VOL. XV.
FOB HALE.
mDIASTAPOLIS, I^BIANA^ /TURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1880.
NO. 36.
F°PO*r H~l?^e American Merino bucks.  I. N.
-*-     j^QpIH, Bloomington, Ind.
F0_imnJ'ET?He4 bnll  Shorr-horn calf.   Prln
-anally.   AdjirjM,* Trrrt*    t.   n- . t *,^.™—. —
castle, Ind.
FOR SALE—Spanish MerlDO sheep from reijls.er-
e' flocks.  WM. HYDE TURNER, care IS West
Maryland street
FOR SALE—Three nice Berkshire male pigs, fonr
months old at reasonable price. Address INDIANA FARMER CO.
^\vt j^toclt.
Mr. Anderson, of Sideview, Mt. Sterling, Ky., has yet on hand some 90 head of
Bates blood Short-horns.
FOR SALE—Farms—In various parts of Indiana,
by   M.   ARBUCKLE,  Agent, 68 East Market
stresit   Tnis,-«.—jj-
street,'Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR 8 ALE—The Danville Nursery has some large
blocks ot trees that must be closed out soon to
clear ground.   Send for prices.
FOR SALE—Sheep—A choice lot of ewes.   Prices
reasonable. Address J F. MICK, No   669 North
Alabama street, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—Scholarship complete course ln Indianapolis Business commercial College. Address
J. H. V. SMITH. IndianapoUs, Indiana.
FOR SALE—3-5-8-Hoed Grain Drills cheap for
cash, or on short time. INDIANA EXCHANGE, 18 and 20 West- Maryland street, Iudlanapolls, Indiana.
Arthur Gee, ot Plymouth county,
Iowa, expects to shear a flock of 10,000
sheep next season. The Le Mars Sentinel
says a well posted stockman puts the number of sheep now in the county at upward
of 20,000.
D. W. Thayer, of Iowa, has recently
lost 21 head of hogs by a disease somewhat
resembling quinsy. P. J. Donelon has recently lost several head of hogs. Similar
complaints come from other parts of the
country.
Tne I,* it_.i_i.i_ WAGON, Manufactured by F. Moore A Co., Fon Du lVae, Wlseon»In.
FOR SALE-60,000 Peach and Wild Goose Plum
trees. Also a tine lot of Irish Junipers, Balsam,
Fir and Hemlock. H. M. SIMPSON A CO., V ln-
cennes, Indiana.
FOR SALE—sjO good ewe lambs, at ti each; also,
200 wood ewes, in lots to suits purchasers, at
moderate price. W H. H. SHANK, Irvington, Marion county, Iud.
FOR SALE—A few Short-horn cows and heifers,
and one two-year old bull, re.istered stock,
also, exhibition B. B. R. Games. Address M. H.
ANDERSON. Rockville, Ind.
FOB SALE—The largest stock of Fruit and Orna-
namental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc., ln the
We;t. H. M. SIMPSON A CO., Proprietors of Knox
Nurseries, Vincennes, Indiana. eow
TTIOR SALE—The new Improved Remington Sew-
Jl Ing Machines, at Hereth's Shirt Factory. Ne
37 West Market street. Indianapolis, Ind Call and
examine, v™, «,,,, **-* " — ■-
tageto
-. -..b~_, .uujAuapoiis, ina   Call and
examine.   Yoa will find It greatly io your advan-
> do so.
FOR SALE— I/UO.OOO Strawberry, Raspberry, Currant, Gooseberry and Blackberry plants. Send
ni a list of what you want and we will give special
prices.   H. M. SIMPSON A CO., Vincennes, Ind. ,
**C**OR  SALE—Cheap—Three   tboroughbred   belli
-JO    calves of good pedigree, and 15-16 hof_,iw>_?-
markabla mill, family, all deeo »**-»- tCaatess a-
calves, front j,6Wj.jWxWI, ■ :      '. ■*--
FOB SALE—Price-list tor Indianapolis Nursery
for fall ls Just out. Our Immense stock cause
us to reduce many things nearly one'halt. Write
ns what yon want before _ on buy T. C. BARNUM,
134 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Ind.   .
T7-i3BSALE OB TRADE—A good farm of 133
. JC acres in Southern Indiana; frame honse of six
rooms, large barn, well, cistern, and plenty of outbuildings. Possession given In time for wheat sowing, see CTJLLODEN A CO., Baldwin's block, Indi-
anapli».
