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Vol. XI
IKDIMAPOUS, INDIMA, FEBRUAKY 12th, 1876.
No. 6.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
We have concluded to admit brief business announcements In this column, irom those who wiah
to exchange or sell, or who may desire to purchase
any article. The charge will be 12)4 cents per line,
each week. About eight words make a line. No
notice admitted for less than twenty-five cents.
FOR  SALE. "
T710R SALE—Two Pure Bred Jersey Cows in milk,
JD and one cow with calf. J. Butterfleld, Indianapolis, Ind, 6-2
F
OR" SALE—PARTRIDGE   COCHINS—A   few
Tries very cheap.        L. A. HAVILAND,
5-S Bryantown, Charles Co., Md
FOR SALE-Comcord Vines,best quality; cheap
for Cash.    Samples 10 cents.    LEE & SON,
Minonk, Woodford Connty, PUnois. ■*-»
"I710R SALE—Two thoroughbred Short-Horn bulls
JD one year old; color, deep; send for pedigrees
and prices.  S. Aikman & Son, Dana. Ind.       6-it
FOR SALE—FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
first-class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.
5-16
Send for circular and price-list.
L. S. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind,
Ti^OR SALE.—Six young Poland-China Sows that
JD * have been bred to a flne Poland-China Boar.
Address F. McKEEVER, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana.  2-lst.
FOR SALE-Lteht Brahma Poultry, and a few
Choice Berkshire Sows, bred to McBeth No. 17,
all direct from imported stock. I. B. GILBERT,
Lewisville, Henry County, Ind. 6-2t
P
OR SALE—A No. 1 Grade Jersey Cow, and her
heifer calf, by Imported Jersey "Brlgham" will
eparately.  J. Bennett, Sunman, Ripley county,
6-lt
sell separately,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—BERKSHIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old. W. A. Maze.Sharpsville,
Tipton connty, led. "" 6-tf
"T710R SALE—Light Brahma Cockerels, 10 and 11
JD pounds each; well pencilled; worth $25 each
to breeders; took fourth premium at Chicago. Only
Light Brahmas shown fromlndiana. C. Y. C. Alden,
Sunman, Ripley county, Ind. 6-2
T710R SALE—Amsden's June Peach Trees—50 cents
JD    each.  Leading varieties of fine voung thrifty
Apple and Peach Trees, 810 per 100.   Have been in
the nursery business 40 years.    SAM'L J. ALDEN,
5-2 Sunman, Ripley Co.Undiana
FOR SALE — "STAR OF TBE 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.      o-7 -.
FOR SALE.—A valuable French Norman Stallion,
the property of the Adams Township Joint
Stock Company, of Hamilton County Indiana.   Liberal terms.and a general guarantee will be given,
Address, R. G. KERCHEVAL,
6-4t Boxley, Hamilton County, Ind, .
"TT^OR SALE—The " White OU Corn,"— the Earliest
JD Largest, and Richest Gorn cultivated in the
West. Sold in one size packages only. Single pack -
age, 25 cents, postage paid; VI or ntire packages (to
Granges) 20 cents each. ALPHEUS TYNER,
5-4 Purch'g Ag't, Indianapolis, Ind.
"T710R SALE—Cotton Gin—Near Helena, Arkansas,
JD a valuable cotton gin, with grist-mill and sawmill combined, and, if desired, some heavy timber
land or a cotton farm adjoining; this is well located
and doing a profitable business; terms easy. Apply
to J. Dickinson <St Co., Real Estate Agents, Richmond,
Ind. S-4w
FOR SALE—200 Farms—Splendid Soil and good
Buildings; can suit any one; 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.
"TjlOR SALE—The Onarga Importtni
JD   fer seven very fine importec
at bottom prices, for cash, or at reasonable prices on
iporOng Company of-
fine imported Percheron Stalfions
time, to responsible parties. Be sure and examine
our stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
I. McCourtie, Onarga, HI.  .  S-6w
STOCK NOTES.
The types made us misspell the names
of T. J. Smith, W. G. Nash, Frank
Wheatley and W. A. Maze, stock gpaen in
Tipton county. ■
We call attention to the sale of James
A. Perry's imported Norman horses, at
Wilmington, His., on the 24th. It will be
a rare opportunity to procure thia valuable stock.
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It was Dr. M. V. Young, of Gettings-
ville, that bought the four-year-old bronze-
colored Jersey cow, Pet Sculer, of Dr. D.
