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INDIANAPOUS,'DTOIAHA, JUNE 23,1877.
No. 25.
EXCHANGE DEPAETMENT.
LoBt, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
No better medium could be selected than this department of the Fabmkb for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of it when you hear of the loss
of his stock.	
FOR  SALE.
F
IOR 8ALE—EGGS—L. Brahma, Spanish, Game
Bantams, 81,60 per 13. J. Bennitt Sunman, Ind
242t23
T7-IOR SALE—Farms ln Indiana and niinois. A
Jj M. ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indian
apoUs, Ind. 20-52U(10)
FOR SALE—Eggs of high class Plymouth Rock
Light Brahma. Golden Setrlght Bantam, 82
per 18. T. 13. BARRETT A BON, Ft. Wayne. 22-4t»
FOR PALE—Three 2-year old Short-Horn Bulls
highly bred and good individuals; any one of
them lit to st-uid «t the of a herd; will selllow to suit
the times. JAMES W. MARLATT, j-Milton, Wayne
Co., Ind. 25-2ti-;27)
EOR SALEr-rEggs from first class Buff Cochin
fowls from imported Btock till July lst at 82.00
per setting of 13.  Address:
J. L. Carey, Indianapolis Ind.
6-22ti 85 and 87 South Meridian St
FOR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
30, new and in good condition.   For Bale at a
discount frcm regular price.
4tf Indiana FAemee Co.
EOR SALE or TRADE—"Muggins," 4028 A. S. H
Record: 4 years old: a stood breeder; will sell
cheap, or trade.   8. R. QUICK, Columbus, Ind.
lS-tf-200
FOR SALE—Poland China Pigs. No. 1 Pigs at
from 812 to 815 each. Also a few choice Chester White Pigs. Eggs and Chicks from high class
White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, D. Brahmas,
and B. Leghorns. WEST <£ WHICKER, Peckshurg,
Ht ndrlcks county, Ind. 16-3mos
EOR SALE—A fine Jersey Bull Calf 6 months old;
sire, Rip Van Winkle; dam, India No. 5696.
His sire was bred by F. M. Churchman, of Indianapolis, and his dam by R. S. Dorsey, of the same
place, to either of whom you are referred. Sam J.
is from excellent butter stock. Tarvin C. Grooms,
Greencastle, Ind. 23 8t 22
FOR SALE—Three Short-horn Brood Cows with
Sacking Calves by their side; good Pedigrees;
Sist-class Show Cows; in fine show condition now;
(Till sell lower down than any man will similar
stock. They are regular treeders; in their prime
from 4 to 6 yeus old. Also, 15 to 2o Breeding Ewes,
finely bred Cotswold,—several of them imported;—
will sell on 6 months time for approved paper.
Anyone wanting stock, all they have to do Is to see
the stock, and we will trade SURE.
W. W. THRASHER,
22-4t* Groves P. O., Rush county, Ind.
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Premium No. 27.
2b the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Premium, No. 27, donated by P. & M.
Sharpc, and awarded by you to tbe undersigned, waa sbipped and arrived in good
condition yesterday, and ia a splendid
pig, of the Poland China stock. The donors of thiB premium, the proprietors or
the Indiana Farmer, and the readers of
the same, who subscribed, through me,
will accept the thanks 6f the lucky recei-
er of this gift. W. J. Kinnick.
Bedford, Lawrence Co., Ind.
Premium No. 52.
BeoOS. Ind. , June 8, '77.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I wish to say through yoWr columns
that the suit of clothes ofrered by the
"When" clothing store aa a premium for
one of the successful agents of the Farmer, has been received in good condition and are first class goods. Thanks to
the proprietors. Any farmers from the
j country visiting the city will do well to
! call at the "When" clothing store.
John H. Merchant.
"HTXI-t 13 !_,_<_.   OHNTBR   DBAFT   *N_"0'W'E_'*t.   (See advertisement on Wi page).
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
•.———
The subject of farm labor is alluded to in a
large proportion of our Postal Card Correspondence this week:. We are gratified to note
that the farmers are disposed to do their full
share in settling the difficult que tion of what
can be done for the unemployed working men
in the towns and cities. Editobs.
INDIANA.
Hendbicks Co., June 15th.—We have been
having an abundance of rain this last week.
Corn is getting weedy. Farm hands are plenty at $18, a month. A good potato crop is expected. No hog cholera in these parts. Price
for hogs, $-,60 to $5,00.      A. B. Coffman.
