vol. xn.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JUNE 30,1877.
No. 26.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
t_an 25 cents.
No better medium conld be selected than this department of the Farmer for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of It when yon hear of the loea
0f his stock.
FOR  BALE.
ITtOR SALE—Farms ln Indiana and Illinois. A.
D M. ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Incian-
jjblis, Ind. 20-52*-(10)
T*-*.OK SALE—A nearly new Ch Is Bros. Organ,
P    popular style, teven stops, t silent tone, for
Seat greatly reduced rate.   Ad< ss Ind. Farmer
Agency, No. 8 Bates Block, Indian oils. 26tf
F
OR SALE—Three 2-year old Short-Horn Bulls
.highly bred and good Individuals; any one of
them lit to stand st the of a herd; will sell low to suit
the times. JAME3 W. MARLATT, •Milton.Wajne
Co., Ind.  2>2'H27)
T**IOR SALE—Eggs from first class Buff Cochin
tj fowls from Imported stock till July lst at $2.00
per setting of 13.   Address: ..  ,   ,
*^ J. L. Carey, IndianapoUs Ind.
6-22U 85 and 87 South Meridian Bt
TT-OR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
J} 30, new and in good condition. For bale at a
discount from regular price.
Itf Indiana Fabmkb Co.
XTlOR SALE—Poland China Pigs. No. 1 Pigs at
tj from 812 to 515 each. Also a few choice Chester-White Pigs. Eggs and Chicks from high class
White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, D. Brahmas,
and B. Leghcms. W EST A WHICKER, Pecksburg,
Ht ndricks county, Ind.  16-amos
WAX'IKO,
ITrANTED—Your name printed on 30 unique,
W    artistic cards, and sent, postpaid, for 10 cts.
and stamp.   Address, City Card Office, opposite
Grand Hotel, Indianapolis.  -8-lw*"
WANTED—Agents to sell Navin's Explanatory
Btock Doctor, the New Illustrated History
of Indiana, and fine family Bibles.   Address J. w.
Lanktree j_Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
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THE FARM.
.Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
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YV Avenue. Pumps, Wells, O isterns and Vaults
dug, cleaned and repaired. 19-13t(4)
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CITEEL Engravings of 1000 American Statesmen.
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TEXAS LAND WARRANTS—Of 640 acres each,
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mo EXCHANGE—A trio of White Holland Tur-
1    keys of 1876 hatch for a sow pig,  Berkshire or
PTland-Chlna.   Address W. G. DELASHMUTT,
aJ! Martinsville, Clarke Co., Ills.
BTJLLBTIN.
•WAB DKP-BTMKrlT— SIGNAL S-BVICE V. S. ABMY,
Division of telegrams and reports for the benefit
of commerce and agriculture.
Meteorological record, June 27th, 1877,7 a. m.
Observatlons taken at the same moment of time
at all stations.
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falling thermometer. Indicate fair or clearing
weather.
Indications.—For the Ohio Valley, higher pres-
siaie (lighter barometer). Winds moftly<*from noith-
west Stationary or lower temperature, partly
cloudy weather and occasional rains.	
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Premium No. 29.
Seymour, Ind., June 21, 77.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
No. 29, a Poland China pig from the
pena of Emanual Smith, Greenfield, Ind.,
came to hand all right; he ia a firat class
pig in every respect, being well formed
and fine style, any one wanting first class
pigs will find it to their advantage to call
on or send to Mr. Smith. My pig waa
sired by King William. I shall call him
King of the West, a name he well deserves. I return my sincere thanks to
Mr. Smith and to the patrons of the Farmer, who gave me toe benefit of their
. names to enable me to reach so valuable
a premium. James Marsh.
, T EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS will P**7/0* *J-e
L Indiana if abm-b, from this date to the end of the
I -fear 1877.
Baetholomkw Co., June 12th.—Corn look-
well away -rom the flat land; large acreage pnt
out Wheat promises to be better than for
several harvests, tangled badly. Oats and
grass look well. Mob-ton Hall.
Bush Co., Jane 17th.*-We are having a
great deal of rain this spring. Considerable
corn had to be replanted, some the third time.
Wheat looks flne. Oats look well. Grass Is
good. Frnit is rather -scarce except raspberries. K. W. Kich.
