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Vol. XI.
MDIMAPOUS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 9,1876.
No. 49.
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.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
No better medium could be selected than this department of the Farmer for the recovery Of stock.
Tell your neighbor of it wher you hear of the loss
of his stock.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
FOR  SALE.
(, TT".OR SALE—Chester White Pigs.
VI JD   guaranteed.   J. Bennett, Suman, Ind.
Satisfaction
48-2t
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A few pair prize
Bronze Turkeys; will exchange for either
Light or Dark Brahma chicks, or fowls. Addresa
WM. F. KERR, Wilmington, Dearborn county, Indiana. (46-?;
1*j")R SALE—Cotswold Sheep, Berkshire Swine,
' ' White Holland Turkeys, Aylesbury Ducks, and
Partridge Cochin Chicks. Address, Jacob Kenne-
day, Lizton, Hendricks Co., Ind. 40,tf
EOR SALE—Male Poland-China Pigs.pure stock,
well-selected and of very early maturity.   Ad-
drera, T. M. REVEAL,
47-4w       Fisher's Station, Hamilton Co., Ind,-
TJ^OR SALE—Poland-China, pigs, male and fe-
C male, ready for. service and breeding, bred
from premium stock. Warranted to give satisfaction. GEORGE F. PARENT, Farm and Residence,
Darke couuty, Ohio. Postofflce address, Union
City, Randolph county, Ind. (46-4t)
FOR SALE-Pure, mammoth Bronze Turkey's.
Young birds, early hatched, at 85 a pair, or 87
per trio.   A few old birds at $3 apieo.    All from
Sremlum stock, true to color, of large size.   Ad-
ress, • - T. M. REVEAL,
'   fl-4w Fisher's Station, Hamilton Co., Ind.
MONET LOANS.
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TO LOAN—8500,000—in sums of 81,000 and upward, on well-Improved Farms In any county
in the State. Time, three lo five years. Interest ten
per cent., payable semiannually at the end of every
six months. Commission five •per. cent. Money
furnished in five days after examination of property, and abstract and appraisement is made. In
writing give number of acres cleared and in cultivation, kind of house and barn and.value. Address W. A. Bradshaw, State Savings Bank, No. 56 N.
Pennsylviinia st, Indianapolis..,, 84-tf■
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which would result in great good to the
farming interest.
I have lost about 30 head • in the last
year and a half, most of them dying in
the fall of the year. I raise my pigs in a
floored hog-house and keep them there
through the winter. I would like to ask
through your paper if a floored hog-house
is thebest. W. S. Luse.
Hancock county, Ind.
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SWINE BREEDERS'  ASSOCIATION
FOR INDIANA.
Our excellent friend Mr. W. A. Macy,
of Lewisville Henry county, suggests the
propriety of organizing a Swine Breeders'
Association for this State. He believes
that such an association would, by bringing the breeders together in stated sessions, call out much valuable information
in that interest, and especially aid in disclosing the cause and possibly the remedy for swine disease. Mr. Macy says he
is willing to do his part in the work of
organizing and working up the interest.
We think the suggestion an excellent one
arid hope to see the breeders take hold
of it at an early day. Much good would
follow such an organization, and the Indiana Farmer will co-operate heartily in
the work.
SHORT-HORNS and CROP REPORTS
FROM EASTERN INDIANA.
"TTTANTED—Agents, in every township in this
VV   State to sell the New Illustrated History of
Indiana, and fine family Bibles.   J. W. Lanktree &
Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis Ind. 48-w
WANTED—Henry Comstock, Liberty Mills, Ind.,
wants 1,000 men to send stamp for circulars
of pure Poland-China Hogs and Fancy Poultry at
hard pan prices. Safe arrival of stock and satisfaction guarranteed. 47-3w
ANNOUNCEMENT.
LESSONS IN PHONOGRAPHY Given by MaU.
Any person with an ordinary common school
education can report with fifty lessons. Salary of
reporters 810 per day. For terms, etc., call at
College, or address, with stamp, C. E. Joslin, Indianapolis Business College. 42-8w
STOCK NOTES.
We have received the catalogue of
Concord Berkshires belonging to Mr. W.
L. Mallow, New Holland, Pickaway
county, Ohio. It contains the record of
a lot of very fine Berkshires.
