VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880.
NO. 31.
FOBSAXK.
FOR SALE—Some fine pure bred Plymouth Rock
cockerels at Jl, or 3 for Jo.   R, G. CRIST, New
Market, Indiana.
FOR SALE— Farms— in various parts of Indiana,
by   M.   ARBDCKLE,  Agent, 58 East Market
street, IndianapoUs, Indiana.
FOR SALE-l.fOO.000 Strawberry, Raspberry, Currant, Gooseberry and Blackberry plants. Send
as a list of what you want and we will give Bpecial
prices.   H. M. SIMPSON jfc CO., Vincennes, Ind.
FOR BALE-Cbeater whites, my entire   show
herd, winners of 17.670 in cash prises.    Choice
pigs SJ10 each.   E. R. MOODY, M. D , Eminence, Ky.
FOB SALE—50,000 Peach and "Wild Ooose Plum
trees. Also a tine lot of Irish Junipers, Balsam,
Fir and Hemlock. H. M. SIMPSON * CO.. \ln-
cennes, Indiana.
FOR SALE—I have four pair of white goats for
sale which I will deliverat the Gosport R. R.
depot for |10 a p.lr. They are said to be full blosded
Cashmere.   Address E. J STARK, Gosport, I id.
FOR SALE—Farm of 80 acres near Fortville, Ind.,
Hancock county, 60 acres cleared, balance
heavy timber, on a Pike. Price, 12,101; ii 0 cash. M.
ARBDCKLE, 53 East Market street. Indianapolis.
FOR S ALB—The Danville and Spring Valley Nurseries. 100,000 good trees must be closed out
soon to clear grounds. Liberal terms to agents.
Address T. C. BARNUM, 131 North Pennsylvania
street, Indianapolis.
FOR "sALE—Two young Jersey bnlls and two bull
calves ot the very best butter family ln the
State. Dams make from 12 to 14 lbs. of butter ln 7
days, also 4 young graded Jersey cows. Would trade
some ot the above stock for a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
EOR SALE—Very low, by the herd or singly,
Short-hom cows, heifers, calves and bnlls. All
registered and good animals. Imported Chandas,
22350, stands at the head. Eggs of Brown or White
.Leghorn chickens for sale at 75c per dozen. Address
JACOB TAYLOR jjfc SON, Spiceland. Ind.
FOR SALE—Good farm ctv"C.p: 175 acres In Fayette county, Indiana; I***, acres In cultivation.
Good buildings and all if good repairs; IH mlies
from railroad statlou; X mile from pike. Easy payments and long time. ■ For further Information call
at the farm, or address M. DATJBENSPECK, Ben-
tonvllie, Fayette Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—or trades-A nlcellttle farm of twenty-
nine acres, adjoining on the South the town of
Bedford, Lawrence county, Indiana, brick honse
with 7 rooms, two good cellars, three good cisterns,
horse and cow stable, wood-shed, wash-house,
chicken-house, fruit trees, etc., healthy location,
churches and first-class schools, on the N. A. and C.
R R., ten miles north of the O and M. R. R. For
forther particulars, call on, or address at the above
Place, F A.HOUSTON.
EOR SALE—I offer at private sale, from my large
herd, twenty tine 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 helfters are from
"Marquis of Sugar Grove," a very fine deep red
bull, got by the Imported Second Marquis of Worcester, he by the Third Duke of Hillhurst 30975, most
all are red, and all straight pedigrees running to Imported cows. Will sell singly or ln large lots to suit
fiurchasers. A lew Cotswold lam tis from Mr. Mer-
deth's imported buck. A. MARLATT, Milton,
Wayne county, Ind.
MI.sC__-____ANI_OI.J_.
sent C. O. D. with priviledge of examining be-ore advancing any money. N. A. STEVENS, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
STRAYED OB. STOLEN—Cow, light red color,
white star ln forehead, tip of ner tall white,
Medlnm size. Was fresh when she left home, giving about fonr gallons of milk a day. A llberalre-
wardwlllbe paid for her return, or for information
which may lead to her recovery. Address JACOB
CH ARLES, May wood, Indiana.
SAVE *V OUR SHINGLE ROOFS by having them
painted with (HEXEYLINE) FIRE PROOF
PAINT. We apply lt (Boiling Hot) to Bhlngle roofs.
