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■^®^^^H^ Vol. xni. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 17,18^8. % No. 33. FOB IALI. •TJIOB SA_B OB TRAUE lj 5 years old. For pr jSixms, Nobleavllle, Ind. A No. •articulars 1 young Jack, address A. if. 3 00,000 acres best farming lands in Wisconsin for sale. Send for price and descriptive list 8. A. YLOR, Dob'oston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin. TJIOR SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Boderlck" So. Jj 1732; 3 yeans old; sure breeder and from a good butter famJly. Price 1150 00. A. L. & W. C DAVIS, Dublin, Ind. FOB BALE—The Farm Begister and Account- Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao- ._a. -_.._ - ■-^ each. AddressINDIANAFAE- Book. Complete method of ki counts. Price, tl.00 eacl MEB CO., Indianapolis, itO— BALE—The largest stock of salt calcined Eons* plaster, land plaster and cement. The only bouse that keeps these goods always on hand, at lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis. tj.O_ 8A.__-CHIC_EN3—Havini sncceetfully fsncceeHuuy am prepared to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at 85.00 per trio. E. G. BAGLEY, Sunny Hill Poultry Yards, Indianapolis * - i/li/H SAlaK—I have a flne lot of Poland-China _D pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity, representing the Black Tom of Bees famillee, at reasonable prices. WILLT. EVANS, Bomney, Tippecanoe Co.. Ini. FOK BALE—FARM ENGINES—Two good second-hand portable engines; also new engines, separators, etc., of all sizes. Address ROBINSON & CO., Proprietors Robinson Machine Works, Bichmond, Ind. EOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs, now ready to ship; sired by my flne young Perfection boar.and from as good s.ws as there are ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none better. F. M. PITZEK. Kokomo, Ind. I have over 200 fine, healthy chicks, ready for sale now. Light and Dark Brahmas and Silver Duck Wing Bantams at prices to snit the times. Send stamp or postal for reply. Sunny Hill Poultry Yards, Indianapolis. Office address: E G. BAGLEY, 19 South Delaware street. EOR SALE—Two Le!cest"r rams odo year old and eight Leicester ram lambs, boxed and delivered at railroad station, at I'O each. BuU calves, six to eighteen months old, the get of Star Duke 2d 21.903 and Oakland Dnke 24.153 at (50 to S76 each. J. T. WILLIAMSON & SON, 1 horntown, Ind. VAKI1D. WANTED TO EXCHANGE—A trio of gocd Dark Brahma fowlB, and a pair of Berkshire pigs for a quiet milch cow-. E. G. BAGLEY, IndlanapoUs. . WANTED- Good, reliable agents. Liberal Inducements and good territory offered. Call or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21 and 21 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and By-laws sent free upon application. MISC___AN-0_S. c C. BTJKGE8S, Dentist. Office in room 4, Va c Jen's Exchange Block.N. Penn. St T-tf. TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms. J. H. HABDEBECK. 33 E_tMarkei. St, Ipdl- anapolis. MONEY TO LOAN-Sums ot »300Jo_S3.0qo_on improved farms, BU VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind. improved farms. RCDDELL, WALCOTT & WANTED—To trade new and second hand farm and sprirg wagons, buggies or carriages for a pair of good work horses or mules. G. H. SHOVES, 171E. Maiket street, Indianapolis. CJTB—YED from the' undersigned on the 4th of O Jnly laft, a dark bay horse l6 hands high, one hind foot white, a little crippled ln the right fore foct. A liberal reward will be given for return ot horse at 78Ntwman St.. Indianapolis CC. Fbitschk. plague. Bat we cannot quite agree with Mr. H. that he ought to give it up so. Preventives and remedies will be found for those diseases in swine, that go by the name of hog cholera, just as they have been found to counteract similar diseases in man. A good, careful breeder of experience, like our friend, should not give up a profitable business which he has learned by years of study and watchful care, without thoroughly satisfying himself that the disease that has] just now ruined his herd ia absolutely unpreven- table and beyond the reach of medical skill. This we think he cannot say. We know of a herd near this city that was attacked by the "cholera," in which the lungs, heart and kidneys were affected in different cases, and where fine animals of all'ages were dying daily, which was saved by the efforts of a competent medical man, in a few days. After he undertook the treatment of the herd, only one hog was lost. In a short time all the sick had recovered. He made a careful examination of each case, and prescribed for each according to symptoms, and put the entire herd on a change of diet and under a course of preventive treatment. We doubt very much if Mr. H. adopted this course with -his hogs, and unless he did so, we do not think he ia justified in pronouncing the diseases of swine incurable, nnder skillful medical treatment. It is nonsense to claim that any one remedy will cure all the diseased of swine, tbat go by the name of hog cholera, but there are specific remedies that will reach each 'part affected by the blood poison, if applied in due time, and there ia a course of treatment, whicii will yet be made known, for preventing the poison from generating in the system. Our old and reliable swine breeders must not become disheartened ,and abandon the most profitable branch of the farming business, to the inexperienced and unprincipled upstarts who would surely step in to fill their places. a » e ■ Hog Cholera Commission. *J$g*8S ^4?1_ THE HANLOVE NEIaF-OPENING GATE-Manufactured by J. _. ManloTe^BentonvllIe, Ind. the' Hereford. There is no doubt that had the Bhort-horn judges been of suffi- FABM FOB BENT—152 acres; 110 in cnltivation, balance blue grass pasture, lasting stock water, good honse and barn, 200 apple and other small fruit trees; nearly all black, rich loam, completely underdrained, on a pike 2 miles east of Zionsville, and 11 miles north of city. Want cash rent. M, ABBUCKLE, 71 East Market street, Indianapolis. A BEMEDY WELL TESTED—The Hog Cholera is again beginning to prevail ln many localities. If farmers and hog-raisers will Bend me a 3c. stamp, I will, by return of mail, send them a valuable document on the prevention and cure of the disease. The information they will get from the document will be valuable to them in dollars. Address S. IC HOSHODB, Indianapolis, Ind eow DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce om choice breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all -- ■ oulti ages. itry; flne Also sheep, cattle, and fancy pou new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated 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 M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BTJBFEE & CO., 223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. * 88-ly "■^■—^R*^———— STOOK NOTES. An individual hailing from Clayton, Hendricks county, has been selling a hog cholera remedy to farmers in this, Marion, county. So far as we have been able to learn, the remedy has effected no cures, nor has it prevented the spread of disease among herds where it has been used. It is evidently not an infallible preparation. . * • > Going Oat of the Business. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: Camden, August 7. I wish to announce to the farmers and the public in general, that I shall retire from the hog breeding business. My fine herd of Berkshires has been swept away by the terrible scourge*'hog cholera" (so called). The prevailing symptoms of the disease is constipation. But one, so far, has recovered. Some drop dead, others linger four or five days before dying. Every precaution necessary-to their health was attended to, except dosing with nostrums. Those that I wes fitting up for the fairs died first. My loss will amount to three hundred dollars and upward. I shall risk but little money in hogs hereafter. James Haslet. We sympathize sincerely with friend Haslet in his losses, and under the circumstances are not greatly surprised at his determination. No one bi)t he who has had the experience can realize the discouragement' that overwhelms a breeder at seeing his entire herd of thor- | oughbred and carefully tended swine •j suddenly swept away by a mysterious ___z To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I have noticed two items going the rounds; one to the effect that Congress has appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of investigating -hog cholera and devising a remedy therefor, and the second that the United States Commissioner of Agriculture has appointed a committee for that purpose. Now, it seems to me that such an action on the part of Congress was unwarranted in the premises, because wholly unnecessary and not within its province. If Congress has constituted itself into a board of sanatarists, why not apply their researches to man as well as the much diseased ho^? His diseases are truly as complicated and as little understood, and in view of the fact this pseudo investigation seems ridiculous, and it is, therefore, to be inferred tbat either the hog has more representatives in Congress than man, or else this whole scheme was lobbied through for some one's especial benefit; and that this latter is most probably the case the facts I which I will subsequently state seem to indicate. The causes of this disease are sufficiently well known to indicate the remedies required, and I am cognizant of at least one, which if faithfully administered, wculd greatly mitigate the ravages of this scourge. In the first place it is well known to scientific men that the disease is of scrofulous origin, and that scrofula has so long run its course among swine as to make itself almost inherent among the species, spreading its concomitant evils not only among swine, bnt also among men who have partaken of their meat as food. Now, during the process of feeding and the heating which this over-stimulation of adipose tissues creates, the predisposition to disease is greatly enhanced and tuberculous deposits are formed within the lungs, or some other organ, which in the lack of proper sanitary^ conditions, or under the influence of certain climatic changes, become impregnated, and the effervescence of disease sets in till the organ affected is entirely destroyed, rendering the hog ineurable. A remedy with such anti strumous qualities as will ward off the predisposition to this condition, and thus prevent the appearance of the disease is the great desideratum, and until breeders are educated to the necessity of giving a preventive, just so long will they sufier from the ravages of the so- called cholera; therefore, it would be just aa sensible for Congress to appropriate a large sum to investigate the cause of consumption and devise a remedyas to make tie same provision for hog cholera. But as a matter of fact is this commit- mittee, which will be junketing, around the country at the people's expense, more capable of determining this question than the thousands of scientific men who are at present engaged in investigating the subject? In my opinion the man whojbas a remedy that will accomplish the desired result, can be readily found without this useless squandering of government money. Furthermore, there are two circumstances in connection with this matter, which, to say the least, do not look favorable; first, I am told that not a single member of this committee is a regular veterinary surgeon; surely in a case of this kind they should be fully represented, and such flagrant neglect is an insult to the profession. Second, at least one of the committee, Dr. Albert Dunlop. of.Iosvb,.-W ji„1—«^ho]erai specific of his own which is now before'the public, and which he has extensively advertised; therefore, I hold that this fact renders him ineligible for such a position. And, by the way, I remember that this investigator was some time ago challenged through "your extensively read col-l umns to a test of his specific by Dr. Haas, I believe, who also has a specific. This challenge, I understand, was never accepted, and until it is, it seems to me that he is not a proper person to devise a remedy for this disease. W. C. Cooper, M. D. Indianapolis. - ciently numerical strength, they would •not only have prevented this Hereford triumph, but also that which followed when the best female hprned animal had tb be decided upon, for it went sadly against grain to award even such a heifer as Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora the 'championship over the Short-horn Diana; but it had to be done, and we think there were few outsiders who were not , thoroughly satisfied. These champion s 1 Swards were an unquestionable streak of ; \%ixt for 'the fancy,' and we may depend oi their not allowing such a thing to oo- car again if they can possibly help it. This, coming after Paris, is about as much tut tbey will.be able to bear with, patience. N\^-toQiU&b*a gliSi to scesweepstakesjudg-, ife. pf, this kind occur more frequently." '4$\-:'A^ ,:-..>. * • *■»'» . : *.