Vol. XL
INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, FEBRUAEY 5th, 1876.
No. 5.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
We hare 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 Une,
each week. About eight words make a line. No
notice admitted for less than twenty-five cents..
When answering these advertisements, please say
that yon saw the notice in the Ikdiasa Faejceb,
FOR SALE.
FOE SALE—PARTRIDGE   COCHINS —A   few
Tries very cheap. L. A. HAVILAND,
M  Bryantown, Charles Co.. Md
FOR SALE-Comcord Vines,best quality; cheap
for Cash.  Samples 10cents.   Lee&Son,Minok,
Woodford County, Illinois.               *-tf
FOR SALE—A flne Partridge Cochin Cockerel,
Philandes Williams' strain.    OLIVER HOL-
LINGSWQRTH, Traders Point, Indiana. M_
TT^OR SALE—Fresh Milch Cow; Grade Jersey; an
JD extra rich milker; second calf; price reasonable.   C. Y. C. ALDEN, Sunman, Ripley Co., Ind.   4-7
FOR SALE—FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
first-class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-list.
5-16 L. 8. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind.
FOR SALE-JERSEY BULL—one year old, from
Imp. Monarch and-Magnet Or, will trade for
-       - 0. Y: C. ALDEN,
a good top buggy.
Sunman, Ripley County, Lidiana.
FOR SALE.—Six young Poland-China Sows that
have been bred to a flne Poland-China Boar.
Address F. McKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana. ,   ' 2-lSt
FOR SALE—Light Brahma Poultry, and a few
Choice Berkshire Sows, bred to McBeth Noll7,
all direct from Imported stock. I. B. GILBERT,
Lewisvllle, Henry County, Ind.  5-2t
FOR SALE — ROUEN DUCKS—Six Ducks and
Two Drakes; first-class; price. ftM for the lot,
or in two lots for $22. J. BIJITERFIELD,
5-1 Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE—Amsden't June Fiach Trem—50 cents
each.   Leading varieties of fine young thrifty
Apple and Peach Trees, J10 per 100.   Have been in
the nursery business 40 years.    SAM'L J. ALDEN,
5-2    ^^_ Sunman, Ripley Co.^ Indiana!
FOR SALE — "STAR OF THE WEST," the best
Strawberry—100 acres in Small Fruits—Colossal
Asparagus Seed—Millions of Trees and Plants at
POMONA NURSERY. Send for Circular. WM.
PARRY, Cinnaminson, New Jersey. 5-7
FOR SALE —The "White Oil Corn:'— the Earliest
Largest, and Richest Com cultivated in the
West.   Sold in one size-packages only.   Single package, 25 cents, postage paid; 12 or more packages (to
Granges) 20 cents each.        ALPHEUS TYNEK,
5-4 Pnrch'g Ag't, Indianapolis, Ind.
TJIOR SALE—Cotton Gin—Near Helena. Arkansas,
JC a valuable cotto* pin, with grist-mill MW1 sawmill combined-, and, if desired, some heavy timber
land or a cotton farm adjoining; this is \yeli located
and doing a profitable business; terms easy. Apply
to J. Dickinson &. Co., Real Estate Agents, Richmond,
Ind. ■ 3-lw
FOR SALE—200 Farms—Splendid Soil and good
Buildings; cansuitanyone; no better country;
cheap transportation to Philadelphia, New York, or
Baltimore; all in Delaware and Maryland; finest
soil in the world for fruit. Geo. W. Ingraham, Real
Estate Agent, Middletown, New Castle Co., Delaware.