It brings curled shingles down smooth. It prevents
rot. It will make your shingles last three times as
long. We guarantee it to do just what we say. W.
H. LESTER & CO., 241 Massachusetts avenne, Indianapolis, Indiana.
TO EXCHANGE—Three pairs of exhibition Buff
Cochin chicks, pair of Bed Pile Games, pair or
Black Javas. pair of P. Bock fowls, pair of Part Cochin lowls, two Fredrick's pat. three-horse equal
Izers, four lone exhibition coops, for a pair of exhibition Black Hamburgs, Houdans. White C. B. Polish, White Cochins, Part. Cochins chicks, Scotch
terrier, or offers.   SID. CONGER, Flat Rock, Ind.
LOANS.
M
ONEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent.
Interest.   M. E. VINTON, IndianapoUs, Ind.
WANTED.
ty ANTED—An agent in every township for Mrs.
YV Rohrer's New Remedy lor the Lungs, the
Great Oregon Cure. Send f.r trial bottle to MRS.
E. ROHRER, 317 South Meridian street, IndianapoUs,Ind.
'
tytvt j^torla.
s During the week ended July 16, there
were shipped from Boston for Liverpool,
1,308 cattle, 500 hogs, and 1,979 sheep.
• Mr. C. F. Darnell will in a few days
visit all the fine Cotswold herds in Canada
and buy a fine lot for his farm near this
city.   He means to have the best in Canada.
The Pittsburg Stock man says that last
week there was exported from New York
3,600 head oi live cattle, 2,050 live- sheep,
5,480 quarters of beef, 980 carcasses of mutton and 185 dressed hogs.
A Kentucky paper says: The demand
for young mule colts was never so great as
at present. Anything like a good one is
readily cashed at from f50 to ?60, to be
delivered the first of October next.
Merinos vs. Loicesters, Etc.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Mr. J. L. Thompson',, essay before the
Wool Growers' Association at its last meeting in this city, requires a few words of
reply. As relates to his opinion of the different breeds of sheep, any unprejudiced
man after reading tbe article must conclude
that he is a fancier of the Leicester., one »f
the finest and best breeds of sheep ever
known. He says: "They are not hardy
enough." They are nothardy enough perhaps to stand storms, starvation and neglect. Does Mr. Thompson not know that
no superior stock can stand harsh treatment, as mongrel breeds? Does he believe
in the time when old Brindle was glad to
get a little fodder thrown over the yard
fence to be eaten in the mud, and then lie
down on the stubs. He says that the Lin-
colns do very well with the highest keeping and best of care. Why not allow the
Leicesters the same privilege before condemning them as worthless? I can prove
to Mr. T. that the Leicester breed has been
extolled as a superior breed by able and
experienced breeders long before Mr. T.
conceived his prejudice. He is forced,
however, to admit that mutton sheep are
profitable in small flocks, but says that on
a large scale the Merino has no equal. Let
us discuss the large scale a little, and take
1,000 Merino sheep weighing 75,000 pounds
of mutton, suah as it is, then take 1,000
Leicesters, or Cotswolds,. weighing 200
pounds, and yielding ten pounds each of
wool; or 10,000 pounds of wool and 200,000
pounds of mutton. Now if Mr. T. can deduct the larger from a lesser number, he
may derive somo consolation from his Merino flock, through his imagination, but
not from his pbcket. Mr. T. must be a
homeopathist in the wool business, and
expects to prove that small are more potent
than large doses. John N. Navin.
The sale of {".J Short-horns of the Clinton
County Association, Mo., took place on the
27th of June at Platsburg, Clinton county,
Mo. There were 80 sold, and the average
was $101 50.   The highert price was $280.
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The first large shipment of Merino sheep
ever made from Vermont to Montana was
lately taken from Middlebury by the
McAdams Bros., and filled two cars, one
load being all registered stock, and some of
the beat specimens of the young sheep of
the State.
the boy, who was responsible for the loss,
dared confess his share in the transaction.
Sir Thomas Watson has published an essay
on this disease that deserves close attention.
