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VOL.. XIY.
INDIAKAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUG. 23, 1879.
NO. 34.
FOB SALE.
F
OR 8AI_E—Pure Essex Pigs.    Address, H. T.
HOCKENSMITH, Sew Augusta, Ind.
FOR  SALE—Berkshire Pigs, three months old,
either se_, }7 each.   R. H, WHITE, Billlngs-
ville.Ind.
FOR SALE— BUL1-—Alderney or Jersev Bull, one
of the finest in the State, cheap. J Ei?F. CARR,
Rushville, Ind.
FOR  SALE—Poland  China sow  pigs, ready  for
show ring. 3 to 5 montns *ld; on cars for $20 and
$_S each.   A. W. ROSS, Muncie, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farms In Marlon, Rush and other
counties in Indiana.   G. W. ALEXANDER, 36
E. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
FOR SALE—J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county,
Ind., breeder of Light Brahma3 of Felch and
Danley's stock, and White Leghorns. Send orders
for eggs.
EOR SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile
from Kokomo. Will require $1,500 to 12.000 cash,
balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
diapolls.
FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—A flne well-improved farm of 200
acres in Washington township, in Hamilton
connty. Price, **30 per acre. This ls a rare bargain.
Inquire of VINSON CARTER, No. 21 Vance Block,
Indianapolis.
FOR BALE— FARM-One of the finest in this
State. 5 miles northwest of thts city, 120 acres,
excellent soil; house, 10 rooms, with other new improvements cost *J6.0O0. Price, $9,000. M. AR-
BCTCKLB, Agent, 70 E. Market street.
MIS C KI_1_ ASTEOUS.
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M. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylvania street.
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C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office ln room 4 Va-
•   Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
PERSONAL—Tou can buy a better boot for less
,  money at C   W. Tutewiler A Co.'s than can be
bought in any other store in the State of Indiana,
M   boughi
HE cheapest place in the State to buy BuEKies,
^j_..-\ Carriages, etc., is at Ripley's, No. from 62 to 74
Went Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.   Call and see
fo_|yourself.
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PERSONAL—C. W. Tutewiler & Co. are filling up
thfir store-room, No. 22 East Washington St.,
with the finest and best line of men's, women's and
children's shoes ever brought to the city of Indian-
apoli..
Vf T^0R RENT—Good farm, rich soil, 140 acres ira-
fi't-Jj proved, 100 woods pasture, near Loogootee,
*     _M.ar.in  county, Indiana.   Favorable lease will be
fiveh to a responsible farmer. * W. M. A C E. COF-
'IN, 34 N. Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind.
PERSONAL—It Is worth remembering that C W.
:';Tutewiler A Co. not only sell at bottom prices,
but also give a useful present as an advertisement,
wit/s each pair of Boots and Shoes sold. Remember
thej^lace, 22 JEas* Washington street.
C-N. PALMER A SON, Gallipolis, Ohio, breeders
» . of Cotswold and Southdown Sheep, Berkshire,
Yorkshire, Magie or Poland China Swine, Bronze
Turkeys, Pekin Ducks, Light and Dark Brahmas,
Buff and Partridge Cochins and Brown Leghorns.
Also, Nursery Stock: at wholesale and retail. Write
for prices.
/""I RANT'S TOUR.—A complete record ofthe trav-
\JC els of General Grant around the world, with
jTlt*<:iescrJPti0BS °* the Peaces visited, interesting inci-
'oLdents, enthusiastic ovations by Emperors and Kings.
Illustrated. Price, |2 50. Out-sells all books. Territory rapidly taken. AGENTS WANTED. Fob-
sheb A McIIaxin, Cincinnati, O.
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FOR TRADE—A farm of 220 acres in Marion county, Ills., 5 miles south of Klnmundy, 70 miles
east of St. Louis, ISO acres rich loam under cultivation, 40 acres heavy timber, large two-story brick
dwelling, barn, two orchards, stock water all the
year. Will trade for a small "well-improved farm
near this citv. '.7 West Washington street, Room 1.
