Vol. XI
INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, JANUARY 15th, 1876.
No. 2.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
We have concluded to admit brief business announcements In this column, from those who wish
to exchange or sell, or who may desire to purchase
any article. The charge will be 12^ cents per line,
each week. About eight words make a line. No
notice admitted for less than twenty-five cents.
When answering these advertisements, please say
that you saw the notice in the Lvmaka Farmer.
FOR.  SAtE.
Q pT FARMS, from 80 to 600 acres, for sale, at $25
£i'J S50 per acre; well improved, and close to
markets.   Apply to .      A. E. HARMON,
l-4w • Champaign, 111.
FOR SALE—A desirable Ayrshire Bull Calf, nine
months old.   Pedigree perfect, choice ancestry,
rood size, rich color.   Correspondence desired.
52-4t. ■ S.B.POTTER, Lansing, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Six young Poland-China Sows that
have been bred to a fine Poland-China Boar.
Address F. McKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana. 2-13t
TJ10R SALE—CHEAP—63 acres of coal and heavy
JJ oak timber land, two miles from Clinton, Vermillion county, Ind., near the T. H. & C. railroad.
For terms, address P. P. NOEL, Rockville, Ind.
FOR SALE—A first-class tract of land in Storey
county, Iowa, or a mill, to trade for a small
farm in Marion county, Ind.    J. BUTTERFIELD,
2-2t. 48 South Meridian St.,Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—TWO FARMS AT CHAMPAIGN, ILL.
Three miles from the city. One contains 100
acres, the other 160 or 320 acres. All under good
cultivation, with good buildings, hedged and fenced.
For particulars, address        J, B. PHINNEY,
82-iw. Champaign, Illinois.
TT10R SALE—A PRAIRIE FARM, WELL IM-
r» proved, choice land, 800 acres, near a great
commercial center, at only $20 per acre. Will take a
farm in Marion county, worth $8,000, or city property
of equal value in part pay.
 T. A. GOODWIN, Indianapolis.
"T710R SALE—THE BEST COUNTRY STORE IN
JO the State. All the old stock worked off by me
ET the last two years, and new goods in their place.
It is one of the best points for' business for the
amount of capital, I know of, Inquire of ANDREW
' WALLACE, Indianapolis.	
A BARGAIN IN A FARM—214 ACRES IN PUT-
nam eounty, V/i miles from Greencastle (seat
of Asbury University). All under fence; 65 acres
in cultivation; 60 acres splendid timber; never failing water? buildings fair; good orchard. Price only
$60 per acre. Or I will divide the land and sell
, either part at a bargain. M. W. H. Woodruff, Green-
castle, Ind.	
/A/TTIOR SALE-PRAIRIE FARM, IN DODGE CO..
■" XXj Nebraska; 800 acres, well improved, in the
} rcnidst of good farms, five miles from Scribner, a
% railrmd station; winters four weeks shorter than in
Indianapolis; only $20 per acre, half cash, balance
in ten years time, at 6 per cent, interest. T. A. Goodwin, Indianapolis, Ind.  62-4W
EARM FOR SALE—Containing 62-aeresrin Morgan County, Indiana, on the gravel road, half
a mile east of Martinsville: good two story frame
house, several out buildings, 20 acres of woodland
pasture, balance under cultivation, apple and peach
orchard, several good springs, with plenty of never-
failing water for stock; splendid view of Martinsville from the verandah. A dairy, in good running
order, can be bought with the farm. Address MARY
MAINS, Martinsville, Indiana, or J. M. ST. JOHN,
Franklin. Indiana.      l-4t
WANTED.
"Y17"ANTED—Tq
atlOp
Dorsey,
... . . LOAN $2,000 FOR THREE
' V years on first mortgage improved property,
10 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually. R. S.
irsey, 8 Bates Block, this city.       	
WANTED—AGENTS.—WE WILL SELL TUCK-
er"s Alarm Money Drawer to canvassers at a
price affording a very large profit. Small capital
required. May select your own territory. Call on or
address Tucker & Dorsey, 129 South New Jersey St.,
this city.
WANTED—FARMS—LARGE AND SMALL
Farms in any good county in Indiana. Address W. E. Mick, Real Estate Broker, 16K E. Wash-
ngton street, Indianapolis.   •
AirANTED—TO EXCHANGE—GOOD BRICK
T V Business Houses, under rent, free from encumbrance, for stock of Dry Goods. Will give or
take difference. Taylor & Co., 31 Circle street, Indianapolis.   	
