IKDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, AUGUST 12th, 1876.
No. 32.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
PERSONALS.
. Persons in any part of the state seeking the address or attention Of parties in other portions of the
state or country should make Inquiry In this department   ' 	
LoBt,: Strayed or Stolen.   .
No better medinm could be selected than this department pf, the Fakmee for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of it when you hear of the loas
of his stock.
A two or three line notice will cost you only 25c
each insertion. ~
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.—Ten Short-horn cows and heifers;
no bulls.   Recorded stock.  J. A. JOHNSON,
Poolsrille, Warren county, Ind.   ■ 24-10t
FOR SALE.—A few choice Berkshire pics from 3
to 4 months old.   A.  C. 8HORTRIDGE.  Indianapolis, Ind; ,' 28-tf
FOR SALE—Ptdz Wheat for sale by Jacpb Tharp,
Cartersburg, Hendricks county. Ind.   Price,
11.50 per bushel. 32 lw
AMONG THE SHORT-HORNS OF
RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA
FOR SALE—State and county rights of a Vegetable and Fruit Slicer u'eful any month in the
year send stamp for circular to John R. Wharry,
patentee, Moundsyille, W. Virginia. 29-4w
FOR SALE—Fultz Seed Wheat for sale.   For particulars address Geo. DeLong, Bluflton, Wells
county, Ind. 32-2wks
T7IOR SALE—At one-half usual price—High class,
JJ pure-bred poultry of twenty varieties. Bronze
and White' Holland Turkeys. Pekin Ducks, etc.,
etc. Must be sold within 30 days. Address, Clarence Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 31-2 w
"*"**"IOR SALE—A few pure Berkshires; either sex;
JD ready to breed this fall; stock from S. Meredith & Son, and pigs from their boar 'Coming Star,"
as good stock as is tn Indiana; healthy and cheap;
only $10, each, to snit the times. A. C. Harvey, Lafayette, Ind. 32-2wks
WAITED.
*\TTANTED—Farmers and saw mill men to know
W that they can have their saws repaired in the
best manner or can purchase the celebrated Disston
saws at the Hoosier Saw Works, M E. Georgia street,
W. B. Barry, proprietor. 29-4w
WANTED—Excursionists to the Great Neosho
Valley, Kansas, August 16th and Sept. 6th.
For rates and special information, address J..D.
King, Mo., Kan. & Texas R'y, Land and Excursion
agt., Crawfordsville, Ind. 29-7W
MISCEIiIsAKEOTJS.
TAKEN UP—On Saturday, July 1st, 1876; six fat
hogs, supposed to be stolen.   For information
call at Police Headquarters; Indianapolis.       32-lw
STOCK NOTES.
We are told that the hog cholera prevails in a fatal form in Rush county. A
farmer from there tells us, that hogs taking it with the scours all get well in "his
neighborhood, but all that take the disease and were costive died. Both were
given the same medicines and remedies.
Some farmers had lost 80 to 90 head of
Stock hogs, and the disease is still prevalent and fatal. In view of the prevalence
ofthe disease, it is now believed that'the
next hog crop will be short. *"-" '
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SHEEP, OR NOT?        "'"'V
A good many farmers are discouraged
somewhat with sheep husbandry in consequence of the low price of wool. But we
want to make this suggestion to them.
From every quarter we are told that the
stock of woolen goods is running low.
Manufacturing is greatly reduced in-
all quarters. But remember, an end
will and must come to this state of things
soon. People will and must wear woolen
clothing, and the demand for other woolen goods will exist, and so they must be
manufactured.. The wool will then be in
demand, and those who have waited patiently, and preserved their flocks in good
condition will reap a harvest for wool.
It is wise to keep the'se things in view.
The country cannot always get along
without woolen good. The stock will become exhausted, and all will be in the
Market at once for goods. This will put
foe mills to work, and the wool will bring
good prices to those who have acted wisely and patiently, having their flock intact. Be patient.. The increased price
'or the product will more than pay the
'oss in the interim. r
Premium No. 20.
Editobs Indiana Parmer:—I wish to
inform you that I received premium No.
~0> a Poland China male pig, given by
Henry Comstock, of Liberty Mills, Wabash county, Ind. It is a very fine pig,
a^d I am highly pleased with it. You
?jjl please accept my thanks for the pre-
~rUB«! and I also thank the subscribers
™no assisted me to obtain it. If any of
';em wish to purchase Poland China
ti!88- they will do well to see my pig and
^&en buy of Mr. Comstock.
