VOL.. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JSATUHDAY, JULY 17, 1880.
NO. 29.
FOR BALE.
F
OR SALE—Tested Italian Queens, Nuclei  and
Colonies.   Address S. E. O'NEEL, Dupont, Ind.
FOR SALE—Forty extra fine Jersey Red pigs.
Prices reasonable.   J. A. MERRICK, MlddTe-
- fork. Indians.
FOR SALE—Kansas land, 320 acres, near Topeka
Will trade for Improved farm near Indlanapo
lis.   Address, E. B. PORTER, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—If yoo will pee my Jersey bull calves,
you will buy, and Improve the cream quality of
yonr stock.   R. 8. DORSEY, Indianapolis, led.
FOR SALE—Chester  Whites, my entire    show-
herd, winners of 17,670 in cash prizes.    Choice
pigs J10 each.   E. R. MOODY, M. D., Eminence, Ky.
FOR SALE—I have four pair of white goats for
sale which I will deliver at the Gosport R. R.
depot for $10 a pair. They are said to be full bloaded
Cashmere.   Address E. J STARK, Gosport, lad.
EOR SALE—or trade—Five hundred acres of
heavy timbered lard ia Scottcounty.Tenn., on
Cincinnati Sjuthero R. R. Address If. H. BEVIL,
76 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOK SALE—Farm of SO acres, seven miles northeast of this city, between Fall creek nnd White
river, character oi second bottom, good comfortable
buildings. 65 acres cleared. Price $60 per acre. M.
ARBUCKLE, 83 Market street, Indianapolis.
FOR ^ALE—Two young Jersey bulls and two bull
calves of the very best butter family Id tbe
State. Dams make from 12 to 14 lbs. of bntterin7
days, also 4 young graded Jersey cows. Would trade
some of the above stock for a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE-Very low, by the herd or singly.
Short born cows, heifers, calves and bulls. All
registered and good animals. Imported Chaudas,
22330, stands at the head. Eges of Brown or White
Leghorn chickens for sale at 7ac per dozen. Address
JACOB TAYLOR & SON, Spiceland. Ind.
EOR SALE—Short Horns. Twenty cows and
heifers at prices ranging from $75 toilSO* Superior animals and extra well bred. Some ane milkers
In the lot. Older ones ln calf to tbe celebrated "Rose
of Sharon." bull "Mason Duke 23943." CLAUDE
MATTHEWS.Clinton, Vermillion Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Good farm cheap; 175 acres In Fayette county, Indiana; 130 acres in cultivation.
Good bnlldlngs and, all In good repairs; IH miies
from railroad statiou; M mile from pike. Easy payments and long time. For further information call
at the farm, or address M. DAUBENSPEUK, Ben-
ton ville, Fayette Co., Ind.
XjTOR SALE—or trade—A nice little farm of twenty-
X: nine acres, adjoining on the South the town of
Bedford, Lawrence county, Indiana, brick house
with 7 rooms, twogood cellars, three good cisterns,
horse and cow stable, wood-shed, wash-house,
chicken-bouse, fruit trees, etc., healthy location,
churches and first class schools, on the N. A. and O.
R R., ten miles north of the O and M. R. R, For
further particulars, call on, or address at the above
place, F A. HOUSTON.
For the Indiana Farmer.
THE SWINE
PLAGUE.
Science Solving the Problem-
Investigations and Experiments of I>r. Deiniers, Under
Commission of the National
Government*
FOR SALE—50,000 apple, and as many more of
other kinds of fruit, shade and ornamental
trees, etc. lam determined to sell low.: I will contract to furnish, or furnish, plant and insure orchards, lawns and street trees, evergreens, etc., at
prices surprisingly iow. "Write for what you want.
Stock at Danville Nursery, Danville, Indiana, and
Bpring VaLey Nursery, Dublin, Iud. T. C. BARNUM, proprietor, 134 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Indiana,
FOR SALE-I offer at private sale, from my large,
herd, twenty flne choice Short-horn cattle,
granting the purchaser the privilege of selecting.
Among them are cows, heifers and bulls that will do
to show In any ring. The bulls and heifers are from
"Marqute of Sugar Grove," a very fine deep red
bull, got by the Imported Second Marquis of Worcester, he by the Third Dake of Hillhurst 30975, most
all are red, and all straight pedigrees run nlng to Imported cows. Will sell singly' or In large lota to suit
fivrchasers. A tew Cotswold lambs from Mr. Mer-
deth's imported buck. A. MARLATT, Milton,
Wayne county, Ind.