He says that one of the first signs of hydrophobia in the dog is that its eyes squint and
scintillate in a manner quite unusual. Its
position is changed every moment, it looks
distrustfully on all who come near and licks
some part of its body upon which scars
will generally be found. It becom. a capricious in eating, will try to swallow bits
of string, coal, straws. The creature grows
snappish and inclined to bite, while saliva
constantly flows. The disease runs from
four to eight days; when suspected the dog
should be isolated and watched, and killed
if undoubtedly rabid. Hydrophobia has
increased in the United Kingdom,especially
in manufacturing and commercial centers,
where dogs are commonly kept under conditions unfavorable to health. Two years
ago the disease was alarmingly prevalent
in Paris. No less than 4,500 dogs were
killed by the authorities in July and August.—American Stockman.
Ur. C. C. Gale, of this city, general
superintendent of the Bee Line railway,
has lately bought some fine Cotswold sheep,
and sent them to his stock ranch in. Texas.
He will try the effect of crossing on the
. native sheep of tbat country, as well as test
'the climatic effect on this pure breed.
Cattle and Meat Exports.
The London Live Stock Journal attempts
to make it appear that it will not be a profitable venture to ship stock cattle to Eag-
land at the present prices in this country,
and illustrates the assertion by saying that
''stock cattle are bought in the "yVestern
States at an average of lMd. per pound
live weight, and good sized animals weighing 1,000 pounds on the average would thus
cost £6 5s. each inthe Western States. The
transit by rail from Chicago to the Atlantic
ports, including food and attendance, costs
from 25s. to 30s. per head; and the ocean
transit to Liverpool, including food, attendance, insurance and incidentals, amounts
to £6 10s. or £7, the freight being £5 to _E5
10s. On this reckoning, strong three or
four-year-old steers from America cannot
be profitably sold in Eagland at much less
than £15 per head—a price which does not
promise to create a large demand—and it
must be borne in mind that a journey of
1,000 miles by rail, supplemented by 3,000
miles of sea, has an effect on the cattle
which for sometime afterward is anything
but conductive to fattening. They are, in
fact, a long time in recovering from the fatigue of such a long journey, and many of
them are so knocked about and. bruised
that they scarcely ever get over it at all. It
follows, then, that for some time to eome
British farmers are not likely to meet with
serious competition from American store
stock, while the trade in fat stock is
so costly and risky for the most part that
its dimensions are limited. The dead meat
trade, however, will go on increasing to
meet any demand that may arise, and it is
in this that the competition will tell most
heavily. Fat stock in New York costs at
the present time 3d. per pound, live weight,
and as the proportion of dressed meat is
some 57 per cent, of the live weight the
meat is put on board ship at about 80s. per
ton on the meat, while the dock charges
and salesman's commissions raise it to
some 110s., or 5d. per pound; so that American fresh meat can be sold in this country
to a profit at 6d. per pound."
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Hydrophobia.
The dog is man's faithful friend.but when
under the influence of rabbies,one puncture
ofhis teeth may cause death,under circumstances absolutely appalling. We knew a
casein which hyrophobia caused the death
of a horse, that actually never was in contact with the mad dog. The horse was
much valued by the owner, a well-known
Wisconsin man,and the dog was a favorite,
which had enjoyed comfortable quarters in
the stable a long time, before there were
any dangerous symptoms. When rabbies
appeared in the dog, there was no person in
the stable that knew what was the matter,
and a boy used to tease the poor creature
by dropping the end of the horse's halter
low enough to induce the dog to bite it.
The disease became unmistakable and the
dog was shot. Some days later the halter
that had been bitten by the infuriated animal was used for the horse, and an abrasion
near the nose was inoculated witb the virus
on the rope. No one guessed what might
be the disturbing cause, but the horse was
put to death, suffering the worst symptoms
of hydrophobia, and years elapsed before
Stook Breeding.
