VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SATURDAY, ¥EB. 21,  1880.
NO. 8.
FOR KAL-K.
FOR SAI.K-Stfvp,, TJuini Sl-nit-borr, boll-,   'cod
colors, E. c. TH0MPSO-", lock box 1 JSdlnbur jt
Ind.
FOU SALE— Ui*hly bred *r- n <■ t„rkov<,
KOCKHI.t.1. BROS.
Port W.yne, Ind.
FOR SA
th,- ntate.
nla fttrf et.
p;—TheflneBt  s'orfe of cb«»ry treen  ln
T. 0. ijABNUsl. to N. Pennsylva-
IJIUR SAI.K—uol'l W|,a„glrd  llanjbnr.s am, Piy.
.      muitir, Koj-k chickens. *•"» a trio and fjla pair. T.
UULMAN, Terre Haute, 1 lid. ,
FOK SA r.K—A lew mJ.refull blooded Jeri»ev I.J-C
I>l«» ft reasonable price-.   JOHN   4 THOMAS
DsMuSS.Noblesville. Indiana.
FOR SA LE—One Dark B'ahms coJ-k and Uve pill-
le,H a-.j- n,v bre«i.iuK p n  if  Lixb.   Brahmas.
JERRY CARTER, WulleUik. Ind.
FOR *A
more
■JAI.E—See-l>ats .
more than any other variety grown
tion.   K. H. FOLS jM., IndianapoUs, lod.
Will yield fifty per cent.
In this sec-
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FOR SALR-Ek«s from tbe flneBt  Black  Co^r-lre
luf" Ui'li»-<l -tat*-s.   Price it P*r 13. Addres*
E  A. HAWK^8.3fe7 N. \Vesi btreet, Indiana^.s.
"|j>OK t-.Al_,Jb_—1BU acres of excellent land one mile
JC from Kokomo. Will require fl.&OO to |2,000 cash,
balance oh time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In-
diapolis.
FOH eJAI_,E-80 ace* of «ood farm land   Jn  Jasppr
ciuiity, ab<-tu two-iijirds pra r e and one-ttiir.f
AKNOUKGRnEKTS.
PKTKR ROUTIEH will be a candidate for Sh»»rifl
of Manon coun-y. subject to the Republican
nomtnattOK convention.
HENRY   C    ADAMS   wfll   be
Sheriffof Marlon   county, ►ubjfct   to the de-
candldaie  fer
. .       . »ct   to the
clslon of the Republican nominating convention.
ENOELBERT J. METZOER. deputy abertfl will
be aoandid.ue for isneriff. subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention of
Marlon county.
W ORUBBS will he a oandldBte for Sheriffof
_   Marion rotmty, subject to the Bepulican nominating convention.
D.
JW. HFSS will be a candidate fur Sheriff ot Ma-
•   rlon   couniy, subject to   Republican   nominating convemlou.
GEOROF. P. BRAN HAM will he a candidate for
wberifT,,. Marion county, subject to the Republican nominating convention.
ROBERT N.  HARDING. Wayne toivnablp, will
be a candidate for   Sheriff of  Ma ion county,
subject to the Republican nominating convention.
Trenail t^r.
TOT ELLIOTT will be a candidate for treasurer
Marbju county, subject to tue Republlcaa nom-
lnailng Convention.
tlJnber, iz _,» a„ acre. This I. "cheap,
not a rarmer and needs money. J. C.
Hltn 1. .tieet..
but Jiwnj-r Is-
N., 21 North
FOR HALE—My Immense stoek of fruit, shade
and orut-mj-ntijl tiees, vines, plant,,, etc Thia
utock. pj-sitlvely n-ust b« .old to clear jrrflun's.
8e,,d I r priice Hat. Address T. 0. BARNUM, _0 N.
Pennsylvania t-trt-et-
FOR  HALK— The
Book.
Farm Register and Account
Complete method or keeping farm ac-
connta. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, In
Indianapolis.
Tfj-IOK SALE-80 bushels of clover seed, 30 red, and
X! 30 Haurinffjjf cur own ral-lnir.$5 per nufthel sacks
extra, aboard the cars.' ES CEKLINE £ BRIDUE,
Kels*yvll e, All-n county, tnd.
