VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIAKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 13,  1880.
NO. 11.
FOR RAUE.
he beat quality.
E. C. THOMPSON, Loci Box 1, Edinburg.
TJIOR SALE-Berkjhire Pigrspf
F
OR SALE—Highly bred «rf n'e tarkeyn.
ROCKJlILL BRO'S..
Fort W»yne, Ind.
FOR SALE—Gold Spangled Hambnrgs and Ply-
month Rock chlcuens, »5 a trio and |S a pair. 1.
HULMAN, Terre Haute, Ind.
OR HALE-8ee<* Oata—Will yield flfty^ver cent,
aore than any other variety grown In »hl» sec-
E. S. FOLSOM, Indianapolis, Ind.
more than.an
tion.
FOR S 1LE— Poland China yonng sows,
foil pedigree furnished.    Address 1
VEAL, Clermont, Marlon county, Ind.
rood ones,
. M. RE-
HALE
         ,d ornai
by A. J. ROYALTY, Cra.srfordsvl le. Indiana.
FOB  HALE—Osage  Orange  hedge  plants,
and ornamental trees, and green-nouae plants,
fruit
FOR SALE-E>.gs of Brown Leghorns and Pekin
ducks, ft fnr 13, or *3 for 26.   Address MMS.
ANNA R. PARKS, Austin. Scott county, Ind.
FOR SALE-PeklB duck eggs j}1  for nine.    Ton-
louse geese eggs 20 cents each.    Good stock.
DAVID LATCH AW, Carlisle, Sullvan county, Ind.
FOR SAI.E-A  flne black  dralt
thoroughbred
       _ .  .   stallion: also,
__ Short-horn calves of both s_x.
GEORGE W. THOMAS, Homer, Rush county, Ind.
FOR BALE-At Sonny Hill Poultry Yards
Brahma eggs at f2 per sitting, (E._ O^Bagley'a
strain,) Indianapolis.
Dark
. . _, -   .    jrley
WILL. SUINULER.
F
OR   SALE—One  hundred
young hedee plants.   Terms reasonable.   Ad
dress J. M. BRANSON, Farmland, Ind.
count/.
thousand excellent
able. Ad-
Randoipti
FOR SALE—160 acrea of excellent land one mile
from Kokomo. Will require $1,500 to |2 000 cash,
balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
dlapolis.
FOR SALE—A flne Clydesdale stallion at Rowe's
boarding stable. 13! cast St-Clalr strfet. For
particulars. Address J. A. M , 138 East St. Clair St.,
Ijudianapolis.
FOR SALE-Several (rood second  hand  portable
and stationary engines  and  boilers.    Address
ISAAC II RiCIIAKD9,149 South Meridian  street,
Indianapolis.
Fc
i^OR SALE-10 000 Mammoth Cluster and Doolittle BIhcIc Cap Raspberry plants at fi per 1 000,
Ore«-n Prolific Strawberries $3 per 1,00...   J. R. DUTY,
Waldron, Ind.
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Jersey cattle—Reg! s-
lered In American Jersey Cattle Hub. Ben butter strains known. Address W. J. IIAKSEJLMAN,
IndianapoUs, Ind.
^OR  SALE—Brown Leghorn
s that are uneqi
My^oceerel scores 95 points.   Write tome.
DUTY, Waldron, Ind.
FOR  SALE—Brown Leghorn  eggs at  fl for 13,
'  from birds that are unequalled ln the West
-        ■ J.   R.
FOR SA LE—Fggs from Light Brahmas Partridge
Cocnins, Plymouth Hocks, and F«-kin -ducks,
|lo0 per 13. Addiess JOSEPH L BKENTON,
Petersburg, Pike county, Ind.
FOR SALE—I have a very large and fine stock of
.Evergreen",   transplanted   and   trained   with
great car a.   Send for price list.   T. C. BARNUM,  90
_Ei. PetiDBylvania St., IndianapoUs.
r'__ . ....         -        - 	
hogs,Duke »f Ooodness 16793 in eluded,also yonng
bull* a.-d heifers. For particulars address H. FORNEY, Milford, Kosciusko county, Ind.
l|iue jptoirlt.
FOR SALE—1.000 0C0 Strawberry ^nd Raspberry
Plants; also, a large stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees Shrubs. Vines, etc. Send for special
prices.   H. M. SIMPSON A CO., Vincennes. Iud.
