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VOL XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 8ATUBDAY, MAY 8, 1880.
NO. 19.
F. W. Southworth, Allen, Mich., recently sold the Short-horn bull Allen's
Gloster, for |900.
On the 23d of April Mr. T. J. Forsyth,
Trafalgar, Ind., clipped the wool irom 22
head of Cotswolds which weighed 216
pounds. From one ewe was clipped 16
ponnds, age 2 years. The sample of the
wool before us is a fine one.
The Sedalia, Mo., Democrat reportB the
purchase by Rev. E. W. Gentry of 42 sheep
from Samuel Jewett, of Independence, Mo.,
forjl,800. One buck and one ewe at J100
each, and 40 ewes at $40 each. The wool
from the high-priced ewe was taken oS at
Independence and weighed 21K pounds.
Messrs. Sout*__erl.__nd and Haynes of
the Purdue University board of trustees,
on their late trip to Canada bought for the
University farm six mares and one stallion
oolt of the best Clydesdale blood in the
Dominion. Four were bought for the
College breeding farm, and tbree on the
private  account of Mr. Sutherland.
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• The fine Cotswold sheep bought by Mr.
J. H. Swales, Logan, Ind., from Wm.
Hodgson, of Canada, the past winter are
doing fine. The ewes have each dropped a
lamb very flne in appearance and all are
doing well. Mr. Swales sends us samples
of wool from one of his Canada ewes, and
from a lamb, both of which are very fine
specimens in fibre and in general appearance.
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Mr. J. W. Ellis, Hillsboro, Ind., has
thoroughly infused his fine herd of ihor-
oughbred Poland Chinas with the "Perfection" blood from that strain. His splendid lot
of spring pigs show the fine workings of
that Btraln, and they are greatly admired
by all who have seen them. Mr. Ellis intends entering bis stock in the forthcoming
Central Poland China Record soon to be
published in this city, and will furnish all
buyers ol his stock with pedigrees according to the Central Record.
- Mr. T. Corwin Anderson, of Side View,
Montgomery Co., Ky., will sell a draft
from his well-known "Side View Herd" of
Short-horns, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., on
Wednesday, July 28, 1880. He will offer
about 70 head of highly-bred cows, heifers,
and bulls, among them several pure Bates
heifers. Mr. Anderson writes us as follows:
"I Shall sell no barren cows or young
heifer calves not old enongh to wean nor Indifferent individuals; everything will beau
average, or above the average, of all Shorthorn families. In no sense will it be a
culling sale, for, out of the 43 families of
Short-horns I own, there will be sold representatives of every one but three, and
those three are but six altogether. The
yonngest and oldest of all families I shall
keep, except where a cow is liable to be out
of condition, irom accident or otherwise,
when I shall retain her." Mr. Anderson's
sale advertisement, this issue, gives particulars in reference to what he offers, to
which the attention of our readers is called.
Catalogues are ready.   Address as above.
growing calves are just as thrifty and handsome as is possible for calves to be. Quite
a number of this herd are Imported direct
and all are pure grades. Mr. Jackson is
also giving considerable attention to Berkshire swine of the very best grade which
was lately advertised in the Farmer.
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Btock and Sheep-Shearing
Illinois.
Editora Indiana Farmer:
Any lover of fine stock will think himself well paid if he visits K. S. Colby's
stock farm, one-half mile west of McHenry,
Illinois. Owing to heavy rains Mr. Colby
was not able to attend the sheep-shearing
at Elgin on the 22dand23dof April. As
the next best thing, he concluded to have a
neighborhood shearing on Saturday, April
24th. There were ten persons present. Then
Wallace Colby was chosen "Bhearer" and
J. Van Styke "weigher." The flret sheared
was the buck 'YRieb," raised by V. Rich, of
East Shoreham, Vermont, and now
owned by N. S. Colby. See Termont
Merino Sheep Register, page S46, No. 329.
Weight of buck beiore shearing, 174 pounds;
weight of fleece, 27 pounds, 1 ounce, on
Fairbanks scales; growth of fleeoe 1 year
and 1 day.