FOR SALE-Fowls snd Eggs—Light Brabmas;
Wh, ie. Black and Partridge Cochins: W. C. B
Polish; Golden Sebright Bantams, Pekin ducks, and
White Out eas. Write lor pricea and particulars.
ELVIN jfe CO., Peru, Ind.
FOR BALE—Hhon-horn cattle and Berkshire,
hogs. Dake of Uoodn,-s.. 167ft-'included,ai80 young
builJj ajjd heifers. For particulars addrej» II. FORNEY, Miiford, Kosciusko county, Ind."
FOR SALE—40 acres good farm br garden land,
two mi l.s east of Belt R. R. and two north ol Ir-
Tlngton. Splendi I location. t«2 60 per acre. G. W.
ALEXAN unit, side door Central Bank.
.       A flrst-class
~ general purpoaw horse., rive years.old, lfi>_ hands
-.-..j. and weighs near 1,400 pounds. Address JOHN
HART, Bee, hy Mire, Union county, Indiana.
"""""""ORSALE-Modoc Hambletonian.
-JC general purpoaw horse., rive year- "
high, and weiahs near 1,400 pounds.
FOR SALE—Heavy draft stallions, Norman and
English draft, 4 laud 2 year olds; tine as 1 have
ever bred.   Terms reasonable.
JOHN BATI-S,       - -       '
Harrtsburg or IndianapoUs, Ind.
""r-ORSALE-
-Stock farm of 240 acres, 3 miles north-
      westot «reencastle. Ind. land broken, grass.
water and timber plenty, b'lildings poor. Price, *16
per acre. Terms easy. SMITH A HANNAMAN,
Loan Agents, Indianapolis, ind.
FOR SALE—Valley White 8eed Corn,selected and
shelled. Tnis is a large early variety, pure
white and very productive. Price in sack* at de,_ot,
11 per bushel. Sacks 30 cents each. J. J_. JOHNSON, Laurel, Franklin county, Ind.
EOR SALB-S0,l.«"0 Applea Tree* 3 to 5 years old.
Woodstock, Leading varieties. Many of tbem
oj tbe Russian varieties. Great inducements to parties buying at wholesale. Must be" fold to clear the
ground. Give me a trial. D. A. CTSHKR, uenver,
Indiana.
JD breeJilug purposes. Toulou-. ann White China
geese Pekin ducks a,id Bronze tnrkeys, wi»ne,s oi
five miles »t National exhibition l-*f. Write for
what y.J.J.want to DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH A SO..,
Franklin, Ino.
"DIOR  SALE-A  farm of 160 acres^
  _           7 miles north-
_ 'westofUndtanapolis. This farm ls under a high
Btate of cultivation, aud Is thoroughly tile-drained;
has a substantial brick house ol 10 rooms, -1 barns.,
and all other necessary buildings. Q. T., care Indiana Farmer Co.
ALEXAVDKR JAMF.SON will be a candidate for
County Treasurer, subject to the Republican
nom nating convention ol March 6.
SAMUKL  HANWAY   will   be   a candidate  for
Cunty Treasurer, subject to Republican contention, March 6.
CAPT. W. O'HAVER Is a candidate for Treasurer
of Marlon county, subject to the decision of the
Republican nominating conven,fon.
TL. MOTnERsIIE AD. lh a candldaie for Treas-
•   urer of Mariou coujity. subject tothe decision
of the Republican c -unty convention.
SMITH KtNO  will he a candidate before the Re
publican   couvejitlon  f.r  nomination  for  the
office of Treasurer of Marion county.
Rw-order.
ROBERT C. LOSEY will be a candidate for Recorder of Marion county, Indiana, subject to
the decision uf the Republican nominating convention.
C*1AL.   F.  DARNELL will be a candidate for Re-
J   corder oz Marlon couuty, subject to the Republican nominating convention.      ' .' .
DAVID   E.  SWAIN will be a candidate  for Ra-
corder ol Marlon county, subject to the Republican nprninating convention.
