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THE MOUNDALE HERD.
Property of  H. F. Thomson,   to be
Sold at Moundale, Thomson
Station, Clarke County,
Ky., Oct. 15th, 1875.
Boubbon County, Ky., Oct. 27.
In the grand offering to the publio of
Short-Horns in central Kentucky, next
month, many aud valuable ones will be
presented but in the list I question
muoh, if any one breeder can or does
pesent as many popular and elegantly
bred young Bates heifers; as the gentleman whose name appears above. Ninet.-
eight head and all deep in Bates blood;
88 females, and 78 of theso under five
years. Princess, Craggs,.Gwynne's, Can-
nondal's, and Constance's, Bloom's,
Gems, Young Phillis, Louan's, Golden
Pippins, Dew Drops, are strongly represented in numbers, and elegantly in desirable forms and ages.
Drafts from the North, East, West,
England, Canada and Kentucky are to
be lound here; rare and noted cows,
young and thrifty heifers of unexceptiDn-
able forms, pedigrees and colors will be
sold. I will not undertake an individual
description of all the good things in the
lot. The bulls are all under one year
old; some are not all that could be
desired, but being of pure pedigree blood
they will meet a demand amongst a large
class who cannot afford to pay fancy
prioes. Tho most ho? ever are good ones,
all thrifty and in colors desirable. In
heifers w'e find 18 beauties, all reds and
roans, except one, she, a snow white.
Perhaps the toppiestand most stylish is
Cth Tube Rose, of Brattleboro, a red,
8 months, a highly bred Princess, a fine
showy calf, of decided first quality, with
a superb coat of silky hair, a good head,
crops, and ribs well sprung, with symmetrical contour, and the foreshortened
view from either end good. In yearling
heifers 34 handsome ones can be fouud.
One of V1 e best is Rosa 2d. from imported
Agatha and topped Kirklevington.
(11640), a pure Bates, Ci.mmodore and
Crusader, well bred in B tes. She is a
show heifer in form, with small clean
head trim neck fine bro. d back, with a
splendid bosom, of grand quality and is
likely to prove a gem ot the first water
among Shoit Horns. More than a dozen
remarkably beautiful heifers in this list
of yearling deserve commenting up n,
but I pass to the baker's dozen of two
year olds, at least ten of them. deserving
of Page's pencil. I will not individualize
in this lot for discrimination here would
be hard to effect as for style, substance
an general quality, they all rank high.
Most all of them arc safe in . alf to
Grand Duke a 63-<_tth pure Bates bull,
or to one of the pure Dukes of this
region. The three year olds also number 13 and all of them giving milk, having safely calved, they are fine, healthy,
thrifty looking young cows. I rather inclined to Peachbud 12th, sired and gr.
sired by bulls deep in Princess blood,
she is mellow to the touch, sightly _ to
the eye. and gives every sign of becoming
a most stylish and desirable cow. Ot the
20 cows between 3 and 9 years of age
they are all very good looking matrons,
fine and substantial, of good quality in
both beef, touch and pail proclivities
We clos_ our notice with Grand Duke,
an 8 year old bull, standing at bead of
herd, a great heifer producer, based on
Craggs, with 5 pure Bates sires above.
He is a bull of magnificent proportions, a
fine handler and well worthy, of his pure
lineage, he has already left his impress
on many of the young animals, his get
in this offering, and many ofthe females
to be sold are stinted to him. I hope
the Short-Horn buyers of Indiana will
be here in force, as a splendid opportunity is presented, in this sale, for securing
rare and most desirable families of the
Bates and Princess kinds.       S. II. R.
Spaying Cattle—The Missouri Farmer says that a great many yearling
heifers are annually spayed in Missouri.
