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.OR SALK-Light Brahma egKS.   565 North  Tennessee street, IndianapoUs, Ind. .
F1
ORSALK-Plymouth Rock eggs, fl per 15; Pper
33.   L. BOUUHTON, Watseka, 111.
nOR SALE—Hedge plants, hedge seed and Blount
corn.   ELISHA MILLS, Farmland, Ind.
F
OR KALE—A few  choice, two year old, hedge
plants, cheap,'L M.BRANSON.Farmland.Ind.
F
OR SALE—Prize-winning mammoth Bronze Tur-
keys.Eggs $3 per d<jz.RocKhlllBroa..Ft.Wayne,Ind
FOR SALE—56 bead of  fine Cotswold sbeep.   Address, or call on, MARTIN   PEARSON. Greenwood. Ind.
POR SALE—One or twn young IXotetetn hulls, old
enough for service.   T. H. ANDERSON, Rock-
Ttlle.Ind.
- TT^OR &A LE—Fine Pebins~St_c ducks and onedrake.
Jt? The lot for fia BEECH GROVE FARM, In-
gallston, Ind.
FOR SALE— Clinton seed corn, potato onions and
vegetable dishcloth. Address W. E. JACKSON,
Knlghtstown, Ind.
FOR SALE—Italian  bees and  queens.   Send for
prices to I.  C.   LINDLY, Elizabethtown, Bartholomew county, Ind.    —■*
FOR SALE—A young Short-horn bull; cows, heifers and calves.   Address E. S, FKAZEK, Glenwood, Rush county, Ind.
FOR  SALE—Brown  Leghorn eggs, one dollar for
13.   Send for my circular.   JOHN MORRISON,
Box 77, Shelbyville, Indiana.
"CV)R SALE—Plymouth Rocks and Gold Spangled
jT Hamburgs, $6 a pair. Eggs _2 for 13. T. HUL-
MAN, SR., Terre Haute, Ind.
F
OR SALE—Orchard-grass seed at $2 per bushel,
sack included in two bushel lots. Address JOHN
H. RENT, Mechanicsburg, Ind.
F'
OR SA LE—First-class Poland Cl Ina pigs, weight
about 100 pounds, & months old.   Price reason-
UJ*    "-       II A 1\-T- TTO-1     _lr___t__m      . __
able.   W. T. MANRING, Greentown, ind.
FOR BALE—Eggs trom two yards of Plymouth
Rocks,   White and Conger strains, at 91 SO per
Bitting. Address BEN S.MY)-RS,Crawfo_dsville,Ind.
FOR SALE-Eggs for hatching from prize-winning
White Leg horns and Pea Comb Partridge Cochins.   U for 15.   DR. W. J. ELSTUN, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—A few choice Shepherd pups. Scotch
Collie crossed with  English - hepberd. -Inquire
of GEO. BTJCKLEW, Wolf Creek, Marshall Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Selected seed corn—Yellow Dent,
Learning and Mammoth White, $1 25 per bushel,
sacks 25 cents each extra. Address. JAS. M. BRAN-
BON, Farmland, Ind.
FOR SA LE—20 pairs of Black Cochins f om prize-
winning stock, cb-up. if order, d soon. Also
eggs, te per sitting; 2 sittings, $5. R.M. R06EN-
CRANS, Hope, Ind.
FOR SALE—300 extra fine Plymouth Rocks and
__._. Cocbins, bred from my .Pri_e Winners.*
Send for illustrated circular with prizes-won. SID.
CONGER, Flat Rock. Ind. - ...
FOR BALE—"Beauty of Hebron," "Mammoth"
Pearl and "l_urbar__.w*seed potatoes, pnre at
|325p. rbush; 5bush. fll. packed,ou cars.' Address
A. q HARVEY, Lafayette. Ind.;     : J  ,;. ■/ ■;..-■■ -     .
rtORSALE ___M*-:J(4. BmtiS-a;**. Rocks, T. __>-.
•OT__.£rii»tn?Xegh6rns,-J-'Mji,di&ks, »r_0j*r
IS   Brorze turkej jggsfJSiper 13. *^. L.BRENTON,
Petersburg; Pike county, Ind.
