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VOL. XV. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1880. NO. 24. Wt £fodi. W. C. Williams, Knightstown, Ind., recently sold two female Poland China pigs t > C. L. Hancock, Palmyra, Ind., which •were but two months' old. and yet weighed 5S and 60 pounds respectively. Mr. J. R. Reed, New Castle, Ind., sold last week to B*rclay <S_ Traer, West Liberty, Iowa, 12 yearling Short-horn bulls at prices ranging from $50 to $100 per head, t ie five Short-horn cows at from $100 to $150 per head. ss_» Mr. Ij. H. Aikman, Dana, "Vermillion county, Ind., has recently sold five bulls a id three heifers from his herd of Shorthorns, and 16 Poland China pigs. He reports his stock in fine condition, and that there is nothing like the Parmer to advertise in when you want to make sales. IN-AND-IN BBEEDING. H. R. H., a correspondent writing from lacking county, O., takes exceptions to Dr. Navin's recommending our farmers to devote their attention to raising mutton sheep, in a recent number. He also opposes the theory that it is wise to produce cross breeds of any kind of stock. Speaking from his own experience of 40 years as a breeder ol sheep and cattle, he says: You must avoid mixing higher with lower grades of animals. The profit lies in purity of blood in all classes. He says that when one of a committee of three appointed to make a scale of points on Merinos, to make the United States Merino Sheep Register, he found in all States they visited that the farmers who advocated purity of blood were the wealthiest class, that is the most successful ones. He adds "my mode of breeding is to get .pure sheep and per- pstuate them by iu-breeding continually. My fl >ck was imported from Spain by Humphrey, in 1802. I have filled a great many orders to most of the States, but only seven to Indiana, but at the making of the United States Merino Register your State was one of the few that did not claim to Own one pure sheep. We found as pure sheep in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio and Massachusetts as America has. I calculate every 100 ewes to profit me ?3,000 if they raise lambs. I have now sold 23 tale lambs for $25 per head, the balance will bring from $25 to $100. Will mutton sheep pay to keep in Indiana?" Not Large Bat Satisfactory. Editors Indiana Farmer. Below I give you the weights of my little flj>ck ot Cotswold sheep, also the amount sheared from each: . Two three-year-old ewes weighed respectively 195 and 225 pounds, and sheared 12% and 15 pounds: three yearling ewes weighed 145, 125, and 135 pounds, and sheared 11, 11, and 9\M pounds; one yearling ram weighed 156 pounds and sheared 12 pounds; two aged ewes sheared 834 and 9 pounds each. They were sheared May 6th, and the wool being nice and clean sold for 32}£ cents per pound, j ust as it came from their backs. The above is what any farmer can do by giving his flock good care, and the wool brings in a little cash when there is no other crop to dispose of. Just now there is a "boom" in sheep, but that is not as it should be; there is always room on a farm for a flock of sheep. They will clear the pastures of briar sprouts and noxious weeds, but they shcflild not be put off with this alone, for they enjoy a bite of fresh sweet grass as much as any stock, and will turn it to as good account. I would say to every farmer by all means keep a flock of good sheep, poor stock is an eye sore to any place. Give them good care; shelter them while their wool is long, and yard them with your cattle at nights, and my word for it you need not lose any by dogs, and they will be as profitable stock as you have on the farm. O. H. W. . Friendsville, 111. Oood Clip. Editors Indiana Farmer: , I sheared 12 head of yearling sheep, weights of fleece, 8J4, 9, 9K, 10,10,11, 11J4, UK, 12K, 13, 13J4,14, or 11 pounds and a fraction average, 134 pounds in all; Cotswold and-common, and Merino and common grades. This compares well with tbe Wayne county report in your last number, and encourages me totryagain. The sheep were housed every, night and fed twice a day on corn, with occasionally some sheaf oats; the other feed was corn fodder, no hay. W. Putnam Co.. Sale of Short-Horns. Editors Indiana Farmer: We have recently sold the following Short-horn cattle: To C. S. Barclay, West Liberty, eight cows, six heifers and two bulls; to John Bird, Montgomery county, Ind., one cow; to R. M. Crouch, of Boone county, Ind., six heifers; all at prices that farmers can afford to pay. Geo. S. Wren & Son. ?< Sugar Grove Farm, Hendrieks Co. Experience and Observation with all Breeds of Sheep. Essay read by J. L. Thompson, Arcaaa, Ind., before tlie recent meeting o. tbe Wool Growers' Association. The subject allotted me at our last meeting is a very broa-l one, and my experience and observation has been limited, indeed. I will begin with the Cotswold. My experience with this noted and v^lu.