G. G. HOLMAN.
Loim.
LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms in Indiana and Ohio.   The terms are very   favor-
- able.    Address   THOS.  C.  DAY,  87 East Market
street, Indianapolis.
T OAN—Money to loan at 8 per cent. Ten years*
_I_J time with privilege of paying at any time after
three vears. _Fo life Insurance. No commissions. M.
E. VINTON, Vinton Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
T OAN—MONEY—In sums or ?*!*» to {10.000, on
* 1 improved farms in Indiana, at eight per cent,
interest, payable annually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or anv part of it can be paid at any
time. H. B PALMER & CO., No. 78 East Market
St. .Indianapolis, Ind.
IT ANTED.
a very fine animal and one that will be
bard to b.at in tbe show ring.
The second great combination sale of
Mr. P. C. Kidd, takes place at Lexington, Ky., on tbe 9th of Sept. At this
sale 200 head of horses, 30 Short-horns,
40 Jerseys and 200 Cotswold aud Southdown sheep are to be sold. See particulars of sale elsewhere in the Farmer.
Our friend Samuel Dragoo, of Edinburg, will make an excellent showing of
his fine Poland Chinas this fall. His
boar, "Hoosier Prince 2d," is at the head
of his herd. Mr. D. has made the breeding of Poland Chinas quite remunerative
of late years. He sold one last week to
a neighbor who is about to move* to
Kansas.
BREEDING   FOR   SEX.
The question has been raised that cows
could be bred at pleasure for either sex
by stock breeders. If any of our readers have experience or observation on
this subject that appears conclusive to
them, our columns are open to them for
short pointed articles. Theories are pretty in themselves, but experience is much
more valuable in the settlement of disputed questions.
HORSE   STABLES.
There is far too little attention paid to
the matter of ventilation and room in
the horse stables. The health of the
horse depends very much more on the
character of his stable than most people
seem willing to believe. When animals
are stabled only at night, a minimum of
1,200 cubic feet should be allowed. In
England the newer cavalry barracks give,
a minimum of 1,500 feet, with a ground
area of fully 90 square feet per horse, and
the best hunting and carriage horse
stables have more room.
\\/ ANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana
T V     History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text-
Book.   8. L. MARROW, Indianapolis.
T\\7 ANTED—A Good Farm of about 160 acres in
/   \V     either Shelby, Johnson or Morgan counties,
■' within a short distance of railroad.    Write postal
card description, price, etc., to JOHN RAFER, care
of Indiana Farmkr, Indianapolis, Ind.
WANTED—Make your Chicks and Pigs grow by
feeding Ground Beef Scraps, 4c per pound,
|3 per 100 pounds. Ground Oyster (shells 2c per
pound, at
E. G. BAGLEY'S, Indianapolis, Indiana.
WANTED-IMPORTANT NOTICE 1-There is
no use of denying the truth that Mrs. Rohr-
er's Great Oregon Cure *vill give perfect satisfaction
in every form of lung disease. Numerous testimonials of cure from peisons of high respectability. In
this city and elsewhere, prove that this valuable
remedy will do all that is claimed for lt. It pnrifies
the blood strengthens the stomach and kidneys, improves the appetite, removes inflammation from the
throat and lungs, soothiDg and healing them so quietly and yet so perfectly, that the patient is often
astonished as well as gratified at the result. For sale
by druggists. Prepared by MRS. E.ROHRER <t CO.,
317 South Mereuian St., Indianapolis. Ind.
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In the advertisement of H. Stoner &
Son, Union City, Ind., the name is
spelled "Stover" by mistake. The error
will be corrected in the next issue.
Mr. M. VT. Dunham, of Wayne, Dupage county, 111., has just arrived at
New York city with thirty-six head of
imported Percheron-jSorman mares and
stallions, and will arrive home with them
this week.