Coroner.
^-~~*m**0ft^lX,tIU_.**~AAmAA.\TXa..V .A —-
Ion ©t.jReptjt*f!can county convention. ( y
Couuty Commlsslouer.
HIRAM  A.  HAVERSTICK-wlllbeacandldate
for County   Commissioner subject to the  Republican nominating convention of Marlon county-,-
Snpreme Court.
DANIEL ROYSE, of Lafayette.Tlppecanoe coubj-
ty, is a  Kepublican candidate lor Clerk of the
Supreme Court.
tyivt
§iot]\.
running under ground, and thence luto.
troughs fortbeseanimals.. Of this iiumb<-r,
upward of one hundred are breeding ewes.
Some twelve or fifteen bushels ot corn are
consumed daily, besides hay and other
feed. Mr. Sexton expects to feed the product ol twenty-two acres of corn ofhis own
raiding, besidts an equal amount tnat he
will purchase elsewhere. Tbe sheep-pens
are abundantly littered with swamp-grass,
and the manure is left to rot underpeath
the feet of the animals until spring, when
it will be drawn out upon the. fieldib, enabling them to raise a rousing bigtcorn
crop next summer. Thus, a very large
amount of the Very best manure for his
land will be secured, which cannot fail
to speedily increase the fertility of the
farm. '
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Sketch aud ^History of tho Goat.
Though the goat has not long been practically known as a wool-bearing animal in
the United States, yet it is inferable,-from
their hardier nature and adaptation tq pioneer life, that it supplied our remote ancestors with both clothing and food long before the sheep was used for thpse purposes.
Certainly from the earliest history of our
race, it has been intimately and practically
associated with man, and in some Asiatic
countries still contributes to his requirements more than sheep. The race abounds
in almost Infinite varieties, which have
readily adapted themselves, to the climates'
subsistence and culture to which they have
been subjected iu almost every habitable
portion of the globe. They were regarded
by the ancient Israelites as clean beasts,
were esteemed as choice food, and were
consecrated-to sacrifice. Certainly! ever
since, and probably long before, Moses ordered one hundred and sixty-five yards of
the cloth of "goats' hair" to be made for
the veil or covering of the Tabernaele,;i_K.
wool-bearing goat has bcen/kncvsji iii.d
n_fed._hv.l Jj^-Ajj. 4tia ^*n«S»^i^'^-<^?^^fi
tries of that quarter, at the globeY It .3
strange, therefore;, that they -vjere not
much earlier introduced into our country.
■SllEIR   .IMPORTATION    INTO    THE    UNITED
'ffidcrimtrg*
This department Is edited by Pr. John N. Navin.
Veterinary "surgeon; author ol Navin*a Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
. WAKTKD.
TrrANTED— Land warrants,and Northern Pacific
YV K. R. B^nds. G. M BALLARD, Ropm 7
Journal Buildiog, Indlanapo.ls.
In 1870, Dillon & Co. imported their famous Norman stallion, St..Laurent, which
they regard as the best animal they have
ever brought to this country. • They have
refused to sell him, while all tbgir 'qther
stock has been for sale. Haying kppt him
so long, they wer«.curious enough^tcj-figpfe
up a day or so ago. what he hadYbeon worth-
to themj and tney found, that* they had sold
of his oolts, o'f their own raising, $27,000
worth, had on hand of his colts ? 14,000, and
received for his servioes ?20,467, making a
total of $91,467 realized in ten years. When
we consider the horse ought to be good for
ten years more, some idea can be formed ol
how valuable such a horse is.
TITANTED-A position, a good butt«r and cheese
W mak^r. learned trade n New York. Address,
B  J. MORRISON. Sugar Braucn, Ind.
WANTKD-To trade a beautiful reglsiered Jersey
bull and c,w for a sound pair wo,k horses or
mules.   J. R. MAHAN. Greencastle, Indiana.
Book,
ANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana
History, FamllyBlbles, and the Voters Text-
S. L. MARROW, Indianapolis.
...... _.— -Farmers to bring  tbeir   wheat and
, , r»rn to the City Mills corner of Washington
and Noble streets, where they c«„ nave it ground »o
as to get tbe most ajid best out of It.
