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INDLOAPOUS, DTOI4NA, JUKE 29,1878.
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No. 26.
FOK  SALS.
Sell
lOB SALE—Ten Dollar Hay Forks for Five Dollars.   Address GEO. K. SCHOFIELD, 78 N.
aware Bt, IndlanapoUs.	
I have one more Boar Pig out of bow bought of I.
N. Barker, sired by Tippecanoe, for which I will
take J8.C0.   E. G. BAQHiY, Indianapolis.	
Q 00,000 acres best farming lands in Wisconsin for
O sale. Send for price and descriptive list 8. A.
TAYLOR, Dobbston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin.
EOR SALE—Pol ao d-China sow pigs, 6 to 8 weeks,
for np each; good color, well made; put on
     for HO each;
cars ln good order.
Muncie. Ind.
loan, 515 each. A. W. BOSS,
FOB BALS—The Farm-Begister and Acoount-
Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao-
counts. Price, Jl.W each. AddresslNDJANA FAS-
HI—R CO., Indianapolis.
• l>0_ BALK—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, Lelptlc P. P., Orange Co.,Ind.
,"Tj.OR SALE—The largest stock of salt, calcined
'Jl.    plaster, land plaster and cement.  The only
house that keeps these ,----•
IND
lowest prices. ANDREW 1
da always on hand, at
ALLACK, Indianapolis.
"fJIOR 8ALE OR ___t>B—A Dederlck's _ erpet-
JC > nal Bay Press, capable of baling, with bone
or steam power, 10 to 12 tons of hay per day. The
■Press is as good as new. • The' owners time being
l_ly occupied with other business, favorable terms
will be made.   Address INDIANA FARMER, In
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WAXIID.
-^|TTANTEI-—FABMS^-For sale and trade. Bend
VV    for descriptive Hanks.   M. A_BUl_X_,71
_ast Market street, Indianapolis,
WANTED—I have some very flne Buff Cochin
chickens, worth,.per trio, $15. I will exchange for bees. One trio for a swarm in good
condition.   B. 8. DOBBEY, Indianapolis.
"Trr ANTED- Good, reliable agents, Liberal in-
■ f V ducements an&good territory offered. Call
or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21
and 24 Hubbard'BrBlock, Indians polls. Bules and
By-laws sent free upon application.
ED tT C ATIONAX.'
YOUNG MAN, if you desire attending a college
where you procure value received in Instruction for your money, attend the Tib rk Hautb
Commercial Collegb asd Institt—b of Pi«r_»K-
SHIF, which offers superior facilities for preparing
young men and women for bnslness pursuits. The
finest accountants, most accomplished penmen and
best practical book-keepers in the land are to be
found in the above college. — - - ■-■
Kor terms address, _., GARVIN; Principal,
* Terre Haute. Ind.
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MISOEI-awftJfEO--.
6. BURGESS, Dentist, Office ln room -4, Va-
s  Jen's Exchange Block, N. Penn. Bt.     7-tf,
TO LOAN—Mone;
J. H.-HA-D.
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Bast Market at, InOi-
MONEY TO LOAN—Sums of J30O to S3.000 on
improved farms.  BUDDELL, WALCOTT &
VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind.	
_T\ REAT BABGAINS ln Spring Wagons of all
VX kinds, manufactured by C. R. Schellert For
sale at wholesale and retail. Prices to suit the
hard times. Call at 291 and 296 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis. -JjCAYLOB^Agent.  '
CIIEVES AND RIDDLES for repairing your old
O fanning mills. Set of 5, price-M.00. SendBize
of old frame with tl.00, when you order. We send
by express C. O. D. for balance.' We mail just the
cloth for 75 centa each. We have special sizes for
cleaning seed wheat ; Address E. TAYLOR & CO.
Cleveland, Ohio.