On a recent visit to the farm of Mr.
John McCaslin, near Franklin, Ind., we
had the pleasure of a sight of his fine
herd of Short-horns. His fine bull will
be at the head of "his show herd this fall.
He will visit all the fairs in his section
of the State, also the State fair. Mr. McCaslin has a fine lot of Poland Chinas on
his farm, and has made it a profitable
branch of his farming. He has just
bought of Wm. Warfleld, of Lexington,
Ky., a yearling bull, "Village Flag 4th,"
The Channel Island Cattle.
Prof. G. E. Morrow, of the Illinois Agricultural College, and who is now in
Europe, visited the Channel islands on
his trip, and to the Country Gentleman
thus writes respecting the Jersey and
other milk breeds on these islands:
It is natural that the residents of each
island should prefer their own cattle. I
heard of a very few Guernsey cows in Jersey; saw two, and very good ones they
were, but heard ot no Jerseys in the sister
island. Strong as their likings are, I give
those I met in each island credit for not
disparaging the cattle of the other. Neither
did I hear any extravagant claims made,
Mr. Torode, of Guernsoy,theleadingbuyer,
and who lias a small but very excellent
herd, told me of one cow from whose miik
14 pounds of butter a week was made, but
the largest claim he made for his own was
10 pounds a week, a performance which he
thought so satisfactory as to give it as a
reason for refusing to sell at any price.
One fact I am quite unable to explain.
Only a few miles apart, and with daily
communication between the islands, butter
uniformly sells at a higher price in Guernsey than in Jersey. The difference is sometimes as much as ten cents a pound. The
price of butter in Jersoy was given us as 13
pence; in Guernsey 18 to 20 pence. I was
told of Jersey women going to Guernsey
and selling their butter for five pence more
than they could get at home. The mode of
manufacture is different. In Jersey the
rule is, I was told, to skim the milk at 24
to 26 hours; in Guernsey the practice is to
churn cream and milk together, allowing
the milk to become well soured, churning
say twice a week.
As to prices of cattle, there is much more
variation in Jersey, while the average is
aigher in Guernsey. The first prize Jersey
bull at the Royal Show was sold at 1G0
guineas, the highest price ever made for a
Jersey in England. A prize heifer was sold
for 100 guineas. On tho island I saw heifers
valued at 50 guineas. Mr. Arnold purchased several two-year-olds near calving,
at prices ranging from 12 to 20 guineas. In
Guernsey from 45 to 50 guineas seemed the
general price for good heifers, and for the
latter sum I was told good specimens could
be obtained. For prize animals, or those
thought especially fine, higher prices are
asked. A young bull was held at 100
guineas.
In each island the cattle are mainly kept
in very small herds. Often four' or five
cows in the stock of a breeder of considerable reputation as a local prize winner. Mr.
Le Gallais, in Jersey, and Rev. Mr. Watson, in Guernsey, have the largest herds—
perhaps 50 in each case. Mr. Watson is a
purchaser as well as a breeder. As a rule,
the bull calves are not reared. The heifers
are generally sold when about to calve.
The bulls are used very freely as yearlings,
and then sold If practicable. In a report of
one of the agricultural society shows in Jersey, I find a list of 53 yearlings and but one
three-year-old bull shown. The only reason
given ma for this course was the greater
trouble and cost of keeping older hulls, and
their liabilitv to become vicious.
Disease in Pigs.
The disease whieh affect these animals
generally originate from their being kept
in loathsome and uncomfortable situations,
inhaling the most infectious exhalations,
and being at one time stinted with food,
and at another fed to the extreme. The
hog, although wallowing in the filthiest
mire, and sometimes fed upon the most disgusting kind of food, both animal and vegetable, and often when in a decomposed
state, does not always do so with impunity.