T7.0R SALE—The Onarga Importing Company of-
JD fer seven very fine imported Percheron Stallions
at bottom prices, for cash, or-at reasonable prices on
time, to responsible parties. Be sure and examine
our stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
L McCourtie, Onarga, 111. 3-6w
EOR SALE—Choice Chester White and Berkshire
Swine of all ages at very reasonable prices for
the superior quality of stock. Also fancy poultry,
turkeys, geese, ducks, eggs for hatching, pigeons,
ferrets, and thoroughbred dogs. Circulars free. Illustrated descriptive catalogue 10 cents. Write at
once to W. ATLEE BURPEE, No. 1332 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa. 3-tf
A BARGAIN IN A FARM—241 acres, in Putnam
county, IK miles from Greencastle, (seat of
Asbury University). All under fence; 65 acres in
cultivation; 60 acres of splendid timber; never failing water; buildings fair; orchard good. Price only S60 per acre. Or, I will divide the land and sell
either part at a bargain. M. W. H. WOODRUFF,
Greencastle, Indiana. 4-5t
FARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining Shideler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, 30 acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all tbe year; frame house of
six rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32 x 40 feet;
hay and stock scales with house over them; other
buildings convenient Price 860 per acre, one half
down, balance in three equal payments. JOHN S.
SHIDELER, Shideler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
TTIOR SALE—I will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
JD Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion 1st, dam Black Warrior. This Jack is
near 15 hands high,large bone, good length of body,
carries himself up well, good action. Has made
one season, and proven a success. For further particulars call upon or address M. W. ROBE UTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville. 5-2
WANTED.
WANTED—Every Grange in the State to try at
least one package ot •' Tittite Oil Corn," only 25
cents.   ALPHEUS TYNER, Indianapolis, Ind.   6-4
"ITT'ANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
W best Business College in the West to send
stamp for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block. Graduates assisted In gsttiES
situations. 4_tf
^IXANTED—A good farm In Marion or adjoining
Y V counties of from 300 to 400 acres, for a customer that will pay from 86,000 to $8,000 cash. House
and Lot in first class location In this city, valued at
$9,000 and balance time. L. Behymer & Co* 91 E
Market, Indianapolis. S-3w
WANTED—Farms and Country Town   Property (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-T              16K East Washington St., Indianapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MOO CHOLERA—Sure cure—Send 50 cents for
Receipt to W. H. Lester, Room 8 Bates Block,
mapolis.  3-4w
Cȣ}/~1 PER MONTH, and traveling expenses,
«H5 \J\_7 paid to salesmen who can sell our goods.
Better wages to experienced salesmen. ARGAND
KINDLEK CO., 36 LaSalle St, Chicago, HI.      4-4t
DO YOU want employment at home. In a new,
reliable business, paying large profits?
Address Excelsior Manufacturing Co., 151 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, nilnois. 2-8t
EVERY FARMER NEEDS Jiff's Improved Grass
iecd Soiccr. Circular free. Ask your dealer
for it, or I will sen! one on receipt of $4. N. P. MIX
Manufactr, Avenue, Franklin county, Ohio     5-4
BUI your wifo a Succes* Washing Machine, and
save health, clothing and soap.   It squeezes,
pounds, rubs and rinses clothing without damage to
ficlothing and buttons.   Manufactured and sold bv
J ENGLISH & OVER, 240 to 216 South Pennsylvania
Istreet, Indianapolis, Indianapolis. 5-8
The Latta Brothers, of the Hawpatch
Stock Farm, near Ligonier, Noble county,
are breeding trotting and throughbred
horses.
C. Y. C. Alden has sold to B. Hunt,
Esq., of Randolph county, a fine grade
Jersey cow, with calf from imported Jersey sire.    The price paid was $100 cash.
Emanuel Smith, of Hancock county,
has recently sold quite a number of very
fine improved Poland-China pigs.. Mr. J.
M. Vance of Springport, bought one
which he prizes very highly, and another
went to Mr. A. B. Springer, of New Leb-
non, which was also a very fine one.
flHolstein Cows.
Editors Indiana Farmer: — In the
number of your excellent paper for January 22nd, there is a short notice of the
Holstein . Cow, one of which, it is there
stated, gave about six gallons of milk
daily for nine months. Can you give
me any further information of the cows
in question, who has them for sale, and
what the price is. I would like very
rriuchto obtain a few such cows, provided
price is not exhorbitant. Can any one
give information about this stock.
