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Vol. xm.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA/JULY 6,1878.
No. 27.
FOB IAL1.
£have one more Boar Pig out of sow bought of I,
N. Barker, sired by Tippecanoe, for which I will
e$8.G0.   K. G. BAQL-gY. Indianapolis.	
00,000 acres best farming.landsIn Wisconsin for
sale. Bend for prioe and descriptive list a. A.
iLOR, Dobbston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin.
TAYLOR,
OB SALE—The Farm Begister and Account-
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MEB CO.. Indianapolis.
' IrtOlt SALS—Three black Poland China boar pigs;
JD farrowed March lStb, 1878, with pedigree.
They are very fine, and I guarantee satisfaction.
Address FRED. KOCH, Terre Haute, Ind.
XTIOK SALE—The largest stock of salt, calcined
I- plaster, land plaster and cement. The only
honse -that keeps these goods always on hand, at
lowest prices. ANDREW WALLACE, Indianapolis.
T710B SALK OR TKADE—A Dederick's Perpet-
___. ual Hay Press, capable of baling, with horse
or steam power, 10 to 12 tons of hay per day. The
— - * T>ta   A*an«'i   Hmo
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fully occupied with other business,favor&bleterms
will be made. Address IUDLANA FARMKB,-.-
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chickens, worth, per trio, $14. I will exchange for bees. One trio for a swarm ln good
condition.  B. B. DORSEY, Indianapolis.
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ICK, 36 East Market St, Indl-
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\J breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester white and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest,
new breeder's manual, elegantly Illustrated and
giving full deecrtutlon ofthe different breeds. Price
25 cents. Seed 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 M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mail.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BUBPEE & CO.,
333 Church street. Philadelphia. Pa. 88-ly
Large Shipments of Cattle.
The export trade in beef cattle at New
York ia rapidly increasing.   The largest
shipment ever made from that port waa
"on Wednesday of last week, when 600 head
were sent to London.   These were shipped
alive.   Our beef trade abroad is constantly
increasing,, a good note for our western
farmers.
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Jersey Reds.
Can you give me the addresa of some of
the men that raised those heavy Jersey
Beds, spoken of in this week's paper? I
got a sow a year ago last fall, from Clark
Pettit, of New Jersey, and she was small
and ugly; small, bony and light in the
hams. If they have red hogs that attain
the weights spoken of in the paper, Clark
Pettit is a swindle, for there were fifty
bought in this county and they are not
large nor nice. The sow I got only raise-
three pigs, and was as near the build of
an old ground hog as I could tell you.
If you can get the addresa of Harrison or
Southard, or some other man that raisad
such big hogs, we would like to have it.
The Farmer is a very welcome visitor
. at our houae. C. L. Lucas.
Kosciusko Co., June 25.
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Feeding Value of Corn and Oats.
The results of erperiments that have
been made with some 10,000 horses of the
. cab company in Paris, and published by
the President of the company, M. Bixio,
adds to tiie testimony of the omnibus
company of that city last year, that the
substitution of maize for oats effects a
large economy, while effecting no diminution in the working power of the animal. The 10,000 cab horses have been
operated upon during a period of five
years, their feeding being regulated ac-
: cording to the most scientific principles,
' • and the no less important point attended
to—book-keeping. As compared with
the year 1872 a saving of 19 centimes—
nearly 4 sous per animal per day—was
effected in 1877, representing a total economy for the year, of 1,058,610 francs.
"English Woods."
.Editors Indiana Farmer:
La reply to Chas. Lowder, in No. 23, current
volume, I would say most
emphatically that I sever
heard of the expression,
"English Woods." and
that there is no such thing
—no intelligent breeder
of Short-horns has ever
used the expression, and it
has never been accepted
or even known among
them; further, that it is
not in the nature of things.
We might as well speak
of an English Indian. I
repeat what I said previously, as he asks me to,
that there is no Shorthorn but runs to obscurity
or what he defines as the
"Engliah Woods." His
'defii.ita'jn, as well as the
expression, is founded on
imagination, or at least,
if he ever-'heard it used,
it was by some person
who did not know what
he was talking about. If
a "few crosses5' in a pedigree make the "English
Woods," then I should
like to know how many
are a "few." I find so
many of our early Shorthorns, as recorded in the
English Herd Book with
only a "few" croases and
many of them even with
only one cross—a sire—
others, including such bulla as Hubback I
(819), Favorite (252) and many others,!
with only a name and No., that I am
puzzled to know what a "few" means.