We are convinced that many animals of
this class are annually lost from the effects
of improper food, or from living in an atmosphere surcharged with poisonous effluvia, the product of animal or vegetable decomposition; and we think that owners of
pigs often make great mistakes in not paying more attention to the quality of their
food and the condition of their lodgings.
Decomposing substances, both animal and
vegetable, grain that has undergone a
change from long keeping or exposure to
damp,<and which is loaded, perhaps, with
the spourles of poisonous fungi, brine from
the meat tub, these and other similar substances are often given to pigs as food, and
in many instances have been known to
cause great losses. Much that we have
seen convinces us of the necessity of more
attention being paid to the quality of the
food of these animals than is generally being done, and also to the nature of their
lodgings, as well as to the air they breathe.
As a rule, we believe that old and strong
hogs are not so easily affected by improper
food as young, ones, and we have sometimes known sows to appear in perfect
health when sucking th/*.r pigs, but yet to
have their milk so altered in quality from
the effects of bad food as to destroy the
the pigs.—Farmer's Magazine.
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Veterinary Schools.
It is a matter of congratulation to the
people of Iowa that there is a good prospect for a firr^rclass "veterinary school in
our ._y»ricultujlj,i. College. The sufferings
of dumb brutes/owing to the ignorance of
"hoss doctors," cry aloud for relief. Last
week Col. Swalm found that the eye of his
horse was failing. He consulted a pretended adept who decided the horse had
wolf teeth, and insisted on knocking them
out. The Colonel concluded to consult a
veterinary surgeon in DesMoinrefirst. The
doctor soon discovered •*> wheat beard in
the eye of the horse, which was removed
without knocking his teeth out. We heard
of another case lately. A valuable horse
had tbe lockjaw. The attending surgeon
decided that there was no cure, and recommended killing the animal to end his
misery. The owner employed a pompous
horse-jockey to take him out to the hank
of the river and knock him in the head
with an axe. Placing the horse in a suitable position, the jockey struck at his head
a terrible blow. The horse jerked his head
and received a glancing lick ou the side of
his head, his jaws flew open, his life was
saved, and he soon recovered. Tho next
wsek the jockey advertised far and wide to
cure lockjaw in horses. He had discovered
a certain and speedy cure. But though all
after blows were the samo, the horses in all
cases fell dead under the operation.—Iowa
State Register.
a person from the mountains of Virginia or
North Carolina and drop him at Norfolk.
For a few days he will salt every article of
food that he takes, but after awhile he will
forget to salt his oysters. Why? Because
he inhales an atmosphere saturated with
salt. Cattle require but little salt given
them within thirty miles of the sea-coast.—
Cor. American Farmer.
Sheep.
Sheep properly bred and cared for shear
all the way from 15 to __]_ pounds apiece,
also wool of first class delaine quality,
bringing a third or a half more per pound
in the market, than the average wads of
wool, hair, burs and dirt pulled from the
backs of lean and scraggy native stock.
The farmer who clings to gaunt and bare
legged scrubs when he might just as well
raise short-legged, round-bodied, thick-
coated breeds, cannot hope to make wool
growing profitable, no matter what the
market may be.—Michigan Homestead.
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Horses and Mules Exported.
The Export Journal mentions that horses
are going abroad in considerable numbers,
and there is promise of a successful export
trade in this kind of stock. We have also
been supplying the British government
with mules for use in Africa. If these latter have been secured of the right pat-,
tern we will warrant them to be very
effective in military operations. They will
make good cavalry mounts and prove effective liot only in standing their ground,
but in carrying terror and dismay to the
enemy 'should the latter approach within
range, j
Sheep in Western Vriginia.