-tble breed has not been as extensive as with some other breeds, but has bsen very satisfactory when used lor cross-breeding. When bred straight in this changeable climate, they don't do well; are subj ct to scours of wet seasons, especially the lambs, and when they get on the decline from any cause, they are hard to recruit up sufficiently to go for mutton. My observation has been that they are very profitable when kej-t ia small flocks, with ample range and the best of care, but for large fl,>cks we need a more compact, close-wooled sheep. ' THE LEICESTER. I have never had any experience with this breed, but my observation has led me to consider it a poor breed for the farmer or wool-grower of our State, as they are not hardy enough for this climate and our management. I consider the Leicester more than worthless for crossing with our common sheep, as it fails to give constitutional hardiness, a very material point in cross-breeding sheep. TIIE LINCOLN Has been introduced in our part of the State to a limited extent within the last few years, and does well with the highes*. keeping and best of care. It matures early and shears a heavy fleece of good combing wool. It has not been tried long enough to know how it will stand our climate, but I think better than the Leicester and probably not so well as the Cotswold. THE MERINO. My experience in breeding the Merino in its pure state is limited, having used it principally in cross-breeding, for which it has proven very valuable with me. Where wool-growing on a Urge scale is the object, the Merino has no equal; but in this State, with our system of mixed farming, there is great inducement to raise a larger and better mutton sheep. I have been keeping a small flock of pure blood Merinos for a short time, and find them hardy and good feeders, and they shear more wool on a given amount of feed and pasture than any sheep I have ever kept. From some cause I find it difficult to get lambs started. They seem to lack vitality for the first few days. On account I think of close breeding and confinement for so many generations. My experience and observation have led mi to the exclusion that for a farmer who wants to keep a few sheep in a flock this breed is too small and of too slow growth, but where the land is hilly or dry and large flocks are to be kept, they do be*- ter than any other breed. SHROPSHIRE?. My experience with this breed commenced in the fall of 1875 with a few yearlings past, bought here at the State fair. They were very nice looking when bought, and have fully met my expectations since. They have proven hardy and to thrive well on moderate keep. Their close compact fleeces furnish a good protection for bad weather. The ewes are good mothers, taking the best of care of their own lambs, or readily adopting those of another if deprived of their own from any cause. For crossing with good common ewes the Shropshire ram has no superior wh9re wool and mutton combined is the object sought. As a mutton sheep they are second only to the Southdowns. As a wool grower they are medium, shearing from seven to 10 pounds of good clothing wool. The lambs are very vigorous and require little attf n- tion in the start. As the Shropshire has been highly kept in England, it is the he:ght of folly to expect the imported one» to keep up here, on briers in summer and in the muddy barn-lot, with other stock in winter. CROSS-BRED SHEEP. I come now in conclusion to sheep of what in my opinion is the coming sheep of this State, the cross-bred. Just what shall constitute this Bheep is yet largely to be determined and may be left to some extent to each breeder's fancy. My experience in cross-breeding commenced some eight years since, by coupling a sized Cotswold ram, that would shear from eight to 12 pounds, with about *60 common grade Merino ewes, weighing SO to 90 pounds in good store condition, and shearing five to six pounds in the dirt. The result of this cross was very hardy, compact sheep, weighing from 110 to 125 pounds for the ewes, and shearing about seven pounds on the average. I bred in this manner for three years, and then coupled these Cotswold-Merino ewes with Shropshire rams, weighing from 200 to 250 pounds, and shearing from nine to 12 pounds. The improvement from this cross has been very marked, giving a more compact, round- bodied, short-legged, hardy sheep, one that readily responds to good keeping and matures early enough to be profitable as a mutton sheep, as weU as a wool grower, and weighing at two years old 140 to 200 pounds, and shearing from eight to 13 pounds of first class medium wool. Weights of Fleeces. Editors Indiana Fat mer: As Dr. Navin says: "Now is the time for big fleeces on paper." Yen, this mammoth fruit generally "comes in" just before the strawberries, and in the last few numbers ofthe Farmer we have some "whoppers." But we beg to assure the doctor that "Slick John" is not confined to the ranks of those alone, who make a specialty of selling horns and grease. But he is also engaged aud pulling a great deal longer kind of wool over the eyes ol the credulous than grows upon the backs of Merinos, indeed of fabulous length, and it doesn't take eo much of it, so many pounds, to answer the purpose. But no matter, he is sure to give you enough pounds and "down weight." Witness the fleece from Park countj: 18 pounds from ayearlirig Cotswold ewe. But, Mr. Editor, isn't that yearling, and all others for that matter, of a very Indefinite agt-? Oh, you sea a yearling ih always a yearling