J.H. B.
 —-. —jfcuiati ^ ,	
About Swine.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I see in the
issue of the 15th an article' on the question of hog cholera, from Mr. W. W.
Thrasher, that appeared to suit him exactly. He said he had been a breeder
of hogs for over forty years arid never
had cholera on his place. He takes the
position -thfit a hog bred so as-to ihavo -a'
goo^sounc^constithtion, will never die of
cholera. I have been a breeder of hogs
for over twenty years. I have lost some
very fine hogs this fall with the cholera,
and if he has any cholera-proof hogs I
.would like to purchase a few of him.
I am breeding from a yearling hog that
is five feet one inch round the heart, four
feet eleven inches and a half around the
flanks, and five feet four between his ears
to tbe root of his tail. I have a two-year-
old sow which, around her heart, measures five feet; around the flanks she is
four feet ten inches. Also a yearling sow
that is four feet ten inches around the
heart, and four feet ten inches around the
flank. They are good length and deep
sides. Jacob Creek.
Union County, Ind.
American Pedigree of the Camel.
Though the evolutional pedigree of the
horse may be distinctly traced in the successions of equine genera whose remains
are found in the tertiary strata of our
western Territories, nevertheless the horse
as he at present exists, is not indigenous
to this continent, but has been imported
from Europe. The pedigree of the camel
may also be constructed from materials
supplied by American paleontology.
Prof. Cope has recently unearthed a number of genera which must be regarded as
the ancestors of the camel. And it is
worthy of note that, although the more
prominent genera of the series which resulted in the horse, for instance Anchiter-
ium and Hippotherium, have been found
in European formations, no well-determined form of the ancestral series of the
camel has up to the present time been
found in any formation of the Paliearctic
region. "Until such are discovered,"
says Prof. Cope, "there will be much
ground for supposing that the camels of
the Old World were derived from American ancestors."
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHEEP.
The Live Stock Journal says: The Leicester's are usually placed at the head of
the long-wool breeds, as being the finest
in form and fleece, and also because it
has been largely used in crossing, for the
improvement of the other varieties. The
head is hornless, and rather long and
narrow; ears thin, with spots of bluish
tinge. The long, well-cut ear of the pure
Leicester, wilh its sprightly backward inclination, is a distinguishing characteristic of the breed, as is also the full, prominent eye, with quiet and lively expression. The face and forehead must be
bare of wool, though covered with a fine
coat of hair—white, with a little inclination to a blush tint. The body is straight;
with ribs well sprung and barrel shaped;
the pelt inclined to be thin; the wool exceedingly soft, fine, and lustrous, and
should be uniform over the carcass. The
extremities—muzzle and legs—are exceedingly fine, but the quarters are full
and wide, with back broad and level. Indeed, the carcass of the true Leicester
sheep is as near perfection in form as
can be conceived possible.
the cotswold,
though of lato years modified by the
crosses of the Leicester blood, and, therefore, strongly resembling that breed, is
somewhat coarser and longer in carcass;
with a heavy fleece, which should be as
lustrous, though not so fine, as the Leicester. The head is larger, and must
have a tuft Of wool on the forehead,
which the Leicester never has.
THE LINCOLN
is as large as the Cotswold, though in other respects, as now bred, very strongly
resembling the Leicester. The head is
long,, the face narrow and bare of wool,
with white,fine hair.and light bluish tint,
as in the Leicester. The/stand rather
higher on the leg than the two varieties
before mentioned, and the carcass is apt
to be less symmetrical; but the fleece is
longer and heavier, and, though not quite
so fine as the Leicester, is unsurpassed in
luster, and therefore commands the best
prices in the markets.   It is difficult to
4    OUR SOUTHERN LETTER.
'\ Jackson, Miss., Jan. 25, 1876.
