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vol. xn. INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 22,1877. EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT. FOR SALS. INDIANA FARM FOE 8 ALX.—A desirable Farm, containing 1000 acres, 9 miles west from Fort Wayne tSO.OOO inhabitants), on T. W. A W. B-, }. mile from Aboite Station. W. and nMe Canal runs through farm. Abont halfbottomandpriarielandj balance upland.. An abundance of the best umber —white oak, burr oak, ash, elm, hickory and walnut Timber when marketed will bring more money than is asked for the farm. Good soil, plenty of good Springs, large Brick House, good cellar, well, cistern, large orchard, best of fruit, good School Bouse \_ mile from residence. Just the place for an enterprising stockman. Can be divided into 2 or more farms if desired. If a reasonable payment ls made down, balance on eat y terms. For price and moreextended description, address KELSEY BK03., Box 1898. Foit Wayne, Indiana. Sltf EOB BALE—In order to make room for other stock, we will sell 6 fine yearling bulls. I will venture to say that you cannot find 6 as fine yearling bulls in any other herd ln the Btate. Will sell for part cash, or all cash, 6 or 12 months time. We have but one price. Also some find Poland China sows, old enough to breed, which I will breed to my fine boar, Beecher, and guarantee to be safe in pig. I can also ship you as fine a boar pig, (old enough for service) as you can find anywhere. Bend for pedigrees and prices. Address, L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, vermillion Co,, Ind. *8-4t. T7.0R SALE—Ten Imported Clydesdale Stallions, Jj weighing from 1850 lbs to 2200 lbs; one three' Suarter blood weighs 1600 lbs., would trade one of le imported stallions as first payment on a small farm. A litter of Shepherd pups from Watty A Meg, Centennial piize winners; the best Shepherd dogs'in America" Apply to WM. ME1KI-K Pendleton, Madison Co., Ind. 50-5t *TJ*OB SALE—Plymouth Bocks. The result of JD this, my second season with them, gives me great satisfaction. I have taken first ana second premiums wherever shown. I breed from two strains, the best ln the United States. Choice chicks for sale at reasonable prices. Eggs at $3,00 per dozen. DAVID DOUGLASS, 60-_t Plainfield, Indiana. TJiOB SALE—A Shelby Co., Ky., farm of 157 acres JD of good land 7 miles northwest of Shelbyville, 1 mile from Chestnut Grove, 28 from Louisville. A good brick cottage containing 5 rooms and all necessary out-buildings, on a good turnpike road, good [thool in one mile, convenient to churches. For price and further particulars address me at Shelbyville. ly. M. M. PUTTER. 10-rt "TJIOR SALE—5 Jersey Bulls from 4 to 30 months JC old, including Jason, No. 875 that took first premium at the Indiana State Fair, '77; one pure Jersey Heller, on»K. one H, will be fresh during the winter and spring. For particulars, address, T, J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind. 50-It TTiOR SALE—At Beech Farm Poultry Yards a few Jj choioe L'ght and Dark Brahmas, Buff, Partridge, and Black Cochins at S2 to S3 eash. White Holland turkeys, *i, each; Bronze turkeys, S3, satisfaction guaranteed. M.T.KF.IjI.F.Y, Bloomingdale, Parke Co., Ind. 50-it TTIOR SALE—Berkshires of the finest breeding, 20 JD young sows, part of them bred; 10 boars old enough for use; To pigs from 8 to 13 weeks old, all of this stock is to be sold at panic prices. Come and examine the herd, or write for what you want to WM. H. FALL, Thorntown, Indiana. _8-5L TJIOR SALE—I will breed seven thoroughbred Po- JD land China sow pigs to furrow in April and first of May if orders are sent ln in time. . 'ihey will be bred to Prince, and sent safe ln pig. Pedigrees famished. Extra bear pigs ready for service for *15 and 120. Address A, W. BOSS, Muncle, Ind. Bl-2t EOR BALE—A fine lot of pigs, the get of Adonis 1149, and Colonel Humfrey 1129. VoL II, A. B. ord. Also young sows in farrow. For prices, etc., address W. L. MALLOW, New Holland, y. 89-13t T710B SALE—At a bargain; a flne Alderney bull, JD two years and four months old, very best registered Stc ck. Call on, or addrt ss JOSEPH JONES No, 8 Bates Block, Indianapolis, - 51-zt TJ.OR SALE.—A few Berkshire boars ready for Jj service. Bailie and Oxford strains. Prices low. W. A, KELSEY, Box 1898, Fort Wayne. 61tf T7.0R SALE—Pekin Drakes, fine as 1 have seen JD %1 each if taken soon. JOSEPH L. BRENTON, Petersburg.., Pike Co., Ind. 50- TJIOB SALE—Poland China and Berkshire pigs, _E at reasonable prices, L B. GILBERT, Lewisville, ind, 49 4t VAXT1D- "\TTANTED7-Y0ung Men and Women to prepare W for Copyists, Book-Keepers and Telegraph Operators at the Bryant & Stratton Business College and Telegraph Institute. 44 South Meridian street. .Remember the place, as an inferior school is advertised under onr college name. Address E. SIMMONS A CO., proprietor, IndianapoUs, Ind. 89-13t "TTTANTED—300 Young Men te leam lelegraph- YY ing, and take offices on the lines. Salary 560 to S75 per month can be earned in ten to twelve weeks. Address, with stamp tor circulars, INDIANAPOLIS TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE, Bates Block, opposite Postoffice. 42tf TTTANTED—Farms of all sizes to trade for city VV property. Will take encumbrance. A, M. ALEXANDER, 2K West Washington St, over "Bee Hive," Indianapolis, Ind. 20-52t TTTANTED—To buy walnut lumber in large or YY ""-nail quantities. TUCKER A DORSEY, IS Bates Block, Indianapolis, Ind. 4%-ly MISCELLANEOUS. DECIDED BARGAINS to -reduce our choice breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, 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 different breeds. Price 25 cents. Seed Wheat; all the best varieties, grown especially for seed. .Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for the fall. Prickly Comftey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts 14.00 per ICO; 60 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON. BURPEE A CO., 323 Church street, Philadelphia, Fa. 88-ly YOUNG MAN I Do you want a lucrative situation in business? If so, attend the old reliable Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block, opposite the Postoffice, in same building In which the Indiana Farmer ls published. Address, with stamp for circulars, etc., KOKRNER A GOODIEB, Indianapolis, Ind. __ 42-tf STRAYED-While passing ihrough Indianapolis from Miami to Johnson county, Ind., Oct. 12th a white cow, with slender head and neck, small horns, dish face, was giving milk at the time; will be 3 years old next spring. Information leading to her recovery will be liberally rewarded. Address, WILLIS G. CLEM, Greenwood, Ind. 61-2. JOSEPH POOL, Greensburg, Ind., offers 80 pairs Of very fine Buff Cochin Chicks, early birds, at very reasonable prices. All bred from Young Victor, the prince 01 Chicago show, Feb. 1877, scoring 98 points. 48-tf. TO LOAN—Money on improved farms at 8,9 and 10 per cent. Money furnished promptly. RUD- VDELL, WALCOTT A VINTON, 3 Vinton Block, In- Jdianapolls, Ind. 20-tf-(10. J. V. Bridges, sold November 30th, to A. Alexander, fifteen hogs, average weight 439 pounds and five pounds over age 18 months. Fighteen hogs averaged 325 lbs, age thirteen months. All fed three months. Stock, Poland China. R. Trafalgar, Ind. , »s :■ Profit in Sheep Raising. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I will give you my report on sheep raising last year. In the fall of 76,1 had 14 good young ewes of mixed blood, and of my own raising. I hired a Cotswold buck for five dollars; turned him with the ewes the first of October, and kept him three weeks. The ewes had twenty-four lambs, which they also raised. • About five weeks ago I sold twenty-three lambs for $100; one I killed for my threshing hands, which will offset for outlay on ram. The wool from the ewes brought $18. This is $118 from fourteen ewes; who can beat it? The ewes were about two years old when they had they had their first lambs, which I think is soon enough for a ewe to have a lamb. Chb. Schinnkbeb. Vigo Co., Dec. 14. . » . Care of stock, so far as their proper bedding, feeding and ventilation is concerned, is too important a matter for the thrifty farmer to neglect attending to himself. However trust worthy his assistants, judging by our own experience, it will pay him well at the close of the season to see, each evening, that his cattle, horses, sheep and hogs are well bedded, fed and watered. Scarcely less important is the proper ventilation of tbe buildings in which his stock are wintered. While the entrance of draughts and eold is to be care fully,..prevented, it should be borne in mind that domesticated animals, like man himself, need fresh, wholesome air, and if compelled by ignorance or carelessness to breath a foul, tainted atmosphere, it is at a serious risk of health and consequent profit. A visit to the barn, stable ana pigpen early in the morning will at once wam the observant farmer of defective ventilation.—Rural New Yorker. Being in the stable one day, we sat down upon a chair, after examining the shoes, to devise some way to cure the animal of this defect; and the conclusion we arrived at led to insisting upon the shoer following our instructions, the result of which was a complete success. Now and then i\ new shoer would not be aware of this overreaching and would shoe in the old way, when the overreaching was as bad as ever, until the shoes were removed. We had another horse cured in the same way, as had at that time many other persons. Indeed, we have never known this method to fail when properly followed.—Qerman- toton Telegraph. Thumps in. "Pigs. Vigo Co., Ind., Dec. 11,1877. 2b the Editors Indiana Farmer: Will some one please answer through the columns of your paper what cause* pigs to have the thumps, and what will cure them? T. T. E. Thumps or Heaves is almost always preceded or attended by a cough, which oi course is the result of a cold. * Mr. A. O. Moore's, of Illinois, remedy is to place a small amount of tar, size of an egg, wall down in the mouth. This can be done with a wooden paddle,and should be repeated three or four mornings. Another writer says that he has used Tartar-emetic in several cases with perfect success. Another says two tablespoonsful of salt, put well down in the throat, is a sure cure. Anything that is good for a cold and at the same time is a tonic would seem to be required for the cure of this disease. Of course warm, dry sleeping places are essential. ■ * . Overreaching. In replyj to an inquiry in the New York Times, whether there was any cure for overreaching in horses, the editor replies as follows: "To prevent overreaching, which is the habit of striking the heel of the fore-foot with the toe of the hind foot when either trotting or walking, shorten the toe and increase the weight of the fore shoes; also, have no calks on them. This enables the horse to pick up the fore-feet quickly and throw them out well in front; and the absence of the heel calks prevents the striking of the hind toe upon them. The hind shoe should be made short in the toe." This reply is wholly contrary* to our own ideas and experience. It is in fact just the reverse of the truth. The suggestions will produce overreaching, not cure it. How can increasing the weight of the front shoes cause the foot to be raised more quickly; and if the shortening of the toe will have that effect, will not the shortening of the toe of the hind shoe counteract this? Most assuredly. A sure way of removing this unpleasant failing in the movement of a horse, in a majority of cases, is to shorten the toe of the front shoes and lengthen the toe of the hind shoes.- By this arrangement the horse will pick up his fore feet quicker, and the hind feet slower, thus accomplishing just what is wanted. If a quarter ofa second of time is thereby gained; the forefoot will be clear out of the way of the hind foot with its elongated toe. . We owned a valuable horse once subject to overreaching. He was taken in hand by several experienced shoers, and every one adopted the erroneous method recommended by our New York contemporary. Wintering Calves. The most difficult portion of cattle kind to keep through the season of the year, that farm stock has to be fed are the calves. Every farmer possesses more or less of these, and as it is designed for them to grow up and become of large size, every possible means should be adopted to raise them to the greatest perfection. If they are not handled with great care and the strictest attention paid to their welfare, their growth is liable to be arrested, and such an injury received thereby as cannot be easily, if ever fully, repaired by the best of treatment afterwards. Cattle are like everything else; if they are stunted when young ana their growth checked, they can never afterwards be made to grow so thrifty as they would have done; and therefore, too much pains cannot be taken with them while calves, to give them a good start. It must be remembered that big, fine milch cows, and LARGE, FAT STEERS, are obtained only by keeping them thrifty and growing rapidly all the time from the first of their existence until maturity of growth. Only the best of cattle ought to be kept, as common scrub cattle eat as much, if not more than those of an improved breed, and do not grow as fast, and therefore do not prove as profitable in the end. Thebest breeds are within the reach of all, and every farmer can procure such stock as he knows will be profitable in the greatest degree, if he will so decide, and at a very slight increase of cost over what is demanded for cattle of inferior breeds. It is astonishing how a great many farmers cling to the old common stock of the country when they could just as easily possess larger breeds, and realize for their trouble,profits largely on the increase over what they do receive. Calves of the best breeds are, in our estimation, worth double the amount of money that those are of common stock, and are not as much trouble to keep in a healthy, thrifty condition; and when the heifers become old enough to breed, they can be sold readily for much more than the regular beef prices that drovers and butchers offer, as stock to convert into milch and for raising calves fiom; while the steers at maturity will always sell much quicker and at higher figures than common stock. Still ANOTHER ADVANTAGE, and a great one too, is that, when the best breeds are kept, the fancy prices that can be obtained for such calves as will do for bulls, as they are always in good demand at high rates, and can be sold at weaning time without any expense or trouble of keeping, for as much or more than a large steer will bring when three or four years old. Of course it is not every calf that will do to keep for a bull; and therefore, but a very few can be found in a big lot of calves that will possibly do to keep for bulls. A lot of good calves rightly kept are about as profitable to a farmer as anything he can handle, and outside of the trouble of wintering them, which is no difficult matter if a person is well prepared for the business, by having good buildings to protect them from the weather when it is desirable, they need but little attention, as they