The next a two year buck owned by
Isaac Harsh. Weight, with fleece on, 92
pounds; weight of fleece, 17 pounds; growth
of fleece, 1 year.
The next a two-year-old ewe, owned and
raised by N. 8. Colby;   Growth of fleece,
I year; weight of fleece, 13 pounds.
Next ewe, four years old, with lamb by
her side. See in register, page 293, No. 17.
Weight, with fleece on, 122 pounds; growth
of fleece 11 months; weight of fleece, 15
pounds.
Next ewe, six years old—see Vermont
Merino Sheep Register, page 330, flock 189,
ewe No. 7. She has never shown less than
17 pounds since first shearing. Weight
with fleece on, 114 pounds; growth of fleece,
II months and 14 dajs; weight of fleeoe,  18
pounds and 10 ounces.
Persons present: A. P. Colby,M. Welch,
J. Gifford, M. Doherty, Wm. Hudson, A.
O. Ingalls, all of McHenry, Illinois.
A. C. Btjckon.
Tbe OSCIIsIjATOB TIIItESUKJtt, Manufactured t»y the Eagle Jl neb Ine Worlsi, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Feed.
-Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have weighed my lambs again, and
they weigh as follows: One of them sixty-
three pounds, two months old, and one
that weighed sixty-five pounds, two months
old. James Manlove.
To the Poland China Breeders.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have consented to write a preface to the
forthcoming Central Poland China Record,
and would ask breeders in the various sections to send me postal cards giving briefly all they know about the introduction of
the Poland China breed in their localities.
Wm. A. Macy.
Lewisville, Henry Co., Ind.
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A Big Fleece.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I promised a great many who corresponded with me in reference to my flock
of Cotswold sheep, that when I sheared
Canadian Boy I would publish'the weight
of his fleece. I sheared him on the first of
May. He was sheared in the presence of
Henry Slate, and Thomas Hinesley and by
Wm. H. Pool. The weight of the fleece
was 25 pounds. This is the sheep whose
picture is In the Farmer.
Cal. F. Darnell.
Evergreen HUI Farm, Indianapolis.
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Beeoh Grove Farm.
.Editors Indiana Farmer:
Last week we had the pleasure of visiting
Messrs. Churchman & Jackson's Beech
Grove farm in company with quite a number of the delegates of the butter, egg and
cheese convention. Mr. Jackson and his
good wire were untiring in their efforts to
make tho visit pleasant to all, and the expression of satisfaction on returning to the
c*,u^ city showed that they succeeded admirably.
[•' L> ^e saw about 60 Jersey milkers, that ahow
IL^y up t_M> best herd in thb country, and the
Oil Meal as Stook
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I notice in your issue of April 17th that
you give as the cause ef'mad itsh among
cattle, feeding on indigestible food, and
name oil cake meal as one article of cattle
food that will not do ta fef d in much quantity, on account of such a large percentage
of it being woody fiber, and therefore indigestible. Practical experience shows
that cattle will thrive on no food equal to
that of oil cake meal, even when fed on
that alone—I mean for fine food.. The
writer remembers his father feeding a drove
of cattle between thirty and forty years
ago, and no fine food was given them, except oil cake meal, and it was a fine drove,
fatted even, and were healthy all the time
of feeding. And if your theory is correct
they ought to have been troubled with mad
itch. Again, take the practice of the
British farmers, who, on account of high
land rents, are compelled to use the kind
of feed that will give the best return of fat
and manure, and they use more oil cake
than all the rest of Europe together, with
America in addition, which certainly
would not be the case if its feeding was in
any way deleterious. Another practical
test which disproves the theory has been
made on hogs, within the past few years,
by a prominent and successful farmer of
your county. Some years ago Mr. Shepler
Fry having been considerably troubled
with that great scourge of farmers.hog cholera, said he concluded to try oil cake meal
as a pieventive, and one summer bought a
large amount of oil meal, and made slop
with it and fed it through the summer and
fall, and was not troubled with the cholera.
The next season he did not use oil meal, on
account of the high price, and was again
troubled with cholera. A farmer by the
name of Harding, living near line of Marion
and Hendricks counties, I have understood,
says that oil meal used through the season
will act as a preventive of .cholera.