XTTANTED-
WANT E O- BE ES- . -
InMana  Be.keepers  Siate   Association
-Th* nndersigned president
-epers State Association has
geVersfiapWcailonj", l»r bees. Those having full
stands of Italians for sale please address J. C. BELLMAN, county cleric's office, Indianapolis.
FOB   RE .NT.
lflo ai-res In   Morgan  county,  Ind.
wilt sell at »12^   per
ALEXANDER,  Central
Fo j-wjs on March 1st, or^ »ty"_»«'J,JJi, »'""V*
sere, worth  »-*»■     v+.   W. **""* * *"' '*'**''"
Bank. Indianapolis.
FOR RENT-Farn, of J52acres. J4 mil«s north <f
lnjJlan.ro is; I in acres In cultivation; 20 a,-re*J
more can be cnluv ted: M -cres of good wheat; 12 of
meadow.s. texcellent j.rchard:sood f.rru nm.se »
rooms; frame barn 40*4.". feet: Hrst.class soils forS,v..
»_60cj.>-h. balance!,, payuien s secured. M. ARBUCKLE, 7u K. Market street, Indianapolis.	
F
OR RENT-FARMS-
10 acres, Marlon connty, Ind.
3» acres. Marlon county. Ind.
HO acres, Clinton connty, Ind.
200 acres, Jai-kson county. Ind.
Also have a larsre bst,» good farms for sal*.
CHARLtSE. COFFIN,
34 N. DeUware street.
Big Lamb.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
One of your subscribers, Mr. James Marlow, of Clarksburg, Decatur county, Ind?,
s tys be had a lamb dropped on last Wednesday, of the Cotswold breed, that weighed at
three hours old 15 pounds. If anybody
doubts it, he says he will furnish proof. He
say 8 that he will report again in one month.
Who can beat it? ' Agent.
Greensburg.
«    mm    »
Senseless Pedigrees.
There is nothing more senseless nor more
at variance with the known laws of heredity
than the mania which possesses many
breeders to be able to trace tbeir stock back
to some remoteancestor of especial celebrity,
without any thought as to the quality of
the intervening generations. If there is
anything in pedigree at all, an animal that
can show unusual excellence as a characteristic of itself and of its ancestry for four
our five generations back is infinitely to be
preferred, on the score of pedigree alone, to
one that runs to Bome famous sire or dam
eight or ten removes distant through an ancestry of.no especial merit. If pedigree
does not come down hand-in-hand with
superiority, from generation to generation,
it is simply a delusion and a s-nara.—National Live Stock Journal.
WIHC EUL. A JTEOl'H.
C. BTJROKSS, Dentist.   Office ln room
Jen'i "    " L
IGHT
CC. BTJROESS, Dentist.   O
•   Jen's Exchange Block, N.
Va-
Pennsylvanla St.
TIGHT   BRAHMAS-F.xtia    large     fowls     and
J   chick-lor sale, eges ft auittlng. MRS JOSEfH
E  COBB. 219 Davidson street. Indianapolis.
SPLENDI Dlnducunents to Agents to tell Dr. Navin's S'o,-k l.octorln every county ln Indiana.
Ohio and Kentucky. Write, or call for terms at
Room 12 Journal Kulldlng. J. B. UASN, General
Agent. Iudlanapolls, I„d.
FOR TRADE—Western lands fo-farm ln Indiana
or III,n*      "   "   -'T'"™"    -— "
FOB   TRADE.
G. M. BALLARD, IndianapolU
 _  loan on   Improved Farms.  M.S.
VINTON, Indlauapolls, Ind.
W. M. Singer-ly's Sheep   Farm.
The North Wales, Montgomery county,
Penn., Record gives an interesting account
of a late visit to Singerly's farm of 119
acres, now managed by Jason Sexton. We
quote as follows : The dairy bu&int'ss not
paying a sufficiently large profit, he has
extensively entered into the fattening of
dry cattle, of which he* is buying and selling a large number. We presume he has
now wore sheep than any other farnier in
Montgomery county, comprising no less
than 350 head. To them, in their separate
pensv water is conveyed by an ingenious
arrangement from a large tank by pipeB' stack.
