Tol. IX
INDIANAPOLIS, IpIANA, AUG-UST15, 1874
No. 32,
Live StocL
Pens for Swine.
#The New York Herald says: A few
days since the writer called at a neighbor's
residence, who had a beautiful Chester
White sow with three pigs about six weeks
old. She brought forth nine, but overlaid
six of them. The pigs were worth five
dollars each. Hence there was a loss of'
thirty dollars simply because his foreman
did not understand how to prepare a suitable bed for a breeding sow. A large
quantity of straw had been allowed to accumulate in her sleeping apartment, so
that she had formed a deep hollow about
the size of her body. As the young pigs
could not get out of such a place, when
the dam was about to lie down, they were
smothered. Our own practice with brood
sows has always been to remove all the
straw from a sow's bed at least a month
prior to the birth of her brood, and spread
a few bunches of cut straw on the floor for
her to lie on. Young pigs will never become entangled in such a bed, neither will
they get cornered so that the dam will
overlay them. When pigs are worth five
dollars each it will pay the proprietor to
prepare a suitable bed for the sow. Long
straw should never be spread in a brood
sow's sleeping apartment, except when no
pigs are expected. *>
Short Horns.
.-were
the
Light Brahmas.
The Light Brahma has long since become a very popular fowl, and is wearing
better perhaps, than any other breed ever
introduced into this country. No matter
for what purpose bred, its utility is unsurpassed, as it combines, in a high degree, all
the fundamental characteristics of the most
useful breeds, in such a manner as to ensure the greatest utility. We have always
found this breed to be good layers the
year round, of very large rich eggs, with
firm shells, (an important consideration
we hold) good setters when not. too heavy,
and always good mothers.
in the case of any other variety. A slight
crossing withjother blood is often so nearly covered up that only a skillful breeder
can sometime-i detect it. Many fowls thus
crossed will be very close in appearance to
the "Simon pure," but are of no value as
breeding stock. A faulty colored chicken
from a pure strain, is infinitely better than
a perfectly marked one from a tainted
strain. \
Rem;mber this and buy only of well-
known and reliable breeders, if you would
avoid disappointment, and consider that
the higier figures asked by such parties, is
but a legitimate compensation for the care
they maintain in bringing their specialties
I to perfection.—W. W. Poultry Journal.
[For the Indiana Farmer.
Richmond Horticultural Notes.
Enjoying such a pleasant visit to some
of the prominent fruit growers of old
Wayne, as well as attending their monthly
Horticultural meeting on the 8th inst. my
pencil seems somewhat communicative and
hence a few notes in brief, ami first, my
friend Joseph Ratcliff, after showing his
own new, but beautiful place, hitched up
his horse and we started on further investigations which commenced at the Hon.
William Baxter's farm of 90 acres immediately adjoining the city of Richmond
on the west.   This gentleman's residence
The late stock sales at Paris, Kj,
very creditable. The following w< ri
most valuable sales: *. *' - *y
, The first bull sold was Rodney, i'"Si. C.
Buckner, Paris, Ky., for $555: British
Yeoman, $230, James Clay, ParitT^-Eyr
Several others were sold at different prices
from $100 to $250. \
The first animal sold by Mr. Scott was
the imported bull, Lord Chatham, sold to
J. S. Latimore, Abingdon, 111., at $740^
counterpart, $270. for Logan, Lexington,
Ky.; imported cow, Lady Trefoil, $1,050,
J. W. Prewett, Winchester, Ky.; Rowena,
$230, J. S. Coen, Cynthiana, Ky.; Fanny-
5th, $350, Wesley Warnock, Cynthiana,
Ky.; Fanny Clay, $370,same; Beauty, $450,
J. H. Beatty, Illinois; Cherry Girl, $240,
same; Roxa, $260, same; Neppie, $700,
same; Lizzie, $340, Iowa; Sallie J270, Wm.