"C.ORSALB-White Pekin duck eggs at Jl for 13,
JPV- and White Holland turkey eggs at $3 per dozen.
The largest turkeys in the world. JAMES SI. MARLOW, Adams, Decatur county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Tilson A Robison. Rocklane, Johnson county, Ind. White and Brown Leghorns,
S. S. Hamburgs, Langhans, Aylesbury and Pekin
ducks.   Eggs. 5*2 per 6ltting; 3 sittings, $5.
FOR SALE—A flne lot of Poland China pigs, from
8 to 12 weeks old. Eligible to record in the Central P. C. R. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed.   P1TZER .ft GWINN, Kokomo, Ind.
FOR SALE—Nice residence, eight rooms, good
stable and carriage house; large lot, shrubbery
and small fruit. Situated on good pike and railroad,
less than ten miles from Indianapnlis. For terms,
apply to BENJ. HOLE, Bridgeport. Ind
FORSALE—Fine Chester White pigs at reasonable prices, over £8,000, ln cash prizes awarded my
stock,Bend for descriptive price Iist,aIso prize winning
Muscovev ducks and Toulouse geese eggs for sale. R.
S. RUSSELL, Zionsville, Boone county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farm of 108 acres 3 miles from the
city of Bloomington, Ind. Best of improvements,
soil, water and timber. Price, ?26 per acre. Will sell
58 acres with improvements if desired, very low. Address J. AMERMAN, Bloomington, Ind.
FOR SALE-Selected and tested seed corn. Improved Mammoth, Ohio Hackbury and pure
white with red cob. Price 1 Bt, 50c, by mail postpaid,
1 peck 75c,,■_ busbel il 25,1 bushel $2, either variety
sacks included. Orders promptly attended to. Send
soon, but limited supply, see sample at Indiana
Farmer Office. Address H. S. KELSEY, Roanoke
Huntington county, Ind., Box 143.
Mr. C. T. Gordon, Metamora, Ind., has
lately bought a flue English ewe lamb
from J. C. Robison, Decatur Co.
In most of the bluegrass regions, sheep
and other stock are faring better than
for many yean; at this season, on the pastures.
Thos. M. Robisom, Rocklane Ind., has
bought of W. C. Williams, Knightstown,
Ind., a flne Poland China pig sired by
Tom Corwin 2d.
Mr. Barclay, a leading breeder of
Short-horn cattle iu Iowa, is at Edinburg,
Ind., and in our wanted column is asking
for some good live stock.
G. R. Dykeman, Shippensburg, Pa., has
sold . Jersey heifer calves, Honors 12888,
and Musicia 13257 to Sdml. Ritchey,Platts-
burg, Mo. They were sired by the Alphea
bull Standpoint 4508.
James Harlan, Newport, Ind., sends
us samples of fleeces, from fjve yearling
Cotswolds, which are very fine. Shorn
last spring, they made: 1st, 15>s. lbs; 2d, 15
lbs; 3d, WJ^lbs; 4tb, 14% lbs. and the 5th
made 14 lbs.
Mb. Paul Tomlinson, Green Co., Ohio,
urges the importance of farmers studying
more carefully the report of the volume of
the department of agriculture devoted to
"contagious diseases of domestic animals,"
and suggests that this report can be had
through members of Congress. He thinks
a study of that report would settle the
disputes on the question and is no doubt
correct in his views in the main.
FOR SALE—Plymouth Rock eggs from our Hue
yards at »150 per sitting; two sittings, *_50;
three sittings, }3. Our Plymouth Rocks are truly the
farmers fowl; large size and good layers; four flue
yards, order early. Also orders received and booked
for Poland  China spring pigs.   I own the herd that
took most all the leading prizes at St. Clairsville, and
.rginia State fair.   Order early  and get the
Address J. H.DUNHAM, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
West Vi:
best.