FOR SALE—Amber Sugar Cane Seed. I have a
limited, quantity ot Early Amber Sugar Cane
heed f-r s*le. Price. 40 cents a pouud, postpaid J.
W. ARMANTROUT, Frankfort, (Hinton Co., Ind.
FOR SALE-Bronze TurVeys—A fine lot. Eggs in
season Jrom Black. Buffand Partridge Cochins
Light Brahmas, Plymouth Rooks and Brown Leg-
ho ns. all flrst class. AddressE DiSHEU, El Dorado, Preble county, O.
IT-iOR SALE-Very low, by the herd or singly,
: Short bora cows, heifers, calves and bulls. All
registered and good animals. 'Imported Chaudas,
22350, stands at tbe head. Egps or Brown or White
___*■> hum chicktM.s fur sale at tl per dozen. Addrtss
JACOB TAYLOR & teON, Spiceland, Ind.
FOR SALE—Stock farm of 240acres, 3 miles northwest of Oreen castle. Ind. land broken, grass.
water and timber plenty. b"ildings poor. Price, *15
per acre. Terms easy. SMITH <fe HANNAMAN,
Loan Agents. Indianapolis, ind.
FOR
hatch of .May,
SALE—Bronze Tu'keys—Well marked;
1*79: weighing 3*34 pounds per
pair. Also a few choice Light Brahma and While Cochin co<-kerels; terms reasonable. Address FRANK
BARBER. Washington, Ind.
FOR SALE—Valley White Seed Corn, selected and
shelled.   This  is  a  lar-
This  is
■white and very productive,
tl per bushel.   Sacks 30 cents each.   J.  B.  JOHN
SO"  '
ge  early   variety, pure
Price in sack* at det-ot,
3N, Laurel, Franklin county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Six extra fine Light Brahma cocks
and cockerel*, price from 12 to $5 each, according to age and markings. Eggs |2 per dozen.
Italian bees and Italian Queens for Bale ln their season.   Address DELOdS WOOD, North Madison,Ind.
EOR SALE—A large stock of Catalpa Spec! sa,
one year old, also other sizes. Apple 6 tt 7 feet,
very flue.fio per 100: medium S years, f7 per 100. Very
large stock of fine 8 year May cherry and seveial
nursery stocks at lowest rates to clear grounds.
Send fur price list. T, C. BARNUM, 90 N.Penn. St t
Indianapolis.
IjiOK SALE -A young stallion % Norman, % Mor-
■ gan, light danle gray, 3 years old last June,
weighs about 1,500, Is very gentle, 16,** bands high.
Has taken first premium wherever shown. He was
one of & be&i suckling colts shown at Kosciusko
county fair. Took first premium when 2 years old
at Fulton and Kosciusko count Ie*, and first premium ln bis class, and sweepstnkes at Fulton county fair lost year. For further particulars Inquire of
ALEX. COOK, Strastapol, Kosclaske county, ind.
FOR SALE—Plymouth Rocks and Light Brahmas
of the best strain* in the country. I am breeding from the f*moas Plymouth Rock cock "Indiana
yi-st "which was one ofthe pair of Hy mouth Rock
chicks that won the 12* gold p-izeat Indianapolis,
January. 11379. Eggs $2 for 13 or |t for 30. delivered at
any express office In Indianapolis. Remit hy money
ordt-ron IndianapolU. or registered letter. Write fjr
particulars, FRANK WILLIAMSON, Nora, Ma-
rjoo county, Indiaua.
M1SC eXAJLNKOFS.
EOR8\fsEOR TRADB-Indlana Farms.
K. COFFIN, Indlauapolis, Ind.
C.
O. BUKU-E89, Dentist.   Office ln room 4 Ya-
Jen's Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania 8t.
TIOHT   BRAHMAS=-Extia   large    fowls    and
J   chick* tor sale, eges til a sitting. MRS. JOSEPH
E COBB. 219 Davidson street. Indianapolis.
SPLENDID Inducements to Agents to .ell Dr. Navin's Htock Doctor In every county In Indiana,
Ohio, and Kentucky. Write, or call for terms at
Kuom 12 Journal Building. J. B. 1IANN, General
Agent. Indianapolis, Iud.