FOR SALE—Two yonng Jersey bulls and two bull
calves ol the very best butter family in the
- Stato. 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 foT a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
The Short-horn sale of Mr. Dunlap,
Galesburg, 111., was a very satisfactory one.
The average price for the cows and heifers
was $243 80; and that of bulls $278.
This interest is decidedly improving. All
the sales of this year have been good.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman insists that there should be a new
departure in swine breeding. He says the
new departure must be more lean pork
and less lard; that such hogs would command a better price in the meat market.
The Boston Transcript says: Figures
that during tbeperiod beginning January 1,
1875, and ending on the lst of July, 1880,
there were brought to Boston from Western points beyond Albany 770,341 head ot
cattle, 937,954 sheep, and 2, 281,552 hogs.
 -«-.	
Mr. T. L. Miller, ef Beecher, 111., has
»      _ _     -m -   - __ ___-_~ ' *ojj»jsj»xjS
jnst gone to England *■»»• ~      .
wo-m our government to the American
Minister.looking to a modification of the
English restrictions on our imports of live
stock.
The better condition a sheep is in, the
larger amount ot grain it will be safe to
feed, lambs are much more difficult feeders than sheep; but to a careful man, who
has warm sheds or basement barns, and
understands the business, the profits are
better than on sheep.
Tyner A Hadley, Aeen'^, VlnsIluuispolL, Indiana,
3th* -4arm
Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
FOR SAIiE—Poland China boar, Prince Albert,
near 2 years old, took ilrst prize at the St. Ixmls
fair, also Indiana State fair, besides several connty
/airs, la very tine and a grand show hog. Also a line
lot of pigs the get of Prince Albert. Address, or call
on, D. L. THOMAS, Bushville, Indiana.
FOK SALE—Very low. by the herd or singly.
Short born cows, heifers, calves and bnlls. All
registered and good animals. Imported Chandas,
22350, stands at the head.   Egjys of Brown or White
.Leghorn chickens for sale at 75c per dozen.
JACOB TAYLOR & SON. Spiceland. Ind.
Address
FOR SALE—A fine lot of thoroughbred Short-horn
cattle, Including cows and heifers, some of them
fine show animals and ready for the show ring; also
very fine bull calves to go at weaning. Also, a fine
lot of Polard Chinas of both sexes and dark colors.
Call on, or address GEORGE W. THOMAS, Homer,
Rush Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Good farm cheap; 175 acres In Fayette county, Indiana; 130 acres In cultivation.
Good buildings avd all in-good repairs; l& miies
from railroad station; M mile from pike. Easy payments and long time. For further information call
at the farm, or address M. DAUBENSPECK, Ben-
tonvllle, Fayette Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—A farm of 146 acres lying one-half
mile north of Bloomington on Indianapolis
road; 90 acres ot the land cleared, balance ln timber.
There is a good brtck dwelling house on the farm, a
f>ood barn and a splendid apple orchard. The land
s watered by springs of pure water, and is well calculated for a grain or stock farm. For further par-
__._..         ..       ........  iMARYA.
. O. box 452.
tlculars apply on the premises or address MAI
ROBERTSON, Bloomington, Indiana, P. " •
FOR SALE—A very choice farm containing 160
acrea. permanent spriDg water, excellent soil.
In high state ot cultivation, with house, cellar, two
barns, double cribs, with carriage and wagon sheds,
■ and all necessary outbuildings. It belongs to heirs
and can be bought at a bargain. Situated near Pendleton, Madison county, lnd,\ For further particulars, call on, or address A. C. WOOD, Greensboro,
Henry county, Ind., or CHARLES HAINES, Pen-
. die ton, Madison county, Ind.
VM*er need nor use much water, excep
1 vall^w In. For this purpose it Is
cklne-d that water is important in hot
vtauer. But it is no waste of corn to feed
■vipelin full milk, and the months of August September  and  October  are   worth
fd' rilaiy ail ofthe balance of the year for fat-
t  ttoighog&.
^ctcrinarji*
Mr. C. F. Darnell, of this city, has just
returned from Canada with 52 head of the
finest Cotswold thoroughbred sheep. They
arrived in good condition. Twenty-five *f
them are bucks of great promise—the
whole are entitled to register. Mr. Darnell
will exhibit a fine herd at our State fair,
and at many others this season, and will
undoubtedly take his share of premiums.