Habeison Co., June 15th.—Wheat promises
well at present, it is the beet crop we have had
for many years, if the wet weather don't injure it. Oats and grass good. Early potatoes
will be good. The apple crop will be quite
light. We had a great deal of rain in
the last two weeks. Corn does not promise
very well at present.   Weeds flourishing.
J. J. Launk.
Deabborn Co., June 23d.—Farmers busy
cutting barley and clover; both good, barley
excellent. Wheat will nearly all be cut next
week. Grain considerably tangled. The late
rains have wrought a wonderful improvement
in oats and grass. Corn backward and foul.
Just beginning to use early potatoes, think
they will be good. R. Collier.
Fayette Co., June 10th.—We have had a
great deal of rain in the last two weeks.
Wheat looks very well, but it will be damaged
to some extent by the fly. Oats coming on
fine. Hay crop will be very heavy. Corn
rather small for the time of year. Hot much
small fruit. Apples plenty. No hog cholera
heard of lately. Cattle are bringing fair prices
worth 5c. H. Shipley.
Jennings Co., June 20th.—Wheat about
ready to cut and very good, some tangled.
Corn in rather bad condition, owing to the
wet weather and bad stand. Fruit about one-
third crop. Garden products good. Some
Colorado potato bugs. Pastures good and
stock looking well. No hog cholera here just
now. Weather very warm. Weeds growing
very fast between showers.        D. M. Lett.
Elkhabt Co., June 23th.—Rain, rain, until
all say that we have enongh. Hay making is
all the go, and with so much rain it has been
uphill business. But to-day the weather is de"
lightful and hay that has been cut will be
taken care of. Wheat looks well and promises a good crop. Corn rather backward, but
stands well. Wool plenty and brings 35 to 40
cents.   No hog cholera. G. T. B.
Shelby Co., June 25th.—Wheat badly tangled, but we think most, or all of it can be
saved. The crop will be heavy. On dry or
drained land corn is in excellent condition; on
wet land it is very weedy and of bad color,
Farm labor is plenty, no demand for any help
from abroad. No hog cholera. Cattle are
scarce. T. J. M,
• Bipley Co., June 26th.—The most severe
storm we have had for eighteen yeara, passed
over this place Monday afternoon. Buildings
were unroofed, trees uprooted and fences
blow down generally. The ground is perfectly soaked. Com unworked, wheat tangled,
etc., still prospects are not gloomy.
J. Bennett.
Newton Co., June 18th.—There is but very
little wheat sown in this county; what there
is will be better than any we have had for a
good many years. Corn is backward on account of so much rain and cold weather, a
great deal of replanting having been done in
consequence. Oats are doing well. Fruit of
all kinds will be ve*_*iscarce this year. Hogs
are low. J. F. Fox.
Cass Co., June 18th.—Not having seen any
communications from our corner of late, is
my excuse for sending you this card. We are
having an abundance of rain now and have
been for the last two or three weeks, consequently our corn is getting very foul and can
not make an average crop. Wheat looks well.
Oats and flax also. Please inform me through
the Fabmeb if the State Grange Agency of
Louisiana is still running, and oblige
H. A. Woollky.
Parke Co., June 2lst.—Abundance of rain
since the lst of the month, and corn on level
land is damaged badly and but little cultivated, consequently the grass and weeds are predominating. Early wheat bids fair for a good
yield. It is lodging badly. Late wheat is
much injured by the midge. The Fultz wheat
appears to escape its ravages to a great extent
and in this locality seems to be the wheat, and
will be, perhaps, while the midge exists
though the millers do not like it. Early sown
oata on rolling land looks splendid. The apple, peach and cherry crop nearly a failure.
Small fruits perhaps half a crop. Tramps
plenty, claiming that they cannot find employment, but we think some of them dont
want it. Corn brings 35 cents; wheat $1,00 to
$1,40. Potatoes are growing finely, the beetle
\i;„„ „<, ™m_    Nn hoe cholera at pres-
St. Joseph Co., June 18th.—Wheat is looking fine, ripening up very last. Rather dry
the fore part of the season for crop-), but the
late rains are bringing them out all right.
Farm laborers get from $15 to $18 per month.
Late fruit is scarce, though plenty of small
fruit. Not many potatoes planted, bnt what
are, look well. Bugs not doing much damage in this section.   Welcome to the Fabmkb.
