A Weekly Journal or the Farm,Home and Garden.
vol: xvn.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL ], 1882."
.NO. 14
FOR SALE.
F°_i
Iu
-Plymouth Rock esg-s, fl per 15; P per
BOUGHTON, Watseka. 111.
FOR SALE—Bedge plants, hedge seed and Blount
corn.   ELISHA MILLS, Farmland, Ind.
FOR 8ALB-Pure Early Amber CaneS"ed.   E. C.
BLANCHARD, Monon, White county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pure Valley White seed corn.   Address A. W. BEWSEY, Colfax, Clinton Co., Ind.
FOB SALE—Prize-winning mammoth Bronxe Tur-
keys.Eggs *S per ao_.BockhU_Bros..Ft.Wayne,Ind
FOR SALE-Seed oats, pure white, yield 65 bus. per
acre.    Address j.  W. SLEEPER,   Lafayette,
Ind.
FOR
lis, Im
Speciosa plant
ap—4,000   one-year-old   Catalpa
.   OEO.  W.  BLUE, lndianapot-
FOR SALE—One or two young Holstein bulls, old
enough for service.  T. H. ANDERSON, Bock*
vffle, Ind.
IT-IOR SALE—Royal  Pekin  duck eirgs, from first
. '     class stock, p per 13.   E- L. GUTHRIE, Adams,
- Indiana.
IT^OR BALE—Toulouse eeese eggs. f2 for 11, serd for
"    circular.   *   "    —■*■■--■--
vlUe. Indiana.
171     ....          ._-_...
?.   circular.   JOHN   MORRISON, Box77,Shelby
FOR SAEESPlymouth  Rock eggs; best strains.
Eggs fl perl*;*, per 33.  Try me.  It. G.CRIST,
Hew Market, Ind-.   .*, --.
JJIOR SALE—Clintfcn seed corn, potato onions and
'..' vegetable dishcloth. Address W. E. JACKSON,
ttightetei-ytJilnd. -   ,--..',>
FOR SALErfltallan beea anfi. <nieens.  Send for
prloe* to ir«_. ilNDLYT?-Kaabethtown, Bartholomew COUEty..tfcd_:-...,.,   .'    1. ■::■'
FOR SALE-      .        _ . . _  _____
era and calves.  Address E.-SS. XRAZEB, <_len-
d. Rush oountv. Ind. ~-- . J** *■-_..:*   .■ a..- ■     -/.*-.
-A youn* Hhort-Djt)rn bnll; cows- taeif-
lves.  Address E.-TS..	
wood. Rush oounty, Ind. - *,.. f*j **--»..
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7IOR SALE—Plymouth Ro«ks and €»o_d Spangled
Hamburgs, f5 a pair.   Eggs (2 for 13.   T. BVls
AN, SB., Terre Haute, Ind.       _     - .
FORSALE—Orchard-grass seed at $2 per bushel,
sack included in two bushel lots. Address JOHN
H. RENT, Mechanicsburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—A few fine pure bred young Bronze
gobblers;   nicely bronzed; low.    Apply soon.
JOHN H. SWALES, Logan, Ind.
FOR SALE—Four registered  Jersey bull calves,
and one cow, herd second to none in  the State.
B. S.  DOBSEY. Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE— Cheap— Half Norman stallion, dapple
gray, seven years old.   Weight  1,600.   E.  W.
FLEEGER.-Seafleld, White county, Ind.
FOB SALE-Eggs from two yards of Plymouth
Rocks,   White and Conger strains, at ¥1 50 rer
Bitting. Address BEN S.MYEBS.Crawfordsville.Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from prize-winning
White Leg horns and Pea Comb Partridge Cochins.  S3 for 13.   DR. W. J. ELSTUN, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—Choice Partridge Cochin cockerels
and pullets, bred  from  prize-winners.
Roano*
iper IS.   Address JOHN
Ind.
-.   Cheap.
H.   CHRISTIAN,
FOR 8 A LIS—20 pairs of  Black Cochins t om prize-
winning  stock,  cheep, if order-d soon.
eggs, $3 per sitting; 2 sittings,
CR, —   ____..
t ANS, Hope, Ind.
