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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 22,1877.
No. 38
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
. Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
Ko better medium could be selected than this de-
partment of the Faemeb for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of lt when you hear of the loss
of his stock.
FOR 8ALB.
F
OE BALE—Thirteen Imported Clydesdale stal-
«_■ lions: several just Imported, weighing from
1800 to 2240 lbs. Two Jf blood stallions weighs 1700
and 1800 lbs. Shepherd Pups from Watty A Meg,
Centennial first prize winners. Imported direct from
Bcotland. For further particulars apply to WM.
MEIKLB, Pendleton, Ind.   Formerly Indiana, Pa.
 81-8t.
TjlOK SALE—A good, nearly new family carriage,
JD for one or two horses; also, a Kureia, jump-
seat carriage, in good condition. Both are bargains.
Call on or address Q. H. SHOVEK, 17* East Market
street, Indianapolis. 33tf
FOE BALK—A nearly new Childs Bros. Organ,
popular style, seven stops, excellent tone, for
sale at greatly reduced rate. Address Ind. Farmer
Agency, No. 8 Bates Block, Indianapolis.        2$tf
"IjIOE BALK—Feed Corn from one to four hundred
__, acres, to be fed on the premises 12"^ miles
from Lafajette. Hogs preferred. Address R. A.
LOCK.WOOD, Lafayette, Ind. M-St
EOK SALE—A good, nearly new family carriage,
for oneor two horses, at a bargain. Callonor
address G. H. SHOVER, 174 East Market street, In-
dianapolis. ' 27tf
*T"*"*OR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
JD 80, new and in good condition. For sale at a
discount from regular price.
4tf : Indiana Fabmee Co.
EOB SALE—My imported Berkshire breeding
boar, cheap, or will exchange him for a pair of
first-class Cotswold lambs.   Address
84-tf W. A. KELSEY, Fort Wayne, Ind.
FOE 8 ALE—9 Light Brahmas and 6 Pekin Ducks;
my breeders. Brahmas, 820; Ducks, $15. A
No. 1 stock. JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ripley
county, Ind.  37 3w
FOE SALE—A Blrdsell Double Cylinder Clover
Huller; nearly new; will sell cheap.   Address
S. M. SMITH, Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Ind. 37-4t
EOR SALE—Two registered thoroughbred Bull
Calves; solid fawn color; full points.   Price,
160 each.   J. P. LU8E A SONS, Montmorency, Ind.
88-2t
FOR SALE-Eight pairs Imperial Pekin Ducks;
largest, finest, best, at {5.00 per pair.
S8-2t'        1. P. LUSE A SONS, Montmorency, Ind.
EOE SALE—Plymouth Rock and Golden Lace
Bantam chick.   F. C. BARRETT A SON, Fort
Wayne, Ind. 36 5t
OE SALE—Brown Leghorns   and   Plymouth
Rock chicks by RAN BEUOY, Wheeling, Ind.
36-4t
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WAIIIID,
-TTTANT ED—Agents to sell Navin's Explanatory
VV     Btock Doctor, the New Illustrated History
of Indiana, and fine family Bibles.   Address J. W.
Lanktree <-Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
10-ly(189)
"ITTANTED—Farms of all Bizes to trade for city
VV    property.   Will take encumbrance.   A, M.
ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indianapolis, Ind.
20-521
*TTT"ANTED—Indiana Farms.   Send descriptive
W     Blanks.   M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, 74 E. Market street S7-l3t
MISCELLANEOUS.
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce our choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Es-
Bex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; finest.
new breeder's manual, elegantly Illustrated and
giving full description of the difierent breeds. Price
25 cents. Seed Wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, 6pinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts J4.00 per 100; 50 cents extra by mall.
Seed catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE A CO.,
223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa.    ' iS-lj
IJX ORDER to place a valuable family medicine
ln tha reach of all. I will, on receipt of One
Dollar, send DR PARK'S Great Cure for Diarrhoea
and Cramps in the stomach. The articles can be
obtained of any druggist, it can be made at a small
expense for family use, or sold to your friends, and
not only make money foryourself, but be the means,
perhaps, of saving their lives.  Address	
j~,      ,   —=                   c. A. W. SHEEHY,
86-4t                                           Bridgeport, W.Va.
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C'TBAYED—A cherry red cow, with white spots,
JO her right hip a little knocked down. The cow
ls supposed to be nine years old. Any one proving
property and paying expenses, can have her. Call
on or address me at Southport, Ind.   B. F. GREEN.
