VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY. NOV. 20. 1880.
NO. 47.
FOB9A1X
FORHAI.IJ*—Pure blood Jersey Red hogs. Address
PETKR KII.LKB, Martinsville, Clark county,
FOR BALK—Cotewold Charley,
Coiswo'd buck.
          ., a thoroughbred
_ ore year old.  cheap. - B. O.
CRIST. Mew Market, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pure Taylor Proline Blaokberry roots
for fall or spring planting.   Address JACOB
for fall or spring planting.
TAYLOR, Spiceland, Ind.
EOR 8ALK—or trade—A  flrst-class Hay Press,
only been  used three months, tor half price.
Address 'PRH.S9," th's omce.
I
F
OR BALS—Farms—In various pacts of iDdlana,
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOB   SnLE-Kftrms  In   Indiana—all   sites   and
price*.   U~»AS.   K.  COPKiN, 31  NorUi   Delaware stree;, IndianapoUs, Ind.
IOR HALE— Chester Whites.
      for usf, and some sows hr<
MOODY, Kmfnence, Kentucky.
FOR HALE— Cheater Whites.   Kxtra pigs: ready
for ua*', and some sons hred.   Addrtss DR. £.
FOR  BALS—Inside of twenty days, pure Jersey
K««i hogs, ready lor  present  use.   U. T. *t W.
-V.BELL Jitmesi own, Roone county. Ind.
"IT*OR SALE—1*50,000 apple, peach, cherry, pear,
JD ann older kinds of *in.*k. at wholwal*. and retell.   Address WILLIAM SHiF.RSON, Wabasn.Ind,
l^Wt
)t0Am
FOR 8A LE—Leicester and Cotswold sheep, lately
imported trnn, Canada.   I have buth bucks and
ewes .Address THOMAS TRIBBEY.P1?moutn.Ind.
FOR S .LE—Dairy of frrty-flve cows: fixtures all
complete: near oity, in good location; custom
first-class. Will ss-ll fur rash or trade fur small farm
near city. Address '-DAIRY," care of Farmer ofhee.
FOR SALE—Draft stallion, gray, four years old,
16 banns weight 1.-150 pounds, first premium
wherever exhib ted. "lreri by Imp. Cl}dt*aalf> Mar.
qnls of Lnrue. MANN BROS., Boutbport, Marion
connty, Ind.
FOR SALE—"We bave Just Imported 09 head ot
thoroughbred Cotawold anu Llnconshlre sneep
trom Canada. AJ*Jlre-o Wt I.L1AM .81,. KKSON,
Wabasb, lnd„or PERRY KEsLlMO, Onward P.
O. Cass county, Ind, '
FOR BALE—I have a few more pairs of Plymonth
Kockh, Hondans, White Cj chins. Black and
Spanish, which  I must sell to make room.   Write
, roon for prices an*d description of stock.   Address O.
' W. DUNNING, Marlon, Ind.
FOR BALE—A choice lot of Poland China pigs
-  ready for service: either sex; wtll breed some
fine  sows anu ship  at any time to Si.it purchasers.
- Also Bbori-boru bull  calves for sale.   Pl.aBe write
me belorejou buy.   __, H. AIKMAN, Box 21, Dana,
Indiana.
Thkrb are 600 stook pecB at tbe Union
Stock yards, tbis city, and 150 more will
soon have to be built to accommodate the
increasing business there.
E. Teck A Sons, Geneva, Kane oounty,
111., breeders of American Merino sheep
from best Vermont stock make a speoialty
ot breeding rams for Western markets, aud
they are meeting with great success, although breeding from five hundred ewes
they are unable to  keep  face, with  their
orders.
j*
Mr. W. Siobrson, Wabash, Ind., has
lately returned from Canada with 69 head
of thoroughbred Cotswold and Lincolnshire
sheep for his farm. We have received some
photographs, and samples of wobl from Mr.
S's. flock which are flne. The ram "Toronto beauty" is a beauty indeed and weighs
~360 pounds. The interest in fine sheep is
constantly on tho increase, and we are glad
to note the fact, for no farm can well afford
to be without good sheep. /
Manual of Cattle Feeding is the title of a
new book J ust out of over 600 pages. It ia
a treatiseSon the laws of animal nutrition,
and the chemistry of feeding'StufC. in their
application to the feeding ot farm animals.
