VO.L. XVI.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATUKDAY. APRIL, 2, 1881.
FOB KA—B.
FOB S41-1?—White Pekin duck eggs at |1 for IS.
JAMES M. MABLOW, Adams, Ind.	
FOR SALK-Plymonth Rock e«s, (I
VANT BOUGHTON, Wat-eta, III
1 for IS.   LB-
1-,-)!  BAI/R— Garden  Beeds—Ben* for catals-me.
J   Groff *t do., 77 East Market Btreet, Indianapolis.
OB SALE—Pnre  Taylor   Prolific   Blackberry
. ..   » a _,_..» ma-vis-a.    Blcknell,
Fl.
roots.
Indiana.
Address JACOB TATLOB,
  Proline corn, from 2 to 6
__  "ears per stalk,Tt cents per peck.   _E. J. KEEL,
yincennes, Ind.
•"C-IOR 8AL1ErBI<>S_0!!*_..
FOB SALE—A fine Norman stallion, 5 years old
this spring.   Address F. C. McCLOlJD, Peru,
Miami coonty, Ind.
FOB SALE—White Cochin and Pekin dnck egj-s;
flrst-class birds: |2 for 13 e«s.   Address A. I*.
SMITH, Frln.-eton, Indiana.
FOB BAIJE—Plymouth Bocks and Golden Ham-
burr chicken*. H per pair.  Eggs.   Address T.
HULMAN,Sr.,T«TeHaute,Ind. 	
FOB 8AI-H-—Farms—In various parts of Indiana,
by M. ABBUCKLE, Agent, 1*8 East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
riOE SALE-Slz
pigs.onepr'"
B. G. CRIST, Si
pedigreed Chester White boar
*          Write*)
_P vp'igs. one pair CashEuere goats cheap.
-  -'*— *_e) Market, Ind.
FOB BALE—Ecus from cne of the Brest yards of
Plymouth Hocks In the State    T   e.TT«,«T«re,
 i.. __. -_-    n for IS e_rgs.
_ " Plymouth Rocks In the State. J. CUNNINGHAM, Miami, Ind
TTIOR BALE—Eggs. Light Brahmas. »1 per 18.
_T Birds large and well marked, D. D. MILLS,
(IK. Delaware St., Iudianapolis, Ind.
. Feen-ster's Favorite—a new white
rape, very hardy, for particulars and prioe ad-
— A. WORKMAN, Greencastle, Ind.
FOB BALE
areaaW,
FO» SALE—Buff Cochins, Light Brahmas, Ply-
month   Bock., and  Bin en duck eggs.  12 per
11     KINSLEY A NICBOLLS, Shelbyville, Iud.
FOB SALE—A lew trios of pure Buff Chocnln
chickens bred direct Irom I. N. Barker's strain,
at tS pet tiio.   Write L. H.. AIKHAN, Dana, Ind.
EOB SALE—Mammoth Brocie turkejs, 48 to 60
pounds p<*r pair at 2 vears old; also a few pairs
et Teolonee geese.   ELLIS HOUSE, Blcknell, ind.
FOB BALE-Two flrst-class Snort-born bulls, one
yearling and one two-year-old, of good pedl
•tree and color. Address J.N. CORY, Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—The Jersey bull Bandolpb. 1662; color
dark lawn, black points, three years old.   For
Eartlculars,etc.,address J.4.8 M.BttANBON,Faroi-
,nd. Iod.
„__ —e,-- -Fr_.m the best yard of Brown
__ Leghorns In the West at »1 per sitting. I have
tbe blr-Js to show for themselves. Address J. B.
DUTY, WaMron, Ind.
T7.0R B.AI-K_.??J*~
TTIOR BALE—No. 1 thoroughbred and high grade
_P    bulls, ready for service.   All reds.   J*,lce,*"0to
_**t-_ . '_,._-*. a .-a, **VHteL.  H.
bulis, ready for service.   All reds,   J*,lce,
til0 each.   Guaranteed as represented
AIKMAN, Dana, Iud. '
FOR bALK—A good lot of CoUwold sheep, all Imported from England sod Car-Eds. Correspondence promptly answered. Address E. J.