FOR SALE—A fine farmin Claytownship, Dearborn county, Ind., of 153 acres; one mile from O.
and M. R. R., 10 miles from Aurora on a good pike
road one mile from Dillsborougb.near three churches
and a graded school. There is a good 2-8tory frame
houBe, a large frame barn, a good orchard, all in good
order; 30 acres of timber, balance in grass and pasture. Price, J5.300. Terms easy, Possession given
lst of next March. Address J. S. BECKETT, Aurora, Ind.
FORSALE—Farm of 160 acres improved upland,
100 acres in cultivation,balance timber, situated
X mile from Fillmore, astation on Vandalia railroad,
and 7 miles east of Greencastle, Putnam county.
Good frame house with 10 rooms, cellar, wood shed
attached, and all necessary out-buildings, cistern,and
one of the finest springs in the State, never fails, 100
bearing apple trees. Good for dairy, grass or grain.
Belongs to some heirs and will be sold at a bargain.
Address B. M. NICHOLSON, Fillmore, Ind.
FOR SALE—Orator—bay Hambletonian stallion,
four years old May 81, 1882, by Auditor, by Rysdyks Hambletonian. lst dam by Imp. Trustee, 2d dam
by Abdallah (sire sir Walter _._7),3d dam by Engineer 2d (sire Lady Suffolk tbe great four miler); 4th
dam by Mambrino son of Imp. Messenger, 5th dam
^ by Sir Solomon son of Imp. Messenger. Orator's dam,
» fast and well bred mare from Kentucky, pedigree
now being investigated. He is well broken to harness, a square trotter, shows a good gait. Long mane
and tail, black points, good bone and substance, kind
-disposition and stylish. Just the stallion to use on
Norman and Clydet-dale mares to produce coach and
general purpose horses. -Registered in Wallace Stud
Book. Vol. III. Price. JS00. Address D. M. GREENE,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
FOR SALE-Seed Potatoes—Stock direct from B.
K. Bliss _t Sons, Beauty of Hebron, fine size and
pure. The best for general crop. Very productive,
ripens early, soon out of the way of bugs. Price per
pk, 80c: bu., $2 50; brl., *5.
Also Bliss Triumph—The earliest potato grown, and
•f finest cooking quality, even while very young. My
■lock of thl9 most excellent variety is small. Price
•er pk, $1; bu., J250; brl.. 15. On receipt of price I will
Immediately ship as directed.
Ateo Bayview Melon—I have a few lbe of seed of
this most excellent melon. Its productiveness ls
wonderful. Quality extra good. I will send an ounce
of this seed by mail to any address on receipt of 20c,
Joa. 40c   DR.a B. ROBBINS, Lawrenceburg,  Ind.
FOB 8AL__-YOtTNG SHORT-HORN8.
j extra nice bulls, yearlings.
3 extra nice bull calves, 3 to 6 months old.
I heifer calves, 3 to » months old.
Endora of Oakland 2d, a fine roan and splendid
"^Bright Promise 3d, red and white, got by Chief of
little Lehigh, 31,998. __ „     .
Bright Promise 4th, red, got by Forest Napier,11,973.
DonnaRosa.ashow cow       1 full sisters
Donna Rosa, a show cow, 2d. /*" - *"*"«™
The oldest cow in the above lot is 4 years old.
They are all flne breeders and as fine individuals as
any In this country-   The cows were  all bred  by the
well-known breeder. Hen.  H.  C.  Meredith, Esq., of
Cambridge Citv.  The cattle may be seen at my farm
1 mile wiSa of Richmond, Ind,   Address correspondence to FRAHCIS A. COFFIN. Indianapolis, Ind.
The Farmers' Friend Corn Punter with Check Rower At Inched, Manufacture- by Farmers' Friend M'P* Co., Dayton, Okio.
Conelnded on Fifth Pace.
. Mr. J. C. .Robison mentions a recent
visit to the fine stock farm of Prof. S. W.
Dunganrof Bartholomew county this State.
