YOLu XIII.
IXDIAKAPOLIS, INDIANA, OCTOBEB 26, 1878.
FOB NAJaK.
A good two-seat, aecond hand carriage,
for »75. Call and see lt. O. II. SIIOVKK,
.st Market St., city.
FOIt SALE       .
glass doors, for $75.
the past week. Among those that, died
was my premium pig from the Farmeh
Company. I have three or more sick at
this writing, and several of my neighbors
have lost and are still losing their hogs
  -. ., _,      „   _,    from some fatal malady.   But few ever
FOR SAI.E-One3-year-_Id pure South Down lluck:   _„_„,„_ oJ!a__ a*u„„ „„» a,„l-    Tho Inaafmm
three 1-vear-old half South Sown Bucks; 3» Brown ! recover after they get SICK.   1 ne lOSS irom
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FOB SALE-Pekin Drakes
a few pairs at ft 60 per pal
TON, Petersburg, Pike county. Ind.
il 50 each.   Can spare
60 per pair.   JOSEPH la. BKEN
ghortl Cockerels: one Chamberlain  No. 4 Stump- I iiisea.SC to tho llOBS ill OUr COUIltV alone Will
*-"■   E-^-KTIS. Terre Haute, ind. _.    amount to thousands of dollars.     Our hog
FOK SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price *1 each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FOR KALE VERY CHEAP—100 head of pure Poland-China Pigs, bred from iirst-class premium
Also two tine yearling boars.  Send ior rrlces.
land-China Pigs, bred from iirst-class
stock.   Also two tine yearlln
A. JOHNSON, Clifton, Ohio.
FOR SALE—Three Short-horn Bulls, one two-year-
old and one yearling. "Young Marys," red with
some white. One yearling red of the Col. Sanders' imp.
DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH, Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind.
raisers have almost lost heart. They
have tried almost every remedy in vain;
even Dr. Haas' remedy seems of no avail
where the best of trials have been given.
W. D. Ward.
Kokomo, Oct.. 21.
FOR SA LE—Ten Black Bess Sow Pigs, three and a
half to live months old. The dam of tive of these
pigs is a niece to Shepherd & Alexander's famous old
Black Bess. Price reasonable. Address WILLIAM
BAKER, North Madison, Ind.      	
EOR S..LE—I have a few head of Jersey Bed pigs
now ready to ship, of undonhted purity, of both
sex, at reasonable prices. HARRIS SHEPPARD,
Spencer, Owen Co., Ind.
FORSALE—150Berkshires from my Imported herd.
Pigs weighing 40 to 100 pounds, HO; young sows
|15 to {•_>. They are as flne as the finest pedigreed
stock.   WM. II. FALL, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind.
WANTED.
WANTED—It known that Mrs. Rohrer's great
O-egon cure for Consupiption, Coughs, Colas,
Asthma, Dyspepsia, etc., ls fast gaining a reputation
unequaled by any other lung medicine in use. It is
vouched for by many well-known citizens of thLs city
and State, who have tried it satisfactorily. For sale
bv druggists. PreparedbyMRS.E.lt01lUF.R-_:CO.,
347 and 349 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind.
"TTTT"ANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
W   lounges for country produce.   "~ '~
setts Avenue, Indianapolis.	
No. 4.7*. Massachn-
W ANTED—Wood, potatoes, apples, butter and
other farm produce in exchange for dentistry.
C. C. BUROKSS. No. 4 Vajen's Exchange Block, city.
DTBATKD OK .STOI.K.V.
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TRAYED OB STOLEN—A dark, bay mare; black
. _ mane and tall; left hind foot white; small white
spot ln forehead; three years old; medium size for age;
shod before. A liberal reward will be given for return
of animal or information respecting same. Address
ELIZA J. NEIOER, Broad Ripple, Ind. -
MI.S<K*LI.A>K<>l'S.