Ripley. Co., June 15th.—Have had plenty
of rain here, it is doing constant damage to
corn, oats and grass. Wheat looks well. Potatoes are fine. Hands are worth from $10 to
$12 per month. The Fabmeb is a welcome
visitor, but not enough grange news in it.
C. R. Faulknkb.
Pulaski Co., June 13th.—Farm hands get
from $15 to $20 per month. Supply equal to
the demand. Corn small; poor stand wheat;
good oats; fine hay crop; potatoes look well.
That correspondent'of the Chicago Times must
have been tipsy. Our county will compare
favorably with any county in the State.
I. R. H.
MonboeCo., June lGth.—The crop prospects
in the southern part of this county are about
as follows: Prospect lor wheat, good. Com
fair considering the late planting; a large
amount was planted. Oats good. Prospect
for fruit not very flattering. Don't send any
farm hands down here, the supply exceeds the
demand, - J. O. Clay»
Whitb Co., June i2th.—Farmers not all
done planting, some replanting.   Wheat has
Corn is selling at 35 cents; wheat $1,60 to $1,90
and scarce. We have good farmers in this
connty. Will some one state in what county
in Missouri, and near what station, that land
can be bought for $2 to $6 per acre?
L. Gaebiqus.
Fullivan Co , June 15th.—There is some
hog cholera in this part of the country. Wheat
looks tolerably well, a great deal of it down,
fell during the rain. Lots of gooseberries at
20 cents per gallon. There are some few
peaches. James McDowel's pig weighed 71
pounds at eight weeks. O. 8. R.
Montgomkby Co , June 18th.—The prospect
for wheal in this locality was never better.
Farmers busy ploughing corn. Oats and grass
are splendid. Apples half crop. Peaches very
scarce. Potatoes look fine. There is not
much of a demand for farm hands at present.
Hogs dying with the cholera.
A. W. Gbovis.
Madison Co., June 16th.—This is my fi st
postal card for the Fabmkb. We have had
a great deal of rain in the last few weeks. A
great deal of corn had to be planted the second
time. Wheat too good, most of it fell down;
w« fear it will not fill well, too tall. Grass
fine; pastures good; oats good; potatoes good,
no bugs; a few apples; no peaches, some early
cherries; garden vegetables fine; had all our
hog cholera last year; none now in this county. We want some good harvest hands, good
No. 1 hands or none at all. A great deal of
flax sown. Wheat selling from $1,G0 to $1,80;
corn 38 cents.   No hogs for sale.
J. R. Holston.
Boone Co., June 16th.—Working men out
of employing in Indianapolis, can get poor
encouragement in this part ofthe State in the
way of getting harvesting to do, as there are
plfenty of hands here to do all our harvesting.
Although wheat promises well there was but
a small acreage sown last year, and there are
large numbers of idle mechanics and others in
all the country towns, which With the forces
farmers have of their own, will be abundantly sufficient to save all our harvest. There
is but little encouragement for them on the
^eat dial o7 chess oVcheat among it.   Oat, | farm in the present condition offings
will be short on account of the dry weather
two weeks ago. Have had plenty of rain in j
the last week. We have plenty farm hands
here for the price they ask; a good many won't
work because they can't get $1,50 a> day, or
$18 to $20 per month, wet and dry, board and
washing. Bent. Moose.
Cabeoll Co, June 14th.—-We have had
plenty of rain in the last ten days, in places
too mnch. Corn doing well on dry lands; the
ground is quite foul in some fields; considerable replanting had to be done, bad seed. Wheat
is heading well; if it fills properly, will make
good crop. Oats and flax coming on finely.
Potatoes doing well, some bugs. Small fruits
plenty. Pastures good and stock in splendid
condition, James Haslet.
Owen Co., Jane i_th.—About those unemployed of your city being sent to the country
to find work: Ihe prospect in onr connty at
present is not very good to give them employment, but some might find work at fifty cents''
a day. Money hard to get to pay hands.
Corn growing fine. Wheat in head. Strawberries are ripe. Fruit will be scarce. Have
had plenty of rain, 0. M-,
GbaSt Co., juni-j 16th.—We are having a
gTeat deal of rain at present. Corn looks we'l.
Wheat, an-excellent prospect. Oats and flax
look well. Grass doing well. Apples enough
for home. Peaches and cherries scarce, small
fruits plenty. No hog cholera: hogs plenty;
cattle doing well; sheep scarce. Hands are
getting from $15 to $18 per month, and plenty.