"\1T"ANTED — Farms and Country Town Prop-
TV erty (anywhere in the States) for City Property and 'Western and Southern lands. We have extra facilities for making exchanges. Send full description. WADSWORTH & ELDER,
1-?              16!^ East Washington St, Indianapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
E
VERY FARMER should buy " Bell's Carpentry
Made Easy," $5.   H. Ciiallrn. Philadelphia, '
l)A FANCY CARDS, 7 styles, with name. 10 cts.
JU\J Or 20 Acquaintance Cards, no name, 10 cts.
Address J. B. HUSTED, Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
PURE HONEY-DEW TOBACCO.—Send ten cents
for a package of feed: one ounce 25 cents.
Address CHARLES W. PEUGH, Kossuth, Washington county, Indiana. 1-T
DO YOU want employment at home. In a new,
reliable business, paying laiye profits?
Address Excelsior Manufacturing Co., 151 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 2-8t
IF you want to know all about TRAPPING all
kinds of Fur Animals, and have the bestof luck,
send a postal card for full information to C. W.
OSMUN. Utiia, Michigan. 2-2t
STOCK NOTES.
J. H. \V. writes that he weighed at
Armel & Co.'s pens, Greensburg, Indiana,
last month, after a two day's drive, a lot
of hogs which averaged 491. The hogs
■were eighteen months old.
Mr. McClintock, of the firm of Ayres
& McClintock, Millersburg, Kentucky, i3
in the East looking after a lot of Short-
HornsTor their herd.
Mr. James Cale, of Posey county, Indiana, near Cynthiana, lately sold sixty
head of China and Poland hogs in one
lot that averaged five hundred and twelve
pounds net.
J. L. Warson, of Owenaville, Gibson
county, has purchased the following
Short-Horns: Duke of Hallsville, 19475,
red, bred by John K. Shelton,of Illinois;
also two yearling heifers, Caroline, red,
and Pink, red, bred by the same.
Halstead Surprise, imported cow,
owned by S. Meredith & Son, has a
splendid red cow calf. This cow took a
great many prizes last year, including
first in the class at the State Fair. Irene
of Avalon, bought of the Messrs. Meredith, at their sale last May, by Mr. Smith
Wooters, of Liberty, Indiana, now has a
fine red bull calf by the celebrated show
animal, imported British Baron. Irene
was very successful at all the shows, and
the calf will doubtless prove a valuable
one. ^	
Mr. F. McKeever, of Antioch, Huntington county, gives the following as the
number of Short-Horn cattle in that
county:
C. Pavey. 4 head.   1 male.   3 females.
Jas. Garreison 4 head.  2 males. 2 females.
Geo.Ogden ....1 head.   1 male.
Geo. Richards 2 head. 2 females.
F. McKeever. 9 head.   1 male.   8 females.
H. C. Jay. I head. 1 female.
Two males in southeast part of county
sold from herd of C. Pavey, making a
total of 23 head.
A lot of three hundred fat hogs from
Parke county, Indiana, averaging four
hundred   and   fifty  pounds each, were
'slaughtered in this city at Furguson's
Pork  house  last  week;   said to be the
jfinest lot of the number ever brought
ahere.
3^
James Mustard, on Monday, received the celebrated Poland-China
male pig, Perfection, alluded to in the
Farmer, last week. The sum of $325
seems . large for a yearling pig, but we
venture it will prove as economical ari
investment as Mr. Mustard ever made.
We.had—the,-,pleasure of a- glimpse at
Perfection, on his way out to the farm, on
Monday, and are persuaded that he is
named correctly. He is as near a perfect
hog as we have ever seen, and don't
wonder that the committees on swine, at
the fairs, awarded him the premiums so
unanimously.
 * *
H. C. Willett, of Greenfield, Indiana,
has lately sold some very fine Poland-
China pigs to parties in this State and
Illinois: One to William Powers, of
Warrington, Indiana, at $30; two to
Shepard & Alexander, Illinois, for $60;
and many others to parties in this State
and Illinois, ranging at from twenty to
forty dollars each. Mr. Willett has
bought a fine Poland-China male hog of
Shepard & Alexander, of Illinois, a very
beautiful and well developed animal in
every way. His premium pig to' the
Indiana Farmer Club is sired by this
hog; dam, Spotted Beauty. The agent,
who gets the premium pig, No. 28, will
get a pig worth $30, at three months old.