^Editors Indiana Farmer :—In leaving
Tennessee, I have to regret that I could
not make a special visit to Milan, north
of Jackson, and Bolivar, south. And I
should have been pleased to have seen
Middle Tennessee, which is the limestone
region of the State, producing grasses
better than any other portion of the
State; but I cannot go everywhere, nor
see everything.
I arrived here on Sunday, January 26.
Flowers are blooming on every hand.
The commons are gree'n'with new grown
grass, which is tall enough to be very inviting to the cattle which run upon them
in large numbers. The weather is quite
spring-like, and the oak trees are sending forth buds and leaves.
The city of Jackson is a good Southern
town of six or eight thousand inhabitants. Many of the residences are fine.
The public buildings are good. The
State-house is a very creditable one, and
stands on a very pretty plat of ground,
green with the matchless Southern grass,
the "Bermuda." There are here thepen-
itentiary, a deaf and dumb, and an insane asylum—the latter a little outside
the corporation, and very beautifully situated. The Legislature is in session, and
I have had the pleasure of looking in
upon them several times and hearing
some very good speakers. The Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate is a colored man, and presides very
creditably. The House is a very able
body, orderly and well presided over.
I have had the pleasure of meeting
here a number of Western men, several
from Indiana, and some from Greencastle—David Jones and E. Mulholland.
LETTER FROM JOHNSON COUNTY.
Southdown Sheep.
_ The Southdown sheep is of medium
size, whose live weight, full grown, is
from 150 to 200 pounds. Occasionally
they run over this. Their fleese is white,
and of middle quality; tha face and legs
are a dark brown or mulatto. They are
hornless, very fine in all their points,
round, smooth and compact in form.
They are very quiet sheep, yet active and
if- ,.They wU1 thrive and do well on
much shorter pastures than the Cotswold
and other large breeds. If properly fed
wethers mature—that is, get their full
growth—at 18 to 24 months of age. This
mutton is very superior, being lean, tender, and juicy—not abounding in gross
fat, as most of the large breeds do. Their
shoulders and hams, when smoked, are
almost equal to dried venison, and can
hardly be distinguished from it. Lambs
are fit to kill at three months old and
above, and command the highest price of
any in the market. The Southdown
makes the best cross on all other sheep
when a superior quality of mutton w
wanted. The price of breeding Southdown varies from $15 to $50 each, according to age and quality. Very choice command higher prices.—A. B. Allen in JVew
York Tribune.
-,..., . ,, Mr. Jones is in the real estate business,
describe animals so as to enab e apersonf^a Mr Mulholland, is selling groceries
tot ueteitmne the pure* breed trem- the  an, ■ • • - ■ - •
mongrel; indeed the best judges are not
always able to detect the presence'of a
slight dash of inferior blood. One thing
the producer may rely upon—that long-
wool sheep peddled about the country at
low prices are never pure-bred. Indeed,
blooded stock of all sorts should be purchased of parties that are known as reputable purchasers—this is the only reliable security the purchaser can have that
the animal purchased will turn out what
it is represented to be.
THE SOUTHDOWN
sheep has a broad, rather short, though
exceedingly neat head; forehead covered
with wool, and the face and legs with
grey or brown hair. The fleece is rather
short, of good felting quality, equal to
half:blood merino, butsuperior for flannel,
etc., and should be solid and compact,
and of uniform quality throughout, without projecting hairs. The carcass should
be straight, with well-sprung ribs and
broad, level back, having wide quarters,
deeper flank, and well-packed twist. This
being held in higher esteem than any
other breed for the production of superior
mutton, the full and perfect development
of carcass is deemed of the highest importance.
The Hampshire Downs are coarser in
form and fleece, with black faces and
legs.