Further, I will say that all our Shorthorns trace to animals like situated. If
it should be otherwise where are the
young Marys? Where is Breastplate?
Infect where are any well bred Short-
' hor**;.; Ttie fact is we got our pa-rant
stock from England. The breed originated there and we have always been
willing to accept aa pure bred Shorthorns what the English breedera class as
sucb. If Mr. Lowder's statement was
made the rule I nay, without fear of successful contradiction, that we have no
pure bred Short-horns.
In relation to "well bred Seventeens"
I will explain what was meant, in a very
few words. "Carefully bred" will perhaps cover the explanation to that
and Red Roses, Carolines, etc., etc.
The greatest detriment ever known
against the "Seventeens," is that there
have been throughout the country a lot
of fraudulent pedigrees put upon animals they did not belong to, and sold by
peddling cattle traders to unsuspecting
purchasers. The disoovery of these
frauds has injured the "Seventeens"
more than all the .sneers anyone might
make at them. I began thia correspondence not to correct anj thing I was pecuniarily interested in, but to set matters
straight that I thought would be detrimental to let go without correction. I
have accomplished all at first intended,
and therefore have nothing further to
offer on the subject. "H."
June 28th.
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• GAZELLE.
Owned by J. P. _r_M_R A SON, Breeders of Short-Horn Cattle, Ashby's Mills, Montgomery Co., Indiana, 1877.
ability to make long journeys at a quick I
pace with a heavy load, and from their de- J
scendants in this country, out of well*
■-.'■'' American Prospects Abroad.        I
Poor Harvest ln England—Russia will
need all It prodnees tbls Tear—America, tbe chief Reliance for Bread—
English Trade Declining —America
Looms V7 p. 	
One of our New York cotemporaries
., .   ,.bj»,* very interesting letter from one of
Cljdesdaleis also giving us a foundation"^ --^      jg-^ m -England,tar-rrutcti
bred mares, we may reasonably expect' to
produce, by a proper course of' breeding
hereafter, another type of horse for which
the demand is active, and the supply very S
light—good, stylish, high stepping, large
coach  or  park horses.   The use of the
of much the same sort, upon which we
can build, with large, stylish thoroughbred,
and well bred -trotting stallions of good
size and style, with certain profit.
Breeding for speed alone is at best an
uncertain business; and when to this uncertainty we add the expenses of training,
the chances of profit are so slight, that we
would not advise any general farmer to
engage in the business, either with trotting or running horses. As an amusement
or recreation for gentlemen of wealth and
leisure, it is most fascinating; but those who
have found it a remunerative business are
scarcer than 2:20 trotters. On the contrary, those who breed large, stout, and
well-formed draft, or active, stylish, good-
stepping coach or park horses, invariably
find a ready sale, at good prices, and this
demand must be a permanent one.—National Live Stock Journal.
Mr. George Jackson, manager of the
dairy farm of F. M. Churchman, of this
city, has recently gone to Europe for the
purpose of purchasing several head of
Alderney cattle to add to the already ex-
. cellentherd of Beech Grove Farm.   The
imported cattle together with several se-
(lections from the present herd will be
Lexhibited at the next State Fair.
The Texas Cattle Plague.
The Spanish fever, or Texas cattle
plague, is a disease peculiar to the cattle
breed of Texas and Spain. The symptoms
of the malady are very similar to the rinderpest, or cattle plague of Europe, and
the results have proved to be equally as fatal. The symptoms are a dull, stupid,
stiff appearance, an inclination to separate
from the herd, drooping ofthe head, disin^
clination to eat, trembling, cramping, staggering, falling, and, in some cases, compression of the jaws; some become perfectly
blind. The best preventive measures are
complete isolation. The diseased and
healthy stock should be kept wide apart,
All dead animals should be immediately
burned or buried deep in the gronnd. Disinfectants should be freely used, both internally and externally. The chloride of
lime, carbolic acid, permanganate of potash, etc., are said to be excellent remedies.
Pigs with Solid Hoofs, and Pigs that
are not Pigs.
