VOL. XV.
INDIANAPOLiIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUG. 14,   1880.
NO. 33.
roBuix.
FOR SALE-Some flne.pure bred Plymouth Bock
cockerels at $_, or 3 for J5.   K. O. CBIST, New
Market, Indiana.
"T7-OB SAl-E-Three nice Berkshire male pigs, "onr
___l_   months old at reasonable price. Address INDI
ANA FABMEB CO.
FOB SALE— Farms— In various parts of Indiana,
by M. ARBCCKLE, Agent, 58 East Market
street, IndianapoUs, Indiana.
Trade—A thoroughbred Jersey
  ild.   Pedigree sent on application.
A. C. 8H6BTKID0E jfe CO., IndianapoUs.
FOB  6ALE-
buII,3_-earsold.
FOR SAI.E-One  new  Shaw circle track  farm
wagon. 3>4 skein, for »60, worth |1C0.  WILLIAM
BOWE, 34 East Georgia street, IndianapoUs, Ind.
FOR8ALE-1.'00,000 Strawberry, Raspberry .Currant, Gooseberry and Blackberry plants.   Send
ns a list of what you want and we will give special
plants.   Send
......J give  .
prices.   H. M. SIMPSON jfe CO., Vincennes, Ind.
FOB SALE-50.000 Peach and Wild Goose Plum
trees. Also a line lot of Irish Junipers, Balsam,
Fir and Hemlock. II. M. SIMPSON j£ CO.. Vincennes, Indiana.
FOR BALK—We have seven pairs of good mules
from 4 to 6 years old. Farmers wishing to buy
teams should call anji see them before purchasing.
GATES & PBAY, Indianapolis, 1 nd.
XTIOB SALE—The new Improved Bemington Sew-
-C. ing Machines, at llereth's Shirt Factory. No
37 West Market street. IndianapoUs, Ind Call and
examine. You wUl find lt greatly io your advantage to do so.
*Tj--0*l SALE-A few
choice Berkshire p'srs; dams
__ Imported Sallie, Daughter of Lord Liverpool
aud Oxford, sired by a son of Imported WandJ-rer
tbe 2J; will be sold cheap. W. J KSTEKL1NE,
lve!sey ville, Allen county, Ind,
FOR SALES'
-Stock of Danville and Spring Valley
      Nuraeries.   Cljod terms to agents.   Will be put
at prices to insure largeSJiHs. Can furnish any kind
orslze. AddressT. (J. BVRNUM,13I North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, or Dauvllle, Ind.
-C10B SALE OR TRADlS-A good farm of 133
*P acres ln Southern Indiana; frame house of six
rooms, large bam, well, cistern, and plenty of outbuildings. Possession given in time tor wheat sowing. See CULLODEN & CO., Baldwin's block, Indl-
anap ,1|9.
r
FOR **ALE—Two young Jersey bulls and two ball
calves ot the very nest butter family In the
State. Dams make from 12 to 14 lbs. of butter ln 7
days, also 4 young graded Jersey cows. Would trade
some ot the above stock for a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOB SALE—The best dairy in the best kind of
order In the best location in this city., and flrst
HOB  SALE—The
__ Jt location in this eit3
class custom.   Good reasons ior selling.   Now is the
time to get into a paying business.
"       . MORRIS, 68 East  Market street,
_ _■ to Be
, v. if.:
apolls, Ind.,
opp. postoffice.
Address, or call
India n-
*"C*IO"R SALE-Very low. hy the herd or singly,
___■ Short-horn cows, heifers, calves and bulls. AU
registered and good animal... Imported chaudas,
22350, stands at the head. Eggs of Brown or White
.Leghorn chickens for sale at 75c per dozen. . Address
JACOB TAYLOB & SON. Spiceland, Ind.
FOR SALE-Good farm cheap; 175 acres ln Fayette county, Indiana; 130 acres in cultivation.
