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KTJIT FARM FOB. SALE—800 fine bearing trees.
L. NICHOLSON, Salera, Washington Co., Ind.
"TJ10E SALE—Eggs from the very best Light Brah-
JD mas at $2.50 per doz. Geo. Vestal, Cambridge
City. Ind. 8-9W
T710R SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, five kinds; price
JD W per barrel. Address L. E. MACE, Lexington,
Scott county, Ind. ll-4t
"T7TOR SALE—Comcord Vines,best quality: cheap
JD for Cash. Samples 10 cents. LKE & SON,
Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois. 4-tf
EOR SALEr-Eggs—From S varieties, at J2 per
dozen.  Circular free.  C.Dickinson,Waterloo,
Ind. 14-10w_
lOR SALE—Eggs—From choicest strrinsof Light
.__ Brahmas; SiOO per 13 ores. A-few fowls for
sale.   W. L. Alyea, Suuman, Ripley Co. Ind.    H-lw
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TJ10RSALE—Seed potatoes—Extra Early Vermont,
JD   Brownell's Beauty and Oompton's surprise, $1
per bushel,
Ind.
Wm.Ahrends, Sunman,Ripley county;
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T7I0R SALE—Large White Seed Corn. Send 10 cts.
JD for sample (100 grains, or more.) Reference:
Indiana Farmer. John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley
county, Ind.   Box 51. M-tf
THOR SALE—Several flne young Poland China
JD male pigs, well bred and ready for service.
Address V. Mc&EEVER, Antioch, Himtlngtpn Co.,
Indiana. I2'5*
-TTWR SALE—FOWLS and EGGS-AM bred from
JD    first-class stock.    Turkeys, Chickens. Ducks
and Peafowls.    Send for circular and price-list.
8-16 L. S. GOODWIN, Waterloo, Ind.
TTIOR SALE—Eggs from registered Btock, Light
JD Brahmas, BuS; Black, White and Partridge Co-
chins,$3for 13or85for 26eggs. T. K.ELLIS,Plain-
field, Hendricks county, Ind. 11-lt.
FOR SALE—BERKSHIRES—I have several choice
Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices
there and five months old. W. A. Mate, SharpsviUe,
Tipton county, Ind. ' 6-tf
"TjlOR SALE—Seed Sweet Potatoes, on reasonable
JD terms, or furnished to responsible parties to
sprout on shares of one-half; (Yellow N&nsemond
variety.)   H. A. Wooley, Galveston, Cass Co.. Ind.
FOR SALE—Select Seed Potatoes. Extra,Early
Vermont, 81.75 per bbl.; Campbell's Late Rose,
11.50 per bbl.: Peachblows,81.25perbbl. Any ofthe
above for 30 cents per peck. All select and guaranteed, true to name. Address ALAN30N SHAUL,
M. Columbia Grange No. 526, Noblesville, Ind.   ll-2t
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IOR 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
ey__   Estate Agent, Middletown, New Castle Co., Delaware
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■""""triOR SALE or TKADE^-Ari Almont Stallion, four
JD years old, sixteen-hands high, beautiful bay,
good style and trotted a quarter in 45 seconds when
a two-year-old, with very little handling. Would
trade for good, broke mules. Call soon or address,
Alfred PrarVNew Maysville, Putnam county, Ind.
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TT^OR SALE—Go»d farm, one half mile from Ath-
P ertou Station, Vigo county, Ind., and 9\_ miles
from Terre Haute City, consisting of 280 acres, 255
in crop and pasture, balance timber; good sized
house and barn; large orchard; well watered, suitable for stock or crops. Price 865 per acre on long
feme at 6 per cent interest. Apply to proprietor,
Alex. Menhinlck.  ?***_
T710R SALE.—I will sell, at very low price, a Ko. 1
JD Jack, five years old next foaling time. Sired
by Castillion; 1st darrLBlack Sampson; 2d dam, Pioneer, 3d 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
npon or address M. W. ROBERTS,
Brook's Station, Ky., on the L. & N. railroad, thirty
minutes ride from Louisville.
EARM FOR BALE—140 acres, adjoining Shldeler
Station, on the Muncie & Ft Wayne railroad;
U0 acres cleared, 30 acres timber, aU fenced; two
orchards: spring water all the year; frame house of
six rooms, porch and milk-house; bam 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 8.
8HIDELER, Shldeler Station, Delaware Co., Ind. 4-T
WANTED.