Noah Coler, Liberty, Montgomery
county, Ohio, offers Queen 3d, a No. 1
thoroughbred Poland China sow, to the
agent sending the largest list of subscribers to the Indiana Farmer from Ohio.
A. P. Wiley & Son, of New Augusta,
Marion county, Ind., have recently made
sales of Essex pigs to parties in Bartholomew, Marion, Tippecanoe, Shelby, Warren and Johnson counties, this State,
and filled one good order at Jackson,
Michigan. The Essex swine are being
much sought after, and becoming very
popular.
Experience with the Hog Cholera.
Editors Indiana Farmer. — Having
seen an article in the Farmer ofthe 25th, ■
asking for information on the disease of
hog cholera, and its symptoms, I will
present a few statements of my observation. For the last year and a half my
pigs from 2 to 4 months old contract a
dry hacking cough; some die young but
most of them live to be from 6 to 12
months old. When fat they bleed at the
nose and die soon afterwards. I have
examined several of them, and found that
their lights were the principal parts affected, which were black in spots half the
size of a man's hand; the livers of some
were diseased, but not wholly.
Some few have dwindled along and
died, but most all that- bled at the
nose died very suddenly. As for remedies, I have never found an effectual one,
. but have tried a great many. I hope
that all who are interested may give all
5 the information possible in order that an
j effectual remedy  may be   discovered,
• Editors Indiana Farmer.— I have
thought that a few lines from Eastern Indiana might interest the readers of the
Farmer. I find it is taken and read by
most of the farmers in this part of the
State, and it ought to be read by all, for
it is a source of great benefit to all who
read it. - .
■ I have been pretty 'extensively through
Shelby, Rush) Fayette-? and "tJnidn counties," and find a larger yield of corn than
was ever raised In these counties. Wheat
never looked more prosperous than now.
Corn is worth 30 cents; fat hogs 5 to 5};
cattle 2 to 3£ gross. There has been a
great demand here for breeding pigs this
fall, chiefly from Kentucky, the Polands
being generally sought for. Mr. Henry
Williams, of Cynthiana,- Ky., bought in
this neighborhood 8 or 10 head for himself and his neighbors; they were very
fine, and of both sexes.
I visited Union; county a few days
since and was among the farmeis. First
I called on our old friend R. G. Haworth,
one mile south of Liberty. He has a
good house and good farm, and is a hospitable, jovial farmer, his excellent wife
a first-rate cook, and I can say that it is
all that even an editor could wish for in
that respect. Indeed, I find our farmers
are all good livers and have plenty of the
best. Mr. Haworth has a nice herd of
Short-horns, of good practical worth,
headed by a Muscatine bull, a square
blocky animal, and a good breeder. Also
North Star, a two-year-old of great promise. He was sired by the famous Star of
the Realm. North Star took first'premi-
um in his class at the State Fair this fall,
against four other good ones.
We next visited Mr. Smith Wooters,
some four miles south of Haworth's.
He has a small herd of nice Short-horns,
and takes good care of them. His farming and farm operations are all done with
a neatness that is seldom seen on a farm.
Everything is in its place, and he attends
to it all himself. A very honest unassuming man of great moral worth, with a
nice family, and you feel at home there.
He and Haworth both have some nice
young stock for sale, bulls and heifers, at
low down prices to suit the times. I find
another thing that I like, and that is, all
the farmers that I have visited are financially in good shape, prosperous and
happy, with few exceptions. Every
farmer who attends closely to his business is doing well. This is surely encouraging. I find that as a rule they are
a reading class, and therefore posted in
all that pertains to their business. I am
glad to see that the general intelligence
of our farmers is surely improving. This
is a hopeful sign, for in proportion to our
intelligence and moral training is our
happiness increased. Then go on brother farmers, we will yet make our mark
for good to the rising generations, arid
make our calling respectable and profitable.
The long winter evenings are approaching, get the Farmer, read it and write
your experience and send it for publication in the Farmer. Others jtdll be glad
to hear from you. •    W. W. Thrasher.
Groves, Rush county, Ind.
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See the advertisement of A. S. Grant &
Co., of Cincinnati, O., in thisnumber.
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OCB agents will please remember that all new
subscribers for  1877 will  receive the remaining
numbers of this volume free.