W: Voyles, of New Albany, Ind.   This is
a very choice and valuable animal.
 •	
Joseph Heck, of Connscreek, Shelby
county, Ind., during the past season has
sold a large number of fine Berkshire
pigs, which went to many parts of the
State, in price ranging from ten to fifty
dollars.
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The catalogue of the Crescent Hill
Herd of Charles Lowder, Plainfield, Ind.,
for 1876, contains a very inviting table of
contents to men in search of superb
Short-Horns.   The catalogue is just out>
and can be had on application.
 •
J. B. Gilbert, of Lewisville, Ind., has
lately added to his herd of Berkshires
some imported stock from the herds of
Wm. Crozier, of Long Island-, N. Y., and
Wm. Smith, of Detroit, Mich., all in excellent condition. He has some fine
Berkshire sows he offers from imported
stock.
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Last May Mr. Smith Wobters, of-Union
county, Ind., bought of S. Meredith <fe Son,
the celebrated cow Irene, of Avalon the
1st. She now has a fine bull calf, red,
with just a little white, by the imported
British Baron 13557. The calf is a very
promising one, as fine as can be found
anywhere, of its age.
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W. A. Maze, of Tipton county, has since
October last, sold twenty-one Berkshire
pigs, for $319. No. 29 premium pig he
offers to our • agent, is doing splendidly,
and he has already been offered twenty
dollars for it. The agent that gets it will
get something valuable, as indeed are all
these premiums. Bro. Maze will be remembered for his generosity.
many who invest fn fine pigs. When a
man concludes to buy a pair of fine pigs,
he seems anxious all at once to get a litter
from his new fine gilt, and often breeds
her at five and six months old. This
gives his sow but little time to develop,
and therefore the pigs are small, the sow
does not suckle well, at once his fine
stock begins to go back, and the man
wonders why his pigs are not as fine as
those be bought. A young sow should
never be bred until she is over eight
months old—nine would be better—so
that she will be from twelve to thirteen
months old when she farrows. If you
will observe this, and when you breed
your sow set the time down and in three
months and a half from that time, give
her a nice dry place away from other
hogs or stock, and feed her regular but
not too much, then go out in six days
after you put up, and you will be almost
certain to find a nice, strong, lot of pigs.
Then feed light till you get a full flow of
milk for the pigs. After that feed well
on slops mostly and you can stand by
and see your pigs grow; provided,
3d. That the pigs were sired by a boar
that was no kin to the sow—or but little.
I have sold several pair of pigs to persons
who would select (contrary to my advice)
brother and sister; but I never knew
good health to follow. The offspring is
never uniform. There will be some fine
pigs, some scrubs, some between, some
thrifty and some that will never grow to
do any good.
4th. I would advise that you keep no
more hogs than you can keep well. The
true policy in raising hogs to pay, is to
keep them constantly growing; to do this
the sow when suckling should be weaned
at two months old, and fed on slop and
scalded meal, with some grain occasionally ; and in spring and summer let run
on grass and clover, during which time
they should have some gram, enough to
keep in good growing order.-' One sow is
enough for any small farmer, as he can
raise two litters of pigs each year, and
have from twelve to fifteen hogs to kill
annually, that will net from three to foilr
thousand pounds. A. H. McCoy.
Gentryville, Ind.
LETTER FROM AN OHIO SWINE-
"> BREEDER.
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POLAND-CHINA HOGS.
"TTIOR SALE—Choice Chester White and Berkshire
JD 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—Ml acres, in Putnam
county, V-A 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, Didiana. i-5t
"TTIARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining Shldeler
JD Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, 30 acres timber, all fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
six rooms, porch and milk-house; barn 32x40 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.
BHIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
■T710R SALE—I will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
JD Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Ca8tillion 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. ROBERTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville. 5-2
SWINE BREEDING AGAIN.
WANTED.
1XT-ANTED—Every Grange in the State to try at
mckage of " White OU Com," only 25
I TYNER, Indianapolis, Ind.   "
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cents.
least one
ALPHEUS
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5-4
WANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
best Business College in the West to send
stamp for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block. Graduates assisted in getting
situations. 4-tf
WANTED—A good farm in Marion or adjoining
counties of from 300 to 400 acres, for a customer that will pay from 56,000 tots 000 cash. House
and Lot in first-class location in this city, valued at
19,000 and balance time. L.Behymer & Co., 91 E.