882t
MONEY to loan. In sums of $500 to S5000, on improved farms. Money in Bank No delay.
ROWDELL, WALCOTT A VINTON,«}_ N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 20-tf-(10)
BULLBTIN .
WAB D-PABTM-HT—SIGNAL S-EVICE V. B. ARMY.
Septetnber llth, 1877,1 o. m.
IkmOations.—For Tennessee and Ohio Valley,
stationary or higher pressure, northerly winds,
colder clear or partly cloudy weather.
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Premiums Offered for 1878.
Ensminger Bros., Danville, will give a
thoroughbred lamb of one of the popular
breeds.
H. L. Benson, of Groves, Fayette county-
offers a choice Poland China pig on our
list.   , ,	
The Cabbage Worm.—Prof. Cook, of
the Michigan State Agricultural College,
writes as follows:
"The rape butterfly has come here in
force. I caught six on a ten rod walk today along our cabbage bed. A terrible
pest has come. Cabbage means earnest
Warfare in the future."
We may add that in passing along the
Grand Eiver road from this city as far as
the farm of William Smith   a few days
ago, this pale yellow butterfly was seen in
any quantity.   Mr. E. W. Cottrell informed us that its larva had destroyed all his
early cabbage this season, but that in the
cabbage beds of the eastern part of the
city on the Gratiot road, it had not yet
;made its apparance,   and   cabbage were
' splendid that had been sent to market.—
I Michigan Farmer.
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
To Onr Postal Card Correspondents.
Please send your favors for this department
not later than Monday morning of each week,
on Saturday if possible, to insure their appearance in the paper promptly.—Eds.
nroiANA.
Obasq- Co., Sept. 14.—Wheat all drilled.
Our corn looks well. Weather hot and dry.
Health good, bnt money scarce.
L. A. Bandies.
Ma_sha__ Co., Sept. 14.—Corn is ripening
rapidly. Fa-mers are sowing; they -reputing out more than common. Hogi fine.
Health generally good. Granger.
Kosciusko Co., Sept. 15.—Seeding mostly
done. A good deal of rain this week. Weather
warm. Fever and chills are troubling a great
many in this county. Oar corn is mostly out
of danger, and a very fair crop.
Isaac Brady.
Hen-yCo,, Sspt. 17.—There has been a very
large crop of wheat sown, and is looking fine.
The hog cholera has been very bad; some farmers losing over a hundred head. Corn will
be an average crop if the frost stays off till it
gets ripe. - S. L. 0.
Straughns Station.
Eiplby Co., Sept. 17.—Wheat all threshed;
agood turn out and splendid grain; worth $1,
per bushel. Some wheat sown and comiDg
up. There will be a great deal sown this fall;
every farmer is putting out twice the number
of bushels they did last year. Corn good.
Hogs worth $4,50 per cwt. No cholera here.
Grangers are working. Success to the Faemeb.
T. W. R.
Johnsoh Co., Sept. 17.—"We are having nice
warm showers, making early sown wheat grow
fast; and a large quantity is being sown and in
good order; mostly sown in sod and stuble
ground. Wheat yielded from 15 to 20 bushels
per acre. Com about two-thirds of a crop.
Hogs scarce and selling at five cents. Potatoes
plenty at 25 cents per Dushel. Fruit scarce,
There is a great deal of sickness through the
county.    ,,   '         J. W. A.
MISSOURI.
Lawbenc- Co., Sept. 13.—Wheat yielded
over 20 bushels in this section. Com will be
a full crop. The acreage of wheat will be less
than last season. J. B_ Allen.
MICHIGAN.
Bereies Co., Sept. 15.—The wheat yield was
a fair one, and the acreage sown will be larger
than last year. Com will, make a good crop.
Potatoes in abundance. M.
IOWA
Jefferson Co., 'Sept. 13.—Wheat averages
about ten bushels only. Com will now make
a good crop it is believed. Stock doing well
and grazing good. D. R. Collins,
Webster Co., Sept. 12.—Our wheat yield is
not as good as expected. The corn will ripen
a good crop. Stock doing fine. We had a
large hay crop. S. T.
OHIO.
Montoomery Co., Sept. 13.—The yield of
wheat here is about 20 bushels per acre, and
fine in quality. Corn will be below an average crop on account of the drouth. Pastures
very fine, and the stock doing well. Some hog
cholera here. E. T. L.
Pickaway Co., Sept. 15.—The wheat crop
was a good one, and a large acreage is being
sown again. Corn a fair crop. Grazing and
pasturage good. A. W. Scott.