-IMPORTATION    INTO
'.',*' STATES. ....
-. Tbis honor, was left to Dr. Jas. B. Davis
of South Garolina, in the year 1819, who
published amaccount of it id the United
States Agricultural R-rport for 1853, since L'
which several other importation have been
made. As Dr. Davis'was our Consul to
Turkey when he exported them, and as
Smyrna Or Constantinople was their portof
debarkation,.it. isprobable that be availed
Jrimself oi- the .advantages of his official position to-^seuiire the'variety known as Angora GoatSfcMled sd^from the city of Ango-
*£.in* the Province of Natolia, In Asia Minor, where they are extensively raised,
and '"heir wool was once largely manu.dwj-
tured. "' ■ - -
Another wool-bearing goat is Extensively
raised in Thibet, in Central Asia. Its wool
is exported to the* small province of Cash-*
mere, where it is manufactured into the
richest and most beautiful fabrics,
which have given wealth and fame to
that little interior country all over the
world.
As it is not known that any of thf sehave
ever been imported into the United States,
those which we have should, in strictness,
be called Angora, and not Cashmere Goat?.
But the name Cashmere has been accorded
tbem in the United States, and it is not
Important to* alter it, though it is being
done.
DESCRIPTION, CHARACTER AND HABITS.
As they have been so otten illustrated in
agricultural publications, a minute personal
descriptioa of them is not here important.
Tne color of pure-bred and full-blood an:-
mals is almost invariably white, though
some of the earlier descendants of Imported animals were brown; some being gray,
and some black, also, in their native country, varying a little, perhaps, in species or
family of species.
Hedge fences are not suitable to keep
them, as they will browse on the osage
orange, or any other shrub, to such an extent as to destroy it as a fence, by making
it too open at the bottom. Like other stock,
they are more troublesome after they
have acquired roaming , and breachy
habits. They bear coupling, hobbling
and tethering better than any other
stock.
In their diet they are almost omnivorous, eating in winter often what they bave
rejected in summer. On large farms, much
the greater portion of their diet will consist of weeds, bushes, briars, fallen leaves,
brush, etc., and they are truly valuable for
keeping lands clean of these. In winter,
short grass and corn-fodder is all that is
required, even by the breeding flock, and
I have never fed grain of any kind to them
at any season, except some sheaf-oats to old
and infirm ones.
A dry shelter is desirable for them, especially in tlie lambing season; though my
flock of males and wethers, even aftpr
they have been shorn iu April, has never
had any other protection than what
they could obtain around a hay or a sliuw-
Strmghalt. ,  ;< '
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mule that has bad the stringhalt
for two years. One leg is so swollen in
front of the hock-jj,int that it is with great
difficulty she cau walk, rendering her almost worthless.   Is there any turn?
Liberty. Stjbscrhber.
It is doubtful that your mule has string-
halt. I suppose that the tumor in front of
the hock-joint is the cause of elevating the
limb. Blister, as I have so often recommended in the Farmers
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Split Hoof.
Editors Indiana Fa, mer:
My fri«nd has a young mare that got her
hoof dpi it, and xfterwards sprained her pastern joint, whicrV is swollen, and is hard
and stiff. Tnis was done about six months
ago, andthesplit has grown ^ut. Whatcan
I do to. cure the strain, and remove the
hard swelling of the> pastern joint?
February 5. \.. v T. T. E.
Your mare has ringbone, I suppose, orjits
equivalent. Blister every day for fifteen
days, with the liquid blister I bave so often
reodmmended, viz: Spanish fly; \\_ ounce ;
spirits of turpentine, 1 pint; rub in well
with the fiatid, once per day^for fifteen
daj b ; tb en grease.    .-■'"•
•.    What Ails My Colt? f
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a two-year-old oolt which got one
leg badly pcarred when it "was about one
year old. The pear is below- the knee-joint
and was causpd by getting fast between
two timbers. Tbe scaf seems to be a hard
gristle that will nqt go away, "neither wijl
the laair grow over it. If it could be softened or the hair jnatje to .cover it, it would
not show and -would not be a blemish of
anv account.   Please tell us what to do.