In Texas there are pigs whose hoofs are
not divided like those of ordinary pigs.but
are each in one solid piece.
If this is true, it ia a strange thing; but
here's something that seems even stranger
still :
The Guinea-pig is not a pig, and there
are no Guinea pigs in Guinea. However,
tnere are plenty in Guiana, and, as the
names of these places are very much
alike, perhaps people got mixed in calling them. The places are far enough
apart, though; but this you can see by
your maps.
At any rate, the Guinea-pig ia a soit of
cousin to the squirrel and rabbit, and is
fond of potato and apple peelings, carrot-
tops, parsley, and cabbage; but he likes
best, the leaves from the tea-pot.—"Jack-
in-the-Pulpit," St, Nicholas for July.
Future ofthe Draft Horse Business.
Breedera of draft horses have every reason to feel encouraged. There has never
been a time when good, heavy horses were
in greater demand than at present; and
the pricea which such horses now command
are very little, if anything, below those of
five years ago. *
Notwithstanding the extensive importations of draft stallions from France and
Great Britain to the United States during
the past ten years, the supply of large,
well-formed draft horses in this country ia
still below the demand; for aa the supply
increases, the demand grows apace; and
little horses, unless they possess exceptional speed, are correspondingly neglected.
We are satisfied that the increased size,
which must inevitably result from the extensive use of these imported stallions in
the West, cannot fail to have a beneficial
effect upon other horses than those especially used for draft. Many of the stalhona
imported from France show unmistakable
indications of possessing a large share of
the Percheron blood, once so famous for
Many instances are given of cattle diseases being carried from farm to farm by
rats. After devouring any possible remains of the diseased cattle after the
slaughter, they are known to desert the
stricken farm in a body for another, where
there is at the time an abundance of food.
Is it not reasonable to suppose they would
carry the contagion with tbem, and thus
introduce them into perfectly healthy
sheds?
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Sows and Pigs.—A correspondent of
the Ohio Farmer writes: "Yeara ago, I
was told by a young Scotchman, that if I
would feed plenty of sulphur for several days previous to the farrowing time,
as well as occasionally afterwards, I would
have no trouble. In an experience of 15
years I have found it to work to a charm."
 a   am   a      —'■	
Some idea ofthe immense slaughter of buffaloes on the staked plains of Texas, may be
obtained from the fact that 600,000 pounds of
buffalo hides were recently shipped from Fort
Worth, and this was the product of only a
portion of the winter's slaughter.
Safe Traveiing.—When you travel, and
can have choice of routes, always choose the
safest route. Some lines maim, kill and cremate passengers with more facility tban other
lines. When you go West, we advise you to
take the Vandalia Short Line. The Vandalia
is one of the best and most carefully managed
railways in the world. Millions of people
have been transported over this 'Model Bail-
way," withont the loss ofa single life.
is notes the marked advance in American
trade abroad, which promises a bright
future for this country. We reproduce
the following extract:
We no longer read in the Times, city
article,! that England cannot possibly
suffer from foreign competition. American calicoes are in every dry goods store
—American iron is being used on English railroads. The change seems incredible, but I have looked very carefully
into the facts, and there cannot be a moment's doubt with regard to them. The
Trade Retprns for May, which were only
issued yesterday, disclose a startling state
of affairs—Btartting,that is to all who have
an eye for facts, and attach more importance to them than to theories. The exports again show a falling off of over 7J
per cent. In all departments of the cotton and iron trade we sell lees and less to
former customers. The writer of the
Times city articles is now fairly scared.
Speaking of iron and steel manufacturers, he says: "At present it is a trade,
which must mean loss, and perhaps ruin
in the long run, to important sections of
the community, for it is a trade carried
on at an obvious loss." Now, when this
very result was foretold not long ago, in
your own columns and those cf one of
your London cotemporaries, the Times,
Mr. Giffin and other political writers
treated it as a mere display of stupidity
and ignorance. I must say that I wish
it had been that and nothing more, for it
is not pleasant to see a national trade falling into decay.
WHAT OF THIS?
But what has all this got to do with
American readers, aome one may say ? A
good deal. In the first place it is America
—(I hope Mr. Grant White will allow me
to use the word—I do not know of a
handier one) which is the most active
and most-successful competitor of England in her present markets. Then,
again, America not only. takes away
England'a foreign customers, but is underselling her at her own doors—in London, Liverpool and every large town.