I. N. Barker.
Allen Co., June 18th.—A terrific thunderstorm ' passed over this city this afternoon
about 3 o'clock, the wind and rain struck the
ground with great force and laid the vrtieat
and growing crops flat on the ground. It is
expected that much damage was done to the
crops, especially wheat, but to what extent I
can not say now. The church of God in the
south part ofthe city, was stiuck by lightning
and the steeple badly damaged, otherwise the
damage to the building was slight, but many
shade trees were broken down. Will report
again when I know the extent of damage in
the country. L. P. N.
Pike fjo., June iOth.—We have had a week
of almost incessant rain; everything thoirough-1
ly saturated with water. Wheat falling down.
Oorr_ scalding out, and so muddy we can't get
in the fields. But this morning th* sky is
clear and the air nearly cold enough for frost,
with every Indication of fair weather for a.
few days, bnt it will be near a week before the
ground will be dry enough to work, especially on le^el, flat, clay land. J. J. Stewkrt is
to speak in our county to-morrow; I shall not
be there by reason of chills and to-rr«Srrow is
the regular day.' I have not been'out much
for some days to see how the'county looks
away from home, but if iriy own immediate
neighborhood is a fair index, there is not a
very good showing far wheat, corn or oats, bnt
grass and clover will "be fair if saved in order.
W. E.. Cha*ppbll.
Tippecanoe Co., June 14th.—We are having
plenty cf rain at present, hence the farmers
have not plowed their corn much yet. Wheat
looks well; oats, fair; grass, ditto; potatoes doing well, for the bugs. Stock looks well. Hogs
doing fine; no cholera as yet. Hands plenty
at from $15 to $18 per month. The Fabmeb
is the best paper published. D.' O. 0.
Washington Co., June 12th.—Corn is looking well, considering most of it has been
planted the second time. Wheat considerably damaged by the fly- Oats looking splendid. Farmers are sowing more millet than
usual. Have had a week of continued rain.
Farm bands range from $12 to $15 per month.
Stock of all kinds doing well. No hog cholera
here. G. O. Child.
Angtheb.—June Oth.—Fine growing weather again; it has rained almost every day since
the first of this month. The last three weeks
of May w. ie very dry and cold. Thecorn got
a bad start, a great deal of replanting; some
fields had to be furrowed ont again and planted over. I think we will be bothered about
ploughing on account of wet weather. Some
fields of wheat look fine and others are eaten
np with the fly, it is all damaged some by the
fly. They draw the substance out at the top
of the grain and the stalks fall down, some
fail to make a stalk. Oats look well; a few apples; some small fruit. Farm hands get from
ten  to fifteen dollars per month.
W. A. A.
Mabshall Co., June 18th.—The prospect for
j a large crop of nearly all kinds is most encouraging, except fruit; there was considerable bloom on the apple trees, but the fruit did
not set. The clover crop is good, but timothy
meadows are light. Pastures are fine, never
better. Potato beetles are quite numerous,
but I think we will get them ont of the way
of the crop; a large acreage has been planted.
The snppl" of farm hands is equal to the demand, and wages are Some what lower than
last year. The health in this locality is good.
Success to the Fabmeb. John.
Another.—June 18th.—The weather cool
and dry, some little showers lately. Wheat
short but well headed and appearance of a
good fill. Corn good; oats and grass light; the
apple crop very light; peaches none; cherries
a fair crop. Pastures Bhort and cattle thin.
Stock hogs plenty and healthy; some fat hogs
for sale, price 4 cents. Good hands are getting
from $15 to $20 per month. Hands that sit
round on the street "corners till th ey bliste1
the seats of their breeches, are not getting
anything. J. L.
Johnson Co., June 15th.—Perhaps s-^g 0f
your many readers would like to '".no^r* about'
our crop prospect in old Johr|80n% Midge Jn
the wheat excepting the >ulli,> Bnd j^ 6ome
cause they don't b,tthw that vnrlety, Weare
having P';«nty of rain and have plowed but
▼".J- little the last week. Stock of all kinds
doing well. Plenty 6f ipplea for home use.
Cherries a total f_ilftre. Farm hands worth
$12 to $16 per morith. Potatoes look fine, no
bugs.   Grass and oats look fine.
J. Y. Demabee.
certain Magnetic Watch Co., in the East; we
invested money in a similar way and received
a sun dial, which was not worth one-fourth
the money paid for it. A Patbon.
Scott Co., June 16th.—Weather very wet.
Corn getting weedy, more than usual acreage.
Wheat prospects not so good as 2 or 3 weeks
since in consequence of rain and fly. A few
apples, no peaches. Farm hands plenty,
wsges sixteen to eighteen dollars per month.
A. R.
Poset Co., June 16tb.—The prospects for
wheat in Posey connty are good, althogh some
is badly tangled by the late storms. Corn is
getting very weedy owing to the late rains.
