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Vol. XL
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 19th, 1876.
No. 7.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
FOR SALE.
"rnRUIT FARM FOR SALE—800 fine bearing trees.
JC    L. NICHOLSON, Sa!em. Washington Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Two Pure Bred Jersey Cows tn milk,
and one cow with calf.  J. Butterfield, Indianapolis, Ind. 6-2
FOR SALE—A few pairs of Lii
Black and While Cochins.   J
T. E. ELUS, PlainBeld, Indiana.
:ht Brahmas and
Sggs for hatching.
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OR SALE—PARTRIDGE   COCHINS—A   few
Tries very cheap.        L. A. HAVILAND,
6-S Bryantown, Charles Co., Md
TriOR 8ALE—CorncordVines,best quality; cheap
JD for Cash. Samples 10 cents. LEE & SON,
Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois. 4-tf
TilOR SALE-FOWLS and EGGS—All bred from
JD    first - class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-list.
6-16 L. 8. GOODWIN, Waterloo, «nd.
FOR SALE.—Six young Poland-China Sows that
have been bred to a flne Poland-China Boar.
Address F. McKEEVKR, Antioch, Huntington Co.,
Indiana. 2-1M-
EOR SALE—BERKS HIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old. W. A. Maze.Sharpsville,
Tipton county, Ind.       6-tf
"1TWR SALE.—I have a few thorough-bred Poland
JD China pigs, from five to nine months old, that
Swill sell. Pric«from830to$50. Call on or address
WM. A. MACY, LewisvUle, Indiana. . ■ 7-1 .
EOR SALE—DUCKS.—I have received a fine lot
of Pekin (China) Ducks, from H. H. Stoddard,
editor of the Poultry World. Hartford, Conn. Eggs
for sale in their sewon. JOHN BENNETT, Sunman,
Ripley county, Indiana, 7-lt
FOR SALE—Light Brahma Cockerels, 10 and 11
pounds each; well pencilled; worth $25 each
to breeders; took fourth premium at Chicago. Only
Light Brahmas shown from Indiana. C.Y.C.Aldeu,
Sunman, Ripley county, Ind. 6-2
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. 8end for Circular. WM.
PARRY, Cinnaminson, New Jersey. 5-7
"TTWR SALE—A valnableFrench Norman Stallion,
JC    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,
JTIOR SALE—The"White OS Corn,"— the Earliest
1 Largest, and Richest ©orn cultivated in the
est Sold in one size packages only. Single package, 25 cents, postage paid; VI or more packages (to
Granges) 20 cents each. ALPHEUS TYNER,
6-4 Pnreh'g Ag't, Indianapolis, Ind.
"TjlOR SALE—200 Farmv-Splendid 8oil and good
JD 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. InVraham, Real
Estate Agent. Middletown. New Castle Co.. Delaware.
FOR SALE—The Onarga Importing Company offer seven very fine imported Percheron Stamons
at bottom prices, for cash, or at reasonable prices on
tune, to responsible parties. Be sure and examine
our stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
L McCourtie, Onarga, 111.        8-6w
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.     8-tf
A BARGAIN IN A FARM—241 acres, In Putnam
county, VA 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 SCO per acre. Or, I will divide the land and sell
either part at a bargain. M. W. H. WOODRUFF,
Greencastle, Indiana. »-5t
FOR SALE.—I will sell, at very low price, a No. 1
Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion; 1st dam, Black Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d dam, Black Warrior. This Jack is near 15
hands high, large bone, good leng:h of body, carries
himself up well, good action. Has made one season
and proven a success. For furtherparticulars call
upon or address M. W. ROBE KTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
T71ARM FOR SALE—140 acres, adjoining Shldeler
JD Station, on the Muncie & Ft. Wayne railroad;
110 acres cleared, 30 Upres 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 $60 per acre, one half
down, balance in three equal payments. JOHN S.
8HIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-?
STOCK NOTES.
The Short-Horn Herd Book for 1876
■will show a large increase in the number
of animals registered.