MDM_!E_CI*AjrEOFS.
* Q K WATCHES. 4 oz. silver cases for |18. Every
JOO watch Jeweled and warranted two years,
fhen ordering state name of express office. Watches
sent C. O. D. with priviledge of examining be'ore advancing any money.   N. A. STEVENS, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
S
AVE *I OUB SHINGLE EOOFS bv having them
_ painted with (HEXEYLINE) FIRE PROOF
PAINT. We apply lt (Boiling Hot) to shingle roofs.
It brings curled shingles down smooth. It prevents
rot. It will make jour shingles last^hree times as
long. We guarantee it to do just what we say. W.
H. LESTER & CO., 241 Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana.
LOANS.
M
ONEY to loan on Improved Farms at7 per cent,
interest.  M. E. VINTON, IndianapoUs, Ind.
MONEY loaned at "per cent on first class farm
property In Central Indiana. For particulars
call on or address WILLIAM HENDERSON, 66 E.
Market St., Indianapolis, Ind.
WAHTED.
WANTED—An agent in every township for Mrs.
Rohrer's New Remedy lor the Lungs, the
Great American Cure. Send fjr trial bottle to MRS.
E. ROHRER, 317 South Meridian street, Indlanac-
oils, Iod.
l|iue j^fodu
At the great Short-horn sals at Chicago.
June30tb, 43 head brought $38,960. The
7th and Sth Airdrie Duchesses made 58,000
each, aDd the 7th Duke of Hillhurst
brought $3,900. The average was ?9C6.
The two Duchesses and the Dake out,leav-
ing forty head, the average for the others
was ?474, and their aggregate was $19,060.
—: ♦
We have received catalogues for the following sales of Short-horn cattle: The
Sparsewood herd, owned by B. A. & J. T.
Tracy, at Sparsewood, Clark county, Ky.,
near Winchester, on Friday, July 30th.
Col. L. P. Muir, auctioneer. The sale of
Short-horn cattle, the property of Walter
Handy, C. J. Spilman, and others, to be
held at Lexington fair grounds,Lexington,
Ky., Tuesday, August 3d, 12 m., Capt. P.
C. Kidd, auctioneer.
Cattle Business in New Mexico.
Last fall Messrs. Taylor & Doss purchased
in New Mexico 20,000 sheep, paying 75c
per head. They kept the sheep until a few
days ago,losing probably 2,000 during winter and spring. Tne wool from 18,000
brought them $9,000, enough to more than
repay all expenses and loss; and then they
sold the lot—18,000 count—for $1 75 per
head—a net profit of upwards of $18,000.
Doss says that they would not have sold,
only that they found themselves with too
much stock on hand, bnt we are of the
opinion that any one would sell when a
profit of $18,000 was in sight. The sheep
were sold to an Eastern party, and will be
driven to Southeastern Kansas.—Weekly
' News, Trinidad, Colorado.
But for the losses and dangers attendant upon hog raising, farming in that
line would be largely and certaiuly
profitable. But the peril of putting the
corn produced by a year's labor into hogs
is so great and the immense losses so
crushing, that farming is often almost
paralyzed thereby. A sudden stroke of
what is called hog cholera not infrequently wipes out the financial strength of the
farmer and with it all his courage and
spirit to labor on. The cholera is a terrific mystery. Cause and cure alike unknown, there is no defense against it, no
way to anticipate or escape its attacks.
To-day a man has a hundred fat hogs
ready for market, representing the results of his labor and capital for months;
in a week nine-tenths of the herd are
dead. A hundred remedies have been
tried on the assurance of ignorant men,
some honest and some imposters,butit is
safe to say that so far not one of the honest investigators or the dishonest quacks
has reached a true and intelligent
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAGUE
so as to certainly manage it by prevention or cure. That indefatigable investigator at Washington, General Wm. G
Le Due, has, however, kept a commis
sion of two thoroughly scientific men at
work with instructions to go on and get
at the true solution of this important
matter, at whatever cost. One of these
commissioners is Dr. H. J. Detmers, of
Chicago. As a poiDt best affording all
the facilities favorable to his work, the
Doctor fixed upon Champaign City, 111.,
making his quarters near the Industrial
University. Here he has, besides access
to several localities where the disease
exists in herds, a pig hospital ofhis own,
well supplied with patients in all stages
of invalidism. He has the best possible
means for investigation, including a $500
microscope, with objectives that cannot
be excelled in the United States. To
the visitor he freely explains his methods, bis work and the results thus far attained. To understand the disease,
which the Doctor has decided to designate "swine plague," its cause or origin
must first be sought. • To find the cause,
the method is to produce the disease at
will. This is done by inoculation of
young and perfectly healthy animals.