ENGLISH CATUE TBADE  BESTBICTI0.
The N. Y. Shipping List refers to t
subject In about the same terms we hi
heretofore viewed them.   It says:
A late number of the Times contain
long report on an interview between Xt
Spencer on behalf of the government,
a certain number of consumers of beef,
was shown that the restrictions place,
the importation of United States cattl
the grounds of disease, oost the count., _.
the rate of £10.000,000 sterling; while Ibe
entire loss .of cattle by plague  whrfn &t
raged was only £8,000,000. '   f
Out of 76,117 cattle Imported into England during the course of the year, onlyW
were affected with pleuro-pneumoni, of
which the British graziers profess io be
so much in dread. Thia does not lo(jk as
though American. beeves were diftnusuu. tn
anv ereat extent  _,„/_!♦ .xTiTX *»>*/'»«*»»•■ •»'* «<***«<•■*■ rrom nose, whether
any great extent, and jetjuewitsti^pj^^^"^^ v,B«.c__tL-.. -Jt. an* how near
mQX^fi-^/n^-rw.%._. vt„,._,_. „f nnmmnn<, h-. 1 th. j,t»ana Balng tincture of aconlt7™t^_r<rtrn£t-,
ureof belladonna 20 drops on ten pie alternately
every two hours, for tire e ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mailmnst enclosea
stamp.
B&8*\-,S}^^ri tEe House of Common's by
a large majority. This is very shortsighted policy, but if they can stand it we
can.
It is highly probable that something of
the stringency of the British restrictions
on the importations of American cattle, is
only protection under another name, and
that it is in the interest of the butcuers and
graziers rather than of the consumers.
Thidepartment Is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Vettlnary Burgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory
StOrjDoctOr.
jes to be observed by those expecting correct
,rs: ' - „
[tate .be rate of"pulse.
-2 The breathing.
?. The standing attitude.
i Appearance bf nalr.J
"Wayne Co., Aug. 28.—Wheat threshed, I
average 18 bushels to the acre. Oats not
more than one-third of a crop. Corn is
badly fired by the drouth; the blades dry
up to the ears in some fields and can't
make more than halt a crop.        B T. R.
Boone Co., Aug. 28 —Weather very dry.
Corn cannot make more than half crop.
Wneat not so good as lust year but still a
large crop for Boone county. Oats but little account, badly rusted. Potatoes will
be scarce. Hogs plenty, some cholera in
places. W.
Hendricks Co., Aug. 23.—Been needing
rain badly for two weeks and corn crop cut
short in consequence, but last night and
yesterday we had showers that greatly refreshed the corn and pastures, and we can
start to plow (-gain for wheat. Threshing
all done. Bartlet pears ready for market,
two weeks earlier than usual. A. P.
Jefferson Co., Aug. 27.—Owing to the
continued rains in early spring and summer. The corn on the white clay flats is
very poor, not more than one-fourth crop.
Frequent showers through harvest injured
wheat and hay s_onsiderably. Wheat very
light heads. Straw abundant. Fly in the
spring very bad. Oats short and thin.
Early potatoes good, l*te ones ruined with
bugs. The Colorado and the long blister
bug are four fold more numerous than ever
known before. Apples.shortcrop in many
orchards. Peaches plenty where there are
trees but not many trees in the flats, do not
pay. Has been very dry during this
month, good rains lately. Pastures have
been good all summer. D. W.
ties. The immense herds of cattle that
roamed over this great valley in early days
were forced to give way to civilization
bave taken to the mountains and territories. The price of well improved lands runs
irom §25 to $60 per acre according to soil
and locality. Good work horses $150 per
horse. Milch cows $40. Sheep $2 per head.
Hugs i\i cents per pound gross. Labor $25
per mouth for nine months and $50 per
month for three months including narvest
sesm. H. L.
MICHIGAN.
FOR SALE—240 acres of rolling pasture land, 25
miles southwest of Indianapolis. 21 of which is
pike, through Mooresvllle on the I, and V. R, R.,
. about two thirds of this land ls elea-ed, and 40 or 60
acres ln corn that can beputln wheat this fall and
then sownln grass for which lt ls chiefly adapted.