MONET to loan on Improved Farms at7oercent.
Interest.   M. R   VINTON. Indianapolis. Ind.
FOB   TRADE.
FOR TMADE-330 acre Ta'm In   Illlno's for (Jty
property.   O. M. BALLARD. In* lanapulls.
I_*tO_. TRADE-Weslern lands fo" farm
'     orlllinils.   O. M. BALLARD,
Indiana
indlanap .11..
FOR TRAD__-Three second-hand   log s
good repair, for oak or hickory lumber.
SHOVER 172 and 174 Eaat Market street.
ragons,
a. h.
Mb. Isaac A.  McGrew,  Vigo county^
Ind., bas a Cotswold lamb which weighed
14 ponnds at three hoars bid.
 «,	
There are 80,000 cattle and 60,000 sheep
in Conche county, in Central Tex*s.
m>
The profit in stock is  not  fully  understood.   While our cattle.and  meats  bring
us ?12,000,000   annually,   our wheat  sen*,
abroad brings us about $130,000,000.
 •	
The Northumberland which arrived in
London from Australia, Januiry 30 bro ight
two first-class Merino rams aud 11 ewes,
to found a flock in Kimbolton. They-are
the first sheep sent from Australia to
.England for breeding purposes'.
Henrv Hem., of Boone township, Cass
county, says he had a lambdropped on Saturday last, a cross bet ween a Leicester buck
and native ewe, that weighed 16 pounds.
He will furnish proof, if his statement is
doubted.   Let James Morton try again.
       **"	
W. J. Hasselman, Indianapolis, the successful breeder of thoroughbred Jersey
cattle has recently sold some of his fine
stock to James McDowell, M. D., Pleasantville, Ind.j W. A. Bridges, Trafalgar, Ind.;
B. F. Rinker, Brooklyn, Ind.; J. S.E.rhart,
M. D., Mulberry, Ind., and D. N. McKee,
Piqua, Ohio. One ofthe animals from this
most excellent herd of Jerseys is in our
premium list for this year. Mr. Hasselman
expects to have about thirty calves this
season.    	
Sheep Dying in England.
It is stated that the ravages of what is
commonly known as "rot" or "bane," aie
assuming most appalling proportion in the
midland and western counties of Eugland,
in consequence, it is generally supposed, of
the excessive and long continued wet
weather last year. Tens of thousands of
sheep, principally ewes, are des4and dying.
In some parishes in Gloucester, Oxen, and
Warwick there are, comparatively .pj»k-
ing, -very few sheep left, and in Somerset
there are only 5,000 left in one district
which usually winters 50,000. Hundreds,
if not thousands, of sheep have been sold
off in the Bristol district at from 3s. 6d. to
10s. a head.
 ,—• ■» »	
Sources of Profit   in Sheep.
A British mutton farmer contributes the
following to the Land and Home:
Having a knowledge of the management
of sheep in England, from 50 years or more
ago down to 1856, and fiom that time to
this day having had large flocks in the
S ,uth, the West and East, of Merinos,
Downs, Cotswolds, etc., I know that sheep
require less attention on the American
continent than in Great Britain, where
nearly every farmer has a large flock, and
keeps a shepherd bred to the business.
England's showers are so frequent that the
grass and wool are wet about half the time
the year round; and when the dampness
from the heavy dews is taken into account
sheep must be dry less than half the time;
yet there is no thought of providing shelter
for them when it is oold or stormy. But
whenEoglisnBheep.Southdowns.Cotswolds,
etc., are kept here in close confinement in
winter, and put under coyer during every
rain in other seasons, they become tender,
take cold, and sicken, and aa a result have
come rather into discredit in this country.
The drier climate of America, with proper
care of sheep, renders this husbandry of
greater possible profit here than in the
mother country. Bat mutton must be
taken more into account, and made one of
the specialties of the business. It may,
indeed, equal the wool product in profits.
A third source of profit, which causes the
English farmer to go so largely into sheep
husbandry, is the great increase of crops
which follows and depends upon keeping
a numerous flock, making cleanly,
thorough, systematic farming a necessity.
The more sheep one keeps, the more he is
able to, the wider area he can cultivate, and
the greater yields of field crops he can harvest.
 ■» -. *
Polled Scots.