The time most generally adopted is in
early spring when the grass is sufficient
for them to lived without other food
The heifers thus treated universally
wake better cattle than they otherwise
would do, and are more valuable th au
they would be as cows. The inlerior
heifers should always be selected, and
they are as valuble for beef as the best
steers. Our cotemporary has seen cows
spayed at two years old that continued
to give milk until very old age. They,
of course, gave more in early spring
than at any other season of the .year,
but we did not see that they gave less iu
the same length of time than those with
calves. They evidently fatten more
. readily than cows do that are raising
calveB, and consequently should be more
^thoroughly milked andfed less thansuch
icows.
Frvm the London Agricultural Gazette.
THE WADSWORTH  ESTATE
SHORT-HORN HERD.
' This is one of the largest and probably at the present time the most valuable cultivated estate in North America.
It consists of about eighty thousand
acres,_ ocoupying parts of the five coun-
oouuties of Genesee, Livingston. Monroe,
Erie, and Niagara, of New York. One
may walk from a few miles above the
village of Geneseo to the City of Ro
Chester, a distance of about thirty miles,
without stepping off this magnificent domain. Eis_bt thousand acres, or about
ons-tenth of this, is what is locally
called "flats," whioh answers to the term
"meadows" in England. They form a
rich alluvial plain, of considerable
leugth, and of one to threo
miles in breadth, the Gene
see river meandering
through it. Almost every
Soring it overflows these
"flats," and as the waters
suhside they leave a ricl
sediment on their
i
in
Bridle-Breaking.—To cure a horse
of bridle-breaking, get a piece of bed-
cord, four times the length of tbe horse,
and double it in the middle, and at tbe
doubled end make a loop, through
which pass the animal's tail. Then
cross the cord over his back, and pass
both ends through the halter-ring under
his chin and tie both ends ofthe cord to
the trough ring through which the halter strap p^s. the end ofthe halter being attached to a billet of wood. Should
the horse attempt to pull back, the
strain will all boon the root of his tail
before the halter strap will become
tightened, and he will at once step forward to avoid it. Alter so fixing him
a few times in stable he will abandon
any such propensity.
Ceoss-bbed Ram.—A correspondent
of the Lewiston Journal says tbat Ma-
lon Bryant, of Woodstock, Me., has
a ram, of Southdown and Leicester
breed with a touch of native, which produced 17 lbs of unwashed wool, when a
year old. and for which N. L. Marshall,
paid $8 50. This year the ram was two
years old in May last, and weighed 250
lbs. befor e shearing and sheared 20 lbs.
of wool by weight, the wool was Cinches
long, very fine, and has been sold at 20
cts, a lb.
 s   m   s .	
Hon. Mr. Cociirane's Airdrie
Duchess 2d (dam of the $18,000 eow)
has given birth to a yellow-red and white
bull calf by llth Duke of Geneva. He
will be called Cth Duke of  Hillhurst.
The last Indiana Legislature passed
the following act on this subject:
"Be it enacted, etc., That every person who
shall cruelly beat oi torture, or ovrdrove any
horse or other animal, whether belonging to
himself or another, shall be deemed guilty of a
msdemeanor, and upon conviction, snail be
fined ln any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars."
 .—s   m   s	
TnE rule of TnE Shorxiiorn Society of Great Britain disqualifying for
entry in the Herd Book of bulls with only four crosses in their pedigree, has been
relaxed. Such bulls will be entered in
the forthcoming volume of the Herd
Book, but will be recorded in a separate
list.
Indiana, Farmer Family.
Onr Postal Card Correspondence.