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Me. Brelbford, of Anderson, has pur-
ckased a bay mare five years old, of the
Mambrino Patchen stock, for which he
paid $2,000.      __^__
E. R. Moody, of Eminence, Ky., has
lately sold Chester White pigs to four
farmers in this State, three in Illinois, two
in Missouri and four in Ohio, besides to
many in his own State. In many instances the sales were made in pairs.
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B. F. -Mears, of Washington, Daviess
county, has sold to J. M. Lewis, of Orange
county, Ind., his thoroughbred Jersey
bull, Bob. Alexander, and a half blood
Jersey .cow. ' The bull is regarded as a
very fine animal; he is fawn colored, has
rich, yellow skin, small horns and is a fine
breeder.
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S.J?. LocKRiDGE, of Greencastle, Ind.,
has sold the Short-Horn bull, Childe Oxford, 18651, by Geneva Lad 10129, out of
Oxford Fragrance, by Royal Oxford
(18774) to James Bridges, Bainbridge,
Putnam Co., Ind. The herd of Mr.
Lockridge has been doing finely through
the winter, many of his Short-Horns not
having been up in stables all winter, with
the exception of two or three cold nights.
The grass in his pastures is still good, the
stock having daily access to it..
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Age of Sheep.—A farmer writing us
from Washington county, Ind., says that
the age of a sheep may easily he told
thus: They have eight front teeth, all of
one size, the first year; at two years old
the two. middle teeth having been shed
out are replaced with two' a good deal
larger than the others ; for the third year
two small teeth come on either side of the
eight; at the end of the fourth year there
are six large teeth; on the fifth year all
the front teeth are large, and the teeth all
show wear on the sixth year.
purposes, if fed by the breeder, would
not do well when changed hands, and a
consequent change of feed to dry com
and water. Pigs should now be turned
into clover, until the heads commence
turning. Would prefer blue grass or timothy to clover for brood sows, while
nursing pigs. Arrange with cool running
water and plenty of shade—just the thing.
Never allow them to run to mud-holes.
Feed your hogs semi-weekly, with a mixture of two gallons of ashes, half gallon
of salt, a quart of stonecoal or charcoal,
in such quantities as they will eat. A
reasonable change of food is good, hut
too great a change is dangerous. '   (
As to diseases and their remedies I
know but little, as I have had precious
little experience in that line. If a pig is
scoured, I first remove the cause; then I
give the the mother an astringent in her
slop, and then I pour down piggies throat
half teaspoonful of sanie, diluted with
two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk. I his
generally effects a cure. With this treatment I have never given the third dose,
and seldom the second. If I knew the
ingredients of the mixture, I would cheerfully give it to your many readers. It is
a liquid which I get by the pound, and
always keep it on hand. In all my breeding I never lost a pig by the scours. My
uplands, where my pigs are mostly kept,
is what is called here "river barrens,"
high rolling, from which an excess of
water runs quickly.
I have living, running water, supplied
by springs in every field and wood lot,
and in most of the small lots on the farm.
You will see by this that the necessary
care and liability of my stock getting dis.-,
eased is not so great as if kept on dry
soils, with a lack of plenty of living water.
Others of greater experience can give my
friend more . information than one who
has so many conveniencs supplied by
nature, that the raising of stock with a
little care is both pleasant and profitable.
. Henry Comstock.
Liberty Mills, Ind.
For the Indiana Farmer.
MANAGEMENT OF PIGS.
FARM FOR SALE.—Containing 52 acres, in Morgan county, Indiana, on the gravel road, half
a mile east of Slartinsville, 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 irom the verandah. A dairy, in good running
order, ran be bought with the farm. Address MARY
MAINS, Martinsvllls, Indiana, or J. M. ST. JOHN,
Franklin, Indiana. . 7.4t
WANTED.
WANTED—All lovers of Grapes to send 60 cents
and learn to prevent the rot.   L. NICHOLSON, Salem, Washington county, Indiana.       7-2t
WANTED—Ever
least one pac
cents.  ALPHEUS TYNER, Indianapolis, Ind.
Every Grange in the State to try at
e package of " While OU Corn," only 25
US TYNER, Indianapolis, Ind.  6-1
WANTED—-A good man to work on a farm; one
who has had experience and can bring good
references.   No tramps need apply.     Inquire  of
 ~"   "' t.Ind.