Experiments in this line are uniformly
successful. The plague with all its characteristic and varied symptoms is developed with certainty and uniformity.
Then by the aid of the powerful microscope, applied to preparations of the
lungs and other tissues,the real mischief
maker is discovered, watched and his
secrets all found out.
THE CAUSE OF THE PLAGUE
is one and identical, a growth of living
microcoxfe or bacteria, whose conditions
of development are only heat and moisture. They are not necessarily confined
to the pig, but may develop in other
animals or milk, and almost any matter
which supplies the warmth and moisture. Having gained access to the blood
of the pig and obtained a foothold, say
in the lungs, they multiply and develop
with immense rapidity, and when full
grown in the minute blood vessels, they
aggluxinate, or stick together in clusters,
thus stopping up the capillaries and intercepting circulation. Hence inflammation, suppuration, fever and all the
fatal symptoms and consequences. In
old hogs, whose tissues are thick and
tough, the impetus of the blood impelled
by the strong "heart contractions may
force the obstruction and clear a passage,
so that such animals often recover from
an attack. A second attack is possible,
but is not probable, and if it occur, is apt
to be of a mild degree. The true nature
ofthe plague having been discovered
and studied, the next question is,
CAN IT BE CURED?
Dr. Detmers does not hesitate to say
that the disease can certainly be de-
stroyed.nor is he unwilling to make public the remedy. This is carbolic acid,ad-
ministered in suitable quantities in water.
It is not held that this remedy actually
destroys the life of the microcoxie, but it
produces conditions which suspend or
counteract their further activity or capacity for mischief. It will save the
life of the pig.   But that is a point of no
great Importance, because the convalescent patient, which has been severely
affected, .will never become valuable.
It may live, but will not thrive so as to
return a profit on feeding. And as a
hog's life without money profit is not to
be considered,the cure of plague smitten
swine, except at very early stages
of the affection, is of no moment. The
quicker a sick hog is killed and buried
or burned, the better for tbe owner and
the neighborhood. The great practical
point derived from the study and full
understanding of the plague is prevention. Can the disease be stamped out
and the special risk of pork raising be
removed? Not without strict legislation
compelling heroic measures. Yet true
knowledge of the enemy may do much
too compass his defeat. The ways by
which the
CONTAGION IS SPREAD
and propagated are too numenjus to be
described in this article. But some of
the most important are: First in water
flowing from the presence of infected
herds. This is sure to carry the seeds of
destruction. When disordered herds are
in the neighborhood (and Dr. Detmers
considers two miles the limit of neighborhood,) the first precaution should be
to remove healthy herds to high ground,
above all drainage of the dangerous locality. And there should be the strictest quarantine established, not permitting even those who feed or visit the
sickly animals to come near the healthy
ones. Next to the exposure in water is
the transportation along the highways
of carcasses dead from the plague. These
thoroughly infect the atmosphere and
spread destruction broadcast wherever
they are exposed. The dead should be
promptly buried or burned far away
from all healthy animals. But instead
of this, the bodies are often sold to villains who use them for profit, and it is
even suspected that these fiends sometimes propagate the plague among
healthy herds, in order to increase their
profitable trade. All excrementitious
matter from sick hogs is prolific with
the germs of the pest and no animal
coming near can escape. From the
thorough work now in progress, which
will soon be fully reported, there is a
sure prospect that if this vast loss to the
country and menace to industry be not
stopped, it will not be on account of ignorance on the snbject. Science in the
hand of energetic men like General Le
Due and.Dr. Detmers will go to the bottom facts, and a failure to use the proper
remedies will be chargeable to negligence or stupid and narrow economy.
H. D. P.
tftis extra food should lose no time in put- ]
tiiig in the requisite crop.—National Livestock Journal.
j Mr. Magee to be Heard From.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
jSince my communication ef the 12th ult.
I bave received several letters and samples
o| wool, besides what has appeared in the
Farmer. They come all the way from
Maryland to Madison and several outside
counties to hear from yet. Some have requested answers through the Farmer. I
am too busy now to answer any body. But
in a week or two I will be through with
my work a little and then wonld like space
to show that these heavy weights are not
of; wool alone, in some instances 70 percent
being yolk and dirt, and ia no case of samples yet examined do they indicate neaj; 16
pdund-- of wool. B. F. Magee.