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Ul
trees,
pretty
bori
vated in various crops,
bounded in the far distance
by high, picturesque, wooded hills. Through these
meadows winds the placid
Geneseo to its frightful leap
thirty miles below, of over
ninety feet from a perpen
dicular limestone precipice
at Rochester; then flowing
on agjin, now gently, then
over other successive falls
for a dist;__:;_e1!of niue moke
miles, till mingled with the
clear blue waters of Lake
Ontario. Add to these
features,  in tbe  immediate
foreground  of this general	
view, a choice and beautiful
herd  of upward of seventy head of fine
thoroughbred Short-Horns, cropping the
succulent grass, or reposing in the shade
of the trees, and about 1.5(H) high-grade
bullocks   feeding   for    the   New   York
maiket", and we have a scene which, I
will veature to say, is nowhere surpassed
in rural richness and beauty.  In coming
into the uiana ement ofthe estate, a few
years since, the present owners set apart
3 00U acres each for their own individual
farms.    Until  the  Indian  corn, wheat,
aud   other small   grains   had   been the
staple products of the?e lands from their
tii s t sell It ment, more especially wheat was
the best pacing crop; but the great rise
iu the wages of labor, and the low price
ol the above  products which   have lat-
teily ruled in the United States, made it
impossible for them to successfully compete with the cheaper lauds of the West;
aud then they wisely concluded to change
their grain-fields  to grass as rapidly as
was convenient, and  enter more largely
on the breeding of Short-Horns.   These
they will continue to increase until they
entirely supersede their numerous grades
now pasturing here.  What a magnificent
herd it will then  show! Well worth the
while alone of  the English  breeders of
this kindred  race to cross *he  Atlantic
to look at.    The foundation of this herd
was  laid by their father, the late Gen
James S. Wadswonh, in  the year 1854
The imported cow,  Australia, has been
the chief strain in this.    She was got by
Lord Foppington (10 437) out of Adonia,
by Harkaway, (9,184.)   Mr. Charles F.
\Vadsworth   showed   me   eight of   this
fdmily, which I  think  will fully equal
any other eight of a single family to be
tou .d in the United States. To these they
have added largely from the Duchess and
Princess tribes, preferring the pure Bates
and  Stephenson   blood   to   any   other
strains now existing.   Their cows excel
generally as milkers, and  are fully able
to bring up   their own   calves  in   good
condition; and if a cow will not do this,
I  think  she  ought  to  be ruled  out of
every show-yard, as  unworthy of being
awarded a prize of anj; kind.    The buils
latterly used in the Genesee Valley herd
are Fourteenth   Duke of Airdrie. Third
Baron Bates, Earl Seahan, Second Baron
Morley,  and  Fifth   Prince of  Oxford.
The latter is  the youngest of  the five,
having   been   calved slaouary 14,  1874
He   is   almost   entirely   red, with  the
gold hue of hair which we so much  admire here, as indicative  of high  breeding, and as a distinguished shade in the
color   of   the   Duchess   and    Princess
tribes of cattle.    He is of good size, fine
quality, and quite stylish in his makeup.
We may look for a choice lot of calves
next  year  from- his  get.    At thc  New
York  State   Agricultural  Show at El-
mira,    in   1872,   this    herd    took    the
herd premium and  four first prizes; at
■ hat of   Albany,  in    1873   it  took the
herd   premium   and   five   first   prizes;
at   that   of    Rochester,     in    1874,    it
took   the   herd   premium    and    four
firat   prizes.
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2 Zaire/ Cernyi/cr/t W.^^Ce^j^.
THE PROPERTY OF B. B. GROOM & SON, WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY.
Disease in the Feet of Cows.
O. B., Butternuts, N. Y.. writes : "I
have three cows taken lame in hind feet.
The disease appears like a bruise on
heel, which soon swells ; cracks appear
above the hoof similar to scratches in
horses, and bloody matter discharges in
small quantities. There is no soreness
between the hoofs. _ One of my neighbors calls it cow itch—another, fouls.
Can you tell mo what it is. what causes
it and a remedy? Will other cows be
liable to take the disease by running
with them?
Reply.—This is one of the symptoms
of the disease, now very prevalent in
England, known as the "foot and mouth"
disease, in which,in addition to the soreness of tho feet, the mouth and tongue
arc generally affected. It appears to be
somewhat prevalent in this country< but
only in a very light degree. The remedy
is to give a dose of physic, (eight to
twelve ounces of salts,) and to wash the
feet with soap and warm water afterward
anointing them with the following ointment: Eight ounces lard, two ounces of
bees-wax, and two ounces resin melted
together and then mixed with four
ounces of spirits of turpentine and one
ounce each of sulphate of zine and sulphate of copper very finely powdered.