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C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
.   Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
"Eugene Guyot, were entered in the cata- **as driven back and the gate closed; • but
logue as."Aberdeen-Angus." And what even then he would not go away, and
are Aberdeens? Neighbors, if you like, j t}ie first time after his arrival that a team
but still a cross. Remember that these j Went through he made a dash, squeezed
are the animals which have won the .through alongside of the other horse, and
champion prize, and then talk, if you! clattered away up the road, snorting
can, about the great principles of breed- NtSiumphantly as he went.   Mr. Wiggin,
TO LOAjST—Money
J. H. HAKDEBECK
dlanapolls.
to loan   oh  improved farms.
36 East Market street, In-
Ihave some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
correspondence from parties ln quest of them.   O.
W. ALEXANDER, 38 East Market St.    	
MONEY TO LOAN—Sums of 1300 to «3,000 on improved    fkrms.     RUDDELL.   WALCOTT   A
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
tytvt
The Terre Haute Poultry and Pet Stock
Association will hold an exhibition, offering premiums for nil kinds of pet stock,
commencing Monday Dec. 9th and continuing during the week. Tho first, second and half days for entries. Saturday
jjrUI.be a big auction and clefm_jro_day_.
Sir. ij. W.''Cha3v\*ick,"tlTe "secretary of
the association, writes hopefully of the
prospects of the exhibition.
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Extra Prizes aVr the FaVr Stock
Show.—We have not yet heard of any
of our Indiana swine breeders intending
to compete for premiums at the Chicago
Fat Stock Show, December 2d to 7th.
In addition to the regular premiums the
National Live Stock Journal Co., propose to give a silver cup, or plate, of the
value of $50 for the best fat hog of any
age or breed on exhibition. They also
ofler a $100 cup for the best beef animal,
an^ age or breed, and a $50 cup for tlie
best fat sheep. Such prizes will bring
out the best fat stock in the Western
country.   We trust that Indiana will be
represented in all the classes.
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Short-Horn Salo of John Comstock,
Liberty Mills.
From Henry Comstock, son of tlie proprietor, we have the following in reference to the sale wliich took place last
week:
The sale upon the whole is satisfactory.
There were 41-head sold including one
at private after the public sale, bringing
altogether the sum of $3,985, an average
of $97 per head all around, excepting six
of the young bulls, none have had any
groin since they were turned upon pasture in the spring. With undressed coats,
right ofl" pasture in the rough, they have
gone into the hands of many who, with
proper care, will add much to their appearance, and they in turn can but give
perfect satisfaction to those who'taught
them. All the stock were sold to parties
in the State, except Loudon Duke 112th,
which goes to Minnesota.
Henry Comstock.
For John Comstock.
The British Cattle at the Paris Exhibition.
Mr. M'Combie, at the meeting of the
Leochel-Cushnie   Agricultural    Association, said:    "As   you   have been kind
enough to allude to the late Paris International Exhibition, I may be allowed to
take this opportunity to make a few remarks for the first time   on that great
event.   It is gratifying to Sir George M.
Grant,   of   Ballindalloch,   Mr.   George
Bruce, and myself, too,'to have been able,
not only to maintain the credit of our
native breed of polled cattle at the late
International E.xhibition   in  Paris, but
that we have been able to place them at
the top of all other breeds, tath native
and foreign; that we have won the £100
prize for the best animals in the foreign
section, comprehending our Short-horns,
Herefords.  Devons, Sussex,  Aberdeens,
Angus ahd Galloways, Suffolks,   West
Highlanders, Alderneys, Ayrshires, Ker-
rys, Long-horns, Dutch, and others; and
we have won' the £100 prize,  likewise,
for the best beef-producing animal, over
all nations .of the world.   The winners
being the youngest group of the 30 or 40
in competition, a remarkable fact, this
fact ought to shut the mouths of those
who have talked so loudly and so long
against the early maturity of our breed
of native polled cattle.   Sir George M.
Grant's bull was a star of the first magnitude, and created a greater* sensation
than any other animal in the yard.   To
save him from being eaten up, as it were,
by the crowd, a guard of soldiers had to
be specially stationed behind him, and
regularly'relieved during the exhibition.
I heard 200 guineas voluntarily   offered
for him  without a price   being   asked.
