VOL. XV.
INDIA^TAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATUBDAY, SEPT. 25, 1880.
NO. 39.
-fOB-ULE.
"I***l0R BALE—A nearly new Four-ton Hay Soale. A
bargain.   "SCALB*." this office.
FOR  Sale-Winter   Oats.    FRKD   a
Washington, Daviess county, Ind.-
F0R SALE-Choice high grade bull calves, ready
fur use; fine milkers   iso.   Address O. W. ALLEN, Dana. Ind.
FOR SALE-Three nice Berkshire male pigs, tour
months old at reasonable price. Address INDIANA FARMER CO.
FOR SALE-Two nice ferrets, %s fbr the pair, or fn
apiece.    Address J.  CARTER, White Lick,
£oone connty, Iud.
FOR SALE—A  first class Hay Press, only been
n.e4 three  months, for  half price.   Apply to
"PRISS." th s t.fflre.
FOR SALE-Pure Taylor Proline Blackberry roots
for fall or spring planting.   Address JACOB
TATLOR, 8plceland, Tnd.
FOR SALE—Winter Oats at tl per bushel:  bags,
55c extra.   Address J.  D.  S. BMIlH, Cwens-
vllle, Gibson county, Ind.
FOR SALE— Farms— In various parts of Indiana,
by  M. ARBCCKLE, Agent, 58 East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
EOR   SALE—Short-horns—Younr   kulls,  bull
calves and heifers, with good pedigrees.   E. 8.
FR 1 ZEE, Qlenwood. Rush county, Ind.
FOR SALE-Scholarship complete course ln Indianapolis Business. Commercial College. Address
J. H. V. SMITH, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE-SO.COO Peach and Wild Goose Plum
trees. Also a flue lot of Irish Junipers, Balsam,
Fir and Hemlock. H. M. SIMPSON A CO., Mn-
cennes, Indiana.
FOR SALE-lmpros.ed farm. 76 acres, 4 miles of
city, near ttrfgbtwood. At a harrain aud on
easy terms. CII_\8. E COFilN, 84 North Delaware street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—The Danville Nursery wlllsell aptie
ofthe best s->rt* and irom mtdlom to large size
for |7 per 100, end other things ln proportion. Will
commence digging about October 1.
FOR SALB—A few Cotswold male lambs of tbe
June stock, and from the largtBt prise win-
nine dock that ls known at the fairs. J. M. MARLOW, Adams, Decatnr connty, Ind.
OK SALE—1 pair Light Brahma chick, 5|t>a!rs
     Dark Brahma chicks and 1 pair Daik Brahma
fowls.   WlU sell cheap.   Quality ot sto' k first class
Write to HOMER CALDWELL, Wabash, Ind.
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FOR 8ALE-1/00.C00 Strawberry. .Raspberry. Currant, Gooseberry and Blackberry plants. Send
til a Hat of what yon want and we will give apeclal
prices.   H. M. SIMP&ON A CO.. Vincennes, Iud.
FOR BA LIE—Fifty stands of been, all In good condition* at auction. Wednesday, September 22at
I o'clock a m.,atmy reBiderce four Fooarts northwest of the Atlas Works in the city ol IndlanapollH,
MRS.C. E HAMLIN.
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OR 8 A LE—The Indianapolis Nursery will ofler
  special Inducements to parties busing to supply their neighborhood, or to plant. Address T,C.
BARNUNf, 134 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOK'SALE-Sheep—400 ewes, 200 ewe lambs;!
Southdown buck 2 years old; took 1st premium
at Tndiana State fair 1879. prices low. Address J.
F. MICK, No. 669 North Alabama Btreet, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SAI*E—A farm of 105 acres. 5 miles south of
Vincennes, 2 houses, 1 barn, orchard, never failing well, good springs which run out on pure gravel,
the only gravel bank within miles, rich soli, suitable
for stock or grain. Address WM. I. SEARS, Vincennes, Ind.