Running water the year round, 2 old log bouses and
stables, 2 orchards, ail on the road from Monrovia to
Martinsville. This land lays ln the edgeot the
broken country south of Monrovia, and ls excellent
for sheep land and light grain Will sell for f 1,000,
one-third cash; balance 1<> years at 1200 a year and 8
percent., half yearly. GojxI churches and schools
at Monrovia and Mooresvllle. This is known as the
Joseph Allen farm A ddress with stamp, or come
and see O. w. ALEXANDER, Sole Agent, side door
Central Bank, Indianapolis, Ind.
_ir«M.p___i_A_rEoi?-i.
IF yon want to buy a farm at low cost and npon
very easy terms, apply to THOS. C. DAY, Room
24 Thorpe Bjock, Indianapolis, Ind.
A few years ago long wool brought the
highest price in the wool market; now the
short and fine wools are at the top by a
small fraction. The fact is, the demand
changes with the fashions in clothing. A
year or two ago the demand was great for
long wool fabrics, whereas the fashion has
now changed somewhat to the finer wools.
What it will be a year hence is hard to tell.
Out of 76,117 cattle imported into Eng .
land during the course of the year, only 137
were found affected with pleuro-pneumonia, of which the British graziers profess to
be so much in dread. This does not look
as though American beeves were diseased
to any great extent, and yet a resolution to
remove existing restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States has
been rejected in the House of Commons by
a large majority.
The third annual fat stock show will be
held at the Exposition Building, Chicago,
November 15th to 20th, 1880. The Illinois
Stiate Board of Agriculture, under whose
auspices the shows have been held, are
completing arrangements for the coming
show, which promises to be an improvement of previous exhibitions both ns to
number and quality of animals competing.
The Board has very wisely determined to
exclude from competition aged, animals
that have passed their prime for the greatest profit to the feeder, or for furnishing
the consumer the most desirable quality of
roasts or steaks.
©QK WATCHES, 4 oi. silver casea for $18. Every
OOd watch Jeweled and warranted two years.
wneD ordering state name of express office. Watehes
sent C. O. D. with prtviledge of examining berore ad-
vanclng any money. N. A. STEVENct, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
O AVE *V OTJR SHINGLE ROOFS by having them
P painted with (HEXEYL1NE) FIRE FROOF
PAINT.   We apply lt (Boiling Hot) to shingle roofs.
It brings cnrled shingles down smooth. It prevents
rot. It wm make your shingles last tbree times as
long. We guarantee it to do Jnst what we say. W.
H. LESTER A CO., 241 Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana.
WMTED,
•TTTANTED—To buy a yearling Short-horn Dull of
TT     astraln  with agood  butter record.   Alsoa
Cotswold buck same age.   Address Box 691, Huntington. Indiana.
■LOAJtS.
MON15Y to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent.
Interest.  M. K. VINTON, IndianapoUs, Ind.
MONEY to loan on farms at 7
My terms are fair and libera..	
87 __jj8t Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
percent, interest.
!. THOS. C.BAY,
The average human life is thirty-one
yesn.
FEEDING CORK.
In sections where tbe drouth has cut the
corn crop short it should be studied the
more carefully how to feed the crop. Of
course this should always be considered,
but especially so when strong economic
reasons are apparent. Well-attested experiments show that either or both ground
and cooked grain pioducea larger per cent,
ni-ire of pork per bushel thau when fed
raw nnd whole. We have frequently
heretofore alluded to theso numsrous experiments Farmers who bave short corn
crops should carefully consider how they can
make tbe mo&tpoikoutof a bushel. Both
feed mills and cooking apparatus can be
had and be devised cheaply. The feeding
and fattening of any considerable number
of hogs would justify the outlay. Besides,
thero is an equal Baving likewise in feeding other stock with ground and eooked
feed.
FEEDIHO AHD BBEEDIHO.
In order to produce good stock very
much more attention than is generally
supposed has been paid to feeding by those
who have had best results. The Drovers'
Journal has this very pertinent discussion
of this matter: I
While theory is really the father of prac-:
tice, experience merely being the elucidation or working out of rational theory, it is
sometimes erroneously estimated.      The
very  many different breeds of thoroughbred stock which we now have, adding so
many thousands of dollars^to the material
wealth of the country, are the direct results
of, first, generous feeding and, second, of
systematic breeding.   There are scores oi
persons, even   breeders themselves, who
give breeding the first place, when it should
merely have a secondary one, for breeding
viewed in its proper light, has done but
little towards the improvement (we use the
word advisedly) of live stock.   With feeding, however, it is not so, for generous and
systematic feeding is what really develops,
fosters and improves all the good which
happens to  be innate.   How have those
particular  breeds of   cattle, horses, etc.,
been produced for especial purpose, except
by generous feeding seconded by proper
attention  to hygienic laws?   This is the
impulse which has developed the desired
qualities, whether it has been for flesh, size,
endurance, milk, form or other peculiarity.