"\TT ANTED—Every farmer who desires to visit the
T V   west to read tbe advertisement of Morris &
Mills, "Ho for the West," on 8th pa^e. 14-3w
"\TTANTED—A situation on a farm or in the city.
W   Will do almost any kind of work for fair
wages. Address F. R. H., at Indiana Farmer Office. 11-?
TITANTED—Young men wishing to attend the
W best-Business College in the West to send
rtardo for circulars to the Indianapolis Business
Ocuege, Sates Block. Graduates assisted in getting
situations.  t?_
ITT ANTED—Farms—Persons having farms for
W sale or tradewill please send description and
price to Jnb. M. Todd & Co., Indianapolis. A 30 or
40 acre farm with neat improvements, within 40
miles of city will find a ready purchaser. 14-tf
■\T7"ANTED—Farms and Country Town Prop-
TV erty (anywhere In the States) for City Property, and Western and Southern lands. We hive extra racilities ftr making exchanges. SendTull description. WADSWORTH A ELDER,
1-t              U}_ East Washington St, Indianapolis,
MISCEIsIsANEOUS.
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OR TRADE—A carriage and bugfcy for horses
and mules.   Eli Helny, Indianapolis.      13-4t
STOCK NOTES.
Work Horses.—The best feed, perhaps,
for work horses, is three parts of oats to
one of corn, ground together, and mixed
with cut hay.
We have received a small electrotype
of a Berkshire pig, but have had no
advice as to whose property it is, or for
what purpose it has been sent us. The
owner will please notify us by postal card.
0. Y. C. Alden, of Sunman, Ind., has
sold Jersey heifer Madam Nilsson.to Col.
"North, of Ohio  county. Ind., for $100.
SThe dam of this heifer made eighteen
pounds of butter per week.
Stockbridoe Chief, a peautiful stallion
owned by Messrs. W. W. Cones & Co., of
this county, has been much admired here
by the lovers of fine stock. He is young
and very promising.
A. M. Jewell, of Middleton, Butler
county, Ohio, has purchased of the Sev-
enmile Ohio Stock Company, the high
bred bull, Duke Clifton 2d, 13862, bred by
George M. Bedford, Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. He has lately sold some very
fine Poland China pigs to parties in many
sections in this State, as well as in Ohio.
The demand • for. this, breed of swine is
rapidly increasing.
We have just received the sale catalogue of Shorthorns, of Mr. B. H. Campbell, whose sale to take place at Aurora,
111., on the 14th inst., has heretofore been
noticed. The sale catalogue embraces
some of the finest stock in the country,
and will attract the attention of breeders
generally. The catologue also contains
a superb lot of animals to be sold at the
same time by Messrs. Strawn, Jackson
& Son, and those of Mr. Green, and Mr.
Price. Over one hundred and fifty head
in all are offered, nearly all belonging to
the well known fashionable families.
The great Shorthorn sale of Messrs. J.
H. Kissinger & Co., and J. H. Pickerell,
takes place Wednesday, May 3d, at the
Sangamon county Fair Grounds, Springfield, 111. In the catalogue.before us we
find represented the families known to
fame. Ten head of the importation from
Great Britain of last year, are included
in the large number offered, and the opportunity here offered of getting rare animals to breed from will doubtless be embraced by many. The sale is advertised
in- this number of the Farmer. -
Golddust Tbotters.—The sale of highbred trotting stallions, mares and geldings and fillies, at the Eden Stock Farm,
Jefferson county, Ky., by L. L. Dorsey,
will attract wide attention. This offer
comprises the celebrated Golddust stock,
so well and favorably known in this country. The catalogue before us shows upward of seventy animals of various ages,
and warrants a rare opportunity of getting some of this excellent stock. The
sale takes place, as per advertisement,
Wednesday, May 3d.
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SH0BT-H0BN CONVENTION.
of the Farmers
Subject.
The fifth annual convention of tbe Indiana Short-horn Breeders Association
will be held in the Agricultural Booms,
State House, Indianapolis, at 10 o'clock
A. M. on Tuesday, May 30th, 1876.
To all breeders and farmers of this and
other States a most cordial invitation is
given to meet with us. The following attractive programme has been prepared,
and these essays, together with the discussion to which each will be subjected,
will not fail, not only to prove of great
interest to farmers and breeders, but will
doubtless be a source of much informa
tion in matters pertaining to this valuable
breed of cattle:
essays.
High prices paid for Short-horns, and
their influence upon the mass of farmers,
—W. W. Thrasher, Groves P. O.