.Montmorency.
T. L Miller, Beecher, Will county, 111,,
h* just returned from England with 100
Hereford cows and heifers, all of which are
thoroughbreds. He reports a heavy demand for this excellent breed. .
Wool Raising.
Speaking of the capacity of this country
for the economical production of wool in
the face of which we are large importers,
the New York Indicator says:
England and Wales contain 58,320 square
miles, Ireland 31,874 and Scotland 30,685;
total 120,879 square miles. The State of
Texas contains 274,356 square miles, and
Great Britain and Ireland produces as
much marketable wool as the whole of the
United States. With a practically unlimited area, any part of which is available for . ,
sheep growing, we yet are large importers iK^^myV mtlelamef e
of foseign woo], over 65,000,000  of  pounds      *        ■       •                	
* Tumor.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
As I see in the Farmer that every subscriber has the right to ask questions and
receive answers concerning stock, I take
the privilege to ask one about my colt.
She is just three years old now and is very
large. I have worked her a few days and
left her stand in the stable for a -few days,
and she has hurt both her hind legs by
kicking against the ties, one of them, looks
very much like it is curbed and is swollen
very bad from the knee down to the hoof;
the other has a large puff on the inside ofl
knee-joint about as large as a man's fist,
and this leg is also swollen very bad; some
fever in both legs. The colt does not limp
unless she trots. Eats very well and seems
hearty. Please tell me what to do for her,
as she is a valuable colt.        • D. W.
The swelling caused by the hurt is best
treated by the application of tincture of arnica and coll water, an ounce of the former
to a pint ot the latter; mix, and apply constantly until all inflammation is dispelled,
then blister with Spanish fly, one ounce, to
spirits of turpentine one pint; apply daily
until blistered, then alternate days for ten
days. Do not blister the leg all round.
The tumor on the inside of hock, not knee,
is blood spavin, and will be likely to remain; blister it too, howSV*er.
brisket gets red and sore; the sores on their
feet are wet or damp, otherwise they are
in good condition. 150 run together; about
25 are lame now. If lt is the hoof-rot,
what can be done, and who can do it?
A Header.
Your sheep have foot-rot; the biflex
canal becomes stopped, causing inflammation. The history and cure ls too long for
a newspaper article. See my work on
stock, Navin's veterinary work on stock,
I page 174, second part.
having been imported during the last year
as against about 35,000,000 the year previous, notwithstanding that there is a heavy
import duty. In view of these facts, it is
not a little surprising that capital does not
semi to flow in the direction of wool growing The production of wool seems to be a
very important factor in national Independence; and in other countries, particularly
Great Britain,is conslderedan essential part
ofnearly every farmer's business. The risks
in sheep farming are lewin immense tracts
of this country,and the business Is attractive
from its comparative freedom from the excessive toil and anxiety consequent upon
other agricultural pursuits. There is a
good opening in this direction.
A    TWEHTY-FIVE    POUND    FLEECE    IH
ELEVEN MONTHS.
Mr. C. F. Djrnell, who recently published
some statements in our columns regarding
his Cotswold buck Canadian Boy, in order
to satisfy a skeptic regarding the age of his
25 pound fleece, wrote to the English
breeder, Henry Cole Esq., who sold him
to the Canadian importer, from whom he
was purchased, and has received reply,
from which we make the following extract:
"In reply to your letter I beg to Inform
you that E. B. Morgan, bought of me 46
yearling ewes and four rams, all of the
pure Cotswold breed, on the 10th of June,
1879. They were all lambed In March 1878.
They were sheared the first week In June,
1879." One of these four rams Is Canadian
Boy. As he was sheared the first week in
May, tho present year, his fleece was only
11 months old.
Fodder Crops.
Where oats are not liable to rust, this
crop may still be raised for .odder to good
advantage. If the soil is in good condition,
two tons of cured fodder may be raised
upon an acre. Peas may be sown with
them, and will much improve the hay
made. They should be cut when the peas
are in the blossom. If oats are raised alone
they may beleft.lf the seasons long enough,
till the grain Is in the milk. Millet may
also be raised on a finely prepared soilj and
perhaps the crop will, In most cases, be as
large as if sown earlier. This and Hungarian grass make excellent winter fodder
—if well cured, perhaps quite equal to timothy bay, ahd should be cut in* blossom.