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce oui choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; fines
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated an*
giving full description ofthe different breeds. Price
25 cents. Seed Wheat; all the beet 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 $4.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
Seed catalogue tree. BENSON. BURPEE & CO.,
223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 88-ly
Mr. E. ought to preserve all pigs from
thia dam. A herd of snch hogs would be
a small fortune to him. In case of a failure in the com crop, they would winter
through oa almost nothing and be in
splendid condition to fatten on the next
year's crop.
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Bewabe of Dogs—The sheep are beginning to sufifer from the raids of the
dogs in this county! A few nights ago,
Mr. J. J. Hessong, a subscriber of the
Farmer, living seven miles north of the
city, Was aroused by the noise of dogs
cnasing his sheep. He found next morning twenty-two of his fine Cotswolds
dead and wounded. Thirteen of them,
died and some of the others will never
fully recover from their .wounds. The
theory that belling sheep will save them
is proven false in this case, as the two
belled sheep of the flock were among the
first to be killed. '''
HOG CHOLERA.
Valuable Suggestions from the Experience of a Medical Expert.
Indianapolis, June, 21.   ■.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer
I was so pleased with Judge Blodgett's
clear and terse exposition of the hog
cholera question, in your last number,
that I was reminded of a promise made
some time ago to add my mite of knowledge on this subject. By the way, Judge
Blodgett shows a thorough knowledge of
the subject, and it is a pity a man.of such
good sense should be out of the medical
profession.
The hog is the most abused and least
understood of all domestic animals.   He
to loan on Improved farms- StamdB_ab_ost alone in habit and sirue-
-,.._._ a 'ture, the elephahl being the only other
many-toed animal of the
THE BIBOSE__ CLOVER SEPARATOR.—Hannfactnred by the Birdsell Mann-
* * ■ factoring; Co., Sonth Bend, Ind.
" Over 600,000 head of livestock have
been received at the Union Stock Yards,
this city, since they were opened, seven
months ago.   The average receipts have
been nearly 100,000 head per month.
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Peter Raab, of Cumberland,, this
county, a subscriber and agent of the
Farmer, boasts of a cow that gives twelve
gallons of milk per day. He declares
that this* is a positive fact, and knowing
Peter, as we do, we believe him. But we
must say he has a wonderful cow for
■milk./;- '■    .'* '■*:• ■ *.■,.*■..■■
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.' A farmer who evidently does not read
the markets in - this paper brought, three
'car loads of superior hogs to the stock yards
'on Thursday, of list -week., When he left
' home the market, figures were $3,45, and
he offered the lot to a commission man for
$3;50. The next morning they were sold
'for. $3,75, a gain of twenty-five cents per
'hundred pounds;,avloss to the farmer who
;can't afford to take a paper and keep posted,
of perhaps $250.
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'■;h >-,'•••■ iA Remarkable Past.
, Mr. Charles P. Root, a reader of the
______ residing in Hancock county, tells
us of the most remarkable case of fasting
;we ever heard of, either in man or beast.
Last December he missed three of his
Poland-China sows, and as they were valuable animals, hie advertised a liberal regard for their return.   Hearing nothing
a&(?m them, they were at length given up
,for lost. .One Sunday in March, however,
, sixty-four', days' after their loss, Mr! B.'s
\ 'itytjfe' son J white1 hunting, eggs. under. in
IY Ipidj! s^e^'discovered', tlple'lo'st sows, two
tOf which,Were deaid from stairvation* The
third was alive and by careful nursing
^was brought to its usual health, and is
i now-jw nparty^and fat as any sow in his
I"irtrd'l and'tfitir-** vigordus- appetite still
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cloven-footed,
pachydermatous order of "mammalia,
which has been subjugated by man. Like
the elephant, the hog is peculiarly sensitive and intelligent, and may be educated
to a superior degree.  .