His Aleck, boar, is seven months old, arid
weight 300 pounds.
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For the Indiana Fanner.
HORSES FOR THE FARM.
The horse is a moter; he is used as
such on the farm; and as such what are
we to do to get the most out of him—
the most in all that pertains to the farm?
First, what is this moter to be applied to?
The kind of work varies considerably.
Thus it requires a steady, stout horse to
draw the plow, especially in sward; a
faster and more active horse for the harrow, a good steady walker for the mower;
intelligence and tractability before the
rake and the tedder; for drawing in you
want your plow team, with perfect reliability; so for a roadster, with increased
pace, particularly as a walker, a point
too much neglected. There is occasion
also for heavy hauling, as in moving
stone, materials for buildings, <fec. Besides this, the well-to-do farmer has his
special team for family service; the farm
horse or a pair, however, is usually
drawn upon for this.
VARIETY NEEDED.
Thus we see the demand is for a considerable variety of motive power. For
the farmer of large employment it is an
advantage to secure anynals spited to the
different requirements—heavy and light
horses; strength, activity, intelligence,
endurance, appearance and gentleness—
these are qualities that can all be individualized, and thus every work appropriately and advantageously carried on.
MEN OF SMALL MEANS.
With the farmer of small means trie
case is different. One team in general
will do all his work, supplemented some
times by the third horse or a pair of cattle. The extra horse of course will come
in for variety, which cannot so well be
obtained in a pair. Where the three
horses or the cattle and a pair are used
the requirement can be pretty well met;
little more, with tact in selecting and
using, will be needed. Thus the heaviest
work can be done with the oxen, or, in
the case of plowing and other heavy-
work the three horses can be used for
draft and with advantage, particularly in
heavy sward plowing. The third also
answers for light and separate work.
But the team proper is the main thing—
is indeed the indispensable reliance—and
requires discretion in securings, and care
in treatment and management, for a
great variety of power is to be met in
this single pair, or virtually in one, the
two combined as such, a single power. .
It will be seen at a glance that hero is
to be a general horse, a team combines
what seems to be opposite qualities.
THERE MUST BE STRENGTH,
activity, endurance, tractability and speed.
And has one single breed, or two breeds,
all these qualities? Men familiar with
horses, know that much can be done in
this respect. You can combine mtoy
qualities in the one animal by judicious
breeding—indeed all enumerated abpve
and that are requisite for the farm, not
so fully developed as in the one breed,
but made sufficiently serviceable to Meet
pretty successfully the wants of the farm.
And as these wants vary somewhat, the
farmer is to see what he wants, and avail
himself accordingly. He can find the
animal, or a team of them, suited to his
wants,' well'-arld good. He can afford to
pay a good price; and this he must expect to do. Sucli a team is worth something; and if he takes care of it as he
should, it will last him a long time. We
have known horses do a usual day's
work right along each day at thirty years
and over, their service beginning at three,
years. These teams never were overfed
or overworked. Especially is it hurtful
to strain a horse much. We have known
the best of teams to fail at sixteen and
seventeen years. Blindness from straining was the result of one of the horses,
big leg and other ailments that of his
mate. This is our own experience and
observation.
Unless a man understands training a
horse, it is best to get a team already
matched and trained. Otherwise, if hi
knows how to tutor the horse to his
wants, it needs not, that we urge him
what to do. Of his own accord he will
secure the necessary stock and fit it for
his purposes. The point is to secure
what is wanted—no haphazard here.
Then treat well; treat as a member of
the family. F. G.
suffered fearfully this year by hog cholera.
Some men, and not a few of them, have
lost their last hog, and I think we ought to
be well acquainted with the disease, and I
find different hogs are worked in different
ways. Some take with a cough and linger
until they are mere skeletons, some vomit and purge and die in a few hours, and
others pass pure blood with the urine
(this last case never recovers) whilst
others swell the head and throat profusely and seemingly smother to death.
We have witnessed all of these different
attacks in the herd.
Now I will give my notion of hog cholera for what it is worth. It certainly is
not a contagious disease and well h°gs
need no medicine, and after they take
cholera it is too late to give any. I fed a
hog this fall amongst the cholera until he
weighed 920 pounds and he never had
the least signs of the disease and I never
saw a hog do better.