Market, Indianapolis.  3-8w
"ITTANTED—Farms and Country Town Prop-
W erty (anywhere In the States) for City Property and Western and Southern lands. We haye extra facilities for making exchanges. Send full description. WADSWORTH & ELDER,
l-?a          16H East Washington gtjndjanapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOG CHOLERA—Sure cure—Send 50 cents for
Receipt to W. H. Lester, Room 8 Bates Block,
Indianapolis. 3-lw
($££1(\ PER MONTH, and traveling expenses,
tlUjv/ paid to salesmen who can sell our goods.
Better wages to experienced salesmen. ARGAND
KINDLER CO., 36 LaSalle St., Chicago, m.      4-4t
EVERY FARMER NEEDS ites Improved Grass
Seed Sower. Circular free. Ask your dealer
for it, or I will sen! one on receipt of $4. N. P. MIX,
Manufact'r, Avenue, Franklin county, Ohio.     5-1
BUY your wife a Success Washing Machine, and
save health, clothing and soap.   It squeezes,
pounds, rubs and rinses clothing without damage to
nclothing and buttons.   Manufactured and sold by
i ENGLISH & OVER, 240 to 246 South Pennsylvania
SStreet, Indianapolis, Indianapolis. 5-8
Editors Indiana Farmer:—In my
former article on swine breeding, 1 came
to this conclusion: that it was much
cheaper to buy our. breeding swine at
high prices, if bred up to a fine model,
than to wait until we could breed up our
old woods, or native hogs to as good a
model. But I would say to all that may
desire to invest in fine breeding swine
that if you intend to buy a pair of fine
pigs at prices that are now being paid,
and then turn them out on the commons
to "root, hog, or die," without food or attention, then you had better save your
money to invest in something that will
pay better, for it is now too late for any
hog to be profitable without attention.
Yet if you have concluded to
INVEST LN FINE HOGS
and intend to give them fair treatment
then go ahead and you will find that it
.will pay. I have been selling a few fine
pigs for over twenty years, and I do not
recollect of any person complaining of
my stock, except those who expected the
pig to make a hog of itself, without any,
or but little aid or comfort from its owner.
But there are many persons who would
give such advice as I think would make
swine breeding profitable, if followed out.
ADVICE TO BEGLNNERS.
1st. I would select the best models and
the most thoroughbred hog I could find
of the size I desired. As to model, I would
get a hog of good size; not too large (the
largest hogs do not pay best) with short
head, wide jaw, and wide between the
eyes, ears rather small, neck thick and
short, shoulders and hams heavy; body
of female long and round, and broad loin
flanking down well; -the male should be
medium in length and more compact in
form than the female, the legs rather short
with a strong bone, Btanding erect, the
coat of hair should be fine, and no bristles, such a form of whatever breed it may
be will grow and fatten well, at almost
any age.
2nd. I would never breed my hogs too
young.   I have found this a great fault of
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I see so
much about hog raising, and diseases
common to the hog, in your paper, I
thought some one from Spencer county
should say something on the subject. We
cannot boast of the large number we
raise, or of the number of thoroughbred
hogs we have, yet I think we have some
small herds of Poland-Chinas and Berkshires as good as any county in this State.
The finest herd of Berkshires is owned
by A. H. McCoy.
The Poland-China hogs were introduced
here about twelve years ago, and they
have been giving better satisfaction than
any other breed. I think the Poland-
China is the best hog for the farmer.
They excel all other breeds for size, good
style, docility, fertility, early maturity,
aptitude for taking on flesh, and constitutional vigor. I have just weighed a
Poland-China pig, three months old, that
weighed 185 pounds gross. The last
twenty-five days it gained seventy-three
pounds. In the fall of 1874 I had a
Poland-China hog thirteen months and
twenty-one days old that weighed 536
pounds gross, and a sow of the same
breed, thirteen months, weighed 493
pounds gross; I put her all into lard, except the hams and shoulders. She yielded twenty-four gallons of lard. Who can
beat this.
I have recently shipped to Phineas
Perry, of Blackford county, Ind., three
pigs, which he says excel anything ever
shipped in that country. I have just received of Mr. Baldridge a fine Poland-
China sow, sired by Tom Collins and bred
to Black Tom the sweepstakes boar at
Indiana State Fair, in 1875. Mr. Baldridge has refused $150 for her.
PREMIUM PIG.