The Mark Lane Ex presshasthe following
article upon the Polled Soots cattle:
• The great value of the Polled Scotch
breed of cattle as beet producers is well,
known all over England, and especially in
the London market. At the Paris exhibition last year the gold medal offered for the
be3t beef-producing breed was awarded to
the Polled Scots. Their beef is of the very
best, and they are exceedingly fine in the
bone and light of offal, standing in this respect far before the Short-horn. Yet the
Royal Agricultural Society of England
refuses to offer prizes for this breed ot
cattle at the meeting which is to be held at
Carlisle, unless the breeders will themselves
contribute one-half of theproposedamount.
It appears tbat up to Monday last only £29
The NEW (wiItHJIIT ( tun PI.INTER, Haa.iir.sftured by the Cambridge city, Ind., AerlriillnrnI JMarhlne IVorK*.
George McPherson Grant, li P., and
Messrs. Hanny, Gavenwood, S nner, and
Drumin. Breeders of Polled 8 >tch cattle
naturally feel that the Royal so Bty is putting a great slight on a breed c cattle o/
such acknowledged excellence y refusing
te place it on a level with othe recognized
breeds at a meeting held so ft north as
Carlisle; and we think so too. 'he society
offers £95 in prizes for Ayrshii s, and yet
refuses to encourage a bTeed oi;attle from
which is derived a large porlioi of the best
beef that comes alive or dead tr be London
market. We cannot think thi: to be other
than a very shortsighted polic, • so far, at
least, as the forthcoming Carli e meeting
is concerned. Making every a ijwance for
the losses experienced at Kilb -a, we still
come to the conclusion that t leave the
Polled cattle out of the Carlisle trogramme
will be a mistake ot the kin I) which is
usually described as "spoiling t isbip to
save a half-penny-worth of tirf We trust
that at the meeting of «»« cottier; of the
Royal Society, which is to be 1_< Id in London on Wednesday next, a\p>»^ liberal
policy will prevail, and thatV'jbJJ Vollei
Scotch cattle will be admitted,» 'the programme on terms consistent will their real
worth and acknowledged merit.
.i-
'Setmnarjij
This department ls edited *yJ>r-,3°*ir*J-,2*Z?}?*
Veterinary Surgeon, author ol Navlnf Explanatory
Stock Doctor. ^	
NOTE TO C0EEESP0NDHTS.
Itis expected that subscri^rs seeking
information in regard to disefees and injuries of stock, will as fully _*/forth the
symptoms by describing all unatural and
unusual actions of the sick aninal, as well
as any visible change in appear |ice.
II a cough, or a secretion frd_. j*the nose,
or both, in either, it is necesskr7|to know,
whether the submaxillary glanc*are swollen into little round tumors orvljl those, if
present, are found between the jiws, about
the center. j  j
If lameness is complained 'o\Yascertain
whether swelling, heat, or |<c-13ness are
present, stand in frsntof thejaimal and
see if the hoof of the lame linjI-Ui smaller
than the other, and if the frogil dry and
hard. :    i
It is needless to state higW| weight,
value, color, gender, and age, ejoept when
necessary, unless the patient la cader three
or over twenty. f;
Scratches.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What is the best remedy for scratches
on horses? A. C. G.
Take gum camphor l_ ounce; gum
myrrh, 1 ounce; spirits turpentine, 1 ounce;
sulphuric acid, 1 ounce. Mix the first 3
with two ounces of lard, then pour in tbe
acid, a teaspoonful at a time, until fully
mixed; keep well Btirred, then mix with
about 12 or 14 ounces of lard. Rub in upon
the heels once per day, when dry; after
first application wash well with castile
soap before application. Dry well, and in
an hour after apply. Continue until all is
used.
What Ails My Mare?
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare goes blind on an average
about once a month, in one eye, for the last
2K years. L«ely, say for the last four
months, she goes blind in both eyes, and
cannot see anything for about two days,
then they begin to get better, and in a few
days they are all right. She is in good
order.   The eyes get white and water runs
out when she is blind.   ■_ J. O. R.