Mr. Beal's family in our township
(Jackson) have been and are afllicted with
trichina;, caused by eating diseased hog
meat. A little girl died and the rest of the
family are getting better. There was a
piece of the child's flesh sent to Dr.
Fletcher, of your city, after her death,
and it is said that he counted over twenty
worms in a piece of flesh the size of a pin
head. Persons that eat pork this year do
so at their own peril.
Howard Frazee.
WHAT  A KENTUCKY MAN   SAYS
OF INDIANA AS A STOCK
STATE.
DESTRUCTION OF HOGS IN HAMILTON COUNTY.
Arcadia, Hamilton County,!
Indiana, January 1st, 1876. J
Editors Indiana Farmer:—By your
permission I will give my experience in
hog cholera. When I read Hog Raiser's
article I considered he knew but little
about hia subject or perhaps had some
Berkshires for sale.
Last fall Mr. Frank Noble, a nigh neighbor of mine was feeding one hundred
hogs. A fine lot of porkers that would
have weighed two hundred and fifty or
over. These hogs had a strong infusion
of Berkshire blood in their veins not pure
but at least two-thirds. After feeding for
a few weeka they Were attacked with
cholera. Mr. Noble was advised to sell
at once, but being conscientiously opposed to selling cholera hogs he chose to
keep them and suffer the loss. He began
to doctor them with calomel and kept
them from water and gave them various
other remedies, I know not what but the
hogs continued to die. Next he procured
the services of an Indianapolis hog cholera doctor and between the cholera and
medicine (it being doubtful in the mind
of Mr. Noble which was the most destructive) eighty of said hogs died. Mr. Mun-
dle, another one of my close neighbors,
lost some thoroughbred Berkshires. Mr.
Wilson and myself had seventy Poland
China pigs dropped last March by ten
sows; they were nice thrifty pigs and remained so until July when they were attacked by cholera. We gave them one
remedy after another that we took from
the Indiana Farmer but all to no purpose. We lost fifty pigs and two sows and
the balance were left almost worthless.
We also had thirty head of hogs, fourteen
months old that was turned on clover the
10th of May, average weight two hundred
pounds, there were eight acres in the field
and nothing on it except the hogs; they
had nice clear spring water to drink and
salt and ashes twice a week, and not
nearer than sixty rods to other hogs. On
the 10th of October they too took cholera,
some died and some were sold but no
medicine was given.
Now  I will say that this   county has
, Editors Indiana Farmer:—Being a
Kentuckian and having lived many years
in the famous bluegrass region and cattle
raising region in the center of that state,
I have always believed that nothing could
rival Kentucky, either in the hospitality
of its men or the quality of its stock. I
\ have however been coming to the opinion
that Indiana is prepared to compete with
Kentucky or with any other state. An
accidental visit to the farm of Albert
Marlatt. of "Sugar Grove Farm," Milton,
Wayne county, Indiana, where I enjoyed
the hospitalities of his excellent family, a
sight of his fine herd of Short-Horn cattle,
also a close inspection of them, have led
me to believe that Kentucky cannot
claim all the glory or even half of it.
While I have not seen very many herds
of blooded stock in Indiana yet I have
seen very many in Kentucky but never
saw a better collection for one who has
been in the business for so short a time.
He showed me among the lot some fine
red heifers, also some very large well
made roans, among them Lady Barris-
court 3rd, a perfect beauty, got by Oxford
Heir, 20545; one of Mr. Meredith's fine
calves, which he sold to Mr. S. Rippey, of
Warsaw, Indiana, to stand at the head of
his herd, which he contemplates starting
in Wyoming Territory. He has several
of his calves which are all very fine.
Breastplate 3212 now stands at the head
of his herd. He is a dark red, of fine
style, very large, was-sired by Breastplate
11431, Mr. Pickerill's celebrated show
bull.
He has calves from the following animals, which speak for themselves:
Forest Napier 11973, 4th Duke of Win-
field 8048, Patrick 8761, Marion 15918.
A great many of them are of remarl#a
able appearance and quality. I think he
has been very successful for one so
young in the business; has used very good
judgment in selecting his cows from
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. Stock
breeders will do well to follow the example of Mr. Marlatt, especially young
farmers, E. M.