until it is two years old. Exactly! Clear as mud; why did'nt 1 think of it? But you say that the wool was 16 inches long. AU right. Why didn't you let it grow till it was two feet long? It would have done it if you had just let it grow long enough. The fact is, Mr. Editor, I see so much in the papers—of the nature referred to by Dr. N*vin—that is calculated to deceive and to bring into disrepute a most worthy calling that of breeding for Btock purposes that I am led to make a few observations. I have aU my life been interested in the sheep and wool business and for several years have made the breeding of long wooled sheep for stock purposes a speciality and from purely business reasons have tried to learn all I could in regard to my business. Observation has taught me that there are many things that will modify the weight o'wool and also its softness, lus'er and strength. Shall not now stop to discuss any of them, except to say that wool is always heavier after a dry, cold winter than after a warm, wet one, and it is also softer and stronger. As all the wool on a sheep come3 from what it eats it follows that feed is the first element to be considered. But we will not now consider it given. Proposition 1.—A sheep one year old, of good constitution and the same treatment as to surroundlngs,feed,weather,etc.,andfor several years in succession, it will produce the same weight of wool and of the sa-ne length and texture. Proposition 2.—Wool of same texture, closeness on ths sheep and same amount o! yolk, will be heavy in proportion to its length. Proposition 3.—The wool on no thoroughbred long wooled sheep will grow more than an inch a month, on an average ior a year. In regard to this proposition I will say I have seen some high grades that would beat it a very little, but never saw a thoroughbred that came quite up to it. Proposition 4.—I have found that taking the best Cotswold sheep, weighing 150 to 200 pounds, and their fleeces weigh about a pound to the inch in length of staple. Now put these four propositions together, and what have we? Why simply this—the fleece from a yearling weighing 16 pounds was 16 months growing. In corroboration ol this I would • say, the heaviest -fleece bought in Lafayette last year wasl7 pounds, from a lamb and of at least 18 months growth and very dirty at that.' There were 200,000 pounds bought at this place and we have as good sheep as I have seen anywhere. A week or two ago there appeared the fabulous weight of 25 pounds for a fleece sheared from a yearling Cotswold buck. I immediately sent for a specimen of wool, desiring the exacj, age of the sheep. The specimen came and with it the encouraging information that, "the buck was 2 years old this spring." The specimen is a fair one and just 12 inches long when stretched out. But unfortunately the specimen was cut square off at the outer end that I might not know the exact length of time it had been growing. An expert can readily tell whether the growth is over a year. Now I do not sunpose for a moment this gentleman wants to deceive anybody, but that he himself has had the wool pulled over his eyes. Now, Mr. Editor, I question the weight of any fleece over 14 pounds of wool taken from any thoroughbred long-wooled sheep, of any breed, of a year's growth; and in proof of my sincerity I will give $200 for a thoroughbred English (I use this word in distinction from those imported from Canada, represented as such) Cotswold buck that will shear 16 pounds of wool of only a year's growth.at the second shearing, and I will give ?100 apiece for the same uine ease of pollevil, but may run into it. Take and blister him with Spanish fly and spirits of turpentine, one ounce of the former and one pint of the latter. Rub in hard with the hand once per day for several days. Tumor. Editors Indiana Farmer: Mr. Dohnna's mare has. a lump on her knee-cap behind, and I don't know what to do. It is hard, and about as big as a walnut, and she is a little lame. I saw an account of you in the paper as a "boss" doctor. The lump is a little hard. Flease tell me what to do for it. S. S. Your mare has no knee-cap, neither before nor behind, except at the stifle-joint. The knee is on the front limb and hock be- eyes became enlarged and ofa light green color; there is no soreness, lids are not swollen, no lever, does not seem to suffer any pain nor misery; e.j»ts hearty and seems healthy every other way. A Reader. McDade, Tex. I fear that the chances are poor for the return of your horse's sight, very seldom such an occurrence is met; the sight might return for awhile, but if no secretion is running from them the chance for recovery is m«agre. Take an egg, break one end, let the albumen out; fill with salt, stir with a teaspoon handle; make it a stiff batter; place in the fire, surrounded by clear coal-1; burn to a cinder, or char; grind flne and put in the eye once per day. Iiame Shoulder. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a horse that has his shoulder bruised; it was a little sore and I quit working him for a few days, when it began to enlarge. I thought it was a swelling, and alter a few days I opened it and thei e was nothing but water ran out; wheu that was all out the enlargement was all gone, but it filled up again in the course of a day, then I opened it again; it is filled again now. L. Blister your horse',, shoulder; this will either drive it back or draw it to a suppuration of healthy matter which, when fully matured, open, and it will not refill. Use the liquid blister, spirits oi turpentine one pint, Spanish fly one ounce. Rub in well with the hand twice daily until well blistered, then once per day for about 10 days, then grease with lard. If this fails, the sack must be cut out. Distemper. Editors Indiana Farmer: Six weeks ago my horse took the distemper kind of ewes, not overtwo years old, that hind. If the tumor is on the hock, blister , , . - - . ... will shear 15 pounds of wool, at a year's it merely for 10 or 15 days, using the med- ^i^nd^Tick ZaUef; puUeVbout ?eg growth and second shearing. Should you desire any more facts iu regard to weight of wool I am prepared to give them. Montmorency. B. F. Maoee. More Wool. Editors Indiana Farmer: I will take the privilege of sending you a sample of wool clipped from my imported j,Cotswold yearling ram, "2nd Duke of Hinkston," that I bought of McClintock <fe Vimont, Millersburg, Bourbon county, Ky. The wool measures 19 inches in length and is ofa splendid quality.. I have 54 ewes, suckling 65 lambs which clipped 510 pounds of wool, making an average of about 914 pounds to the sheep. C. T. G. Metamora. Mr. C. T. Gordon, Metamora,Ind.,bought of Alex. McClintock and Jeff. Vimont, tlieir yearling ram,"2d Duke of Hinkston," at ?100. This is a very promising young sheep and will be a prize ram in any country. Also 10 imported ewes from Mr. McClintock, at §17 50 per head; also some ewes from Mr. Vincent.—Paris, Ky., Citizen. 'iJctcrinarji* icine recommended for S. H's horse iu this ular; breathing heavy, but breath not of- This department is edited by Dr. John N. Navin, Veterinary Surgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory Stock Doctor. Rules to be observed by those expecting correct answers: 1. State t"ie rate of pulse. 2. The breathing. 3. The standing attitude. 4. Appearance ol hair. 5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near the bone. 6. It breathing ls rapid, accompanied by rattle or rushing sound, no time must be lost ln blistering throat, and using tincture of aconite 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 mall must enclosed stamp. .Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a young mare that has a large lump on each shoulder about half way up from the point of the shoulder, caused by bames not drawing right; am afraid tbe lumps will callus. What will remove them? . J. 4.-F- If they, are filled, open with a knife; if not, blister as directed for S. H's horse, in -tbis issue of the Farmer. Turn Him on Pasture. Editors Indiana Farmer: What ails my horse? His bowels are loose, manure thin and watery. I feed him dry hay and corn all the time; has not been on pasture one-half day this spring. He has a quivering in his flesh on his fore-legs up next to his body, more on the left side; eats hearty and works well. A. M. H. You could not do better than to turn your horse upon pasture. If in two or three weeks his bowels are not regular, take him up and give the following: Salts of tartar, 40 grains; pulv. rhubarb, 20 grains; laudanum, 12 drops; water, Tour ounces. Give half an ounce every two hours. If that will not check, give an ounce or more; add as required. Pollevil. Ediiors Indiana Farmer: What is the matter with my horse's- neck? Is it pollevil? It appears to be tender from the ears back about one foot or so. When I turn him on grass he seems to get stiff, and swells on each side of his neck; eats well and works well. Tell me wkat will cure him. S. H. I do not think that your horse has a gen- issue of the Farmer. Cannot answer letters and furnish stamps. Lime Colt. Editors Indiana Farmer: My neighbor has a two-year-old colt that got overheated by a playful work horse running it about a year ago, since that it stands on the toes of its front feet, and the pastern stands too far forward, as though the rear cords were too short or the front ones too long. Can it be cured? Will it p*y to invest in it? . Sur. The only remedy for your neighbor's colt is to put a pair of shoes upon him with a piece of iron welded to the toe, that projects in front about \\£ inches turned up so as not to catch on the ground in stepping; then blister the back of the limb, the tendons, blister until quite sore, using it every day. The price of my book is $4 50. What Aila My HorseP Editors Indiana Farmer: When he is iri motion he breathes hard, that is his breath comes with a snort or a kind of a puff, but after a moderate drive of a few miles it is not so bad; sometimes it seems but a habit. What can be done for it? Sub. Take and blister your horse's throat, use Spanish fly one ounce, and spirits of turpentine one pint; use constantly all or mostly all of one day. Give in his feed the following: One teaspoonful three times per day, ground ginger, four ounces; blood- root, pulverized flour ot sulphur, pulverized niter, sulphate of iron, black antimony, and resin of each two ounces. Mix; use chop or mill feed wet. Sick Mules. Editors