The discovery of fossil forms in the
limestone quarries, under the city of
Paris, France, which resembled the hog,
caused the great Cuvier to study this
animal through his geological development, with results which prove the hog
kind of the most remote antiquity-
developing through tiie forms of the ano-
plotherium and the ziphodon, to the chx-
ropolamus, a true fossil hogi ;
Our domestic nog of to-day, through
centuries of breeding, has become mbrei
and more sensitive to the many conditions which cause disease, and perhaps
for susceptibility and variety of ailments
he is hardly surpassed by man, and it is
just as sensible to class all human diseases as "man cholera" as it is to attribute
all diseases of swine to "hog cholera."
And the man who holds that he can cure,
by specific medication, the "hog cholera,"
might as well make the cure extend to
man aud beast, and also perform resurrecting miracles, to which the   calling
forth of Lazarus would be insignificant.
I have examined at least fifty hogs, ih
ten years, that had died of "hog cholera,"
and, without going into detail, I will say
that all of them died of diseases which
were precisely like typhoid fever, typhoid-
pneumonia, pleuro-pneumonia, diphtheria and bilious fever, or congestion of
the kidneys.   Not only were the appear*-
ances after death the same as in those
diseases in man, but the animals, which I
closely watched, had all the symptoms
ofthe same diseases.in man, and, I may
add, the treatment used was the' same,
and with about as good results.   In January last, a gentleman who had a fancy
breeding herd of swihei informed me that
he had lost four or five hogs in a day or
two, and had about twenty-five sick ones,
and desired that I see them, and, if possible, arrest the disease, as some of the
hogs were worth from one hundred to a
thousand  dollars.   He desired to have
the work done well, without regard to
expense.   The sick hogs had a slow fever,
pulse 110 to 120, and the thermometer
ranged, in mild cases, from 101° to 104°,
but, as in the human being, when it got
up to 106° to 109°, the hog (fled.   Inmost
of the cases there was a period of relief
from  fever, twice in twenty-four hours,
just as in the human being, and I found
that the same means would control it.  I
administered  morphia, quinine,  ergot,
atropia, etc, by the hypodermic syringe,
and witnessed the same rapid action of
the medicine that I would expect to find
.in man.   I gave tonics of iron and bark
with like success,.and after the fourth
day  of treatment no other hogs  died.
Those hogs were under one large shed,
perhaps two or three hundred feet long,
bad sleeping-room and yard of its own.
All these rooms were at once whitewashed, and disinfectents were used. The
food had been city slops and boiled corn;
this was changed to boiled potatoes, apples, parsnips, carrots, beets and hay; the
latter, the sick Ones devoured with great
relish, in large quantities. To some, too
sick to eat,* hay tea; or gruel was given.
Among the causes of this outbreak was,
ls t, the sameness of food. The hog must
have variety. There was too much
starchy and greasy food—com and slop—
and not enough of green, coarse material.
2d. Too many: hogs in a small space,
although they did not mingle or bed to-;
getter. 3d. Malarial influences, similar
to those which cause malarial fevers in
man. my treatment was the same as
for like conditions in man. I have seen
hogs within three weeks, that have the
run of several hundred acres of open land,
with access to freshwater, and good green
food, but fed twice daily on city swill—
the nights being cool, however, they
would sleep in large beds piling one upon
another. They had cough and fever,
and some died. A change in food
and condition, and tonics given, put a
stop to the spread ofthe disease. A hog
no more desires cold, filthy, wet places
to Bleep in than a man does: and a hog
eases, from long continuance of starchy
food, or sameness of food, as a man
would,
Mr. Editor, could anything be more
absurd than for a man to pretend to cure
all these conditions by a package of medicine. I have had the pleasure of knowing from several farmers, that the advice
given them in regard to change of food,
and other hygienic changes, has put a
stop to the disease in their herds.