ILLINOIS.
Jabpeb Co., Sept. 14.—The wheat averages
about 18 bushels per acre, and is fine in quality. Corn is now out of danger of frost, but
will not be a full crop. Fruit crop only moderate. -R- Davis.
Lawrence Co., Sept. 15.—Wheat here averages 20 bushels from the machine per acre. A
very large acreage of wheat is being sown.
Corn a fair crop. Oats large yield. Fruit only
moderate.        GY W.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
What Alls the Hare T
I have a mare six years old that has been as
good to work in any place as she could be until last spring, when marking ont corn ground
she began kicking without any apparent cause
and has continued to grow worse ever since.
It seems to be a disease. If some of the readers of the Farmer can tell me what will cure
her, they will do me a great favor.
Martin Habeis.
Sorghum Molasses.
Waveland, Ind., Sept. 17.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I want to know Mr. Bicker's post office, east
part of this State, or if he pleases will write to
the Farmer bis experience in using bone charcoal in manufacturing sorghum molasses, and
how it will do after being treated and settled
with lime, and also the cost per gallon ? I
make over 2,000 gallons a year by the Clough
process.   Cane not very good yet.
Peteb James.
HEWB   OF  THE   WEEK
State Sews.
The cholera continues to destroy hogs
throughout the State.
Mrs. Clarissa Lindsey, of Vincennes, is a
Eevolutionary pensioner.
Vincennes dealers have handled 400,000
bushels of wheat this season.
When the Belt Boad is completed there will
be eleven bridges over White river in this
city.
Isaac Levi, a notorious character, was shot
Monday night at Osgood, by an unknown
party.
Union City is going to have a lard oil factory that nill consume 50,000 head of hogs per
annum.
Grasshoppers are more numerous this season than they have baen for 10 years.—Winchester Herald.
A young lady in this county put out and
"tended" ten acres of com this season.—Corydon Republican.
Ex-Governor Hendricks has postponed his
departure from Europe, and will not sail until the 29th inst.
Fifteen thousand people came together and
picnicked at the old settlers reunion in Johnson county, last week.
Wabash is all torn up over finding a seven
inch baby with a flat iron strapped to its neck
in the canal, last Saturday.
The mother of Brigham Young is becoming
as numerous as Washington's body servant.
Morgan couuty is the latest claimant.
The rain this week has been too severe on
the corn, it will probably keep it back until
frost will catch it.—Winchester Herald.
Evansville has established a separate high
school for colored pupils and thus the controversy is settled, for the present at least.
The cholera has again broken out among the
chickens, and thousands of them are dying
from it in the county.—Corydon Democrat.
Charles Spencer, of Connersville, committed
suicide in the Richmond calaboose on the 14th
inst. He had been committed for drunkenness.
A State temperance convention, will be
held in this city Sept. 26th. All temperance
organizations are requested to send delegates
to the meeting.
A large bam, belonging to D. 8. Conger,
about three miles north of Plymouth, was
burned Tuesday night with the entire contents,
valued at about $4,000. He had about $2,000
insurance.
An old man, living in Shelby county, by the
name of James Davison, died Bept 11, from
the effects of injuries received a few days previous at the hands of a couple of brothers by
the name of Smith, who were arrested, and are
now in jail.
Joshua Bogle, one of the most prominent
citizens of Campbellsburg, Washington county, while driving through town on the 13th
inst., his team became frightened and run
away, throwing Mr. Bogle out of the wagon,
killing him instantly.
Robert Hamilton this week sold seventy
head of hogs, less than a year old, for $800.
Mr. H. has good luck raising hogs and says
he thinks the secret is because he feeds them
soft brick, which acts as a worm exterminator.—Franklin Jeffersonian. .
A gentleman who has traveled quite exten-
tensively in the southern part of this State and
of Illinois, states that but little of the wheat
has yet been threshed, farmers leaving it in
the stack until better prices can be obtained.
Tuesday, in Cairo, wheat was selling at eighty
cents per bushel.
Quite a sensation was produced in the trial
of Wm. Flowers, for the murder of Dr. Armstrong, at Terre Haute, by the announcement
of the defense that they would fix the commission of the murder on George D. -Arnold, a
prominent jeweler there. Arnold left town
about the commencement of the trial.
It ia reported that two persons were killed
and six injured by an accident on the Wabash
railroad on Tuesday, between Decatur and St.