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WHAT ABE THOROUGHBRED POLAND CHINAS.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I am frequently asked by correspondents as to
whether my Peland-Chinas are thoroughbred, and whether they are recorded in
the herd books, &c. L have invariably
replied that the Poland-china ia not a
thorough-bred; that instead it is a combination of two or more breeds, as the
name indicates. From the' best and
most favorable information for its credit,
that I can gather, the original stock was
imported and consisted of Poland and
spotted China. That in many instances
with certain breeders other breeds have
been bred in, cannot be disputed. It is
undisputably an American hog, with
scarcely a taint _ of Aristocratic blood, in
its compbsition.
Now as to the record, I-never heard of
such a thing except that an attempt was
made a few years ago to place a record
upon footing, but failed for being impracticable. I cannot see the value of a
pedigree of this stock. It is nothing but a certificate of blood, and none
can certify it as anything but pure. The
gist of the certificate lays in the credit of
the party who gave it, and his word is
just as ;good as the certificate, for the
reason that there is no established means
of detecting a fraud, that if dishonest he
could practice on a buyer when there are
authentic records kept, then the means
of detection are greatly secured.
English breeders say that fine ^crosses
of a short-horn hull on the common cow
constitutes a thorough-bred. The American breeder, however, in short-horn convention assembled, says ;that. in' no case
can's grade be bred . rip^to '• a thoroughbred. In other words, it docs not matter
how high the grade, none other than the
produce of a thorough-bred sire and
dam can produce a thorough-bred calf.
Now if we wonld apply the American
rule of breeding with short-horns, or
horses, we can never produce thoroughbred Poland-China hogs. On the other
hand if we were to take the English rule,
who is there among the founders of this
breed that could give any evidence or
even certify that in its founding they
mated a thorough-bred Poland male
with a China sow, and then-the same
kind of a male with the half bloods, and
then bred the | to i and 15-16ths, in the
same line or the reverse of all this by
using a thorough-bred China male with
a Poland sow. That the above^mode is
true, is to say the least, considerably
mixed.
Now, that this matter of thoroughbred as applied to Poland Chinas be settled, and a wrong impression in regard
to it be corrected by permission of "Our"
Editors of the Farmer, I invite the
views of as many as are willing to give
them for publication. The winter months
are here; wood in; • stock provided for,
and there's rest for the farmer. Why not
improve the leisure by correcting our
erroneous views, take in a general view
of the science of agriculture, and having
weaded out many false theories, be ready
for spring time, with improved base of
operations for the making of seed time
and harvest more profitable to usfhan it
has ever been before.
Henry .Comstock.
Liberty Mills, Ind.
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Fall and  Winter Colts.
Editors Indiana Farmer.—In many
cases it would be better to raise fall and
winter, than spring colts. Many farmers
have but one team, and frequently both
the amimals are mares. The crop of the
farm depends upon the team, and if they
haye colts in the spring months, the
crops are badly neglected and the farmer
seriously crippled in the maintenance of
his family and other financial matters.
The late fall and winter to most of farmers is a season of leisure for his team, and
it is a good time to raise colta if extra
care be taken with the mares. Some
farmers are adopting this plan and more
will do the same when they fully consider its propriety. When a farmer keeps
mares for breeding purposes especially
and work occasionally, spring and summer are decidedly preferable for raising
colts. Then they have the advantage of
pasture to cause a free, supply of milk
and for young colts to. crop. However,
with care a couple of good mares can do
all the work on an ordinary farm in the
busy season and each raise a good colt
during the leisure of winter.
John H. Swales.
Logan, Ind.
The Maine Potato Crop.—One of our
eastern exchanges says of the potato
crop in Maine:
"The total potato crop of Maine for
this year probably reaches 2,500,000 bushels.   In Aroostook county the product of
potatoes has been unusually large. There
are half a dozen or more starch factories
in that countv, which will convert into
starch some 300,000 to 500,000 bushels of
tubers. Large quantities are also being
shipped to Bangor for exportation.
Aroostook the farmers get about 30 cents
?er bushel, while at Bangor for expoita-
n Aroostook the. farmers get about
30 cents per bushel, while at Bangor, the
great potato mart of the State, the price
rang*** from 50 to 60 cents. The potato
crop of Maine this year is probably worth
one; million dollars."