W. B. FLETCHER.    :
;" Let Pigs Roam—A correspondent of
the Milch Zeitung insists upon the necessity of letting pigs have free access to
plenty of moist Band or earth in some
form or other, and considers that the system of feeding them almost exclusively
on skim milk, meal, and such materials,
is responsible for many of the ailments
ofthe intestinal canal, so frequently met
with. He states that ailing pigs are
often restored to health by simply putting a trough of wet sand in their sty,
and recommends that a supply should
always be kept there for the mmates to
help themselves ad libitum. Pigs roaming about at large consume a considers-:
ble proportion of earth with the various'
acorns, roots, larvse, etc., that they giub
up; and they should not be deprived of
it when in confinement. A_.y one may
convince himself by observation that it
is a natural want.' If a sucking pig, but
a fortnig_t old, that has never left the
sty, be turned out into the open, it will
at once begin to eat sand greedily, if that
be accessible; or, in its absence, will indulge in earth or cinders with almost
equal satisfaction.—London Farmer.
advantage of any party.   The business_end   turned with the intelligence "John™
of the committee was practically put into    WOnt eet ud "   He sa» v ™™..S .
iiiok..- „«n„_ _..aiA j t.!-„ i     •_ ",._      ,f._i i   .8a8e'y remarked that
he did not thick that Johnnie had been
educated right; if so, he would have fed
the hands of Ben Butler, and his overbearing manner with witnesses has disgusted
even his associates on the committee. The
passage of the resolutions touching the
President's title introduced by Burchard,
of Illinois, and the adoption of the report
of the Judiciary Committee on the same
subject, will give security to the country,
and indicates that men of both parties will
not consent to Mexicanize our government. ,
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens regards the
adoption ofthe Judiciary Committee resolution as an endorsement of his views regarding the investigation, which he
remarks "is turning out as I expected it
would, to be a farce." The twenty-one
who voted against the resolution, he says
represent the original intention of this
movement, which was to oust Mr. Hayes.
It was the intention of these men to vote
Mr. Hayes out and seat Tilden. I talked
with them, and when I saw so many men
joining with them—bulldozed into it—I
became apprehensive. But there never has
been a man more completely vindicated
than I have been in a thirty day's campaign. The masses of people are with
me, not only in my own district, but in the
country now." Fax.
  s   em   e
The Early Harvest, and General Condition of Crops in the Northwest.
Cost of Producing a Pound of Beef.
In the January number of The Journal,
we gave a statement of the grazing and
feeding of sixteen, head of cattle three to
four years old—grades, of fair quality—
and fifteen head of two year olds, of better
breeding and quality, purchased in the
latter part of June last.
The first lot weighed, July 2d, 1461 lbs.,
average. On the 20th of August they averaged 1527 lbs., when we began feeding
them green corn with the fodder, beginning light, and increasing to nearly eight
bushels per day, for the lot. 20th September, found their weight to be 1606 lbs., or
a gain of 79 lbs. in 30 days.
The younger cattle were not weighed
until the 20th of August, but their gain,
in the gross, was over 100 lbs. each. August 20th, their weight was 1166 lbs. They
did not eat so much corn as the larger
ones by 25 per cent, per head. September
20th they weighed 1271 lbs.—a gain of 105
lbs. per head.
Several correspondents have written us
to give the subsequent growth of these
steers. The larger steers were again
weighed before shipping to market, December 8th, when the average was found to be
1780 lbs.—a gain, since August 20, of, say
253 lbs. per head; the, corn consumed
being forty bushels per bullock.
Began feeding the other lot August 22d,
very light at first. When weighed for
market, December 27th, their average was
found to be 1492 lbs.—a gain of 326 lbs.
since the feeding began; the corn consumed
being 32 bushels per head; corn—worth on
the shock 34 cents--**-say $11; while the
value of the 326 lbs. of gain, at 5c per lb.,
was $16,30 per head, besides the additional value that this feeding would have imparted to the whole carcass if the price
had kept up. It will be seen that the
large steers, while consuming more, gained
much less. This was in part owing to the
fact that the small steers were better bred,
being mostly by thoroughbred bulls.