The fine Poland-China pig I have offered will be worth at least $15 cash. The
agent can get that for it, if he wants to
sell it.
HOG CHOLERA.
Almost all diseases of swine may be
traced to neglect in giving sufficient and
wholesome food, poor shelter, filthy pens,
by lying too long in cold, wet beds, and
allowing too many to sleep together, and
thia is the cause of most all the diseases
the hog is subject to. I find the old adage
a true one—that "one ounce of preventative is better than a pound of cure." I
have never lost a hog by cholera. I feed
charcoal, ashes, salt and sulphur; keep
my hogs on dry ground, with a warm, dry
place to sleep, on a floor, and I believe, if
all farmers will practice this, the hog
cholera will be a stranger among our
hogs. James H. Parker.
Spencer county, Ind.
? Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio.
Editor Indiana Farmer:—I see in
W>ur valuable paper of December 11th,
aii inquiry by E. W. H., to know the difference between the Poland-China and
Big Bone China and the McGee hogs.
Not that I think myself the only one
capable of answering the questions, but
that no one seems to have^ thought it
worth while, you will bear with me for
a short space. My answer is that the
above names (Big Bone China andMcGee)
are those that have originated long since
the Poland-China was introduced, and
that it is one of the tricks played by some
of the breeders to get to themselves a
great name, and thereby gain the advantage in the trade, which is an injury to
the stock in some localities, in this and
other States where the Poland-China has
been propagated to a limited extent.
Mr. McGee is a resident of my county,
and I know him to b'e a breeder of Poland-
China hog3, and ships them to purchasers
in different parts of the country; and because they bought them of him they call
then McGee hogs. To us who live here
inthe locality or county where these hogs
originated, there is no trouble or confusion. We have thought it best to agree
upon the one name, Poland-China, and
take the chances for the trade, and we
wish no, one to call a Poland-China, a
Grant hog or a Lincoln hog, because he
bought it of them.
THE DIFFERENCE.
\ E. W. H. wishes to know the difference.
Now, Poland-Chinas are not all alike.
Some are colored and some dark, even
MacS. Some are course and some fine.
To me the two latter qualities are the most
valuable, I think the breeder has more
'perfect control and can, by close observant! propagate just such animals as he
most fancies in crossing a few times. For
instance a man wishes to propate course
"nogs: breed the coarse ones together, and
in a few years he can have coarse Big
Bone Chinas. Or, if he wishes to have
theai run to the opposite way select the
fine or small bone for breeders. This is
one of the most valuable qualities of the
above breed of swine; and a quality that
no other breec^ of swine has to so great an
extent.
Now, if we wish to breed MeGee hogs,
the best way is to pen a few Poland-
Chinahogs together and see that no others
get in with thpm.    Many of the readers
FARMING AND STOCK GROWING
IN SOUTH-EASTERN INDIANA.
THE  FLOOD
IN SOUTHERN
DIANA.
IN-
of the Indiana Farmer will remember the
decision of the swine breeder's association, held at Iadianapolis, four years ago.
The matter was discussed to considerable
length, and different opinions as to what
was or shoult be the name of the improved swine that had originated in this
and Warren c lunty, Ohio. It was there
decided that t iey should bear the name
"Poland-Chini /'and that no stock should
have the nam i of its breeder. Yet some
of the breedei i persist in talking about
McGee hogs, a id the most prominent agricultural and itock papers permit breeders to advertise the same stock by different names, ii the breeders' directory,
because they my for it. Thereby injury
is wrought to tie stock, and and to those
who have limilkd knowledge as breeders.
SHOHT-HORN CATTLE.
Mr. Editor, Iiee in your paper a report
of the numbt ■ of Short-Horn cattle in
our county. A low me to say that there
are many that lave not been reported to
you. I will na ae Mr. John Russell, who
lives near me, s an old breeder, and has
at present son ^ ten or twelve head. I
would also coi ect the number reported
in my name. I have now on hand
twenty-two h( id. Five bulls, one of
them a Louan, ind one Rose of Sharon;
the others are ood pedigrees.
A. H. Jewell.
Co: srete Walls.
Much of the white lead sold as pure is adof-
terated from 20 to 60 per cent. Every keg of
Eckstein, Hills & Co.'s "Phcenix" brand
White Lead is warranted perfectly pure,white,
fine and durable. 6-11
Editors IndIna Farmer:—I want to
build a frame house and want a good
foundation. I lave been told that there
can be a found tion made of lime, coarse
sand, and cem< it, of certain proportions,
in which are n xed small boulders and
brickbats, and lat the above composition
will harden an be as durable as brick or
stone, and is n ich cheaper.