HOG CHOLERA, ITS CAUSE.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I see in
your last issue but one, an article on
the question of Hog Cholera that suited
me exactly. I had a paper written on
the same question, but the article referred
to wras so exactly like the one I had written that I did not send mine for publication. Now, in a subsequent issue I see
the above article has been severely criticised and I thought I would come to the
rescue of the writer of that article. I
take the position that a hog bred so as to
have a good sound constitution, and well
cared for. will not die of cholera, nor any
other disease, for it is unnatural for him
to do so. On the other hand, a hog badly bred, with imperfect organization and
bad treatment, is liable to die with any
disease. I have been breeding hogs as a
specialty for over forty years and never
had cholera on my place, and there has
been but little in my neighborhood. We
are very particular in breeding for good
constitution, and then take care of them.
The general rule among hog breeders is
to keep too many together,and they generally bed around straw stacks, in such
numbers as to heat themselves until most
of them are in full perspiration. They
come out for their feed in this condition
in the cold winds, and almost freeze; the
health and constitution of the hog more
or less destroyed, and about half fed, as is
the case generally where so many tire fed
together; the larger ones robbing the
weaker ones. No wonder they die of
cholera or anything else. People are apt
to say they have had bad luck with their
hogs. I think a man's luck with his
stock is his own conduct, but he is inclined to try to lay the blame to something else. So much in vindication of the
article referred to. W. W. Thrasher.
Groves, Rush Co., Ind.
EXPERIENCE WITH
SHIRES.
THE   BERK-
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
LETTER FROM SHELBY COUNTY.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—I thought
would write a few lines and give the readers of your excellent paper a little of my
experience with Berkshire pigs. I have
been raising them' to sell for about four
years and when I had any left on my
hands that I did not sell I fattened them
at from twelve to eighteen months old
and the}' did very well, made nice medium sized hogs and sold readily in the
market at good prices. But this fall I
concluded to try wintering a few pigs in
the pork barrel, and to feed a few to sell.
So I put up thirty head that were from
five to six months old, some of them full
blooded Berkshires, some half Berkshire,
some one-quarter, and a part of them
only one eighth Berkshire, crossed with
Poland China, &c. I fed them on raw
corn in the ear, and gave them swill of
milk and bran with salt and ashes in it
sometimes to keep them healthy. The
result was that the Berkshires fattened
the poorest of any of them, and the half,
quarter and one eighth part Berkshires
did much the best, and made hogs at
eight months old, fifty pounds heavier
than the full blooded Berkshires did of
the same age. Now, I am writing against
my own interest, as I was aiming to raise
them to sell for breeders, but would like
to hear from others. 8. K. Cook.
Sevastopol, Ind.
Shelby County, Jan. 3.
splendid gravel roads.
But few of the counties of the State can
compare with this of Shelby in fine gravel roads. They have for years taken
great pride in these improvements, which
radiate from this city to every part of the
county, affording to the farmers good
roads during all the year round. Their
facilities for obtaining gravel of a superior
quality for road-building have enabled
them to complete some four hundred
miles of gravel roads within the bounds
of the county at an expense of not over
$1,800 per mile. The rise in the prices of
land along the lines of these roads and
adjacent thereto, shows that the cost of
these roads has been added to the lands,
and the farmers are richer than they were
before the roads were made, and then besides all this, they can 'drive to the county-seat without passing through mud, and
carry to market everything they have to
sell in every part of the year. Many may
grumble about paying a little toll in traveling on theseroads, but they should remember that if they had not been made
they would often have to remain at home
when the markets are the best. Civilization
itself is largely based upon good roads,
and all observers admit that Shelby county is greatly beautified by the number of
her beautfiul roads. *
fine buggies and carriages.
In other days, when the roads were in
their normal condition, the rough road-
wagq|is brought the families of farmers
to town on circus occasions and on public
days, but now their fine gravel roads have
suggested the idea of a finer vehicle, and
the result is almost every farmer in the
county has his buggy or carriage, in which
he and his family drive over the county
as if they were bankers or ex-county officers. They are no longer behind the
times in fashions; for the young farmers
wear their whiskers and moustaches ala
mode, and the young ladies have as many
graceful attractions as most of their city
cousins. If they did but know it, the
farmers are the lords of the soil after all.
WELL WATERED COUNTY.
The Blue River valley, the Sugar Creek
bottoms, and the broad area of Flat Rock,
give to this county a grand supply of
water, and as large a boundary of rich
lands as any county in the State can
boast of. These streams run through the
county from north to south, and afford
great advantages, the half of which, as
yet, have never been improved. In the
stock-raising line good, clear, running
water Ls important, as all animals should
have all the water they can drink and
that of a good quality, if we would have
sound and healthy meat. The practice
of marry farmers of letting their stock
drink of stagnant pools and dirty water
is certainly deleterious to the good health
of all animals, as well as to those who
eat their meat when they are killed.