MAN1FEE & TURPIN, Clermont,
It
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—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 A ELDER,
1-; W4 East Washington St.. Indianapolis.
MISCELLANEOUS.
QjTV FANCY CARDS, 7 styles, with name, 10 cts.;
*2t\J 20 AcquaintanceCards, 4 styles, no name, 10c.
Address J. B. HUSTED, Nassau, Renss. Co., New York ■
<5»£»i~VPER MONTH, and traveling expenses,
ftP Xj\J paid to salesmen who can sell our goods.
Better wages to experienced salesmen. ARGAND
KINDLE R CO.. 36 LaSalle St, Chicago, m.      4-4t
LOST!-«25 REWARD!—At the Chicago Poultry
Show, a 2d premium Lieht Brahma Pullet
small bare spot on head. I will give $25 for the safe
return of the Pullet, if lost, or 850 for Pullet and
thief, if stolen.      C. Y. C. ALDEN, Sunman, Ind.
EVERY FARMER NEEDS Mbfs Improved Ortm
Seed Sower. Circular free. Ask your dealer
for it, or I will sen I one on receipt of $4. N. P. MIX,
Manufact'r, Avenne, Franklin county, Ohio.    5-4
BUY your wife a Success Washing Machine, and
save health, clothing and soap.   It squeezes,
pounds, rubs and rinses clothing without damage to
Bclothiug and buttons.   Manufactured and sold by
J ENGLISH & OVER, 240 to 246 South Pennsylvania
Istreet Indianapolis, Indianapolis. 6-8
I hardly know how to answer Mr. G. W.
Homan's question in the Farmer of the
5th inst. There is so much in it—and yet
so little, ■when I consider the cheap manner of doing it, adopted partly of necessity and also for convenience of situation.
My inquiry in the Farmer as to the best
plan of getting up a piggery, suggests the
idea that as yet I am not supplied with
that convenience. I have several pens
partly covered and so arranged as to give
the dam a little yard room. I usually
separate them ten days before farrowing,
putting each by themselves. If well supplied with pens, I keep the dams separate
until the pigs are a month old. If otherwise, I double up by putting two dams
together that will best agree, and having
farrowed at about the same time. The
dam is kept on full feed for the last two
weeks before farrowing, excepting the
last twenty-four hours. The feed consists
in some corn, plenty of slops made of
equal parts ot corn, oats and bran.
Immediately after the pigs are here I
remove the after-birth from the pen, and
give the dam some warm dish water, with
some bran, oat-meal, and a handful of
oil cake meal mixed in. If the pigs come
in the morning, that is the mess for the
day, save some water, with the chill taken
off, if she is feverish. The next morning
about a half feed is given, which is continued three times per day, with a gradual increase of food that will bring her
on full feed in about two weeks. If corn
is given during the time of nursing, it is
first shelled and soaked in water for
twenty-four hours. I add a little salt to
the water as often as I supply the barrel
with corn. Two barrels are used for this
purpose; the corn in one, soaking, while
using out of the other.
A separate apartment is made that the
pigs may, as soon as they will crack corn,
eat of their own mess, which is given
them in such quantities as will be cleaned
up. Such slop as is given the dam is good
for the pigs. Slop should never be allowed to sour, but fed sweet. Pens should
be kept clean, with plenty of dry bedding.
Don't favor dust beds.
The best time of the year for dams to
farrow is when the fresh blue grass is two
or three inches high. Stock should be
kept growing steadily, but not crowded
too much when young. I do not feed
any steamed food. Think it would pay
well in fattening hogs, but for breeding
a: few days AMONG the swine
BREEDERS OF WARREN AND:--
BUTLER COUNTIES, OHIO.
a prize taken last fall. Although he is
but a pig, yet he bids fair to make a hog
not easily surpassed.
I spent the remainder of the day looking over Job Hughes' herd. Here I saw
the mother of "Black Bess;" she is also
the mother of a large number of noted
hogs. "Perfection" is one of her pigs.