can live eight and sometimes ten months out of the year on the natural forage of the pastures. But as they do better by being fed some in addition to the grass they get in the pastures through the late autumn and summer months, it is advisable to feed them prepared food for at least live months out of the twelve, so as to insure their most rapid growth. In the stables they do not need stalls or stanchions, but can all run together the same as mules or sheep, and are little or no trouble to care for or feed. By using absorbents no difficulty will be experienced in keeping the stables nice and dry at all times; and for this purpose finely cut straw has no rival and adds great value to trie manure heap. They should be fed all they will eat when in the stable, such food as light hay, well cured corn fodder, chop- feed, etc., and allowed, if the weather is mild and clear, to run out on pasture awhile every day to eat grass; and for this purpose a field should be reserved for them, expressly for winter use. Calves managed in this way, if they are good stock, cannot fail to grow to that standard of perfection which is the most desirable, and every farmer should labor for the greatest excellence in this branch of his business. V Ky., Dec. 18,1877. OTJB WASHINGTON LETTER. Alexander Stephens on the Colorado Case—Sketches and Characteristics— The Btate most ably Bf presented ln tbe TJ. S. ■enate—Matthews and Thnr- m>B-The Stale that has most weight ln the Senate—Tbe Senator most Eminent for Bespeetabllty and Bhetorlc —The silent sagacity dodge—A Pace's estimate ot Senatorial ability— Justice Harlan ln the black silk gown. [From owScgvlar Correspondent.] .Washington, December 12.—On Monday the discussion of the silver bill in the Senate and the admission of Eostis of Louisiana, were the chief subjects of interest. Senator Matthews of Ohio made a strong argument iu favor of silver currency. He was seconded by Senator Thurman, and opposed by Senators Conkling and Edmunds. This question will occupy much of the time of the Senate until the day of adjournment, and the bill, it is conceded, will be passed in spite of Presidential opposition. To-day Alex. Stephens, of Georgia, will address the House in favor of seating the Democratic claimant from Colorado, and a crowded gallery may be expected. Mr. Stephens is by no means the largest man. physically, and, perhaps, not intellectually, but as a lion he divides attention with Gen. Butler, and his words are supposed by many to be the strained drippings of wisdom. He sits ona three- wheeled chair, in front of the Speaker's desk, wearing a soft felt black hat and gloves as a protection against drafts; but he is a happy, contented-looking invalid, nervously rotating hia little chariot back and forth in a space of ten inches. ~ Since the admission of Mr. Bustis, for the first time in many years every State has a full Senatorial representation, and it may not be uninteresting to say something abont the intellectual inequality of the States as they appear on the Sen- ate floor. The State represented by the ablest men, I think, is Ohio. Many will say that Edmunds, of Vermont, or Conkling, of New York, is abler than either Thurman or Matthews. This is a matter of opinion, or prejudice, and, of course, can not be decided, since we have no unit of measure for the accurate estimation of statesmanship; but neither New York, Vermont, nor any other State, can boast of two Senators both so profound and versatile, as the Senators from Ohio. (Your correspondent, you know, is not an Ohioan, but, as A. Ward would say, "far different.") Mr. Matthews has not had the opportunities that Senator Thurman has had to give the world assurance of a man, but he is not unknown, and in everything he says and does there is the stamp of sterling ability-/ and a fresh masculinity that places him high above the plane of senatorial mediocrity. As for Senator Thurman, he is confessedly and by odds the broadest and moBt statesmanlike leader his party has ever had in the Senate. For nine years he has borne almost alone the brunt of the Republican attack, and, whether in light repartee, or heavy argument, with Conkling, Edmunds or Morton, he never came off second best. Mr. Thurman is not a man of magnetism, aa the saying is, and cares not at all for average cheap popularity, but the blunt simplicity of his outward manners hangs so grandly on his gigantic strength, that he is esteemed even by his enemies. I use enemies in a political or diplomatic sense; personal enemies, I presume, he has none, for although no man has struck harder or more effectively, no one has accused him of striking in the dark, or of dealing an unfair blow. He is not an orator in the old Ciceronian sense. He is certainly not a graceful speaker. His voice is harsh and monotonous, and, I presume, he has never once thought of the advantages which the old masters say are derived from graceful gestures and perfect elocution But if he has not studied the trick of suiting "the action to the word, the word to the action," no man is more profoundly skilled in the more erudite ac complishment of suiting the word to the idea. I believe it will be pretty generally conceded that Ohio has the strongest senatorial duality, but in regard to the State holding the second place, there will be wide difference of opinion. The only way we have of judging a Senator is by what he says. His admiring constituents may insist that, though silent, he is sagacious, and hint that he is mighty in counsel And wonderful in working, but this cheap, mysterious fame imposes on no one any more. So many mediocrea come ■ from deserved obscurity, and retire thither after sitting in a chair in the U. S. Senate for six years or longer, that the silent-sagacious dodge is about played out. If a man haa any luminous- ness about him, any ideas in his head, or any fire in his belly, emicat, it will shine forth. The second place some will say should be given to Georgia. Others will claim it for Delaware; Massachusetts has two comparatively able men in the Senate, and it would be easy to mention other States that send one man who is distinguished in our highest legislative body. But few States send two men both of marked ability. Take Kentucky, for instance, her Senators are Beck and McCreery. Mr. Beck was for some time the leader of the minority in the House, where he was distinguished for a prodigious capacity for work, rather than ideas and eloquence. Mr. McCreery is remarkable for nothing but eminent respectability. He dresses in black, even to dying his remnant of hair, and his coat is an antique swallow-tail. No other Senator is distinguished in this way, except Senator Merrimon, of North Carolina, and he only when making a set speech. The pages have a superstition that McCreery is the most eloquent of modern Senators. The reason of thia is that: " His mouth he never opes but out there fly some tropes." But they are Bimply tropes, and nothing more. Pretty things about orange groves and helmeted knights. Arguments, statistics, facts, anything that would betray a little knowledge of the world and day in which we live, you must not expect to hear from Senator McCreery. He is no doubt pretty well read in the classic poetry and fiction of the last half century, and he makes a little speech once in two years, twenty minutes in length, perfectly memorized, and so highly finished that Bulwer himself could add nothing but a little thought and a few more pretty sentences. If Senators could be measured. by their avoirdupois then there would be no doubt of the pre-eminence of Illinois. Senator