■o- . ,■.-.-. J. B. Heabkless.
-Kmghtstown, Ind.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I think perhaps it might be interesting to some of
your readers to hear from the farmers
and stock men of Rush county. lam
pretty well acquainted over our State,
and think I can safely say that there are
no better farming counties in the State
than Rush. The writer has lived here
for  fifty-two  years, himself a  farmer.
As to the crops this year, everything
growing on the farms is first-rate„except
wheat;- that is a light yield but the grain
is fine and plump. Farmers feel encouraged at the prospects.
Now for an account of the Short-horns.
I know of no county that is manifesting more interest than Rush in cattle.
There has started up in the last two or
or three years quite a number of herds.
I have visited several of them and will
tell you now what I saw.   First I visited
E. S. FRAZEE'S
near Fayetteville. He has perhaps as
fine a farm as there is in the county, of
near one thousand acres, and on it he
has a very promising small herd of Shorthorns. At the head of this herd stands
Loudon Duke 7th, a square, blocky, superb animal; also some fine large broad-
backed cows, hard to beat. He exhibited at a number of fairs last year with
good success. He also keeps as breeders some good general purpose stallions
for his own and his neighbors' use. It is
a great treat to make Mr. Frazee a visit.
He is a Kentuckian and possessed of all
their hospitality. He is also a christian
gentleman. It would do you good to eat
with him a dinner presided over by his
excellent lady. Better than all his land
arid stock is that he has educated his
children. He is giving them not only a
scientific course, but a good moral and
religious training, which makes it a pleasure to visit such a family.   Next is
MR. JACOB BLACKLEGE,
near Rushville, who has a few Shorthorns of good pedigree; they are good
animals. He too has a fine homeland
most excellent family. Besides his Shorthorns he has some extra good Cotswold
sheep, and I believe a few young bucks
for sale,
MR. WILLIAM BROOKS,
near him, was next visited. He has just
started-a herd of good, profitable cattle,
more particularly for the breeding of
good steers. Has a very fine farm with
abundance of bluegrass, and he is a young
man of fine promise. He has an excellent wife who is interested and happy on
the farm.
Next we visited
MR. LEE DANIELS.
He has a small herd of fine pedigreed animals. Muscatoon, a three or four year
old bull stands at the head of the herd.
He was bred by Mr. Warfield of Kentucky; a good breeder, and is a good animal. Lee is also one of the Kentucky
whole-souled fellows that it does you
good to visit. He has _ a very fine, rich,
productive farm, and it makes you feel
better because you visited him. We
then called on
.,     .       '    MR. G. W. THOMAS,
near Horner, in the western part of the
county. In his neighborhood I. saw a
larger yield of hay than I ever saw anywhere before. I stood in front of his
house and counted some sixty large hay
ricks, on two or three farms, and this, too,
after they had filled their barn and outhouses full. We then examined his
herd of Short-horns, and after looking
them over carefully and individually, we
came to the conclusion that he has a superb herd, and one that will make, its
mark at the coming fairs. I think he
has started about right to build-up a first-
class herd. At the head stands Major
Townley, bred by Vanmeter, of Clark
county, Ky., and a good show animal he
is, small-boned, broad back, fleshy animal; he is a young Mary, with fine top
crosses, and extra fine breeder. He also
has two young Mary heifers, and beauties
they are. We noticed one Duchess heifer, a two-year-old, that will be a dangerous customer in the show-ring. She has
a back on her like a Berkshire pig.
When he comes to show his herd Mr.
Thomas will scare the best of them. He
is a young man, destined to make his
mark in the stock business, if I am not
mistaken. This perhaps is enough for
this time. I may in another article make
mention of other breeders in the county,
for I have only mentioned a few in this.
I shall also write up the men who are engaged in Short-horn raising in _ Shelby
county, at some future time. It is equal
to Rush in the spirit manifested just now.
W. W. Thrasher.
■  Groves, Rush county, Ind. \
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Remedy for Foot Disease in 8heep.