Tlie CJiarlestown, Jefferson oounty, Free
Press says: Sheep culture is growing into
a very valuable industry in our country,
and buyep from all the Eastern cities visit
us each year. The clip of one gentleman,
Mr. Logan Osburn, realized this year §4,000,
and his! jleeoes, washed on the _Js_k!K, averaged -ttfii seven pounds."" We believe, cetwf*1
sidering'* the size of the flock, near 1,7_K),
that this is one of the best in America. For
three years his fleeces have averaged all
around about seven pounds washed wool,
and have realized the very highest prices in
Boston market. The flock is nearly all of
his own raisin*?. They are at least one-
third larger than the stock from whichthey
sprung—they being Spanish Merino—and
have increased in length cf staple and
weight of fleece at least one-third. He haa
demonstrated by actual experience that this
is ono of, the best sheep-growing localities
in the United States. We claim championship in the wool product, and the Boston
price-list, devoted laigely to wool interests,
gives us that credit.
and limbs of the same side, it is called
bemaphlegia; if of one or more limb, or
of either end of the animal, it is called
paraphlegia. It pays of course to prolong the life of the human patient, but a
beast once so affected is of little value,
and if cured is liable to a reoccurrence of
the disease at anytime. It is possible
that the joints of the neck may be dislocated: If so the chances are still worse,
unless in a partial case.
QUERY  AND   ANSWER.
Suffolk Pig.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will some one please tell me where I can
get a Suffolk pig that will weigh 60 pounds,
also what will the price be? W. P. S.
White Co., Ind.
Wanted Address.'
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you please inquire through the columns of your valuable paper the address of
Elmer H. Brown and David A. Wilson>
late of Battery G, 5th U. S. Artillery, and
oblige E. FonaYTH,
Late Battery G, 5th U. S. A.
Greenwood, Ind.
Making Marsh Ground Produce.
Mr. Trout, of Franklin county, has
made low marshy ground like that lately
[referred to, profitable by using about six
Jloads of stable manure to the acre, and
by plowing deep. His ground is just
■j_ke that described in the Frames of
' uly 26th.
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■_ , Cotswolds.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
•V Please tell me through your columns how
\o obtain a copy of the Canada Farmer, or
Iddressof some Cotswold sheep breeders in
Canada.   I want some twenty head of stock.
<» Vt_   , jr      •      George Ohl.
^\^_Js\iys_i^_Miiek Torpn^s, _i j-^T^wtt^
■^S^adiS,* fefr the Farmer. Breeders there
wo_|d, find buyers if they would advertise in our columns.—Eds.
Cattle Grazing in Montana.
Stock raising is rapidly increasing in
the great valleys of the northwest, and
grazing the year round and character of
the grasses are most interestingly referred
to in the followiDg from the Rocky
Mountain Husbandman:
The grasses of Montana are wholly unlike those of California, in regard to killing
out by pasturage. Old fields turned out
soon become roset with their primitive
growth. Our hills can he grazed down and
if continually trod the grass will kill out as
it does in other countries, but as soon as
rested become reset again,not with "worthless weeds," but blue-joint, bunch-grass I
and sweet sage, the original growth. This '
fact has been demonstrated too often to our
certain knowledge to be gainsaid or denied. Our pasturage is permanent and almost without limit, and stock fatten and
flourish all the year round; and, although
we have severe storms in winter and the
snow lies deep on our mountain ranges,
there is comparatively little in our valleys,
and stock come out in the spring looking
better than they do along the banks of the
Nueces, in Texas.
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Salt or No Salt?
Certain inorganic substances are required
in the field; chloride of sodium is one of
them. It is just as essential that the chloride of sodium should exist in the food as
phosphorus, lime, iron or sulphur. They
are all necessary to carry on the function of
nutrition. Then when we find salt necessary, and we find it in all food, but in different quantitiesindifferentlocallties. Near
the sea-coast the common articles of food
contain more salt than those produced in
the interior, because it is inhaled with the
atmosphere. Therefore it is necessary that
we should feed moresalt to stock in the in
terior than we do near the sea-coast.   Take
The answers to the following queries are given by
John N. Navin, V. S., of this city.