Also
|5.   B.   M.  ROSEN
FOB   SALE-Selected   seed   corn—Yellow Dent,
Learning and Mammoth White, $126 per bushel,
sacks 25 cents each extra.
BON, Farmland, Ind.
ie, tl 25 per 1
JAS. M. 1
FOR SALE—10 Chester White pigs, yonng boars fit
for service, and young sows 5 months old.   All
bred from prize ring hogs.
Williams Center. Ohio.
Address JACOB RAGER,
FOR SALE—300 extra fine Plymouth Rocks and
Buff Cochins,  bred from my  "Prize Win
Send for illustrated  circular with  prizes won.
Buff Cochins,  bred from m,
_ for Illustrate"
CONGER, Flat Rock. Ind,
Prize Winners.
BID.
FOR SALE-Eggs-Lt. Brahmas, P. Rocks, P. Cochins, Brown Leghorns, Pe        J    "
13.   Brot see turkey eggs. $3 per 13.
Petersburg, Pike county, ind.
chins, Brown Leghorns, Pekin ducks, Sl50 per
    J. l.br_Jnton,
FOR SALE—"Beauty of  Hebron," "Mammoth
Pearl and "Burbank" seed  potatoes,  pure at
92 25 per bush; 5 bush. 111..packed, on  cars.   Address
A. C. HABVEY, Lafayette, Ind.	
17.0R SALE— One of tbe finest yards of Plymonth
. Rocks in this State, eggs Jl for 15 or fi for 35.
Packed to ship any distance. J. CUNNINGHAM
A CO., Miami, Miami county, Ind. .
FOR SALE—White Pekin duck eggs at tl for 13,
_      and White Holland turkey egi ~    ' "
The largest turkeys in the world.   J A:
LOW, Adams, Decatur county, Ind.
per dozen.
M.MAR-
F..-    -   --_   - . - .
son county, Ind. White and Brown Leghorns,
S. 8. Hamburgs, Langhans,- Aylesbury and Pekin
ducks.   Eggs, t2 per sitting; 3 sittings, to.
%wz. Stock.
S. Latshaw, Killmore, Ind., has sold
Zillo 5th, Short-horn cow, for $250, to John
Patrick, of Moran, Clinton county, this
State.
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We call attention to the fact that I. N.
Barker, Thorntown, Ind., has made a new
departure by engaging in the breeding of
Jersey cattle.   He has some good ones.
Harvey Cook, Burlington, Ind., has a
ewj that dropped a lamb, February 27th,
which weighed 17J4 ponnds. The ewe will
not weigh over 115 pounds, and is common
stock.
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R. W. Sample, Lafayette, Ind., is now
In Maine, picking up some Hereford beauties. He bought 40 two-year-oil heifers,
and 12 cows and calves, worth §3,500, of O.
Ferrel.
Jons Owens, of Johnson connty, Ind.,
killed a hog a few days ago which
weighed 900 pounds gross. This hog
measured nine feet long and six feet
around the body. He was manufactured
.into 53 gallons of lard, 150 pounds of sau-
s»ge, etc. He was a Poland China, and
two years old. ..'■;...
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W. __. Gardner, Norwalk, O., a noted
Jersey breeder, has bought the Jersey bull
Regal Rex 6,007, at a high price.from G..R.
Dykeman, Shippensburg, Pa. Mr. Gardner pronounces Mr. Dykeman's bull
Standpoint 4508, the best and handsomest
bull of Alphea blood now so noted fpr the
high excellence and -immense prices paid
for this strain of Jerseys.
And when the question of keeping stock
off the roads is brought up.they raise their
hands in holy horror arid cry, "What will
th*. poor man's cow and pig do?"
But the fence question is one of serious
importance to the farmers of this State.
Timber is getting too scirce and high to
think of using it for that purpose, in many
parts of the State, and without some protection fv_r our stock raisers besides fences,
at so great a cost, I fear the poor man will
find his meat a dear luxury instead cf
having it as common fare.