If left later it bec'imes too woody; The
soil should be made very fine and well
rolled, to break all lumps before the seed
is sowd, and when the seed is harrowed In
it should be rolled again. The common
round field turnip is also an excellent crop
to help out a short hay crop. Ten or fifteen tons of these may be raised to the
acre. This Is a profitable crop to aid in
wintering cattle, assisting very much in
promoting health and bringing the cows
into condition for the next season's milking.   Farmers who have not yet provided
This department ls edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, antbor ol Navin'8 Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State tbe rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
3. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance of balr.
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. If breathing is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconVte root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time Is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mail must enclose a
stamp.
Bronchitis or Consumption.   *
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What ails my sheep, they have a dry
cough and snotty noses. One lamb has
been coughing from birth; coughs hard
and gets its breath hard; looks drowsy.
What must I do for them? J. P.
Your sheep have either bronchitis or
consumption, which would require more
than a whole page to explain, (at least a
eolumn,*nnd as I am confined to about that
amount of space, I must refer you to Navin's veterinary work, written by me. ■ See
pages 179 and 181.
Blind Staggers.
Editors Indiana Farmer,
Please inform me through your valuable
paper the cause of blind staggers in horses,
and the best remedy tor it. G. S. D.
Blind staggers is a disease caused by a
horse eating too greedily of some unnutri-
tious food, gorging the stomach, which affects the brain through the sympathetic
nerve. By the time you would be likely
to know the disease nothiDg could be done
for it. The disease is called stomach staggers. See my work on the horse, Navin's
Stock Doctor, page 87.
No Marked Symptoms.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that commenced running
a yellow, bloody stuff from the left nostril
about a week ago; in the forenoon and afternoon it ceases; no smell; her left eye is
ont and it runs watery matter; the right
eye does not run. She is in a thriving
condition;' hair looks well; appetite good;
pulse nattfral; breathing natural; no cough;
glands not swollen. W. N. P.
Staplehurst, Ner^.
Let your mare stand a little longer until
the i disease develops Itself; it may be no
more than a hurt, or common gleet; watch
the glands between the jaws, and report in
a few weeks. She has no marked symptom of any disease so far.
A Bad Case.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a valuable mare eight years old
that is lame in her left fore foot. She first
commenced being lame last winter, or late
in the fall. The outside, or hull of her
foot seems to havo an unhealthy connection with the Inner part of the foot, and
while the outside spreads very fast the Inner part gets very low, so as to get very
sensitive to hard roads. The connection of
the hoof, or hull of the foot with the inside,
is simply a streak of Soft, spongy substance
of the appearance of honey comb. I have
to keep her shod with a broad shoe, made
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except
when stepping on a sidling place and twisting her foot. Some think she has been
foundered, but such is not known to be the
case. Some say it is in the stock. She is
half English draft. Any information concerning the foot will be gratefully received
by a Sun.
Your grade English draft mare has not
inherited pomiced foot from her English
ancestor. It is the result of either founder,
or more likely a hurt, causing inflammation of the lamellae, and is very difficult to
cure.   See Navin's Stock Doctor.
Fistula.
Editors Indiana Farmen
I have a horse that has something like
fistula; it was caused by collar; has been
running about 20 months; has been open
on the right side of neck that long, and
now it is open on the left, and both sides
are running. His condition is good; eats
hearty; is six years old this spring; is 16K
hands high. If you can give me any information it will place me under lasting
obligations. D. B. D.
On page 208, and again on page seven of
my book, Navin's Veterinary Practice, the
latter in the appendix, you will find the
treatment for fistula, being too long for a
newspaper article, which with the following cures the disease for me: Ginger, four
ounces; bloodroot, flour of sulphur, Dlack
antimony, Sulphate of iron, pulverized nitre and resin of each 2 ounces, three times
per day. Mix. Dose in feed one teaspoonful.
Must Havo a Tutor.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you inform me through your most
valuable paper whether I can become a
veterinarian by studying books on the
subject, as I am not able to attend college?
If so, what books must I study?    S. M.
To become anything more than a quack,
you must study under some professional
man. You must study anatomy, physiology and pathology of the different animals
you intend to doctor. The only book in
which all are combined with the treatment
of the different diseases, is Dr. Navin's
work, Navin's Veterinary Practice and
Explanatory Stock Doctor, but with this
work you need a work exclusively written
upon each department ot the study, and
must have a tutor to explain their meaning. Perhaps Dr. Navin, who writes our
veterinary column, will undertake the job.
QUERY  Aim  ANSWER.
Fox Wanted.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We want to buy or hire for use In chase
at our talr, an untamed fox. Address,
stating price, etc.,
H. C. Nicnoi,i_s, Sec'y
Dunkirk Union Fair Ass'n., Dunkirk, Ind.