We condense from the Mark Line Express a report of an able lecture delivered
by Mr. Jas. McDonald, of the well-known
journal the Scotsman:
"In animal husbandry, three systems of
breeding are pursued—'in-and-in,' 'mixed'
and 'cross' breeding. No point In regard
to stock breeding has created keener discussion than 'in-and-in' breeding. Some advocate it as the surest and thebest means of
stamping uniformity of character upon a
herd. Others tell us as emphatically that
it a ruinous system, certain in course of
time to most seriously impair,if not indeed
entirely destroy, both the constitutions and
the fecundity of the animal so bred. The
greatsmajority of farmers oppose in-and-in
breeding, believing it weakens the constitution and the breeding properties of animals. In-and-in breeding is not of necessity the ruinous system it has generally
been supposed; when skillfully applied under favorable circumstances it is the shortest and surest road to the rearing pure-bred
animals. An animal is the composite pro-y'
duct of numerous ancestors; it will follow
the characteristics of its parents, yet inherit
other herd should be accepted as
evidence of the suitability of a bull
as a sire in a particular herd. The
style and general character of the bull, as
well as those of his ancestors, ought to be
similar to the style and general character
of the animals among which he is to be
used. Unless these are so, no degree of
personal merit will insure success. Pedigree is like the index to a book—it tells of
what parts the animal is composed, and
helps discover whether the ancestry were
good, bad or indifferent, or whether of similar or different blood. These are the real
uses of registration. If the ancestry were
bad, the shorter the pedigree the better. In
cross breeding "first crosses" are usually
more successful than subsequent crosses,
this might be accounted for by the improved features ofthe animals giving place
to the natural characteristics when the circumstances that induced these improved
features has been discontinued. Those
handsome forms, true symmetry, fine quality and good points, that characterize improved farm stock have been induced by
perseverance in well-defined breeding and
general management, artificial features engrafted on the animal-by the skill of man.
Discontinue these, and the artificial features would gradually disappear, the natural characteristicts would always be
stronger than the artificial. The advantage of the good breeding of a sire is very
clear. The more firmly the improved or
artificial features are stamped on a sire, the
longer would that sire transmit these features to his offspring; good breeding, and
nothing else without it, would stamp improved or artificial features upon an animal." v
for some time, and still further darken tho
prospects of our agriculturists.—London
Lancet.
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Live  Stock   Exports   for   Europe.
The shipments footed up 620 head oittle,
2,850 qrs. fresh beef, 450 carcasses sheep
and 185 dressed bogs. The greater part of
the fresh meat went by the Inman steamer.
The dairy products were represented by
large consignments of cheese, and also butter, but the latter not to so great an extent.
—N. Y. Bulletin, July 19.
Al* English stable-boy lately -poisoned
four horses with arsenic, administered to
gloss their coats and give them a gay appearance.
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SON June 30th horses imported into England from Kentucky sold at an average of
£61 or above $300 each.
It is estimated that the Tex»s cattle-
drive of 1880 will realize to the State about
three million dollars.
Sheep Bot,
For some time a great mortality has prevailed among sheep, and the destruction
reported is something appalling. The malady
is popularly known by a very old Saxon
name, "rot," and is in reality due to the
presence in the liver and hepatic canals of
of numbers of the Distoma hepaticum, a
trematode entozoon, as well as the Distoma
laceolatum, also a member ofthe same order. These entozoa,from their resemblance
to the fish called "flukes," have received
the. same name, and have aparticularpredi-
lection for  the biliary  apparatus, whose
This department ls edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor,
Bnles to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
8, The standing attltnde.
4. Appearance of 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 mail must enclose a
stamp.
TAKE   NOTICE.
Inquiries for this department written on
both sides of the paper cannot be used, and
will be thrown into the waste-basket without notice. Pay attention to this rule if you
wish answers to your inquiries.
Spavin.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
1 have a fine mare six years old that has
something like*. *lood spavin; very slightly
lame at times, well at other times.
1 Blister your blood _7pivin; nse Spanish
also characteristics that belonged to its ancestors.   A cow and bull.of great individu-^function they*irtoi-e or,-leBS^jfrB^jqfejA.'^ayt-i^itV^8*^^1?!^1 B turpeisvinej-tflitj-pinti
ling each other closely f thus lead to the*slow death ^ftBd f^i-..-y^^r,cX^/ ^sipeli "with th«
other animals they may iuie&t. .*A.t-lr"-„.-lV.'*4v>).-..   \
seasons, animals which have been r*j*Cttr>-5'* -'   "**-*    '
al merit, and resembling
might produce a calf far inferior to them in
general merit. Next year the same pair
might produce a most successful blending
of both parents. Some attribute such instances to 'spontaneous generation' or
'spontaneous variation,' but breeders generally regard such variation in offspring as
breeding back to remote ancestors. If we
are to insure uniformity in the product we
must have uniformity not only in parents
but also in the ancestry. M. Colcombet, a
French farmer, who set to work to build
up a herd of white Short-horns, not satisfied with animals that were white themselves, inquired their ancestry, and bred
from animals most of whose recent ancestors were white. He has bred about forty
calves, each perfectly white.