Practical tests as herein given are better
than any theory. j.
Indianapolis.
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Successful Sheep Raising.
A writer in the Rural World says sheep
raising, to be successful, cannot be gone
into or discontinued as prices go up or
down; but, like nearly every other branch
of agricultural industry, must be steadily
adhered to to produce the best results—for
far too many have found to their 'sorrow
that their too wise foresight and predictions in regard to Doming prices have
only proven detrim- nfcU to their best interests. This holds gocd in regard to all kinds
of live stock to a greater degree than most
anything else. For to establish a herd of
horses, cattle, sheep or swine, that will
be most profitable to the owner, takes
money, time, careful selection and good
breeding. Besides establishing the flocks,
sheds, stables, and pastures have to be provided for them.   Therefore sheep  raising,
to be profitable, must be adhered to; thereby you will be able to establish good flocks
at far less expense, and when there comes
a time that they prove more than ordinarily
profitable, you will be in condition.ifo take
advantage of it. ■•'■■.
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The Texas CatUe Drive.
The Sidney, Neb., Telegraph . says:
"From Mr. E. W. Ormsby, who has just
arrived from Texas, we learn the following
information concerning the drive of this
year. It has been estimated at nearly 800,-
000. Of this huge aggregate, Nebraska, as
a matter of course, will get a large percentage. Many of the stockmen of western
Nebraska are now making preparations to
add largely to their herds of Texas cattle.
Ogalalla is the natural terminal of the
Texas cattle trail, and will be theVobjectlve
point this year. Ofthe cattle coming to
this immediate vicinity, we learn the
iollowing: Pennsylvania Stock Company,
3,000 head; Jones Bros., 2,300 head; James
Reed, Texas, 6,000 head; John Dawson,
Texas, 3,000 head; Andrews Bros., Texas,
2,500 head; J. W. Game), Running Water,
Neb., 5,000 head; D. R. Fant,- Texas and
Nebraska, 6,000 bead.
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This department Is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory
titocl. Doctor.
.Lumpy mule.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Can anything be done fot my oow? She
had a calf last fall and did not do well for
some time. She finally got well, but ever
since one of her teats occasionally. gives
lnmpy milk. This continues two or three
days, or a week perhaps, then her milk will
appear natural for two or three weeks.
.    J. S.,
Paint the affected quarter ot your cow's
udder with tincture of iodine once or twice
per day for two or more weeks, or until a
change is effected.
Glanders.
Editors Indiana Farmer: 'j    -
My mare began to bleed at the nose some
two weeks or more ago, but it has stopped,
and a thick running matter or pus is taking
its place; she is all right in other respectB,
eats well and works well. >      J. C.
Your mare has two symptoms Of glanders; feel between ihe jaws, and if the submaxillary glands are enlarged there is no
doubt of glanders; they will be found from
the size of a small hickory nut to that of a
large. If those are found see Navin's Veterinary Practice or Explanatory Stock Doctor for a cure, it being too long for. a newspaper article, or call with the mare on Dr.
J. N. Navin, city.
Cured in Five Applications.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What is the best remedy for a young
suckling colt that has the scours or diarrhea. I saw in a February number of the
Farmer a remedy given for the scratches.
The party for whom it was given has not
said if it done his horse good or not. I
tried it alter I had tried white lead and oil,
creosote,    white   vitriol,    soapsuds   and
frease, and they had done me no good; and
y.this time ware's hind feet were as bad
as I ever saw. Forty cents is' what the
prescription cost to have filled, and it cured
mare in five applications.        Wm. H. P.
To cure the scours, if not too late, take
salts of tartar. 40 grains; pulverized, rhubarb, 20; tincture of opium, one ounce; oil
of peppermint, 10 drops; water, four ounces.
Mix and give one tablespoonful every time
it has an operation. Mix in water and
drench. .
Am Abaeeaa.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a valuable mule that has a lump
on outside of knee-joint about as large as
an egg. I have used your liquid liniment.
The lump seems soft. 'She also hurt her
eye a short time ago; the eye has a white
film over it.   What shall I do fbr the eye?