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Fiih Culture in France.
THE FARM.
The French Legislature has decided
that fi3h culture shall form a part of the
programme of all farm schools. This
\vas a branch of rural industry formerly
much, cultivated in this country, especially irTreference to carp, which is a most
prolific and easily propagated fish.
Weight for weight, it brings nearly as
high a-price as beef, and no farm stock
can pianufacture flesh so rapidly as carp.
Any'pool of water can raise the fry; at
two years of age, they must be transferred
to larger spaces of water, and even then
can;command at the rate of 200 francs
per 1000 head.    '
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Itj looks now as though the sewing machine monopoly, which has been one of
the *most unjust patent monopolies this
country has ever had to bear, was about
to"be broken into, if not entirely broken
up. >• It has been known for some time
thatjthe royalty on sewing machines and
the patents covering the material points
of tie-invention would soon expire leaving the rights to manufacture the ma-
chme>£ree and open to general competition. In view of this coming consumption, one company in this city has
begiin the g<5bd workby reducing their
prices .from 5tyto 60 per cent. Thus a $65
machine is now offered for $30; the $85
fb*r $40;-and the $105 for $50, and so on.
WrYdtojVt heartily-rejoice in this factj and
we^^ow.^ihat-Y every poor family and
Single sejring-girl will also be glad at the
prospect of a release from this most oppressive burden. When a sewing machine costs but $20 or $25 there is no
reason nor justice in charging $65 and $85
for them. And yet this is precisely what
these great, soulless, grinding sewing machine corporations have been doing for
many years.—Prairie Farmer.
Cost of Fences.
Those persons who are not dismayed
by a great array of figures, and do not
object to making calculations, may profitably ponder over the following . bill of
particulars: "The cash value of the annual farm products of the United States
is over $2,450,000,000, while the value of
all the live-stock, including horses, mules,
cattle, sheep, and hogs, was, on the 1st
day of February. 1872, $1,659,211,935, or
about $80,000,000 lees than the annual
farm products. To protect this $2,450,
000,000 worth of growing crops from being destroyed by the $1,659,211,933 worth
of live-stock, we haye built 619,199,428
rods of fence, enclosing 2,050,505,614
acres of ground, with an average of 6}
rods per acre, costing $1.08 per rod, or
$6.48 per acre, making a total cost of
$1,748,529,185, or about $89,317,192 above
the value of all the live stock. The annual decay and cost of repairs cannot be
less than ten per cent, of the original cost
of the fence, or $174,852,918; interest at
7 per cent, per annum, $122,397,042; total
annual cost $297,240,960. But this is not
all. A fence occupies and wastes an average of one-half rod wide, or one acre
for every fifty enclosed, making a total
for all the fences, of 50,101,123 acres. The
gross proceeds, per acre, for the cultivated grounds in the United States for the
year 1871, amounted to $9.78. Call it $9
per acre, and taking two-thirds as the
cost of cultivation, we have $3 as the net
proceeds per acre, which would show an
annual loss of $150,303,369, which added
to the annual cost to settle up and develop the country, gives those who improve
and cultivate the land the heaviest burdens of taxes to pay, and they expend
mere than all the stock in the country is
worth to fence in their crops, and to give
free range to the stock owners, who need
not own or improve, or pay taxes upon a
single acre. But people are beginning
to believe that, when they have bought a
piece of land, and paid for it, and paid
taxes upon it, they ought to own the
land, and the crops growing thereon, and
be protected in their right to do with it
as they please, providing that nothing
which they do, or grow, or keep, shall
interfere with the right of others.
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Improved Diary.
The Marginal Indexed Diary, or Daily Record Book, published by the Erie Publishing
Co., Erie, Pa., is the best thing of the kind yet
issued. It is convenient either for the pocket
or deak, and being perpetual, is good for any
year or at any time of the year. There ia an
index of months across the foot of the page,
and an index of days for each month at the
side which enables the user to turn instantly
to any date desired. It also contains an alphabetical index for classifying the subject
matter of the book, besides thirty pages of
valuable tables and useful information. We
have one and do not hesitate to say it is the
best thing in the line of Dairies we have ever
seen. The price is $2 per copy, sent postpaid
by the publishers, also for sale by Stationers.