He thinks Mr. D.'4 Crystal .Spririgs.JJarttt
pqual to ajiithe h&4'ever-visited for s'iock-
" .5_ee<_ii_g purposes. The superb flock of
Cotswold breeding stock on this farm is
perhaps the equal of any in the United
States, and is in very fine condition. The
fine show-ring ewe, which was sought to
be ruled out of the fairs on the charge of
being a non-breeder, has dropped three
fine lambs this spring.
Care of Sheep.
Editors Indiana Farmer: *
The most important time is at hand for
the care of the sheep of the farm. Success «r failure in saving lambs determines
the profits or losses to a breeding flock,
hence the great importance which devolves upon the flock master to use every
exertion that not a single life shall be lost,
either of the ewe or offspring. It is presumed that the flock is in ordinary breeding condition at this time of year and the
ewes are ready to assutae their duties of
maternity, many of them for the first time.
As this fact is not always the case, and
as some farmers breed their ewes late in
the season, it may not be amiss to here refer to the wintt r care of the flock. The
ewes should be kept separate from all
other sheep, especially rams and wethers.
Losses are of frequent occurrence when a
mixed flock is allowed to run together.
Ewes are naturally timid, and after a few
hard knocks from a ram or strong wether
are not so apt to come forward to the
trough for feed, and hence are crowded
away and do not get their full share of
grain at a time wheu their condition is
such that they requite more good food
than at any other time of year. The ram
is more likely to injure the ewes however
than are wethers, and under no circumstances should he be allowed to run with
them after they are all supposed to be
with lamb.
The ewes should have the run of a good
blue-grass pasture during the day time
and be carefully stabled at night, when a ration of grain may be fed to them in a
trough of ample length for double the
number to stand to that are being fed.
This extra space is to keep them from
crowding and pushing each other. If an
open shed is in the pasture, all the better,
for lt will be a protection during rain
storms and the sheep can remain within
the inclosure without daily ehanging to
and from the stable.
Bright early cut clover or timothy hay is
best for sheep, that which has been allowed to ripen before being harvested is of
little value for this kind of stock. It net
only has too much woody fiber and is not
so nutritious, but the stalk is coarse and
harsh to the mouth, and they will not eat
it so eagerly as if it was fine and soft.
Corn fodder makes good feed for sheep
to pick at for roughness, but it takes so
large a quantity in bulk to supply them
that the waste is inconvenient to dispose
of. The best way to feed corn fodder is to
run it through a cutting box and then
throw the cut stuff into large troughs, or
mangers, and when the sheep have picked
it over thoroughly,the coarse stalks are in
condition to make good manure. One of
the best kinds of feed for sheep is to cut
hay or sheaf oats, or both, \% to one inch
long and mix corn and oats grouud with
it and feed after dampening just the least
bit. This answers the purpose of grain
and roughness both, and is a feed that
sheep or other stock will not get tired of
unless over-fed. Shelled corn should not be
fed to ewes with lamb. This is especially
true if they_have no grass to run to every
day or are not fed regularly.oh turnips.'
Corn Iwats the blood an^hi..,i-iresystem
getso__k>f condition, hence with flocks'fed
in this way, abortions are occurring, and
even though the lambs come to maturity,
they are often weak and die after lingering for some time. Another indication is
that sheep fed on corn during winter and
kept on other dry feed, frequently lose
their wool in patches over the body. This
is caused by the feverish condition of the
system. Threshed oats mixed with bran
is one of the best ways to feed sheep grain.
The ewes should be taken from the flock,if,
a large one, as they approach lambing
time,and only a few kept together. If the
weather is very cold, a good warm
shed or stable should be provided and
then keep a careful watch for lamba. Old
shepherds say, and my experience agrees
with theirs, that lambs are seldom drop
ped between 11 o'clock p. m. and 4 o'clock
a. m., hence even with a good sized flock,
the shepherd can always get a few hours of
undisturbed rest. When newly born
lambs begin to struggle about and try to
get some milk, they should be put with
the ewe and care be taken that they get a
good nursing. Plenty of warm milk at
this time is the life of the lamb. The
heavy fleece of wool on all sheep at this
time of year makes it difficult for the
lamb to find the teat; this is especially so
with the coarse wooled sheep, and I have
seen strong lambs fail to get any milk
from the fact that the udder was completely hidden with long wool.