Now will soi e one of your many readers be kind ei lugh to tell me through
the Farmer, i: the above is true ? Will
they please t< . me what ingredients to
use; the prop 'tions of each; how to mix
them; how to put it up; how long it
takes to set—Bat is: how fast can a wall
be put up? jfeo the cost per square foot
of a nine inclfprall. In short, please tell
us all about ii Jno. Henry.
Johnson C< tnty, Ind.
Lin the Faj ier of Feb. 27th, 6th page;
March 13th i d 27th, 2nd page for 1875,
will be found |retty full answers to these
inquiries by Dr. Furnas, of Hendricks
country, whe kas had much practical experience injuese kinds of walls.—Editors.]
Editors Indiana Farmer.—Being this
winter an occasional reader of the Farmer, and recently observing some articles
from your very worthy correspondents
in which I am personally interested, I
concluded to offer in return a few
thoughts for such consideration as they
may deserve. As I have noticed no correspondence from Dubois county, I will
begin this article by mentioning some
things concerning this county, that perhaps many of your readers are not familiar with. Our county is situated
about midway between the O. & M. Railroad and the Ohio river and consequently we are dependent upon one of these
thoroughfares for our communications
with the rest of the world. There is, however, in process of construction, a
RAILROAD FROM ROCKPORT TO JASPER,
our county seat, which in all probability
will be completed early this season. This
will give us more direct communication
with the river trade and will doubtless
bring our heretofore neglected county into more public notice. The eastern part
of our county is broken and not very
productive, agriculturally speaking, but
abounds in great mineral wealth. The
southern and western portions are rich
and productive, comprising the very rich
and productive bottoms of the White and
Patoka rivers. The uplands of this part j
of the county is of a deep sandy loam and
seems to be well adapted to the production of blue grass. -
STOCK GROWING.
Some of our farmers who have turned
their attention to grazing altogether, find
it more remunerative than raising corn
or grain, and if they would turnj their
attention to Short-Horns instead of
our common scrub cattle, their profits
would certainly be much larger. I am
truly glad to. see the farmers of Indiana
stepping to the front among the Short-
Horn breeders of this country, and I feel
assured that the Indiana Farmer is one
fifthe most active agents in bringing
about this happy result. The hog crop
is the one whicn brings the most money
to our county, and tobacco is perhaps
the next. One company of shippers paid
ont about $40,000 for fat hogs alone in
the western part of the county since the
first of November, and many others were
shipped by other parties, besides quite a
number salted by farmers at home; and
had it not been for the ravages of hog
cholera and the overflow of last August,
this crop would doubtless have been
doubled. I notice in the Farmer of the
15th ult., a communication from Mr.
Thrasher, of Rush county, on the subject
of hog cholera, but after an experience
of over 12 years in raising and fattening
hogs,_ I cannot altogether agree with the
position he takes with reference to the
causes of this disease. I have had several scourges of this disease and it often has
happened that the healthiest and best
bred hogs died first, and I have for several years observed that it was the most
fatal among the fattest and thriftiest,
while those which were not so thrifty
usually lingered a long time after becom,-
ing diseased and would neither die nor
fatten. My observations have led me to
believe that this mysterious disease is epidemic, contagious to some extent, perhaps as much so as typhoid fever. I am
also of the'opinion that disease may be,
and often is, conveyed from one lot of
hogs to another by buzzards feeding upon
the carcasses of hogs which have died
from cholera and then vomiting in the
healthy pens.
KILLED MORE THAN CURE.
I have tried various remedies and prescriptions for this disease, and now feel
sure that I have killed more hogs by
medical treatment than I have cured
The treatment I shall adopt until "future
ages find abetter," will be about the same
that a good river bottom farmer would
adopt for raising a good corn crop. He
would of course make all the necessary
preliminaries for raising a crop, then if
an overflow does not come and drown it
before gathering time, he  is  sure of a
food crop.   Just so with the hog crop,
shall endeavor each year to raise a sufficient number of pigs, and make the
necessary arrangements to fatten them,
then if the cholera does not come along
and kill them, I  shall  expect  to  have
some hogs to sell.   It is certainly useless
to theorize.about hog cholera remedies
or the different breeds which are most
or least liable to this disease, because the
same malarial causes which have existed
for over twenty years, exist now, and are
likely to exist in the future.   The only
way for us to succeed in this or any other branch of agriculture, is to go ahead
and discharge our whole duty, trusting to
Providence  for  the results.   The man
who quiets himself and makes no effort
to raise hogs this year because the hog
cholera visited  him   last year,   should
watch some little bird rebuild her nest
after having it torn down perhaps a second or third time, and remember that according to the natural   order of things,
"there will be briars where berries grow."