This sow will be ten years old in the
spring, and was a pig out of the old
white sow above described. M. Hughes
hasjBome good brood sows and has raised
some of the finest pigs in the country. I
bought two female pigs from his herd;
they are grand-pigs of old "Black Bess"
or "Pugh" sow, and on the other side are
grand-pigs of the old "Rue" sow. Those
acquainted with this strain of hogs will
see that my selection was from the best.
My short and pleasant acquaintance with
this gentleman will long be remembered.
Aft I bade him good-bye, he said: "Mr.
Macy, whenever you come over here
again don't forget the cabin in the woods."
I then returned to W. C. Hankinson's
and spent the night with him. The next
morning he took me to his brother's farm,
three miles from Franklin. Here I met
with Noah Colin and son, from Dayton.
James Hankinson has some very fine
broood sows, I might say extra ones. I
will not take time to describe them, but
will simply state that Mr. Colin paid him
one hundred dollars for a two year old
sow. She is out of a "Black Bess" sow
owned by L. & E Munger, Bentonville,
Fayette county, Ind. The gentleman
who made a tour among the "Swine^
Breeders of Eastern Indiana," did not
know, that when he missed these gentlemen, that, in the writer's estimation, he
missed one of the finest, if not the finest
herd of swine in the State.
I accepted the kindness of Noah Collier, and passed the night with him. In
the morning I was shown his hogs, and
must say to his credit that he has some
fine ones. He has been very successful
as a prize-taker at State and county fairs.
' From Dayton I went to Xenia, and
thence down on the Little Miami Railroad.
Stopping at a number of places along
this xoad, I found many well bred hogs,
|*ut,fhey'were,notas fine as those^in "the IP8ar/- .-KK?t £a*?f- ner™U8' ^generate
western parts " of Warren -and  Butler t^uH^ 8t^h<?n8 Ilke Messenger,
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I see in
your-paper an article about hog cholera.
The writer thinks it lies in breeding, etc
I think we have just as good hog men in
Shelby county as any were in the country
and just as fine blooded hogs, too, and I
know they take good care of them, and
their hogs die. I think it does not lie in
the breeding. We have some men here
that have the scrub stock of hogs, and
they don't die with cholera as much as
our fine stock does. A. A. B. P
Shelby county, Ind.
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Heavy Weights.—The following are
the weights of Imported Norman Stallions, which E. Dillon & Co., of Normal,
111., now have on hand:
St Laurent, 10 years old ™ 2,120 pounds.
Tackeau,      5 "      1,890      "
Europe, 4 "      ~ 1,810      "
Vldall, 5 "      1,800      "
Champaign, 3 "     _ 1,781      "
Tromblau,    4 "      1,780      "
Cognac,        5 "      1,765      "
Revtre, 4 "      1.760      "
Average weight 1,837 lbs.
General Purpose Horse.
A correspondent of the Live Stock Journal writes:
I think the best horse in the world for
general purposes is the powerful English
and Irish hunter, as near thoroughbred
as possible, and still strong enough to
carry his 200 pound rider over fence and
ditch, hedge and field, from morning till
night, after the fox and hounds, and ready
next morning for the same day's work.
He would need modification of form, but
that would come from use.   I am not
speaking of horses with a view to hunting or racing, but think that horses of
above character bred to American mares
will get more substance, worth and value
in their colts, than'any other horse in
existence.   If you desire long life, active
stride, and power, the ability to recover
from sickness or accident, and what the
old horsemen -call "bottom," for a colt, a
good share of thoroughbred blood is nec-
Editors Indiana Farmer .—About the
middle of December I concluded to make
a tour as indicated. My first call was en
D. M. Magie, in Oxford. After a pleasant
conversation upon the merits and demerits of a number of breeds of swine, and
partaking of his kind hospitalities, I
accepted an invitation to visit his farm,
one and a half miles from the town.
Here I found a number of good hogs. In
one pen I saw ten spring pigs (females,)
which were extra. In another pen I saw
"Perfection," and after looking at him for
some time I came to the conclusion, as
you did in your issue of the 15th ult., that
"he is correctly named." If I were per-
sonaUy acquainted with James Mustard,
I would compliment him for bringing
"Perfection" into Indiana. He has made
a good investment and it should prove
profitable.