I think the State Board of Agriculture
are advised correctly as to what the farmers of the State desire in reference to stock
running at large, and their action in the
matter receives a hearty endorsement by a
large majority of our agricultural taxpayers. Aside from the expense of fencing, the poor condition of stock that run
at large ought to answer all objection as
to the advisability of continuing the time
honored practice any longer.
DeKalb Co. J. E. Thomson.
—Let us have no more on this subject for
the present.—Eds.
FOR SALE—A fine 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 _-. GWINN, Kokomo, Ind.
FOR SALE—Please write us for our lowest prices
on Alsyke and Alfalfa clovers, Red-top. Orchard grass, English and Kentucky blue-grass,Millet
and Hungarian seeds, and the different imported
grasses. Lots to suit purchasers. LEW DEAM &
CO., Bluffton. Ind.
POR SALE—A flne farm of 225 acres, 12 miles from
city, and nicely  improved, at very reasonable
terms, possession given Immediately if sold soon, or
will sell 120 acres, splendid land. If you are ready to
buv come at once. Have other farms. V. K. MORRIS, 58 East Market street.
FOR SALE—Eg»
Light and Dark
j for hatching from choice lot of
  Brahmas, Black Cochins, Plymouth "Rocks, Brt wn __eghorns, Pekin ducks and
Toulouse geese, I am also breeder and shipper of
thoroughbred Poland China pigs. No circulars sent
out. Write for what you want. Addsess B. W. HARVEY. Bloomingdale, Ind.
Essex, No. 6507. A. J. C. C, 11 months
 Cecil, 13
FORSALE . ,
old, color fawn and white, price $50.
months old, solid fawn color, very fine, not register-
~, price |40.    Leicester, 12 months old, bronze color
entitled to  registry, A. J.  H.   Book, price (3*.   Also
ed, price |40.    Leicesteri12_months old, bronze color,
[tied to  -.__,-_.,_ . . .   	
one full blooded calf, 6 months old, not entitled to
; the  last  named  would  trade   '
. J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
registry; the last named would trade for sheep.
FOR SALE—A highly bred Jersey bull calf, dam
Chutontle, No. 7478; grand sire, One Ton, No.
2000, tracing back to Dahlia. No. .39, imp., and fancy
No. 9, imp. Sire, Stella's Jersey Boy, No. 3581, Imp.,
in dam. Grandslre. Neptune 2d; grand dam, Stella
of St. Brelards. 7468, Imp. Color principally fawn,
dropped March 7,1882. I will also sell two belter
calves and one cow, 8. P. BOOTH, Arcadia, Hamilton county, Ind.     '    -	
FOR SALE—Plymouth Bock eggs from our line
yards at tl 50 per sitting; two sittings, t2 50;
three sittings, t3. Our Plymouth Bocks are truly the
farmers fowl; large size and good layers; four fine
yards, order early. Also orders received and booked
for Poland China spring pigs. I own the herd lhat
took most all the leading prizes at St. Clairsville, and
West Virginia State fair. Order early and get the
best.   Address J. H. DUNHAM. St. Clairsville, Ohio.
-rr>OR SALE-Seed Potatoes—8tock direct from B.
Jt. K. Bliss A Sons, Beauty of Hebron, flne size and
pure. The best for general crop. Very productive,
ripens early, soon out of the way of bugs. Price per
pk, soc; bu., *2 50; brl., J5.
Also Bliss Triumph—The earliest potato grown, and
of finest cooking quality,even while very yonng. My
stock of this most excellent variety is small. Price
per pk, tl ;bu., t250; brl.. t5- On receipt of price I will
Immediately ship as directed.
ALso Bayview Melon—I have a few lbs of seed of
this most excellent melon. Its productiveness Is
wonderful. Quality extra good. I will send an ounce
of this seed by mail to any address on receipt of 20c,
DR.	
2 oz., 40c.
. 8. B. ROBBINS, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
FOB SALE-YOUNG SHOBT-HORN8.
3 extra nice bulls, yearlings.
3 extra nice bull calves, 3 to 6 months old.