The above showing, though we think the
gains very  satisfactory—unusually so—
does not indicate very large profits.   But
we have to mention that the 54 head of
small pigs we nad following these cattle
made an aggregate gain of 6,030 lbs., worth,
at 3}c, say $211; so that  the operation,
even when we Mlow for the value of the
grass consumed I for the stock was on good
grass all the period), was not so bad.   But
if at selling tima the price of fat stock had
been as much above that of lean the pre-'
vious spring as 4e usually expect it to be,
the operation wculd have been most satisfactory.   As it turned out, the" superior
quality of the E^ock, and the method of
early feeding on grass, gave us a moderate compensation for our grass and corn.
; The lesson bf t&e experiment is:   Getthe
best stock, get it,while young,'and then
you cannot lose—especially it you breed
the stock yourself}   Feed well, feed early,
Pounds op Pork in a Bushel of Corn.
—Thomas Edge, of Chester county, Pa.,
,,. fed to five pigs of .the same, litter, five
57J lbs., or 9 3-5 lbs. from a bus:
P. Kirk fed 49 bushels of corn and got a
return ofa little over 12 pounds of pork
to the bushel. An experiment of Mr.
Buckingham shows a return of 8i lbs.
from a bushel. Two experiments, one in
New York and one in Indiana, each
showed a gain of 12 lbs. for each bushel
of corn consumed. An experiment in
FUchfield, Conn., showed 9| lbs. from a
bushel. A. S. Proctor, of Illinois, made
a gain of 10 pounds for each bushel fed.
W. E. Nichols, of Morr6w county, O., fed
63 days and made again pf a little above
11J. lbs. per bushel. Mr. Van Loon, of
Illinois, fed 20 days and made a fraction
over 9 lbs to the bushel. Mr. Behmer,
of Columbus, O., made 10J lbs. to the
bushel of corn.
New Mexican Sheep.—"In New Mexico, ,the sheep are the poorest, but most
numerous. They are the native Mexican.
The better breeds have not been introduced. If there is anything that gladdens
the eye of the people in, that Territory,—
"greasers," as they are generally called—
it is a big flock of sheep; and the four or
five mutton-millionaires of the Kio Grande
have more than a local fame. One man at
Barnadillo, has a flock numbering all the
way from 80,000 to 100,000; two brothers
at Las Vegas have over 100,000. The only
way these men have of computing the
number on hand is by counting the Dlack
sheep—it being found that they always
come in a ratio of about one to every 100
in a flock."
The whole  outlook has  greatly improved since our last issue.   It is now
over a week since we have had any rain
in our own State, and while we hear of
some rain-falls interfering with harvest,
the whole situation is so much improved
that we are greatly encouraged for the
final issue.   The early varieties of winter
wheat have been harvested. The weather
has been cool and fine, and the crop is
well lip in shock.   The yield and quality
both satisfactory.  The present week sees
the  late winter wheat harvest in full
blast, and so far as heard from turning
out even better than the early wheat. The
fi iJ'it1B''\,OWM)M1 <VT^i»al^^M-K9^y«^wI<L*fl-^-J^
idly, and great satisfaction with the results. Fruit of all kinds promise a more
abundant yield than ever. For the last
few days heavy rains have fallen, and the
harvest is temporarily checked. On the
bottom lands com is waist high.
In Missouri tiie late varieties of winter
wheat are being cut. Grain far better
than it was thought it possible to be four
weeks a^o. Corn is growing. Most farmers plowing the third time.
In Kentucky harvesting is about over,
and threshing commenced. Wheat has
been a good deal injured by the rust
The cool weather which with us makes
everything so backward has in Minnesota in connection with fine rains, just
kept the wheat growing until now the
greatest fear seems to be that it will lodge.
From Nebraska still comes the report
of fine outlook for all small grains, and
everything seems shaping towards the
realization of all the high hopes which
the farmers have been cherishing. Bains
have been abundant.