It treats thoroughly the laws of animal
nutrition, a subject that the general farmer
has studied but little, and about which all
shonld know more. The book is a valuable
one and should be widely read, costing but
Jl 60 per copy. The author is Mr. Henry P.
Armsby, Ph. D. Published by JohnjJViley
<fc Sons,«New York city. „,y. '   *      ■-.■'..
FOR J-ALE—Two young Jersey bulls and two bull
calves ot the very best butter family in the
Btate. Dsms make from 12 to 14 lbs. of butter ln 7
days, also 4 young graded Jersey cows.  Would trade
SOmes;t tbi» s^jg. «. r^.1. fny „ ji^y. J.JJ.V .in.--.,    j_?.j.
JOHNSON, Oreencastle, Ind.
TTIOR RALE-Cbeap, nice little farm of54 scree tOS
X! miles north of city limits. Pretty fair Improvements, 4, acres culilvated, balance guod timber,
lasting wating; oo pise leading ti, city: house stable
and orotiitrd. Owner must sell. Address V. K.
MORRIS, 58 East Market St.. Indianapolis. Iud.
FOR SALE-A No.l "•_ Jersey. V, Avrshire. bull
calf s.-lid fawn, dropped Sept. 21th, sired by
Hasseiman's lst prirebuii; his dam averaged last
year over 11 quarti milk per dav. which made nearly 1 pound butter; price. %\__ Also 3 large purebred
Pekin ducks and 1 drake; price, •*■ tor tbe lot. A.
BElFtRT, 13 N. II].*S. .city.
FOR SALE-A. J. C. <**. bulls for sale rr exchange.
One bull dropped May 17,1879, sire Monsieur
(1723), dam Belle ot Patterson (Mt61.. Bull calf
dropped October 3,1.80, Blre Berlin Prince (.-wen), dam
(imported) Florence Billot (7849). These bulis are
both solid color with black points and extra fine
Will sell at low fitnres dr exchange lor A. J. C C.
cows or heifers. Address W. J. CH1NN, Frankfort,
Kentucky.
FOR SALE-Thrroushbrert chicks,
snepherd  pups, etc.
. , Scotch collie
_-.,_- . Chicks of the Jollowlng
verif tie-: Several trios White Legborns. a few earh
of Light Brahmas, Partridge Cochins and Pea Comb
Partridge Cochins. The Shepherd pups are from
Imported 'Tannic" S'ock can be seen at the Indiana Poultry Yards, .West Morris street, (near
Pugues run), or address W. J. E18TTJN, Indianapolis, ludiana,
FOR SALE-128 acres of land lying In Knox county, Harrison township, 2>_ miles from Monroe
City, 10 miles from Vincennes. 127 acies uuder fence,
some growing wheat on it. 70 acres of corn ground
for next spring, frame house, spring with soft water,
ont buildings, young orchard S acrea bearing, 200
sngar trees, land lays rolling with good soil. For
further information call on JOHN M. REEL, on
lower Petersburg road,7H miles south of Vlneeunes.
FOR   -"ALE—A  flne  farm of forty acres situated one mile  southwest of Dublin on good
tnrnplke and two miles from Cambridge City, with
Sood buildings, well watered, plenty of timber for
re wood, land In a high state of cultivation; about
80 young fruit trees, about half of them a choice variety of apple, the baiace in pear, cherry and plum,
with grape vines in abundance; also with gos>d
stock scales, on premium, and many other conven*
lences for comfort and ail van case. For further
particulars, address THOMAS SOHOOLEY, Dub-
j lin, Indiana.
vnMce_t___AA3(_sovn.
JOHN KIDD, attorney-at-law. rooms a and 90
, _, "horpe Block. Proprietor of "The World's Collection Bureau." Collections and commercial litlga-
Con a specialty. Personal attention to cly business.
f; O fT WATCHES, 4 n. silver cases for lis! Every
yw watch Jeweled and warranted two years.
1?S ""Jerthf* state name of express office. Watches
sent C. O. D. with prlvlledge of examining before advancing any money. N. A. STEVENS, JeweUer,
Brandon, Wisconsin. «■.*»,
WANTED.
WANTED-Farm Buyers-To write stating where,
ln this State, size, improvements, value, etc,
of what he wants, I have a large list of good farms
to sell cheap. M. ARBUlKLi-, 68 East Market St.,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
LOAMS.
MONEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 per cent.