THE SHROPSHIRE DOWNS.
are a cross between the Southdowns and
long-wools—a large breed, with long,
coarse wool in form resembling the Cotswold, with black faces and legs. In regard to this matter of the colors of the
faces and legs, it is remarkable that while
the Southdowns, which stand at the head
of all these varieties, have, as before observed, brown or grey color in these parts,
their crosses on other breeds will frequently show black faces and legs. When the
object is to keep a flock for mutton, rams
of this variety are found exceedingly
profitable to cross on ewes of almost any
other breed. But the nearer they go to
the pure blood the better the mutton.
History of a Mare.
A Kentucky paper mehtioas a mare
that was foaled In March? 1840, Bourbon
county, Ky., and in 1841 was purchased
by Mr. John Holland, her present owner.
He kept her Until she was 22 years old,
when he sold her to Mr, Geo. Rowland,
of Louisville. Mr. Rowland kept the
mare until she was 29 years old, at which
time Mr. Holland bought her again. This
mare was sired by an imported Canadian
horse, and "her dam was Tiger Whip, a
thoroughbred Morgan. The mare has
raised twenty colts, which sold for over
$5,000, making an average of over $250.
She was never used for any other purpose
than as a breeder and a saddle animal,
and for these qualities she has probably
never been excelled on the American
continent. Mr. Holland has frequently
ridden_ her seventy-five miles in a day,
and thinks he could have easily travelled
her one hundred miles without materially
fatiguing himself or the mare. She was
thoroughly trained to go all the gaits of
the most approved saddle animals, and
could make fast time in any of them;
and although she is now in her thirty-
sixth year, she has not yet forgotten
them.
and provisions, and is making money.
Col. Musgrove, with whom I am boarding, is from Terre Haute, and is banking;
quite an amount of town property is
owned by him.
The Western men here are generally
doing well. This is a very easy place to
make a living. There is but little winter.
Many vegetables grow all winter. Fine
cabbage may be eaten fresh from the garden at any time during winter. Turnips
are as green and fresh now as they are in
October with us. Collard and rape are
in the very finest condition for use. I
have seen to-day a lot of rape two feet
high, that has been cut off for feed three
times this winter and fed to milch cows.
Rutabagas here can be gathered for feed
fresh from the field at all times through
the winter. Corn can be raised at the
rate of twenty to thirty bushels per acre.
Rice is also raised here. Pears of the
finest quality can be grown. Apples
and peaches do well but it is lamentable
to say that but little fruit is grown. The
gooseberry, the currant and the raspberry
are said not to do well. The blackberry
does well.
This is emphatically a grass country,
The woods and fields are covered with
grass, yet nobody cultivates it. I enclose a few stalks of clover that I gathered
from the side of the railroad, to prove
whatil here state. Notwithstanding they
were pulled on the 25th of January they
are eight or nine inches long. White
clover grows everywhere over the commons and the cattle are feeding^pon it,
Cattle are living well in the woods. But
the Bermuda grass is the blue grass of the
South of which I shall speak again.
This ls the heart of the cotton region and
of it I will also speak hereafter. The
lands of this county were originally very
rich but have been cropped constantly in
cotton for fifty years and are consequently much exhausted, but besides this they
have a great tendency to wash, and gullies
are cut in many fields, thus deforming
them. This is not the only deformity;
during the war many fences were burned
and since the war many more have disappeared and none of them have been
replaced, leaving large tracts unfenced;
the fences that arean place are very poor
ones. These farms are worth from three
to twelve dollars per acre and cheap at
that, for besides the indispensable cotton
crop, cattle, sheep horses and hogs can
be raised cheaper than anywhere north of
>the Ohio river. Fowls of all kinds may
be and are raised here exceedingly cheap.
Young chickens are hatched at all seasons. I see yonng broods every day, and
the native kind require no feed or attention, but make their own living in the
fields. Weather is very fine. Mules 14j
hands high sell for $100; 15 hands high
$125 and $130. The last two weeks of
February is the best time to sell.
A. C. Stevenson.
Franklin, Jan. 29th, 1876.
THE COUNTY MAKES THE TOWN.