J. W.L.
The abscess in your mule's knee must be
cut out; there is a sack that secretes a yellowish or bloody fluid, and a blister cannot
draw it through its wall and through the
hide. If opened it will heal, and fill again.
It   must therefore be   excised.    To  cut
off the film from the eye, take a hen's egg,
break the large end, pour out the albumen,
mix the yolk with salt with a teaspoon
handle until it becomes too stiff to pour
oat by heat. Set it in the midst of clear
coals; burn until eharred; grind fine ahd
put in the eye once per day. - .
none Rbeumatiam.
Editors Indiana Farmer
My mule ls lame ln his hind leg; have examined
itjean see nothing wrong. When standing be rests
hia leg on his toe. Ilavewet b,s leys; can Und no
enlargement. Is there such a thing as rhuemailsm
ln mules. He waa lame in foreleg and could see
noihlng, Is better now. A Biadkr.
Te. there ls rheuma'lsm'ln mules and horses too,
but lt Is most generally of tbe muscles of the breast,
caused by founder.' Feel ot the main tendon of his
leg, and if it Is hot and tender, bathe constantly with
tincture of arnica andcold water, an onnce ofthe
former to a pint of the latter, Contlnne nntil well.
It ls almost a matter of Impossibility to prescribe for
patients, unless the owners can locate tbe diseases.
TMt a man, borse or mule is lame wlU never point
thA or locate the disease. If inquirers woVld teel for
Uammatlon, which is marked with soreness and
beat; see whether the f jot ofthe lame limb ls smaller
than that of the opposite limb; feel for ring-bone In
ttie pastern Jolnt^or bone and blood spavin ln the
hock Joint, it would better locate disease.
" Derangement ot the _Uver.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What has been the trouble with my last year's
lambs? They did real well till about harvest, then
tool, to coujfhiog hard, and tconra wiih lt. grew
weaker till they died. I ted a number of different
medicines; Bome g,Jt better but nut well; have died
occasionally np to the present. D. F. B.
Knox Co . ill.
Yonr lambs had a derangement of the liver. In
such cases give the following: Salts ot tartar, 40
grains; pnlis rhubarb. 2,) gr_.lns; laudanum, 1 ounce;
oil of peppermint, 10 drops—not tincture, but oil;
water, 4 ounces; loat sugar. 2 tablespoonfuls. Dose.
1 teaspoonfal twice or oftener until the diarrhea
ceases. It after this the cough remains, glre the following: Powdered goldenseal, 1 ounce; powdered
blood-root, 1 ounce; powdered pleurisy root, 1 ounce;
garlic cut Hoe, 2 ounces; sulphur, 1 ounce; powdered
sassa'ras bark, 1-ounce. Mix and give a level teaspoonful twice per day to a full grown sheep; to a
laub, half cr two-thirds that amount.
Rone Spas ln.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
If yon can give a renipe for bone spavin, do so, and
oblige a constaat reader. A. R.
.To cure bone spavin, see Navin's Veterinary Practice or Explanatory Stook Doctor, page 218 to 224. It
is too long tor a new. paper article.
Postal Card Correspondence.
good deal of corn ground  to  plow  jet.
Fruit prospects good for a largo crop.
J. M.
KEXTIOKV.
Oldham Co., April 29.—Oats are coming
up well. Corn about half planted. The
peach crop has all been killed. The prospect is good for a heavy apple crop. Wheat
never looked better at this season of the
year in this whole county. Hogs are looking well. Cattle, on account of scarcity of
feed wintered badly. J. S.
AI* jIIASIA.
Oakwood Home, April 28.—The frost has
thinned the fruit; the size and quality will
make up for the quantity. Corn is receiving the first plowing. Cotton is about all
planted. Wheat is heading and looks fine.
Gardens look fine. We have peas every
day. The berry crop is good here and lasts
here over four months, commencing with
strawberries, dewberries, raspberries, and
winding up with blackberries in August. Early peaches are now the size of
quail's eggs. The widow of Oakwood
Home has a yard full ol chickens nearly
ready to fry. I can't see how I am to run
excursions south and get my share of fried
chicken. Hods.
INDIANA.
Madison Co., April 28.—Prospects good
for the wheat, over an average sown and it
looks well; fruit prospects good; mostly
done sowing. j. o.