3 heifer calves, 3 to 9 months old.
Eudora of Oakland 2d, a fine roan and splendid
Bright Promise 3d, red and white, got by Chief of
LIttl-4 Lehigh, 31,998.
Bright Promise 4th, red, got by Forest Napier,11,973.
- Donna Bosa, a show cow,      1, u  ,rt
Donna Rosa, a show cow, 2d, /
The oldest cow in the above lot Is 4 years old.
They are all flne breeders and as flne Individuals as
any in this country. The cows were all bred by the
well-known breeder.'IIon. H. C. Meredith, Esq., of
Cambridge City. The cattle may be seen at my farm
1 mile we. tof Richmond, Ind, Address correspondence to FRANCIS A. COFFIN. IndianapoUs, Ind.
Concluded on Fifth Face.
Notes About Live Stock.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I am a natural lover of well-bred stock
of all kinds, and all persons endeavoring
to improve their stock are subjects for
schemers and swindlers in "so-called" fine
stock, laying claim to all the fattening and
dairy qualities in cattle and possessing
none. But they will keep np a great puff
until they succeed in putting it off on
some unsuspecting fellow farmer at a fabulous price. Theu they take up some
other strain of cattle that possess the merits of all other breeds combined. It is the
duty of all patrons of husbandry, after
fairly testing one breed of cattle, to give
the fanning community the benefit of
their experience. In my opinion there
will be a harvest for sharpers that are
giving the great Galloway Polled cattle
such a send off at present. They are publishing the opinion of the president of
some obscure agricultural association, but
fail to give the experience of some practical feeder. I know of one Galloway or
muley man in Tippecanoe county, that
once upon a time owned a fine "Jersey
bull," just in the shape of a triangle. The
efiects of that bull are still upon his herd.
We see in his feed lot a part scrub, part
Jersey, part Galloway, and as poor a specimen of the bovine family as ever disgraced a feed lot. He has notone redeeming trait. But he got that "Jersey bull"
off on a fellow farmer, and-.the last we saw
of him he was on his road to the sausage
mill. And now he comes with the black
muleys. He claims they can't gore each
other with their horns. My neighbor once
owned a muley cow that was queen of the
straw stack, and cock of tho walk generally. Nature has provided every living
creature with some means of self defense.
The muley has a knot on top of the head
which, when pnt into action, is as harmful
to its antagonist as the rip of the neatly
tampered horn of the Devon or Hereford.
Montgomery Co.                     Elwood.
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The Fenoe Question Again.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I understand from the titles that land
holders have f r _ m the general government,
that there is no reserve on section lines
nor any other line for a public common
but that we are entitled in fee simple to all
the land contained in any portion of
any section we purchase. But the law of
the State makes provision for roads of certain widths for the accommodation of the
traveling public,and for no other purpose;
but in so doing it does not destroy the legal title of the land, and no man has a
right to trespass on the lands of another,
even in the bounds of a highway. And
how the law can permit stock to run on
publio commons, when it^oes not really
own any, I cannot understand.
I noticed an article in the Farmer a few
weeks ago,in which the writer appeared to
have the interest of the poor man's cow so
much at heart that he was willing to build
good fences that she might roam at will all
around his premises. But when I see men
so loud in expressing their sympathy for
the poor, I think of some that I am acquainted with, who have all their land
fenced, and a few feet of the road besides,
and then turn out all their cattle, and if
they cannot eat it close enough, turn out
a lot of hogs too, to grub up the roots.
Written for the Indiana Farmer.
Pork From Spring Figs.
With the improved breeds of swine now
to be had in almost every section of our
country, it has become a very easy matter
to make good sized hogs, for killing the
following winter, out of early spring pigs.
Indeed, it.is wonderful what an immense
size pigs that come the last of February or
the first of March can be made to attain by
the first pf December following. They of
course have to be fed . liberally to insure
rapid growth. There is no danger of "injuring a lot of pigs by overfeeding, »nd a-j
a rule they should be fed as much as they"
will eat, no matter how much -that _*£?__ tithe more they can be induced'to ei_t. the
faster will be their growth. _____ insufficient allowance of food results in a -..very-
slow growth, and if the growth of a lpt of
pigs is once arrested by poor feeding, they
receive such an injury that it is with much
difficulty they can ever be made to grow
thriftily again, although the best care be
taken of them to overcome the difficulty
afterwards.