Iowa has suffered with us   from cold
the horses "or hoed'the garden before
breakfast.
Paying a tribute to the noble mothers
of our land, who care so earnestly and
watchfully for their children, he cited an
instance of such an one in comparison
with a frivolous, fashionable woman of
the world, whose child had lacked for
motherly kindness. Being personally
acquainted, as he said, with both, he
added, as the result that both sons of
these two mothers had graduated last
week—the first from the Vmcennes high
school, the other from the criminal court
room and received a diploma to enter
prison. Following the same line of
thought, he spoke of the importance of
educating the children to work and the
right employment of time. He gave
some good advice by saying that If each
boy would secure three rods of ground,
spade it up well and spend three nours a
day in,cultivating it, and see how many
potatoes or onions he could raise, and try
to find the best method of cultivating, he
would not only have enough exercise to
keep him healthy, but might discover
something of practical importance and
be of service to the state. He believed
also in teaching the girls dressmaking,
and thus enabling the graduates to paddle their own canoe through life.
The exercises were well attended
thr oughout, and of much interest to all
present.
PREMIUMS RECEIVED.
No. 1—We come to the front again to
acknowledge the receipt of a fine present
from the hands of J. M. Woodruff, of Nin-
evah, Johnson county. As printed in your
premium list, No, 1 is a pedigreed Shorthorn bull calf, red and a little white. He
is a nice calf, six months old to-day, shipped June 3d, and received from express on
t^jTOTir-our—_rhhn. "regw insnuu uwi -nffa>e»j —
to Mr. Woodruff for so valnable a premium. This is pronounced quite a help to
our stock department, and we hope to be
able to show some fine cattle in a few years
as the introduction of this calf into our
neighborhood. Thanks to the Farmer
Co., and all who aided us in securing such
a rousing list for the circulation of your
very valuable paper. May success attend
the efforts of Mr. Woodruff for his generosity. E.W. Powell.
Wabash, June 18.
We regret that Mr. Powell did not give
us the name oi his valuable prize. We
trust that our premium No. 1 will make
his mark in Wabash county and will be
the means of introducing many more of
Mr. Woodruff's well bred and superior
Short-horns into that section of the- State;
No. 5.—I have received premium No.
5 from L. A. & S. G. Kem, Marion,
Grant Co., a Poland China female pig, in
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rains. Some complaint of rust, but not 1 good condition, and am well pleased with
general enough to affect the crop. The I my prize, and think it well worth work-
corn is also late. Replanting and poor I ing for. I return my thanks to Messrs.
stand., I Kem for their liberality in letting me
Wisconsin is all right. Farmers hopeful. 1 have choice of sex, and their good choice
No insects yet to alarm.   Outlook now j of a pig.   I also thank my subscribers
good for a fine harvest
Corn doing better,
In Ohio and Indiana we note also the
same marked improvement, and with the
harvest on.—National Board of Trade.
Commencement at Purdue University.
r«**a-*i^T1-^Wf:J.-»*j!?ai^--TTif«C
a        a   c, and keep on feeding until the stock is sent
but each waa separated by-partitions and- -to~mi%rKet:^^Naiional Live Stock Journal.
Washington, D. C, June.
"Time and tide wait for no man," not
even a congressman, and ere this letter is
in type, the speaker's gavel will have rapped the House to order for the last time,
and the lst session of the 45th Congress
wii} be known  only in  history.   Well
would it be for the county, if with its departure, there could be' blotted put. and
rendered innocuous all the unwise and disturbing influences that have been begotten'
ahd nursed into life since their first meeting in extra session in October last.   The
masses will rejoice, and Struggling business
interests that have been for months on the
great divide between universal bankruptcy
and unprecedented prosperity, will be relieved of the most potential cause of the
lack of confidence in the stability of the
financial future ofour country.   Thinking
men are learning that it costs us too much
to be governed.   This is true of cities and
States, and the nation is not an exception.