The disproportion of premiums paid at
fairs on horses and cattle,—H. Craven,
Pendleton.   . .        " *       ■
Milking qualities of Short-horns as
compared with other breeds,—J. N.
Woodruff, Nineveh.
Management of cows at and near calving,—L. M. McDaniels, Rushville.
Public sales—cash vs. credit,—C.
Matthews, Clinton. I
The effects of close inbreeding,—H. C.
Meredith, Cambridge City.
Proper mode of feeding cattle, and best
time of turing off,—James Bridges, Bain- j
bridge.
Animal painting, with illustrations,—
Geo'. W. Kimball, Greencastle.
With assurances of welcome from the
Association to.those who do attend, I
respectfully submit the above.
Claude Matthews, Sec'y.
Clinton, Ind., Apr. 3d.
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Swine Feeding.—The following statement in relation to the profit of swine
feeding is furnished by Jay Morton, son
of Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska
City, Neb.; Sept. 1st, 1875, bought 50
head of hogs weighing 3,844 pounds, at
6J cents per pound, $245.25; 1,114 bushels of corn at 22 cents per bushel, $245.08;
expense of feeding, 14.40, total expenses,
449.73. Sept. 4th, 1876, sold the 50 hogs
weighing 13,843 pounds at 61 cents per
pound, and received $899.91. Net profit
of feeding five months, $400.19.
From the numerous articles sent to the
Farmer for publication, we condense the
following thoughts on this vexed question. Meredith Cox, of Bush county,
thinks that if dogs were all killed off, the
foxes and other "varmints" would increase till there would be no getting
along with them, and he says the foxes
would then carry off the lambs.
"D. W." recommends taxing the female dogs out of existence, and thus get
rid of the tribe, so nearly at least that
none but the best and most valuable of
the species will be kept. When reduced
to this point, he says when a man wants
a dog then, it will cost him enough to get
one to make it an object to take good
care of it.   That is not a bad idea.
"H. A. M.," of Dubois county, thinks
good dogs are taxed high enough, and
believes there is some other method of
getting at the fair thing on this question.
He says one dog on a farm is enough, and
if a good one and well [trained, being
alone will not run around off the farm
for other flocks. He tried to get along
without a dog, but the foxes took his
lambs, pigs and geese, and the coons took
the poultry, and the rabbits killed all the
young fruit trees, and so he was compelled to get a dog, and has had little or
no trouble since. Raising his dog, he has
trained him to stay at home, and he has
never bothered any one's sheep. He
thinks Mr. Coffin's proposition to induce
men to kill dogs, is not creditable to his
Quaker principles, as, if attempted to be
carried out it would produce much
trouble among neighbors.
; Daniel Bulla, of Wayne county, Ind.,
says the poor trash all over the country
own the largest share of the worthless,
dogs, one to four half-starved ones each,
to run over the country and hunt a living, and thus driven to do all sorts of mischief. These people pay no tax of any
kind,—none can be collected off them,
neither dog or other taxes, but their dogs
kill sheep just the same. He would like
to have a law passed compelling those
keeping dogs to get a check or badge, to
be provided by the assessors, or to pay a
heavy fine in case this was neglected, or
kill the dogs not thus marked. This he
thinks would thin out the dogs, and fewer sheep would be killed,
Wayne county has about 576 sections
of land in it, and take the county over
there are five farms to each section, which
would make 2,880 farms in the county.
Now, these farhis on an average would
each keep at least twenty head of sheep,
if there were no dogs, which would make
a total number of 27,600 sheep in Wayne
county alone. If all the counties in the
State would do likewise, clothing and
meat would not cost as much as now by
considerable,
"P. P.," of Lawrence county, Ind,, ad
vocates the passage of a law that would
authorize farmers to shoot all the dogs
found strolling away from home without
their masters. In this way we should soon
get rid of the run-about dogs, which do
the mischief. Men who haye sheep
killed, as the law stands,don't get half the
value of them. We must get rid of the
worthless, sheep-killing dogs in some
way.
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H0GCH0LEBA—THE EXPERIENCE
OF A SWINE BBEEDEB.
Editors Indiana Farmer :—I am a
breeder of thoroughbred Poland Chinas,
and have been for twenty years. In that
time I have had Berkshires and Chester
Whites. ■ My experience with them has
been as unfavorable as with any breeds
that I ever had. If the Chesters take the.
cholera they invariably die for me, and
the Berkshires nearly the same. Of all
the hogs that I have ever bred, the Poland
Chinas are the hardiest and most likely
to survive the ravages of cholera.