-: f--\ . Preventing Hog Cholera. NEWS OF THE WEEK. State Hew*. Sales of Short-horns. Messrs. J. T. Williamson & Son, Thorntown, Ind., have sold since their last report Short-horns from the "Deer Lick Herd" asfollows: The red cow Bed Bose 2d, calved, May 24, 1870 by Mad Eiver Duke, 6982, and of Ked Bose, by Bed Jacket, 15,294, etc., to Oliver Gard, Middle Fork, Ind. The red cow Princess Athol, calved February 2, 1874, by Fairholme Duke of Athol, 13,244, out of Princess Maria, by Cambrian Prince, 6,507, etc., with red heifer calf at foot, by Oakland Duke, 24,153, and red bull Zenor, calved February 17, 1877, by Star Duke 2d, 24,- 903, out of Mabel 4th, by Excelsior 14,214 etc., to James Hague, Thorntown, Ind. . j>We spoke in a recent number of the importance of using preventives for the diseases of swine that are now becoming prevalent. Below we give the experience oja writer in an exchange, on this subject: ("While the cholera has been prevalent hi many neighborhoods, where preventives, such as copperas, turpentine, tar and sulphur have been used, and the pastures frequently changed, the disease has been generally controlled. My experience has been this: Before using turpentine and tar I lost, several times, nearly :my entire stock of hogs; since I have used these preventives, with sulphur, copperas and ashes mixed with salt, I have scarcely lost any, always checking the cholera in a few days. Take the usual feed of corn, shell it and put it into aivessel, pouring turpentine enough to thoroughly cover it; with a shovel take the corn out and put it in a basket, draining the turpentine into the vessel again. Continue the use of turpentine on corn until it ac's freely on the kidneys, then discontinue." Herefords and Short-Horns Prize Ring. in the We make the following extract from the report of "Mark Lane Express" on the Herefords and Short-horns, as shown at Bath and West of England show, at Oxford, in June, 1878: "One of the most attractive features of the open judging was the awarding of the Champion prizes given by the Oxfordshire Agricultural Association, and a great deal of interest centred in it. For the best Short-horn animal in the yard the award was given by the Short-horn judges, of whom there were but two—Mr, Drewry and Mr. Tindall—and the contest was between Mr. Linton's Sir Arthur Ingram and Mr. Marshe's heifer, Diana, and after some little time the bull took the prize card. To our mind, the white bull-calf, Prince Victor, was a better Short-horn than either of them. He would be a bold man who would stake his reputation on a calf, as it may cot realize the expectations formed of it, but taking the animals aa they stood, Dimply on merits actually possessed at the time, we thought the calf the beat, nor were we singular in that opinion. When the whole conclave of judges came into the ring to decide which was the best male horned animal in the yard, and here the Short-horn men were in a hopeless minority—cornered in a manner that does not often happen in a showyard. In vain Mr. Drewry contrasted the strong points of Sir Arthur Ingram with the weak ones of Mr. Roger*.' Hereford bull, Grateful; it waa all to no purpose, the rest could noi get away from the Hereford, whose wonderful rib and forehand was too much for the Short-horn, and a show of hands showed an overwhelming majority *., Eggs for Colts. Mr. Rowe Emery tells in the Maine Farmer how he raised a premium colt, after weaning time as follows: ''I took him to the stable Oct. 24,1877, and commenced to give him grain. I gave him one quart per day for the first month. I increased his oats each month so that in March I was giving him eight quarts per day. The third month I commenced to give him six eggs per day, two mixed with each feed. He weighed, Oct. 24,1877, 300 lbs. This morning, June 3,1878, he weighed 587 lbs., and stands 14 hands high. I took the eggs away from him the first day of April, and commenced to cut his oats down the first of May. I am now giving him four quarts of oats per day and all the grass he will eafe I keep him in a room ten feet square, cut his grass and give him halter exercise twice a day, and I now think he is growing faiter than ever before. He has consumed froni October 24, 1877, to June 1, 1878, 32 j*:bushels of oats, 45 dozen eggs, 3 bushels bf potatoes and 1,200 pounds of hay." Rattle Snake.—Will some one of thi-many readers of the Fabmer please ae ner through the same and tell where I ca: get the full history of the Rattle snake? f R. M. L. ■; telby Co., Aug. 5. t R. L. M. keeps a file of the Fabmeb he fhas a pretty complete history of the smie he is interested in, written by our regular contributor, Educator, if we are noipnistaken, though we do not remember •Hash number it appeared in. If he fails to f|id the article referred to, we will pub- li_|a sketch of the rattle snake for his t in next number.—Eds. persons afflicted with Kidnty Diseases, Pai^in the Back, ahd all Urinary Disease**, Diafctes, Gravel, Dropsy, or Nei voos Debility sho-Jd at once take Hem's Remedy. Ali | Disuses*of the Kidneys, Bladder and TJri- for I narj Organs, are cured by Hcht's Bemedy. ! i-- ■ : The hog cholera is reported very bad in Wabash county. More building is being done in Ligonierthis year than ever before. An anti-horse-stealing association has been organized In Rising Son. - Kosciusko county is expecting to hold the best fair in Northern Indiana. , I Bishop Chatard arrived at Vincennes' on Saturday, and was given a formal reception. It is expected that work on the narrow-gauge railroad will begin at Sullivan •SOOn/: - - t ■'; __ • ■ '^- ' 'I. •.,.-.*.. ivffiS^«_fo'_4S**i was-ified by* a cot-' listen on the O. and M, .road, near North Yemon, on the 10th inst. William Wolfe, of SoHivaD, who murdered a farm hand nearly a year, ago, has returned home and given hin_elf up to the authorities. Joseph Winesberger, a young man living near Fowler, was kicked in the breast by a horse a few days ago, from the effects of which he has since died. Harrison Vestal, of Shelby township, Jefferson ccunty, lost his right arm in a threshing machine last week. John Harris, a well known citizen and teamster of Noblesville, while attending to his team last Sunday, was kicked by his hone in the abdomen'and fatally injured. E. H. Wood, marshal of West Lebanon, was struck by a train on the Wabash railroad, at that place, on the .llth instant, and lost his left foot, and had his left arm dislocated. Elder Jones, of Indianapolis, laid the corner-stone ofthe Colored Methodist Church, at Greencastle, laat Sabbath. _. man named Carr, owning 240 acres on Walnut Level, near Richmond, has refused $4,000 for the walnut timber on his land, because he would not know what to