The rush preceding the adjournment was
greater than usual, and for many days the
lobbyists and schemers were seen hurrying'
to and fro, making available every means
to push their pet measures.   Many staked
all on a forlorn hope, arid wrecks of 'stranded legislative.'schemes', are found■ every--*
where.., Multitudes<; relying -upon, t^eir
passage; whft have, lived h p on * promises: are
now  having  great difficulty in making
peace with the proprietors of their board-
We make a few notes from reports in
the daily papers, of the graduating exercises at our State Agricultural College.
: There were seven graduates, and the
following were the subjects of their theses
and orations:
Theses.—Sulphur Waters, by F. P.
Clark, Milton, Wayne Co., Ind. Water
Works Systems.by W.K. Eldridge, Lafayette. Chemistry of Brewing, by C.; J.
Bohrer, Lafayette. -:
Orations.—The Dangers of the Republic, by Jesse Harvey Blair, Indianapolis. The Disappearance of the Turks
from Europe) by John Carothers Vanatta,
Lafayette. Ladders, by Miss Eudora
Miller, Lafayette. Universal Education
a Patriotic Duty, by Daniel William Noble. Indianapolis.
President White, at the close of the
orations, made some remarks in regard
to the institution, and stated that owing
to the calling in of the six per cent,
bonds by the government, the interest on
the endowment fund is reduced one sixth
(5 per cent.) leaving the University without sufficient funds to sustain the special
schools begun, and that their continuance
must depend on the state.
'■■ Gov. Williams waa present and being
introduced to the audience, spoke of a
theory which had been advanced, and
which he had heard discussed, to the
effect that if you. educate a boy he wont
work) supplementing it with a declaration ,tha,t he believed that if we educatd
a boy properly:. he will work. • He said
also that he did not believe a man can be
a Christian who is lazy. He cited an
instance in a farmer's family, where he
I visited a short time since, when a daugh
of small grain. | and those who have aided me with their
subscriptions, in procuring such a good
list, and the Editors of the Farmer, for
so good'a paper. Long may it prosper.
Should any one be in want of nood swine,
they will do well by patronizing the
above named breeders, for I believe
them to be gentlemen in every respect.
Mecbanicsburg. J. H.Bent.
ing houses.   The investigation of the elec-1 ter, who had just graduated, was sent to
torar fratt-Oa^ g_© x©.
No. 39.—The pair of Chester White pigs
from S. H. Todd is received in good order,
and I pronounce them A No. 1, and would
recommend Mr. Todd to those wishing
stock of that kind. I don't think they
could do better than to send to him. I
wish to return thanks.to Mr. Todd, to tho
Farmer Co., and to the subscribers who
gave me their names'.  . J. Y. Demaree.
Franklin,1 Johnson Co., June 10.
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No. 52.—From Mr. Phelps, pf Greensboro, Henry- Co.j in the shape ofa
fine pair df Buff Cochin chickens, is received. They are pronounced a No. 1
by good judges, and I don't see how I
could be better suited. Many thanks to
all concerned in enabling me to get them.
Fulton Co. W. L. Koons.
 •
, - No. 63—The feed steamer and evaporator, from A. Newkirk. Cleveland, O., came
to hand in due time, all right.   Since re-
ceiving it I have been so busy that I have
not tested its worth.   It is neat and subh-
stantially put up, and looks as though it
would do the work for which it was designed, well.   Many thanks to Mr. Newkirk, the Indiana Farmer, and those who
favored me with their names on my list."
Farmers, patronize your own home agricultural paper.   Mr. Newkirk may expect
to hear from me again..   Ira T. Grego.
_,,.Johnson Co.' •    '
.; We can assure Mr. Gregg that the Newkirk feed steamer will come fully up to j
representations and give bim featire sati*-
factionv  W^naWfeefl it work—know it*5
I to be reliable.—Eds.
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