Patoka. B.
tended to then by stitching up the hide and
keeping the lips of the wound together,
no hair would be missing now. The callous enlargement cannot be' reduced now.
•it any chance remains it wpulc^OQ in blis^
tering. .   „   •    v        *-,.'.,
cold water until cool, and, if it is thick like
jelly, it is fit for use. Give one teaspoonful
three times per day in feed. Keep well
stirred, else it will burn.
Postal Card Correspondence.
KNDIA-VA.
Dubois Co, Feb. 10.—We have plenty
clover seed yet in this county. J. S.
Gibson Co., Feb. 11.—Weather fine. A
great amount of work done this winter.
Either fly or some other insect is making
havoc with the growing wheat, many fields
looking spotted and sickly, especially those
fields that had fly in them last fall.
R. H.
White Co., Feb. 12.—Wheat is injured to
some extent by the wet weather and freezing. Twice the amonnt of wheat sown here
last fall to that of any previous year. Corn
was a fair average in quantity but rather
light in quality. S. R.
Owen Co., Feb. 12.—Corn is scarcj*t. Growing wheat looks well; a large acreage sown.
Mud very bad. Sheep scarce; they are
worth from 52 50 to ?3 per head. The Indiana Farmer is a welcome visitor. We
do not get as much newsin any other paper
as we do inthe Farmer. Wm. M. C.
Porter Co., Feb. 10.—Last week the
ground was frozen, with a little snow, yesterday the snow disappeared. Lste sown
wheat and that sown on low ground injured some. A large acreage sown. Hogs
nearly all sold. The Farmer is a welcome
visitor. Hqw much sulphur ought to,be
fed to a flock of a hundred sheep?     J. K..
Wabash Co., Feb. 12.—Wheat looks well
at present; is little damaged In low black
ground.   Roads good.   Gonial! gathered,
Stock still doing well on pasture. Wheat
worth $1 per busbel. Real estate firm, yet
plenty of farms for sale. Health good, in
fact it is always good here in the hills.
C. F. E.
OHIO.
Chamfaign Co., Feb. 9.—The weather la
fine now but has been very rainy and
muddy this winter in this part of the
county, and every place else I guess. Stock
looks fine for the kind of weather. I have
two two-year-old half. Percheron colts that
weigh 1,4'20 pounds apiece. Let some of
the readers of the Farmer make themselves known. C. E. S.
TEXAS.   '
Denton, Feb. 9.—Weather fine; two
snows of about two inches each. Very
dry last season and not much better yet.
Cotton a fair crop last season. Plowing for
spring crops about all done. Oits mostly
sown. Corn planting will commence about
the 24th inst. I can't do without the In-
dia^aFarmeb. J. W. K.
MlSSOUItl.
Daviess Co., Feb.. 10.—Corn a fair crop
and a good quality, most all gathered^
Wheat on the prairie most all killed, don't
think it will make a- \4 crop. Stock of all
kinds looking well. No hog cholera in vicinity.   Health generally go6d.   D. S. L
H.I.INOIS.
Logan Co., Feb. 12.—The flrst part of
February was nice weather. Wheat still
looking fine in this section of the State.
Stock is going* through winter in good condition. A. J.
Answer to Query by "W. H. S."
Kentucky blue-grass should be sown any
time in the winter  when there  ls snow.
Sow broadcast, % bushel" extra clean and
to^eSW^tm?uu1acfifrJ^^
Mange arid Ticks in Sheep.
The scabs you enclosed in y&ur letter are
the effect of mange* their difference in ap-
■pearencp is the re_ftt.lt ot age. When a sheep
ftrit takes the disease, it may not have more
than one blister, which is fast succeeded by
others, ahd they*ssjdn"accumulate, until the
entire body'is coy6*'e<J.lf not arrested.