do with the money if he had it. A. gang of tramps, who threatened to rob the telegraph operator at the Jjmction, near Fort Wayne, on the 8th instant, were arrested by the Fort Wayne police and sent to jaiL Thomaa Hardman, of Brook rille, fell through a hatchway in J. W. Hutchinson _ Co.'s warehouse, at that place, on the 9th instant, and seriously, if not fa* ally, injured himself. An eight-year-old son of J. Brumbath, of Elkhart county, was fooling with a revolver, when it was accidentally discharged, the ball passing through the brain of the elder brother, killing him instantly. The banking house of Crim & Co., Anderson, was entered Saturday by two thieves, and while one engaged the attention of the cashier, the other stole five thousand dollars in currency. Two men have been arrested on suspicion, but the one with the money got away. While the Fort Wayne fire department was running to a fire, on the 8th inst., one of the horse-carts upset and badly injured the driver and demolished the cart. The horse was slightly hurt. Argus Dean, the famous fruit grower of Clarke county, is shipping over one hundred bushels of peaches every day. He has thirty men employed picking, packing and shipping north. A large barn, belonging to Osptain Martin M. Green, about.one mile north of Patriot> was burned Tuesday night. A large amonnt of grain was lost; also, three horses. Bamnel Beidler, a well-known citizen of Waterloo, while intoxicated, lay on the track of the Ft. W-, P. and fl, railroad, at that place, on the 7th inst, and went to sleep. The freight train rsn orer him and killed him instantly. The body was horribly | mutilated. Mr. Boom Cooper, a farmer living two mileo south of Bedford, was severely injured by a tree falling npon him on the evening of the 10th in-st. An effort is being made to organize a joint stock company to rebuild the Rude agricultural implement shops and foundry ln connection therewith, at Liberty, on a basis of $60,000. John Griffith, of DeKalb connty, gotdnmk at Kendallville, and lay down and went fo sleep on the railroad track. Six or seven trains passed down that way, and there waa scarcely enough John left for the coroner's jury to set on. Within a few days past coal traffic haa Improved greatly. The fear of a strike among the miners in Clay county is urging the dealers to stocking np with block coal before trouble begins. Jacob Strenman, a farmer, living In the western part of Noble township, Cass county, was fa! ally gond by a bull on the 7th inst. The beast gored him, and trampled him in the dust with his feet. A man giving his name as Charles Doherty, was thrown from the train near Fort Wayne, on the 7th inst., by the conductor, while trying to steal a ride. He suffered a broken arm. .A man by the name of Marion Conway, living near Marysville, jumped firom the care at that point, on the 8th inst., while the train. was nnder full headway, sustaining injuries fiom which he will die. Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Sutton, operators' In the Michigan Central ifflce at Battle Creek, Michigan, were sailing on Lake Goquao, near 8tillwell, with some other friends, on the 8th instant. By the mismanagement of the sails the beat capsized, drowning Mr. and Mra. Sutton. The bain of O. O. Heizer, dairyman, livjng I three miles east of this city on the National I road, vas burned on the 8th instant. Four horses, occupying a .portion of the stable, were burned to-Jeath. Loss, one thousand dollars. Knthville has become one of the most im- portant shipping points on the C, H. acd D. railroad line. For a month past fifteen to twenty cars bave been loaded per day there with grain for Cincinnati and other Eastern cities. Jonathan Pickering, a farmer of Henry county, started his team with a heavy load of flax, not noticing that his little five-year-old daughter had climbed upon the wheel. The child was crushed in the middle by the heavy wheel and instantly killed. John McMillan, a Veedersburg boy, while sitting in a chair at home last Sunday, startled the family by saying, "Well, father, I am going to die." He immediately laid down on the floor, and died before anything could be done for him. He had not complained of being ill, and was apparently in good health at the time. Two little beys, aged seven and five yea», sons of Fred. D. Yost, of Mishawaka, while playing, fell into the creek. Fearing awhip- ping if they wentTiome wet, they lay down on the railroad track to dry, and fell asleep. The express train came dashing along and struck them. One will die, but the other will recover. A vicious sow, the property of Levi Rutherford, a farmer residing near Rushville, attacked his little two-year-old child, Monday evening, and before it could be rescued the brute had inflicted terrible wounds upon diilerent parts of the body. The right arm was broken in two places, and the flesh stripped irom the limb in shreds. Oar Coin Balance. Curing the past month the premium on gold has been virtually at a standstill, and no good reason exists why it should not disappear. It is as easy for the Government to resume specie payment now as on January '1 next, the time fixed by law for the official act. Resumption is indeed accomplished, despite the formality of law. There are in the Treasury $161,343,914 in gold coin, and $1P,4-VJ,320 in gold notes, charged against coin on hand in the regular debt statements. Besides this there are i0,G99,439 in gold bullion, or in all $186,912,673, of which $167,443,353 are in actual gold, and the silver available for resumption amounts to $19,915,678. The Treasury therefore holds in coin and bullion $206,828,351, and the specie reserve is really over 40 per cent., which has been thought ample in Great Britain. Our financial position is therefore reassuring, and this is not less patent in the fact that our foreign indebtedness has become reduced by more than two hundred and twenty millions of dollars within the last five years.—American MaU. Cbab Apples.—Make a syrup, allowing the same weight of fc^gar as apples. Let it cool, then put in the apples, a few at a time so as to avoid crowding and breaking. Boil until they begin to break then take them out of the kettle. Boil the syrup in the course of three or four days and turn it while hot upon the apples, and this continue to do at intervals of two or three days until the apples appear to be thoroughly preserved. The contracts for furnishing station ery to the 'W next House of Repreeentati vts have just been awarded, amounting in the aggregate to about^ $60,000. I ii \1