To the Editors of the Indiana Farmer:
The fact cannot be gainsayed, the richness and prosperity of a county, indicates
the business and resources of the county
seat. This is true of this place and is
readily acknowledged by every citizen.
The business men here are very proud of
their rich county. They claim that their
soil is good, their timber fine and well
watered. The health of their citizens
average well, and as for good morals and
religious benevolence, together with intelligence and.generahreading they think
that but few counties in the State can
excel them.
There are but few county towns which
exceed this beautiful little city of Franklin as a market. The resources and en-
terprize of the town offers a good and
liberal market for everything that is
raised in the county, and to build up their
market. They have made ten gravel
roads leading into the city, which naturally, gives them the trade of the county.
In consequence of ^this wise business
management their city though small has
a great deal of wealth, extensive credit,
and a large amount of business enter-
prize. They have here a Baptist College,
three or four fine churches and one of the
best and largest public school houses in
the State.
THE IRON BRIDGES.
They have built fine iron bridges over
Blue river, Young's creek, Hurrican and
Sugar creek, at an expense of some
$50,000, which enables the farming com-]
munity to have ingress to the town at nil
seasons of the year. These valuable improvements gives evidences of an enterprising people.
COUNTRY MANSIONS.
The intelligent and industrious management of the county" may be inferred
from the appearance of their, barns! and
famiiynTahsf'onS. In these respe'ete they"
appear to live at home, for their flocks
are large, their stock in good condition,
while their fine fat poultry salute you at
every turn. People may say what they
please, but a good home, farm house is a
nice place to be born in, and a wholesome place to live at, where one has a
good appetite and is not afraid of work.
Such homes as those of John Herriott,
Robert S. Sturgeon, C. B. Tarlton, W. S.
Ragsdale, and hundreds of others, make
one feel that the trade of a farmer should
not be swapped off for a eity whistle. To
give up such homes, and such a life for
the bustle and eternal go of city struggles,
has been a rude bargain that has broken
up and bankrupted its thousands.
rr is NOT NOW
healthy hinges, presenting to the eye of a
casual visitor the beau ideal of a nappy
farmer's home.
The proprietor himself is a model man
as his farm itself evince*, for a man's
work always shows himself, it given evidence of the workman. Then, being
social and, without display or pretension,
and yet full of the kindest hospitality,
his house is a good placo to visit for a
hearty meal or a happy hour. .
A SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENSHIP.
In the early settlement of this oounty a
number of neighborhoods were settled by
families of the Presbyterian faith, of the
Baptist order and of Methodist zeal, and
the  developments   of years  show that,
these families were of first class material.'
They have increased greatly in numbers*
and now constitute  the substantial citizenship of the county.   There is something after all in the breeds of men, as
well ns in horses, cattle, sheep and hogs,
and the fine ehurchs, good schoolhouses,'
well selected libraries and liberal support''
of newspapers, among the farmers of this
county, certainly afford   respetable   en-,
dorsements to the general community.
The Indiana Farmer finds readers in
almost every household.       Jefferson.
TESTING PORK FOR  TRICHINAE.
Indianapolis, Indiana, )
January- 28,1876.    J
Editors Indiana Farmer:—T make
the following proposal for the purpose of
testing the prevalence of trichinae spiralis in the [pork used for home consumption:
Any specimens sent me I will examine,
and will answer in all cases where I find
this trichinav—all persons not answered .
by the usual rriail leaving Indianapolis
twenty-four hours after the specimen has
reached me—you may depend upon it
that there Is n6 trichina' in the sample
sent -,
Pieces should be cut off with a sharp
knife or razor as thin as paper if possible,
and put in the letter, either wrapped in tin
foil or not as may be convenient.
If tho specimen be from more than one
animal, they should be marked Nos. 1, 2,
etc. In this way»specimens from at least
fifty hogs may be sent at a cost of not
more than the usual three cent stamp,
providing tho letter and envelope bo light.