Cure for Hoof-Bound.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Can yon inform me through your paper
what will cure a hoof:bound horse. I have
one that has been lame for some time; the
hoof is very much contracted. A cure will
be thankfully received. B.
Mishawaka, Ind.
—Mr. B., contraction ofthe foot, hoof-
bound, is curable. Have your blacksmith
to pare out the hoof inside of the wall
until he can bend the sole with his
thumb; no matter if drops blood appear,
look out for corns. If any, dig them out
until they bleed; fill the aperture with
muriatic acid, spirits of salts. Make a
concave seated shoe and raise a clip upon
the internal superior upper surface of the
shoe at the heel. Those clips catch inside of the wall, crust of the foot, weaken
the web of the shoe at the toe, by cutting
a half-moon notch on its inner edge;
then place the fire-tongs between the
heels of the shoe and spread it % of an
inch. Repeat the shoeing every two
weeks.
What Ails My Colt?
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will Dr. Navin please inform me what is
the matter with and what will cure my
yearling colt? When I first noticed anything wrong with it, it appeared to be unable to control itself. Its head would swing
from side to side, the cords in the neck
drew the head very high, the feet would
twist and swing, and, when first noticed,
about two months since, it would sometimes fall down and be unable to get up for
some time. It has never failed to eat
heartily. Its motions in walking are something like those of the snake when running.
F. M. Graham.
Covington, Ind.
—Mr. F. M. G., your colt has a disease
called paralysis. If not it has megrims,
both being nervous diseases and are difficult to treat. The latter is entirely
confined to , the brain, and incurable.
The former is a loss of nervous power
How Can I Get Sid of Stumps?
Editors Ind.ana Farmen
I saw, some years since, a mode of getting
rid of stumps by boring them and filling in
with saltpetre or some other combustible;
then some time after put in coal oil and ignite. If any of your many readers have
had experience in this mode I would like
to hear from them through the Farmer,
and oblige a Reader.
Mt. Summit, Ind.
i Raising Barley.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
If the man who wishes to know how to
raise barley will write me, I can tell him
how we do it in Shelby county; have raised
barley ten years. Sid.
—Will our correspondent not write his
methods for publication in tlie Farmer,
and give results also?—Eds.
GENERAL   NEWS.
A late London dispatch conveys the intelligence of the death of Nellie Grant Sarto-
ris.
New Hampshire has voted to tax all
church property exceeding a value of § 10-
000.
An unknown disease has appeared among
the milch cows near Palmyra, Wis., and
many have died.
Petroleum is selling in New York at 62
cents per barrel. In January, 1800, it was
sold at §20 per barrel.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
purchase 20,000 miles of wire annually,
which gives some idea of the enormous extent of their business.*'
Agricultural depression in Belgium in
consequence of American competition has
brought down rents 25 per cent.
Yellow fever has killed 21,000 people n
this country within the past ten years. Of
this number 14,000 died last year.
Skilled workmen are in demand, the
farmer is thriving, but there is a plethora
of labor ln clerkships and light work.
The steamship Neckar from Europe, on
the 15th, brought §250,000 in gold coin. Jts
value to be returned in wheat.
Another advance in iron has been established and more furnaces are going into
blast all through the iron-producing districts.
Wages in the United States are double
those of Belgium*, Denmark, France, and
England, and threo times those of Gor-
many.
The total shipments oi boots and shoes
from Boston during tho last six months,
exceed 1,000,000 of cases. An increase of
200,000 over last yeaiy >%£_*. ^        ....
As 'a stiuep  market, Cincinnati   stftuu. **"
ahead of all others in the country in the
uumber of head received.   The receipts for
July was 106,000 head.
The cotton crop this year is estimated at
5,_5fl,0C bales, which at the average value
of f-0 a bale will bring $230,000,000.
By a recent executive order 8,259,200 acres
of the public domain on the northeastorn
bank of the Missouri river, in Dakota Territory, has been thrown open to settlement.