Within the last twenty-two or twenty-
three years, hog cholera has visited my
farm three times.   I have lost every time.
The worst form of the disease that I
ever saw was last fall. Out of one lot of
thirty-four I lost seventeen. The balance
ofthe lot all developed nicely and seem
to be healthy, and the sows are produ-
ing fine litters this spring. I alBo had
another lot of twenty-three.' To these I
I gave a preventive composed bf 8 ounces
antimony, 8 ounces copperas, 6 ounces
cayenne pepper, 4 ounces oil of sassafras,
12 ounces turpentine, 8 ounces sulphur,
8 ounces Spanish brown, 4 ounces indigo
and six ounces saltpeter. The above articles were all mixed and a teaspoonful
given to each hog once a day. The pigs
grew finely until three months old, then
they took the cholera. I thought there
was .no danger and stopped giving the
preventive a short time before they took
the disease. Four out of the twenty-
three died. I have in my experience
found that preventives are better than
cures. Of those that died, one lingered a
long time. Immediately after ita death I
made an examination. The heart seemed
to be flabby and of a soft texture; the liver shriveled and apparently dried up. In
following this examination closely I found
that where the alimentary canal entered
the stomach, and where the liver, lights
and lungs were attached to the stomach,
there was a large number of worms infesting the parts. They had apparently
eaten a hole into which a man's finger
could be thrust into the stomach. They
were lying in a -roll as2.1arge as your
thumb, and were from three to eleven
inches long; they seemed to be attached
to the liver, and some of them were yet
alive and when separated for the purpose
of counting, would crawl about.
Now for the theory: It is said that
worms in hogs produce cholera. I believe no such thing, from the fact that it
is positive to my mind that hog cholera
is contagious. In 1855 I had a sow that
got out of the lot, went to a neighbors
where they, had hog cholera, and in two
weeks she took thedisease. In two other
cases this fall my experience was the
same. But it is not always necessary for
hogs to come in contact with diseased
ones in order to produce disease. From
past experience I have found that there
are other causes that produce hog cholera. I believe that when the disease is
prevalent foul water may produce it; it
may be caused by malarial poison. That
seems to be very probable from the fact
that last season was a very wet one, cal-
culated to produce a large amount of malarial poison tV»>B-~fl«>«-.yiiigj-_g-ln.i-ioT.
I am not of the opinion of some that
hogs that are well bred will not have the
cholera. I know that they will have it,
and are just as liable to die as the most
miserable land shark. My theory in regard to the hog which I examined, is
this: the hog did not die of cholera, but
being in a debilitated and weak condition
worms multiplied in the stomach and
attacked the vital parts, causing death.
There were two others lingering at the
time the examination was made, and
knowing that turpentine was a destructive agent to worms, I gave the 10 head
a pint of spirits of turpentine, and repeated the dose in about four days, giving it
in a bucket of swill. Since then I have
given no medicine, but plenty of feed,
and they' are now doing finely. I have
hogs on my farm that are seven years
old that have never missed a feed in their
lives, and are hearty and vigorous. From
my past experience I am led to believe
that if hogs are kept in a clean dry lot,
where there is plenty of pure water to
drink, and carefully and well fed, there is^
but little danger. It should be a blue-'
grass lot, and the hogs should not be exposed to contact with others that are not
cared for. If this plan is followed they
will never have cholera. I am satisfied
that the farmers of Indiana lose annually
hundreds of dollars in not giving these
matters more attention.
Samuel Dragoo.
Edinburg, Ind.
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Sheep Register.—The Vermont breeders of Spanish merino sheep have got so
far as to appoint a committee to draft a
constitution. They .decide not to co-operate with those of Ohio in a competitive
register, but would like to go into a movement for a national register to preserve
the pedigrees pure.
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Stock at the Centennial.—The Com-
miss8ioners of the Centennial "assume"
that 700 head of cattle will cover all desirable entries, and apportion the stalls
upon that basis—270 to Shorthorns, 140
to Channel Islands, 70 to Devons, 70 to
Holsteins, 70 to Ayrshires, and 70 to other
pure breeds. Draught and .fat cattle to
be admitted irrespective of breed.
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A Cow That Gives Batter.
