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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 .,.1 __ -S-- S . __,_ ___._ . . J, __ _ gjj0e 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. » ■_» «■ Maryland will furnish a good peach crop.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1880, v. 15, no. 29 (July 17) |
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Transcript | 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 .,.1 __ -S-- S . __,_ ___._ . . J, __ _ gjj0e 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. » ■_» «■ Maryland will furnish a good peach crop. |
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