RK___L, Vincennes, Ind.
 Two very line Berkshire sow pigs..
      and 6 months old, weight  115  pouuds  ana 150
pounds, both show pigs.   P.lce, *25.   Address W. A.
MAZE, Sharpsville, Iod.
TTIOR 8ALE-
FOR SALE—A few desen riymouih Rock e«s,
also O. 8. Bar tams, at reasonable price. C»n
sen* Hdrwenofeach. Carelndiana farmer, J. G.
KINGSBURY, Iudianapolis, Ind.	
FOR SALE-Stock aud ergs trom my Imported
and high-class Dark Brahn as and Pekln
ducks. Send forlllusirated circular. M. H. CON-
NEB, Winterowed, Shelby county, Ind.
FOB SALE—Kgfrs from Light Brahmae.Plymouth
Recks. ParuldgeCochlBS.Brown Leghorns and
Pekin DackJ.tl'O per 13, packed to go salely anywhere.  J. L. BRENTON, Peiersburg, Pike Co., Ind.
FOR SAL_S---Thoronghbred cows: cows In calf
cows with calf by side; 2-year old heifers, bred:
Also hellers 6 months to 2 year old. Always state
about what you want, and write L. H. AIKMAN,
Sana, Ind. V
FOR BALE—4 thoroughbred Short-horn yearling
red bnlls, and 23 head ot females at my place 2
miles northea.t of Eminence, Ky. Correspondence
solicited, ana wonld be glad to shew the stock.
THOS. C. VANMETtiR.
tyivt
V. H. Day, Fillmore, Ind., has lost 16
oows recently, from a mysterious disease.
No one appears to know wbat the trouble
is.
Mb. J. Cunningham, Miami, Ind., bow
has all of hia Poland China breeding; stock
registered in the Central Poland China
Record. _
Wi have recsived the catalogue of Shorthorns of J. Baugh A Bona sale herd. Ao
excellent selection is offered for Bale, ss announced elsewhere in the Farmbr.
Mb. E. S. Fhazeb, Orange, Ind., has recently sold to Mr. Scott, Batter county,
O., the 2d Prince of Orange, and Iiucy
Long 4th, two finely bred Short-horns.
Mr. Pbnthus Billxter, Harlan, Iowa,
has a grade Short-horn calf which at two
days old weighed 160 pounds, at 30 days
it weighed 260 pounds. We are promised
a report of his increased weight every 60
or 80 days. 	
Round trip rates to the Dexter Park, Chicago, Short-horn sale of Dr. J. P. Forsyth
& Son, can be had on April 6th and 7th,
over the C, I., St. L. and C. railroad, from
this city, for f 9. The sale takes place April
8th.
It is reported that of all the high bred
Short-horn stock ol the Dukes and Duch
esses sold at the New Tork Mills great sale
a few years ago, for which the magnificient
sum ot f 155,900 was paid, not a single descendant can now be found. All the cows
proved barren. This is a striking proof of
the folly of high in-and-in-breeding for
show.
ever ia not peculiar to the Short-horns, but
applies alike to all good live stock.
Indianian.
'Seferinarjje
This department la edited by Dr. Join N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeoa, author ot Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Bnles to be o_served by those erpectlng oomet
answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
J. The breathing.
>. The standing attitude.
4. Appearaaoe of hair.
8. 11 cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be Mt, and how near
the bone.
6. II breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time mnst beloet in blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, fbr time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall mnst enclose a
stamp. *
FOR SALE—Mammoth Pearl Potatoes-
prolific variety in cultivation, and one of the
best. " " *■"   *   ""'   ■" "     **
I'
Ice by mail, -postpaid, l pound, FOc: by ex-
iresf*, 1 peck. 75c: I bushel, $2: 1 barrel, $4 50. J. A.
VKHrTT, Seedsman, Watsontown, Penn.