A. M. A.
Owen Co., June 22nd.—The rainy weather
has given the weeds a chance and as a consequence the farmers are in their fields scratching like cats fighting. Corn generally looking
well. Wheat good, this county is not extra
for wheat, however. No demand for laborers
in this part of the country. Wages very low.
I received four Light Brahmas. from J. O.
Comstock, of Martinsville, 111, formerly an
advertiser in your columns, can say they cannot be surpassed in beauty.      C. E. Joslin.
Randolph. Co., June 21st.—Wheat above an
average crop if nothing befalls it till harvested. Some little fly but not enough to damage
much. Oats and flax good. Corn is small for
the time of year, but growing fine and promises an average yield. Apples, pears and
peaches almost as scarce as hen's teeth. Currants and gooseberries very scarce. Strawberries plenty. Garden vegetables in abundance.
Potatoes are growing fine.       J. Bbown, Jb.
Carroll Co, June 20th.—We have had
plenty of rain in the last ten days, in places
too much. 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. Farm hands worth from $15 to
$18 per month.   Supply «voa- to demand.
J. R. C.
Miami Co., June 23d.—Considerable rain
here this week. Corn small, but growing nicely this week. Oats will be good if nothing
happens it yet. Potatoes promise well at present. Wheat will be ready to cut in about one
week; it is well filled and will yield well I think
The hay crop will be good. More hands in this
locality than there is demand for. We have
good men here that can't get enongh work to
keep their families from suffering for want.
J. Baygeb.
Parke Co., June 22d.—Weather very wet.
Fears have been entertained in regard to the
safety of the crop in the Wabash bottoms,
but to-day it is clear and the river falling.
Wheat looks well, but it ia being eatupby the
midge; perhaps there will be a half crop. Com
on high, dry ground looks well; on low wet
land it will not make half a crop. Some fruit
of all kinds, but not to exceed a half crop.
Meadows look fine. J. B.
Mohtoomery Co., June 19th.—The early
sown Fultz wheat is good, but the late sown
of any kind stands a poor chance on account
of the midge. The midge is very thick in
in some fields. Grass is good. Oats is generally good. We have a fine prospect for a good
crop of beech mast, but a slim looking prospect for corn. Small fruit plenty, but
large fruit scarce. Plenty of rain, too wet to
plow most of the time. Plenty of grassy
com. Micheal Fbuit.
Warren Co. June 21st.—Aa I have never
noticed anything in your valuable paper from
this part of our county, I will give you something. We are having an abundance of rain,
it has rained every day this week. The early
planted com came up poorly, many having
to plant the second time, and some the third
time. Rata plenty and troublesome. Oats not
flattering. Peaches and small fruit plenty.
Hands are tolerably plenty at from $15 to $20
per month; extra hands the latter price.
Charles Winks.
Jay Co., June 19th.—As nothing has ap.
peared in your paper from old Jay for some
time, I thought I would drop you a postal.
Wheat is better than it bas been for years.
Oats, ordinary crop. Corn is not extra, owing
to the wet weather. Farmers can't work in
their com. Grass very good. Laboring hands
get $15 to $18 per month, not many hired.
Wheat $1,25; com, 40; oats, 35c. Good luck to
the Fabmeb, and may it long live. <
S.S.
Tipton Co., June 25th.—Almost continued
rain all this month. A great deal of corn not
ploughed and very weedy; large acreage planted. Wheat fair prospect; small acreage sown.
Oats and grass look well; potatoes fine; pastures good; Btock doing well; small fruit plenty;
apples and pears scarce; peaches none; cherries
bcarce. Hogs scarce, worth about four cents.
Cattle scarce. Corn on sod ground and well
drained land, generally looks well. My Fabmeb comes regularly every week which I am
glad to get. J.W.Eaton.
Benton Co., June 20th.—Too much rain
since ploughing began. Too wet to plough
half the time the past month. Corn backward, uneven, thin, and much of it badly in
the weeds and grass. Some good wheat, not
much sown. Oats an average crop and looking well. Potatoes promising. Meadows
good. Plenty of small fruits, and a fair sprinkling of apples. Old corn about all sold and
gone. Hogs Bcarce. Some cholera in some
parts of the county. Cattle in fine order and
plentiful. Bat few sheep in this county. Farmers here hire their hands iu early sp ring,
and it is a rare thing to find aa opening for a
hand at this time of the year. There is bnt
little call for mechanics here at this time.