- ioar  mare -win x—--*---'--;,———-~-—™*w
after seme time; yon can retard the calamity for awhile by blistering under or below
the eyes. Make the egg powder and blow
it into the eyes once ■per day; repeat the
blistering daily for ten days. Take a hen's
egg, break the end, pour out the albumen,
mix the yolk with salt until too stiff to
pour out by heat. Set in red hot coals, let
it burn until fully charred; grind fine and
blow in the eye once per day.
Horses Rubbing.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that has rubbed his mane
nearly all off, and still continues to rub.
He has also rubbed part of the hair off of
his neck.   What will cure him?       E. T.
Take cream of tartar 3 ounces; flour of
sulphur, 3 ounces; powdered sassafras, 3
ounces; powdered M*y apple root, 3 ounces;
mix and divide into 10 parts; give one pait
in feed night and morning. External application: Take --pyroligneous acid 4
ounces; flour of sulphur 4 ounces;
oilomel, 60 grains; *red precipitate, 60
grains; spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces;
lard, 4 ounces; mix and rub the itchy parts
twice per day. When the above is used,
and if not well, make as much more, and
one pint of water in which two or three
ounces of common tobacco has been boiled.
Mix with the above.
FOR TRAtvE-twi'hiotrade thoroughbred
_ey Bed swine for a Short-horn Bull   Hi]
SHEPFAKD, Spencer, Owen county, Ind.
chance is to blister severely with Spanish
fly 1 ounce; spirits of turpentine, 1 pint.
Rub in hard once per day for five days, and
every other day for five or six days after;
then oil, or grease.
Postal Card Correspondence.
scarce. Display of needle work good; fine
arts fair; very few agricultural implements
on exhibition; mechanical department almost a failure. Taken altogether the fair
ls not as good as the one held last year at
Gainesville. Health generally good. The
city crowded with boarders.       W. II. M.
ALABA-ITA.
Oakwood   Home,    March  1 Oats all
sown. Corn and cotton lands are being
plowed, if scratching two inches deep can
be called plowing. The price of the products
of the farm here is good and should stimulate the farmer to a more thorough cultivation. Cotton 10 to 12 cents per pound; corn
60 cents; wheat ?1 50; oats 65 conts; Irish
and sweet potatoes ?1 25 each per bushel;
clover and orchard-grass hay $20 per ton.
But they conduct their farming not unlike
Hoosier farmers, who fail to take and read
the Indiana Farmer, as we judge many
such live between Seymour aud Jeffersonville. We have often thought in traveling
over that section that your valuable paper
had few or no subscribers there. I bought
a cow and calf last week for )}10. This reminded me of prices in Indiana forty years
ago. About two hundred horses and mules
have been sold each week since Christmas
in Huntsville to farmers here from the
north at from $75 to $150 per head. Farm
lands sell from five to twenty dollars per
acre. A great many Northern farmers have
settled in this, Madison, county, with new
arrivals daily. Hims.
X
Blind Teeth.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Do-what are called blind teetifa young
horses' mouths injure their eyes' | W. L.
Wolf teeth never affect the eye* pf old or
young horses. If anybody thjnl*t they do,
of course they are easily kneied out.
There are thousands of horses iif Indiana
having wolf teeth apd good 'jres, and
nobody knocks them out. Don' t>ut your
mares to par-blind horses, and you will
have less blind horses. Dams slso affect
their offspring with disease. ,       (
Bloody Milk.      J
Editors Indiana Farmer. .
Will you please tell me what in the cause
of my cow giving bloody milk <nt of one
of her back teats? She is in g<od order,
Her calf is three days old.      Mr** E. B.
That quarter of your cow's wder has
been brulsed.and a small artery «*pong the
secreting ducts has been rupturecj. Paint
with tincture of iodine twice per day, both
the teat and that quarter. Do notj put the
iodine closer than an inch to the milk orifice, else it will act as an astringent, and
lessen the orifice, making milking diffloult.
Fistula and Stringhalt.
Editors Indiana Farmer !
Will you tell me what will cure fistula?
jnst begun to swell. Was caused by being
bitten by another horse. Also, vhat will
cure stringhalt? ■  O. S.
Stringhalt is Incurable. If you Want to
cure fistula you must see Navin',. work on
the horse, the Stock Doctor.   It would re-
3* had been subscribed by breeders, the  quire V, of a page to fully explain it. Your
contributors being the Duke of Richmond horse will gain great relief from stringhalt
' and Gordon, the Marquis of Huntly, Sir' \_x warm weather.