Louis. This road has a rule or a custom that
prevents its employes from giving information
to the papers when affairs of this kind occur,
so that it is impossible to give more than the
rumor.—Lafayette Courier.
The robber who was killed with an ax in the
hands of Richard Boiling, of Rushville, a few
days ago, has been identified as a member of
a gang of desperadoes known as the "Simmons Gang" in Kentucky; the gang was exterminated not long ago, but this one escaped.
His accomplice is being tracked closely, and it
is thought will soon be captured.
Last Saturday Thomas Baker, living four
miles north of town, cut down a tree for stave
timbsr. In falling it lodged against a smaller
tree. The latter was cut down also, and Baker
ran right under the large tree which caught
him, crushing him to pieces. His head was
mashed, his arm torn off, and one leg broken.
He was buried Sunday. He leaves a wife and
four children.—Martinsville Republican.
David Jarrett and George Schrader, members of a Wayne county cattle plagiarizing association, have been arrested at Richmond
and several head of abducted stock returned
to the rightful owner.
See splendid offer of Lands to Colonies, individuals, and Government Homesteaders in
another.colnmn.
GENERAL NEWS.
Five thousand Smiths met in a family v£-
union at Peapack, N. J., last week.
'.  It is thought that the crop of cotton in the
South will be better than it was last year.
The Canadian harvest this season is the largest that has been gathered for fifteen years.
The army worm has made its appearance in
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennes-
The Qaeen of Madagascar has by ; royal
edict emancipated all the slaves in her kingdom.
Una Hawthorne, the daughter of the great
American novelist, died at Clews, E-gland, last
week.
The State Department denies that this
country is in danger of a war with that of
Mexico.
Letters received at Washington from Rome
say that the pope is failing, and will die before
"November. •
- The Detroit Free Press has discovered that
early rising accounts for most of the lunacy
among farmers.
The gallows used in the execution of Cur-
ley, the Norristown (Pa.) murderer, has been
used for 18 executions.
John Van Hazen, leader of the Albany
strikers, has been indicted for riot, and for obstructing railroad trains.
, Competition between the steamboats on the
Ohio river has brought the fare from Madison
to Loni8villedown to ten cents.
Emil Josophat, a banker of Chicago on a
small scale, has skipped with all of the bank's
funds, which amounted to $50,000.
The revival of trade is no longer a mirage
of over-sanguine merchants. It is a fact that
bxomes every day more apparent.
The New York street cars annually carry
165,000,000 people, and yet there is always
"room for one more" even in this crowd.
. The reports from India are encouraging. The
famine is gradually subsiding, and the heav y
rains increase the hopes for the later crops.
The D juai Bible is to be revised by the English and Irish Roman Catholic prelates.
The work of revision is to begin immediately-
Crazy Horse, one of the Indians who has
given our generals so much trouble, has reformed and is now a good Indian. Mr. Horae is
dead.
Eagland, according to the best authority
will reqaiie from abroad 88,000,000 bushels of
wheat to supply its wants for the coming
year.
An old stock raiser concedes that the eastern
slopes of the Virginia mountains afford the
finest-opportunities for raising sheep upon a
large scale.
Twelve thou-mnd persons attended the Philadelphia permanent exhibition last Sunday,
almost all of them being workingmen and
their families.
Frank Lsslie, the illustrated newspaper
man of New Yoik, has joined the innumerable caravan. $320,000 is the size of the pile
his creditors mourn over.
Miss Middie Morgan, the stosk reporter of
the New York Times, it is said knows as much
about horses and cattle as any man in the
country, and far more than any other woman.
Brigham Young's revelation in regard to his
death made a mistake of seven years. According to the spirit the saint was to live until 1884.
According to the flesh he died in 1877. Mistakes will occur, however.
A terrible eruption of the volcano Ootapaxi,
ln South America, took place on the 25th ult,
causing great destruction of life and property.
Several towns were destroyed and one thousand lives are reported lost.
At the next election in Wyoming territory
the women will have separate voting places,
and the judges of these polls will be women.
Quite a number of the candidates for the legislature are women, aud some of them, from
present indications, will be elected.
During a thunderstorm at Georgetown, Del.,
Gideon B. Hitchens, with four sons and two
daughters, took refuge under a tree in a field.
Lightning struck, and three of the children,
two sons and a daughter, were instantly killed.
The father and the remainder of the children
were seriously, but not fatally, hurt.
The Crops and Prospects in Central
Indiana.
Premium No. 48.
lo the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Ladoga, Sept. 15,1877.