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1878, v. 13, no. 33 (Aug. 17) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1333 |
Date of Original | 1878 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Transcript | ■^®^^^H^ Vol. xni. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 17,18^8. % No. 33. FOB IALI. •TJIOB SA_B OB TRAUE lj 5 years old. For pr jSixms, Nobleavllle, Ind. A No. •articulars 1 young Jack, address A. if. 3 00,000 acres best farming lands in Wisconsin for sale. Send for price and descriptive list 8. A. YLOR, Dob'oston, Oconto Co., Wisconsin. TJIOR SALE—Jersey Bull "Sir Boderlck" So. Jj 1732; 3 yeans old; sure breeder and from a good butter famJly. Price 1150 00. A. L. & W. C DAVIS, Dublin, Ind. FOB BALE—The Farm Begister and Account- Book. Complete method of keeping farm ao- ._a. -_.._ - ■-^ each. AddressINDIANAFAE- Book. Complete method of ki counts. Price, tl.00 eacl MEB CO., Indianapolis, itO— BALE—The largest stock of salt calcined Eons* plaster, land plaster and cement. The only bouse that keeps these goods always on hand, at lowest prices. ANDBEW WALLACE, Indianapolis. tj.O_ 8A.__-CHIC_EN3—Havini sncceetfully fsncceeHuuy am prepared to sell either Light or Dark Brahmas at 85.00 per trio. E. G. BAGLEY, Sunny Hill Poultry Yards, Indianapolis * - i/li/H SAlaK—I have a flne lot of Poland-China _D pigs now ready to ship, of undoubted purity, representing the Black Tom of Bees famillee, at reasonable prices. WILLT. EVANS, Bomney, Tippecanoe Co.. Ini. FOK BALE—FARM ENGINES—Two good second-hand portable engines; also new engines, separators, etc., of all sizes. Address ROBINSON & CO., Proprietors Robinson Machine Works, Bichmond, Ind. EOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland-China pigs, now ready to ship; sired by my flne young Perfection boar.and from as good s.ws as there are ln the State. Also a first-class show sow; none better. F. M. PITZEK. Kokomo, Ind. I have over 200 fine, healthy chicks, ready for sale now. Light and Dark Brahmas and Silver Duck Wing Bantams at prices to snit the times. Send stamp or postal for reply. Sunny Hill Poultry Yards, Indianapolis. Office address: E G. BAGLEY, 19 South Delaware street. EOR SALE—Two Le!cest"r rams odo year old and eight Leicester ram lambs, boxed and delivered at railroad station, at I'O each. BuU calves, six to eighteen months old, the get of Star Duke 2d 21.903 and Oakland Dnke 24.153 at (50 to S76 each. J. T. WILLIAMSON & SON, 1 horntown, Ind. VAKI1D. WANTED TO EXCHANGE—A trio of gocd Dark Brahma fowlB, and a pair of Berkshire pigs for a quiet milch cow-. E. G. BAGLEY, IndlanapoUs. . WANTED- Good, reliable agents. Liberal Inducements and good territory offered. Call or address INDUSTRIAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, 21 and 21 Hubbard's Block, Indianapolis. Bules and By-laws sent free upon application. MISC___AN-0_S. c C. BTJKGE8S, Dentist. Office in room 4, Va c Jen's Exchange Block.N. Penn. St T-tf. TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms. J. H. HABDEBECK. 33 E_tMarkei. St, Ipdl- anapolis. MONEY TO LOAN-Sums ot »300Jo_S3.0qo_on improved farms, BU VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind. improved farms. RCDDELL, WALCOTT & WANTED—To trade new and second hand farm and sprirg wagons, buggies or carriages for a pair of good work horses or mules. G. H. SHOVES, 171E. Maiket street, Indianapolis. CJTB—YED from the' undersigned on the 4th of O Jnly laft, a dark bay horse l6 hands high, one hind foot white, a little crippled ln the right fore foct. A liberal reward will be given for return ot horse at 78Ntwman St.. Indianapolis CC. Fbitschk. plague. Bat we cannot quite agree with Mr. H. that he ought to give it up so. Preventives and remedies will be found for those diseases in swine, that go by the name of hog cholera, just as they have been found to counteract similar diseases in man. A good, careful breeder of experience, like our friend, should not give up a profitable business which he has learned by years of study and watchful care, without thoroughly satisfying himself that the disease that has] just now ruined his herd ia absolutely unpreven- table and beyond the reach of medical skill. This we think he cannot say. We know of a herd near this city that was attacked by the "cholera," in which the lungs, heart and kidneys were affected in different cases, and where fine animals of all'ages were dying daily, which was saved by the efforts of a competent medical man, in a few days. After he undertook the treatment of the herd, only one hog was lost. In a short time all the sick had recovered. He made a careful examination of each case, and prescribed for each according to symptoms, and put the entire herd on a change of diet and under a course of preventive treatment. We doubt very much if Mr. H. adopted this course with -his hogs, and unless he did so, we do not think he ia justified in pronouncing the diseases of swine incurable, nnder skillful medical treatment. It is nonsense to claim that any one remedy will cure all the diseased of swine, tbat go by the name of hog cholera, but there are specific remedies that will reach each 'part affected by the blood poison, if applied in due time, and there ia a course of treatment, whicii will yet be made known, for preventing the poison from generating in the system. Our old and reliable swine breeders must not become disheartened ,and abandon the most profitable branch of the farming business, to the inexperienced and unprincipled upstarts who would surely step in to fill their places. a » e ■ Hog Cholera Commission. *J$g*8S ^4?1_ THE HANLOVE NEIaF-OPENING GATE-Manufactured by J. _. ManloTe^BentonvllIe, Ind. the' Hereford. There is no doubt that had the Bhort-horn judges been of suffi- FABM FOB BENT—152 acres; 110 in cnltivation, balance blue grass pasture, lasting stock water, good honse and barn, 200 apple and other small fruit trees; nearly all black, rich loam, completely underdrained, on a pike 2 miles east of Zionsville, and 11 miles north of city. Want cash rent. M, ABBUCKLE, 71 East Market street, Indianapolis. A BEMEDY WELL TESTED—The Hog Cholera is again beginning to prevail ln many localities. If farmers and hog-raisers will Bend me a 3c. stamp, I will, by return of mail, send them a valuable document on the prevention and cure of the disease. The information they will get from the document will be valuable to them in dollars. Address S. IC HOSHODB, Indianapolis, Ind eow DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce om choice breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all -- ■ oulti ages. itry; flne Also sheep, cattle, and fancy pou new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated 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 M.