FOR SALS—Eggs; Llerht Brahmas. Plymouth
Bocks, Part-rld<-e, White and Buff Coochins,
games, S. S. Hamburgs, Goldon Bebrieht Bantams,
Bronse turkeys, Embden aeewe, Pekln Ducks,
Write for what yon want. ELVIN A CO., Peru, Ind.
FOR SALE—A small larm of 54 acres near Indianapolis, 40 acres tillable, immediate possession
given. Owner going away Must sell. Now ls the
Hme for a bargain. Hoase, stable, orchard, etc.
Address or c_.ll on V. W. MORRIS, 58 Bast Market
street.
FOB SALE-Orchard grass seed, crop of 1880, my
own raising, *a per bushel; sack 25 cents. A
few bushels Beauty nf Hebron potatoes Irom seed
from the Agricultural Department at Washington
<-lly, W per bushel; tack 35 cents. Delivered free on
tars.   Address J. W. aRCHKR, Spencer, Ind.
FOR 8ALB-Fertllln.ra—Cayuga Land Plaster ln
any ooanttty by the sack, barrel or car lots ln
bulk, Bone DuBt An-oniatea Bone GnanoardSu-
Psrpbofaphate*. Plaster Sower and Seeder combined.
Write ns for circulars and prices, stating kind and
Jjuallty wanted.  T"_N**.B &HADLK.Y, Indianapo-
, Indiana
FOB SALE—40 acres of good farm land one mile
north ef Cassellton, on Pern railroad, on which
there Is a good apple orchard; .en acres of timber,
balance ln cultivation; three-fonrth of a mile from
Indianapolis and Noble ville pike, 137V, per acre;
tBOl cash, balance bn time G. W. ALEXANDER,
rear of Central Bank, Indianapolis.
TJIOR SALE—Eggs—Boff Cochins, Poole and Con-
-l- ger strains. My f.)wls nave beeu bred with
special residence to neavy toe feathering, color and
Cochin shape, and are excelled by none. A few Bit-
tings only will be sold this year. Correspondence
•ohclted Eggs fl lor silting of 13; tat>> for sitting
of".  Address JOHN A. YOUNa, Shelbyville, Ind
t_*OR SALE—Garden Seeds—Fiesh new crop, ln
-P package*! or bulk. Field Seeds: Clover, Timothy, Kent.ceky Bine-grass, Alslke and Mellitotcio-
"••_.. A full line ef Garden Seed Drills. Garden and
Field Cultivators, and standard R-rrit-oltural machinery. Write us for circulars. TYNEB4HAD.
LaaY,n and 77 West Washington street, Indianapo-
-»», Indiana.
TTIOB BALE-At very low prices, seedlings and
-*c seeds of Catalpa Speciosa or Hardy Caialpa.
Also Teas'new Japanese Catalpa. Russian Mult-wry. a valuable fruit aud timber tree. Oretgand
other best raspberry plants. Soyder. Taylor's Pro-
Ills, and Wallace blackberries. Bharpless and other
Jholce strawberries. Descriptive price-lists free,
K. T. TEA8, Dunreltb. Ind,
FOR 8A_L/K—1K..M0 fruit, shade nn* ornamental
trees at wholesale and retail. Peaches a spe-
"_lty; my reaches I have grown in New Jersey: we
think aU the veach stock ln Indiana is winter killed;
the old peach trees ln this valley In particular.
Also, Cottswold and Lincolnshire Bheep Cl latelm-
l-ortatton from Canada. Oorres*..onden_*e solicited.
Andrew WILLIAM S1GERSON, Wabash, Ind.
T?OR SALE—EM* front nlj l__i_!-.6ved P.Roeksj
**• No other brevd kept Having Improved my
■Jock over last}ear, I will sell 15**ggB lor fl; 16for
!*, rr*.. v.** securely and all orders not proving ..0
t»e ,-. : .fr-lle bran accident ln shipping or hatcb-
'*;. 1 v.* ! ..'uplicatethe order tor >.tie-ball the pur-
«,«.- t.;.e i-;atlnfactlon guaranteed, cr money re-
fi. i-.d*- >. •, iresa B. G. CEWT, New Market, Mont-
t "-".-.'   .-ity,Ind.