Before leaving Oxford I called on David
Finch, who is pleasantly situated two
and a half miles west of town.. This gentleman is an extensive breeder and shipper of thoroughbred Poland China hogs.
Among his most noted sows is a full sister to "Black Bess," a sow owned by
Shephard & Alexander! This old "Finch"
Tiog paired by the Springfield hog,) will be
six years old in the spring. He is said
to be a noted breeder. I bought a year-
old sow, from the old hog.
Early in the morning I started for Wm.
Marshall's, three and a half miles east.
Here I found a few well bred hogs of a
good style and color, and of him I bought
a male pig. Many Indiana breeders will
remember that this gentleman was a representative from Warren county, to the
"Swine-Breeders' Convention," held in
Indianapolis in 1872. As a breeder he
has been very successful.
I called on W. C. Hawkinson, in the
same neighborhood, and at his place I
found a number of very fine hogs. In
one pen I was shown ten extra one year
old sows. I did not see their equal at
any other place. Mr. H. raised "Perfection" from a pig and showed him at a
number of fairs last fall, taking over one
hundred dollars in premiums. He has a
few very fine pigs from this hog, and I
bought one of them, a female of superior
style. Here also I saw the mother of the
"Black Bess" family. This sow will be
eleven years old in the spring, and is
snow-white. Some breeders may dispute
her age, and think she is older. Mr. H.
has just made an examination of his hog
record and was satisfied that she was but
eleven years old. I found no breeder that
knew half as much about her age as he
does, so I think we can safely accept his
as prima facie evidence. Notwithstanding the great age of this sow, she is still
prolific. I saw a female pig, one kept
from her last spring's litter, that was
nice. H. told me that a number of times
he had been offered fifty dollars for this
pig, but thought it best to keep some of
the good old stock. In another pen I
was shown a thoroughbred pig, "Beecher",
parts
counties. .They may be as good.feeders,
but not as desirable.
In conclusion, I would say, let
everyone be fully persuaded in his own
mind as to what breed or breeds he fancies best; then let him become acquainted with the best breeders of his choice,
and make their experience a base of operations, then success will be sure to
crown the effort. If you choose to go to
Ohio you will be kindly received. ■
Wm. A. Macy.
Lewisville, Ind.
ALPACA SHEEP.
Ex-Gov. Frank Thomas has recently returned home from his mission to Peru,
and has brought with him a lot of this
celebrated breed of sheep. They are at
present on the farm of Gov. Thomas in
Alleghany. These sheep range in large
flocks under the care of the Indian race
of the table-land, 13,000 feet above the
level of the sea, between the two chains
of very high mountains tha,t extend from
north boundaries of Ecuador, through Ec-
uador,Peru,and Bolivia, into Chili; altho'
they are very numerous, all three of
these republics forbid, under heavy penalties, their exportation. t The fourteen
which Mr. Thomas brought along with
him were obtained by his agent, on the
table-land of Peru, in the vicinity of Tit-
icaca, about 4,000 miles from New York,
to which city they were sent by rail from
the lake to the Pacific, then by steamer
to Panama, by rail across the Isthmus,
and thence by steamer to New York, and
by rail to the Governor's farm in the
Notwithstanding the journey, they are in
a fine, thriving condition; which goes to
show that they are a hardy animal. For
their importation to the United Stages the
Governor had the special permission of
the President of Peru, with whom he has
very friendly relations. The sheep were
not imported for sale or for personal
profit, but to experiment upon and ascertain if this fleece-bearing animal could
be imported into the United States, and
thus establish an industry which would
in time be profitable on a large scale of
capital and labor. The fleece of the Alpaca far surpasses that of our best breeds
of sheep, in the length and firmness
and smoothness of its fibre, and weighs
about seven pounds for shearing; and, as
it is much larger than our own sheep, and
its flesh is said to be superior to mutton
for food, as its capacity to produce the
material for a beautiful article of clothing
it may in time become of great value to
the country. Their colors are glossy
black, beautiful brown of various shades,
very often white or gray. In form they
are more like the red deer of the Alle-
ghenies than the sheep, being heavy and
deep in the chest, slim in the loins, and
of handsomely curved and full round
hindquarters, with a very long, swanlike
neck, which they carry in a vertical direction, and which, with a well-formed
head and remarkably beautifuleye, gives
them a pleasing and imposing appearance.—Frederick (Md.) Examiner.