"TJIOR SAI*E—Two young Jersey bulls and two bull
JD calves of the very best butter family in the
State. Dams make from 12 to 14 lbs. of butter in 7
days* also 4 young graded Jersey cows. Wonld trade
some of the above stock for a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE—A farm of 146 acres lying one-half
mile north of Bloomington on Indianapolis
road; 90 acres ot tbe land cleared, balance in timber.
There is a good brick dwelling house on the farm, a
f'Ood barn and a splendid apple orchard. Tbe land
s watered by springs of pure wat*r, and Is veil calculated for a grain or stock farm. For further particulars ant-ly on the premises or address M> RY A.
ROBERTSON, Bloomington. Indiana, P. O. box 452.
MISCKULANEO^.*.
BOARDIT^G-By the week, day or meal   MRS. J.
A. MILLS, 793 North Tennessee street, IndianapoUs, Indiana.
SHARPLESS and other kind* Strawberry plants,
at Spring prire", by the 10, lOo, or 1,0C0.   Addres
F. A.FERREE, Roann.Infl.
fQ K WATCHES, 4 oa. silver cases for |18. Every
• OO watch Jeweled and warranted two yeare.
hen ordering state name of express office. Watches
sent C. O. D. with prlyiledge of examining before advancing any mont/. N. A. STEVENS, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
WANTED.
"TTTANTF.P—Iowa,  Kansas and Nebraska lands.
> V    Address G. M. BALLARD, Indianapolis, Ind
JbOAjrs.
M'
ONEY to loan on Improved Farms at7percent.
Interest.  M. E. VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent, interest.
My terms are fair and liberal. TIIOS. C. DAY,
87 E&st Market street, Iudlanapolls, Ind.
GATHERING   SEED   CORN.
A Word to tho Corn Raising* Readers of the "Farmer."
Editors Indiana Farmen
The time is now at hand when we
should gather our seed corn for our next
year's planting. Thia is a matter of the
greatest of importance, as all farmers
will admit that it is impossible to make
a good corn crop unless we have a good
stand. In order to be certain of a good
stand we should select our seed in the
fell. My manner of gathering is to take
a sack, Bwing it on, sbot-pouch fashion
and go through the corn. I select none
but well-filled ears. I avoid all overgrown, green ears. I must have a good
stem, I am particular on this point, for
it is a settled and fixed fact that a large
stem is a sure indication of a sappy shallow-grained ear. I do not care how
large the cob may be in corn, so it has a
small stem and deep grain. Every
farmer knows that it takes more corn to
fo round a large cob than a Bmall one.
leave a small amount of shuck on each
ear; I then tie two ears together and
hang across a wire in some cool, dry
place. • Corn should be hung far enough
apart to avoid heat or must. Do not be
afraid of freezing in winter, if your corn
is thoroughly dry. I would urge every
farmer to try this plan and I will insure
his seed to grow under almost any circumstances. North field.
Boone county.
Ijjftvt j^foclt.
C. F. D-ii-SEix has engaged 20 pens at
the State fair for his imported Cotswold
sheep.	
Mr. L. W. Ledyard, of Cazenovia, N.
Y., has just Imported 15 head of fine Guernsey cattle. .	
The third annual Fat Stock Show will be
held in the exposition building, Chicago,
November 15th to 20th, 1680.
Nothing ia so profitable for hog pasture
as clover and rye, as they remain more tender for a longer period than other grasses.
«»	
Mr. J. E. Wymond, of Aurora, Ind., sold
a fine Cotswold buck during the fair thero,
to Mr. Olcott, of Chesterville, at a good
price.
It is said that Frai.ce imported in the
flrst four months of the present year 87,000
head of horned cattle, 575,000 sheep, au'd
93,000 pigs.	
A farmer of experience ln wool growing
bas well said there is more money in growing wool at 20,cents a pound than to loan
your money at 10 per cent, interest.
 «.	
The loss sustained by the sheep farmers
from tbe depredations of dogs surpasses
many times over any value tbat these dogs
can be for the protection of other property.
ss*
Lincolnshihes, Cotswolds and South-
downs are considered the best mutton
sheep, each breeder having his favorites,
but the Lincolnshires are claimed to make
the greatest weights in the shortest time,
 -^"	
Mr. J. I,. Brknton, of Petersburg, Ind.,
last week bought a tine imported Cotswold
buck from the late importations of C. F.