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BTJBFEE & CO., 223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. * 88-ly "■^■—^R*^———— STOOK NOTES. An individual hailing from Clayton, Hendricks county, has been selling a hog cholera remedy to farmers in this, Marion, county. So far as we have been able to learn, the remedy has effected no cures, nor has it prevented the spread of disease among herds where it has been used. It is evidently not an infallible preparation. . * • > Going Oat of the Business. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: Camden, August 7. I wish to announce to the farmers and the public in general, that I shall retire from the hog breeding business. My fine herd of Berkshires has been swept away by the terrible scourge*'hog cholera" (so called). The prevailing symptoms of the disease is constipation. But one, so far, has recovered. Some drop dead, others linger four or five days before dying. Every precaution necessary-to their health was attended to, except dosing with nostrums. Those that I wes fitting up for the fairs died first. My loss will amount to three hundred dollars and upward. I shall risk but little money in hogs hereafter. James Haslet. We sympathize sincerely with friend Haslet in his losses, and under the circumstances are not greatly surprised at his determination. No one bi)t he who has had the experience can realize the discouragement' that overwhelms a breeder at seeing his entire herd of thor- | oughbred and carefully tended swine •j suddenly swept away by a mysterious ___z To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I have noticed two items going the rounds; one to the effect that Congress has appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of investigating -hog cholera and devising a remedy therefor, and the second that the United States Commissioner of Agriculture has appointed a committee for that purpose. Now, it seems to me that such an action on the part of Congress was unwarranted in the premises, because wholly unnecessary and not within its province. If Congress has constituted itself into a board of sanatarists, why not apply their researches to man as well as the much diseased ho^? His diseases are truly as complicated and as little understood, and in view of the fact this pseudo investigation seems ridiculous, and it is, therefore, to be inferred tbat either the hog has more representatives in Congress than man, or else this whole scheme was lobbied through for some one's especial benefit; and that this latter is most probably the case the facts I which I will subsequently state seem to indicate. The causes of this disease are sufficiently well known to indicate the remedies required, and I am cognizant of at least one, which if faithfully administered, wculd greatly mitigate the ravages of this scourge. In the first place it is well known to scientific men that the disease is of scrofulous origin, and that scrofula has so long run its course among swine as to make itself almost inherent among the species, spreading its concomitant evils not only among swine, bnt also among men who have partaken of their meat as food. Now, during the process of feeding and the heating which this over-stimulation of adipose tissues creates, the predisposition to disease is greatly enhanced and tuberculous deposits are formed within the lungs, or some other organ, which in the lack of proper sanitary^ conditions, or under the influence of certain climatic changes, become impregnated, and the effervescence of disease sets in till the organ affected is entirely destroyed, rendering the hog ineurable. A remedy with such anti strumous qualities as will ward off the predisposition to this condition, and thus prevent the appearance of the disease is the great desideratum, and until breeders are educated to the necessity of giving a preventive, just so long will they sufier from the ravages of the so- called cholera; therefore, it would be just aa sensible for Congress to appropriate a large sum to investigate the cause of consumption and devise a remedyas to make tie same provision for hog cholera. But as a matter of fact is this commit- mittee, which will be junketing, around the country at the people's expense, more capable of determining this question than the thousands of scientific men who are at present engaged in investigating the subject? In my opinion the man whojbas a remedy that will accomplish the desired result, can be readily found without this useless squandering of government money. Furthermore, there are two circumstances in connection with this matter, which, to say the least, do not look favorable; first, I am told that not a single member of this committee is a regular veterinary surgeon; surely in a case of this kind they should be fully represented, and such flagrant neglect is an insult to the profession. Second, at least one of the committee, Dr. Albert Dunlop. of.Iosvb,.-W ji„1—«^ho]erai specific of his own which is now before'the public, and which he has extensively advertised; therefore, I hold that this fact renders him ineligible for such a position. And, by the way, I remember that this investigator was some time ago challenged through "your extensively read col-l umns to a test of his specific by Dr. Haas, I believe, who also has a specific. This challenge, I understand, was never accepted, and until it is, it seems to me that he is not a proper person to devise a remedy for this disease. W. C. Cooper, M. D. Indianapolis. - ciently numerical strength, they would •not only have prevented this Hereford triumph, but also that which followed when the best female hprned animal had tb be decided upon, for it went sadly against grain to award even such a heifer as Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora the 'championship over the Short-horn Diana; but it had to be done, and we think there were few outsiders who were not , thoroughly satisfied. These champion s 1 Swards were an unquestionable streak of ; \%ixt for 'the fancy,' and we may depend oi their not allowing such a thing to oo- car again if they can possibly help it. This, coming after Paris, is about as much tut tbey will.be able to bear with, patience. N\^-toQiU&b*a gliSi to scesweepstakesjudg-, ife. pf, this kind occur more frequently." '4$\-:'A^ ,:-..>. * • *■»'» . : *.