Davis is by far the heaviest man in that august body, and Senator Oglesby is no light weight either. Justice Harlan who occupied for the first time on Monday the seat vacated by Senator Davis, is himself no small man, and, I think, the moat judicial-looking person that wears the black gown. He looks not unlike Chief-Justice Chase when he was younger and in better health, but he has a much more massive fhysique than the late Chief Justice had. observed him on the bench, and when he came into the Senate after adjournment of the court, he had a long conversation with Senator Voorhees, and I was surprised to see that he was a little taller than the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, and the better proportioned man ofthe two. C. A. S. Annual Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. The annual meeting of the Delegate and State Board of Agriculture will convene in the rooms of the Board on Tuesday the 8th day of January, 1878, at 10 o'clock a. m. The President of each County and District Agriculture Society in the State is the authoriied delegate to represent such society. And the annual report therefrom is the proper credential, without which no society is entitled to the license fund accruing in their respective County Treasuries aa provided by law. State Associations organized for the advancement of special branches of industry are invited to send Representatives to attend the Annual Agricultural Convention, and participate in the proceedings, except in the election of member of the Board which requires the vote of legally authorized delegates. Members whose terms expire 1st Dist—Robt. Mitchell. 2d Dist.—K. P. Haynes 3d Dist—F. C. Johnson 4th D:«t-*W. B. Seward Tth Diss-Jacob Mutz llth Dist—Vacant 15th Dist-J. Sutherland 16th DIM—K.M. Lockhart .Williams, ex-President of the Board; Dr. A. C. Stephenson, ex President; Hon. A. D. Hamrick, ex President; Dr. R. T. Brown, and other ex members connected with the early history of the Association. Adjournment to 1:80 p. m. 1:30 P. M. .Reports from officers—President, Secretary, Treasurer, General Superintendent, . and Department Superintendents. Appointment of Committees. Nominations for vacancies en the Board. Address by President White, of Purdue University. Evening Session. Beading of Essays and discussion. Subjects proposed. Management of Agricultural Fairs. The importance of the Corn 'Crop, and the Hog Cholera question. Second Dat.—8:30 a. m. Report from , Committees and Miscellaneous business. 1:30 P. M. Belt Railroad excursion; giving an opportunity to visit all points of interest on the route, including the New Stock Yards, and the magnificent improvements connected therewith. On returning, address by Professor Cox, State Geologist. Evening Skssiok. Essays and discussion. Thibd Day.—8:30 A. m. Unfinished business, and reorganization of State Board. BAILROAD BATHS. The Peru and J. M. & I railroads will return delegates free on certificate of attendance. Bee Line road, fare three cents per mile, round trip, tickets from any station, 10 per cent off. The Vandalia, I. & St. Louis, Pan-Handle, and Indianapolis & Vincennes railroads will sell round trip tickets at half-fare to parties of twenty or more. Single round trip tickets 10 per cent off regular rates. The I. B. & W. railroad will, sell round trip tickets on presentation of certificate, which will be furnished on application to this office. The C. H, & I. and I. C.& L. railroads will sell round trip tickets at one and one- fifth fare. A Liberal Offer. To the Editors Indiana,Farmer: I want to make this offer: To the first ten persons sending me a club of five at regular rates and having the names placed to my credit, I will send a setting of eggs in the Spring from either Light or Dark Brahmas, Buff, White or Partridge Cochins, white or brown Leghorns, Houdans,B. B. R. Games, Plymouth Rocks, B. B. R. Game Bantams, or seven Pekin duck eggs. My fowls are from such breeders as Todd, Riley, Bennett, Twell's, and others. I will also give a pair of B. B. R. Game Bantams to the first person sending you a club of ten, the names to be placed to my credit. In both instances the money must be sent direct to the Faemeb Office and a list of names sent me by the person sending names. I refer you to W. T. Dur- bin, of Murphy, Johnston & Co., of your city, or to above firm. If you think this offer of any good to you you can publish same in your list of preminms. I will do just as I say in every instance. Very respectfully, G. O. Child, Claysville, Ind. S SfS S Another Liberal Offer. Members of Board holding over, Bth DIst-J. W. Cofleld 6th Dii,.-T.V. Mitchell 8th Dist—Thos- Nelson 9th Dlit—W. H. Ragan 10 Dist—A.B.Olsypool 11 Di»t—Wm. Crim 12Dist-H.T. Sample 13 Ditt—H. Caldwell A list of the counties composing each district, can be found on page 318 of the last Indiana Agricultural Report. The principal subjects for discussion will be the Management of Agrisultural Fairs, the Hog Cholera Question and _the Corn Crop. Essays and papers on the above are urgently solicited, especially on the culture of corn, the most important of all the cereals, as we desire to compile for publication all practical information thereon that is available, in connection with statistics of the quantity, value of crop, and the different uses to which it is applied. Contributions of specimens of grain, properly labeled, for the Agricultural Museum, will be thaukfully received. Samples should be limited to three ears of any one kind of corn, and half a gallon each of other grains. All State Associations directly connected with the interests and objects of the Board of Agriculture are invited to hold their meetings in the Agricultural Rooms, when not in conflict with tbe meetings of the Board. PBOGBAMMB OF ANNUAL MEETING. First Day.—10 o'clock A. M. Roll call by Counties. Welcome Address by the President. Responses by Governor J. D. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: Desiring to increase the circulation of your valuable paper, I will give the agent sending me the largest club of names, a Poland China male pig. The pig will be from stock sired by Black Tom; dam» Black Mollie; both owned by the well known breeder, Rankin Baldridge of Hagerstown, Ind. This club not to number less than 20 names. Also for a club of ten names will give pair of Light Brahma fowls. Both premiums to be delivered next summer, the names and money to be sent to the Fabmeb office, and credited to my name or list. All persons who contend for these premiums will please notify me by postal card, giving their address. The pig and chicks will be first class. y Hamilton Co. Ind. W. W. Hikes. Another Fine Offer. To Editors Indiana Farmer : Feeling an interest is the circulation of the Indiana Fabmeb, I will give the agent sending the largest list of subscribers, between now and May lst, 1878, the names of subscribers to be credited to me, a pair of Berkshire pigs out of premium stock. 2d. To the one sending next largest list on same terms as above, a pair of Light Brahma chickens. 3d. To the one sending third largest list on same terms, a trio of Sebright Bantams. All who contend for these premiums will please write me at Martinsville, Clark County, Ind. , J. C. Comstock. Thb Youth's Compjii"io_i—For judicicus editing, \ select and popular contributors, and sprightly, en- ^ tertalning reading, the Youth's Companion has no superior among the Youth's publications. •-* .—. We call attention to the advertisement of Imperial Egg Food in this issue.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1877, v. 12, no. 51 (Dec. 22) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1251 |