These are all to be stirred together until
thoroughly mixed and cooled. The affected animals should be skept by themselves, as others may take the disease
from them by contact with the discharge
from the feet.—iV. Y. Times.
Corn as a Food for Horses.
Mr. Church, the general manager of
the London omnibus company, before a
select committee of the House of Commons, spoke very highly of Indian corn
as food for work horses. The company
find it so much cheaper than oats
that they have_ discarded them. He
says : These animals arc fed entirely on
maize and chaff, each horse receiving as
its daily ration about 17 pounds of the
former and ten of the latter. The maize
is just broken sufficiently to enable the
horses to eat it without difficulty, and
they thrive better on this fodder than
they ever did upon oats. _ On the ground
ol economy, also, maize is preferable tb
oats as forage, its price being much lower, and the saving effected being 3s. or
4s. a quarter. These facts, Mr. Church
went on to observe, have long been
known to many owners of horses, but
gentlemen with private stables find great
difficulty in substituting bruised maize
ai d chaff for the old fashioned ft»rage
of oats and trusses of hay. Coachmen
and grain dexlers resolutely oppose the
innovation, for the reason that it enables
the owners ot horses to exercise a control
over supplies for tbeir stables, and prevent a waste and fraud.
Interesting  to  Short-Horn Breeders.
Editors Indiana Farmer:—I send
you a little' of my experience in regard to
the purchase and breeding from two
aged cows. Easter Day was purchased
by T. J. Migeblew and myself from Dr.
J. J. Taylor, near Lexington, Kentucky,
at nine'•years old (see Vol.8, page 315)
we give $350 for her. She was in calf to
Airdrie Duke 5306, and produced a red
C. C, March 6th, 1869. I give names of
calves descended from her and names of
purchasers below. Airdrie Belle, Vol.
10, page 122, Geo. M. Bedford, $1,700;
Airdrie Belle 2d, W. E. Sims, $900; Airdrie Belle 3d, Geo. M Bedford, $940;
Rosette. John Nichols, $750; Cambridge
Rose, John Nichols, $800; Cambridge
Rose 2d, .John B. Taylor, out Canada,
$1 000; Cambridge Rose 4th. twin, Richard Gibson, out Canada. $350; Master
Maynard to Corbin and Patterson, $700;
Admirae $370, to S. Moore, Ohio, Prince
Alfred, twin, Mr. Larkinsville, Alabama,
$80, making $7 590 more than the investment in the old cow. The bull, Master
Maynora, being let to about twelve cows
by his owners and then selling him to
Cyrus Jones of San Jose, California, for
$1,700, an advance of $1,000 more than
first cost. The cow Easter Day above was
a descendant of imported Rose of Sharon
through Flora, full sister to Thames.
Also we bought Miss Stonewall Jackson (Vol.7, page 478) at $GU0and in about
the same length of time as Ea«ter Day
we sold ber descendents lor $5,8S0 more
than the first cost, making an advance
on thc increase of the two cows of $13,-
470 for food and interest on the first cost
of $950 for both cows.
Wesley Warnock.
The Vlnewood Herd.
SHEEP IN VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Whig strongly urges
the farmers of Virginia to engage more
generally in wool growing as it. climate
and soil not only are adapted to this industry, but the changed conditions of
its people since the war and abolition of
slavery. But in the first place it demands that tho Legislature shall pass a
stringent dog law for the farmer's protection, from which it would appear that
the State is overrun with dogs to such
an extent as to have actually discouraged
if not permitted the general introduction
of this .industry. Upon these points the
Whig says:
With the extinction of slavery, the old
system of cultivation has' become unprofitable. In its place must be substituted others adapted to ouralterted condition of labor. Among those, not one
is so profitable in this interior as the
the raising of wool, <_c. The industry
requiresbut a small force compared to
the cultivation of wheat, corn, and tobacco, and, therefore, the Legislature
should foster it in every possible way.