Swelled Jaw.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
About one month ago there appeared on
the under side of tbe lower jaw of one of
my cows,- a' very hard lump, the size of
one's fist.; It was allowed to break, but
did not run much. At present it seems
like an enlargement of the bone, at the
summit or point of which is a second, a
smaller lump surrounding the ulcer.   C.
Take arsenic aeid, common white arsenic,
and wet the finger, dip it in the. powder,
and deposit .it upon the sore; repeat until
you get on all that will stick. Repeat once
per day until a hard, dry cntst is formed,
and no more will be absorbed, then let it
stand, and the hard scab will crack all
around its edges, and will continue to do
so until the whole thing falls out, then it
necessary repeat. In such cases a piece of-
bone often comes out. Do not dread the
swelling caused by the powder; it will all
subside after awhile."
A Bad Case.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Is there any cure for my horse? He got
kicked on the inside of the knee-joint of
the hind leg. It was swollen. I used a
liniment of hartshorn, sweet oil and turpentine. It has taken the swelling down,
leaving it hard, and he does not use his leg.
It bas been Bore three weeks. T. K.
The chances for your horse are not very
flattering. You have missed the favorable
opportunity for saving him while fooling
with liniments. I cannot see why men will
allow fools in the country to use vessecant
medicines, and then mix in grease or oil to
destroy its effect. In the first place you
should not nse stimulating medicine on an
inflamed surface, and then destroy its effect with oil. It was lucky in this instance
for your horse would be worse; neither
did   «ny   good,   however.    Your    only
INDIA?. A.
Mt. Vernon, March 1.—We are having
so much rain that fears are entertained that
the wheat is injured in this section. Health
is very good. E. W. C.
Adams Co., March 1.—Farmers think the
wheat injured some, especially on the low
ground. We think the fruit all right yet.
Stock is wintering well. We have a lively
horse market in our county seat.
B. J. R.
Grant Co., March 2.—We have not had
«Mf°i.fyJlftri1l6fe*ftl-5'very fad" condition;
Whe^Hooksyell^copBidering the winter.
Corn 30 cents; wheat $1 15; hogs $3 50 to $4;
cattle $3 to $3 50. J. W. P.
Lake Co., March 2.—Our warm wea'Jber
took a fearful cold last night, freezing ice
an inch thick. Many were thinking of sowing spring wheat this week. For several
days tho weather has been like April.
Winter wheat looks tolerably well. I think
a large area will be sown to oats and planted in corn if the season is favorable.
O.D.
Johnson, Co.—The storm of Thursday
night, 4th inst., blew down fences in some
localities. Hog cholera is doing its work
in some sections. Mr. Jko. McCashin lias
recently lost quite a number of his fine
Poland Chinas. Wheat looks very well.
Look out for squally weather the last of
March. Fabmer agents are making a last
effort to increase their clubs.       S. A. M.
Wayne Co., March 2.—Stock of all kinds
looks remarkably well, especially horses.
Some horse buyers from the east are here
and are buying a good many. There is not
much complaint of hog cholera here now.
Chickens are doing finely. A great interest
is being iaken in fine poultry. Bees have
lived through the winter almost without
loss. Land is changing hands to some extent at 60 to 75 dollars per acre.       L. W.
KESTTCCKY.
Boone Co., Feb. 26.—Wheat looks tolerably well; acreage large. We had wet, muddy winter. Stock of all klndslooklng well.
L. C. Conner has purchased one ofthe finest
Thin Rind male hogs in Boone county; he
also has sows equally as fine. Health good
at present. O. G. H.
OHIO.
Champaign Co., March 2.—The weather
is fine and all the month of February except
the 29th. It was colder than any day in
the month. Stock looks fine, fattening
hogs are about all sold but what are here
are in nice order. Snapp & Sohnmm has a
thoroughbred bull one year eld that weighs
1,240 pounds, "St. Patrick," and is recorded
in the Short-horn Herd Book, volume nineteen. C. E S.
KAJVtVAN.
Jefferson Co., March 2.—Weather
pleasant and everything beginning to look
like spring. Stock of all kinds doing well;
has been a very favorable winter on stock
here. Wheat looks well; that being sowed
with a drill looks much the best. Good
prospect for fruit. Farmers all in good
humor and smiling. The unimproved land
is being bought up very fast, from $7 to $10
T   V  W
per acre. J. v. ry.