Good buildings and all ln good repairs; l."i mhes
from railroad station; M mile from pike. Easy payments aud long time. For further information call
at the farm, or address M. DACBENSPEUK.Ben-
tonvllle, Fayette Co., Ind.
FOR .SALE—A farm of 146 acres lying one-halt
mile north of Bloomington on Indianapolis
road; 90 acres ot the land cleared, balance in timber.
There is a good brick dwelling house on the farm, a
good barn and a splendid apple orchard. The land
is watered by springs of pure water, and is well calculated for a grain or stock farm. For further particulars apply on the premises or address MARY A.
ROBERTSON, Bloomington, Indiana, P. O. box 452.
TO 1
O
EXCHANSE-Three pairs of exhibition Buff
_ Cochin chicks, pair of Red Pile G<rmes, pair ot
Black Javas. pair of P. Kock fowl?, pairof Part Cochin fowls, two F.-edrick's pat. thr^e-borse equal
Izers.fj.ur Ions, exhibition coops, for a pair ot exhibition Black Hamburgs. Houdans. White C. B.Polish, White Cochins, Part. o>chlns chicks, Scotch
, terrier, or offers.   SID. CONGEE, Flat Bock, Ind.
rms€ e__-i_A.-rEoi.jV.
C» Q W_ WATCHES, 4 oz. silver cases for 118. Every
tip OO watch Jeweled and warranted two years,
"when ordering state name cf express office. Watches
sent C. O D. with priviledge of examining be.'ore advancing any money. N. A. STEVEN J. Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
SAVE "V OUR SHINGLE ROOFS by having them
painted with (HEXBYLINE) FIRE PROOF
PAINT. We apply it (Boiling Hot) to shingle roofs.
It brings curled shingles down smooth. It prevents
rot. It will make your shingles last three times as
long. We guarantee it to do Just what we say. W.
H. LESTKR & CO., 242 Massachusetts avenue, IndianapoUs, Indiana.
WABASH COLLEGE, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
J. F. Tuttle. Piesident. Forty four miles west
of Indianapolis Full colegiate—classical and scientific—preparatory and Kuglish courses. Libraries,
22,000 volumes. Rich geological and mineral cabinets,
fully equipped laboratories for chemistry and natural history; hall for physics, with fine apparatus.
Brush Electrical Light, etc. Geology, mineralogy,
physiology with best models, botany.zwology taught
with cabinets, laboratories, living specimens, and
field work. Teachers trained. Expenses low. Fall
term begins September sth.  send ,or Catalogue.
FOR   BENT.
TT'OR RENT-Farms as tallows:
_I-     200 acres Jackson county, Ind.
160 Clinton county, Ind.
10 acres Marlon county, Ind.
These .arms are also for sale on easy terms.
CHAS. E. COFFIN,
34 N. Delaware street, Indianapolis.
WASTED.
-TTTANTED—A large Cotswold buck, not over 3
YV     years of age. with heavy tleece, write to me,
give price. a*_e, weight of carcass and'fleece.   JOSEPH L. BREXTON", Petersburg, Pike county, lEd.
FOK   TBADE.
FOR TRADE-Forty acres
^change for  pair good driving horses.
timber land to ex-
_      .        _ . ,   DAN
MARTIN, 8) East Washington St.
to handle, makes his bids, and
waits for sellers to •ome to his
views. The final buj ing is usually done all In one day, and by
night of the next day the 900 lean
steers are in the Brown pastures
at New Berlin, near Springfield.