If the Old Dominion could produce
sheep to anything like the extent that
Michigan does, she would in a few years
become far weathier than she is, and we
see no reason why such should not be
the fact with proper legislation.
It does seem to us that the Legislature
might_pass such laws as would protect
our citizens in their property. What
ever enactmenis there are, seems to be
practically of little effect. We have
never seen the statutes of Michigan, but
we would venture to assert they secure
their farmers.
THE CORN CROP.
Thi? issue of the Indiana Farmer
contains two illustrations of animals of
the celebrated Vinewood herd of B. B.
Groom &, Son, to be sold near Winchester, Kentucky, October 14:h, as advertised elsewhere. This sale affords
o*.ie of the rare opportunities for obtaining somo of the finest Short-IIorns in
this country. The Kentucky Live Stock
Record, alluding to this herd says :
The herd consists of eighty-one animals, amor-g wh ch will be found twenty
head ot imported cows and five imported
bulls. The Messrs. Grooms' sale presents one of the most attractive offerings
ofthe October serie-i, as Kirklevingtons.
Wildeyes, Barmpton Roses, Prinsesses,
Brighteyes, Places (Bates), and other
very popular English sorts, will be
offered. To lovers ofthe Bartes sort, the
Vinewood herd sale should be an unusually attractive one. Catalogues are
ready.
The September report of the department of agriculture saysot the corn crop:
"Could it be thoroughly ripened, its aggregate would exceed any previous crop,
and the yield per acre would be one of
the best, notwithstanding the losses by
the overflow ofthe b.ttoms. and the saturation ofthe heavy flat soils, such losses proving less than the usual damages
by drought and insects, while the rains
have greatly benefited the crop's in the
higher and dryer soils. Nearly everywhere the corn is late in maturing from
one to two weeks._ General high condition is still maintained. The average being one per cent, higher than in August.
The state averages are: Maine, 107; New
Hampshire, 109; Connecticut 108; New
York. 99; New Jersey, 111; Pennsylvania, 108; Delaware, 100; Maryland, 106;
Virginia, 112; North. Carolina, 105;
South Carolina, 87; Georgia; 90; Florida,
83; Alabama, 111; Mississippi, 116;
Louisiana, 85; Texas, 89; Arkansas, 103;
Tennessee, 114; West Virginia, 107;
Kentucky. 103; Ohio, 97; Michigan, 101;
Indiana, 83; Illinois, 95: Wisconsin, 60,
Minnesota. 72; Iowa, 92; Missouri, 111:
Kansas. 109; Nebraska, 93; California,
95; Oregon, 100.
GIBTON COUNTY-Sept 25.
We've had some flne growing weather since
tbe flood. Wheat ia abont all threshed, and ls
worth from SO oents to f 1.15 per bnshel. Corn
on rolling ground looks well. That in the
Whit, river bottom was all destroyed, leaving
many farmers without anything. Tobacco la
growing fine, and promises a better crop than
was anticipated. Early potatoes are good, bnt
late ones are damaged some, but yet, a good
yield. The Indiana Farmer Is a welcome
visitor here, and is read with great Interest.
Long live the Farmer. Chas. Struct.
GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA.-Sept.  24th.
Slight frost this morning. Corn crop flne,
considered the btst since I860. Wheat is a good
yield but much damaged by rain; few prime
samples. Hay about two-thirds of a crop ln
the James River Valley. Has the frest damaged the corn crop ln the West? What ls the
estimated damage to the wheat crop ln the
West? R. B. A.
KNOX C0UNTY-_epl. 27th.
It is as much too dry now as it was wet some
time ago. Not mnch wh-at sown on account
of the dry weather, the ground being so dry
and so difficult to get ln order for sowing.
Plenty of frost a few nights tlnce. Farmers
are about done cnttlng up corn. There will be
a greater amount of wheat sown ln th s section
of thc county than ever. Corn in the bottoms
of the Wabash and White river was all destroyed. Our county fair begins October llth,
and we expect the best fair this year that we
have ever had. j. p. q_
WELLS COUNTY.