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Postal Card Correspondence,
We desire to have this departmenV*of The
Farmer made as interesting and profitable as
possible, and for this purpose suggest that it
be used, in part, as a question drawer. Let all
who have queries to propound upon any subject of interest to farmers, stock breeders,
fruit, growers, dairymen, beekeepers, housekeepers, etc., address them to this department
and wc will see that they are answered according to the best authorities and experience
available.—[Eds.
JACKSON COUNTY.—Dec. 1st.
Hogs are selling at $5 to $5.75. Tht-re ia
a considerable number of hogs dying of cholera in different parts of the county. The
grasshoppers cut the turnip crop short here
this season. D. M. Lett.
RUSH COUNTY-Dec. 1st.
Com was good in this county, and some of
the farmers are done gathering, but there is
quite an amount to gather yet. Wheat looks
fine for this'time of year. We have fruit in
abundance. You will hear from me again,
soon. W. I. Noble.
Glenwood, Ind.
JEFFERSON COUNTY-Dec. 1st.
Light snow this morning. Wheat looks
very fine this season, espscially the Peabody.
I have natices from several who have raised
as high as 18 to 25 ears from a single kernel
I have this year 27 ears on one stalk; took
ten stalks to the fair with 174 ears on them ;
measured some that yisld 205 ears to a single
rod of ground, and which weigh 78 pounds,
making at the rate of 178 bushels to the atre.
■■'■■•. A. Balding.
Grange 1471. *
FLOYD COUNTY—No*. 28th.
-Wheat looks fine, and about the usual number of acres sown. Farmers busy gathering
com.*: Corn is generally better thanYwas ex-
-pectoris.J.Some- have—tonrmenced"ttlbbing.
Hogs scarce. Apples plenty. Irish potato
crop very pooT this season. Money close, but
not close enongh to get. Health bad; abundance of chills. Long may the Indiana Farmer wave. G. D. B.
Georgetown, Ind.
wabash county-no*. 29th,
About the usual amount of wheat was
sown, and is looking very well.- Wheat all
threshed, and about a half crop. Corn all
cribbed, and land that was well drained made
from 40 to 55 bushels per acre. A great many
farmers (their land not being drained) scarcely
got any. Oats half crop. Potatoes less than
half crop, and are rotting. Apple crop was
very large,—above an average,—and are rotting to some extent. Hay was very heavy.
Hogs about an average crop. They are mostly
sold, corn being scarce, and people being
afraid of cholera. Hogs selling from 41 to 5i
per pound. Wheat, $1.00. Corn, from 40 to
50 pents per bushel.   Health not very good.
G. Rickert.
FULTON COUNTr\ III.—Nov. 25th.
The wheat crop in this section of the country was good, but considerably damaged .by
the rains. Farmers had a hard time in saving it. Owing to the wet weather, corn is
rather a poor crop, excepting a few chance
pieces on rolling lands. Apples plenty. Potatoes not very plenty, and selling at from 60
to 60 cents. Wbeat sown this full looks tolerably well for the time it has been sown.
Cattle are doing well; a pretty good crop and
of very good quality. Hogs are not so plenty,
but very good stock, and doing fine where
they have escaped those diseases that take
them by dozens when among them. I am
sorry to say Grangers are not so plenty here
as they are in most parts of Indiana, but they
are going to make their mark by and by.
Samuel Jacobson.
Astoria.
membered that a legal bushel of oorn in the
ear is 68 lbs , and that if corn is chaffy, a crib
or wagon-bed will not hold so many bushels
as when it is sound. D." Edwards.
Raysville, Ind.
NEWS   OF   THE   WEEK.
State News.
Ice six and seven inches thick was packed
here on the 4th inst.
The measles are depopulating some of the
schools of Vincennes.
Lagrange county sent 346 persons to the
Centennial.
Burglars are operating lively in various portions of the State.
The State Poultry Association holds its annual session in this city December 20th to 23d.
The Baptists have about completed a new
and handsome edifice at Clayton, Hendricks
county.
The new flax mill at Greenfield, Hancock
county, is completed and running. It gives
employment to a large number of hands.
Israel TJlrich, of Wayne county, lost his
barn, tobacco, shed and contents on the 1st.,
by fire.   Loss about $8,000.