These pastures axe of heavy bottom blue-grass. The entire farm
of 3,000 acres is not owned in
company. Each of the brothers
holds the deed of 1,000 acres. But
the breeding and feeding are
managed in common. The whole
farm is in grass, not a a foot of it,
except the vegetable gardens be
ing under the plow. About 90
acres are in timothy, to furnish
hay for the blooded stock in winter and for the horses. The rest
is all in splendid blue-grass pasture, constantly improving in
thickness ol bottom. They say
"life is too short to make a blue-
grass more than once." So there
are immense pastures of it, surrounded by osago orange hedges
left to grow dense and tall, so as
to furnish shelter from the win
ter storms. Tnese huge pastures
of nearly a thousand acres each are
partially suo-dlvided or. marked off into
lots ol 80 or 160 acres by rows of black walnut or lotrast trees, chiefly the farmer. Tho
trees stand only three or four feet apart,
and are already a foot or more in diameter,
and growing immensely. The locusts furnish the most valuable timber for posts,
etc., and thewalnuts willin time be thinned
out, and perhaps in fifty or a hundred years
be all cut for lumber, and will bring an immense sum of money, for there are literally
thousands of thorn. As they are now
growing, they furnish fine shade in summer, and considerable shelter in winter for
tlie steers. Water is furnished by a brook
that winds through the fields, and is
dammed at intervals so as to secure an
abundant supply in the driest time. .
Into this paradise for cattle the 900 Texas,
or Nebraska, or Colorado steers are turned
Jate in November or early in Decembar.
The "buttoni" is deep, heavy and green,
and remains so all winter, /or the last
year's lot of steers is sold each year in August or September, and the pastures, never
closely fed, have time for rest and recuperation. Ou those fine pastures, then, the
steers thrive till spring. Snow seldom prevents their feeding freely from the grass; if
it does, they are fed hay for a day or two,
but this occurs very seldom.
PROFITS OF THE OPJKRATION.
These lean three-year-olds cost, in the
pasture, about $24 per head. In spring they
will have gained in flesh very little, and in
actual weight but little more, the main
gain being in the difference between spring
and fall prices of steers. By September,
however, they have laid on flesh and fat
liberally, and are in prime condlton for the
New York and Boston market, and are
sold in Chicago, or often to buyers on the
ground^ the same care and shrewdness
being exercised iu securing the "top of the
market" that was used in the fall in buy-
I ing when prices had struck hard pan. For
a number of years the Browns have, on the
average, doubled in' price on steers. I
asked them if it would not pay to feed a
few thousand bushels of corn in winter at
Illinois prices. They replied: "That question is often asked by those who visit us,
and we simply say we know our system
pays without corn, and we are not at aU
sure it would pay better with. We make
say $24 on each steer, (and that is the minimum.) It costs us the use of three acres of
land; our labor bills are practically nothing, and it doesn't, take much figuring to
show that we make in the gross, and piac-
tlcally in the net, about 8 per cent, on $100
per acre on our land."
This, then, is out-door feeding in Illinois.
It Is "ranching" inside the pale of civilization—and of hedges.
v *--   ~ --*—
HILLSDALE   COLLEGE,  HILLSDALE,  MICH.
taken place in England this year. They
are also better in the average considerable
tban the sales which took place in Kentucky last year.
• IT PAYS.
Mr. Jaines Riley, Thorntown, this State,
the old and well-known breeder of pure
Berk-shire swine, in a business letter of remittance on account of advertising, says:
I have now dropped all other pipers and
depend on the Indiana Fariier alone to
to soil mv stock. I have been advertising
in the Indiana Farmer for the last ten
years, and have found it the best medium
for advertising I have ever tried. I have
frequently tried advertising iu other papers
but never got value received. But U-» IN-
diaka-Fakmeu pay* i,ij;. l"_;et' letters of
Inquiry from nearly all ttie Western States,
showing the Fabmer' has a widt circulation
outsid-j of its own State.
James Riley.
MONEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7 pei cent.
Interest.  M. E. VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
||wt
doth.
PROFITABLE BANCHIKO STOCK IR ILLI-
B0IS.