This is as far as feeding alone can go, and
breeding steps in to continue or perpetuate tho improvements gained by feeding.
Are not those animals then selected for
breeding stock which, under the system of
feeding bestowed, have shown the greatest
tendency to development in desirable qualities?   The offspring of these are naturally
good animals, for the simple reason that
their parents were well cared for, though
they will soon return to first principles if
neglected.
Feeding improves the desirable qualities
of live stock of all kinds, while breeding merely perpetuates or continues
this improvement gained from good food
and proper attention, each succeeding generation giving us animals with increased
tendency or disposition to answer quickly
to systematic feeding and care. Those
who have really improved the quality of
their stock, whether pure bred or not, are
able to fully appreciate the force of our argument, which may be distasteful to others.
Corn for Hogs.
Says the Iowa State Register, - "The new
corn crop, which is immense, is now ready
to feed hogs. There is no time at which
corn can be so profitably fed to hogs as
when it is full of milk. They will Iatten
faster on it than on any raw food yet discovered. Hogs are a good price and corn
is plenty. Wait not another hour; haul it
out to them. For a while give it to them
corn and stalks together.    While sucking
Barry
pTenly.
Co...
$&Hte®seM
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TEXAS.
Clay Co., Aug. 23.S<,TVheat for flrst time
this year nearly a faif>i^ some fields 10
bushels per acre,much no*»eut at all. Corn**1 .
two-thirds of a crop. Cotton looking fine.
Full fruit crop where there are trees. Our
amber cane has matured, and makes a fine
quality of sirup. A. M.
Eastland Co., Au,; 21st.—Crops all over
Texas splen< 1'. never re ter. Cotton in
this county will turn out from one-half to a
bale and one-half per acre. Corn from 20
to 75 bushels per acre, well cultivated land
100 bushels. Wheat this year averages
only 8 to 12, though some fields turn out
better. The winter drouth injured wheat
very much. Fruit crop, wild and tame
abundant, as the price of land in this and
adjoining county is from $1 to ?150 per
acre. Soil good. Fire wood and stone coal
in abundance. Price of milch cows including calf from ?12 50 to ?15. Beef from 3 to 5
cents per pound. M. L. C.    .
NEBRASKA.
Nemaha Co., Aug. 23.—Corn looks well.
Spring wheat was good; fall wheat half
crop. Oats average. We are needing rain
bad.   Apples plenty. G. W. D.
Jefferson Co. Aug. 23.—Early planted
corn looks well, but it ls a little too dry for
the late planted. Corn is ready for cutting.
Wheat about half crop. Flax looks well.
Everything prosperous. G. C. 8.
Tectjmseh, Aug. 22.—Wheat, small acreage, average 12 to 15 bushels.   Oats  good.
(JtuiV")
■ntral \\
.nun-poll,
 __i1I*fi of"all kinds
Nomn cARoipt_ta~__l.li.JJ.
Davidson Co., Aug. 22,
crop.   Oats light.
/ Sick Cow.
j_k_l"ors Indlaua Farmer:
ijyhat ails my neighbor's cow? Almost
a Treek ago she commenced failing in her
milk; after two days seemed to be sick and
commenced giving lumpy milk. Would
nej.her eat nor drink for a day or so; now
sht seems to be hearty, but still her milk
is lumpy. J. E. H.
Take bloodroot, flour of sulphur, black
antimony, pulv. nitre, sulphate of iron and
resin of each two ounces, ground ginger,
four ounces. Dose, one teaspoonful three
times daily.
Cure for Warts.
Kditors Indiana Farmer:
Please inform me how to cure warts on a
horse, and oblige    ' J. H. B.
If the warts are upon the joints,
throw the horse down; cut the wart off
close, do:.', mind the bleedig, but don't
open the joint; have an iron red hot and
sear, or burn the robfi, which will also stop
the bleeding. If properly cauterized they
will never grow any more. If over deep
fle^h, scalp off the point and make it red,
then cover the sore with arsenic, once per
day for several days, then wait till all the
dead wart falls off; if any is left, treat likewise. Do not fear the result if it does swell
badly.