Faots About Thoroughbred Cattlo.
Odltors Indiana Farmer:
Many cows are now dropping their calves
and these oows will soon be again in
breeding condition. I want to give a Uttle
advice to all farmers that are rearing scrub
cattle. The man (who is not already improving his stock) will remember with
gratitude the day he read this little artiole
if he follows the advice herein given, the
farmer wants a breed of cattle that has. at
least two meritorious qualities,and with as
many mere as possible and as few demerits
as possible. The two qualities referred to
are the milking and beef capacities and
they are essential features which must not
be absent in the farmers oow. We have a
race of cattle that possess these two indis
pensable qualities to a very satisfactory degree. Bat they possess other merits which
will be mentioned shortly. If I were asked
by the oommon farmer what breed of cattle
shall I Btock my farm with. I would answer the Short-horns aod their grades every
time. The Jerseys will rank first as butter
cows but they and they only will excel
the Durhams for butter. But the Jerseys
are to diminutive for beef. The Herefords
are fine beef cattle, but are not the equal of
the Short-horns even in this respect, while
they are inferior Milkers te other breeds for
cheeae, etc., but the Short-horns are for the
firmer superior to all others. I am not enthusiastic because I have any of this kind
to sell, for I have not, but on theotherhaad
expect to purchase rather than sell. Now
farmers, you cannot afford to have scrub
stock grazing on your lands, tbat are worth
from forty to one hundred dollars per aore,
you oan do better than to rear poor stock
of any kind and cattle especially. They
are dear as a gift for they require as much
feed as the improved, which will sell
for doable as much as the scrub. Now two
ways suggest themselves for men to get out
of this scrub cattle business. One of
two things do. Sell them off to the butchers and replace them, with grades or which
is better thoroughbreds. The other way is
to breed your common oows to thoroughbred bnlls. The first cross will make your
calves worth 60 per cent, more than tbe
common. Keep your grade heifers and
breed them tothe best, and in lees than five
years you will have stock that will sell for
double yonr original stock. Don't breed
to a grade bull under any ordinary circumstances, for while the grade may have a
better form and be of larger size and look
finer than his thoroughbred sire, yet he
will not so surely transmit the good qualities of his race as the aire. But do not
breed to every bull that is pedigreed.
Breed to one that has a pedigree and one
that is also a fine animal. Ton will do
better to drive five miles and pay five dollars fbr the aervioe, than for a poor boll to
serve them at home and free of charge. Ia
conclusion I will ran a summary of the
many excellent qualities of the famous
Short-horn: fhey are good milkers, goed
feeders, good disposition, mature e__rly and
ean be easily fattened at any age; siae
large, form symmetrical, color fine, the
fashion being dark red and the beef is of
superior quality. One thing more io remember. Ko dull market for the best
stock. When.the markets are dull, poor
stock will not sell for any price. Nothing
then is wanted but the choicest.   This how-
Editors Indiana Farmer:
There is eome disease among my sheep.
I have lost one. They act a good deal like
a hog tbat has the thumps, or like a horse
that haa the heaves. Breathe hard, lose
their appetite and gradually get weaker;
have had them housed every night this
winter and all stormy weather. Have fed
them all the fodder they will eat, and run
to straw stack in good weather. Fed them
one ear of corn apiece daily.      W. R. M.
Will the readers of the Farmer ever
take my advice, and open the first of their
stock which die of diseases unknown to
owners and report symptomti* By so
doing I may be able to know the complaint and save the remainder of the stock.