While thus cutting her commercial
resources down, she (America) grows
harvests which no other country is able
to produce and which England is obliged
to buy. Thia year, I understand, you
will have a very fine harvest. I can only
pay that it
Wl__ BE WASTED IN EUROPE.
Russia has net grown much more grain
than she wants, and the yield here will
be comparatively small. Europe must go
across the Atlantic for what she needs to
make up her deficient Bupply of food.
And then recollect that it is not for grain
only that England now comes with money
in her hand to the .United States ports.
The sale of American beef is simply enormous, considering that even when I
left New York in 1876, the trade was
almost, if not quite, unknown. And now
we pay something like $20,000,000 a year
for. American bee^ and the business is
constantly increasing. So that the for
"staff of life," and a large proportion of
meat consumed, this country must now
depend very largely on the United States.
These are tne facts, draw from them what
conclusion you will. There is one conclusion which I should feel disposed to
draw—namely, that this state of affairs
must inevitably restore your long lost
prosperity. It is an ill wind that blows
no one any good. Foreign capital must
necessarily pour into the country, making up, in a large measure, for the losses
ofthe last few years, and infusing new
life and energy into all departments of
trade.   This ia as certain as that the sun
-Vlll * risa   trr._—-!**••*_**_ —_« .^rGGfrvtxrjr, nf.
trade in America does not depend upon
accident or artificial causes, but is being
produced by fixed laws—for ihere are
such things in connection with the commercial as well as the physical world,
although they are not by any means
what the physical economist supposes
them to be.
Letter firom Jefferson Co.
Mt. Typo Fabm, June 28.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Thinking a few lines from thia neighborhood would be of interest to the many
readers of your valuable paper, I thought
I would endeavor to give you a few
items:
"__. Wheat harvest is about over in this
locality ai.d the yield appears to be satisfactory to most of our farmers, although
the fly and rust threatened to cut the
crop .short. Some fields have been broken up and put in corn since the wheat
was cut, while some have been put in
Hungarian grass. The peach and apple
crojs promise well; in fact some of the
peach growers have commenced picking
from the early varieties. C6m is doing
fine, except in some of the fields where
the moles and blackbirds have been operating on it The birds especially haye
been very annoying in the river bottoms.
Mr. A. G.Thomas, one of my neighbors,
has a three-quarters Jersey cow that
came in fresh at the age of 14 months
and 12 days, and will come in again before she is two years of sge. She turned
out forty-five Ita of milk and three lbs of
butter in five days. This is the youngest
cow I ever knew of. Considering her
age, I Bhould say she has done well.
Sometime since I saw an inquiry in
your paper in regard to planting potatoes
in the light of the moon, in reply to
which I am prepared to say tliat it does
not make any difference whatever. I
tested the matter last year to my own satisfaction. Seme of my neighbors laughed
at me for planting in the light of the
moon, saying I would have plenty of tops
but no potatoes; but when tney were dug
in the fall they tur_ed out better than
those of my neighbors who did the laughing,   Plant your potatoes, in the riglk v ,
h.lLttl-\JsT    -glUUuU    W-a—l    p,t.'-J~ *a*aa^_' '-tw-r^t.
attention and the yieid will beBatisfac- ■■"*
tory. Typo.
Jefferson Co.
PEqSPEEITY MUST OOME.
My American friends whom I see over
here do not, indeed, tell me of any great
improvement yet, but how can it fail to
come when you have suddenly enlarged
the circle of your customers so as to include half the earth 1 Your cottons sell
better than ours in India, China, Australia and New Zealand. We must come
to you for grain and meat. Your iron
trade grows year by year. When people
say, "Business is picking up in Wall
street," I do not care much about it, one
way or the other. But a nation which is
constantly improving the great staples of
universal trade is building on very solid
foundations. It iB a very different thing
from bolstering_ up a rotten trade by
means of inflation or speculation. The
only peril which seems to me to threaten
the future of American trade is the unsettled character of legislation affecting
tariffs, government loans and other matters which affect the prosperity or credit
of a people. This is a subject, however,
on which I cannot, as a mere correspondent in a distant city, be expected to
touch.
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Indiana Patents.
>1
PREMIUMS RECEIVED.