A correspondent of the Country tJentle-
man from Illinois writes as follows of his
visit to the large farm of the Brown
Brothers, New Berlin 111:
In November or December, they buy up
abo«t 900 common three-year-old steers at
bottom prices. Indeed, so uniform is their
practice in this respect, and so carefully
and shrewdly do they watch the market,
that when the Browns actually begin to
buy at the stock-yards In Chicago, it is
common for sellers to remark that "the
market has touched bottom, for the Browns
are buying." Oue of the brothers usually
takes rooms at the Grand Pacific, and quietly examines the market for some days, and
'ft gets well in mind the lots of steers he cares
ENGLAND'S TAEIFF OS LIVE STOCK.
The English government makes large
pretentious of hor free trade principles, but
when English cattle raisers came to face
American competition they demanded protection, and that government fouud it for
them in the numerous and expensive restrictions thrown around the live stock importations from this country, under the pretext that the stock diseases justified it.
Tnis amounted to a pretty good protective
tariff, but they called it by another name.
But this resulted in increasing the cost of
the necessaries of life, and the consumers
were soon heard from. A year ago there
was a clamor for the abrogation of these restrictions but it failed. It has just been
renewed, as the following telegram shows:
London, August 5.—Arthur Arnold,- Liberal, will in the House of Commoms tomorrow, move the following resolution:
"That in the opinion of the House, compulsory slaughter at ports of landing, ol fat
stock from the United States restricts the
supply and increases the cost ,of food, and
having regard to the freedom from disease
of the cattte producing States in America,
the House deems it desirable that govern-'
ment should consider the restrictions with
a view to their modification or their re-
niovaV'
All this is an illustration of the fact that
the English government is free trade when
t is her interest to beso,'and fertile enough
to find a way for tariff protection when
there seems to be reasons requiring it. This
instance repecting the necessaries ot life is
a strong one, since it is true that in our
own country we do not resort to tariffs on
life's necessities.
SH0ET-H0KN CATTLE SALES.
In a view of the late sales of Short-horn
cattle in Kentucky, the Live Stock Record
of Lexington writes thus encouragingly of
this great interest:
The sales of the last two years not only
in Kentucky, but all over the country have
been quite different from those of the speculative period of 1874 and 1875. Now, all
sales are tor cash, then, they wero all on
credit. The cash sale is now fixed as that
of the future, and speculation based on
credit cannot exist. Tae whole traffic ts lor
the future on a sound business basis.
The sales that we report show that the
cows and heifers have averaged thus, at
Mr. Anderson's sale, 00 head aggregated
{15,135, average ?jM0; Vanmeter & Hamilton's 45 bead made 513,700, average ?305-
80; B. A. & J. T. Tracy's 40 head made ?12,-
010, average $300 25; W. T. Hearne's 45 head
made ?12,4G5, average $296 78; Mr. I C.
Vanmeter's 20 head produced $0,140, average §306; the joint sale of Messrs. Farra,
Warfield and Rogers's 50 head gave an
aggregate of $8,220, and an average of $164
40; that of Messrs. Handy & Spilman
made for the 74 head $6,870, an average of
$92.83; and that of Sudduth & Hutchcraft,
$161 07.  *
These sales will compare favorably with
any sales of the same number which have
to maintain the natural distension ol the
stomach; that is to sajr, concentrated food
alone could not sustain life. In Prussia,
rye straw is given to horses along with
oats. They do not eat the straw willingly; I
so that when the horses are pronounced unlit for service, and are bought by farmers,
they are ever attacked by colics in receiv-,
ing the new rations, because the stomach'
and intestines have been contracted by the
barrack rations, *and time is nepessary to
enable them to teturn to their normal volume. Hay Is of different qualities, and the
_&■_! of oats"' might £o tie proportionate to
t^a quality of hay. The latter, if from
marshy land, is not equal in point of nutrition to good oaten straw. H;iy from irrigated districts looks well, but it is not
-'pry nutritive; the best comes from a cal
careous soil of mixed grasses, mingltd with
aromatic plants. Rye straw is only good
ior litter; wheateu straw is relished by
horses in the night, and eaten at all times,
(.arret, are msre refreshing than uouii Aing
tor horses; turnips are next to worthless,
but Jerusalem artichokes are good. In
Bsvaria, post-horses are fed on potatoes in
place of oats. It the former_pe mixed with
bran, so much the better. Bran fattens
rather than imparts vigor, and that from
rye is preferred in Germany to that from
wheat; and sells at a higher price even. For
horses having but little time to feed, bread
is excellent, but should never be given
fr.esh. In some garrison towns, livery
keepers contract for the refuse bread of the
soldiers. Linseed cake dissolved in water
is good for nursing mares; rape cake when
cheap is given to horses. Respecting beech-
mast cake, that cattle and sheep eat with
such avidity, horses will not approach it;
hence the remarket is for them a "poison."