"Animals bred for several generations inclose relationship have a much stronger
prepotent power or family current, to mark
and regulate offspring than a tribe of different strains of blood. The more noted
early Short-horns were closely bred. If in-
and-in breeding be applied to animals of
pure and similar blood, of good sound constitution, inhabiting a climate suited to
them, and properly fed and managed, the
good points would be rapidly developed,
while the tenacity for marking the offspring would become more potential each
succeeding generation. If animals had no
constitutional weakness, no marked tendency in that direction, in-and-in breeding
would not develop blemishes. It would
rather, if skillfully pursued, bar engrafting
ailments, for in-and-in breeding avoids infusing constitutional defects through
strains o{ strange blood. Apply in-and-in
breeding to animals possessing in latent
form constitution defects of any kind, and
probably the scheme would be a failure,
each generation would most likely inherit
a double share of the defects of the preceding generation. It develops and intensifies, and perpetuates every force for good
or for evil in the animal'but properly conducted, it creates no new force. Perhaps
the most difficult point connected with in-
and-in breeding, is to know how to choose
new blood, and how to apply it to correct
growing defects in the * herd, without interfering with the fixity of character and
type of the animals that compose the herd.
In 'mixed' breeding the most important
point is the selection of a sire. The breeder
shonld select uniform and well-bred cows,
but should steadily keep in view that in
the production of stock, the bull represents
one-half the whole herd. The bull should
be of high individual merit, bnt still more
important, indeed essential, he should be
descended from a good line of ancestry,
whose characteristics correspond to the
ideal the breeder has in view. Neither
show-yard victories  nor   results   in   an-
the  hand  for several
on tainted land ire-certain to suaerr fr,j:jj,    ,'      r- ';}   Pumiced FtJot.
.,   .   .      ,       . _._•._,_.,•■', ,*   >*- >" J-**-** InjllanaFarmer:
their having Ingested with the herbage ii- v     Tno ouUlde of m    hetses hoofe breaka
ova of the Distoma.   Pastures are t5-_ii_<-__ J 0_T uBtil the bottom of the foot rests on the
by "flake" infested sheep, which ,-}*w tr.-,'j ■jrowod, then he becomes very lame,- until
mature worms of their ova with tho 'ucc*   ."" ~is shod a?Taini whe" £?,wi.iAeLover ¥,s'
-    J lameness., Hoofs so brittle that.they.will
Blind Calf.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a calf that went blind in both
eyes. It is eight months old. It has a
good appetite and chews its cud.
C. L. F.
Take an egg and break the end; pour out
the albumen; mix in salt with the handle
of a teaspoon until thick aud too stiff to
pour out by heat; cover it up in red hot
coals; burn to a char; leave in while it
blazes; when cool, grind and blow Into the
eyes once or twice per day. If a film is on
the eye this will cure; if not, a cure is
doubtful. You have not described the eye,
and not being a prophet, I cannot tell the
disease.
Lame Horse.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that commenced limping
one year ago just slightly in the left front
leg, but for a long time could not find out
what part was affected. In about a month
after a small knot appeared on the knee-
joint, and was very hard. She was turned
on pasture and not used till this spring,
during' which time she appeared to get
neither worse nor better. This spring she
was put to the plow and worked a few
weeks, when the chalisorknot commenced
growing, and continued until she is very
lame, and the leaders are beginning to contract behind the knee. She is now ot no
use for service. Can the callous be taken
off, or if not can its growth be stopped and
the soreness taken out? W. S. P.
The only chance to arrest the callous is
to blister it severely. See blister ordered
for J. C. W. in this issue of the Farmer.
You lost your chance for a cure while on
pasture.
Epidemic Murrain.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Last fall when my cow weaned her calf
she took the nursing sore mouth and
sore feet. I cured her by a reoipe
taken from the Farmer. Now she is
on clover pasture, and lor about six weeks
she has been getting lame. She at first
seemed tender in the right fore-foot, and
now sometimes seems tender or sore in
Loth fore-feet. If you will give a remedy
I will be very thankful, for she is a valuable animal, and I do not want to lose her.
In one week I made from her 14J4 pounds
of butter. M. G.