A kind Providence has given us many
beautiful streams of water, running by
our doors, and besides has filled the earth
with the same healthful element, and the
lesson is alphabetical that it is cur duty to
drink pure, clear water, and give of the
same to all around us—brutes as welLas
men.   Horses and cattle often show their
own tastes in drinking water, and in this
respect many of them indicate a better
taste than those who feed them. Filthv
drinking produces disease and death in
horses, cattle and hogs as well "as in men,
and the fact should be remembered by
all farmers, especially.
staple commodities.
This county, notwithstanding its rich
soils, its general wealth, its acknowledged
prosperity and intelligence, has not given
as much attention to stock-raising by way
of a specialty, as some of the other counties of the State. Their main drive has
been after wheat, com and hogs, which,
doubtless, pays them more ready cash
than any other enterprise in the farming
line. Their lands are well suited to
wheat and corn, and where the latter is
raised in abundance, as it is here, the hog
crop naturally follows. But it will perhaps, be admitted, that they are not giving as much attention to fine stock in
horses, cattle, hogs and sheep throughout
the county as they might and as they
probably will in the future. They have
the means to do so, for there is a vast
amount of wealth among them. It may
be truthfully said tViat their country intelligence is even above the average.
WEALTH OF THE COUNTY.
The wealth of this county places it
about the eighth in the State. From the
best information we can obtain, we learn
that the taxables of the county are as follows:
Value of lands and improvements $7,399,650 00
Value of lots and improvements    6,510,770 00
Value of personal property    2,718,665 00
Total valuation of the county 810,659,025 00
State tax amounts to      817,798 90
Total tax of the county      238,993 81
That tha people of this county are well
to do in this world's goods, none need
doubt; and that the farmers esqecially
are able to patronize the Indiana Farmer
as liberally as any other county in the
State might, we think, be easily demonstrated. They are a reading people and
well disposed toward all public interests.
Let one of your agents go to work here,
for Shelby county will prove to be one of
your banner counties.
FRUIT FAILURES.
That some portions of this county are
well adapted to fruit culture is very evident, particularly those portions which
are broken. Along down the. br.nks of
Blue River, below this city, many of tho
farmers have good apple and peach orchards, which, in ordinary seasons, yield
abundantly. Judge Glessner and John
Elliott, suburban residents, have some
fine trees in culture, which will no doubt
pay them well in tho future, in fair seasons. Our climate is not well adapted to
regular crops of fruit, and one reason
may perhaps be found in tho fact that the
scions set out are not of the natural growtli
of the climate, or, in other words, they
are not acclimated. They are importations, and consequently soon yield to the
sudden changes of our latitude.
SMALL FRUITS.
Small fruits grow well in this county,
and when proper attention is given them
they yield in abundance, so that, take it all
together, this a fine garden region, where
the cultivation of even a few acres in
first class style, would yield both wealth
and comfort. But we have not come to
this point yet. A few of our German
population have gone into the garden culture and fruit raising; but even they have
only made a beginning in this line.
POMOLOOICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The study of fruit-raising has not been
entered upon very generally with that intelligence it demands. It is a science of
itself, and will only be nurtured by those
who give to it the practical study of years.
It does not follow that apples which will
grow in Michigan or in New York, will
grow as well in Indiana; and the study
should be, what fruits will grow in our
own peculiar climate. Many suggestions
are rftade in the Indiana Farmer, which
should be read by the farmers of this
county, for it is by intelligent suggestions
that progress is made in any and all enterprises. ' Jefferson.
THE FARMER APPRECIATED  IN
KANSAS.
Labette County, Kansas.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—I have
made an effort to get a few subscribers.
Times are hard here in money matters.
Produce of all kinds is plenty, and very
low. Corn from 15 to lgcentsperbushel.
Wheat CO to 75 cents. Oats 15 cent*.
Potatoes 25 cents.
I was a subscriber of your paper when
it was a monthly pamphlet. I stopped
at your office two years ago, and renewed
my subscription, while on my way to
this state. I will make all the effort [
can to extend its circulation. All that is
in the way of getting a large dub here is,
that money matters are so close.
L. II. CakjW.