Indiana Farmer: On examining my other mules I find those lumps the same. I should have told that the mules were overheated last fall, and that there was a little clover in the hay I fed. She rattles at the nose the most when hot or pulled hard; works well and has shed nicely. S. G. 1 do not know what you mean by behind the j*ws, between the j<ws is the place to feel for the glands, about six or eight inches below the throat Utch. If your mule or other mules have enlarged submaxillary glands, it is time to look after them. If you mean ' the kernels often found along the windpipe, they do no harm; fensive to smell; appetite good; has no cough; seems to be iu good health; works every day. There are some lumps between his j *ws, running at the nose, does not diminish. A Reader. If your horse had the strangles (distemper) so recently you need have no fears about his fast recovery, but if you work him hard on scant fare, afc especially if you heat him and let him cool suddenly, you would drive him into glanders. Give him the following: Ground ginger four ounces, phosphate of lime, powdered blood- root, powdered goldinseal, pulverized nitre, black antimony, flour of sulphur, of each two ounces. Mix. Dose, one teaspoonful in wet mill or chop feed. Sick Mare. Editors Indiana Farmer: I wish to know what is the matter with my mare. She is somewhat mopish or dull in her movement; eats her chop feed and corn well, but when I turn her out on grass she coughs, and more when she lowers her head to the ground, and some white phlegm comes out at the mouth and nose, and raises her head about half way up to chew the grass, and sometimes yellow stuff runs at the nose, and she seems weak to work; her pulse beat about regular. I bred the mare about 21 or 22 days ago to a horse at Frankfort, and the horse has died since, and they said he was ailing then, but was letting him to one mare a day. It was the Baum & Given horse. P. M. See page 66 of my book, Navin's Veterinary Practice Explanatory Stock Doctor, and give her the two upper prescriptions mixed up in one; make 40 parts of it, and give her one throe times per day. The powder you are giving her is not the thing she needs. Texas. Letter From Editors Indiana Farmer: A destructive cyclone drapes the village of Savoy, of 400 or 500 inhabitants, in mourning. Property destroyed, lives lost, homes despoiled. The track of the cyclone at Savoy was from southwest to northeast. LIST OF KILLED. A. Horn; Sam Gill; Dr. Kearns; W- Suddeth; E. Andrews; Miss P-Wisoy Johnson; Miss Mattie Byst; Gallagher's child; Andrew's child. Sixty are report- those between the jaws is where the dan-1 ed wounded; some of this number will ger is felt. Bing-Bone. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a mare that has the ring-bone, has had it for three years, but never got lame until last fall, andseems to be getting worse. The enlargement is on the left hina foot on the inside. It has not enlarged on front or outside any, but the enlargement is very small compared to some. S. T. You allowed the ring-bone to assume a chronic form, that is you allowed ossification to become complete on tbe part affected. I suppose that it is about to encircle the joint, and blistering is all that can be done, with chances unfavorable. Treat as recommended J. G. C. In last issue. Why will men allow the day of grace to pass and then expect that a prophet, a charmer, or a witch can be found that can work against nature. Blindness. Editors Indiana Farmer: Please tell me through the Farmer what disease my horse has, and give a cure for it. While plowing a few days since I noticed my horse was losing his sight, and in a few days was blind. The sight ol his die. It is impossible to imagine or tell what a wreck was made by the wind. In less than two minutes only six or seven houses were left standing. Among these are the school-house, church and Odd Fellows' hall, which are now used as hospitals for the wounded and dying. The cyclone was but a few rods wide and just what damage was done is not yet known. Another cyclone, about two hours later, the same night, struck the farm of Mr. Bronaugb, tearing down two houses for him; theu on in its course to the northeast striking the farms of Pirt Henderson and Thomas Smith, making a total wreck of both. No lives lost. Honey Grove. J. D. K. The House has refused to pass the amendment to the appropriation bill as made by the Senate appropriating severa sums asked by the commissioner for making experiments with sugar producing plants, and other purposes. It would be well for the country if th's spirit of economy were manifested as often towards other departments of industry as that of agriculture. ~%if ~\y "W
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1880, v. 15, no. 24 (June 12) |
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VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1880.
NO. 24.
Wt
£fodi.
W. C. Williams, Knightstown, Ind., recently sold two female Poland China pigs
t > C. L. Hancock, Palmyra, Ind., which
•were but two months' old. and yet weighed
5S and 60 pounds respectively.
Mr. J. R. Reed, New Castle, Ind., sold
last week to B*rclay |
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