-: f--\ . Preventing Hog Cholera. NEWS OF THE WEEK. State Hew*. Sales of Short-horns. Messrs. J. T. Williamson & Son, Thorntown, Ind., have sold since their last report Short-horns from the "Deer Lick Herd" asfollows: The red cow Bed Bose 2d, calved, May 24, 1870 by Mad Eiver Duke, 6982, and of Ked Bose, by Bed Jacket, 15,294, etc., to Oliver Gard, Middle Fork, Ind. The red cow Princess Athol, calved February 2, 1874, by Fairholme Duke of Athol, 13,244, out of Princess Maria, by Cambrian Prince, 6,507, etc., with red heifer calf at foot, by Oakland Duke, 24,153, and red bull Zenor, calved February 17, 1877, by Star Duke 2d, 24,- 903, out of Mabel 4th, by Excelsior 14,214 etc., to James Hague, Thorntown, Ind. . j>We spoke in a recent number of the importance of using preventives for the diseases of swine that are now becoming prevalent. Below we give the experience oja writer in an exchange, on this subject: ("While the cholera has been prevalent hi many neighborhoods, where preventives, such as copperas, turpentine, tar and sulphur have been used, and the pastures frequently changed, the disease has been generally controlled. My experience has been this: Before using turpentine and tar I lost, several times, nearly :my entire stock of hogs; since I have used these preventives, with sulphur, copperas and ashes mixed with salt, I have scarcely lost any, always checking the cholera in a few days. Take the usual feed of corn, shell it and put it into aivessel, pouring turpentine enough to thoroughly cover it; with a shovel take the corn out and put it in a basket, draining the turpentine into the vessel again. Continue the use of turpentine on corn until it ac's freely on the kidneys, then discontinue." Herefords and Short-Horns Prize Ring. in the We make the following extract from the report of "Mark Lane Express" on the Herefords and Short-horns, as shown at Bath and West of England show, at Oxford, in June, 1878: "One of the most attractive features of the open judging was the awarding of the Champion prizes given by the Oxfordshire Agricultural Association, and a great deal of interest centred in it. For the best Short-horn animal in the yard the award was given by the Short-horn judges, of whom there were but two—Mr, Drewry and Mr. Tindall—and the contest was between Mr. Linton's Sir Arthur Ingram and Mr. Marshe's heifer, Diana, and after some little time the bull took the prize card. To our mind, the white bull-calf, Prince Victor, was a better Short-horn than either of them. He would be a bold man who would stake his reputation on a calf, as it may cot realize the expectations formed of it, but taking the animals aa they stood, Dimply on merits actually possessed at the time, we thought the calf the beat, nor were we singular in that opinion. When the whole conclave of judges came into the ring to decide which was the best male horned animal in the yard, and here the Short-horn men were in a hopeless minority—cornered in a manner that does not often happen in a showyard. In vain Mr. Drewry contrasted the strong points of Sir Arthur Ingram with the weak ones of Mr. Roger*.' Hereford bull, Grateful; it waa all to no purpose, the rest could noi get away from the Hereford, whose wonderful rib and forehand was too much for the Short-horn, and a show of hands showed an overwhelming majority *., Eggs for Colts. Mr. Rowe Emery tells in the Maine Farmer how he raised a premium colt, after weaning time as follows: ''I took him to the stable Oct. 24,1877, and commenced to give him grain. I gave him one quart per day for the first month. I increased his oats each month so that in March I was giving him eight quarts per day. The third month I commenced to give him six eggs per day, two mixed with each feed. He weighed, Oct. 24,1877, 300 lbs. This morning, June 3,1878, he weighed 587 lbs., and stands 14 hands high. I took the eggs away from him the first day of April, and commenced to cut his oats down the first of May. I am now giving him four quarts of oats per day and all the grass he will eafe I keep him in a room ten feet square, cut his grass and give him halter exercise twice a day, and I now think he is growing faiter than ever before. He has consumed froni October 24, 1877, to June 1, 1878, 32 j*:bushels of oats, 45 dozen eggs, 3 bushels bf potatoes and 1,200 pounds of hay." Rattle Snake.—Will some one of thi-many readers of the Fabmer please ae ner through the same and tell where I ca: get the full history of the Rattle snake? f R. M. L. ■; telby Co., Aug. 5. t R. L. M. keeps a file of the Fabmeb he fhas a pretty complete history of the smie he is interested in, written by our regular contributor, Educator, if we are noipnistaken, though we do not remember •Hash number it appeared in. If he fails to f|id the article referred to, we will pub- li_|a sketch of the rattle snake for his t in next number.—Eds. persons afflicted with Kidnty Diseases, Pai^in the Back, ahd all Urinary Disease**, Diafctes, Gravel, Dropsy, or Nei voos Debility sho-Jd at once take Hem's Remedy. Ali | Disuses*of the Kidneys, Bladder and TJri- for I narj Organs, are cured by Hcht's Bemedy. ! i-- ■ : The hog cholera is reported very bad in Wabash county. More building is being done in Ligonierthis year than ever before. An anti-horse-stealing association has been organized In Rising Son. - Kosciusko county is expecting to hold the best fair in Northern Indiana. , I Bishop Chatard arrived at Vincennes' on Saturday, and was given a formal reception. It is expected that work on the narrow-gauge railroad will begin at Sullivan •SOOn/: - - t ■'; __ • ■ '^- ' 'I. •.,.-.*.. ivffiS^«_fo'_4S**i was-ified by* a cot-' listen on the O. and M, .road, near North Yemon, on the 10th inst. William Wolfe, of SoHivaD, who murdered a farm hand nearly a year, ago, has returned home and given hin_elf up to the authorities. Joseph Winesberger, a young man living near Fowler, was kicked in the breast by a horse a few days ago, from the effects of which he has since died. Harrison Vestal, of Shelby township, Jefferson ccunty, lost his right arm in a threshing machine last week. John Harris, a well known citizen and teamster of Noblesville, while attending to his team last Sunday, was kicked by his hone in the abdomen'and fatally injured. E. H. Wood, marshal of West Lebanon, was struck by a train on the Wabash railroad, at that place, on the .llth instant, and lost his left foot, and had his left arm dislocated. Elder Jones, of Indianapolis, laid the corner-stone ofthe Colored Methodist Church, at Greencastle, laat Sabbath. _. man named Carr, owning 240 acres on Walnut Level, near Richmond, has refused $4,000 for the walnut timber on his land, because he