Breathing high, and loss of appetite 1b
oommon to many, if not all constitutional
diseases before death. Keep them from
the straw and give them podophyllin, 15
grains, twioe dally until bowels respond;
if obstinate add castor oil, one tablespoonful after second dose.   I am now guessing.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me whether millet hay ls Injurious to horses. What is the matter
with my brother's horsb? He has been
stiff all over for four months, and lat«]y
cannot, get up at all, and Is perfectly help
lees. False very slow and weak, and not a
very good appetite. Limbs cold. Urine
thick and oily looking. J. _L>. B.
Our veterinary says he Is not acquainted
with the properties of millet hay, but
thinks it good ln small quantities. Your
brother neglected his horse too long. His
chances for recovery are doubtful. Try
carbonate of ammonia in forty grain doses
every two hours in water. JX anything
raises him, that will. Then If up, place
tincture of aconite root, and tincture of
belladonna, half a drachm alternately on
his tongue every two boars, both his legs
wtth aloohol one quart, oaplscum one
ounce.
__ed_-t*_<re Indiana Farmer:
Will you give me a recipe for poll-evil*
Uy horse has it, and has had it nearly six
weeks. It has broken and runs freely. I
have tried the ashes of burnt cobs, after
washing with soap-suds.      Mrs. T. J. J.
What effect conld your remedy have as a
cure for any disease? Open it wide; let all
the pus out, and take nitric add eight
ounoes, and drop ln as many old ooppers
as lt will dissolve; get pnre cider vinegar;
mix two ounces with two of the aoid, and
inject It Into the abso.ss onoe or twioe
daily. If this proves too weak, mix less
vinegar witb the next two onnoee. until
strong enough to destroy the wall of the
abscess; nie a wide mouthed bottle.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
Fleaee tell me thro-sgh yonr paper what
ails my mare. She is stiff in her shoulders;
when she walks she ls lame In both fore
legs. In backing she drags both fore feet.
Her breast is sunken and frogs appear to
be hard. No fever or beat about the hoot
or joints. Eats hearty and looks well
every other way. A. Z.
The reason why she cannot raise her
feet In backing, Is because her adductor
musoles are atrophied. Rowel her breast.
Too must haye a veterinary surgeon to do
it; have her feet thinned oat nntil yoa can
bend it with yonr thumb. Pat on spreading shoes. I oan have my blacksmith
make you two if yen send me the size of her
feet on paper. I suppose they will cost 60
cents.
Mlton loolana Farm**-.
Fleas tell me what to do with my cow.
She a calf last spring, and we tried to break
her. She both hooks and kioks; finally
we gave it up, and let the calf run with
her. She will eerne in in April again; bids
fair for a good oow. Can yon or some of
your readers give some method of broking herr **•
Tie her by the bead to some post, tree, or
ln stall; proeure a leather strap about two
or two and a half Inches wMe with a stout
buckle; when held fast buckle the strap
round her leg above the hook, tight enough
to press the tendon to "the bone, and yon
n-ved not fear her kicking yon. Do not
whip or scold, bat talk kindly; she will
soon submit,
lattati It-dlana T»rm«w _.__.__
Please publish a cure in yonr ▼«^n«Yt
ooluZs,for kidney worm ln bogs and
greatly oblige. _,„.'. lit
Poison them out with arsenic acid, is all
the chanoe we know of; dose two gr-ttui.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a horse that has something the
matter with his ears. He lays back his
ears and shakes his head. Please tell me
wbat to for him. A Reader.
Search his ears inside and out for an abscess, thorn or sliver. If found, treat accordingly.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that has a wart on his
belly behind tbe saddle girt. It has been
on him about two years. It is about the
tiizi of a marble.   What will remove it?
J. A. W.
Cut it off close with a knife and cauterize the base with an iron made up to a
white heat until the roots are destroyed.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Can bone-spavin be cured of one year's
standing? It so, give treatment through
the columns of your paper.
A Sun CRIBER.
Bone-spavin cannot be cured as people
expect. The enlargement cannot be reduced, but the lameness can be stopped by
blistering severely with Spanish fly, one
ounce; spirits of lurpentine.one pint. Rub
in hard with the hand twice daily until
very sore, then once per day for ten days,
then grease; give perfect ease from exercise.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What ails my neighbor's colt, when running out all day its hind pastern joints give
way while it walks. Joint turning forward until it nearly touches tbe ground.