Potatoes generally good. Small fruits plenty,
apples about a fair crop. Hands not very
plenty, prices range from $15 to $18 per month.
Grangers plenty. The Fabmeb is a wtleome
visitor. Q. A. Gill, Jb.
Boonb Co., June 13th.—The prospects for
wheat are good, but not mnch sown. Corn
growing slow; a larger acreage pnt out than
for many years. Oats look well; the potatoes
have not been bothered mnch by bugs. Plenty
work to do here now and still increasing;
wages from $15 to $20 per month. All in good
spirits, thinking that there will be a time
when a nickel will fall to their feet.
O. J. Lumpkin.
Akotheb.—June 15th.—Wheat, corn, oats,
rye and grass all very promising. More corn
planted this season than usual. A large quantity of potatoes planted and growing finely.
No bugs here. Plenty of small fruit. Apples,
peaches and pears, short crop.
C. F. Devoe.
Kosciusko Co., June 18th.—Wheat is more
than an average in breadth and evenness and
Btands up well at present. Grass is good, not
so rank but of a good quality. Corn is a little
backward, but is doing well at present. A
great deal of corn is drilled and the weather
being Bomewhat" dry the corn is generally
clean. Potatoes look well; a good many in
bloom and bngs plenty. Wheat selling at
$1,50; corn 50c; fat hogs scarce, worth $4,25 to
$4,50; shipping cattle 4c; sheep, stock $1,50 to
$2,60; good shipping 3c. Cherries good crop,
and other Bmall fruit; apples and pears scarce.
Stock hogs plenty and no cholera. Health
good. The Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company is progressing finely. I get my premium the last of this month. Success to the
Fabmeb. Isam Bbady.
Lafobte Co., June 18th.—Wheat good, and
a fair portion will be cut by the 4th of July.
Oats are making rather slow progress. Corn
that was planted from the 15th to the last of
May, looks well for the amount of cold weather we have had. Those that planted the first
of the month had all or nearly all to replant.
Corn will average about eight inches high.
Potatoes in some parts are doing well and bo
is the bug. They are getting very nice of late,
they will not chew every vine they see, bnt
choose the patches to devour. Some farmers
have put on an abundance of paris-green, and
slaughtered bugs without mercy, and have
scarcity any potatoes, while others did neither
and have fine potatoes. No peaches in this
locality. There will be apples enough for
home consumption. The hum of the mower
is heard. Idle men are plenty, about half of
them desire work, the other half something
to eat. Wages range from $15 to $18 per
month. W. E. W.
Decatub Co., June 18th,—There is a tide in
the affairs of Weather which taken at the flood
leads on to failure. For three consecutive seasons the rainfall here during clop time has
been prodlglotts, In fact, this may well be
termed one of the regions of perpetual rain.
Since the last of May undrained, level
lands have practically been under water. Many
corn fields are so grassy that they look like
pasture lands. A neighbor suggests inverting
sap-pails over the corn hills, and turning on
sheep to get rid of the fox-tail. Can any one
devise a better method? Wheat: straw heavy
and a good d-^i lodged; ears not filling well
on account of wet w.eather.   Oata Inferior, so
Wabash Co., June 18th.—I want a good experienced hand to plow corn with ridingsulky
and donble ehovel, also all kinds of work on
a farm. Vfill not have over one weeks harvesting and haying to do. Will want the hand to
do some chores and things as I tell him, right
or wrong. Will pay eighteen dollars for the
next month and board, and if he -raits, will
give him $180,00 and board per year. Must
be good with a team and love to work them.
I will hold a place one week. German preferred to Irish; mu_t talk English well.
H. Combtcck.
Jennings Co , June 18th.—Seeing nothing
from Jennings I take the privilege of complying with your request. Wheat is very good,.
more than the average, although badly down.
Com, a larger acreage planted than common,
hut a great deal of it not pic wed the first time
on account of the wet weather. Oats not much
sown, and the prospects are not very flattering. Grass bids fair for a good crop. Potatoes, large amount planted, about twice the
usual number of acres and the early planted
look well, but there is a general fight all along
the rows with the bugs to see which shall hold
the fort. Hogs not very plenty, some cholera
in the neighborhood. Cattle doing well; pasture fine. Hands plenty at $10 to $18 per
month. Our grange, 18i2, still lives though
not very flourishing. O. F. M.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
Rochesteb, Ind , June 16th.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I read an article in an old agricultural book
published in 1859 by Henry Ward Beecher,
that' 'the man who makes his potato ground
feed flowers, prevents it from feeding his family, and every ounce of matter consumed by
the flowers was so much taken from the potato." Now will some of the. many readers of
the Fabmkb answer through its columns, if
pulling off the flowers of the potatoes does in- .
crease the crop? J. S. E.