Darnell, of this city. Mr. Darnell bas sold
several fine breeders in the past week.
No one can estimate the value of the improvement made by Short-horns upon our
native breeds. They have doubled the value of all the cattle wherever they have
been introduced, and are adding more of
the wealth of the country than all our
mines of gold and -diver.
£ Some writers would have us believe that
there is only one breed that ould be successfully crossed upon the common fine-
wooled sheep of the country in order to
produce a good mutton-and-wool sheep,
and that is the Cotswold. Others tell us
that if a Cotswold is not used, a long-wooled
ram of some kind must le used, which
means Leicester or Lincoln. I believe that
all the various breeds possess merit, and
any of them can be used with profit, but
some with more profit than others. The
middle wooled breeds, which .embrace the
Southdown, Hampsbiredown acd Shroj*-
shiredown, possess merits, and when
crossed upon the ordinary fine sheep or
grade coarse ones of the Middle or Eastern
States, lambs will be produced that for both
mutton and wool, will be hard forthe Cotswold or other long-wool breeds to beat. I
also believe that on the Western plains,
where the prevailing sheep is the Mexican,
tbe ap-ralled American Merino cannot be
beaten by any of the English breeds for
use in grading up and making a breed that
possesses merits as a wool-and-mutton
sheep. In localities where early maturity
and a good fleece is desired, no better cross
can be made than with a pure-bred Shropshiredown ram upon common coarse or
even fine-wooled ewes, but as the pure
Shropshiredown is very scarce in this country (most of them being brought from,
Canada by dealers, who buy half-bloods
there and sell them in this oountry ior
pure-bred,) I would advise that if a pure
Shropshiredown cannot be had, then a pure
Southdown or, next, a pure-bred Cotswold
or Leicester, should be used.
Mr. Alex McClintock, Millersburg,
Ky., has recently sold a large number of
fine Cotswold sheep, over 400 head since the
first of August last. The prices of these
averaged $22 68 per bead, bucks and ewes.
Among these was an extra ram, bought by
Mr. Gordon, of Metamora this state for $ 100
and ten yearling ewes at $17 50 each. It
will be noticed that Mr. McClintock advertises in our columns another fine lot of Cotswolds for sale.   Note his liberal terms.
Pennsylvania has expended thus far
nearly $4,500, says the Boston Cultivator,
in suppressing pleuro-pneumonia, of which
sum $2,365 were paid for killing 150 animals
infected with the disease. Over 6,000 examinations were made, and the special
agent is said to have traveled nearly 11,000
miles while in the performance of his duty.
Maryland has been considered the principal source of infection, belt as that State
has in operation a law for the suppression
of the disease similar to that ln force in
Pennsylvania, it is believed that its spread
in that State will be effectually prevented.
BEEED  OF BAM FOB CB0SSIKO VP.
A practical stock farmer of New York,
who appears to know what he is talking
about, contributes the following to tbe
Country Gentleman:
As to breed, I advise using a thoroughbred. The time has arrived when the
prices of all thoroughbreds put them within the reach of all, and when a breeder who
owns.fifty ewes comes to the conclusion
that he cannot nfford to purchase or hire a
pure-bred ram, he had better sell his ewes
or fatten them. Nevertheless, a well-
formed grade is better than a mongrel, but
it will pay far better in the end to nse a
pure-bred ram, even if many times the
price of a grade has to paid for him. Few
breeders fully understand the advantages
to be gained by the use of a thoroughbred
sire, and it is not an uncommon occurance
for a half-blood te be selected in preference
to one pure bred. It is a fact well known
by those having experience, that when a
pure-bred ram is used upon common or
mongrel ewes, (no matter what the breed,
providing that he be pure bred,) there is
always an increase of size, and many times
an Improvement of form in the offspring.
Therefore I say that many deceive themselves by saving these half-bloods for sires,
for the result is usually unsatisfactory.