Veterinary surgeon Fclizet draws attention to the" continued success attending the employment of caustic lime for
foot disease in sheep. It is very laborious to touch the feet of a numerous flock
of sheep with the usual astringents—solutions of copperas, white vitriol, calcined
alum, or spirits of turpentine. Instead,
form a Bpecies of enclosed "run," 15 yds.
long by 2 wide. Make a well trodden
floor; raise a border with puddled clay
round the enclosure, so as to secure the
uniform depth of nine inches toward the
middle of the run; pour into this bath
four barrels of water, and distribute over
the bottom 2 cwt. of quick-lime, covering
all with a dozen bundles of therefuee fodder from the racks, so as to form a carpet. Drive the sheep into this foot-bath,
100 at a time, and compel them to well
pass and repass from one end to the other. The spread fodder prevents the feet
sinking too profoundly, and acts as a
brush at the same for forcing the caustic
solution to enter _ the nails. Tho bath
must be made entirely new once a week;
as the lime, absorbing carbonic acid, loses
its causticity. It is a common practice
to wet the straw intended for thatching
purposes with a solution of quick-lime;
the straw thus becomes more durable,
incombustible, along with possessing
sanitary advantages.—Parts Correspondent American Farmer.
Injurious Effects of Over-Feeding and
Close Breeding.
F. M. Churchman's Jersey Herd.
L. S. Hardin, of Louisville, Ky., writes
to the Country Gentleman an account of
his late visit to the Jersey herd of Mr.
F. M. Churchman, of this city, which we
copy below:
Now let me tell your eastern breeders
of Jersey cattle a little secret. Out in the
backwoods of Indiana, about five miles
from Indianapolis, where rugged nature's
"antique root peeps out upon the brook
that brawls along this wood," has risen,
as by magic, one of the loveliest homes
and the most imposing and spacious
breeding and dairy buildings I have ever
had the good fortune to inspect, and
stranger than all, out from the woods at
milking time came straggling one by one
a herd of registered Jerseys, that for
beauty of form and deep rich milking
qualities in my opinion stand second to
no herd in America*: -The- butter made
on this farm is as good as I have had the
fortune to taste, and while it is true the
New England Farmer intimates that I dp
not know good butter when I see it, yet
it must be confessed that my experience
has been pretty broad, and alas, the great
mass of butter we are called upon to
pass judgment on "speaks for itself." But
I forgot to state that this splendid farm is
"Beech Grove," the property of Mr. F. M.
Churchman of Indianapolis, a gentleman
whose long purse, liberality and good
sense go hand-in-hand, while the farm is
under the immediate charge of a practical and thorough farmer, Mr. Geo. Jackson. But his jurisdiction ends when the
milk reaches the house and passes into
the hands of Mrs. Jackson, a most accomplished butter-maker.
At the head of this herd stands the
famous bull, Marius 760, bred by Mr. T.
J. Hand, and purchased by Mr. Churchman for, I believe, $600.
I have been astonished to find the
opinion prevailing at the east that a fine
article of butter cannot be made at the
west; that there is something the matter
with our grass or water or atmosphere.
Even Prof. Arnold seems possessed of
this opinion. This is what troubles the
New England Farmer. This notion must
have received a rude shock the other day
when one of our western States took the
Eremium at the Centennial for the best
utter, and if I am not mistaken, Prof.
Arnold was one of the judges. It can do
but little good to lay the blame of poor
butter on the cow or her food, while
those of us who live outside ofthe "dairy
belt" absolutely refuse to be governed by
rules of latitude and longitude.
The breeders in England of improved
stock already see, what we shall realize
ere long, that tbe refinement of breeding
and the forcing of stock has been carried
quite too far. The Saturday Review has
the following just comments on the subject:
Doubts   begin • to be expressed pretty
freely  in  England  as to whether high
breeding has not already been cultivated
to excess.   It appears to be admitted by
all  hands that shorthorn cattle, for instance, have decreased in size, while it
seems also certain that  the fecundity of
these highly-bred animals is not so great
as it was; for it is said that certain tribes
have become celebrated for the barrenness of their females, while at the same
time a delicacy of constitution has been
developed which unfits them for roughing
it, and requires luxurious arrangements
to preserve them in health.   As in our
race horses,we have, according to some
authorities, sacrificed stoutness of constitution and   capacity of endurance .oyer
long courses for the  sake   of obtaining
high speed over a short distance, so in
our cattle the desire for fineness of bone
and  rapid   development   of moat  has
brought into fashion anima's which have
lost many of the valuable   properties of
their ancestors.   Such breeds cannot exist when subjected to the rough weather
which prevails   on the exposed hillsides
and  moors which.are  so  valuable as
breeding grounds and nurseries for stock;
and pernaps.it is for this-reason that Ireland, which is prolific for cattle  raising
without shelter, fails to send us anything
which can obtain a place in   our  exhibitions.   No doubt Ireland possesses first-
class cattle; but these are bred, sheltered,
and  fed under the same   conditions as
those  to be seen at Islington.   And^lh-e*
consumers have something to say ftlscrin
the  matter, as there is beef
They prefer, and justly p»®8i.