Farmers in this neighborhood are about done
sowing wheat. Wheat turued out very well,
considering the wet weather; worth 11.10.
Corn not very good. Hogs nearly all 6old off.
Potatoes are good, and turn out well; worth 35
cents per bushel. No apples worth mentioning. Grangers are plenty, and still increasing
In numbers. The Indiana Farmer is taken
by nearly all ln onr Grange.       M.J. Lowry.
MIAMI COUNTY-September 26th.
Seeding has been very late ln this section;
some wheat to sow yet. We had some heavy
frosts last week, which killed the late coin.
The most of the corn here was ont of danger,
but we will have poor fodder, as there has not
been much made yet. Corn is tolerably good
alons Eel river. Wheat was very poor; Is selling from 60 cents to fl. The Indiana Farmer Is the favorite agricultural paper ln these
parts.   We wish it success.     Jacob Sayoer.
HUNTINGTON COUNTY-Sept. 24th. •
Seeing a note ln the Farmer that J. Hardey,
of Starke connty, (In; sixteen bushels ol potatoes irom four rods of ground, please inform
us what kind? whether at one or two different
times? I raised forty-three bushels of Early
Rose from eighteen and one-half rods, and I
thought that was enough. Wheat abont all
sowed; selling irom 50c to 11.10. Corn cntting
is going on lively now. Heavy frosts on the
_M and 23d inst.   Apples scarce.
The Granges are still alive here, they have
their shoulder agalDst the wheel and are helping to push. p. jt.
HANCOCK COUNTY-September 26th.
Weather has been very flne lor fall work.
Farmers are abont all done sowing wheat.
They have their corn about all cut. Hogs are
dying with some new disease, which some call
cholera, because they don't know what else to
call it. Hogs are scarce and high. Corn is
good in some localities. It is worth from 40 to
75 cents. Wheat is poor and low in price;
worth from GO cents to 51. The Farmer Is a
welcome visitor at our home.
• J. ty. Comstock.
HENDRICKS COUNTY-September 27th.
Corn is much better than had been expected,
and the shipment of a great many cattle and
hogs to Illinois has lett the farmers with plenty of feed for their their stock.
The following, furnished us by D. W. Sparks,
shows an average of the wheat crop. He
threshed 579 acres, yielding 7,806 bushels—less
than 14 bnshels per acre. Also twelve acres of
bats, yielding 533 bushels, an average per acre
of 44 bushels.
Halcyon Grange ls flourishing. Its members
are hopeful for the future. 21. E. H.
PORTER COUNTY-September 27 h.
I have Just made a Uttle trip through a portion of Pnlaski, Fulton, Marshall, Stark, St.
Joseph, LaPorte and Porter counties. Corn,
marsh hay, potatoe", pumpkins, etc., in abundance. Old Jack Frost has made bis mark in
many localities. I do not think he. has done
mnch damage. The farmers are pretty nearly
through seeding ; abont an average.cropt will
be sown. 1 noticed a good many apples and
pears. I haven't heard much complaint about
damaged wheat, but all say the crop ls short.
Health Is better than I have known lt for several years, and I have passed over the same
route every fall for the last six or eight years.
J. B. D.
Bone Dnst.—I see ln yonr paper an inquiry
from Pike County, I think, about the amount
of plaster required to oe used on wheat. If
yonr inquirer will only try about 150 to 200
pounds of pure Bone Dust to the acre, he ^-111
flnd that the yield of wheat will be mnch larger and better than by using plaster, or Any
thing else. One farmer that nsed bone dust
this spring says he got ten dollars back by extra yield lor every one Invested.
Chas. G. Morris.
Legal Tender Ketirement.—Tbe
Secretary of the Treasury has given
directions for the retirement of $304 58-1
of outstanding legal tenders, that amount
being 80 per cent of the National bank
circulation issued during the present
month. Until further orders outstanding legal . nders will be $373,941,12_,—
Washington Telegram.