In the morning when first turned out
seems all right. Colt seems all right except this weakness ot joints.        Wm. P.
Your neighbor'!, colt bas a disease called
grogginess. He is groggy. Very fatal to
the human family, called knuckling by
quacks. It is weakness of the tendons of
the limbs. Rest on pasture will do more
than medicine   You may blister if desired.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
1 have.a young horse tbat ia lame. It
seems to be in bis right shoulders. He
stands with his right fore loot out, and
can't put his head down to drink. He
can's raise his head np high; senms to be
the npck where the collar sits. Seems to
have more t«v»«r there than in the other
shoulder, otherwiss he is all right. Piease
iufornruio what may bo dt»ne.       J. T. D.
It-yoc-find ferer, keep the parts constantly paturated with tincture of arnica and
cold water, one ounce of the former to one
pint of tho latter. Get ten or twelve
ounces of the tincture. When the fever is
ont, if lameness is still present, blister.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that got lame in her right
fore foot a couple of weeks ego. It cracked
opened just behind the frog of her foot; It
runs"a little bloody matter and swells very
bad. A day or two ago she got lame in
her right hind foot the same way, only
worse. When I bear In on the frog of her
foot it seems to ber soft underneathlt,and a
frothy substance oozes ont in different
parts. It hurts ber so she holds it off the
floor most of the time. A. T. B.
Your mare has thrush. Yon must have
kept her standing in her own excrement,
or other filth. Cat away the outer diseased parts and pour in muriatic acid once
daily and keep clean.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer
What ails my eolt? In tbe fall it had the
epizootic. It seems to be weak in its hind
parts. When it lies down it cannot get np
withont aid. It was kir ked on the stifle-
joint and that is not entirely well yet. I
gave it some condition powders, but it did
It no good. About tbe bind part she is almost covered with dandruff. She eats very
hearty and does not gain any flfw.. Her
hair looks bad. Subscriber.
Give your colt 15 drops of Fowler's solution of arsenic in water three times oaily,
increase two drops daily until 30 drops are
given; when the hair gets glossy, stop the
arsenic for a few days, then resume again.
Blister the stifle where kicked.
■dltsri Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me wbat alls my calves. I
have lost two. The first one was taken
with lameness in the right shoulder and
then began to swell. It was very restless,
lying down and getting up, but lying most
of the time on swelled side. Live two
days, snd when ekinned the shoulder was
black and had a very offensive smell. The
second one was affected in same manner,
but did not swell so much. When opened
the gall was so full that it seemed reedy to
burst. A Reader.
Ynnr calves had black-leg.black quarter,
called inflammatory fever, and other pet
names. Yon fed them too high. As a
liver remedy give podophyllln, 30 grains
to a full grown, and 15 to a yearling, in
castor oil.   Repeat twice in one week.
Editors Indiana Farmer
I want 'o know If there Is any such thing
as cattle having .the sweeney? If so, I
would like to know a remedy. I have a
steer that is crippled in his shoulders, and
his shoulders are sunken in to the shoulder blade, acd the skin seems to be very
tight; eats well and looks splendid.
J. T. C.  "
Every animal having muscles ls subject
to atrophy, wasting, or what ls called
s weeney. Take oilotspike, oil of organum,
aqua ammonia, spirits of turpentine, spirits of wine and olive oil, of each two
ounces. Rab the shrunken parts hard
every alternate day for eight days, or f.»ur
applications, then grease. It is quite difficult to "blister cattle having no absorbent
pores ib most of their hldes.
Bdltors Indiana Farmer:
I have a sow that had pigs five weeks
ago; three weeks after, she became lame in
her back, and can only get up on her fore
part, her hind parts dragging. What do
yon say ails her, and what shall I do tor
hei? H. F. R.
Feed your sow arsenic add, about one
grain to the dose twice daily. Should you
kill her after giving the doses, do not nse
either flesh or lard.