Vermillion Co., April 30.—Some plow-1 done
ing done for com; fruit prospect still good, j    Lice Co., April 29.
Wheat  in good situaltion for good yield
next harvest.      ' Pioneer.
Applying Fertilizers in Corn Growing.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have noticed several inquiries lately
in regard to manuring corn- in the hill
with stable manure and also with bone
dust and "other commercial fertilizers.
I am of the opinion that all fertilizers for
this crop should be used broadcast. It
is the nature of corn to send out roots as
far sidewise as the length of the stalk,
and this it will do in mellow soil if the
roots are not broken. If the fertilizers
are placed in the hill and the plow is
run deeply, close to the corn, the plant
forms its roots in a small cluster around
the fertilizer and feeds upon that alone,
and the first stages of growth are very
rapid and greatly pleases the beholder,
hut the rapid growth of stalk soon uses
up the small amount of plant food in the
hill and when the grain is forming, the
Very time the plant needs the most nourishment, it is all gone with the narrow
circles of roots formed around the hill,
and the plant has passed tbe age in
Which it can send out new roots to reach
the plant food nature has provided in the
soil, at a distance from the hill and the
consequence is the ear is small, and in
some cases the grain ia light ana chaffy.
If the ground ia plowed deeply and well
pulverized, the fertilizers sown broadcast and harrowed in before planting,
an I the soil kept mellow while the plant
is young, and as it increases in size the
surface soil is stirred so as not to break
the corn roots, bat sufficiently to prevent
the growth of weeds, the resuljp will be
far more satisfactory at gathering time.
By this method the early growth of the
stalk is not so rapid but the growth of
foot is greater or rather extends farther
through the soil, and as the growth continues the roots take up the available
plant food nearest the stalk, and when
the stalk ceases to grow the roots have
penetrated all through the soil and are
now ready to take up the fertilizers at a
distance and appropriate them to the
formation of the grain and the result
will be long fat ears instead-of tne short,
lean and ill favored ones* produced by
the other method. Delos Wood.
North ^Madison, Ind.
Madison Co., April SO.—The wheat crop
is larger and more luxuriant than ever before, at this season ofthe year. But a small
area sown to oats. An oatmeal factory a£
Indianapolis ,Woilld increase tljw acreage
and promote health in Central Indiana.
S. W. C.
Switzerland Co., April 30.—We have a
very wet spring. Not much plowing yet
done for corn. Fruit damaged to some extent by late frost. Prospect for wheat Is
not encouraging as it was badly daraagod
by fly. and diouth last fall. A large acreage
of potatoes is being planted.      H. M. D.
Wkstfield, April 30.—Farmers are behind with plowing, other work well advanced. Not a very large acreage of oats
were sown. Wheat looks splendid, but
considerable died out in the back ground;
where the ground was well drained and the
wheat sown late it looks better than early
sown. More tile than ever is being used,
the more people ditch the more they become
convinced that they should use large tile.
A. B. J.
Westville, Arril 30.—Oats all sown.
Farmers mostly done plowing for corn on
the prairie, but not so forward in the timber. Wheat generally looks well; prospect
for a full average crop. Fine prospect for
fruit of all kinds. Peach trees out in full
bloom; early cherries ditto. Plenty of
stock hogs and no disease among them.
Cattle are doing as well as they did. Grass
is very slow about starting this spring.
The dairy interest is alive in Porter and
Lake counties. S. H. R.
Sullivan Co., April 30.—Wheat is booming. We will make a big crop of straw,
whether we make much wheat or not. The
wheat part depends on the weather in the
future.. We are having too much rain just
now for wheat. The rain is giving our oat
crop a little boom. The fruit crop is all
"hunkey"so far. If Jack frest will stay
away-in tbe future we will have fruit of all
kinds in abundance. A few "early birds"
are "crossing" for planting corn. How's
that for high. Breaking for corn is all the
go among the farmers generally. Sullivan
county is right side up, generally.