of the Devon or«he>«8cot, whose young
days are spent  in'5'cropping   the scanty
herbage ofthe moor or mountain, because
the meat has more   flavor than that of
the rapidly-forced stall-fed ox, which has
been crammed   with   corn  and linseed
cake from its calfhood.   So that even if
it be true, as the breeders of the delicate
animals contend, that their meat can be
produ< ed   more   economically, because
more rapidly than those of other races,
let them remember that in losing stamina
they restrict the  area   upon which   the
best can be reared, and that we want flavor in our meat even if we have to pay
a price for it.
Some growers in the vicinity of New York
city have realized as much as $250 for
what they have taken to town in a single
wagon. It is generally marketed in small
baskets holding about three quarts each.
Eearly in the spring it is sold as high as
one dollar per basket. This market is
largely supplied by Dr. Wm. A. Pratt, of
Elgin, the well-known trout-breeder and
fish commissioner for the state of Illinois.
It grows in the spring brooks and artificial
ponds where he breeds his trout. Some is
also sent here from Indiana, and is sold by
commission merchants.
NEWS   OF   THE   WEEK.
FOREST. GROWTHS OF ARKANSAS,
CROPS, ETC.
More Fine Lambs
Mr. W. W. Cheney, a merchant of Boston, widely known for his interest in improved stock, and especially for the direct association of his name with the introduction of Holstein cattle into the
United States, died at his country residence atBelmoAt, hear Boston, July 24th,
in the 58th year of his age, after a brief
illness.
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Nail in a Horse's Foot.
Editors Indiana Farmer: — Having
seen a great deal in the Farmer about fine
lambs, I thought I would tell your read
ers about mine. I weighed three of
them as follows: No. 1, a ewe lamb,
months old, 90 pounds; No. 2, a
lamb, 89} pounds; No. 3, a buck
87 pounds. They were got by
Cotswold buck, "General Meredith." My
yearling lambs sheared ten and twelve
pounds of nice clean wool. I think the
Cotswold sheep are the most profitable
ones we can raise, both for wool and
mutton, as they are large, and the long
wool commands the highest price.
J. B. Hearkless.
Knightstown, Ind.
three
buck
lamb,
The Water Cress—A Valuable Production.
A neighbor of mine recently informed
me that he had lost a most valuable
horse by a casualty by no means uncommon. A knowledge of a simple remedy
would have prevented this loss. The
horse trod upon a nail which entered his
foot. Lameness followed, the nail was
extracted, but lockjaw supervened, resulting in death. An unfailing remedy
in such cases is muriatic acid. If, when
a nail is withdrawn from a horse's foot,
the foot should be held up and some muriatic acid be poured into the wound,
neither lameness nor lockjaw need be
feared. Why the iron sho*fti have the
effect which it frequently has, and the
rationale of the above remedy, I am unable to explain; but of the certainty of
counteraction of disease by this perfectly
safe application, I am well convinced.—
Rural Home.
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Sunflower Seed for Founder.
It is stated as a fact for farmers that
seed of the sunflower ia the best remedy
ever discovered for the speedy cure of
founder in horses. Immediately on discovering that young horses are foundered,
work about a pint of the whole seed in
his food, and it will work a perfect cure.
The Chicago Times speaks highly of
this plant:
Of all the vegetable condiments there
is not one that compare with water-cress.