Interest.  M. E. VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
MONEY to loan on Improved farms at 7 per cent.
Commissions reasonable.   WM. HE.	
BON,74 E. Market street, Indianapolis.
KNDKR.
MONEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent, interest.
Mv terms are fair and liberal. THOd. O. DAY,
(7 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
- PEBJtTBED WITHESSES.
Two of the principal witnesses in the
case of the forged Garfleld-Morey-Chi-
nese letter have acknowledged that they
perjured themselves In their testimony.
It is an alarming state of affairs when
such despicable and fraudulent trickery
dare be attempted to carry an election,
and it is to be hoped that all-Who were
guilty of planning the fraud or who
knew of and countenanced it will be
punished to the full extent of the law
and branded with infamy. It is encouraging for the cause of political morality
that many of the Democratic papers
were as prompt in condemning the rascality of those who instigated the infamous plot, as papers of the opposite
party.
AM0KO TEE JEBSEYS AND SH0ET-H0RNS.
Whilst in Louisville,- Ky., a few days ago
on bu»iriess,taking advantage of a tew leisure hours, we took a drive out to Pleasant
View Farm, two miles south of the city, to
see the Jersey and Short-horn herds of
Messrs. J. E. Morey & Co. We were surprised to see so large and handsome a farm
lying so near the city limits. It is most admirably adapted to stock-breeding and a
stock farm. It comprises four hundred
acres of land in a body, most beautifully
situated and undulating, though not hilly
enough to harm a foot of it.' A very handsome, spacious two story residence stands
on a gentle elevation near the center of the
farmland every part of tbe land may be seen
from here. Along tho east side of tho farm,
and separated irom it only by the publio
road, soon to become an important avenue,
is the new City Park, now being rapidly
improved. From the top stories of the residence, nearly the whole of the Park is seen.
The steet railways have already been extended to within a mile of the farm and
park, and when the latter is completed and
thrown open the street cars will be extended
here. The farm is splendidly watered with
live spring water, and in every way is naturally adapted to the purpose for which itis
used. v It is fitted up with large and excellent stook barns where all the stock may
be sheltered in bad weather.
The herd of Jersey cattle now numbers
35 head, all registered, or entitled to and
will be registered. At the head of the herd
stands the bull Elsmore 4,384, one of the
finest Jerseys we have seen in many a day.
Next is Toung Baron 702, and Duke
of Grayholt 1,036, and Pierrot 636. Fear-
naught, 1,854, is from W.B. Crawford's herd,
celebrated for their good milking qualities
and fashionable color combined. There is
not an animal in the herd that is not plainly
and well-marked, as belonging to the fine
milk strains of this breed. The Short-horn
herd has at its head a straight Rose ol Sharon
bull, an animal whioh shows his strain and
supurb family in all points. Among the
well-known families represented by cows
in the herd are those of Hilhursts, Orfords,
Booths Cleopatra,Colling*sAdelaide. Martin
A Co's Leonlda. The families represented
by bulls were Oxford of Vinewood, E*rl of
Oxford, Royal Vesper etc. Most of the
young stock belongs to the splendid Rose of
Sharon strain, so popular and well-known.
The herd is in very fine condition ln all respects. Mr. H. Lewis, member of the firm,
has immediate superintendence and care of
herds and farm, and with the splendid start
and eligible location must make a great
saccesa in stock-breeding. The farm ls being made a stock farm almost exclusively,
and as before stated, is admirably adapted
to the purpose.
Fast Horses.
Tbe standard trotter is one that can cover
a mile in 2:30. It ls said that less than 600
of all the horses raised and trained ln the
United States have this record. The number that can trot in 2:50 bear the ratio of 1
to 2,383 horses raised. As a business the
breeding of fast horses is therefore very
much of a lottery; and when we recall the
fact that the high prices whioh famous colts
have brought have rarely been received by
the men who raised them, the .prizes in
breeding and training trotters are few and
uncertain.—Scientific American.
Valuable Sheep.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I noticed in the Farmer for Oct. 23, a
heavy return from a sheep last year owned
by Mr. D. Smith. I will give return on 03s
of mine. I am the owner of a Cotawold
ewe that had thretvlambs, two of which'. I
sold for 910 each, and the third I retained.
I sheared $3 75 worth of wool from the ewe,
making her product in one year $33 75.   '.