The Long Island canary that died of
small-pox has been rivaled by a wood-
pigeon at Elgin, Scotland, which was
found to be affected with foot and mouth
disease.
Diomede, Archy, Eclipse and Lexington.
A-laigej bony, muscular trotter can do
much good as a general stallion, if he
has the staying power, and would greatly
improve the common stock of the
country.     ^	
A GOOD MOVEMENT TO IMPROVE
STOCK IN NOBLE COUNTY,
INDIANA.
Kendallville, Noble Co., Ind.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—Some of
the leading farmers of Wayne Township
have formed a company for the purpose
of improving their breeds of stock. The
shares are $25.00 each; quite a good
many shares have been taken already
and a committee of two, J. N. Childs and
John Robinson have been chosen to
make the purchases and are now in
Kentucky looking through the best herds
of Short-Horns. This looks like business
in the right direction, and I hope that
this good work will not stop here, but
that it will spread all over Noble
and adjoining counties. There seems to
be quite a disposition here among the
farmers to improve their breeds of stock;
and at no distant day Noble county will
rank with many of her sister counties in
the State.
And lot me say just here that the Indiana Farmer is and has been the great
instrument that has brought about this
awakening. May the Indiana Farmer
never grow less. W. H. W.
, e   m   * -7—
NOTES FROM FULTON COUNTY.
GENERAL NEWS.
California's wool clip will reach 50,000,000
pounds next season.
A dandelion in full bloom was picked in
Medina, Ohio, in January.
Driges, the counterfeiter, on trial at Springfield, 111., is worth $150,000, the proceeds of a
long life of crookedness.
Only 45,000 tons of ice have been cut this
year at Lasalle, 111. The usual amount cut
there is about 300,000 tons.
There is a man in New Hampshire who
sends fourteen of his children to the same
school.   The rest are too small to go.
The dullness of trade leads the New Bedford
(Mass.) Mercury to remark: Ten mills make
a cent, but not any ten mills in this section.
The Short-Horn breeders of central Illinois
have arranged for an extensive sale of their
stock, to be held at Springfield, in May next.
Wm. Beck, an employe on the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw railroad, Peoria, was crushed
to death Friday night by being caught between
the cars.
A young man named George Friday accidentally shot himself with a revolver at
Hinckly, on the 9th inst. He was practicing
at a target at the time.
Dr. Andrew A. Bonar says that as a result
oftheworkof Moody and Sankey, in Glasgow, "they can lay their hands on 7,000 converts who hold out well."
News from the new Centennial lode at Laramie city is of a most astonishing nature.
The ore, before thought the richest ever found,
is now said to essay over 500 times richer than
at first.
A wealthy man of Philadelphia has sent an
invitation to a Baptist missionary and his
wife, now in Burmah, to come home and
spend a year at his house for the benefit of
their health.
The high water in Ohio and Indiana has
been doing much damage. At Mt. Vernon
ten farms have been swept bare of fences,
stock, etc., and the fate of the farmers themselves is unknow as yet.
The amount of property burned up in the
United States and Canada during 1875, so far
as recorded in the general newspapers, is
$85,328,035, about one-half the loss falling on
the insurance companies.
A two year old hog was killed at the Michigan State prison last week weighing 920
pounds.• •Would two hogs of a year old
weighing 460 pounds have cost as much?
This is the hog conundrum.
The storms out west have been terrific.
The Pacific railroad has been obstructed with
snow to such a degree as to exclude travel.
Snow plows were at work Saturday and Sunday getting the delayed trains through the
drifts.
The Nurserymen of the Northwest are to
meet at the Palmer House, in Chicago, on the
second Wednesday of June next, for tho purpose of organizing a Nurserymen's Association
to promote the general welfare of the tree-
growing interest.