List of patents issued to citizens of
the State of Indiana, June 13th, 1878
and each' bearing date June 4th, 1878.
Furnished this paper by C. Bradford,
Solicitor of patents, 18 Hubbard Block,
Indianapolis, Ind., of whom copies and
information may be obtained.,
No. 204,483. To John G. Cunningham,
of Kentland, for Improvement in Sandals.
No. 204,488. To George W. Grimes, of
Bluflton, for Improvement in Combined
Drill and Planter.
Fo. 204,490. To Stephen W. Moore, of
Etna, for Improvement in Gates.
No. 204,501. To Eli Murray, of Rushville, for Improvement in Harrows.
No. 204,508. To Wm. S. Shirk, of Anderson, for Improvement in Actuating
Mechanism for Calandar Blocks.
No. 204,539. To George F. Cooper, of
New Albany, for Improvement in Fine-
cut Tobacco Machine.
No. 204,573. To Chas. B Hitchcock, of
Indianapolis, for Improvement in Tilting
Chairs.
No. 204,582. To Samuel Kreiter, of Silver Lake, for Improvements in Churns.
No. 204,631. To James W. Stevenson.
of Richmond, for Improvement in Gates,
No. 204,644. To Joseph G. Whittier,
of Atica, for Improvement in Metallic
Shank Stifleners for Boots and Shoes.
Will some reader of the Farmeb please
tell me who are the proprietors ofthe Muncie nursery; and also what are the qualities of the Foster and Alexander peaches.
Will they stand the winter? Wheat in
this county is good, corn all well tended
and growing fine. Apples plenty, no
peaches. D. F.
Philadelphia, Hancock Co., June 20.
No. 9.—I have received the Poland China pig given by Parnell Bros., of Waterloo,
for premium No. 9, and am well pleased
with him. Judging from the pi-g that I
received I think that parties wishing Poland Chinas could not do better than' to
order of this firm. Many thanks to them.
T. O. Phelps. ,
Henry Co, ^
No. 25.—I wish to announce the receipt
of premium No. 25, a Poland China pig,
from Mr. Lloyd Mugg, Center, Howard
county. In company with two of my
neighbors we visited Mr. Mugg and had a
look at his hogs, and thought them as fine
aa any we ever saw. We especially admired bis large Black Bess sows, and Black
Hawk and Perfection boars. Mr. Mugg
gave na the choice of all his pigs. We can
cheerfully recommend Mr. Mugg to any
desiring to purchase thoroughbred Poland
China pigs, of which he has about thirty
ready to ship. Many thanks to the Fabmeb
Co., Mr. Mugg and the subscribers, who
, enabled me to procure so fine a premium.
Adam Foust.
Mount Zion, Wella Co., June 20.
No. 27.—I have received from Magee
Bros.,of Otterbein, Benton county, a very
fine Poland China pig.   It is pronounced
by all who have Been it A No. 1.   It is a
good recommendation to them as first
class   breeders.   Any  one wishing first
class stock will do well to patronize them.
They have my sincere thanks for giving
eo valuable a premium; also the friends
that gave me their names for the Fabmeb.
W. A. Ellis.
Hendricks Co., June 28.
No.  37.—I received my premium, a
Berkshire pig, offered by M. Ran Beuoy,
of Wheeling, Delaware Co.   I think the
pig is as fine a Berkshire ss I ever saw.
Mr. Beuoy informed me that he has
plenty more as good as the cne he sent
me, and I think that persons wishing
stock, could not do better than to purchase of him.   I thank the subscribers
who gave me their names to prccure my
premium, and I hope ttey will be profited by reading the Fabmeb, and subscribe
again in ;79, aleo thanks to Mr. Beuoy
and the Fabmeb Co.     G. A. Stantos. __\
Greenwood, Johnson Co.
No. 99.—The strawberry plants from A.
C. Harvey to Madison Grange, No. 796,
came to hand in  due time and in good
shape.   Many thanks to Mr. Harvey and
the lUDIASA FA-MEB,    W.P. Wimmzk,   •
In behalf of the Grange. v .*» •"!
No. 119.—The pair of White Cochins
from B. Glover was received in good shape.
Of course I feel under many obligations to
Mr. Glover, the Fabmeb and the subecri-.
bers for this valuable premium.
W. P. WlMMEB-i
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