Editors Indiana Farmer
Will some of your readers please tell me
through your paper, what will cure or prevent the rot among sheep. R. E F.
If you mean the rot known as water in
the abdomen, with diseased liver, the best
and safest preventive is dry pasture. Keep
your sheep exclusively off wet lands. If
foot-rot, the same stands good; wet, or mud
is fruitful of the disease.
Postal Card Correspondence.
pal'y white sand. A picture of the Florida
cattle or hogs, especially hogs, in the Indiana Farmer, would certainly be a great
curiosity to its readers. In a short time I
will leave the sunny south for my former
and future home, near old Bloomlngdale,
I Jd* M. C. S.
OHIO.
Logan Ce , Mar. 25 —Old winter holds
the fort yet. Rough feed scaroe and
prices high. Wheat on elay land badly
hurt by the late freezing. Stock looks
well. It has been quite a good season so
far in- this county for maple molasses.
There has been a large amount made.
O. F.
KEKTIICKT.
Pulaski Co., Mar. 29.—Rye is the best
grain fertilizer we have, and is a sure crop.
It affords fine grazing and yields more per
acre than wheat. It is not safe to nse seed
over a year old, for it will scarcely germinate. H.
__*>DIA_VA.
Wells Co., Mar. 25.—Wheat looks well
since the snow went off. Stock looks well
In this part of the county. J. A. S.
Porter Co.—The last corn crop is mostly
sold. This is a good hay and dairy country; several cheese factories are doing a
large business. The wheat crop promises
at present to be light, on account of hard
winter. Neil.
Orange Co„Mar.25—Stcc'thogs and cattle
scarce and in good fix; ieed scarce. A few
farmers have sown a few oats. Wheat
looks bad. Farmers late with their work on
account of the severe wiuter. Fruit damaged. Bees died to some extent. Maple
sugar pleDty. E A.
Montgomery Co., Mar. 25.—Wheat
comes out uninjured. E*rly sowing looks
well. Stock bas gone through winter
finely. Hay and corn scarce. Considerable chicken cholera around. No hog
cholora In this vicinity. Considerable
ditching is being done. Tile plenty within a few miles of Lidoga. J. P.
Wabash Co., Mar. 25.—I have traveled
about 300 miles this week through and
along the Wabash valley as far west as Dar-
ville, 111. I must s.y that up to this time
the wheat looks well, and we may look for
a fine crop in this valley, notwithstanding
the continual croaking. I see no great
scarcity of feed; plenty of corn ln the field
yet; the frost is going out without much
heaving. Stock has wintered well, and
every indication now is for an early spring
and good crop year. W. S.
Clark Co., Mar. 25.—There is only one
farm in this part of the county that has
any good walnut timber on it. What are
we to do in a few more years if our farm-
ens continue selling off and stripping our
farms? Wheat looks bad, and won't be
more than half orop. Same are plowing
for com. Very few cattle are being fed for
market. Good butcher cattle are worth
fl 60. Hogs are selling at from $5 75 to
**6 25. There has been a good deal of maple molasses made in this neighborhood.
Mr. L. C Bottorff made 130 gallons in less
than three weeks. K.
Wayne Co., Mar. 25.—Growing wheat
looks very fine in the White-water valley, except an occasional field that was
sown very late. Making molasses bas
been the principal work on most farms for
two weeks past. Ouly a few hogs being
fed for spring market. Considerable tobacco will be planted this season, as it has
proven to be a paying crop for two or three
years past. No oats sown yet, .as the
ground 1b kept too wet by frequent rains.
Some emigration from the northern part of
thts oounty to the West, but in the southern portion people seem to think this is
the best oountry in the wotld.       I_. W.
mcuieAic.