Monroe Co., Ind.        John A. Russia..,
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Pleuropneumonia. \
Kditors Indiana Farmer: .,'
During the recent session of the American Short-horn Breeders' Association; in
Lafayette, the attention of those present
was.called to the great danger of the spread
of pleuro pneumonia in this country and
notably to the great stock raising regions
of the west and southwest.   -
The efforts made by many persons in this
State, together with the action of our State
Board ot Agriculture last winter in -regard
to the passage of laws in Congress, ior the
stamping out of this terrible scourge are no
doubt fresh in your minds. Also the' monger results attained; a bill having been prepared, referred to its proper committee &'ad
no further action having been taken upon
it. "j:
. This association called the attention mare
particularly to the imminent danger now
pending, by a resolution, the substance jof
which was that each member do all he could
personally to cause the farmers of the West
to let alone the dairy calves now being
shipped in Chicago from the east and scattered broadcast over the more immediately
contiguous States. , I
• : This was now forcibly brought to Ely
mind by seeing in the Chicago Tribune l^r*
November 1,1880, the following, in t he li v>
stockTeports and market; .*■
"A feature ofthe market was the unj-i
edentedly heavy receipts of.calves*
total arrivals for October cttTM not
fallen much short of 15,000, while tha
rivals for tho past tbree months ran
toward 40,000. These came mostly! from
the east, New York, Ohip, and Michigan
contributed the bulk, and have been ilist-i-
buted among the Western farmers, booi.
going as far west as Kansas and Nebrai ka."
These calves brought in such numbers to
that market must largely be handled by
buyers and dealers; and such men are not
supposed to inquire scrupulously Into the
locality from which each Individual animal
came. It is also a well-known fact that the
massof the human family are not so educated
to that high standard, and of mortality that
will preclude the possibility of their selling
calves tbat may have been exposed to
pleuro-pneumonia, or even suffering from
the incipient symptoms. It is also well-
known that in several places in the east
this disease does exist and that from time
to time it overleaps its boundaries in the
immediate vicinity and breaks out in new
localities. The contagious character of the
disease is also well known in most localities by the attention that has been called to
it by our many agricultural papers, and in
a few localities by the serious losses incurred in trying to stamp out or control the
disease.
Dr. Law says. "This Is the most insidious of all our animal plagues, the one
which now most urgently presses for active
interference, and which, if negleoted, will
bring a terrible retribution in the future.!'
Wnen, then we take Into consideration
the facts above mentioned, it seems to me
that the stock men of the. West should tremble over the fearful possibilities that are
put in position by the shipment of 40,000
of these calves, picked up in various portions of the East, during a period of three
months and scattered broadcast among the
farmers of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.
Suppose one calf with the disease latent
in its system be received into the Chicago
stockyards, and there so far advance as to
sow the seeds of disease in those yards thoroughly, and then be shipped out over any
one of our trunk lines of railroad scattering
the disease far and wide. What power
could stop it in its course, or prevent its going at least to the Rocky Mountains, and
in all probability to the Pacific coastT
I would not appear to yon tobe an alarmist, or wilfully injure the Chicago market
.or the legitimate business of any man; but
I would advise all our Western farmers to
let severely alone all such imported calves,
hailing from the East, until such time as
we can have good and wholesome laws
passed and proper and thoroughly skilled
Inspective Officers appointed in our principal thoroughfares, whose duty it sh.all be
to look after such matters.
Further, let us one and all use all the influence we are master of to induce the next
Congress to speedily give us laws such as
shall at once and for ever stop the spread
of thlsdisease and stamp it from our shores.
Till we have such laws enacted and rigidly
enforced we must expect to see our foreign
cattle market injured—our cattle discriminated against and our country in danger of
sustaining a loss that can only be counted
by millions directly,and millions more indi
rectly by the ban which must necessarily
bo placed on free and rapid transit for our
stock.
This is a matter tbat affects us all, producers and consumers of beef alike,andl seriously hope that each reader ofthe Farmer
will do all he can to awaken every man to
a sense of the serious evil tbat threatens us
C. L. Inqersoi-I..
Purdue-TJuiversIty.
Postal Card Correspondence.
Horses ln Canada.