But he was priceless, and money could
not buy him; and now, after six weeks'
weary  quarantine,   and    two  months'
absence from home, he is safe in his old
stall at Ballindalloch.   Mr. Bruce's first
prize cow was also one of the stars of the
yard.   Sir G. M. Grant, Mr. G. Bruce and
myself have strong claims on the gratitude of the breeders of polled cattle—on
your gratitude, my friends, as we sit here
in the verj* midst of the strongholds of
the polls—as, if it had not been for us, you
would not have heard of the polled cuttle
at Paris,. Be k,ind enough to consider
.what theyJislYc achieved. "ATl!'*^ i>~.i fc**
^ontentragainst tne nest exhibits of almost 2,000 animals from all the local, national, and  international show-yards of
the world, and abide by the adjudication
of twenty-nine foreign and two British
jurors.   You will see two British jurors
could have had  little influence; and I
may mention that one of them was one
of the two who  voted for Lady Pigot's
Short-horns.    It is all very convenient
for   the   Short-horn   breeders   to say—
though not very gallant to an honorable
lady—that   the   best Short-horn   herds
were   not  represented.   But  with   the
greatest assurance I can say that tliere
were eight aged Short-hom bulls in the
French section superior, as a lot, to anything I have ever seen exhibited in England or Scotland.   More than this, Lady
Pigot's    group   itself  was   individually
composed of tlie highest and most fashionable Short-horn blood in England; and
in every showyard where her ladyship
has exhibited for "Family Prizes," her
groups have carried all beforo thom.   Sir
G. M. Grant, Mr. G. Bruce, and  myself
have done our best, and we have placed
the Polls in their present position, as the
finest cattle in tlie world.   This, however,   may  be   "the last scene of the
drama" for me.    The Aberdeen and Angus, aud the North, must look to younger
men.    I would   hand   them over to Sir
George, to Mr. Bruce, and to other celebrated breeders of the Polls; and to you,
my friends, confident that in your hands
they will maintain   the   position  they
now occupy, in spite ofthe efforts wliich
you may be sure will be made to wrest it
from   them.     Gentlemen,   our   polled
breed of cattle have long boen the pride
ofour aristocracy, they .were the pride of
tlieir forefathers, and at this moment are
the admiration and wonder ofthe world."
ing!
It is possible, afterall, that these champion cattle may have been improved by
an infusion of Short-horn blood, because
there is no blood more popular than this
in Aberdeenshire, as was shown by the
magnificent cross-bred Short-horns exhibited by the Aberdeen breeders at the
lastSmithfield Fat-cattle Show.
But to return to our text—tne superiority of pure blood. It consists, as we
have said, in uniformity of established
characteristics. But a breed to be valuable must have excellence, as well as
uniformity of characteristics. Tliere are
many varieties of animals whose peculiarities are fixed and uniform, that are
utterly destitute of profitable qualities;
and it is not a difficult matter to establish a uniformity of inferiority upon a
breed of the highest excellence, by a want
of caro, and the neglect of tlie well-established principles of breeding.
We have already referred to striking
and obvious improvement resulting from
crossing pure blood with the common or
inferior; and we have sometimes seen
the cross-bred progeny superior to the
thoroughbred sire in feeding and flesh-
producing quality. Whenever this is
the case, it is most obvious that the purebred race has deteriorated in consequence
of unskillful breeding, or bad management.     , .      >
Withllesh-producingstock, we think the
most common cause of deterioration is
close and in-and-in breeding. All practical
men know that this practice tends to diminish the growth, and that animals that
have been incestuously bred are defective
in the chest—that most essential point in
a feeding or grazing beast. The hair,
too, becomes short and scanty, the hide
thin, and the animal, though handsome
and stylish, shows an obvious absence of
thrift and robustness. The common
method of correcting these unfavorable
characteristics in fashionably-bred families,-is to seek what is erroneously caleld
an out-cross in another fashionably-bred
famUy that has been as incestuously
bred, and has, therefore, the same objectionable characteristics. This is called
breeding for a type.