Wheat and corn can lie raised in the West
and shipped by rail to the Atlantic seaboard and thence by steamer to Europe,
cheaper than tlio Russian farmers can do-
liver it in Odessa.
Tho unprecedented total of 381,357 barrels of apples have been received in Boston during the 12 months ending July 18.
The exports of apples from that port dm--,
ing tho samo period reached a total of 233-
545 barrels. **
Canning Corn.
Editorslndiana Farmer:
I see some one makes the inquiry in regard to putting up or canning corn. I ate
some this summer that was so nice and
good. I got the receipt and our folks are
putting up corn to-day. Scald the corn so
as to set tho milk; cut it off and use one
pint of clean salt to four of corn; mix and
put up In jars, and when you want to use it
soak it and change the water a few times
and it is ready to use or cook. I noticed
iu your last Farmer under the head of small
fruits, you say you learn from our fruit
men that the Sndyer blackberry is the only
berry that passed the winter without any
injury. I know I stated that the Taylor
stood the winter better with me than the
Snyder. Huddleson, of Dublin, says his
Snyder was killed, but his Taylor uninjured. Let justice he done is all I ask. I
gathered a gallon of nice berries this morning off of a small patch of Taylors.
jAcon Taylor.
Spiceland,Ind.
influence..   If on one side of the body I gambling on games,
The Fairs.
We have received the premium lists and
tickets of invitation to the following fairs:
The Carroll County Fair, at Delphia, September 9th to 12th inclusive.
Hancock County Fair, at Greenfield,
September 17th to 20th inclusive.
Prairie Farmer's Agricultural Society,
Francisville, September 16th to 19th.
Huntington County Agricultural Society
Fair, at Huntington. Ind., September 17th
to 20th inclusive.
New Ross Union Agricultural Society,
at New Ross, Montgomery county, Ind.,
August 18th to 22nd inclusive.
The Rush County Fair, Rushville, September 9th to 12th. Tbe Association at
Rushville has lately built a large floral and
fine art hall, and made various other valuable improvements. Their fair this year
will doubtless attract people and exhibits
greater than ever before.   They permit no
The imports of New York during July
reached §27,000,000, a gain over tho previous July of §2,250,000. Tlio exports roaehed
§29,250,000, a total exceeding by about §500-
000 that of July, 1878, which was then without precedent.
Tho body of A. T. Stewart has nover
been recoverod. Negotiations for its return have been reopened, the thieves demanding §250,000 for the remains. Judge
Hilton is willing to pay tlie original reward, §25,000, but no more.
A corner in grain sacks has j ust been
developed in San Francisco. They succeeded in purchasing about 15,000,000 sacks
at an average price of about eight cents,
and then unloaded at twelve cents, clearing about §000,000 by the transaction.
The losses by firo in tlie United States
during the first six months of this year
amounted to §47,020,800, which is §15,500-
000 more than in the samo period last year.
It is also from §7,500,000 to §15,000,000 over
the losses in 1875, 1870 and 1877.
Hereafter Germans who havo become
naturalized in this country may revisit
their homes without any fear of being
pressed into military service, or of being
punished for contumacy. Secretary Evarts
objected to such action, and the imperial
government has receded from its position.
There are 12,000 dentists in the "United
States who annually extract 20,000,000 teet h,
manufacture and insert 3,000,000 artificial
teeth, and hide away in the cavities of carious teeth three tons of pure gold, to say
nothing about the tons of mercury, tin,
silver and other metals employed in "fillings."
The Supreme Court of Illinois has decided that the statute of that State, prohibiting the importation of Texas and Colorado cattle is rupungent to the Constitution of the United States, which provides
thatCongress shall have the power to regulate commerce between tlio several Slates
is void, and hence can afford no legal excuse for a refusal by a common carrier to
receive such cattlo for transportation.
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