Geo. Houghton oi Seaforth, Canada, gave
the following experience before the Ontario
Agricultural Commissloc:
I am a large dealer in horses; about 200
horses a year have passed through my
bands during the last twenty years; I generally bny as a commission agent; my
market bas generally been in Boston; I
have also bought ior the New York and
Pennsylvania markets; I buy all classes oi
horses—both heavy draft horses and light
general purpose horse*'; the formf r are required chi, fly ln the city, and the latter for
the farm, for light wagons and street cars.
I buy from the farmers for about 25 miles
around Seaforth; the demand for horses is
increasing, but there have been so many
taken from this neighborhood that the supply is getting short; Canadian horses are
preferred in New York and Boston to
horses from the Western States, and command from $25 to $50 a head more. For ordinary horses I have been paying from $90
to $100 and for good Clyde herses from $125
to $200. I consider Clyde horses more
profitable for iarmers to raise than any
others, as they are able to work when they
are two years or two years and a half old;
the reason Canadian horses are preferred to
Western American horses is that they are'
not fed up so high and will wear better;
western horses are fattened on corn like so
meny pigs, and it injure? them; Canadian
■> '-"i. i' horses will thrive, while Western horses go
'''■•'■1',5pjVfc?-ck?>ardf. -In all cases I think farmers
iha t|y   pbou.d use thoroughbred stallions, and as
well iy>  good mares as they can get; in this district
there are none but the best class of stallions
used, as the farmers are learning  that it
pays them  best; the horses that suit me
best are those five years old, but buyers are
so anxious to get them tbat they take them
at two years.   All the pure Ulydes in this
part ofthe country are imported horses; all
the Canadian-bred Cly des are  crosses; I
think there will be a demand for all tbe
grade Clyde horses our farmers can  raise.
IXDIAK-i.
' Harbison Co., November 11.—This
has been a very fruitful season. Crops
were all fair. Growing wheat is looking
well now. J. C.
DANvrm:, November 11.—Expect to
finish eorn gathering- to-day. Yield
gcod. My Ben Davis orchard, 10 years
set this fall, yield 10 bushels to the tree.
A.F.
BartttoIjOmew Co., November 10.—
Corn gathering the ordpr of the day.
Farmers are mostly holding for40cenis;
yield about 35 bushels per acre. Hogs
selling for $3 75(5.4.   Potatoes a failure.
J. J. M.
WABAsn Co., November 11.—Farmers
in this county are very prosperous at
present. "Wheat, a veiy large crop put!
in. 1 think this county from all appearance towtd one-fourth more than last
year. Hogs scarce and farmers selling
on account of fcarcity of corn, the crop
being light. Hogs healthy; sheep on the
increase.   Farmers making rapid i»trides.
W.8.
XORT-Qt CAROLIK-t.
New Castle, November 0 - Our products are corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes,
some cotton, cabbage, turnips. Tobacco
generally good. W. W. S.
TEXAS.
NoiiAND Vai.i_ey, November 9.—No
wheat sown. Cotton good; two-thirds
picked. Corn good price; 25 to 30 cents
per bushel.   Hog3 Ecaice. F. "W.
mcnioi-i.
Ottawa Co., November 12.—Weather
bad. Corn very poor crop. Wheat
looks well and a large acreage. Sound
fruit is pleniy. Choice apples are worth
50 ceniijptr barrel. ■ Potatoes about half
crop anu a poor qualitv. L. B.
■■■■•- OHIO.
Pickaway Co.. November 11 .—Wheat
all i-otVjU, nnd looks well. Corn crop excellent! Peach crop wss so large that all
could not be sold or used. Clover seed
averages four bushels per acre. Potatoes about half crop.   Weather flne.
•E. E. T.
well. Shipping cattle 4J@,4Jp; feeders
j?1@4c. Bheep active and from 3@4<\
Bogs pcarre, and high; many having
been lost by cholera. Well fatted lots
selling at 4@4jc. Aged mules sell at
from fl00@175. Horses dull except for
fancy drivers. Frnit crop poor; apples
very scarce. I. 8. G.
ARK AND AW.
Clay Co., November 10.—Our crops
are all good and in good cor dii ion.
Btock good price and plenty of it. Labor
in great demand at this time at good
prioes. 8. A. H.
White Co., November 11.—Wheat Is
a poor crcp. A gocd many farmers say
this is the last year they will raise wheat.
Cotton two-thiidd of a crop. Corn and
sweet potatoes fair orrps. Atplts yield
well. They sell at $1 per barrel. Bweet
potatoes 60 cents per bushel.