A Wind Sucker.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a very valuable mare five years
old, that when bridled will throw her
head up and down and snek wind, at the
same time making a grunting noise.
Old Subscriber.
I fear your case is hopeless. I never saw
a wind sucker, or cribber, to suck wind except they can grasp some post, stump or
manger, etc., which can be prevented by
boarding the stall closely, too high to be
grasped by the teeth, and making your
manger and trough not higher than the
knee. While out doors carry an iron rod
about, two or two and a half feet long in
your buggy, with a strap at one end and a
snap at the other; fasten the rod to a post
with the strap, and the snap to the ring of
your bridle.
jOs'S
•: Anasarca.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare is due to foal the 30th ot next
month; has a swollen ridge starting from
below the flank on each side and running
along the belly pretty near to the fore-legs,
causing her to go rather stiff; the ridges
from each side connect together as they run
forward. J. F.
Your mare has anasarca; many mares
are so affected near foaling tlme,anditoften
kills; but few colts survive* more than two
or three weeks alter birth, being poisoned
by the mH*Wr- Take sulphate of iron, bloodroot, flour of sulphur, black antimony, pu-
lis nitre and resin; of each two ounces; of
ground ginger four ounces; mix. Dose,
one teaspoonful three times per day in chop
or any wet mill feed. If she gets stiff in
the joints blister one side of them. Take
a sharp pointed knite, narrow blade; place
your thumb, half an inch back from the
point ord probe her that deep.in every four
inches along the swelling each side, and let
out tbe bloody water.
•"Wheat average
Corn good prospect. In
the'eotton districts the planters say they
never had better growth at this time of the
year. R. G. M.
JtJTXXE.'VOTA.
St. Paul, Aug. 19.—Wheat, oats and barley are good. Wheat not all stacked. ■ Oats
mostly cut and many are stacking. I saw
some threshing machines going with old
fashion horse powers. D. S. I.
TENNESSEE.
Lawrenceburg, Aug. 26.—Fruit co,)
good except peaches. Corn good in most
places. Cotton looks splendid. Labor
plenty and worth from ?5 to f 12 per month.
Weather warm and dry. J. W. D.
DAKOTA.
Dell Rapids, Aug. 74 —Farmers are
about through cutting grain. Wheat will
average from 21 to 23 bushels per acre; price |
$'. Other crops are good. Wages have been
from ?2 50 to $3 per day. F. C. A.
IOWA.
Fremont Co., Aug. 25.—Winter wheat
about half a crop. Spring wheat an average crop. Corn crop the best prospect for
many years. Oats good. Potatoes not
more than half a crop. Apples plentj; more
than enough to supply county. F. S.
Fremont Co., Aug. 24.—Wheat threshing
going on and yield 10 to 20 bushels per acre.
Corn crop will be about half the usual
yield. Barley very little sown, yield about
average crop. Potatoes poor. Yield of apples on upland good.   Hogs scarce. C. M.
ARKANSAS.
Ft, Smith, Aug. 24.—Almost everything
is in flourishing condition here now.
Corn is good and fodder and hay gathering
going on rapidly. Cotton splendid and
opening some. Fruit is excellent. Apples,
plums and cherries all gone. Peaches in
full blast now. Summer apples ripening.
Grapes good in vineyards and woods, many
wild ones could now ne gathered in a few
miles square. German millet is being cultivated is a considerable extent here now
and does well. N. P. B.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Raven Rock, Aug. 24.—Wheat about 12
bushels to the acre, one-half what it was
last year. Worth, old $1; new, 90 cents.
Much of new wheat of very poor quality;
injured by fly and rust. Corn prospect on
river bottom just tolerable good; on upland
quite poor. Potatoes doing very well and
promise a fair yield. Meadows about one-
half better than last year. Small fruits
have been plenty. Prospect good ior fine
crop of winter apples; principal varieties,
Russets and Rj.nie Beauties. Cattle grade
very poor. A. T. D.
xles have been abundant during the season,
Apples plenty. No peaches.   Hogshealtby.
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Oats is nearly a failure, did not fill straw
heavy. Corn on the Missouri bottom lands
will be fair especiallv that of early planting;
late planting and on high lands will be
nearly a total failure, on account of dry
weather. Grass nearly dry enough to
burn. J. I_. C.