If the ewe refuses to claim the lamb, as
is sometimes the case with young ewes,
have a small pen arranged in which the
ewe can stand or lie iu comfortably, but
unable to turn r » undL Keep the ewe and
lamb together for a day or two, when it
will be found she will be very fond of it.
If the lamb is chilled when found, take it
in a dry blanket and put near a warm
stove whero it can get thoroughly warmed
through. The heat will give it strength,
but it should have some milk, and if the
ewe is not near at hand, some sugar put
in fresh warm cow's milk makes agood
substitute. After the lamb gains strength
it may be put with the ewe, but right here
is the time she will be most apt to refuse
to own it. "■
If the sheep are in the pasture during
the day when lambs are being dropped,
they should be carefully watched, asa raw
wind will soon chill the wet weak things
when it would not be uncomfortable to a
strong, vigorous man. There are many
littlo circumstances which will occur that
cannot be anticipated in an article like
this, but a kind heart and clear head will
be equal to most emergencies. The greatest danger is a want of care at the proper
time, therefore I must impress you to be
always looking for lambs, and to never
leave them when found until they have
been fed and cared for. H. C. M.
Ensilaged Live Stock Food.
From an address of Mr. Mills at the late
Ensilage Congress, N. J.:
If I should build another receptacle for
my fodder I should build it of wood, entirely above  ground.   My system  is uni
que and different from that of Mr.Goffart.
I depend entirely upou a sufficient, uniform, and continuous pressure with no
let iip from the time it is put on until the
fodder is taken out for use.
Tlie principle of ensilage is nothing more
nor :i_oss than the preservation of green
fodd; r from the action of the oxygen of
the.^tmospher<v I cut it up no shorter
thanUs: necessarj to have it pack well in
theijnlidy I,allow '|^j tramping. If you
fi^V^he sutevl_U*.K«fo,t_k-the "'jjuic<? will
exttcie; nnd air will 'take its place iu the
cellular tissue, the very thing to be avoided.; /
Q. I would like to ask how you get the
exact pressure, per square foot.
Mr. Mills.—My silos are twelve feet
wide and forty feet in length, I have covers
made in sections four feet wide. Then 1
place upon them boxes filled with gravel
and I calculato the pressure^at about 300
pounds to the square foot. Last summer my
pasturage ran short and being out of ensilage, I cut oats when in blossom from five
acres and put that in the silo, and subjected
it to pressure. It sustained my milch cows
(about 80 in number) for a space of six
weeks. I had no trouble except from contact witli the stone wall. lAwascutas long
as I could conveniently do so with a Cycle
cutter. In regard to planting and the
yield per acre, gentlemen have stated that
they had heard of fifty aud seventy tons
per acre being produced, but that th'ey
were unable to raise that amount. Now I
have raised it. I kept last year 120 head
of horned cattle and twelve horses, from
Oct. 15 of May 15 upon the product <_ f
twelve acres, without any hay or straw.
I fed three quarts of grain per day. I gave
about sixty pounds of ensilage per day,
and it waa a great mistake, I am now
feeding but thirty, and two or three quarts
of grain per day.
I planted my corn in hedges about
thirty-two inches apart, and about six
inches wide, planting forty or fifty kernels
to the running foot, and I got a wonderful
growth. My land is not rich. It has been
abused for the last hundred, years.
Q. I only used the manure from the
cattle, and blood and bone phosphates
mixed with the corn when planted. I used
eight bushels to the acre, audi had a
growth of corn six td ten feet high, and
not a stalk larger than my thumb. When
it gets about three feet high it begins to
work together and it is very difficult to go
through it. I use a species of Southern
corn, getting all my seed from one section.
It wa_| not ready for harvesting until the
latter part of September. A few ears which
had developed upon stalks ou the outer
edge of this field I had boiled and found
the corn sweeter than any sweet corn I
have ever tasted.