William Grish, of Hammond township,
Spencer county, has just had his leg amputated, the result of an injury received eighteen years ago.
John Clare, a well-to do farmer of Sims
township, Grant county, was fatally injured
recently by a falling tree.
Alex. Sutherland, a farmer living between
Monroe and Palestine, Snllivan county, was
robbed of $537 a few nights ago.
Laporte county spent $100,000 on the Centennial, twenty-five per cent, of which was
borrowed.
The poultry breeders of Knox' and adjoining counties propose the formation of an association at an early day.'
. Mr. Amos Hall, superintendent o f the Randolph county poor farm.'jsUcceeded iri running
Uj-ith
$iS0 per year.
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The Edinburgh starch works consume 1,100
bushels of corn per day in th'e manufacture
of starch.
Peter McCartney, the counterfeiter, has
been sent to the Northern State Prison for
fifteen years.
The hog cholera has been raging with fatal
effect in Crawford county. It has swept entirely across the county, and has now reached
the southern border of Orange.
The Commissioners of Daviess county, at
their session this month will take initiatory
steps for the erection of a new court house.  ,
The interest in religious meetings in this
city is on the increase. Revival meetings have
been in progress at many of the churches for
two and three we?ks. Much good is resulting-
therefrom.
State Senator McRea, of Delaware county,
and Representative J. M. Stoddard, of Montgomery county, both died recently. Writs of
election will be issued by the Governor, ordering elections to fill the vacancies.
Noah Bridwell, one of the oldest citizens of
Lawrence county, died on Wednesday of last
week. He had lived in Lawrence county
ever since 1826, and was in the seventy-ninth
year of his age at the time of his death. He
was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was
present at the battle of New Orleans, being
eighteen years of age at the time.
Mr. John Snyder, of Jackson township,
Huntington county, made 5,502 gallons of
cider on his mill this year, and before the season closes, ho expects to make the number
even 6,000. John Bates, of Harrisburg, Fayette county, made nearly 1,000 barrels of cider
this season.
FARM TALK AND INQUIRIES.
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Terrier Pups—Will some of the many readers of the Farmer tell us where we can get a
full-blood black terrier pup.    J. "K. B yler.
Ligonier, Ind.
Color of Poland  Ohinas.—Will some of
your well-posted  correspondents or readers
give an accurate, but brief, description of the
color of the Poland China swine, and oblige,
W. M. Sayger.
Silver Lake, Ind.
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Corn Droppers.—Is there such a thing manufactured as a "rower," or corn dropper? If
so, by whom ? Does any oae know whether
they succeed or not? Do they drop the rows
straight enongh to admit of plowing the corn
both ways? Is the check-row attachment a
Buccess or not? E. K. Strattan.
Henry County, Ind.
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Measuring Corn.—To find the number of
bushels of ear corn which a crib or wagon-
bed will hold, the following rule is about as
accurate as any that can be made. Rule—
Divide the number of cubic inches contained
in the crib or wagon-bed by 3.744. The result
will be about the number of bushels it will
hold of good, sound corn.   It should be re-
Oeneral News.
Yellow fever has disappeared from Savannah, Georgia.
The revival interest in Chicago seems to be
on the increase.
Tweed has dismissed all his counsel, and
will let the law take its course.
The Indiana building at the Centennial has
been sold for $675.
Congress convened on Monday last. The
Hous.e elected Samuel Randall, of Pennsylvania, Speaker.
During November the national debt was
increased $457,662. Decrease since June 30th,
1876, $10,103,245.
The main Centennial building has been sold
for $250,000 to the Internationa] Exhibition
Company, recently organized.
Congress has appointed a committee to go
South and investigate election matters in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina.
The present session of Congress gives promise of being a stormy one. Its time will
probably be principally consumed by political
questions.
The Illinois Supreme Court has decided that
in condemning lands forthe establishment of
highways, the whole amount of the land
must be appraised and paid for, and that no
set-off for benefits to the land owner can be
allowed.
A machine has been invented, after a
study of ten years, for   making seamless
paper boxes.   It   rolls   them   from   tbe    .
pulp, and will make six hundred an hour \
no   matter   whether   they   aro larj;e or
small, round or square.
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