F.M.I.
Ft. SMITH, Novemler 9—Crops aro
being rapidly gathered; "cotton is king."
In this county it is entirely tubing the
plare of small grain. Scarcely any
wheat raised here. Cotton not more
than half a crop tl is year. Corn is
splendid; extra good. Mast of all kinds
pleiuifiil, bickoiy and walnuts, 8coins
and pecans; bogs fattf ning fast without
any other teed besides what they get. in
the woods. N. P. B.
KANSAS.
Saijne Co., November 11.—Wheat Is
looking fine; large atreage fowe; average this year 10 to 16 bushels per acre.
Corn about half crop. Hogs scarce.
Cattle plenty and doing well. Potatoes
good. Borghum yielded 50 to 100 gallons per acre. ~7~ -<.-• _, L. D. H.
Barton Co., November 10.—Weathrr
mild and waim. Tie growing wheat
looks fine. Com a ba'f crop. Potatoes
a fair crop. Bweet potatoes excellent.
Stock of all kinds doing well in this
country. Laud is won li here 55 to $10
per acre.   Health good. J.I.F. K.  .
.Atxe,**- Co., Nov-no I: er P.—"Yield of
wheat per'scie 10,to 20. huniels. Corn
average good. Oats food, Po:atoes
plenty; price 50 cents per bushel.
Peai-hts were fed to lie hogs. H-?gs
ctarceand high. No (Colera. _ Cat tie
Fcarce and high; calves -worth from 10 to
21 dollars: yearlings 15 to 18 dollars.
Wheat looks flue, acreageilsrger than
last season. >A. J. W. as
'fjetcrinarg*
Tills department la edited by Dr. John N. Navtn,
Veterinary Surgeon, aotnor ot Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State tbe rate of poise.
2. The breathing.
3. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance ol hair.
6. 11 congh,'and secretion  from nose,  whether
glands between the jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. It breathing ia rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must be lost ln blistering
throat, and osing tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tengue alternately
every two hours, for time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by matlmust enclose a
stamp.
Swollen Ziegs.
Editors Indiana farmer:
I have a mare whose hind legs are swollen from the knee down to the hoof and
feel very feverish. Seems all right every
other way. Her front legs are commencing in the same way and place. Am bathing with salt and vinegar. What is beslr
.      -    - G. D.S.
Paint ypur mare's legs with tincture of
iodine once daily, for at least two weeks.
Then take flour of sulphur, bloodroot,
ground nitre, black antimony, sulphate of
iron and resin, of each two ounces; ground
ginger four ounces. Hiz and dose one tea-
Bpoonful in wet feed.
Lame Mare.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
I have a mare tour years old, that was
hurt about one year ago by getting her
hind foot over a rope halter, burning
her heel or leg in the cavity under the fetlock. I gave treatmant recommended tor
scratches. The sore healed up but left a
hard crease reaching half. round the leg.
Leg is swollen in the ankle joint, no fever
at any time af er it healed up. B. W.
The medicine used accomplished all that
you may expect. You got a citrax where
the destroyed hide joined, this is what yon
call a crease. If you cut the citrax out you
will of course have another lesser one,
which is all you gain by the operation.
Try to remove it with iodine.
MISSOURI.
Vernon Co., November 10.—Corn
crop better than expected; will run from
20 to 40 bushels per acre. Wheat is look-1
ing quite well; a large acreage sown.
The fruit crop is abundant and of good
quality. Good winter apples are worth
trom 30 to 40 cents per bushel.
A. J. H.
Chariton Co., November 11.—Corn
gathering getting pretty well along;
is marketing from 20 to 40 cents per
bushel; not very good quality. Wheat
is looking fine but needing rain. Stock
of all sons doing well and bringing fair
prices. Hogs a little scarce; most of the
corn is sold to the feeders at £5 cents per
bushel. Land is changing bands lively
at from $5 to $10 per acre for raw land!
$15 to $25 for improved. J. N M,
NEBRASKA.
Phelps Co., November 10.—Rain in
abundance this fall. Fall wheat looks
well. Btock looking well considering
the dry summer. Old wheat worth 69
cents per bushel; corn 25. Potatoes hard
to get at $1 per bushel,   No hog cholera.