I tried to cut it with a reaper, but it was
too heavy, and I had to use a mower. I
oould take in an acre nearly as quick as I
could take in.an acre of hay. The cost was a
little over seventy cents per ton, in £he
pit. 1 would rather have a ton of it than
a ton of the best hay, and I know what
I am talkingabout.
I ascertained the weight of a cubic"!oot
at the time of using it and with that asthe
unit of my calculation I had about 700
tons from the 12 acres.
Q.   Did you measure the ground?
Mr. Mills. I did not measure the land,
but I made a very close estimate of it.
Q. I would ask whether the cornstalks,
as they stood in the field, were green from
top tobottom, or partially yellow.
Mr. Mills. The tops were green and
handsome; near the ground somewhat
faded.
This department Is edited by Dr. J ohm N. N_vi_j,
Veterinary Surgeon, author of Navin _ ___pl-___tor?
Stock Doctor.
Rules, to be observed by thoee expecting comet answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
8. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. If cough, and secretion trom nt_M, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone. ....■■—-,
6. lf breath':.--Is' rapid, accompanied by vattle ur
rushing, tcund, no time mnst be lost in blistering"-
th-oat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on toogne alternately
every two hours, for time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall mnst Inclose a
stamp.
My neighbor has a mare that is badly
troubled with worms. What will remove*
the worms? L. W. S.
Sulphate of iron, one teaspoonful,
five or six successive evenings. Calomel,
ton mens, doses once a week, or worm wood
will remove then.
Gov. Price. You spoke of blood and
bone phosphates. I would like to know
how much yon used on the twelve acres.
Mr. Mills. Four hundred pounds to the
acre.
Dr. Ormiston. You Baid you wonld not
build another silo or receptacle except on
thesurface. Will you explain how you
would build? <_- /;
Mr. Mills. I would' build * nuildlng
something like-ati ordinary ice hiittse, be-
ingcareful to have a good strong frame
cased on the inside with hemlock boards.
Then I would put the fodder in; I would
not tramp it, and when I got it full I
would place my covers upon it, having
the covers uniformly weighted, so as to
get a uniform pressure all round. I would
have the pressure about 300 lbs. to each
square foot. i. would have each receptacle
filled and weighted on the same day. I
would not cut my fodder short. I believe
in keeping the cellular tissues as intact as
possible, with all their juices. I cut different lengths last season, from three-
quarteis to two inches, and in future shall
cut longer. I would not use rye at all on
account of the eagot.*I prefer oats to corn,
but give me the perennial grasses above
them all. When I get my farm rich enough,
I propose to raise nothing but the perennial grasses. I cut my cornjaftertasselling,
when it is full of saccharine matter. I use
the Southern horse tooth corn, getting my
see d from one section, from one particular
State. I plant about eight bushels to the
acre, and I plant by hand.
Q. What sort of cultivation did you
give it?
Mr. Mills. It did not get any, except to
go through with a subsoil plow to break
t he ground up and let the air in.
Q.   How many acres did you plant this
last year in corn?
Mr. Mills.   Twenty-five acres.
Q.   And how many tons to the acre?
Mr. Mills.     There were about  350 tons.
This  last year  I only had  one-fourth  a
crop. ,1 had twice that  from twelve acres
the year before.
Mr. Potter.*—I built a silo on a side hill.
The portion next to  the hill was  built of
stone nine or ten   inches thick and filled
in   with cement and  then plastered.     A
brick wall was raised up so that one-third
of it was above the ground.   I tried it one
year   -without  cementing  on the  inside,
and found that the  upper portion  of ensilage was very poor.   As soon   as we got
below the line of the ground  it was good.
Then    I  cemented it on   the inside   as
well as   on the  outside, but  on opening
result, although not quite it a few weeks
ago,  I found  the  same  so bad.   I   had
the   same 'm experience with another  silo.
I believe   that uniform  temperature has
a good deal to  do with  keeping  ensilage
in   good condition.   My silos are pretty
deep.   I fiad  that the  finer the ensilage
is cut    the  better   it  keeps,  and   you
get a more perfect seclusion from the air.