The half-blood generally fails to get any
considerable number pf lambs that are
even his equals, for the simple reason that
blood will tell as sure as two and two make
four, and when the grade sire is used, there
ia not enough pure blood ln his get to manifest itself very much. While some of the
lambs may show well, others will not.
Hence I assert that success is always certain in the first cross, but doubtful in the
second.
Short-Horn Cattle in England.
Under the head of "Bates and Booth
Short-horns—an Inquiry and a j?ugge£-
tion," Judge Jones of Ohio has the following interesting letter in the London Live
Stock Journal of August 6th:
Within the last two months I have carefully examined a great many herds ol
Short-horn cattle in different parts of the
kingdom; have examined them at the
shows, royal provincial, and at home in
the stables and pastures of their owners.
While I have endeavored to visit leading
representative herds of the most distinguished strains of blood, I have not neglected what are regarded asthe plainer pedigrees, and in the far-famed valley of the
Tees I have seen many excellent herds of
Short-horns (as I have, indeed, in other
parts of the kindom) that had no pedigrees
at all. My purpose has been to inquire
what the Short-horn blood has done, and is
doing to improve the cattle of the British
farmer In usefulness and profitable qualities. The result of my inquiry has been,
on the whole, most satisfactory.
In all parts of the oountry the "red, white
and roan" colors are found in much larger
force than any other breed; while in many
counties no other sorts are to be seen. The
increase of the Durham blood since I was
in the country before (now 40 years ago)
has been enormous. In all the best farming districts, and, indeed, in many of the
mountain districts of Wales and Scotland,
where the farmers are endeavoring to improve their cattle, I have found them resorting to this blood.
According to the liberal rules of the National Short-horn Society (wisely liberal, as
I think), pedigrees showing four crosses of
registered sires are entitled to entry; and
yet the number of herds recorded in the
herd book of that society is very far from
indicating the actual number in the country.
It is, moreover, a fact that the owners of
pedigreed herds may profit by looking into,
that there are many lots of what are called
eommon Short-horns, in the possession ot
painstaking and intelligent farmers, that
will compare most favorably with pedigreed
herds of high distinction in the same condition of flesh, the intelligent reader has
doubtless seen, as I have, Short-horn nurse
cows of high ranking pedigrees, that were
in no respect inferior to their aristocratic
associates in useful qualities; all which is
of course, no discredit to the pedigreed
stock, or the public-spirited men who breed
lt, but is, on the eontrary, most conclusive
testimony of the value of the carefully
preserved and recorded pedigrees in improving the general stock of a country.
But to return to matters suggested at
the beginning of this communication, the
"Bates and the Booth." There can be no
question but that, despite all the false logic
that the public has heard and read in reference to these two strains of blood—positions assumed that are not only false but
absurd, as speaking of the Killerby, and
Warlaby, and Klrklevlngton cattle as if
they were, if not distinct breeds, at least
having the fixed characteristics of sub-
breeds, that were transmitted with uniformity to their progeny—and then, as resulting from this assumption, the necessity
ol breeding "in the line," and denouncing
all other methods, however careful the
breeder may be in selecting the best animals in form and quality, and purity of
blood too; in spite, I say, of all this, and of
the unquestioned deterioration it has in too
many instances inflicted, the Booth and the
Bates bave been wonderfully improving of
all sorts and conditions of cattle, not only
in these islands, but in the great agricultural countries beyond the seas.
I have been to see representative herds
of what are called pure Bates, and pure
Booth, and have been surprised to find how
well their excellence has been maintained
under the false system of in-and-in breeding. But you know, Mr. Editor, the perplexity of these breeders in tbeir endeavors to find animals of remote and yet allied
blood. The in-and-in system/they admit,
must not be carried too far, and an "out
cross" may at' times be beneficila. And
yet they say, in the face of several very
marked instances of success, tbat it will
not do to breed these two strains, that are
claimed to be beyond all controversy superior to a' 1 others, togethe-!