I think that nine out of ten of the
practical breeders of Short-horn cattle
will agree with me in tlie opinion, that
very serious injury has resulted to our
best Short-horn strains from this practice.
And now that the random favors of fashion are withdrawn from this great department of agriculture, may we not hope
for a return to the old, common-sense
practice   of breeding   with reference to
having no longer any doubt as to where
the runaway had gone, drove to Manchester as directly as he could go, hearing from the horse occasionally all the
way, and on arriving at Manchester
there he was, sure enough, in his old
stall in the stable, which lie had left
eighteen months before.—Manchester,
N. H., Mirror.
S . —*  - — a.	
The age of cattle is indicated with unerring certainty by the teeth, to those
who have judgment and experience, until
the animal reachestheage of six or seven.
Until two years old, no new teeth are
cut. At that age, two new teetn appear;
at three, two more are cut, and in the
two succeeding years, two in each year.
At five, the mouth is said to be full,
though not completely so until six, because, until that period, the two corner
teeth (the last in renewal) are not perfectly up. A full-grown animal has
altogether 32 teeth.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
W. T. D. requests that any of our readers who.have white-faced Black Spanish
fowls for sale, will advertise them in the
Farmer, as he wishes to purchase some
of this breed. Give price per pair and
trio.
Mb. S.yndage, a correspondent living
in Perry county, informs us that he has
a positive cure for hog cholera and bloody
murrian. We have butlittle faith in any
of the so-called sure cures for swine and
cattle'diseases, but if Mr. S. desires to
maW- the ingredients of his remedy
known, he is at liberty to publish them
in our columns.
Silver Creek Creamery and Cheese
Factory.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
On my return from the State Fair, I
visited the Silver Creek Creamery and
Cheese factory at Lagro, Wabash Co.
I found it located in the midst of a good
farming country, and from appearances,
the farmers seemed well to do, antl from
the building they have erected for their
work, I judge that they are determined
upon success. They have the most substantial and best finished building that I
ever saw put up for the purpose, I would
judge, frost proof. The upper storj* is
frame and nicely finished, painted and
double-ceiled. One ceiling is of building
paper. This is then stripped so as to
havo an air space, and then ceiled with
planed and matched ceiling. The room
is arranged so as to regulate the temperature very nicely. The floor in the basement is cemented with water lime, and
the drainage is well arranged, and by
permission of the patentee, they are to
have the late improved underground
ventilation arrangement attached, whicii
I think, with their otlier improvements,
will make their buUding about as perfect
as any in its line. I found Mr. G. Stevens,
formerly of Indianapolis, superintending
the work, and found him a gentleman,
pleasant and friendly, ready to ask and
answer questions in respect to handling
milk, and the manufacture of butter and
cheese. As to cleanliness, I. think the
work is done as near perfection as can be.
The goods they are turning out appear to
be excellent, and I understand, find a
ready sale. There are two young men
of the neightarhood who work without
wages and board themselves.
Liquor Selling at tho Stato Pair.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
My attention has been culled to the two
articles in last week's Farmer, on the
subject of liquor-selling on theState P'air
grounds, during our last fair.
Those articles require more than a brief
notice from me, in reply, and time will
not permit me to prepare my answer in
time for this week's Farmeh.
Please say to your readers that they
may expect my answer to the charges in
next week's paper.
R. M. Lockhaiit.
Waterloo, Oct. 21st.
In behalf of Mr. Lockhart we ask suspension of judgment in this ease till his
communication appears. We have reason
to believe that he can exculpate himself,
and in doing so will place the responsibility for admitting the sale of liquor on
the fair grounds where it properly belongs*
—Eds.
Nora, Marion Co., Oet. 21st.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer: ■»
I am very much pleased .with your
position on the question of selling liquor
on the fair grounds. Unless the State
Board can do something to restore confidence in the public mind, the attendance at the next fair will bemueh reduced.
The disposition among the people is not
to encourage such imposition by attending the fair as exhibiters or visitors.
Frank Williamson.