THE OLD WAY OF KEEPING HOGS
on half or quarter rations until they are
eighteen or twenty months old,before tryr
ing to fatten them for market, is certainly
a very poor one, and ought to be totally
abandoned. Here in this portion of the
West it cannot be done with any certainty
of success, as we are compelled to raise almost all our hogs in pens or small enclosures, on account of the absence of fences,
and we find that hogs confined too long
in pens cease to be profitable. Hence we
push the pigs as fast as possible from the
start, and in eight or ten months they are
large enough and fat enough to kill orsell,
and then have others following them to
take their places; arid so, by this system
we have h«-gs ready to sell all times in the
year and do not have the risk of losing
too much at once, in case of disease, as is
the case where big lots are kept for fall
and winter market only. If done properly, the keeping of hogs until older cannot
be objected to, if a farmer prefers to'do it,
provided they are of such broods as can be
made to grow to a very large size; but unless the nature of the braed will warrant a
large growth, and the raiser has good £elds
of clover or other grass to run them on,
in addition to good feeding, it is folly to
keep hogs until of such an age.
SOME BREEDS OF HOGS
return more pork for the quantity of food
consumed than others, and there are sonpe
breeds, because of their coarse growing
qualities and large bone, that cannot be
converted into good pork at the age of
nine or ten mouths, with a hope of getting
a big yield of lard and satisfaction generally. Take such excellent breeds as the
Chester Whites, Berkshires, Poland Chinas,
etc., and if the stock be pure, they—while
they may be kept with profit until of a
greater age—can be fattened at any age,
and these are the kinds of hogs best to
keep. Hogs of this class can be made to
weigh three hundred pounds and upwards
by the time they are ten months old, and
this is quite large enough for any use.
Larger than this may suit the markets of
our cities, but for the use of farmers/ hogs
weighing from two hundred and fifty to
three hundred and twenty-five are plenty
large enough. If right fat, such hogs, although young, tnrn out an abundance of
lard and the joints are much better for
boiling whole than such large ones, besides they are more tender and better
every way. . It has got to be now, that
MEDIUM SIZED HOGS,        '.
if fat, bring the best price in the great
markets, and the day is not far distant
when early maturity will be the rule, and
all breeders will adopt the plan as the best
and most profitable way of raising hogs.
Of course, we must have some aged hogs
all the time to breed from, as they are
more to be relied on for good strong pigs,
and als-) for rearing greater numbers than
those that are younger, but there can
no disadvantages arise from this.
' 'iTo pnsh a lot of pigs as fast as possible,
they should have, outside of what corn
they will eat, as much rich slop or swill as
they will drink, as they are very fond of
it, and it causes them to grow much faster
than they will wheu fed on corn alone.
The young pigs should be taught to drink
rich slops from the kitchen, as early as
possible, audalsotoeatsoakedeorn. They
can be weaned much earlier and grow tbe
bitter for it, and it prevents the sows from
getting too much reduced while suckling.
Those living where they can have plenty
of clover can receive much benefit from
letting them run on it, as au abundant
sunply of green food is of great value in
keeping pigs healthy. Those situated
otherwise must have nice, clean, well
ventilated pens whieh have a small lot of
ground connected with each, and every
possible means should be taken to keep
the pigs clean, healthy and hearty. At
some other time we may give an illustrated
article with reference to the best way to
build pens or houses for rearing pigs and
feeding those intended for market.
t-_an_as. W. A. G.
will be hard. I do not suppose you can
handle either disease. Have a veterinary
surgeon to doctor him.
Postal Card Correspondence.
English Sheep and Mutton.