Date of Original | 1877 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | vol. xn. INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 22,1877. EXCHANGE DEPABTMENT. FOR SALS. INDIANA FARM FOE 8 ALX.—A desirable Farm, containing 1000 acres, 9 miles west from Fort Wayne tSO.OOO inhabitants), on T. W. A W. B-, }. mile from Aboite Station. W. and nMe Canal runs through farm. Abont halfbottomandpriarielandj balance upland.. An abundance of the best umber —white oak, burr oak, ash, elm, hickory and walnut Timber when marketed will bring more money than is asked for the farm. Good soil, plenty of good Springs, large Brick House, good cellar, well, cistern, large orchard, best of fruit, good School Bouse \_ mile from residence. Just the place for an enterprising stockman. Can be divided into 2 or more farms if desired. If a reasonable payment ls made down, balance on eat y terms. For price and moreextended description, address KELSEY BK03., Box 1898. Foit Wayne, Indiana. Sltf EOB BALE—In order to make room for other stock, we will sell 6 fine yearling bulls. I will venture to say that you cannot find 6 as fine yearling bulls in any other herd ln the Btate. Will sell for part cash, or all cash, 6 or 12 months time. We have but one price. Also some find Poland China sows, old enough to breed, which I will breed to my fine boar, Beecher, and guarantee to be safe in pig. I can also ship you as fine a boar pig, (old enough for service) as you can find anywhere. Bend for pedigrees and prices. Address, L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, vermillion Co,, Ind. *8-4t. T7.0R SALE—Ten Imported Clydesdale Stallions, Jj weighing from 1850 lbs to 2200 lbs; one three' Suarter blood weighs 1600 lbs., would trade one of le imported stallions as first payment on a small farm. A litter of Shepherd pups from Watty A Meg, Centennial piize winners; the best Shepherd dogs'in America" Apply to WM. ME1KI-K Pendleton, Madison Co., Ind. 50-5t *TJ*OB SALE—Plymouth Bocks. The result of JD this, my second season with them, gives me great satisfaction. I have taken first ana second premiums wherever shown. I breed from two strains, the best ln the United States. Choice chicks for sale at reasonable prices. Eggs at $3,00 per dozen. DAVID DOUGLASS, 60-_t Plainfield, Indiana. TJiOB SALE—A Shelby Co., Ky., farm of 157 acres JD of good land 7 miles northwest of Shelbyville, 1 mile from Chestnut Grove, 28 from Louisville. A good brick cottage containing 5 rooms and all necessary out-buildings, on a good turnpike road, good [thool in one mile, convenient to churches. For price and further particulars address me at Shelbyville. ly. M. M. PUTTER. 10-rt "TJIOR SALE—5 Jersey Bulls from 4 to 30 months JC old, including Jason, No. 875 that took first premium at the Indiana State Fair, '77; one pure Jersey Heller, on»K. one H, will be fresh during the winter and spring. For particulars, address, T, J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind. 50-It TTiOR SALE—At Beech Farm Poultry Yards a few Jj choioe L'ght and Dark Brahmas, Buff, Partridge, and Black Cochins at S2 to S3 eash. White Holland turkeys, *i, each; Bronze turkeys, S3, satisfaction guaranteed. M.T.KF.IjI.F.Y, Bloomingdale, Parke Co., Ind. 50-it TTIOR SALE—Berkshires of the finest breeding, 20 JD young sows, part of them bred; 10 boars old enough for use; To pigs from 8 to 13 weeks old, all of this stock is to be sold at panic prices. Come and examine the herd, or write for what you want to WM. H. FALL, Thorntown, Indiana. _8-5L TJIOR SALE—I will breed seven thoroughbred Po- JD land China sow pigs to furrow in April and first of May if orders are sent ln in time. . 'ihey will be bred to Prince, and sent safe ln pig. Pedigrees famished. Extra bear pigs ready for service for *15 and 120. Address A, W. BOSS, Muncle, Ind. Bl-2t EOR BALE—A fine lot of pigs, the get of Adonis 1149, and Colonel Humfrey 1129. VoL II, A. B. ord. Also young sows in farrow. For prices, etc., address W. L. MALLOW, New Holland, y. 89-13t T710B SALE—At a bargain; a flne Alderney bull, JD two years and four months old, very best registered Stc ck. Call on, or addrt ss JOSEPH JONES No, 8 Bates Block, Indianapolis, - 51-zt TJ.OR SALE.—A few Berkshire boars ready for Jj service. Bailie and Oxford strains. Prices low. W. A, KELSEY, Box 1898, Fort Wayne. 61tf T7.0R SALE—Pekin Drakes, fine as 1 have seen JD %1 each if taken soon. JOSEPH L. BRENTON, Petersburg.., Pike Co., Ind. 50- TJIOB SALE—Poland China and Berkshire pigs, _E at reasonable prices, L B. GILBERT, Lewisville, ind, 49 4t VAXT1D- "\TTANTED7-Y0ung Men and Women to prepare W for Copyists, Book-Keepers and Telegraph Operators at the Bryant & Stratton Business College and Telegraph Institute. 44 South Meridian street. .Remember the place, as an inferior school is advertised under onr college name. Address E. SIMMONS A CO., proprietor, IndianapoUs, Ind. 89-13t "TTTANTED—300 Young Men te leam lelegraph- YY ing, and take offices on the lines. Salary 560 to S75 per month can be earned in ten to twelve weeks. Address, with stamp tor circulars, INDIANAPOLIS TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE, Bates Block, opposite Postoffice. 42tf TTTANTED—Farms of all sizes to trade for city VV property. Will take encumbrance. A, M. ALEXANDER, 2K West Washington St, over "Bee Hive," Indianapolis, Ind. 20-52t TTTANTED—To buy walnut lumber in large or YY ""-nail quantities. TUCKER A DORSEY, IS Bates Block, Indianapolis, Ind. 4%-ly MISCELLANEOUS. DECIDED BARGAINS to -reduce our choice breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, 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 different breeds. Price 25 cents. Seed Wheat; all the best varieties, grown especially for seed. .Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for the fall. Prickly Comftey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts 14.00 per ICO; 60 cents extra by mall. Seed catalogue free. BENSON. BURPEE A CO., 323 Church street, Philadelphia, Fa. 88-ly YOUNG MAN I Do you want a lucrative situation in business? If so, attend the old reliable Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block, opposite the Postoffice, in same building In which the Indiana Farmer ls published. Address, with stamp for circulars, etc., KOKRNER A GOODIEB, Indianapolis, Ind. __ 42-tf STRAYED-While passing ihrough Indianapolis from Miami to Johnson county, Ind., Oct. 12th a white cow, with slender head and neck, small horns, dish face, was giving milk at the time; will be 3 years old next spring. Information leading to her recovery will be liberally rewarded. Address, WILLIS G. CLEM, Greenwood, Ind. 61-2. JOSEPH POOL, Greensburg, Ind., offers 80 pairs Of very fine Buff Cochin Chicks, early birds, at very reasonable prices. All bred from Young Victor, the prince 01 Chicago show, Feb. 1877, scoring 98 points. 48-tf. TO LOAN—Money on improved farms at 8,9 and 10 per cent. Money furnished promptly. RUD- VDELL, WALCOTT A VINTON, 3 Vinton Block, In- Jdianapolls, Ind. 20-tf-(10. J. V. Bridges, sold November 30th, to A. Alexander, fifteen hogs, average weight 439 pounds and five pounds over age 18 months. Fighteen hogs averaged 325 lbs, age thirteen months. All fed three months. Stock, Poland China. R. Trafalgar, Ind. , »s :■ Profit in Sheep Raising. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I will give you my report on sheep raising last year. In the fall of 76,1 had 14 good young ewes of mixed blood, and of my own raising. I hired a Cotswold buck for five dollars; turned him with the ewes the first of October, and kept him three weeks. The ewes had twenty-four lambs, which they also raised. • About five weeks ago I sold twenty-three lambs for $100; one I killed for my threshing hands, which will offset for outlay on ram. The wool from the ewes brought $18. This is $118 from fourteen ewes; who can beat it? The ewes were about two years old when they had they had their first lambs, which I think is soon enough for a ewe to have a lamb. Chb. Schinnkbeb. Vigo Co., Dec. 14. . » . Care of stock, so far as their proper bedding, feeding and ventilation is concerned, is too important a matter for the thrifty farmer to neglect attending to himself. However trust worthy his assistants, judging by our own experience, it will pay him well at the close of the season to see, each evening, that his cattle, horses, sheep and hogs are well bedded, fed and watered. Scarcely less important is the proper ventilation of tbe buildings in which his stock are wintered. While the entrance of draughts and eold is to be care fully,..prevented, it should be borne in mind that domesticated animals, like man himself, need fresh, wholesome air, and if compelled by ignorance or carelessness to breath a foul, tainted atmosphere, it is at a serious risk of health and consequent profit. A visit to the barn, stable ana pigpen early in the morning will at once wam the observant farmer of defective ventilation.—Rural New Yorker. Being in the stable one day, we sat down upon a chair, after examining the shoes, to devise some way to cure the animal of this defect; and the conclusion we arrived at led to insisting upon the shoer following our instructions, the result of which was a complete success. Now and then i\ new shoer would not be aware of this overreaching and would shoe in the old way, when the overreaching was as bad as ever, until the shoes were removed. We had another horse cured in the same way, as had at that time many other persons. Indeed, we have never known this method to fail when properly followed.—Qerman- toton Telegraph. Thumps in. "Pigs. Vigo Co., Ind., Dec. 11,1877. 2b the Editors Indiana Farmer: Will some one please answer through the columns of your paper what cause* pigs to have the thumps, and what will cure them? T. T. E. Thumps or Heaves is almost always preceded or attended by a cough, which oi course is the result of a cold. * Mr. A. O. Moore's, of Illinois, remedy is to place a small amount of tar, size of an egg, wall down in the mouth. This can be done with a wooden paddle,and should be repeated three or four mornings. Another writer says that he has used Tartar-emetic in several cases with perfect success. Another says two tablespoonsful of salt, put well down in the throat, is a sure cure. Anything that is good for a cold and at the same time is a tonic would seem to be required for the cure of this disease. Of course warm, dry sleeping places are essential. ■ * . Overreaching. In replyj to an inquiry in the New York Times, whether there was any cure for overreaching in horses, the editor replies as follows: "To prevent overreaching, which is the habit of striking the heel of the fore-foot with the toe of the hind foot when either trotting or walking, shorten the toe and increase the weight of the fore shoes; also, have no calks on them. This enables the horse to pick up the fore-feet quickly and throw them out well in front; and the absence of the heel calks prevents the striking of the hind toe upon them. The hind shoe should be made short in the toe." This reply is wholly contrary* to our own ideas and experience. It is in fact just the reverse of the truth. The suggestions will produce overreaching, not cure it. How can increasing the weight of the front shoes cause the foot to be raised more quickly; and if the shortening of the toe will have that effect, will not the shortening of the toe of the hind shoe counteract this? Most assuredly. A sure way of removing this unpleasant failing in the movement of a horse, in a majority of cases, is to shorten the toe of the front shoes and lengthen the toe of the hind shoes.- By this arrangement the horse will pick up his fore feet quicker, and the hind feet slower, thus accomplishing just what is wanted. If a quarter ofa second of time is thereby gained; the forefoot will be clear out of the way of the hind foot with its elongated toe. . We owned a valuable horse once subject to overreaching. He was taken in hand by several experienced shoers, and every one adopted the erroneous method recommended by our New York contemporary. Wintering Calves. The most difficult portion of cattle kind to keep through the season of the year, that farm stock has to be fed are the calves. Every farmer possesses more or less of these, and as it is designed for them to grow up and become of large size, every possible means should be adopted to raise them to the greatest perfection. If they are not handled with great care and the strictest attention paid to their welfare, their growth is liable to be arrested, and such an injury received thereby as cannot be easily, if ever fully, repaired by the best of treatment afterwards. Cattle are like everything else; if they are stunted when young ana their growth checked, they can never afterwards be made to grow so thrifty as they would have done; and therefore, too much pains cannot be taken with them while calves, to give them a good start. It must be remembered that big, fine milch cows, and LARGE, FAT STEERS, are obtained only by keeping them thrifty and growing rapidly all the time from the first of their existence until maturity of growth. Only the best of cattle ought to be kept, as common scrub cattle eat as much, if not more than those of an improved breed, and do not grow as fast, and therefore do not prove as profitable in the end. Thebest breeds are within the reach of all, and every farmer can procure such stock as he knows will be profitable in the greatest degree, if he will so decide, and at a very slight increase of cost over what is demanded for cattle of inferior breeds. It is astonishing how a great many farmers cling to the old common stock of the country when they could just as easily possess larger breeds, and realize for their trouble,profits largely on the increase over what they do receive. Calves of the best breeds are, in our estimation, worth double the amount of money that those are of common stock, and are not as much trouble to keep in a healthy, thrifty condition; and when the heifers become old enough to breed, they can be sold readily for much more than the regular beef prices that drovers and butchers offer, as stock to convert into milch and for raising calves fiom; while the steers at maturity will always sell much quicker and at higher figures than common stock. Still ANOTHER ADVANTAGE, and a great one too, is that, when the best breeds are kept, the fancy prices that can be obtained for such calves as will do for bulls, as they are always in good demand at high rates, and can be sold at weaning time without any expense or trouble of keeping, for as much or more than a large steer will bring when three or four years old. Of course it is not every calf that will do to keep for a bull; and therefore, but a very few can be found in a big lot of calves that will possibly do to keep for bulls. A lot of good calves rightly kept are about as profitable to a farmer as anything he can handle, and outside of the trouble of wintering them, which is no difficult matter if a person is well prepared for the business, by having good buildings to protect them from the weather when it is desirable, they