Jitst as Bad as we Ark.—W. H. Y.,
in reporting the Tolland county, Conn.,
fair in the last Itural New Yorker speaks
as follows:
ystate Agricultural Report.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer.
Where can I get a copy of the State
agricultural report, for 1877 ? I applied
to our Auditor for one, but he had none.
"Orily'feent me five or six." I think it
is a burning shame that the farmer is
taxed so jieavily; and yet cannot obtain
even an agricultural report, without paying extra for it.
HogsAS2 50; cattle, stockers, $3 50,
good demand; oats 15cents; corn, old, 30
centsf Jtpfdes, 35 to 40 eents; potatoes, 40
     o      ._   centevi^earce at that.- Plenty of horses
profitable and usefuf qualities, as well in  f°^s*^J-£y&w____>_^ lunjl
t_4e tborouglibred alMhe 'ere_ri-bre<l stock? i fi»£ sate-' -       . • •      jj. V. MijCEXcsjitY..,.
tMe tliorou;
■s^p. - C''.l
Journal.
lit   JYutfoiial   Live   Stock
Hog Cholera in Howard County.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I see by the Farmer ofthe 19th inst.,
that Dr. Voyles is surprised to think that
the farmers are so slow to inform him of
the ravages of the hog disease, (or cholera so-called). I thought the postal correspondence every week in the Fabmkr
was full of the reports from the infected
districts. If you will inform him that
we have an abundance of hog disease in
Howard eounty, and if he ean visit our
county, I will take pleasure in showing
him where plenty of the sick are at this
time.   I have buried three'of'my hogs
The Superiority of Pure Blood.
In live-stock breeding, by pure blood
we mean a race of animals with established and uniform characteristics. In
what are called the improved breeds, the
most striking manifestation of excellence Ls found in the improvement the
blood produces when crossed with the
common or inferior sorts. This is especially true in meat and milk-producing
stock. Close or incestuous breeding is
unfavorable to the production of fiesh,
and tends to infertility. Therefore, inbred hens are poor layers, ami inbred
cows, as a rule, inferior milkers. It is "a
common opinion, that blooded stock will
not breed
Small Horses.
Perhaps it would bc better expressed
and more to the point to say heavier
horses are the need of the times. Trotting horses, pacers, runners, or any other
gait, are all right in their places, but the
majority of horses are for labor aud not
show; they are on duty as producers,
and are valuable in proportion as they
can do work; they are the motive power
on the farm, the highway, and in the
large towns and cities—as indispensable
as bread and butter. Prices of large
horses of all breeds that are compactly
built and constructed on good rules of
proportion, rule high and pay well the
handling. "Plugs" and scrub stock are
cheap, and will be even less in price than
heretofore, as all who eniyloy teams are
fust learning that a heavy, strong team
costs no more to keep than a light, poor
one, but even less, and can do much
more service. A farmer should have,
anyway, one heavy, strong team. He
may own a small, light span, but for
plowing and general use, the heavy
team, that seldom is urged bevond a fast
walk on the road, and will take a fourteen or sixteen inch plow and go all day
without evidence of weariness, is the one
to depend on. The market is full of
semi-fast stock, they do not command a
staple price, but depend wholly on circumstances for the margin of profit if
any that they yield. Pure-blooded Norman and Clydesdales may not be the
best in their exclusive natures, but by
crossing them with good native Western
stock can be produced a superior grade
of horses that will command good prices
and ta in demand at all times. Farmers
should not be indifferent to this fact, and
when they propose to raise a colt, select
from that stock which will insure a heavy
horse; it may cost more in the beginning but will bring larger returns in the
end. Good horses, good cattlo, good
sheep and hogs, are a good deal the
cheapest. —E vangel ist.
M-Tocdb, Oet. 14.
Secretary Alex. Heron will furnish you |
with a copy,,if he has any to spare. It j
is seldom, however, that farmers ask for
these publications, and it would be a
great waste of money to publish more
thau are wanted.   No charge is made for
thom.
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Ferrets.