The English flockmaster has settled two
points in British experience; first, that
mutton is more profitable than wool, and,
second, that among English mutton consumers there is a decided preference for
down or black-faced mutton. Tender,
juicy fie3h, with a fine grain and a rich
flavor, ripe, and yet carrying plenty of
lean meat, is that which suits the Euglish
market.' A combination of these qualities
is found to most perfection in some of the
i?**^*-^-^**x4-c^^-:*ee.('s or_tl-Lei. crosses.
_*^i irreference'orithe part of boyers is so
r/iSrkeil that the butcher is enabled to give
ay least-two cents per pound more for
d^k-faced mutton than for any of the
v>bite-faced and long-wooled sheep.
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£hls department la edited by Db. Jonh N. Navin,
rtniry Burgeon, author tf Navin's Explanatory
:__Doctor. .
nles! to iv observed by thoee expecting correct an
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State the.rate of pulse."
The breathli g.
The atandlr g attitude.
App« arance ot^air.
It.cough, and .secretions from^noee, whether
da between Uw laws can.be felt, and how near
bona.;     '
If breathing it rapid, accompanied by rattle  or
i5i_b_x sound, no time mt st be lost ln blistering
t, nnd using tincture of aconite root and tlnc-
0_ belladouu. 20 droj s on tongue alternately
e^ery. two hours, tor tliw e ls Un short for an answer.
t. Parties desiring answers by mail must Inclose a
Sttmp,
What is the matter with my brood sows?
Tbe skin cc mes off in patches the size of a
nickle. Looks very red and firey, and
the blood runs out some from the spots;
appetite is good; seem healthy; have good
run on sod; only two together in
well ventilated,floored pen andkeptclean;
had some affected the same way last spring,
and when they farrowed, their teats became
sore, and they lost most of their pigs.
Please give name of disease and remedy,
if possible. S. T. B.
Feed tho powders so often recommended
in the Farmer. Touch the spots twice
daily with sulphate of zinc in cold water,
one ounce, to four of water.
Please tell me what to do for my mare.
She has some kind of a skin disease. Her
hair raises as if surfeited, then comes off;
iteheslerribl} ; she eats heartily; seems all
riglit every otlier way. f-he caught the
disease from horns brought here frcm
southern Illinois; the hair all came off cf
tbem; they werewas-bed in copperas water
with little or no tffect, except to set them
almost distracted. Please name the disease, and tell me cure, Tbe disease comes
on neck first.
Take sulphur, cream of tartar, powdered
sassafras, powdered May apple root, of
each, three ounces; mix, divide in ten
parts; give one, night and morning, in
chop feed, any mixed feed. Repeat if
necessary. External application: Py-
roligneousacid, 4ounees; flour of sulphur;
4 ounces; calomel, GO grains; red precipitate, 40 grains; spirits of turpentine, 2
ounces; lard, 4 ounces. Mix, rub in well
on all parts affected, twice daily. Kepeat
if necessary. I mean, when the above are
out, procure more if necessary.
I lost two two-year-old cattle last week,
which has perplexec} our entire viciDJty.
The manner of disease Was scinethii glike
this: After the first discovery of any ailment, it was about fony-cight hours until
they died. The first sj mpioms ol sickness
was an attack of tiemblesjin about twelve
hours after, they went entirely blind.
They would travel in a circle round and
round; then they would get again st something with thtir neads and stand braced
with thtir heads down and frothing at the
mouth, l.got tome help and we had a
post mortem examination. All we could
uiscover was the gall being about from
four to six times tue usual bize.       S. L.
Your stock have died of malarial fever.
This is evident from the fact tbat stoppage
of the ducts and enlargement of the liver
are necessarily of malarial origin. The
affection in their heads was caused by
a derangement of the stomach through
the sympathetic nerve,thestomachhaving
been inflamtd by ihe retention of the bile
in the liver. The shivering fit is the
great symptom of, or initiation into fever.
We require tke full address of perttous
making inquiries in this department, as well
as contributors. We will publish only the
initials, but wish the full name, as a guaranty
of good faith.
A oow Qf mine has a sore as large as a
half dollar, that I have tried to cure with
ii_dihe, but cau't; it is on the hip joint; it
bleeds a little once in a while. J. C.