need but little attention, as they can live eight and sometimes ten months out of the year on the natural forage of the pastures. But as they do better by being fed some in addition to the grass they get in the pastures through the late autumn and summer months, it is advisable to feed them prepared food for at least live months out of the twelve, so as to insure their most rapid growth. In the stables they do not need stalls or stanchions, but can all run together the same as mules or sheep, and are little or no trouble to care for or feed. By using absorbents no difficulty will be experienced in keeping the stables nice and dry at all times; and for this purpose finely cut straw has no rival and adds great value to trie manure heap. They should be fed all they will eat when in the stable, such food as light hay, well cured corn fodder, chop- feed, etc., and allowed, if the weather is mild and clear, to run out on pasture awhile every day to eat grass; and for this purpose a field should be reserved for them, expressly for winter use. Calves managed in this way, if they are good stock, cannot fail to grow to that standard of perfection which is the most desirable, and every farmer should labor for the greatest excellence in this branch of his business. V Ky., Dec. 18,1877. OTJB WASHINGTON LETTER. Alexander Stephens on the Colorado Case—Sketches and Characteristics— The Btate most ably Bf presented ln tbe TJ. S. ■enate—Matthews and Thnr- m>B-The Stale that has most weight ln the Senate—Tbe Senator most Eminent for Bespeetabllty and Bhetorlc —The silent sagacity dodge—A Pace's estimate ot Senatorial ability— Justice Harlan ln the black silk gown. [From owScgvlar Correspondent.] .Washington, December 12.—On Monday the discussion of the silver bill in the Senate and the admission of Eostis of Louisiana, were the chief subjects of interest. Senator Matthews of Ohio made a strong argument iu favor of silver currency. He was seconded by Senator Thurman, and opposed by Senators Conkling and Edmunds. This question will occupy much of the time of the Senate until the day of adjournment, and the bill, it is conceded, will be passed in spite of Presidential opposition. To-day Alex. Stephens, of Georgia, will address the House in favor of seating the Democratic claimant from Colorado, and a crowded gallery may be expected. Mr. Stephens is by no means the largest man. physically, and, perhaps, not intellectually, but as a lion he divides attention with Gen. Butler, and his words are supposed by many to be the strained drippings of wisdom. He sits ona three- wheeled chair, in front of the Speaker's desk, wearing a soft felt black hat and gloves as a protection against drafts; but he is a happy, contented-looking invalid, nervously rotating hia little chariot back and forth in a space of ten inches. ~ Since the admission of Mr. Bustis, for the first time in many years every State has a full Senatorial representation, and it may not be uninteresting to say something abont the intellectual inequality of the States as they appear on the Sen- ate floor. The State represented by the ablest men, I think, is Ohio. Many will say that Edmunds, of Vermont, or Conkling, of New York, is abler than either Thurman or Matthews. This is a matter of opinion, or prejudice, and, of course, can not be decided, since we have no unit of measure for the accurate estimation of statesmanship; but neither New York, Vermont, nor any other State, can boast of two Senators both so profound and versatile, as the Senators from Ohio. (Your correspondent, you know, is not an Ohioan, but, as A. Ward would say, "far different.") Mr. Matthews has not had the opportunities that Senator Thurman has had to give the world assurance of a man, but he is not unknown, and in everything he says and does there is the stamp of sterling ability-/ and a fresh masculinity that places him high above the plane of senatorial mediocrity. As for Senator Thurman, he is confessedly and by odds the broadest and moBt statesmanlike leader his party has ever had in the Senate. For nine years he has borne almost alone the brunt of the Republican attack, and, whether in light repartee, or heavy argument, with Conkling, Edmunds or Morton, he never came off second best. Mr. Thurman is not a man of magnetism, aa the saying is, and cares not at all for average cheap popularity, but the blunt simplicity of his outward manners hangs so grandly on his gigantic strength, that he is esteemed even by his enemies. I use enemies in a political or diplomatic sense; personal enemies, I presume, he has none, for although no man has struck harder or more effectively, no one has accused him of striking in the dark, or of dealing an unfair blow. He is not an orator in the old Ciceronian sense. He is certainly not a graceful speaker. His voice is harsh and monotonous, and, I presume, he has never once thought of the advantages which the old masters say are derived from graceful gestures and perfect elocution But if he has not studied the trick of suiting "the action to the word, the word to the action," no man is more profoundly skilled in the more erudite ac complishment of suiting the word to the idea. I believe it will be pretty generally conceded that Ohio has the strongest senatorial duality, but in regard to the State holding the second place, there will be wide difference of opinion. The only way we have of judging a Senator is by what he says. His admiring constituents may insist that, though silent, he is sagacious, and hint that he is mighty in counsel And wonderful in working, but this cheap, mysterious fame imposes on no one any more. So many mediocrea come ■ from deserved obscurity, and retire thither after sitting in a chair in the U. S. Senate for six years or longer, that the silent-sagacious dodge is about played out. If a man haa any luminous- ness about him, any ideas in his head, or any fire in his belly, emicat, it will shine forth. The second place some will say should be given to Georgia. Others will claim it for Delaware; Massachusetts has two comparatively able men in the Senate, and it would be easy to mention other States that send one man who is distinguished in our highest legislative body. But few States send two men both of marked ability. Take Kentucky, for instance, her Senators are Beck and McCreery. Mr. Beck was for some time the leader of the minority in the House, where he was distinguished for a prodigious capacity for work, rather than ideas and eloquence. Mr. McCreery is remarkable for nothing but eminent respectability. He dresses in black, even to dying his remnant of hair, and his coat is an antique swallow-tail. No other Senator is distinguished in this way, except Senator Merrimon, of North Carolina, and he only when making a set speech. The pages have a superstition that McCreery is the most eloquent of modern Senators. The reason of thia is that: " His mouth he never opes but out there fly some tropes." But they are Bimply tropes, and nothing more. Pretty things about orange groves and helmeted knights. Arguments, statistics, facts, anything that would betray a little knowledge of the world and day in which we live, you must not expect to hear from Senator McCreery. He is no doubt pretty well read in the classic poetry and fiction of the last half century, and he makes a little speech once in two years, twenty minutes in length, perfectly memorized, and so highly finished that Bulwer himself could add nothing but a little thought and a few more pretty sentences. If Senators could be measured. by their avoirdupois then there would be no doubt of the