J. M. A.
Jefferson Co., April 29.—Several very
hard storms have visited this county this
spring, doing much damage by washing
away bridges and fences. The streams
have been higher twice the past week than
any time for the past 15 years. On the 24th
there was a very heavy rain with hail in
many places. Near the village of North
Madison the hail stones are reported as
being nearly as large as hens' eggs,and covering the ground; they rolled into gutters
and low places to a depth of two feet and
over. Much property was destroyed by the
flood in Crooked creek near Madison, and
one or two persons drowned while trying to
save property. Wheat looking well. Oats
coming up on dry land, but not all sown in
the flats. Pastures good now. A fair prospect for peaches. Apple trees loaded with
blossoms. D. W.
OHIO.
Clark Co., April 27.—Wheat Is looking
very fine; some is rather too rank, I think lf
it should remain wet as it is at present.
I pastured about 35 acres of my wheat
with 18 head of calves and yearlings nearly
all winter, and I think lt looks more favorable for a good crop than that which was
not pastured any.   Oats looking well.   A
IOWA.
Cass Co., April 29.—Weather dry  and
windy.   It blew and drifted just like snow;
it has been dry all winter. There is a great
deal of wheat blown out by the roots.   The
\ people are busy plowing for corn.    Some
Is. B.
Wheat looks well in
most instances. Some are entire failures.
Oats all in and up. Plowing for corn and
some have planted an early patch for early
hog feed. This is one of the best portions
of the country I have struck yet for market gardening. It ison what is called river
bottom, supposed by some to have been a
part ot the Mississippi river at an early
day. Soil variable from light yellow sand
to heavy black loam, very productive, Fat
hogs worth ?3 85 per hundred.   W. H. H.
NEBKAMKA.
Kearney Co., April 29.—Spring wheat
and oats sown and looking well. Corn
planting next. I prefer drilling corn—get
10 to 15 bushels more that way.   J. W. U.
Adams Co., April 28.—There is a large
aereage of spring wheat sown. Fall wheat
badly winter killed, but everything is in a
growing condition. Large emigration here.
Land selling from ?5 to ?20 per acre. No
hog cholera. Lots of fruit trees set out
here and doing well. J. L. B.
Richardson Co., April 27.—Winter
wheat nearly all killed, and the ground
will soon be planted to corn. Spring wheat
looks well. Weather has been dry, with
only one heavy shower and one or two
light ones. Very windy, drying up the
ground very fast. Farmers plowing for
corn. Many peach trees were killed during the past winter, but a lew buds are to
be seen on those yet alive. Apple trees
full of bleom buds. Plum trees full. Stock
wintered well where well led and sheltered.
Winter was so changeable that cattle
"roughing through" look pretty thin. I
am trying some setds from Department of
Agriculture. H. J.
The Oscillator Thresher, shown on this
page, is made by the Eagle Machine Works
of Indianapolis. This thresher with its late
valuable improvements of fingers lifting
the straw, and an "overshot" beater, the
one the means of separation in the "vibrator" class, the other of the "apron" or "canvass" class of machines, together with its
oscillating floors, agitating tlie straw from
the time it leaves the cylinder, make It a
most perfect machine, and as a thresher,
separator and cleaner has no rival. The
Oscillator bas met with entire success, and
as now built is acknowledged by every one
who has seen them operate, without a single exception, to be the very best machine
for work in all kinds of grain and seeds,, ni
for general purposes in the market. They
are building a larger number this year
than ever before. The Eagle Portable, also
the Locomotive Traction engine is built by
the same company, who find sales for them
in all parts of tbe United States. For
further particulars address tbem.
Hapid Sales.
.editors Indiana Farmer:
If aDy farmer, or anybody else has
anything to rell, let him try the Indiana
Fabmer once, and he will not have it to
fell long. I put a small card in tbe
Fabmek a week or two ago, ','eggs for
sale," and my orders from that have
taken all the eggs I had fiom 30 bene, y
and four orders in to-day. Success to.
the Fabmeb; may it live long and proper. It. J. Ckist.
New Market.
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Among the attendants at the >"*«<*"
al Butter, Cheese and Egg convent'"11
last week was T. I). Curtis, Esq., oi IJ '),;a-
New Yoik, editor of tlie Ne**' 1;*k
Farmer and Dairy r .n.
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