Its mild, pungent flavor is grateful to
young and old, the sick and well. It is
good for the breakfast, dinner, and supper table, and is capital to take out in the
field to eat with a luncheon, or to carry
to a picnic. It is an excellent relish for
meat, fish, bread and butter, and for the
matter of that it is .not necessary to eat
anything with it but a little salt. It
grows without any cultivation or manure
in places where no other crop can be produced. It has no insect enemies. It is
never injured by rust, dry-rot or the overflow of water. There are no bad years
for it. It requires no cooking or other
preparation to fit it for the table. When
once established it is n6t liable to run
out. It is an ornament to the place
where it grows, and to the table where
it is placed. It is the cheapest delicacy
that can be produced, and yet it sells at
a high price. It is one of the things that
people never become tired of,-but the
taste for it increases the longer it is used.
Water-cress is one of the (most healthful vegetables grown, taking a high place
among the anti-scorbutics. When Sir
Joseph Banks returned to England after
his voyage round the world the first
thing he asked for to eat was water-cress.
So strong was his belief in water-cress as
a purifier of the blood that he presented
the largest grower of this vegetable in the
vicinity of London with an. expensive
medal, for the energy displayed in a business that he believed benefited the community.    If a farmer has  facilities, for
Springfield, Ark., August 4th.
Editors Indiana FARMER:-Maine, Minnesota and Wisconsin receive millions of
dollars every year for only two varieties
of timber, white pine and hemlock, with
only the Atlantic Ocean for Maine's highway and the Mississippi river for Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Granting that for some uses our Arkansas pines are inferior to theirs, it is for
others as much better,** and foot for foot,
all uses considered, is equally valuable.
If theirs seasoning more rapidly and
lighter when seasoned than ours, is better adapted for inside ceilings or manufacture of doors and sash, our native
growth is its superior for floors, ship-building and framing timbers, from its greater
hardness and strength, while as to comparative beauty of grain when finished in
its native color simply with oil and varnish, either for furniture or interior decorations, the comparison is unquestion-
tionably- \vt favor of the Arkansas pines,
.         as «ptecimW)£'?'.6f fboth   manufactured at
" atd JMef.:*f4Uly Rock*will show.
rjihVijne'at "•'*■• While -bur:cypress brakes will match
their hemlock swamps in area and more
than match theru in quality and value of
the timber they can produce. And in
our pines and cypress we have the full
equivalents of all their total resources.
Besides the pines, cedar, poplar, gum,
cottonwood, walnut, whitewood and other soft woods are in great abundance; we
have almost inexhaustible quantities of
the best hard woods for wagon-making,
and agricultural implements, etc., including red, white, black, burr and post oaks,
hickory, sycamore, ash and other varieties.
other advantages.
While for both extent and value our
forest resources may claim a high place,
their worth is increased by the thousand
miles of navigable streams, which afford
outlets to the Mississippi through the St.
Farncis, Black, Arkansas, White, Ouachita, Red and other streams. The lateral
tributaries of all these streams afford not
only the means of floating to the navigable streams a large share of the timber
which grows between them, but they also
furnish excellent water-powers for lumber-manufacturing and other machinery,
and especially is this the case in all northwestern Arkansas, where the surface of
the country is both undulating and mountainous, and some of the streams have a
fall of several hundred feet to the mile.
This region has not only the Arkansas,
White and other rivers, down which to
ship the lumber and cither products, but
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
also extends from Fort Smith on the
western border, through the richest portion of it to Little Rock, affording direct
railway communication with the great
markets ofthe world.
a very rich district.
Between Arkansas and the Rocky
Mountains is a vast region of very rich
agricultural and grazing lands, with the
most salubrious and healthful climate in
the world; but, almost without timber,
the vast country needs only about sixty
miles of railroad from Fort Smith west to
Muskogee, Indian Territory, to give it
direct railway connection with the immense forests of Arkansas, via Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Road to Emporia,
Kansas, where it connects with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway,
which already extends west up the great
Arkansas Valley to Pueblo, Colorado, at
the easthrn base of the Rocky Mauntains,
through the middle of the great timber-
less region, which must draw its supplies
of timber from Arkansas; because Arkansas is the nearest point that can supply it, and with an average grade of not
more than ten feet to the mile, freights
will always be low.
Arkansas how needs at least ten more
saw mills, ten wagon factories and ten
plow factories, to supply its home market.
Corn and cotton never looked more
promising than now. Conway.
State News.
Evansville has a banana tree in full bloom.
The mortuary report shows thirty-one deaths
in this city last week. l£&.
t The Acton Camp Meeting began on Thursday last.
The report of the city assessor shows the
valuation of property of Indianapolis, for taxation to be $59,084,800.