(Try a fly blister, rubbed in well with the
hind twice daily. See prior numbers of
IAmana Farmer for blister.
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[Ihave a horse that has lost the upper
ej-e lid of' his left eye. Was done last
summer. This spring his eye has been
mattering; seems to be a white film coin-
in i; over the eye. B. B.
. ;Use the eye powder so often recommended in the Farmer.
'■ u have a mule that four weeks ago commenced rnnning a thick yellowish corruption at the nose. It is very offtjnsive. _Mo
spelling abont the head or under the jaw
ae in distemper. Hair looks all right.
T        . H. W. L.
/Are there no kernels between the jaws?
Ias it a oough? Inform, and receive treat-
pent.     .
I have a horse that has the heaves of
short standing. I have tried tincture lobelia in his drink, but it does not seem to
«J- much good.   What can I do for it?
.' F. W. M.
jPut your ear to his throat, and if you
iein hear him breathe, blister his throat,
atid feed him the powders you so often see
named in the Farmer. Color his drink-
.\hter with indigo.
. Please tell me through your valuable
paper what will kill lice on cattle and how
t4 use the same, and oblige. J. F. B.
[Oil of baze half an ounce, to a quart of
lird; or red precipitate one-half ounce to
a'-quart of lard or tobacco ooze. This you
nltist use cautiously on parts of the body
oiily,at a time. If you encircle the body
it will kill the beast. Do not allow the
first to be licked.
Can't Take a Paper.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
The kind of farmers who can't afford to
take agricultural papers are well described
by our correspondent in the following:
I have been woiking for the Farmer
this winter, and in.traveling around I
took note of the families that did not take
any papers. There are 28 such in my
neighborhocd, and all say that tbey can't
afford to spend a dollar for a good paper.
If you go into their houses you cannot
find any reading matter in them. They say
that they "have no time to read papers,"
but I often find them sitting around little
country stores and saw-mills and other
places of resort for idlers. These men
have two or three dogs, but not a pig is to
be found. If they have a little place, it is
generally mortgaged, and they say that
they can't pay their interest and taxes.
They claim that the rich are cramping the
poor. I tell them that they are cramping
themselves by idling away so much time,
while the rich are at work and taking care
of what they make.
I find many so-called farmers who will
take no paper even if it costs but a dollar a
year, and they have one or two plugs of
horses, bad harness and two or three dogs;
about the same number of pigs and a
dozen hens. How can such men be
reached and be made interested in reading ?
Governor Morton once said that ignorance
was a curse to any country, and I believe
it. Will you please give me your idea as
to how to lift up these men?        R. S. C.
—We have been trying to solve this puzzle for years, but it is too much for us.—
Eds.
[My horse had what was called pink eye,
ia November. I doctored him acc >rding
t» Navin, and got him through as I thought
all right, but during tbe winter he has been
linie first in hind foot or leg, then in fore
i\g, now the other fore leg; seems very
tjtcjer on both fore legs. J. D.
JTour horse may be foundered, and in-
fammation settled in the muscles of his
breast and shoulder Joints, if so, the muscles atrophied and the joints enlarged. If
go, rowel his breast; put in four rowels; j sell out
his feet may be contracted; lf so, his frogs      Franklin.
i'.
INDIANA.
Parke Co.—Wheat in good condition.
Bountiful fruit crop expected. Cattle
bringing a good price; hogs down. A
great deal of rain in this neighborhood.
J. O. ,G. ■
Bartholomew Co.—Clover seed all
sown. Wheat, rye and grass look well.
The farmers have commenced sowing oats,
but the rains put a stop to plowing for a
few days. J. A. D.
Pike Co.—A great deal of rain this
winter and spring. Farmers will soon be
done sowing oats. Seme planting potatoes. Seed scarce. Hay and corn scarce
and high.-   Wheat looks well.   J. H. W.
Henry Co.—Sfme of the wheat looks
well, but a great deal bas been killed by
the fly and worms. Clover has stood the
winter well. Stock hogs scarce but
healthy. Corn selling at 50 to 60c per
bushel; cats, at SOc. Timothy hay, $13 to
$15 per ton; clover, ?9 to $11. Potatoes,
?1 25 to ?1 50 per bushel. P. P. R.