would not know what to do with the money if he had it. A. gang of tramps, who threatened to rob the telegraph operator at the Jjmction, near Fort Wayne, on the 8th instant, were arrested by the Fort Wayne police and sent to jaiL Thomaa Hardman, of Brook rille, fell through a hatchway in J. W. Hutchinson _ Co.'s warehouse, at that place, on the 9th instant, and seriously, if not fa* ally, injured himself. An eight-year-old son of J. Brumbath, of Elkhart county, was fooling with a revolver, when it was accidentally discharged, the ball passing through the brain of the elder brother, killing him instantly. The banking house of Crim & Co., Anderson, was entered Saturday by two thieves, and while one engaged the attention of the cashier, the other stole five thousand dollars in currency. Two men have been arrested on suspicion, but the one with the money got away. While the Fort Wayne fire department was running to a fire, on the 8th inst., one of the horse-carts upset and badly injured the driver and demolished the cart. The horse was slightly hurt. Argus Dean, the famous fruit grower of Clarke county, is shipping over one hundred bushels of peaches every day. He has thirty men employed picking, packing and shipping north. A large barn, belonging to Osptain Martin M. Green, about.one mile north of Patriot> was burned Tuesday night. A large amonnt of grain was lost; also, three horses. Bamnel Beidler, a well-known citizen of Waterloo, while intoxicated, lay on the track of the Ft. W-, P. and fl, railroad, at that place, on the 7th inst, and went to sleep. The freight train rsn orer him and killed him instantly. The body was horribly | mutilated. Mr. Boom Cooper, a farmer living two mileo south of Bedford, was severely injured by a tree falling npon him on the evening of the 10th in-st. An effort is being made to organize a joint stock company to rebuild the Rude agricultural implement shops and foundry ln connection therewith, at Liberty, on a basis of $60,000. John Griffith, of DeKalb connty, gotdnmk at Kendallville, and lay down and went fo sleep on the railroad track. Six or seven trains passed down that way, and there waa scarcely enough John left for the coroner's jury to set on. Within a few days past coal traffic haa Improved greatly. The fear of a strike among the miners in Clay county is urging the dealers to stocking np with block coal before trouble begins. Jacob Strenman, a farmer, living In the western part of Noble township, Cass county, was fa! ally gond by a bull on the 7th inst. The beast gored him, and trampled him in the dust with his feet. A man giving his name as Charles Doherty, was thrown from the train near Fort Wayne, on the 7th inst., by the conductor, while trying to steal a ride. He suffered a broken arm. .A man by the name of Marion Conway, living near Marysville, jumped firom the care at that point, on the 8th inst., while the train. was nnder full headway, sustaining injuries fiom which he will die. Mr. and Mrs. J, M. Sutton, operators' In the Michigan Central ifflce at Battle Creek, Michigan, were sailing on Lake Goquao, near 8tillwell, with some other friends, on the 8th instant. By the mismanagement of the sails the beat capsized, drowning Mr. and Mra. Sutton. The bain of O. O. Heizer, dairyman, livjng I three miles east of this city on the National I road, vas burned on the 8th instant. Four horses, occupying a .portion of the stable, were burned to-Jeath. Loss, one thousand dollars. Knthville has become one of the most im- portant shipping points on the C, H. acd D. railroad line. For a month past fifteen to twenty cars bave been loaded per day there with grain for Cincinnati and other Eastern cities. Jonathan Pickering, a farmer of Henry county, started his team with a heavy load of flax, not noticing that his little five-year-old daughter had climbed upon the wheel. The child was crushed in the middle by the heavy wheel and instantly killed. John McMillan, a Veedersburg boy, while sitting in a chair at home last Sunday, startled the family by saying, "Well, father, I am going to die." He immediately laid down on the floor, and died before anything could be done for him. He had not complained of being ill, and was apparently in good health at the time. Two little beys, aged seven and five yea», sons of Fred. D. Yost, of Mishawaka, while playing, fell into the creek. Fearing awhip- ping if they wentTiome wet, they lay down on the railroad track to dry, and fell asleep. The express train came dashing along and struck them. One will die, but the other will recover. A vicious sow, the property of Levi Rutherford, a farmer residing near Rushville, attacked his little two-year-old child, Monday evening, and before it could be rescued the brute had inflicted terrible wounds upon diilerent parts of the body. The right arm was broken in two places, and the flesh stripped irom the limb in shreds. Oar Coin Balance. Curing the past month the premium on gold has been virtually at a standstill, and no good reason exists why it should not disappear. It is as easy for the Government to resume specie payment now as on January '1 next, the time fixed by law for the official act. Resumption is indeed accomplished, despite the formality of law. There are in the Treasury $161,343,914 in gold coin, and $1P,4-VJ,320 in gold notes, charged against coin on hand in the regular debt statements. Besides this there are i0,G99,439 in gold bullion, or in all $186,912,673, of which $167,443,353 are in actual gold, and the silver available for resumption amounts to $19,915,678. The Treasury therefore holds in coin and bullion $206,828,351, and the specie reserve is really over 40 per cent., which has been thought ample in Great Britain. Our financial position is therefore reassuring, and this is not less patent in the fact that our foreign indebtedness has become reduced by more than two hundred and twenty millions of dollars within the last five years.—American MaU. Cbab Apples.—Make a syrup, allowing the same weight of fc^gar as apples. Let it cool, then put in the apples, a few at a time so as to avoid crowding and breaking. Boil until they begin to break then take them out of the kettle. Boil the syrup in the course of three or four days and turn it while hot upon the apples, and this continue to do at intervals of two or three days until the apples appear to be thoroughly preserved. The contracts for furnishing station ery to the 'W next House of Repreeentati vts have just been awarded, amounting in the aggregate to about^ $60,000. I ii \1 |
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