Now, the inquiry I have to make in reference to this matter is, whether any ono
knows of an experiment made in breeding
Bates Bires to Booth cows? There have
been, I know, instances ofthe Booth blood
being tritd on Bates cows, as the well-
known case of Lord George cross on the
far-famed herd of Mr. Alexander of Kentucky, where one cross was taken of Booth,
and' then returning and adhering to the
Bates.
Now, I understand all the advocates of
the Bates blood to claim that, however it
may be with the Booth cows, it must be
admitted that the bulls of that strain do
not compare with those of the Bates blood,
while on the other band, tbe Booth men
say that the superiority of the cows of their
favorite blood is a matter tbat no intelligent Judge can question.
N«j->v, then, what is the great elementary
rule of the breeder's art? Why, to breed
tbe best to the best! Ah, me! When viewing the grand cows in Mrs. T. C. Booth's
splendid pastures the other day, how I
longed to be young again, that I might try
tnis very experiment! I have seen some
of the grandest and best of the Bates bulls,
American and British, (they are, of course,
in one sense all British,) and I thought,
beautiful, flne, broad, level and fleshy as
these cows were, I might, besides getting
away frem the objectionable incestuous
in-and-in system, improve in thigh, color
and style, and possibly in milk too, that
grand herd, by a cross with a Bates bull of
approved characteristics. And so, when
looking at such herds as those of Col. Gun-
ter, Earl Feversham, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Bectlve, etc., I thought If I
were proprietor, how I should like to Dring
into the herd two or three of Mrs. Booth's
splendid cows, to try the experiment of
Bates bulls upon them and their produce,
This is my suggestion, and I cannot see
why, by the use of Bates bulls on the best
Booth production, it is not reasonable to
anticipate an improvement in the length
and spring of the Bates forerib, in the
crops and foreflank, in the fineness oi tbe
shoulder at,d hip points, and possibly in
evenness and depth of flesh.
Leicesters. This cross was again improved
by Mr. Samuel Meire, son of Mr. J. Meire.
They were brought Into extended repute at
the Shrewsbury Meeting, In 1845. Since
then they have been admitted by the Royi-1
Agricultural Society as a distinct breed, to
compete for any of its prizes. The only
characteristic wich it retains from the old
breed is its e'ark face. It is now more
than double the weight of the old breed,
and the fatted yearlings will weigh from
twenty-two to twenty-four pounds to the
quarter. The live weight of some ewes 240
pounds. A fleece of overseventeen pounds
has been sheared from a ram, and over
eleven pounds from a ewe. The mutton is
not excelled by any other breed; by many
it is claimed as being equal to the Southdown.—American Cultivator.
The Berkshire Hog.
Amongstswinethe Berkshire is generally
admitted to possess t|e property  of  marbling his meat in an  eminent  degree; my
experience coincides with tbis, but I find
that it needs certain   coi.ditlons  to  attaip
this marbling even among pigs of the same
litter and of as nef.r an even type as  possible.   I am particular as to evenness of type
in the pigs because breeders well know that
even in one litter from a Berkshire  sow  a
coarser or finer, large or small type of the
breed is produced, caused by  the  various
antecedent crosses used in building up the
strain.   I have observed  that  it  requires
continuous generous feeding on a mixed
diet from birth to maturity in order to obtain the best style of marbled-meat.   The
The diet must contain all tho elements to
form muscular tissue as well  as  fat,  and
must be continuous in order  to  develope
the fat vesicles and keep  them  gradually
filling as the animul  grows,  so 'that  the
muscles shall not become  hardened  and
dried up as it were around them, and thereby stunting or altogether preventing their
delicate   formation. •   All  feeders     know
how hard it is to get a beast that has been
stunted when young to fatten  at  all,  and
what an  unsatisfactory  exhibit he  ever
makes.   Is not the reason plain?   His  cellular tissue and fat vesicles have become
callous for want  of use ih  development
We further require that this ripe meat must
be produced at an early  age in  order  to
profit.   We must then be the more particular in the selection of flesh and fat forming
food suited to the  youth  of the  animal.