Floyd Co—Abundance of rain. Very
little oats sewn, a few potatoes planted.
Wheat never looked more promisirg.
Meadows are lockiDg fine. A great mariy
farmers are sowing clover. Feed scarce.
Cattle look well;. hogs scarce,but healthy.
The strawberry and raspberry growers are
looking fora big harvest. CD.
Daviess Co.—Wheat doing well considering the wet weather. Oats only partly
pow;n. We had-fi fearful hurricano on tho
17th inst., teariiig off barn roofs, b-_\i_ng
downfeDces, houses, snd a great deal of
timber. Corn worth from 75c to Jl per
bushel; oats from 50 to 75c. Money'
scarce, and that is the reason no one will
subscribe for the Farmer in this locality.
p.S.
Parke Co.—Weather so wet as to interfere with farm work. Wheat and clover
much injured by the late freezes. It seems
to me that a few papers on clover by some
one of experience would be appreciated by
the readers of the Farmer. Considerable
ditchiDg will be done here in the future.-
Good farms are worth from J50 to $70 per
acre.   Stock healthy; hogs rather scarce.
E.'T.
Howard Co.—Wheat looking well,
although somewhat in jur.ed by the fly. A
large acreage of corn will be planted this
spring. Good prospect for a fruit crop.
Some hegs dying with cholera. Cattle
bave wintered well, having been kept supplied with grass. The tile factories in this
county Tannot supply the dfmand, so
thoroughly are farmers aroused to tlie necessity of draining. A Reader.
Delaware Co.—Wheat looking well,except on wet land, where it is either dead or
in bad condition. Much of the clover is
frozen out. The fruit buds appear all
right so far. Apple and cherry trees nearly
all dead. A fair acreage of corn will be
planted this spring. Stock generally wintered well. Horses, stock cattle and stock
hegs, high and scarce. Fat hogs all sold.
Corn scarce, I have plenty. Potatoes
high, I have nine kinds. Farms worth
from $40 to $80 per acre. G. N.
Allen Co., March 23.—A blizzard struck
us the 21st and continued through the 22d.
It rained, snowed, and the wind blew a
gale. Wheat will not be half a crop here.
It has been freezing and thawing all winter, and not enough snow to cover it up.
Mud, mud, a perfect embargo on travel
except on gravel roads. Hogs healthy.
Cattle doing well. Horses high in price
and scarce. Health tolerably good. Farms
are changing hands; mostly German
Lutherans buying here; it is close to their
church and school. Land sells at from $40
to $110 per acre, the latter being the price
on the gravel road. A. M. T.
Sold Out.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We ask you to discontinue our poultry
advertisement. We have sold out all our
pairs long since and have received many
orders we were unable to fill. We bave
some Bronze gobblers yet, which weigh
above 23 pounds each. We have sold more
than ICO geese and turkeys, the major part
of them by our "ad." in the Indiana
Farmer. Reader, do not advertise poultry in the Farmer if you do not wish to
Dr. J. O. Forsyth & Son.
ii.i.imuh.
WniTE Co.—Wheat looks well. Peach
trees in bloom, apple trees in bud, and
raspberries sending out shoots. We have
had rain two days of the week nearly all
winter. Corn worth 75c per bushel; oats,
05c; hay, $15 to $20 per ton. Those that
have been reporting of Southern Illinois
should come further south. Many farmers have mortgaged their farms to obtaii j
money to make another crop on.    E.G. /
Douglas Co.—Wbeat prospect good. Tf
same can be said of fruit. Grass isfw
weeks earlier than last year. Fat, '°ps
scarce and high in price. Cattle lo-^u-g
well. A large crop of broom corn ;i'l t>e
planted here this season. W^ill1^. ft. of
Jasper county, Ind., please give b«\ rice
of land, both improved and ur,r-Pr'-'ved
in his county? Also state whet-er prairie
or timber, level or rolling, saH7 or black
sticky soil? S. N. 8.