T. W.
Adams Co., November 10.—Wheat
about all threshed. Corn a good crop on
old ground that was tended well. A
great deal of fall wheat sown here and
looks well; average crop this jflpar; five
to twenty bushels per sere at 70 cents
per bushel. Potatoes good where well
tended; 60 cents per busbel. Sweet potatoes grand, as large as ever raised.
Wehave plenty of native"plums here
which are a good fruit. Stock looks weil.
The green wheat growing on stubble
fields makes good pasture for herds now.
Plenty of rain here this fall to make the
plowing good. Alarge acreage will he
sown next spring. Emigration coming
in. J. L. B.
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Editor Indiana Farmer:
I want to make a purthase of tlife
bushels of number one seed corn, (yel-x
low) that is not mixed with any other
kind   of   com.    Some one would   do
well   lo   advertise such  in jour "For
Salt," list in the Farmer.       J. J. M, fl
Bartholomew Co.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Pleasegive address of aDy firm  making metal tags for marking cattle. *;    ___
Covington, Ind. aTB.™
They are made by Chambers, Quinlan
& Co., Decatur, 111.
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EEMAEKABLE FATALITY, •
Mr. Benj. Sears, our agent at Epsom,
Daviess county, writes us of a most distressing affliction wherein almost the en- ter'
tire family, of Mr. Malem Border, six in
all, himself among the number, had
died within the space of ten days, of
milk sickness. The two surviving children were very sick with the disease at
the time of writing.
Near Malott Park, this county, five
children in one family died, within a
week, of spinal meningetis.
_-_-_-NTUCK*r.
Hardin Co., November 10.-Corn
good. Wheat from 5 to 15 bushels per
acre. Oats not good. Fruit tolerauJe
good. Horses and mules lair price, but
a great many got the epizootic in a light
form. Hogs scarce. Gcod sheep worth
from 2J to 3c per pound. Wheat not all
sown jet on account of wet weather.
Potatoes not all dug yet; about three-
fourth of a crop. W. H. S.
Barre Co., November 9.—Wheat not
an average; eight bushels per acre.
Large crop sewn this fall. Oats not good;
half not barreled; wetweather the caute.
Tobacco an average in quantity and
quality. Corn gcod, where it was cultivated well; never better; not much
greater in yield. Hay good, never bet-
Pastnrage good. Clover sown in
spring not good stand. A. C. J.
Nelson Co., November 9.—The rainy
week just passed put a quietus on the
enthusiastic corn busker, but old Sol
again cheers him. Corn crop very fine
in this section. MaDy crops estimated
at from 12 to 15 bbls. and telling at $2 in
the field. Wheat acreage large; much
pains has been taken iu sowing; mostly
drilled with the various fertilizers, aud
I looks very promising.    Btock  looking
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We wish to inquire where the best
cider-mill is manufactured? Please uive
us the names of the factories that manufacture gcod large cider-mill--?
A. R. & H. C.
Mr. Ewald Over, Ibis city, alto Messrs.
Boomer & Boscber, Cleveland, O., make
excellent machines of this kind. Write
them for circulars. .
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will some farmer give some radical
extciminator lor vermin or lice on hogs?
Sumanville, Ind. J. C. B. 8.
The winter storms will we likely to
cure your hogs, but you can hasten the
process by sprinkling flower of sulphur
pretty freely in the bed whernthey sleep.
Coal-oil, or a solution of caibolic acid, a
pint in three gallons of water, well
rubbed on will do the work.
Editors Indiana Farmen
How can I reduce bones to that I can
u**e them next spring as a fertilizer on
vegetables? C. O.
If you burn bones they can be easily
pulverized in a mortar, or ground In a
mill. In burning bores you lese the
animal matter, but the phofpbate of
lime, which is tbe chief value of the
bones, is not changed in the least by
Durning.
Kditors Indiana Farmen
Will any kird of grain put Into tbe
graraiy irom threshing until set ding
time shrink, and if eo, how much? Doea
it ever shrink 10 per cent.? Will sound
ear corn shrink 10 per cent.?
Chicago, 111. D. V. B.t!
Corn in the ear, weighed at gathering
time and kept till spring will generally
lose len per cent. Wheat, threshed out
of the shock, after stsEdiiig ten deys in
dry weather will lose nothing. If
tbmbtd from (lie stack or mow after
having passed through the sweat will
lose in weight slightly, but not f 10 per
cent.
The receipts »J wheat Irom farmers, in
this vicinity ere quite email of late, notwithstanding the advance in price,,
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