I cover mine with from six to  ten inches
of earth.     If the mass  settles, the earth
will follow it  down uniformly and keep
it compact.    I never put any boards over
the ensilage until this year, and I did not
find any advantage in it.     In some cases
the boards   could not settle and there
would  be   a little  vacuum,, whereas the
earth went down  with it, and we - had no
such result.   There is no  objection to the
earth coming in contact with the ensilage,
provided  it is free  from sand and stone.
The cattle eat it readily. >
I wish to know through the Farmer,
what is the matter with my cattle. The
hair ccmes off in . mall spots, and the skin
has a rough, scaly appearance, the spots*
gradually increasing in size. First noticed
on it one, now it is on two others. The
cattle are in good flesh. J. W. H.
Paint with tincture of iodine once daily,
if itchy apply tobacco ooze.
What shall I do for my  hog?   He  eats.
heartily, but vomits up everything immediately after eating.   Some times is wor_«_
than at other times.   . W. H. B.
You have not attended to him in time.
Ciit off its" feed for aday or more, then give
it half an ounce of pepsin in slop, milk or
gruel. Cook all its food, and keep it always hungry until its digestion is corrected,    , ,
. I have a mulethct suddenlybecaine v<b*y
lame in left fore shoulder or leg, one week
ago, as she was drawing a heavy load on
a sled over very rough ground. I think
she slipped off a bump and strained her
shoulder. She exhibits considerable pain
and doesn't seem to get better.
S. B. McC.
You must let me know the part affected,
thinking will not do.   Get somebody who
knows how, to  pathologise, and let   me
know the result of the examination.
I have a horse that has a touch of the
heaves. Please tell me something I can do
for it? I have used tincture lobelia in his
drink, but it has done little if any
good. ' F. W. M.
Heaves is a diseaso difficult to remedy.
Place your ear to his throat and if breathing creates a noise or sound, thero is a
thickening of the mucus membrane which
is best reduced by repeated blistering.
Color his drinking water with indigo. I
never saw a horse in tho West affected with
heaves.
I have a cow that has a lump on the center of her back as large as half of a small
hen's egg, flat on the top; around tho edge
is set with little jets; sho licks off ihe jets,
then the blood flows making a fount, wetting her body all over with blood. It commenced bleeding last October, then it was
the size of small pea, and has boen bleeding by spells since. S. F.
Take arsenic acid and touch the irritated summit of the abBcess once daily,
until the arsenic stands on it unabsorbed,
and while there let it be until the dried up
part falls off or nearly so, pull it off when
nearly off, then if too large, repeat until it
is entirely gone.
What ails my mare? Never sick till
lately. The first I noticed, she began
pawing in the stable; thon she would look
from one side to tho other, and then she
would raise her hind legs and squeal; she
was bloated very badly. I gave her strong
salt and water right away; it helped her
some. Her hair looks well, but she has not
eaten anything but a littlo wheat or  corn.
A. A. B.
She had flatulent colic. Now she has a
chronic inflammation of her bowels; spill
half a drachm of tincture of aconite root
on her tongue, and in two hours the same
of the tincture of belladona; alternately
every two hours until well, if ever. By the
time you get the Farmer, your mare may
be well or dead.
My horse has got the heaves, and I do
not know what to do for him. Sub.
Your horse has no regular heaves, he
may have a chronic affection of the trachea, bronchial tubes, or a thickening of
the walls of the air cells of the lungs. If
by placing the ear against the throat you
hear either a sound ora rattle in breathing,
blister the throat severely. Take thorough-
wort, hoarhound, flour of sulphur, black
antimony, of each, two ounces; grind the
herbs, pulverized niter, and ginger, of
each, four ounces; mix. Dose one teaspoonful three times daily in ground feed.
Blue his drinking water with indigo.
There were four deaths from small pox
in Fort Wayne during the past week, and
several new cases have been reported.
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Thd Marion county court-house costs the
people >100,000 a year for interest and
maintenance.
The stock law of Indiana, so long a dead
letter, is being enforced by the citi/sms of
Fayette county, whose fences are falling
and who have no timber to rebuild   them.
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