban in a half dozen of moet other kinds made. This company publishes a pamphlet of 64 pages, (which they will serd free to all who ask it) giving full description of far ahead when the people of South Alabama wheat, of which there will be a tolerable fair 1 will take an interest In raising stock. Success crop, if nothing injures it in the future, al-1 to the Iudiaha Fabmeb. X. all the goods they manufacture; containing also, information valuab'eto every household. See advertisement in another ^ column. |
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