Sterling III., Oct. 15.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
In your issue of the 12th I see some
very strong arguments in favor of keeping ferrets. Will you please give me a
little advice as to the nature and habits
of these amimals? Will they live in any
climate? Are they hardy? Do they
multiply rapidly ? Is there any danger
with them? What would a pair cost?
Where could I get them? etc., and
much oblige.   Yours truly,     C. E. F.
Ferrets are only useful in this country,
as fur as we know, in routing fats out of
tlieir holes. This service they can do
with neatness and dispatch. They are
hardy enough for this climate and multiply as rapidly as most rat catchers will
require. They are somewhat dangerous
and must be handled with care, aud kept
in wire pens, or well secured boxes, as
they are exceedingly blood-thirsty, and
would make sad havoc in a chicken
house or pig pen. A gentleman in this
city bas'two or three pairs for sale, but
we do not know his price. He will
advertise soon in these columns.
the trade. Young men learning this
business are taking a step in tbe right
direction, and I hope the time will soon
come when we will find many more
anxious to go and do likewise. From
samples of butter I saw of tills creamery
make, it seems to me that the next time
our N ew York friends visit your city,
they will not have to "trot Indiana out
against any other three States for poor
butter," but can have good Orange Co.
butter, made in Wabash Co., Ind., and
if it was not for the name and locality, I
think there would be as good cheeso
made here as oh the Western Reserve,
or in New York State. But we are apt
to think that goods should ta brought far
and sold dear in order to be good, or
rather we send our moneyi out of the
State to buy*;that which-wca*!! -produce
ourselves... .* ; • J. 13. JfnoMSOX.
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Hdfa_to-_Po**ont(t. < - -     ■**.- *
List of patents issued to citizens of tho
Stato of Indiana, October 22, 1678-, and eaeh
bearing date Octobers, 1878. Furnished this
paper by C. Bradford, Solicitor of Patents,
18 Hubbard lilock, Indianapolis, Ind., of
whom copies and information may be obtained.
No. 208,082. To Jas. W. Humphreys of
Otterbein, for Improvement in Ditching
Machine.
No. 208,701. To Gustavis II. Zselicch, of
Indianapolis, for Improvement in Feed
Water Heater.
No. 20S.715. To Frederick K. Collins, of
Butler, for Improvement in Automatic Fans.
No. 208,747. To Samuel Love, of Indianapolis, for Improvement in Potato Digger.
No. 208,781. To Ira Allen and Hiram
Chandler, of Alfordsville, for Improvement
in Seed Droppers.
. No. 208,80<i. To John II. Fenton, of Indianapolis, for Improvement in Devices in
cleaning Cans.
No. 208,872. To Win. A. Wheeler, of Indianapolis, for Improvement in Seaming
Machine.
There was a good show of horses, perhaps   too  good,   as   the   second    day
to learn | was largely devoted to trotting, which
A Homesick Horse.
tell
Will some reader of the Farmk
me how to make butter scotch?
Wilson, Kansas. J. W. H
We call on Mrs. W. J. K., of Danville,
Ind., for her recipe. She knows how to
make a good article.
does not seem particularly advantageous
to agricultural fairs or promotive of the
interests ofthe farmer. Another objectionable feature, common also
at our farmers' exhibition-**, wna th« petty
gambling allowed by tho managers of the
ground, to tempt the unwary and the
young. If everything of this kind could
be abolished from fair grounds, so that
young people, (and older ones too) could
come without the danger of being drawn
into immoral practices, the attendance
at fairs would be greatly increased. The
receipts were unexpectedly small, owing
chiefly to unpleasant weather at the
opening of the second day.
We had supposed that such demoralizing features as he describes were^ruled.,   '
out by ftir managers hi thc land of steady
habits,  j
.- I   TPiv»*m in m   \t\frs,   ?."—
romnim Ivo. 22.