Ingham Co., Mar. 25.—Wheat is badly
injured by the cold winter. Bees are nearly all dead. Grasses looking bad. Hogs
nearly all sold; those wintered over look
well; no disease amongst them. Cattle
are looking splendid. Mill yards are
crowded full and mill men wear smiling
faces. Quite a good deal of sickness
among children, diseases mostly scarlet
fever, measles and diphtheria. Early
dropped lambs suffering from the cold
weather, otherwise sheep are in excellent
condition. The largest fall of snow that
has been for many years. Farmers are
preparing for spring work. Wages ranging from $16 to f20 per month. Stock of
all kinds, including work horses, demand
good prices. Farm laborers are plenty.
The fruit crop promises to be large,
Z.C.
IXORID-L
JACKSO-SrvT-oieE, Mar. 21.—Weather fine
and not much change in temperature for
past month. Farmers are busily engaged
in planting cane, late potatoes and field
peas. Those are the principal crops here.
Npt much cotton raised in this locality.
The soil, If it may be called soil, is princi
nxiKois.
Richland Co , Mar. 25.—Wheat Is looking pretty well here, far better than some
supposed it would. The spring being backward. Feed is likely to be somewhat short.
D. W. C.
GENERAL  NEWS.
Daring the eight months ending with
February, we exported 1182,428,826 worth
of breadstuffs.
In the last fifteen years the state of Louisiana has expended for levees and repairs
the sum of ?11,705,500.
There has been a reduction of 5 eents per
cwt. in live stook freights from Chicago
E*st for all classes except hogs.
John Crawford, aged eighty-eight, a
prominent General in the War of 1812,
d ed in Wamatesa, Wis., last week.
In Southern Arkansas peach trees are in
bloom, the roses are putting on tbeir foliage, and gardens are being j lanted.
A leading foreign broker in Now York
estimates the amount of gold from Europe
to arrive at New York within thirty days
at fl2,ej0,000.
Twenty-two hundred buildiugs were
erected in New York city last year at a
cost of $23,000,000, an average of about $10,-
•00 per building.
Florida strawberries are retailing at 75o
per quart in New York; Bermuda tomatoes at 30o per quart, and B rmuda new
potatoes at 15c per quart.
• Texas farmer are preparing to import
Lubbock beetles from Russia. These
beetles are very voracious and live on
grasshoppers, locusts, etc.
Agitation in favor of prohibitory legislation Is strong in nearly every southern
state. The temperance issue is being
pushed to the front in politics.
On Wednesday there were 4,230 immigrants landed at New York. Bach a
stream of immigration was never known
as has now set in toward our shores.
A meeting of shippers engaged in the
foreign trade in apples was held in Boston
last week, at which it was stated that half
• million of barrels were exported last
year.
Mr. R. Ten Broeck, of England has shipped two valuable race horses from Lexington, Ky., to the old country. He offered
Mr. Harper $75,000 for the great racer Ten
Broeck, but the offer was declined.
Germany now ranks third In population
of the great countries of the world. The
recent oensus shows a population of 45,-
194,172, Russia and the United States
stand first and seoend, and France fourth.
A convention of farmers in Berlin has
declared American competition In grain
and meat a great danger to the continuance
of German agriculture and cattle raising,
and calls upon the government for effective measures to avert the peril.
An Austin (Texas) exchange says: Corn
is np and farmers generally have excellent
stand. A large acreage will be planted ln
cotton, and tbe season thus far has been
favorable. Wheat and small grain never
looked batter, and a heavy harvest is expected. The prospect for an immense fruit
crop is good.
A Jew days ago James Conard, of Orange
township, Rush county, complained of
feeling unwell and went to Moscow to get
some medicine. He returned home In the
evening, was taken suddenly ill, went
into convulsions antl died a most agonizing death. It is thought he died of same
powerful poison.
C. K. Thorpe, W. A. McCord and Drs.
Lameroux and Swartz, Washington, Daviess oounty, were out bunting on the
26th, when the gun cvried by Dr. Lameroux exploded, tearing his hand apart from
the fingers to tbe wrist. A piece ofthe gun
barrel entered Mo-Cord's leg above the
knee, inflicting a very pHin'al wound.
He was also shot in the face. Tuorpe had
the end ol one of his fingers shot off.
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