I bave observed that strong food,  such  as
corn or peas alone, will  rapidly  fatten   a
two-year old hog,  but  will  after  a  few
weeks positively stop thegrowthand thrift
of a six months old pig.   Why?   Because
the young thing requires to buildup frame,
bone, muscle, etc., (which the old  hog  already bas) and his young digestive organs
are not strong enough to eliminate from a
concentrated food of one kind, the different
elements he requires, and besides  no  one
food contains all these  elements  in  sufficient quantities.   The process of fattening
ln an older animal is a gradual laying on of
fat on the frame already formed.—Cor. of
the Ruralist.
I have one of Navin's stock doctor books,
but do not find anything in it tbat describes
their case. It. R. B.
If you turn to page 179 you will find that
you, not the book, are in fault. You will
fiud the disease headed bronchitis. Read,
mark, and study the book, and you will be
much bentfited. The remedy yon seek
will be found there.
Paint It.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
I have a cow with clogged teat; fills up
very slowly when s^uef zed out; bag caked
a little more in that than the others; milked about one gallon from each of the other
teats the morning before she calved; could
get none from tbat after It was emptied.
There seems to be a little lump in the center of the teat next to the bag.     J. Q. B.
Paint your cow's udder twice daily with
tincture of iodine and give the following
in feed: Bloodroot, black antimony, flour
of sulphur, pulv. nitre, sulphate of iron,
and re-dn of each two ounces. Dose, one
teaspoonful three times daily.
Nearly Cured of Glanders.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Your remedy for cure of glanders has
been used, and the disease seems about
cured, but my horse has been swelling on
the knee Joints ever since she took the
glanders, generally in one hind leg and
one fore knee. Has also a lump on the hip
large as a man's hend, right under point of
hip it is soft, seems to be soro when
touched. Glands not enlarged any now;
runs some at nose yet and has a few lumps
over her body; good appetite.      G. L. S.
Your mare is not yet cured of her disease; her swellings are the effect of farcey.
Lance the absess upon hip, and blister her
knee, and write me for further information, which I will give if stamp accompanies the letter; this coarse I am determined
[upon. Please take the trouble of writing'
with ink.
Beef Packing in Texas.
One of our exchanges says: Agood example of economy is shown in the establishments where beef is packed. There are
beef packing establishments at Rockport
and Fulton, Texas, both of which places
are In the centre of cattle ranges, in which
at least 100,000 beeves are slaughtered every
year. Every part of the beef is utilized,
even the tufts of the tails, which are preserved and sold for the making of ladies'
frizzes. The blood flows into tanks and is
sold at two cents a pound for the making
of fertilizers. The tongues and lean beef
are cooked and eanned. The hides are
salted and sold again. The fatty matter is
extraced and goes to tallow. The bones
are boiled to a pulp to extract this fatty
matter, and the dry bones, mainly of phosphate of lime, are sold at one cent a pound
for fertilizing. The feet are cut off, and
from the hoof neatsfoot oil is extracted.
The horny part ofthe foot, the shinbone
and the knuckle bones for the manufacture
of domestic ivory. The horns are piled up
until the pith becomes loose, and this is
added to the fertilizers, and the horns are
sold for manufacture.
Postal Card Correspondence.
Shropshire Downs.
The Shropshire Downs have now become
a very valuable breed of sheep. In many
respects it resembles the Southdown, but
it is of a larger frame and shears a heavier
fleece, which has a much longer staple.
No doubt this breed of sheep had its origin
in the old Shropshire Morfe. In 1792 the
Bristol Wool Society reported that Morfe
Common, a tract of land of about 608,000
acres, was where about 10,000 of this breed
of sheep were kept. They are described aa
having black or spotted faces, and weighed,
when fat, from nine to fourteen pounds per
quarter, and produced a short,  fine  fleece.
They very much resembled the Ryeland
breed.
A Mr. J. Meire was the first one to make
any improvement on this breed. This he
did by first crossing it with the Southdown.
After that cross was again crossed with the
'iJctcriiuirjr*
Tills department Is edited by Cr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, antbor ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers: *
1. State the rate of pnlse.
5. The breathing.
3. The standing attitnde.
4. A ppearance 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 in 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.