■ The disease'is tfta'jaj.ult'of a littlSinsect,
oi animalcula, acarn?, which peK»trat€« the
skin, arid causes an ■excniuiatiDg.^tchiiTg,
and spreads rapidlj-;      ■    r      '•■ •    ••-_     ',.
Remedy:—Tobacco ooze, 1 quart; spirits
of turpentine, \% pint, corrosive sublimate,-
-I drachm. Mix, and pour on the blisters,
and scratch with the finger nail or teaspoon
handle; pour on the scabs without scratching them. Do not use it all over the body
at once, lest it mav injure the sheep.
Coal oil and lurd ; 1 pait oil, to five of the
lard, will kill them; so will vinegar and
salt The full theory and practice, prevention, etc., is too long fi>r any newspaper article.   See my Stock Doctor.
Kicked Horse.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse which was kicked on the
stifle joint, and there seems to be a small
piece of bone broken \oS, which at times
slips about under the skin, and makes him
very lame; at other titneB it does not show.
0>uld the piece of bone be taken out?
Plpase give remedy.       - S.
Patoka. Feb. 10.
It is impossible that a piece of hone can
appear, and disappear, in your horse's stifle.
If there once, it will stay there until taken
out. I cannot see how the patella (stifli.)
bone could be divided; but it is barely possible, of course. An infiltration of serum
might accumulate iu the joint and push the
patella forward ; and if so, you must not
attempt to take it out, from the fact that
it is inside the capsular ligaments which
surround, and hold the ligaments together;
you then would have a case of open joint
and hectic fever. Blister severely with the
liquid blister, so often recommended in
the Farmer. Use one per day for fifteen
days.
QUERY   AND   ANSWER.
What Ails My Cow*P
-Sdl'ors Indiana Farmer:
I have a oow thatl commenosd feedingfor
beef in November, that is losins? flesh all
the time. She is getting stiff all over, aud
has a cough, and a white froth comes from
her mouth ; her appetite is good for corn,
but she will not eat meal or bran ; has no
lice; no hollow horn. I would like to know
what is the matter with her, aud what will
cure he**. J. B. J.
New Burlington, Feb. 9.
Take ground fUx seed, four pounds, and
boil it in two-thirds of a washboiler of
water; when the water is boiling, pour in
the meal; boil slowly'until it becomps a
jelly; keep a tin cup or other vessel full of
cold water by you ; when the heat is too
strong it will be likely to boil over; should
it boil too high, pour in some of the cold
water to keep it down, else the oil may be
lost; bave a basting spoon or small tin cup
near; when you think it cooked enough,
take some up in the cup, and immerse in
supply the demand. It is almost incredible what an amount of underdraining has
been done in this county. G. R.
Moroan Co., Feb. 11.—Weather some
cooler. Growing wheat looks splendid.
Stock plenty. Cattle in fine order; have
wintered so far on grass'principally. I
would say lo "Pete," of Knox county,
when he,finds a dead pig or lamb killed by
foxes, take a sharp pointed stick, make.a
hole in the dead body aud put in a small
quantity of strichnine and put it where the
iox will get it. In this way you can rid
your premises of foxes, but be careful
that your dog or other animals do not get
hold of it. Ike.
Warren Co.,' Feb. 10.—Large acreage of
■wheat Sown ahd looked well.   Cold nightB
and days has,  heaved it anil the clover in
the  low   grounds.   Weather   fine.' Jlogs
.mostly sold'at SJ4 gross.'and but few feeding.   Few cattle being fed.   More demand
for good stock than usual, in'fact the farmers have not paid the attention to improving theirstockfor a fewyears that they now
see would have been to their interest to have
done.   Stock looks well generally, although
the corn does not feed as far as usual, much
of it being damaged by frost and winds.
There will be a large corn crop put out the
coming spring. J. A. J.
Union Co., Feb. 10.—The past year has
been one of the most productive in the way
oi crops we have had in a great many
years. Our oorn on the river bottoms was
an average in quantity but a little chaffy.
On some of the Uplands thore was not more
than Ji of a crop. Wheat was more than
an average. Oats good. Flax fair crop.