MISSOURI.
Pettis Co., Aug. 26.—Corn will make but
a half crop. Wheat good, averages from 12
to 30 bushels per acre. Oats good. Hay
halfcrep.   Cattle and hogs look well.
J. G.
Andrew Co.,Aug. 23—Wheat yields from
5 to 38 bushels per acre. Corn is splendid
and hogs scarce. Stock of all kinds in good
condition. Apples, peaches, grapes, pears,
and plums in abundance here.
D.
Bates Co., Aug. 24.—B-ites is one of the
best Agricultural counties in the State out
ot debt and money in the treasury. Wild
land ?8 to $10 per acre; improved land $15
to $30. Crops of all Muds are good. All
kinds of fruit does well.    • J. P.
Livingston Co., Aug, 24.—Wheat a poor
crop. Oats a fair crop. Corn will not be
more than a half crop for want of rain.
Fruit of all kinds a fair crop. Stock of all
all kinds doing well considering the dry
weather.   Some hog cholerain this county.
J. A. E.
Nodaway Co., Aug. 24.—Weather very
dry, damaging the fine prospects of corn.
Fall wheat was all frozen out in this
county; spring wheat very good, though
damaged some by bugs and drouth. Oats
good. A very fair crop oi apples. No
peaches*. P,,tato crop good. Young cattle
high.   Land very cheap. J. H. K.
Bollinger Co., Aug. 24.—Wheat about
all threshed; yield about 7 bushels per acre.
Oats almost an entire failure,eaused by rust.
Corn never was better. Fruit of all kinds
in abundance. Hogs dying with cholera.
I would advise Indiana renters to immigrate to this country and buy a farm, a
good farm can be purchased uere for $250
or $300. G. R. McK.
On this page we give a cut of the celebrated La Belle Wagon, manufactured at
Fon Du Lac, Wis. This wagon has stood
the test for many years, as thousands can
testify who have used them. None but the
best of material is used in their construc-
tipn. They are well and Btrongly Ironed,
finely painted, and the general workmanship cannot be.excelled. They are noted ior
their very light drait, and for durability
they have no superior.
nonrli |
Farming is said to be a slow business
but sare.   The man who cannot work
the sweet juices of the stalks they will a..d wait will not succeed.
SEW   YORK.
Saratoga Co., Aiig. 24 —I-n this locality
we are in want of rain. Corn and potatoes
are both short crops for the want oi it. Potatoes are worth $1 50 per barrel. Apples
abundant and sell slow, from 50 to 75 cents
per barrel. Pears scarce, good varieties are
worth $2 per bushel. Hay fair crop, worth
$!5 to $16 per ton. Rye on hard land poor
crop, on sandy l;ind gool. The straw is
worth from $18 to $*22 per ton at paper mills.
A large quantity ol wheat for this part of
the country. Tnink they will fall short of
their expectation when tbey thresh.
S. A. C.
CALIFORNIA.
Yolo Co., Aug. 23.—The principle and
only paying crop of cereals grown in the
Sac valley is wheat average crop 20 bushels
per acre, although in many instances this
year the yield is as high as 50 to 60 bushels
per acre; average price $150 per cwt.
Fruit of all kinds with the exception of the
apple and including tbe orange and lemon
are raised in great profusion with proper
cultivation. Sheep and hogs are the only
j stock that are raised in large quantities and
with light profit in the wheat growing coun-
M0EE SWINDLEHS.
Two men, who gave their names as
Gibson Porter and M. B. McIIvain, were
arrested in Cincinnati, on Saturday last,
on the charge of swindling certain farmers in that viciDity. The men represented themselves as agents of the "Western Medical Works, No. 41, Kentucky
avenue, this city, an establishment that
we have frequently heard of, but have
never been able <o find. Their plan of,
operations is exactly similar to that of
many of the swindlers we have bo often
described. By representing a certainty
of large profits they induced the farmer
to accept an agency for tbeir so-called
medicines, and as a matter of form got
him" to sign a paper, which he supposed
to be a simple agreement to receive and
sell the stuff, at so much per bottle or
package, deduct so much as commission
and r»-turn the balance to tbe company.
The "agreement" turns up in bank as
an iron-clad note forfl ,W>, or come such
amount.
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