Grubs in the Head.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Grubs in the head does endanger the life
of the sheep, in some places. We lost many
with it in Missouri; no doubt itis the same
In Texas. Lambs all died off before we
knew that the ewes did not give milk
enough for them; the poor sheep suffered
terribly, lost their wool in great patches,
and grew down to living shadows, staggering as they walked; and the worst thing of
all was that the grubs got into their eyes
and put them out. We found one lying
dead with both eyes out. Wa had no idea
what ailed them till we opened their heads.
We tried turpentine, kerosene and other
insect destroyers, and even a liquid preparation of corrosive sublimate upon the
grubs, but they Btill wriggled away. Prevention is the remedy. E. A. S.
Indiana Red Wheat.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please answer throng the Farmer the
following questions:
1. What kind of wheat is "Indiana Red?"
How is it for health, yield, and earliness?
2. Who has it for sale, and how much
per bushel?
By glvine such other information about
the above wheat you have, you will much
oblige .   . T.J.
Mt. Vernon.
Gen. R. S. Foster, a prominent grain
commission dealer of this city, to whom
we referred the above query kindly replies
as follows:
Mediterranean or swamp or velvet wheat
is sometimes called "Indiana Red." This
variety of "Long Berried" red bearded
wheat is known by a great many different
names, but ls Long Berried, red bearded
wheat. This class of wheat as well aa all
red bearded wheat is more desirable and
brings a higher price in all markets than
any other variety of wheat that is grown in
any of the Middle or Western States.
Bad Cough.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that has had a cough for
several years, and It wears on her all the
time. Some days she don't cough any,
and then on other days coughs a good deal
in the morning. When first begins to
work she breathes hard, but when she gets
warmed up she does not breathe so hard.
She has got so when she breathes her sides
puff out and in, as if she had been run a
mile. She eats hearty and is 1n good fix.
Her hair looks well, and she can stand
work just as well as she ever could. She
does not run at the nose any. What must
I do for her? • Subscriber.
Take bloodroot, yellowroot, flour of sulphur, sulphate of iron, black antimony,
and resin of each two ounces; ground ginger and nitre of each tour ounces; mix.
Dose, one teaspoonful three times per day
in ground wet feed.
Foot Bot.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you, through the columns of your
valuable paper, permit me to ask you what
is wrong with my sheep? They get lame,
go hobbling along; their feet get sore; the
soreness commences between the cleft of
thelrhoofs; skin gets red and rough; their
A TBTJE FISH STOBY AND A BIO ONE.
The Daily Journal, of this city, in ite
issue of Monday last, has the following
tough fijh story, which will have to be
believed, as both the fish and eye-witnesses of his capture are at hand to
testify:
Charles Schurman captured a sturgeon
four feet and ten inches in length in
White river yesterday morning, at his
farm northwest of the city. He was
washing his buggy at a shallow ford near
the edge of some very deep water, wheu
he discovered the fish swimming slowly
toward his five-year-old boy who was
wading at his side. He frightened it
away, and some men who were bathing
at a point a short distance below saw the
monster and attacked it with clubs,
causing it to swim back across the shallow ford. Seeing it coming, Schurman
spread his legs apart, and the fish swam
between his feet. As it did so he adroitly thrust his hands into its gills and carried it to the bank. Tbis is no "flsh
story." A half dozen person saw the
capture, and will make affidavit to the
truth of the narrative. In addition t»
this the fish is at Mr. Schurman's house,
and ocular proof of its size can be furnished to those who doubt the story.
We presume the fish is what is commonly known as the gar pike, though it
is the largest we have heard of in White
river. He has no doubt come up dnring
some of the numerous freshets, and like
tlie catfish, was kept here by the offal
from the slaughter-houses.
Tho Hessian Fly.
Dr. Packard recommends the following preventive   measures against this
destructive insect:
1. It is advised to sow a part of the
wheat early, and if affected f-y the fly to
put in the rest of the seed after September 20, which will, in most cases, save
the crop. By destroying the first brood
the second will not appear.
2. Partially affected wheat may be
saved by the use of fertilizers and careful cultivation; and, if winter wheat, the
fields may be recuperated in spring.
3. It is stated that many of the eggs,
larvae and flaxseeds may be destroyed
by pasturing with sheep, and close cropping of winter wheat in November or
early in December. Rolling the ground
will answer nearly as well.
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Maryland will furnish a good peach
crop.