General News.
S. amounts to $18,-
AkoTheb.—June 18th—Weather  beautiful
at present; h _ye heen having a great deal of
rain  lately.   Some com has  not yet  been ]
plowed and a lot of it very weedy.   A great
deal of complaint about the midge   in  the
Wneat, it ls worse in the smooth wheat than
in bearded.   Plenty of apples,-but they are
falling  off  considerably.   Vegetables  doing
well.   Potatoes look fine and plenty of bugs.
Good average farm hands get from $17 to $20
per month, no demand for any more'hands
than what are already here.   We wish to caution the readera of the Fabmeb in regard to a
"*. tu my observation extends. Com good
I Only on well drained or gravelly soils. Fruit,
a few apples and pears; no peaches. Raspberries and strawberries very abundant; blackberries badly winter killed. Potatoes a fair promise; bugs "sparse." Demand for farm hands I
Bmall; supply great. No one has said what's
the mattre with my cedar trees. Can not Dr.
Furnas "book" me? Query: What shall I
do with the large brown beetle that I spade
up'in the Bpring?   Am no entomologists
J. H. W.
The above letter was printed on a postal
card with  a  pen, and our printers say it is
the handsomest manuscript they have set up
for many a day.—[Ej5s.
The egg trade in the U.
000,000 a year.
Rev. John S. O. Abbott, the historian, died
at Fair Haven, Conn., on the 17th inst.
Real estate in Boston pays two to three
per cent, on the investment. There are 2200
vacant Louses in the city.
An imperial ukase has been issued at St'
Petersburg ordering the issue of 6,000,000 o
roubles in silver token currency.
The losses by the tidal wave, on the coast of
Peru, are fully up to the first reports. The
Government is a heavy loser, from 40,000 to
50,000 tons of guano having been lost.
Capt. King, of Nueces county, Texas, owns
one hundred and fifty thousand acres of fenced land, two hundred thousand acres unfenced, fifty thousand cattle and five thousand
sheep.
A dispatch on the 17th inst., from Walla-
walla, Oregon, conveys the startling news of
an uprising of the Indians, and that they were
murdering the whites at Mount Idahoe, situated sixty miles from Lewistown.
It is the observation and judgment of the
farmers in every Congressional district in Illinois, that there is a better outlook for corn
than has been known for many years at this
season of the year, and the farmers have begun to count with certainty upon an extra
large crop.
• The Colorado Farmer says: Colorado is full
of idle men who, disappointed in the Black
Hills, are painfully working their way back
home. Work cannot be furnished them, and
many are begging for a mouthful to eat, it is
Bad to see strong men who are willing to work
begging for bread,
Th-j temperance women of Michigan have
sent an address to Mrs. Hayes, in which they
say: "We, the temperance women of Michigan, assembled in onr annual convention,
send you greeting in God's name, and remind
you we are praying that you may be filled with courage and assisted to the victory
which we all def ire."
ANOTHEE.-June 18th.-The prospects for
wheat are good; owing to the wet weather it is
lodgingto a great extent. Com is getting very
grassy, a great many fields.not touched by the
plow. We think there will be hands enongh |
in this locality to harvest all our wheat; harvest wages will be about $2,00 per day. No
fruit in this, Jackson township, to amount to
anything. Oats bid fair for a fine crop. Hogs
healthy in this locality. Cattle not so plenty
as they mightbe. Giles Gant.
A London dispatch of the 18th inst., speaking of the ABiatic campaign says*.   In Asia,
the principal feature this week has been the
partial with-drawal of the Russian right wing
and the cloBer investment of Kara and Batoum
The total Russian force available for active
operations in Asia Minor is about 140,000. Of
these 40,000 are around Kars, 30,000 between
Kara and Batoum, and  30,000 between Kars
and the line of Bayazid and Toprak Kaleh,
thus leaving about 40,000 for the center against
Mukhtar Pasha's 40,000 in a strong position.
These figures show that the Russians have no
men to spare if they intend to keep the country they have so far occupied, though if their
object were simply to effect a rapid advance
and defeat the/Eurks as a preliminary to peace,
there is nothing to prevent them from doing
so.   It is confirmed from several sides that the
Russians are not bent on rapid operations of"
this latter kind, but, on the contrary are doing
tnt ir work thoroughly, and are systematically ,
taking over the administration of the country
as they advance.