The strangest of all diets is sawdust;yet the
barge horses along the Moselle and the
Barre daily mix it with the feed oi oats.
It is slightly nutritive; but its efficacy lies
iu its maintaining the necessary expansion
or volume, of the stomach.—French Cor.
Am. Farmer.
over. This shipment'hasencouraged other
shipments to be made. The trial has resulted from the adoption of the recent
measure of discrimination against American bacon and salted products.
Lump on the Nock.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
One of my neighbors has a mare that has
a lump on her neck, just behind the jaw;
the lump is hard, and still growing.
I. H.
Blister as recommended twice in'thls is-
Bick Calf.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a fine Jersey calf that can't use its
hind legs; seems to have lost the use of its
back; has not walked any for about four
months; eats hearty and grows. When it
was well it ate as hearty as any calf I ever
saw. I fed it in the morning and found it
sick about3 o'clock inthe afternoon. It
appeared to be in great misery; got better
in two or three days and has Bhed oft its old
coat of hair and appears to be all right except its back. a Reader.
Blister your call's back. Use the blister
recommend for Mr. G's colt, in thia issue.
Bone Spavin.
-Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a colt two years old that has bone-
spavin. I have just noticed it limp for a
few days. Please give remedy. I consider
tho Veterinary Department in the Farmer
worth ten times the price of subscription
to farmers. J. C. G.
Take Spanish fly one ounce; spirits of
turpentine, one pint; rub in well with the
hand twice daily; rub until paiu is felt; tie
up "lor five minutes, lest he may bite the
parts; when once well blistered apply once
per day with little friction; continue ten
days at least, then grease with lard; give
perfect rest until the blistered parts heal.
Much thanks for your opinion of the
Farmer. •
Export**of Provisions. Siok rigs-
s-A^viuiui s.iuv_d_uu-, Editors Indiana Farmer:
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Chief of Bureau of *We had a fine lot of pigs, 21 in number,
Statistics  at Washington, has transmitted apparently all healthy  and in a thriving
to the Secretary of the Treasury a
detailed
statement of the exports of domestic provisions and tallow for the year ending June
30. It will be seen that there is au increase
Umragnoiat nearly the entire list, the most
marked being-Tin the item of fresh beef.
The figures are given below:
,"'        Year ending Yearendlng
'*" June, 1S"*9. June,IS80.
Fresh beef-    .4,_74,04_ }7,__7,.65
Salted beet     2,82t.&j3 --',Sj*2,818
Bacou    50,572.739 50,500,700
Butter      5,4'J.I,629 6,62_,635
Cheese    12,582,321 12,130,556
Lard _   22,677,576 27,704,5.1
Pork,      4,7i9,991 5,7!,5,151
Tallow      6,886,118 7,600,075
Totals }110,031,058
$120,673,860
^pctcrinarg*
This department is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, author ot Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules to be observed by those eipectlnj. correct
answers:
1. State the rate of pulse.
2. The breathing.
3. The standine attitude.    .
4. Appearance ol hair.
5. If cough, and secretion from nose, whether
glands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. It breathing l3_ rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time must be lost iu blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mail must enclose a
stamp.