Some Sr-iceland ladies have been circulating
a pledge obliging each signer to go with no
young man -who drinks or swears.
Mr. James Buchanan was nominated on
Saturday by the Independent party, for Congress in thia district.
D. D. Pratt was given a reception by his
neighbors on his arrival home at Logansport,
on the 5th inst.
George Fruits, of Montgomery county, died
on the 6th inst.; aged 113 years. Hehad lived
in that county since 1821.
The Republicans have placed Gen. Ben.
Harrison on the ticket for Governor, vick
Orth withdrawn.
George W. Spencer, of Monticello, White
county, took a powder of corrosive sublimate,
believing it to be quinine. Medical assistance
oould not give any relief, it proving fatal.
A farmer, John Mathews of Hendricks
county, committed suicide by shooting himself on Monday. He was in good circumstances, and no cause for the act is known to exist.
The store of T. W. Aydelott, of Sullivan,
was entered by burglars on Saturday night,
and the safe blown open and robbed.of $1,350
in money and a large amount in no*tes. The
notes were recovered.  No clue to the robbers.
William D. Reed, confined in the Tippecanoe county jail for forgery in Benton county,
while acting as agent for the Singer company,
made his escape Saturday evening. He played
sick, and his wife (?) furnished him with a
saw among other delicacies demanded by his
condition.
Frankfort Banner: Clinton county never
had a larger yield of hay or oats while the
acreage of flax and the abundant result makes
it the largest yield ever known. The corn ia
most promising, and stock hogs numerous.
Everything looks aa if financially we were
through the needle's eye.
A company of Prussian engineers, sent by
authority of their Government to visit the
coal and iron regions of onr country, recently
paid a visit to the Indiana coal fields. After
inspecting the mines, they expressed surprise
tbat the mining interests were not more fully
developed and made to yield their untold fortunes to the State.
General News.
The first bale of the new cotton crop of Mississippi arrived at New Orleans on the 4th.
Three or four of the Missouri train robbers
have been captured.
•SJCentennial travel is reported by railway officials to be on the increase.
Schools are now admitted to the Centennial
Exposition at half-fare, 25 cents.
The letters of acceptance of Tilden and
Hendricks are now before the people.
Large quantities of new grain arriving at
Eastern markets is reported damaged by heating.
The vote on the repeal of the resumption
law in the House of Representatives stood
106 for, to 86 against.
The House of Representatives last week repealed that clause of the resumption law fixing the date upon which the Government
would resume.
The peach crop of Adams county, Illinois,
is a very large one. It is estimated that 100,-
000 boxes will be shipped from that county,
this season.
Conductors on Ohio railroads are now authorized to make arrests of persons when necessary to protect passengers or their property.
This will route the railway gamblers.
The Indians on the Little Big Horn are re-
por'ed to be strong in numbers. Government
troops will attack them before long. The war
promises to be of some duration.
A convicted whisky guager of Chicago has
been pardoned on the condition that he pay
the fine of $1,000 assessed as part of the sentence.
Said a Denver prisoner to His Honor:
"You've sent me up every summer for
four years, and I've missed the Fourth of
July every time. Now T want you to
make it short this time. Make it so I'll
get out before the Fourth.   This is the
growing this vegetable and for getting it last Centennial I expect to spend on earth
to market he may find it very profitable, and I don't want to spend it in jail.
Notes from Morgan, Owen and Clay
Counties, Indiana.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—Being one
of a party that passed over the line of the
proposed narrow-guage road from Indianapolis to Sullivan, and noting the prospects of the fruit crop on the line, I would
say that in Morgan county there is a full
average crop of apples and pears, a fair
crop of peaches, mostly of the seedling
varieties. In Owen and Clay counties,
there is a bountiful crop of apples. The
fruit large, nice and smooth; trees healthy
and clear of twig blight. The cultivation
of the pear ia pretty much neglected.
Peach trees healthy, and many of them
loaded down with fruit. Blackberries
abundant lining the roadways, and shining out in such rich black clusters that
we could not refrain from appropriating
some of them to ourselves. Upon the
whole, it is the opinion of the writer of
this, that no other part of the State is
better adapted £o the cultivation of the
various kinds of fruit, than upon the line
of thia proposed road.
Respectfully,
W. B. T.
Monrovia, Ind.
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