FLOlUDA.
JacksonviIjI-e, Feb. 25.—Weather delightful. State fair this week. A good display of garden truck, such as peas, lettuce,
cabbage, tomatoes, turnip*", radishes, strawberries, etc. Field crops poorly represented. Fruits a fair display; flowers very few;
live stock almost   none;   poultry   rather I tice to all
The New   (w) Bight Corn   Planter.
Affording space in this issue to an illustration of the above named implement, It
is only becoming that we should detail the
advantages claimed by the manufacturers
for it over other corn planters. Tho chief
and peculiar merits are: '
For simplicity, strength, ease and perfection of its working capacity, light draught
and ea.se on horses' neeks—it lias no equal.
From one to any number of grains desired,
can bodroppod with regularity and certainty. The stroke of the lever is short, nnd
the rotary movement of the seed ;,lntes
positive and easy, and cannot be made to,
vaWeaT>a**i\{^«K.','i}«.BM:tpK tilting eut^"1
each other, insures the certa_n'ii\Hri"^'T of
the corn. The open heel cheek T_2£
deposits the corn in th'e beel nt•lWaJiY ."]»
plain view of the dropper and driver, and'
by a simple device scatters tbe corn
sufficiently— a peculiar feature in tho New
(w)Right—the dropper and driver can see
the number ofgrains exactly where the
corn is deposited.
The heel of the shoe is taken fjirtheeheek-
row guide, and the view of tho corn »t tlie
same point.   The cantor swi vol coupling insures the independent action of the front or
the runner frame of the wheels in passing
overobstructioiis.furrowsorunovoiiground.
It is the only planter in which either runner can be raised independentot'theothorln
passing obstructions and plantingthenppo-
site hill.   The driver can throw  his entire
wtight on one runner without leaving his
seat.    By   use of  tho   compound   fWible
lever, the driver lias tlie entire control of
tho planter.    A b,,y twelve years old  can
operate it while tho team isin motion.   1st.
Regulate its depth of planting desired, and
permitting the flexible action of tlie runner
frame.   2,1.  Lock runner frame down rigid
at any depth.   3d.  Lock the runner frame
up for transportation,   or turning about in
the fiold.
Tne most simple and perfect drill attachment, and can be placed on tho Planter in
the field.
Barnes, Haworth and Berrien Checkrow-
ers and other mechanical devices for check-
rowing or drilling corn can be operated as
successfully on tho New (w)Right Rotary
as on any ofthe slide-drop planters.
This corn planter is now manufactured
at Cambridge City, Indiana,' by the Cambridge City Agricultural & Machine Works,
who make a variety of agricultural implements.   Write for circulars.
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Electing Boad Supervisors.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I wish through your columns to say a
few words concerning the importance of
electing men that are fully competent
to wisely discharge, the duties of supervisor.   When we consider  that  about
one-tenth ofthe tax we pay goes for road
purposes,   we  should  be interested   in
knowing that it will be wisely applied to
the purposes for which it was levied and
collected.   Tlie working out of tax, or
personal privilege, on ;the public highways i-* something that seems lo he of
minor importance to the people.   Yet
every sensible man in tlie State will admit that good road* are essential  lo all
classes.   Good roads are the one tiling
that benefit all cla-ses as nearly alike as
any other tax we pay.    Supervisor* «re
poorly paid.   It is an  unthankful oflice,
and one half the time districts elect men
for  supervisor to plague   them, or   for
spite.   Men   are  elected to this oflice,
many times, that do not care whether
they benefit the roads or not.    When a
man is once elected he must qualify or
pay a fine, hence it is no  woml'-r that
hundreds and thousands of dollar*- are
annually   fooled   away  on   our   public
highways for which we receive no permanent buneflt.   Tlie law that forces a
man  to lie a supervisor or pay a fine is
all right, but the Jaw that comp*l-i him
to work for almost nothing while fiitiii/
this important oflice, is a di<graci» f,, any
State.    Our law makers Mi'iulii loj,k lo
thi* matter at the next secsion.    If you
compel a man pay  him.    JuHtiee in ju*-
N'.KTHJ'J-.l.J*.
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