Sarr, Lexington, Ky.; Bright Eyes, $265,
J. H. Beatty, Illinois; Alice, $700, W. T.
Woodward, Paris, Kyg Lady Louisa, $750,
Alexander Charles, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Lady Goodness, $510, B. F. Bedford, Paris,
Ky.; Roan Duchess, nearly a pure Duchess,
sold at the very low price of $1,000.
These were the principal sales of cows.
Several were sold at lower prices, making
an aggregate of $14,186.
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Cure for a Self-Sucking Cow.—I
once had a cow that was given to this
trick. I tried a variety of ways to prevent
her doing so, but without any good result.
As she sucked but one teat, I hit upon the
following plan: I took some grafting wax,
whichl melted, putting in a Tittle lard to
make it softer, and stirred in liberally, in
about equal portions, pulverized aloes and
Cayenne pepper. In the morning, after
milking, I applied it freely. She again
made the attempt, but stopped at once.
I made but few applications of this compound to the teat, as it had every time to
be cleansed off before milking, so I would
occasionally, instead, put a little upon her
bag just above the teat, where her nose
would come in contact with it, which
proved effectual. This I followed for two
or three weeks. I have the same cow now,
and have had no trouble since, now over
two years, so I think I -can say_ she is
cured. Anything besides grafting-wax
that will stick will answer. I had that
and so used it. S. W.
LIGHT BRAHMAS, bred and ownet by W. H. Todd, Yermillion, Ohio.
Engraved from a photograph of birds that won First Prize at Great  Cleveland Show, Dec, 1871, as Chickens ;OUo,
First Prize at Detroit, Dec. 1872, and First at Ptttsburg, Jan., lS7'3,'as Fowls.
Remedies for Choked Cattle.—Beside the many remedies for relieving
choked cattle, as by turning down oil or
soap, by pushing the obstruction down the
throat with a whip stock, or probing,
crushing between two hammers, etc.. a few
new methods are proposed by those who
have tried them. One is to pour down a
pint or more of warm water, in wliich is
dissoked a quantity of soft soap. On
passing the hand along the throat, the apple or other obstruction is thrown up immediately. Another is to place a round
stick as large as can be used in the animal's mouth, as a bit is put in the mouth
of a horse, and after confining by strings
to the horns, let the animal loose, and it
will soon be relieved. Letting tho animal
ji loose and making it move aDout has alii ways relieved our cattle without any other
"; treatment, and this should always be tried
| first.
Their large bodies are well rounded and
plump at maturity, giving them a marked
Value as table fowl, while the color of their
flesh make3 them attractive when dressed
for the market. They are most docile in
their habits, and easily kept in by a low
fenie of thre\ or four feet in height,
flourishing well in confinement with very
limited range, if properly provided for.
Their pure white plumage, beautiful,
pencilled necks, fl-iffy form, and large size,
make them a very ahowy breed withal, and
many breeders and \imateurs have, in
their enthusiasm for this variety, bred it
exclusively. \
Perhaps no other popular breed has had
so much to contend againit in maintaining
its popularity, from a fact growing out of
its wide reputation. We\llude to the
very extensive deception ignVantly practiced upon buyers by various\nexperie,nc-
ed parties throughout the co\ntry, who
have in hundreds of instances had no
standard to guide them, furthei than to
require the birds to be mainly\white in
nd
tails
a  few
above
ommon
t has a
when
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plumage, with small tails, necks
more or less pencilled with blac
feathers on their legs, and of a s
the native stock. Thus it is no u
thing to be told by a farmer that
"splendid flock of Light BrahmasJ
upon inspection not one well markil bird
can be found in the lot. The introfliction
of Brahma blood has improved freatly
the stock of-common fowls throughout I
country, and one single pair of pure
fowls, carried into some isolated fail
yard, has often been the means of eh
the appearance ofthe common-bred
for miles around, within but very few
But if you want the light Brahmai
any other distinct breed, you want it p\re
To get the pure of this variety,  requires
perhaps, more care at the present day th
How About the Old Horse?—What
is to be done with lim? Or, what is
going to be done with i horse that is growing old? These are iard questions for a
humane and modentely circumstanced
farmer to answer. Taere can be nothing
wrong in disposing of ahorse ten years old,
having considerable good work in him;
but how old and feel le should he be before
it would seem wrorg to get rid of him?