It. N. Kelnhart:
The submaxillary glands are not under
tbe chin, they are above, between the jaws
at theirjaroadest part, or a little below, so
I can give no opinion. Give him the recipe found on bottom of page 487, asordered.
Your mare has pollevil, which treat as recommended on page 214, or page 7 in appendix.
What Ails My Horse?
Editors Indiana Farmer:
His neck is swollen on each side of the
top in front of shoulder blade, extending
forward of where the collar works; has
been so ever since the first of the summer.
Wm. S..
Blister the parts swollen daily with the
liquid blister, pulv. cantharides, and spirits of turpentine, one ounce of the former
to one pint of the latter. Rub in well with
the hand until it hurts; when well blistered use it every alternate day for ten applications, then grease with lard and let go.
Coughins..
Editor Indiana Farmer:
What ails the sheep? They have a sort
of sneezing cough and a discharge from the
nose; the discharge is quite light, colored.
They pant some when breathing. They
are losing flesh.   What will I do for them?
INDIANA.
Fulton Co., Sept. 18.—Wheat nearly all
sowed. A great deal of barley being sown
this year. Corn not so good. Potato crop
poor. Peaches plenty where there are
trees. Cattle doing well; yonng cattle
high. Fat hogs scarce and plenty of hog
cholera. E. D. B. ,
H-4NRT Co., Sept. 18.—Wheat sowing
about half done; about the same number of
a«res will be sown as last year. Two thirds
ofthe last crop is already marketed. Corn
has done well since the rains, aud is ripening np nicely, and is already better than
we anticipated. Apples a large crop, and
very fine, but no market, have to hog
them, in order to get anything out of them.
Early potatoes good, but late enes a light
crop. Hogs doing well, and healthy fo far
as I hear.   Cattle and sheep scarce.
P. P. R.
DAKOTA.
Dell Rapids, Sept. 14.—Farmers are busy
threshing. The wet weather has damaged
wheat some. Fine weather now. Other
crops good. Farmers are well satisfied
witn the result this year. F. C. A.
JIICIIK-A-J*.
Cass Co., Sept. 18.— The wheat crop
here was good, better than last year; some
of It goes to 45 bushels per acre. Oats was
about half a crop. Corn Is poor. Price of
land is coming up. Farmers are busy
seeding now. W. W. S.   •
KANSAS.
Crawford Co., September 17.—Health is
good here. Crops are good. Corn a little
short by dry weather. Wheat was good,
but some was shelled out by the wind before cutting. Cattle doing well. Hogs
rather scarce. Peaches and apples plenty,
and plenty of rain. E. D.
ILLINOIS.
Clay Co., Sept. 18.—Wheat nearly 8.1
threshed, and average about 18 bushels per
acre; quality good. Will not be a large acreage sown on account of being too dry to
plow. Few have commenced drilling.
Corn crop one half short, droutli and chinch
bugs the cause. Stock hogs plenty. Hay
was a fair crop and fruit plenty.       W. D.
IOWA.
Cass Co., Sept. 17.—Everything in a flourishing condition in this part of Jowa.
Wheat is making from 10 to 20 bushels per
acre. Corn is very good, more than an average crop. Oats fair. Hay is rather short
on account of dry spring. Wild fruit very
abundant also tame where there are trees
large enough to bear. J. B.
Morality cannot make a pure heart; it
is peculiarly disqualified from accomplishing what is required for fitness for
eternal life. Still, many are deceived by
what is done by this power, and are led
to risk their eternal destiny upon ifs
teachings. The laws are rigidly observed; they are good honest, honorable,
do not lie, profane God's holy name, nor
break the ten commandments; they conform to the laws, not from policy, but
from noble principles of rectitude. Such
are deluded into the conviction tbat all
is being done that is demanded of them;
such are resting on what will eventually
prove but as sand. He who observes
only moral laws is no more free from
condemnation than is the vilest (-inner. Morality will not save from divine
wrath, and. the judgment will be given
by the Judge who judgeth righteously:
"Depart from me; ye cursed."
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