Premium No. 48 given by Ensminger
Bros., of Danville, Ind., has been received.
He is a buck lamb that is hard to beat-
He was sired by the imported Leicester
buck, John Bright, that has taken the first
premium at the Indiana State Fair four
years in succession in his class. Hi3 dam
is a Canada Leicester ewe. He is five
months old and weighs 110 pounds. The
lamb will be at the Russellville fair for
sale. Thanks to Mr. Engminger for so
fine a premium and those who gave me
their names to procure this premium. Mr.
Ensminger says he will give another lamb
as a premium for next year. I send specimen ofthe wool ofthe lamb.
0. E. Talbott.
Ladoga, Ind.
The sample of wool received is of supe-
■ rior quality .—E DS.
Westland, Ind. 9;h mo., 7, '77.
Some account of the crops, and condition of the people, which I shall briefly
give, on the line of a railway excursion,
which I recently made through several
counties ofthe State,I have thought would
not be uninteresting to your readers. The
information which I design giving, is derived from conversations with citizens of
the counties through whioh I passed and
from my own observations. These counties are, Shelby, Marion, Hamilton, Tipton, Howard, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Carrol, Clinton and Boone.
In Shelby, I saw some good corn, but
it was mostly poor. On White river, in
Hamilton Co., the crop appeared tolerably fair, though on flat lands not good.
In Tipton, along th'e railroad, corn was
very indifferent; much, indeed, did not
promise a yield of more than five bushela
to the acre. On the flat lands of Howard,
it was about like that of Tipton; but
along Wild-cat and Deer creeks, the crop
was good. Through Cass, on Rock creek,
corn was above an average, and on the
Wabash bottoms, I never saw better in
my life. In Carrol, good on the water
courses—on flat lands, hardly any at all.
The prospect in Clinton was about as unfavorable, except on the prairie lands,
where it waa mostly good. In Boone,
the last county mentioned in the line of
my travels, the crop was good where it
was well tended; some south of Lebanon,
not very good. In this county apples are
plenty and of as good quality as could be
desired.
What oats and flax were produced,
where I made inquiry, were good.
An exceedingly small crop of wheat
was sown the last year. Oa the Wabish,
tbe crop was above an average. In Hancock, we should call such a crop very fine.
Sjme of the farmers there told me that
in their -neighborhoods, the average yield
was about 24 bushels to the acre. It was
my general observation, that three times
the area, psrhaps more, will be sown in
wheat, the present season, than waa in
the last.
Daring my trip, I stopped at Tipton,
found it quite a flourishing town. Also
at Kokomo, at one time, near my home.
Since which time, the place has grown
almost out of my knowledge; and Logansport, my place of trade, while a resident
of Howard. Since then, it has improved
rapidly. I must not omit to mention
Wabash town, beautifully situated on the
north bank of the river, which is quite a
business place, and has one of the best
railroads passing through it, that is in
theState.
My article, perhaps, is already too long,
but I must say, that,*in consideration of
the pressure of the times, I found the
cities and towns in a better condition
than I had anticipated. The farmers
need more grangers, and the condition of the people of all vocations on the
line of my trip, as I suspect is the case
throughout the length and breadth ofthe
country, would be greatly ameliorated
and improved, by some such administration of the general government, as Peter
Cooper would have secured to a suffering
people. Elihu Coffin, Sec'y.
Hancock County.
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The School Book Question Again.
To the Editors Indiana   armer:
Well may the question be asked, "How
can the people's interests be protected ?"
I took up the Farmer of September
15th—as I always do as soon as it'comes
to hand—to see what important news it
contained, and the first article that caught
my eye, was "The School Book Question,"
by your correspondent, "Hendricks Co.,"
and I could not help but exclaim, as I
read his pointed remarks on the school
book question, "would that every man
would cry out against the oppressive
system of taxing our common school
patrons for new series of books so often.''
There is very little in it but patronage to
publishers. I have in my house now,
several series of school books not half
worn, and each one in turn put aside to
give room for a new series, and for no
other purpose but to patronize some
hungry book publisher. I, for one, am
tired of it, and I say hurl from official
position, at' our next election, every man
that advocates the present system of op
pression. J. am a strong advocate of good
"school books," but, because some hungry publisher thinks he is not getting his
share of book patronage, is no sufficient
reason for changing series every year.
Friends of the cause, speak out.
Morgan County.
Notes from Henry County.