If one has an old norse, and he cannot
well be kept, the best way is to find some
humane farmer wl.o will take him for
what he is worth, aid agree to keep him so
long as he lives.
' But, if possible, he should be kept on
the place, and be fed and cared for, in part
for the good he his done: and he will be
useful for the women and children to drive,
because his ways are understood—and he
really has valid claims to a_ living from the
farm. A humane man will be certain to
have a calm and reflecting mind, and such
a mind will devise ways for keeping a horse
or worn out aniuial, which a cold and cruel
mind would not think of, so that nothing
would be lost. Depend upon it that kindness and humanity lead to acute thinking
and enlarged mental powers, because they
are right, and what is right is ingenuous
and intellectual.—N. Y. Tribune.
Profit on Twenty Sheep.—Thomas
S. Brown writes: Having read in your paper ofthe profit on a small flock of sheep,
I send you an account of twenty sheep
kept by my father during the season of
1873. He raised twenty-five lambs from
the twenty sheep; twenty-two of which he
sold July 1, at 10 cents per pound; they
all weighed 1{486 pounds, One lamb,
weighing only t>2 pounds, was sold for 8c.
per pound. Ir June he sold 73$ pounds
of wool at 40 cents per pound, and we have
two lambs left, worth $5 each, making the
receipts from twenty sheep $182.96, or
$9.65 per head. In summer these sheep
run in pasture with plenty of grass and
water. In winter they are fed what good
hay they will eat until about the first of
March, when the lambs come, and then
get four quarts of flax-seed meal per day
for. six weeks.—Journal of Agriculture.
is a very substantial brick of ample accommodations, and for _ convenience of arrangements is, perhaps, unsurpassed in the
state. The barn is large, convenient and
well provided for feeding horses and-
cattle. A thorough bred short horn bull
in one of the stall's, for all that we could
see, was entitled to first rank.
The hog house and feeding pens are
ample. The pens of different lots, about
twenty in all, are reached by a rail-way on
which the cooked feed is conveyed, in a
car, and from which each pen of hogs receives its alloted share, which, judging
from their appearance, was just enough to
insure their success in fatening. Each
pen, amply provided with roofing, and
open court, is flagged with flat stones.
But we must look further. The surroundings ofthe house are more entitled
to the term park, than lawn, and are
really very beautiful.
But I must begin to epitomize. Let me
see,—a fine spring and spring house, ten
acres of Irish potatoes, a good crop of corn
—plenty of fruits andvegetables; and indoors, one ofthe best libraries in the state
with abundance of pictures paintings, &c,
to say nothing of his amiable and interesting wife, and some half dozen young Bax-
ter's»which give evidence of the proper
training.
We then called at the farm ofCornelius
Ratliff, about one mile north-west of the
city. This gentleman, now in his 76th
year, but in a good state of preservation,
has resided on this place for 6*6 years. In
1822 he commenced the nursery business
which he kept up for 30 consecutive years.
But we have only time tb say, large farm
in high state of cultivation, barn * 50x80,
with Dasement andstableaccommodations
for 35 head of horses besides straw, house
and cattle sheds. There is 1,000 bushels
of old wheat in the granery yet unsold, aud
the new crop not yet threshed. Fine substantial mansion in which is a splendid
milk-bouse supplied with abundance of
cold water, raised from a strong spring by
a hydraulic ram. But I must stop to
mend my pencil—after which I may try it
again. A. F.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
STATE NEWS, ETC.
The potato crop will be short in Floyd county.
Very many counties ln tlie State are putting
"Independent" county tickets in tlie field.
The people of Fowler, Benton county, have
contracted to build a $10,000 M. E. Church.
Joseph Huff, of Montgomery county, threshed
101 bushels of wheat, the product of three acres
of ground.