O. F. Hobbs.
Ireland, Dubois Co., Ind.
Princeton, Ind., Feb. 3,187G.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—The whirligig of time brings about its revenges and
boreas that had been nestling behind fine
warm weather the past few months, about
faced, and  in   angry and  fearful force
changed the elements from rain to a snow
storm—a  blinding,   seething,   whirling,
drifting snow.   Tuesday morning, February 1, it was raining; about ten o'clock
the wind shifted north and a perfect hurricane blew all day; every living creature
seemed  ready  to   hide  in  the nearest
hiding  place to avoid the force of the
storm, the cattle bellowing rcr mercy to
be   sheltered.   The thermometer   sunk
from  40° to 6° above   zero during the
storm.   Tuesday was cold but a beautiful
morning, and the face of the earth clad in
garments of white.   The   rivers in  this
section are higher now than ever known
before; some of them marking three feet
more water.   Whole sections of country-
are under water.   The inhabitants having
to flee for safety.   Many families cannot
help  suffering  terribly,   for  they were
wholly unprepared to meet such a change
of weather as took place on February 1st.
Quite a number living in these river bottoms  are  good  Patrons, and  suffering
families   cry aloucV*for  help.   We,   as
Patrons,   could  hear the cry  for help
from Kansas—are we to turn a deaf ear
to  the demands of humanity at home ?
I Let all  true Patrons meet in  their re-
\ spective    counties   and  take   steps   to
instruct the Executive Committee of the
State Grange to appropriate some of our
funds to relieve their immediate wants.
Watchman.
Gibson County, Ind.
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Bmggs & Bros. Quarterly Illustrated Floral
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Seed catalogue of vegetable and (lower seeds,
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Sfbinq catalogue of new and rare plants,
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Trra annual circular and retail catalogue of
vegetable and newer seeds, by James J. H.
Gregory, Marblehead, Mass.
"St. NrcnoLAs" for February is out, and
with the usual number of stories, sketches,
poems and pictures. Its frontispiece is a very
effective drawing by that admirable artist,
Mary A. Hallock, illustrating the opening
story of ''The Black Duglass," contributed by
Hczekiah Butterworth. Among the other
stories are "The Two Goats," by Susan
Coolidge; "The Shower of Gold," a dait \
little fable by R. B. Bowker; "Salla Watson's
Ride," a thrilling narrative; "All for Bijou,"
the record of a very laughable predicament;
and one of Mr. Trowbridge's capital "Bass
Cove Sketches." The serials, Mr. Brook's
Western story, and Mr. Bayard Taylor's narrative of Iceland life, continues as interesting
as ever.
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A New Dodge.
Editor   Indiana  Farmer.—The  National
Granger of a late date says that the Patrons
have instituted a new degree of the Golden
Sheaf, which can be taken by any member of
the order or others who will give one dollar
to build a National Grange Temple in Louisville.   Will the editor of the National Granger
tell ns who are these Patrons who ha*e instituted that new Golden Sheaf degree humbug, •
and what is his authority for saying that the
Patrons are so earnest about having a National
Temple in Louisville?   We would suggest to
the editor of the National Granger that his
one dollar Golden Sheltf degree and National
Grange Temple sounds very much like another
Louisville enterprise of honorable memory,
the Kentucky State Library Lottery, arid we
think the grangers have sense enough to leave
his Golden Sheaf severely alone.    We would
also hint that Louisville is not the only place
where the National Grange headquarters can
be located, and it is by no means such a settled
question as the editor of the National Granger
would have it appear that Louinville will be
the   final   location of the National    Grange.
There are others than Hoosier who think that
the beautiful and thriving capita) of Indiana
would bepreferable to Louisville a.« headquarters   of   the   National  Orange, but even as a |
Hoosier Patron, we should favor the location
of the National Headquarters on the Mixnics-
ippi river ratherthan one of its tributaries.
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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