Your cow did not have nursing sore
mouth, for the reason that it is net incident
to cattle. She has a slight attack ot a violent disease known in Iturope as epidemic
murrain. It scourged England, Ireland,
ind Scotland in 194.0- "JFor- thai feet take
-fTrm -r-iyrrh*.-suTn CH-i3*rrh^.*-***£rt"6^1upjiLy *',
tine of each* one bunCtHn ii_".--w'fuo-li_outhed'
bottle—a quinine bottle is 'best. - Pour iu
slowly one ounce of sulpuurip acid, a tablespoonful at a time; keep well stirred; mix
with one pint of lard and treat tha feet
twice daily everywhere tenderness appears,
especially between the hoofs.
and these lodge on or are wa_shec\j__.to Ve
ground. The worms of, course die. and
ova within the'm are liberated; and these,
together with the free ova, appear to no:
ionly have a strong vital resistance to meteorological atemations, but also the good
fortune to find a ready and acceptable intermediate host in the Limneeu** minutus,'
'a little mud snail common* pveTywliere, and
particularly on wet land. This snail becomes "possessed ofa number of ov,**. ia its
own interior, and during damp weather it
crawls from its breeding place in the ground
up the stalks of grass an ck herbage, and is
swallowed by the sheep or other herbivorous
animals when they are grazing. Received
at first into the stomach, the ova undergo
partial development, and then find- their
way iiito the biliary canals. If their number is considerable, when they have '21-
tained their full growth, they dilate and
obstruct these canals, the walls of which
become considerably thickened. During
their development the secretion of bile becomes gradually diminished, and that flui-T
is viscid, like mucus,'-and altered in color;
at the same time, the .parenchym-t of the
liver becomes atrophied from the compression ofthe "flukes" exercise upon.it/ and
may even become disorganized. Hence result-4 icterus, disturbance in ^nutrition1,
an.'omia, dropsy_and a general cachectic
condition.-        ..V •   • .-'--'■
Sheep are not the only victims which suffer from the Distoma,for during the present
mortality hares, rabbits, deer, • and t horse*
are said to have become Infested and 'died.
The Distoma hepaticum has long- been
known tb exist in -the horse and ass; when
they were allowed to -pasture on unclean
lancLduring wet seasons. ' . ;. ■'. ,,; -
'Salt appears to bean excellent and well-
known prophylactic agent,- and even a curative one, when the disease has not made
much progress., This beneficial action of
sodium chloride has been known almost
from time immortal, and the freedom from
"rot" of sheep which have been pastured
on salt marshes has been-also recognized
for centuries.
The flesh .of sheep which have been affected with this verminous - disease cannot
be said to be positively'dangerous as food,
though it must be greatly reduced in nutritive properties, as wj 11 as quality. The
human being may receive and harbor the
Distoma, a fact worthy, of remembrance.
The present mortality is likely to render
sheep scarce and expensive in this country
not hold nails but a short. time.'*'Was in
bad hands before I got him, one year ago.
'v    ■-  -'      ;<>    . •J.C..W.
Your horse* Tut* pumiced foot, from founder -or* some -ofiier inflammation Keep
;-oniinrj4lly shod -with a widev. ebbed shoe,
JliJ keep Jie -*r*H continually oiled. x
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:   ,        '   Thick "Wind.
Adltcr-. Ijii fsfla .\c--jj_r:
l:-!V,.*-,isa-_5'iv,,s f-irtbii'l. winded horses?
Vt **o, _-t*.c ibVi-i -_•, the -olumTis of the
FAitSUm, anT, ,-; *,■ •     O. P.
Tha euro for Ar,<,i_ vsi-iC "•- commanded
by tbo parts atlVtoi.. "•;' 1 '.ironicthickening ofth'e n«.i*iis n-embBueof the trachea,
(wind-pine)* bltattr i-evertAy. if of the bronchial tubes. oV'of 'the air , <'lb„ of 'lie lungs,
blistering canrfot reach; In i->'tr_»jj.;i«ie or
form give the" following: 'T...>'-.i,-o.iietic,
Spanisli brown, ginger and fa<5U",ij>f each
two ounces; nitre, fonj oun*-j.->s, v j>_s«n, one
teaspoonful throe titr't*." p.* ■ /Uy _i ^rcund
or chop feed, wt-t'^4rrt -J . I wi-h *vnter.