New National Banks are spriniug up in various parts of the State, the result of the late financial measure of Congress.
There have been severe storms in various parts
of the State recently. More buildings have been
destroyed, and lives lost by lightening than ever
known in one season before.
The Bedford Mirror says that more money will
be realized trom the sale of blackberries in Marshall township, Lawrence county, than from any
other one product.
The political cauldron is beglning to boil'rap-
Idly, and the fuel is being vigorously pressed Into the furnace, so we may expect lively times before the ides of October.
The rates on fourth-class freights to Pittsburg
have been reduced from twenty-five cents ;per
hundred to twenty-two and a half cents; on flour,
from fifty cents to forty cents per barrel, from
Indianapolis.
A young lady of Wayne county, by the name
of Henrietta Williams, gleaned 190 acres of wheat
stubble with a horse rake during the late harvest.
Ruth must look to her laurels lest this Wayue-ite
should bear them away.
Temperance people should not forget the three-
days camp-meeting at the Tippecanoe Battle
Ground, the ISth, 19th and 20th of the present
month. There is no more delightful place to
hold such meeting in the State.
Measures are being taken along the line of the
Wabash and Erie canal looking to the reopening
of it as far south as LaFayette. This is an important measure to the producers of tlie Wabash
Valley, aud should be speedily accomplished.
There is a special effort now being made to locate a Presbyterian Female College In this city.
Should the eflbrt succeed the schools now located
In Greencastle and Logansport will be transferred to this city and be united in a college of high
order.
The Waft furnaces and iron works throughout
the country seem to have taken a new lease of
life. They are very generally blowing in and
turning on full time. This brings joy to the operatives, and speaks In language not to be misunderstood, of tlie improved condition of the
business of the country.
The people of Bloomington are taking steps for
building a Railroad from that city to Bloomfield
in Greene county. It is said this road will open
out some of the best Block coal and iron ore flelds
in the State. Let the work go forward. Wliate v-
er develops the resources ofthe State enriches the
laboring and producing classes.
Tlie Laporte Argus says: During the storm last
Friday a part j'of seventeen threshers took refuge
in Mrs. Hawkins' barn, near Kingsbury, and
also stabled their horses under the same roof.
The lightning struck the barn, killed one of the
horses dead, knocked several others down,
shocked a number of the men, scared the others
badly and set tlie barn on fire. The fire was extinguished with but little damage. The lightning, after killing the horse, paralyzed and
burned the hair entirely off a pig lying under
the stable floor, but did not kill lt.
Hastening the Ripening of Fruit.—
The Vineyard Gazette says: "Acting under the principle that renewal ofthe earth
immediately surrounding the roots increases their activity and accelerates the
maturing of all parts ofthe plant, including the fruit, Mr. Stall removed the earth
about an early pear tree, eight weeks before the normal period for ripening, for a
space of thirteen to fifteen feet in diameter, and to such an extent as to leave a
depth of earth over the roots of only about
two to four inches, which could be
thoroughly warmed by the sun. He was
surprised, not only by the ripening of the
fruit in the middle of July, but also by its
superior juiciness and flavor. In another
experiment the removal of the earth from
the north side ofa tree alone caused the
fruit on that side to ripen several days
earlier than on the south side. Frequent
watering was, of course, necessary in the
above experiments.
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Barley for HonsES.—A correspondent of the Journal of the Farm writes:
Barley has, since the failure of the oat
crop, gained in reputation as a good and
substancial food for the horse, and manv
farmers are now growing it for this purpose. It must be confessed that barley
contains, in a high degree, the principles
for forming fat and flesh. It largely a-
bounds in albumen, gluten, sugar, gum,
and phosphate of lime, or in other words,
barley contains sixty-five per cent of nutritive matter, while oats, weighing forty
pounds to the bushel, contain only about
twenty-four pounds of nutritive material.
Inferior barley in some parts of this country is fed to horses instead of oats with
the best effects. In this conection, it
would be well for horsemen to remember
that two parts of barley are worth more
than three of oats.
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