Respectfully yours,
W. B. Flktciieb.
Measurements of an Acre, Eto.
At Plain View, Minn., on the 22d a yonng
man named Frank Hathaway, shot and killed
Nettie Clayton, because of unrequited love.
He then attempted to kill himself, but was
not successful. He was taken to a hotel and
placed under guard. On the 25th at midnight
about fifty masked men, proceeded to the
hotel, and took the young man out and hung
him to a tree. All was done quietly and in
five minutes time. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the lynching.
WHAT   IT USED TO BE.
Forty years ago farming was about
what it was a hundred years before. The
old implements, the plow, rake, flail, and
pod auger, marked the slow tread of agricultural advancement, and the old story
of a big stone in one end of the bag and
the meal in the other was then a probable narrative. A great change however
has come in_ the dreams of farmers.
American genius has given them such
improvements in the implements of agriculture that farming has been largely reduced to brain work, and it is percept-
able everywhere now that the sweep of
cultivation in the agricultural line is
measured by the intelligence of the
farmer himself. He is no longer a day
laborer, but an intelligent engineer, a
superintendant of automaton machinery,
that can do more in an hour than twenty
men can do in a dayi Indeed it may be
said that the agricultural millenium is
come, and therefore all Israel should
rejoice,
EXCEEDING FINE STOCK.
But few counties in the State exceed
this in fine stock. They have horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs, of good breeds
and in fine condition. True they have
not perhaps, the first class animals, but
the general average is good and*reflects
well upon the intelligent ambition of the
county.
It is said that their stock have not
been as extensively exhibited at the State
fairs as they should have been, which is
one reason of their present obscurity as
prominent stock raisers. Those who have
seen their stock at the Edinburgh fairs
will readily admit that Johnson county
need hot be afraid to give their stock a
State exhibition.
JACOB MUTZ, ESQ.
This county has been represented
on the State Board of Agriculture for the
past seven years by Jacob Mutz who is
one of the most active and public spirited farmers of the county. His residence
lies some five miles east of the town of
Edinburg. He has a model farm in
many respects, for the fences are good,
the fields clean, the barn commodious,
his dwelling comfortable and attractive,
with nice and tasteful lawn, and good
water convenient, while his   orchard is
To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy
in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation, the following table is given :
5 yards wide by 968 long contain one
acre.
10 yards wide by 484 long contain one
acre.
20 yards wide by 212 long contain one
acre.
40 yards wide by 121 long contain one
acre.
80 yards wide by 60J long contain ono
acre.
70 yards wide by 69J long contain one
acre.
60 feet wide by 726 long contain one
acre.
110 feet wide by 369 long contain one
acre.
120 feet wide by 303 long contain one
acre.
220 feet wide by 198 long contain one
acre.
240 feet wide by 181J long contain one
acre.
-140 feet wide by 99 long contain one
acre.
A box 24x16 inches, 22 deep, contain
one barrel.
A box 16xl6J inches, 8 deep, contains
one bushel.
A box 8Jx8J inches, 8 deep, contains
one peck.
A box 4x3 inches, 4J deep, contains a
half-peck.
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well trimmed, and his gates all swing on single week.
The Weather, Again.
* Clayton, Ind., Jan. 31st.
Perhaps no January on record has been
so remarkable as the one now just closing. More than half the days have been
without frost. The rainfall has been quite
considerable, but there has been but one
snow squall, that of tbe 12th, which barely covered the ground.
The weather was so mild and springlike on the 28th, that the bogs were enlivened by the "song of the frog," Ice
formed last night on still water about one
inch in thickness, but at 8 o'clock, a. in.,
to-day the ground is thawing where the
sun strikes it. The history of this winter
will be interesting reading to unborn generations. W. II. Raoan.
A telegram to tbe Journal irom Washington states that for tho week ending
with January 29th, under the operation
of the Resumption Act there ww a contraction of the currency of about $UM),<i<f).
That is a pretty heavy contraction for >t
it
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