Long live the Fabmeb.        M. T. Bowman.
Allen Co., June 20th.—Wheat looks well,
never was better in this county at this time Of
the year. Since the late rains the corn is doing well. There was considerable replanting
done on account of early planting and bad
seed. Oats will be short on account ofthe dry
weather. Timothy meadows will be below an
average; clover good and farmers getting ready
to cut. Potatoes good, some bugs. Farmers
get their heads up and look healthy when they
see their crops looking as prosperous as they
do now. There is no cholera among the hogs
here that I know of. Farmers in this county
are beginning to improve their cattle, it is not
any to soon. The Fabmeb comes regular, long
may it live. Thos Gbekb.
Howabd Co., June 19th.—Wheat generally
good. Fruit, none of any account. Berries,
plenty. Com is in good pasture condition on
account of wet weather. Work hands plenty.
Hog cholera etill in some places and no sure
remedy. I. Mendenhall.
is troubling us some.   No hog cholera
ent.   Farm hands, wages, $15 to $20.    ^_
Hamilton Co , June 18th.—The crop prospects-are good in this neighborhood. There
was not much wheat sown, but it nearly all
promises well. The oats crop is unusually
promising at present. The frequent showers
of rain recently have hindered work in the
com, but I think there are more acres of corn
than common, and it is in fair condition. Potatoes promise well, but few bogs on the vines;
early potatoes are in bloom. Apples not very
abundant, but small fruit as plenty aa common. The demand for farm laborers is fully
supplied. I think the prevailing price is from
$15 to $18 per month including board. Men of
family who are known to be A No. 1 plowmen,
are paid from $20 to $25 per month, including
house and garden free of rent; that is, during
the ploughing season. Hands of the latter
class all board themselves. I know of quite a
number who have no regular employment at
present, even in the busiest season.      F. W.
:  ■ .(y
Anotheb.—June 19th.—We are having very
wet weather.' Com is in very bad shape.
Wheat good, but becomes badly lodged. Flax
and grass are good, but if the rain continues
much longer, we may expect hard times for
the next year. As to farm hands, th ere are
more hands than money, bnt we are looking
forward to the good times when John Sherman
& Co., get down to specie resumption in the
year 1879. H. Musfhy.
Wayne Co , Jane 19th.—We are having a
gr<at deal of rain, so much so we cannot tend
our com as it should be. Wheat looks well,
and I think we will have a good yield. Oats
and flax doing well. Grass is fine. We have
a good snpply of laborers, as many or more
than can get work; wages $15 to $20 a month.
Our Grange is doing well, a good attendance
at all the meetings. W. S. Fablow.
Another.—June 25th.—Rain, rain, almost
every day. A great deal of corn not even
touched Bince planted. As a consequence it
is very weedy. Wheat looks well; some fly.
Oats and flax look well considering the wet.
A good crop of potato bugs. Some hog cholera. Wages from $15 to $18 per month, and
hands have been plenty. There will be a few
wanted throngh harvest. Union Grange, No.
1185 is in good working order. Long live the
Farmer. ,    V. R.
Clinton Co., June 19th.—Heavy rains; farm
operations all stopped. Corn backward; hundreds of acres not ploughed, getting very
weedy and has a bad color in creek bottoms,
and on high uplands it however, looks better,
so that some Of us look for at least some com;
others are badly discouraged. Wheat heavy
but badly tangled; some think it is not filling
very well.' We pay from $15 to $16 for hands
some few $18 per month. P. S.
Ancthes.—I have not Been anything in the
Farmer from our county for eome time. I
will write a few words about the crops. Wheat
looks fine, but the weavil is in it bad. Some
fields will not pay to cut it all. Com is grow^
ing and looks well, but it is getting very grassy in thia (Perry) township. Grass is doing
well. Stock is in good condition. Very wet
here now. No demand for farm han ds. Com
is worth 35 cents per bushel. Success to the
Farmer, Mike.
Gibson Co., June 18th.—Wheat an average
crop, plenty of it down and a great deal will
be lost if it keeps on raining.   Corn looks
well, too much rain to do corn justice.   Potatoes - look fine; a good crop in thi] spring.
Stock looks well in this section, there are but
few fine cattle in Gibson, not half what should
be.   Harvest will be here in ten days.   More
hands wanted in  this part of Gibson.   Price,
$15 to $20 per month.   Hogs scarce and dying
with the cholera. A Reader.