The legislative council of Montana has
passed a resolution, eleven to one, granting
$3,500,000 to aid the construction of the
Northern Pacific railroad west from Bismark,
to Shield's river, the westernmost tributary of
the Yellowstone.
An ox weighing 5,000 pounds arrived in
Jersey City one evening last week by tlie Midland Railroad. He is five years old and
twenty-two hands high. He rode in a hay
car, the ordinary cattle car being too small.
He was raised in Otsego county.
The Black Hills gold fever has broken out
afresh, and men are said to be pouring into
the Hills by hundreds. Perhaps a few of these
may make money, hut the large majority
would get vastly more wealth by growing the
golden grain upon our rich prairies.
Green Oak, February 11.
Editors Indiana Farmer;—We ' are
having a very remarkable winter, such as
has not been experienced heretofore by
the oldest settlers. The continued freezing and thawing of the past few weeks
has greatly damaged the growing wheat.
Being previously very thin on the ground,
the prospect for a good crop is not very
favorable at present.
Corn was considerably above an average, though the quality is not so good, it is
worth 30 to 35 cents per bushel. Oats
was good but owing to the wet weather at
time of harvesting, a considerable portion
of them was lost, worth 25 to 30 cents. Of
potatoes, we had the largest crop ever
raised in this county, but they are rotting considerable and no market for
them at resent. ■
Cattle plenty and low. The hog crop
was some below an average though the
quality was better; all sold at good
prices; stock hogs scarce and high.
Farmers of this county have not given
as much attention to the improvement
of stock as they should, but the discussions in the granges, together with that
in Indiana Farmer, is awakening them
to a sense of their interest in that
direction. Two years ago the Indiana
Farmer was scarcely known in this
neighborhood, but at present it finds a
hearty welcome in almost every household in the neighborhood. The more we
read it the more we want to read it.
J. Bbdbaeer.
Nine of the most respectable and influential
citizens of Evansville, Indiana, have been sent
to the state prison for violating tlie revenue
laws, in reference to crooked whisky. The
scenes of their last hours with their friends
were said to be most effecting. Some of them
were TJ. S. Revenue officers.
The mail pouch from New Orleans to New
York, of the 7th instant., was found in Choctaw swamp, Alabama, and about 1,500 letters,
containing drafts and foreign exchange to a
large amount, recovered. All damaged letters
and drafts will be returned by the morning
mail to New Orleans for identification.
A hundred and fifty men left Cheyenne on
last Saturday for the Black Hills. A party
which have came in reports that during
the eight days of their trip from Custar they
counted 105 wagons en route for the hills.
Two hundred men are outfitting here now,
and will start this week. The incoming trains
bring scores of gold seekers daily.
The fast line west on the Pennsylvania road,
Sunday night, struck a landslide, just east of
Johnstown, and was thrown from the track.
The engine, baggage car, and two passenger
cars were wrecked and set on fir^, and burned.
A portion of the mails was destroyed. A lady
passengerjand the baggage master were slightly
bruised.   All others escaped unharmed.
The steamship City of Galveston, Captain
Evans, from Cape Haytien for New York,
went ashore on the night of the 5th inst., on
Mayaguana Island, West Indies, and is supposed bilged. A heavy sea was running at
the time. The vessel was laden with coffee,
and carried thirty passengers. She will probably prove a total loss^
Insurance funds loaned in the city of New
York five years ago, upon real estate mortgages, on property worth double the amount
loaned, are found to be rather undesirable se-
curities at the presenttime,'owing to the great
reduction in value of real estate, arid the companies are in many instancescompelHd to buy
in the property, which does not bring the
amount loaned, on foreclosure and sale.
Last week the keeper of the jail at .Springfield, Illinois, presented his bill for board of
the prisoners confined there. There was no
money in tlie treasury with which to pay the
bill, and as the keeper did not think himself
able to keep the jail and board tlie inmates,
he opened the doors of his establishment aiid
told them to depart in peace. There were
some twenty prisoners. The affairs of that,
cityBeem to be in anything but a satisfactory
state.
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