Mr. F. W. Green, Sec. Ohio Centennial
Board, says the Ohio Farmer, recently
received a letter from A. Lyons, of High
Hill, Muskingum Co., O., describing a
cow in his possession whose milk produces butter instead of cream. We copy
from the letter as follows, leaving our
readers to comment for themselves :
This cow has had her second calf, and
her milk producesbutter without churning. When set in common pans for
twelve or twenty-four hours, butter rises
on the milk instead of cream, and all we
have to do is to take the ladle and throw
it into the butter bowl; with two or three
minutes' working it is ready for the table,
and it is superior butter, at that. The
quantity produced is fifteen to twenty
pounds per week when she is fresh- She
is a full bred Durham, and a very peculiar
looking animal.
Clinton, Ind., April 3rd.
Editors. Indiana Farmer:—I would
beg a little space in the Farmer this week,
to address a few words to the members
of the Indiana Short-horn Breeders Association.
Our Constitution appoints the fourth
Tuesday in May, for the annual meetings of the Association. According to
this provision our convention should
be held May 23d. But after much reflection, and consultation with some of the
members of the Association, I have concluded to appoint Tuesday, "May 30th, as
the time for holding our Fifth Annual
Convention..
The reasons for this change-1 will now
give. On Wednesday, May 31st, the
Messrs. S. Meredith & Son, with Mr. R.
G. Dunn, of Ohio, hold a joint sale of cattle, at Cambridge City, and on Thursday,
June 1st, Messrs. J. T. Williamson & Son,
of Thorntown, and Dr. Jas. P. Forsyth,
of Franklin, will also have a sale at the
Indianapolis fair grounds. There will be
a large number of valuable and attractive cattle offered to the public in the
above two sales. All Indiana breeders
will doubtless feel a desire to attend, and
should do so by all means, if possible,
whether they go as buyers or not.
Now by delaying the time of our convention one week, from May 23d to the
30th, breeders will be enabled to attend
both_the convention and the sales, at the
same time, and with the same trip. Otherwise it would necessitate two trips to
the same point—Indianapolis—within
the short space of one week, thereby
causing, what seems to me, a useless expense and loss of time. On this account
I would regret the necessity of the two
taips, with their consequent loss of time,
and expense, and I fear, rather than incur these difficulties, many would absent
themselves from one or the other, either
the sales or the convention, when indeed
all the breeders of our State should be
present at both. Besides, the -vreather
and condition of the soil seem to indicate a late season to the farmer, and a
delay of one week will probably suit the
convenience of many who would like to
attend.
We will then meet in the Agricultural
Rooms of the State House, Tuesday, May
30th, hold a day and night session, attend the Cambridge City sale on Wednesday, return that evening to Indianapolis,
and if deemed practicable hold a session
that (Wednesday) night, and be ready
for the sale at the fair grounds next day
—Thursday.
So far the sales of '76 are opening out
with a bright prospect for the future, that
the remunerative prices of the past for
Short-horn cattle will be fully maintained
for many years to come. There is as
yet no shrinkage of value, in this branch,
and it is not probable there will be, since
values in this, as in all other business,
are governed by the simple rules of political economy,—supply and demand.
The demand is greater everywhere where
the great value of this breed is fully understood. Not only are the extreme
Western States and Territories purchasing
liberally, but there is a large and growing demand in the older breeding States
by those who had not heretofore fully
recognized their merit.
And into that locality where one good
Short-horn is introduced, others will
quickly follow;ras surely as night succeeds
the day. Indiana can spare none of her
Short-horns; she h&3 need for all within
her borders, and Indiana breeders would
do well to retain the larger part of these
cattle offered at the aforementioned sales.
It is a safe f investment. ^ Where ^Shorthorns are well and judiciously handled,
they have never failed to pay, and pay
handsomely.
Trusting the members of the Association, after due reflection, will freely and
cheerfully endorse the course I bave_ taken in deferring the time of our meeting,
and further hoping we may have a large
and interesting convention on May 30th,
I am,    Very respectfully,
Claude Matthews, Sec'y,
The peaches are not all killed in the neighborhood of South Bend says the Register.
Mr. John Cumminga was robbed of $40 Inthe streets of Mooresville on last Monday
night.
A two year old black bear was caught a few
days ago near the big pond north of Monroe
City, in Knox county.
The formal opening of the Y. M. C. A. hall,
at Vincennes, will take place soon, Dr. Mun-
hall conducting the exercises.
An enterprising tiller of the soil in Spencer
county is experimenting with tile drainage
and finds it to be a great sucess.
The body of Michael Kayler, who was
drowned in the Maumee river at New Haven,
Allen county, was found after seven days of
searching.