Anotheb.—June 18th.—I have never seen
any thing ia your valuable paper from the
eastern part of this county, so I will let you
know how weare prospering. Weare having
an abundance of rain; a gieat many of our
farmers did not finish planting all their low
grounds.   Com growing fiut on up lands, but
very weedy. Wheat better than common.
Oats look well but not a very large breadth
sown. Meadows were never better at this
time. Potatoes growing flne; no bngs. We
have plenty of apples and small fruits, but no
peaches. Wheat is worth $1,50 per bushel;
corn 40 to 50 cents. Stock hogs scarce, worth
31 to 4 cents. We are paying from $13 to $18
per month fcr hands. There will be a great
demand for hands throngh harvest and better
wages. What is the matter with the young
pigs. Our big hog man E. O. Farmer has lost
65 head of flne young pigs; other neighbors
have lost pigs also. I would be pleased to see
more of my neighbors take the Fabmeb.
J. G. Lownsdale.
Hendricks Co., June 22nd.—Wheat generally looks well though some is badly faller,,
not very large crops sown. The prospect*", for
a com crop are not very good, about on.e-half
of the crop was planted over and con'-tqnent-
ly will be unusually late. Oats lor.^ well and
promise a good crop. There vill be about
one-fourth of a fruit crop or.' account of late
frosts. Stock and grain are. ruled by the Indi-
anopolis prices. Times are very hard and
quite a number of poor people are suffering,
especially is this the case about the little country towns. Stock of all kinds look well, and
grass is plenty. Grangers on the ragged edge
yet, but there is some promise of a revival. •
/ Tyra Montgomery.
Another.—June 25th.—Wheat, corn, oats
and meadows, look well. We have been having a good deal of rain. Itis very cold for the
time of year. Potato bngs are plenty here.
There will be plenty of blackbeiries. Farmers will begin harvesting soon. I used the
recipe for making toilet soap, that I saw in the
Farmer of May the 26th, and found it made
very good soap. I read the Fabmeb and think
it a very good paper.   No hog cholera here.
0. L.
Vigo Co., June 20th.—Wheat, oats and
grass look well. The crop bids fair to be above
the average. Corn mostly all late planted on
account of the backward spring. Has been
rather too much rain to admit of proper cultivation, yet the prospect is good; considerable
more planted in this (the south) part than
usual. Stock hogs rather scarce. A few cases
of cholera. Plenty of good horses and mule-
good ones might be had at reasonable prices-
Farm hands enough. R. P. Ibwin.
HEWS  07  THE  WEES.
State Hem,
Anotheb.—June 25th.—Weare having fair
weather at this time, and there are none idle;
all are improving every hour with the intention of making a crop if possible. We have
been having it rather wet, but not enough to
damsge the growing crops. Wheat is about
ready to harvest, and promises one ofthe heaviest crops ever harvested in this county. Corn
is looking well. Meadows promise heavy crops.
The potato crop of this county will be immensely large. One farmer has thirty acres in
cultivation on his farm. The fruit crop will be
light, occasioned hy the late frosts. Everything looks as if times would be better. We
receive the Fabmeb regularly every week, and
it is a welcome visitor. A Reader.
Plenty of peaches in Pi'_;e connty.
Tobacco all set out atid com clean, in Spencer county.
Morgan county farmers complain ef some
weevil in the **yheat.
The rains have injured the wheat to some
extent i_ Daviess county.
am. '
ap'tae complaint of midge in the wheat Ln
Jfthnson county. /
Potatoes, corn and wheat, all very promisAng,
in Parke county. /
/
The farmers of Crawford county harvested
thebest crop of wheat they have had for many
years. /
Hardin Edwards, an old gentleman of Greene
connty, waa killed a few days ago b.y a run
away team. /
Thos. Tate was killed while attempting to
get on a freight train near Reynold-.; Ind., on
the 19th inst.
Warrick county has a cow that bas had four
calves within eleven months. AVI well developed, alive and doing well.
Delaware county farmers hi.ve sold about
200,000 pounds of wool at an f'.verage price of
twenty-five cents per pound.  ,'
The bam of E. D. Mill's, near Mitchell, Ind.,
was burned on the 17th inst. ' Loss several hundred dollars.   Work of an racendiary.