Potatoes a large crop, worth 35 to 40c per
bushel. Some hog cholera but not as bad
as it was at this time last year. Stock of
all kinds looking well for the time of year.
I am well pleased with the scales I got in
connection with the Farmer. The
Farmer is a welcome visitor, and every
farmer should subscribe fo? it. Wheat is
looking fine, and a large crop was sown.
L. D. B.
•
Johnson Co., Feb. 12.—Wheat iB damaged some hy tbe late freezes and thaws,
but we bave a fair prospect for the vast
acreage sown. Farmers are behind with
winter work, owing to so mnch mud.
Gravel roads are on the boom in mud road
districts. Our early farmers are breaking
sod for corn. The acreage of oats sown the
coming spring will be small. The new
starch works at Franklin will Induce farmers to plant a large portion of the tillable
ltnds in corn. This county can boast of
two starch mills and one hominy mill. Can
any county in the State say as much? There
ate a large number of good cattle feeding
for the big prices the coming spring and
summer. There are mere sheep here than
for many years. J. ?• F-
quarir-
If alone, about \% to 2
The ground should be
clover per acre.
bushelB per acre,
well prepar, d-
 Answer to Query by "S. 8.:"   Al-
falta or Lucerne clover ls a native of Southern Franco, but does well in well prepared ground in this climate. The rule
is to plow deeply in the fall and then again
in the spring; quantity per acre about ten
pounds. Messrs. J. M. Nichol <fc Co., of
this city, bave all these seeds in stock.
-        Chinese Hulless Oats.
E. A. E., of this county, Has a few bushels of the China hulless oats which he has
grown from a small package sent him from
an Eastern city. This oats he thinks is tho
same grain that has gone by the names of
large white rye and diamond wheat, by
different writers In the Farmer.
G. W., of Noble county, Ills., writes us
that the agents of Messrs. Spauldling <!_ Co.,
Springfield, Ills., of whose extensive nurseries we gave a description a short time-
ago, "have been canvassing in his neighborhood and selling Russian apple trees at
50 cents each, the King Chester peach 60
cents, winter grapes, that keep like apples, 75cents, audclaimingthattheir apples
are grafted on English Hawthorn roots, and
that the borers would not hurt them.
We are informed on reliable authority
that Spaulding <fc Co. have never authorized their agents ' to represent that they
kept ar sold winter grapes or borer proof
apples, and their prices are no higher than
those charged by other first class nurserymen. But they have often been imposed upon
by the falsehoods and misrepresentations
of unauthorized salesmen, which is probably tbe case in this instance. As soon as
they learn of the doings of the so-called
agent alluded to by our correspondent, we
have no doubt but that they will take steps
to have him exposed.
ORCC-OX.
Sublimity, Fob. 5—Our winter so far
has been very blustery, rain, wind and
snow falling In quick succession all winter;
tbe ground bas not been frozen too deep to
plow, but had snow to lay on about one
week.   Fall wheat looks as well as usual.
When our readers visit Indianapolis,
they should Dot fail to cill at the elegant
rooms of D. H. Baldwin & Co., Nos. (54
and 66, N. Penn. Ht. You will flml tbe
manager, O. W. Williams, ready to show
you the immense slock, and as he lias
spent three years in the business in this
city previously, be has an extensive acquaintance, and with his genial disposition and large experience, he can and
will be an excellent man to purchase
musical lustrumenls of, as you can rely
on his hunest judgment every time. 8ee
advertisement in aDother column.
  • j —
Ifow to Get Nick.
Expose yourself day and night; eat too
much without exercise; work t»o hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then you
will want to know
HOW TO GET WELL.
Which is answered  in three words—Take
Hop Bitters!   See other column.
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Voice ol tlie tVople.
Hillsdale, Mich.
R. V. Pierce, M. D.:
I h-td a serious disease of the lungs, and
mi for a time conined to my bed aud under the care of a physician. His prescriptions did not help me. I grew woree,
coughing very severely. I commenced
taking your Medical Discovery, which
helped tne greatly. I have taken several
bottles, and am restored  to itood  health.
Yours respectfully,   Judith Burkett.
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