The weather has been fine for seeding,
and a large breadth of land has already
been sowed to wheat and some are still
sowing. Notwithstanding the fact that
many object to seeding in corn, I see in a
trip down Flatrock and up Blue river, a
distance of thirty miles, that four fifths of
the wheat was sown in corn, and is generally in a good condition, being drilled
with either 3 or 5 hoed drills. My experience rather favors the three hoed, aa I
think they do the work rather better and
much easier, both on horse and man than
the five hoed, especially where there are
weeds or grass. Farmers are taking considerable pains to get the Fultz wheat for
seed, and considerable has been obtained.
I think there is a full average corn crop
in this county notwithstanding the great
complaint on account of rain in the spring,
and drouth in August; though I did see
in my little trip a few fields that looked
as if the rain had not only run the ploughman out of the field but clear into town ;
the corn being good all round in .adjoining fields. Hog chjlera is still raging at
a fearful rate in different places in the
county. I am still feeding ashes, and my
hogs are healthy and have been for nearly
twenty years. Our wheat did not pan
out very well; too many insects. The
Fultz appeared to escape them and did well.
In our location the potato bugs damaged
the potatoes badly. What apples we have
are very knotty, and are falling off; not a
tenth part of a crop. Sweet potatoes are
an entire failure.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
I think it would be profitable to the
growers, if you would request of those reporting such lar ^e yields of wheat, to make
a written report, stating the kind of soil,
the preparation and condition of the same;
whether fallow ground or sward; what
kind, or if on wheat, oats or flax stubble;
whether manured ; if so what kind of manure and how many cords to the acre. If
in corn, how, and what was the condition
of the fields before planting the corn ; if
wheat stubble, how many crops successively, and what month, and what day of the
month was the wheat sowed. I think
that answers to the above questions
would be profitable to the farmers generally. I have been raising a good deal of
wheat for the last forty years, and others
have beaten me so badly that I would like
to know how it is done, for I am for trying
everything that is profitable to others.
Seventeen bushels is about the largest
yield in this neighborhood, there being no
Fultz here. A little of this kind was
grown in the south part of the county.
P. P. Rifner,
September 16, 1877.
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Cement Stable Floor.
Tilden Ladies' Seminaby, at West Lebanon, N. H., has a very high reputation, not only
throughout New England, but in half the
States in the Union. It is under the charge of
Hiram Orcutt, A. M., whose fame as a practical teacher is only equaled by his popularity
as an educational writer. The Fall term begins September 17th. Send to Mr. Orcutt for a
circular.—Boston Home Journal. 32-tf
To the Editors Indiana Farmer: ■ ■
I have noticed an article going the
rounds of the papers advocating cement
floors for pig pens which I concur in. But
why stop with the pig pen ? I have a pig
pen 26 by 34 feet with a paved and cemented floor; also I have a barn 40 by 64
feet square, with the whole of the basement paved and cemented. The stables
have been in use for five years and are in
as good condition now as when new. Now
brother farmers I will give my plan for
making this kind of floor: In the first
place, remove the surface dirt until you
get a good solid bed; then spread coarse
sand or gravel over the surface, from two
to four inches deep according to the size of
the stones you have to use, to pave with.
Commence and lay the outside lines, making allowance for the fall you may want
in your floors. After getting the outer
lines, keep a straight edge by you and
pound every stone into your bed, until it
sets solid and the surface is even or in line.
I gave my floor from three to four inches
fall to twelve feet, from my mangers back.
After the stones are all set as above stated take good water lime, one part, and
clear coarse sand, four parts; mix thoroughly while dry, and then wet until it
will run like thin porridge; then pour it
in and fill all the crevices until nearly to
the top of the stone. After that is set,
take of cement oue part and sand three
parts ; make a mortar so thin that it can
be easily spread. Lay it on even and
smooth until it is about one inch thick.
After the plastering is down shut out the
light and wind and let the work of drying
be gradual; if the weather is warm and
dry, sprinkling every two or three days, or.
still better, a light coat of straw dampened
would prevent it getting dry to soon. The
forepart ofthe season is best for stables, as
they will be hard as stone by fall, if treated right. Some may think these floors expensive, but, where stone and gravel are
handy, they cost but little more than wood,
and the advantage is so much tbat it can
hardly be estimated. First, there is no
harbor for rats and mice; no waste of manure; no plank to break and injure stock;
no freezing of manure if cleaned out in the ,
morning; in durability no end. is
For horse stables lay plank seven feet
long in stalls and you are all right.
J. E. Thomson.
Waterloo, Ind., Sept. 10,1877.
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