The thirteenth annual' convention of the
Indiana Sunday School TJnion,  met in Terre
Haute on Wednesday, thre 26th inst.
/
If the weather conti/jues favorable, Knox
county will produce at'present prices, $600,000
worth of wheat and ${,000,000 worth of com.
E. K.Stratton sold a walnnt tree last week
for $123,36 to Mr. Streight, of Indianapolis.
Mr. S. thinks he will realize $500 for the tree.
Arnold Farrar, an exemplary young man of
Peru, Ind., accidentally shot and killed himself while cleaning a revolver, on the 17th
inst.
A hoBtler in a livery stable in this city had
two fingers bitten off by a vicious horse a
short time ago and died from lockjaw a few
days later.
j
Harris Brothers' flouring mill, at Greencastle, was burned to the ground on Tuesday
night, the 26th inst. Loss $12,000; insured
for $5,000.
During the storm on Monday afternoon, the
26th, Isreal Pierce was struck by lightning and
instantly killed, while loading corn, in Kosciusko county."
These warm nighte the corn can actually be
heard growing in the river bottom fields. A
continual popping and snapping of joints is
kept up all the time.—Bedford Banner.
Anotheb.—June 21st.—Heavy showers this
morning the ground flooded with water. Com
weedy and no prospect of getting it clean,
Harvest at hand in a few days, and if the
rains don't hold up, there will be a demand
for the cradle and scythe. Oats and grass look
well. Early potatoes fine. Garden never
looked better. There is some fruit. Farm
hands get from $15 to $20 dollars per month.
No more needed in this neighborhood.
J. K. Bailey.
KANSAS.
Jackson Co., June 19th.—Crops in this region backward, except oats, which promises a
large yield. Corn is at least one month later
than usual ingrowth, although the stand and
color are good. Winter wheat throughout
this region was totally destroyed by grasshoppers last fall. Farther east of this the wheat
escaped their ravages and the prospects are excellent. Great quantities of hopper eggs deposited here last fall, bnt owing to so much
cold and wet weather, and the destruction of
many eggs by a parasite (a little white worm)
comparatively few have yet hatched, and none
to do any serious damage, although tbe danger has not yet passed. Grass started very early this spring and stock has been, and still is,
doing unusually well. Thousands already fatted on the native grass are ready for market.
Heavy rains have prevailed, but of late are less
frequent. Geo. I. Mosheb,
The heavy rain of last Friday prostrated
mest of the wheat in thia county, the Btraw
being very long and the heads unusually
heavy. It is feared that much of the grain
will be lost.—Bedford Banner.
A daughter of Alex. Martin, by way of experiment recently Bet a turkey gobbler on 17
hen's eggs. The old fellow went to work, tended to his business and hatched out sixteen living chickens, all of which are doing well.—
Franklin Democrat.
General Sews.
Brigham Young mouraeth. Within thirteen months he has lost twenty-seven mother's-in-law.
The greatest part ofthe town of Marblehead,
Mass., was burned to the ground on the morning of the 25th inst. Fifteen acres of buildings, including most of the large manufactories were destroyed.
The largest contributor to the revenue of
England is said to be a brewing firm, which
pays about $5,000 for every working day of
the year.
A terrible fire visited St. John, New Bruns-
wich, on the 20th, in which fully one half of
the city was destroyed. All the public buildings and most of the wholesale and retail
houses were burned and 15,000 people left
without homes or shelter.
Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage.
Plants now ready for sending out. I
would call the attention of planters, market gardners, and others, to my superior
Premium Flat Dutch Cabbage, as a profitable market variety, its early and rapid
growth adapting it to be planted profitably as a second crop, and as late as the
middle of July, maturing in time for winter use. Price per hundred, 25 cents; per
1000, $2.50; per 5000 and upward, $2,00.
Packed to carry long distances with safety.
Hay Caeeier.—We call special attention to the advertisement of Messrs. J. C.
Wingate & Co., Lafayette, Ind. A complete illustration of their excellent machinery was given on the lst page of the
Fabmee for June 2nd. The first order
they received after inserting their advertisement they traced to the Indiana Fabmee, from one of our subscribers in Kentucky, and they express themselves well
pleased with the results of their advertising. Their carrier is a most valuable ■
piece of machinery, and good farmers
generally are buying it all over the Wee*.
Address, Joseph W. Vestal,        _-„,_.„„  ,  .
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