Capt. J. W. Lamar, of Bnffaloville, Spencer
county has in hia possession a neat little cabinet of black walnut made by Abraham Lincoln while he was still a lad and a resident of
that county.
A woman was married in South Bend last
week who has a loving husband in the North-
em prison, from whom she had neglected to
get a divorce.
The  Porter  county  commissioners  made
allowances for eight wolf scalps at fifteen dol-  (
law apiece, and for fifty fox scalps at three
dollars each, at their last session.
The family of W. 0. Davenport, of Pike
county, are in luck. By the recent death of a
rich relative in Pennsylvania, they have fallen
heirs to a large sum of money.
A plate of glass 100x200 inches, contributed
by the Star Glass Company, will be handsomely framed and placed in center of Indiana
headquarters building. On either side it will
be flanked by a pair of large ornamental iron
flower stands, contributed by Haugh & Co., of
this city.
Seventy-five trichina were counted in a bit of
muscle, no Jbigger than half of a small pea,
taken from the body of tlie girl, MenaKoffman,
who died in thia city last week, and subjected
to a microscopic examination.
The people in the Patoka bottoms, Gibson
county, are in a distressed condition, and the
prospect for this year is quite dismal. The
matter is assuming such grave proportions as
to demand, the attention and efforts on the
part of the people of the county to relieve
them. Individual aid is not sufficient, and
the people of the county, through the board
of commissioners, are asked to giye the matter
a_tantioE_...  ^_ ..__.,   __
At South Milan, Ripley connty, a train on
the 0. & M. railroad ran into a carriage containing Mr. S. 8. Harding, a Milan merchant,
and wife. Mr. Harding suffered the loss of
both legs, and Mrs. H. was badly bruised.
Mr. Harding is the eldest son of the Hon. S.
S. Harding, Governor of Utah during Lincoln's
administration.
A careful investigation of fruit-buds in the
vicinity of Irvington, discloses the fact that
cultivated peaches are badly damaged, but
few uninjured; seedling peaches damaged but
little. As many apples, pears, and cherries
left as the trees will bear. Crab apple and
gage plums, nearly all killed. Wild goose
plums not injured. Small fruits not injured
to any extent.
Notes from Ohio.
Agricultural, Chemistry and Fertilizers.
Painsville, Ohio, April 3.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I am glad to
see the value and merits of fertilizers having frequent places in your columns. Our
farmers in Ohio, as well as your state,
have too long supposed that agricultural,
chemistry, or the science of fertilizing was
of importance only for tbe Eastern and
Southern States where the lands have become exhausted by at least half a century of poor tillage. In the meantime
thousands of tons of bone phosphate,
the very essence of the fertility of our
soils, have been annually shipped from
the various Western cities to the East
and South and the deterioration of our
farming lands has been quite perceptible
even within the past twenty years. It is
time for our young farmers especially, to
give their attention to these subjects.
M. B. Bateham.
Sugar Valley O. Grange, 729, was organized with twenty-five charter members.
It now numbers sixty-rjjne in good working order, all determined to press forward
until the great object of the Order is
achieved.   We are buying our groceries
by    the    wholesale   and    destributing
them   at   the    hall;    we   find   by   so
doing     we    save   a   large 'per   cent.
We have no hall yet, but the prospect for
building one this spring is good.    We
intend starting a co-operative store at
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, with a
capital of $40,000, as soon as we succeed
in getting all the stock taken, which I
hope will not be long.   It will undoubtedly
be a great benefit to this community to
have such a store.   The Grange has been
a benefit to us in various ways, it has
harmonized political, social and religious
prejudices; it has given the Brothers and
Sisters confidence in themselves so they
are able to address a congregation or open
a meeting in perliminary style.     I am
some times asked what good there is in
the Grange and where do people receive
any benefits from it.    The best answer I
can give is, it makes better farmers, and
citizens and saves a large per cent, that
the farmer has to pay to the middleman.
Another good thing is we have the privilege of getting the Indiana Farmer for a
small amount an clubs.     There is no
Brother or SiBter who is sorry of their
investment in it. T. A. Culbertson.
Bed Bag Remedy.
If any of the many readers of the Indiana Farmer have friends that are so
unfortunate as to be troubled with bedbugs, give them the   following   recipe,
which is said to be a sure remedy : Scald
and clean up thoroughly  with boiling
water, and then with an old case knife
fill every crack and crevice about the
walls and bedsteads, and every harbor j
and place infested with the "varmints,''
with soft soap.   This is strong doctrine,,
but it will effectually clean them out.
S. C. Brown.
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