To i/j. t-flfat" Indiana .Fanner! ,,
I am pleased to announc'c'tft'o'V.C-ipt
of premium No. 22, us awarded to mo
last spring. It is a fino Poland China
female pig, bred by W. H. Spaler, of
Millersville, Marion county. I feel under many obligations to Mr. Spaler for
so fino a premium, and to those who
contemplate purchasing stock, I have no
hesitation iu recommending liis herd of
Poland Chinas as in every way desirable to select from.
With many thanks to theFARMER Co.,
I am yours truly, W. IT. Ross.
Marion Co.
r-rtSiK,
to his farm. The horse was well fed and
well treuted,and he waxed fat and seemed
as happy as it is given the most fortunate horse to be..  One night, recently
like  scrubs, and   that grade  ......
steers are more growthy than thorough- he escaped from his pasture^andwas'iiiv
breds. In either case it is tho common where to be found when he was wanted
practice of breeding the thoroughbreds next day. Harnessing another horse
incestuously that gives currency to those Mr. Wiggin set forth to capture tho de^
opinions. At the Paris International serter and traced him from pl-ico to place
F.xhibition the champion prizes for the j until he reached Newmarket brid"e'
best herds of beef-producing cattle wero Here he was informed by the toll-o-itherer
awarded to the Polled Scots. But these, ; that the horse had been there lind ev-
we are now told by a French critic,  M. I idently wanted to pass through   but he
Government Surveys.—Please answer through the columns of your interesting paper the following question: Do
you know w'hero there are government
surveying parties at work? If so, please
give name and address. Or perhaps you
can refer us to someone who will give us
the desired information.
John B. Marts.
Sullivan, Oct. 21.
Prof. Hayden, we believe is conducting
a government survey in one of the AVestern Territories, but wc are unable to give
particulars. Any information desired in
regard to this or government surveys
may ta obtained by addressing the Secre-
tary of the Interior, Washington, I). C.
Friendly Mention.
Among the many kind words we have
received since donning our new dress are
the following:
We congratulate our contemporary, the
Indiana Farmer, on its appearance
with a complete outfit of new type. We
are glad to see the signs of success which
this' indicates. The Farmer has our
good wishes for its future success.—The
Live Patron.
The Indiana Fabmkb comes to us
this week with an entire new dress and
very much improved in its general appearance, it is one of the best agricultural
papers in the West, and we prize it
among our exchanges.—Lafayette Home
Journal. t   \
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Warrick County Fair.—The fair in
this county was a complete success financially notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather. This society has paid cash premiums since its organization to the
amount of $50,000. No wonder it is a
fixed fact that the Warrick society is
one of the few that always holds a fair
every year AV. T. Stone.
Booneville, Oct. 14.
Promium No. 61.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
After a long delay, we havo succeeded
in getting our Chicago stock scales, premium No. 01,up. and since testing them,
can report "they work liko a charm."
An old stock drover said he never saw
scales work nicer. AVo think thoy are
equal to Fairbanks best, if not better,
and that we havo the nicest stock scales
in Hendricks Co. 'If any neighborhood
needs a pair of stock scales I do not think
it can do better than to buy a pair like
theso. I wish to return my thanks to
the Chicago Scale Co,, the Indiana
Farmer and to the members of my '' '
for such a splendid premium,
members of my club have t'
of weighing on them free, f<
rest of this year. Am*
Centre Valley, Oct. 1!)
The renewal of foreign immigration
indicates very plainly that this country
is in a tatter condition than the countries of Europe. During the month of
September the arrivals in New York
were 8,95., against 0,673 for the corresponding month last year; during the
three months ending September 30th,
•-a.,263, against 20,109 same time in 1877.
The increase in immigration will no
doubt be more rapid from this time forward.
There are no longer i
largo return of Unite-
Europe, in consequr
disturbance on the
cations  are   that,
bonds from there
receive a larger
settlement of tho
so largely in our f
ment of this draii
—the bonds availi
ances having lieen
connection with i
and the steady rod
ports, has greatly
ment of the past
Shipping List.
The Illinois SU
will hold its nex
rooms of the Stf
in the new Sta
December lOtli,
is contemplate)
sions, rejKirts, e
horticultural   t<
exhibition of '
sects affecting
vegetables an