pre-eminence of Illinois. Senator Davis is by far the heaviest man in that august body, and Senator Oglesby is no light weight either. Justice Harlan who occupied for the first time on Monday the seat vacated by Senator Davis, is himself no small man, and, I think, the moat judicial-looking person that wears the black gown. He looks not unlike Chief-Justice Chase when he was younger and in better health, but he has a much more massive fhysique than the late Chief Justice had. observed him on the bench, and when he came into the Senate after adjournment of the court, he had a long conversation with Senator Voorhees, and I was surprised to see that he was a little taller than the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, and the better proportioned man ofthe two. C. A. S. Annual Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. The annual meeting of the Delegate and State Board of Agriculture will convene in the rooms of the Board on Tuesday the 8th day of January, 1878, at 10 o'clock a. m. The President of each County and District Agriculture Society in the State is the authoriied delegate to represent such society. And the annual report therefrom is the proper credential, without which no society is entitled to the license fund accruing in their respective County Treasuries aa provided by law. State Associations organized for the advancement of special branches of industry are invited to send Representatives to attend the Annual Agricultural Convention, and participate in the proceedings, except in the election of member of the Board which requires the vote of legally authorized delegates. Members whose terms expire 1st Dist—Robt. Mitchell. 2d Dist.—K. P. Haynes 3d Dist—F. C. Johnson 4th D:«t-*W. B. Seward Tth Diss-Jacob Mutz llth Dist—Vacant 15th Dist-J. Sutherland 16th DIM—K.M. Lockhart .Williams, ex-President of the Board; Dr. A. C. Stephenson, ex President; Hon. A. D. Hamrick, ex President; Dr. R. T. Brown, and other ex members connected with the early history of the Association. Adjournment to 1:80 p. m. 1:30 P. M. .Reports from officers—President, Secretary, Treasurer, General Superintendent, . and Department Superintendents. Appointment of Committees. Nominations for vacancies en the Board. Address by President White, of Purdue University. Evening Session. Beading of Essays and discussion. Subjects proposed. Management of Agricultural Fairs. The importance of the Corn 'Crop, and the Hog Cholera question. Second Dat.—8:30 a. m. Report from , Committees and Miscellaneous business. 1:30 P. M. Belt Railroad excursion; giving an opportunity to visit all points of interest on the route, including the New Stock Yards, and the magnificent improvements connected therewith. On returning, address by Professor Cox, State Geologist. Evening Skssiok. Essays and discussion. Thibd Day.—8:30 A. m. Unfinished business, and reorganization of State Board. BAILROAD BATHS. The Peru and J. M. & I railroads will return delegates free on certificate of attendance. Bee Line road, fare three cents per mile, round trip, tickets from any station, 10 per cent off. The Vandalia, I. & St. Louis, Pan-Handle, and Indianapolis & Vincennes railroads will sell round trip tickets at half-fare to parties of twenty or more. Single round trip tickets 10 per cent off regular rates. The I. B. & W. railroad will, sell round trip tickets on presentation of certificate, which will be furnished on application to this office. The C. H, & I. and I. C.& L. railroads will sell round trip tickets at one and one- fifth fare. A Liberal Offer. To the Editors Indiana,Farmer: I want to make this offer: To the first ten persons sending me a club of five at regular rates and having the names placed to my credit, I will send a setting of eggs in the Spring from either Light or Dark Brahmas, Buff, White or Partridge Cochins, white or brown Leghorns, Houdans,B. B. R. Games, Plymouth Rocks, B. B. R. Game Bantams, or seven Pekin duck eggs. My fowls are from such breeders as Todd, Riley, Bennett, Twell's, and others. I will also give a pair of B. B. R. Game Bantams to the first person sending you a club of ten, the names to be placed to my credit. In both instances the money must be sent direct to the Faemeb Office and a list of names sent me by the person sending names. I refer you to W. T. Dur- bin, of Murphy, Johnston & Co., of your city, or to above firm. If you think this offer of any good to you you can publish same in your list of preminms. I will do just as I say in every instance. Very respectfully, G. O. Child, Claysville, Ind. S SfS S Another Liberal Offer. Members of Board holding over, Bth DIst-J. W. Cofleld 6th Dii,.-T.V. Mitchell 8th Dist—Thos- Nelson 9th Dlit—W. H. Ragan 10 Dist—A.B.Olsypool 11 Di»t—Wm. Crim 12Dist-H.T. Sample 13 Ditt—H. Caldwell A list of the counties composing each district, can be found on page 318 of the last Indiana Agricultural Report. The principal subjects for discussion will be the Management of Agrisultural Fairs, the Hog Cholera Question and _the Corn Crop. Essays and papers on the above are urgently solicited, especially on the culture of corn, the most important of all the cereals, as we desire to compile for publication all practical information thereon that is available, in connection with statistics of the quantity, value of crop, and the different uses to which it is applied. Contributions of specimens of grain, properly labeled, for the Agricultural Museum, will be thaukfully received. Samples should be limited to three ears of any one kind of corn, and half a gallon each of other grains. All State Associations directly connected with the interests and objects of the Board of Agriculture are invited to hold their meetings in the Agricultural Rooms, when not in conflict with tbe meetings of the Board. PBOGBAMMB OF ANNUAL MEETING. First Day.—10 o'clock A. M. Roll call by Counties. Welcome Address by the President. Responses by Governor J. D. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: Desiring to increase the circulation of your valuable paper, I will give the agent sending me the largest club of names, a Poland China male pig. The pig will be from stock sired by Black Tom; dam» Black Mollie; both owned by the well known breeder, Rankin Baldridge of Hagerstown, Ind. This club not to number less than 20 names. Also for a club of ten names will give pair of Light Brahma fowls. Both premiums to be delivered next summer, the names and money to be sent to the Fabmeb office, and credited to my name or list. All persons who contend for these premiums will please notify me by postal card, giving their address. The pig and chicks will be first class. y Hamilton Co. Ind. W. W. Hikes. Another Fine Offer. To Editors Indiana Farmer : Feeling an interest is the circulation of the Indiana Fabmeb, I will give the agent sending the largest list of subscribers, between now and May lst, 1878, the names of subscribers to be credited to me, a pair of Berkshire pigs out of premium stock. 2d. To the one sending next largest list on same terms as above, a pair of Light Brahma chickens. 3d. To the one sending third largest list on same terms, a trio of Sebright Bantams. All who contend for these premiums will please write me at Martinsville, Clark County, Ind. , J. C. Comstock. Thb Youth's Compjii"io_i—For judicicus editing, \ select and popular contributors, and sprightly, en- ^ tertalning reading, the Youth's Companion has no superior among the Youth's publications. •-* .—. We call attention to the advertisement of Imperial Egg Food in this issue. |
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