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Editors Indiana JT^iSvijP ^    '
I'have a mare siarvySars old thr-vfi. - j^'en
a little, lame ln one. of ber to_,l-.< , ■ fu'
about two -months. When standiuj-- -si*',
sets the foot forward; the shouldfcr apr* tr'i
to be a little shrunken^ had thought ,tio^
be sweeny, but the skin is loose.'    >.* /*...  '
Your mare has sweeny, no matter if tha
hide i-floose,-it will lpng-be so if neg.6-.tod.
Take oil of spike, oil of arganum, aqua ammonia, spirits of turpentine, spirits of wine,
olive -oil of each two ounces. Rub the
shoulder every alternate day, making four
applications in eight days; grease on ninth
day and let go—use lard.
Tumor. V-
Editors Indiana Farmer: *     -V.    .
I -have a young horse that has « '*buff .
coming on his hind leg in front just below1
tl-p hock-joint. It seems hard ajid gristly, '
but loose, not fast to bone; also a youilg
mare that hadj the sweeny about a year
ago.' The skin has become loose, but her
shouldtvs do not fill out.   •' C. J. M.
iCut tlw'hide "over the/tumor and cut"It
out, if below th-» joint,andy>iot on the seat ■
of blood, spavin.     '   . *i
A Bad Cafee.     '"
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My borse is out of fix,* hair rough, passes
water six or seven times a day, of a white
color; sweats very freely; eats well; seems
very weak, dull and sluggish, letting flies
bite him without trying to knock them off.
Has two knots on hlsswindpipe, been there
some months. He bag) something like
gnats covering his feet just above the hoofs,
*   , .  ' D. R.
Give yonr horse two ounces of sweet
spirits of nitre every two hours until his
water changes its color, if weakness con
tinues give him 40 grains of carbonate of
ammonia every two hours until he gains
strength; - tht^ri feed him in chop or mill
feed with one teaspoonful of the following
three times per day: Bloodroot, yellow-
root, flour of sulphur, black antimony and
sulphate of iron of each ^wo ounces; ginger, four ounces. Give the nitre and ammonia in water as a drench-.
'- For-the sweeny, cut the bide loose from
the muscleiC*_,y»dividin|>- the cellular tissue;
take a piece of iron two feet long or more
if necessary, about as 1^-geasalead pencil; get youf blacksmith to form it into a
season knefyile by flattening one end with
two sharp edges and tapering to a sharp
point; punch the other^end, forming it jnto-
an oblong eye; cut a hole In the hide above
and below the shrunken parts, and with
the sharp end of thosea'ton kneedlo cut the
bide teose from the- fittacbments, then run
a soft cord as thick as a man's small finger
in at the upper hple and out at the lower;
firs-tsniear, the cord with Yeiytae turpentine:
raoi'j ilp and down once daily, and smear
with the turpentine everytime you n ve
it; keep the lower hole open enough to allow the matter to escape. 4
Strango'ifjlreak. x
Kditors Indiana Farrn«T:        ' I
I have a two-year-old heifer, half Jersey,
has not had a calf, and is not with calf, that
began to show signs _two months ago of
coming to milk, - her udder became full
and teats enlarged. About four weeks r^go
I turned a ten- months' calt with her -Ssl-jeh
had been weaned for six months, and \n a
day or two I noticed hersueking the heifer,
which she continued to do for about ttree
weeks, when I separated tliem, and began
milking the Jersey.. She is now giving
one gallon of milk per day and increasing
daily. H. W. C.
You can take any heifer at the time she
comes in and commence to milk her and
by patience bring her to milk. At such
times they spring an enlargement of the
udder and teats, and the handling starts a
slight inflammation in tbe milk ducts
which produce a greenish yellow secretion
almost as thick as honey. If this secretion
is kept drawn it will incrtase gradually,,
and if not be'fore, will turn white after tb</
next period o 'menstruation, and *l">,Jielf
is likely to give milk wi'1'?^*^**^;
life in the absence of a male. ^    f„.
I saw of this kind was in 'i'^'^ff
this State, the property of "»\VvJ*
Fouty.   She was eightyears c-^j^"
I saw her, and had been givii>5_
years, never had a calf, but if iW
calf would be as likely to run
calving as any other cow.
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