■    Hillsdale College.       N
This week we give an illustration of the
(Vuildingj. and grounds of this splendid and
noted college which is located at Hillsdale,
Michigan.
This institution is open to both ladies
and gentlemen, and by reference to an advertisement elsewhere in this paper, it will
be seen that the expenses of attending this
institution are so low that a collegiate education is within reach ot even those of very
moderate means. Its commercial depatt-
ment is excellent, the instruction imparted
being unexcell-.d by any commercial college in the country.
Interested parties will dud it to tlieir advantage to send for catalogue, addressing,
D. W. C. Durgin, Pres't., or C. B. Mills,
Sec'y., Hillsdale,Mich.
•Feeding Horses.
Much economy remains yet to bo made
in the feeding of horses. Itis stated that
in this sense 40 per cent, of the rations of
the French cavalry could be saved, aad the
national budget lightened by several millions. M. Bouley, the celebrated veterinarian, attributes the salutary effects of oats
on horses to an aromatic odor contained in the husk, Good oata we know
ought to be dry, heavy, shining, slipping
readily through the fingers, and exempt
from all odor. An animal derives most
benefit from his feed when he eats tranquilly and alone. He is inclined to bolt the
grain when in company. The oats when
bruised are more relished than when
pound6d. The new practice of regulating
the feed by weight instead of by measure,
is now becoming general. In Prussia each
regiment purchases its own fodder, and
care Is taken to reject oats that have
Bprouted, from lying in sheaves on the soil
till it has received rain. This detestable
practice is the consequence of the difficulty of threshing oats with the flail when not
slightly germinated. Horses fed exclusively on-iay lack energy and vigor. Green
soiling Is not suited ior those employed in
hard work. Lucerne and clover are better
green fodder than vetches and maize. The
latter are more suitable for cattle. Every
animal requires a certain volume of food
Profit of One Sheep.
One year ago, while delivering some
spring lambs at the railroad, I took a fancy
to a splendid ewe lamb in a neighbor's
wagon. I purchased it, agreeing to take
it and its mother at $5 50, Bhe being ten
years old. I herewith submit to the readers of tho Farmer a full account of said old
ewe.
Dr. Cr.
One shec-p and lamb —**•*> 50
Keep one year 4 00
Cobt _.........»9 50
One old ewe	
One yearling ewe	
Three lambs, 5-_ per lb	
Wool of old ewe (flue).% Iba. 4_c per lb.
Wool of yejiriing SH lbs. 45c per lb	
-•   Total	
Deduct cost..
|2 50
4 00
7 50
260
3 92
(20 52
9 50
Bad Cough.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My mare coughs badly at night, and
some in harness; cjugh seems to be on her
lungs; no secretion from nose; eats well;
hair smooth; is eight years old; has had
cough ever since I owned her—six
montns. If heated, back gets sore. What
ails her?
Give the remedy recommended to R. P.
in this issue, adding to it bloodroot and Indigo, of each two ounces.
Lump on the Log.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Concerning a lump on my mule. The
lump is on the fore-leg, on the knee-joint,
outer side; is hard and seems to be setting
on the joint just under the skin, and is
loose; is growing, and at present is as large
a a hen's egg. x. J. S.
See heading of veterinary column, no
private letter written unless stamp is enclosed, and no vouchers needed.   If tumor
is loose at its base, cut it out; slit the hide I dish of oatmeal or hominy with a little
transeverselj and skin it over the tumor;  milk, or a soft-boiled egg, with fresh fruit
Profit  Ml 02
You will see I report three lambs; the old
ewe dropped twins March 6th, my little
girl raising one, the mother the other. The
lamb I bought last year dropped a very nice
lamb when she lacked a few days of being
one year old. I count my lambs at five
cents per pound, being the same I received
for 20 others sold June 15, 1880. The ewe
is a common fine wool; the lamb is a cross
with a Cotswold ram.—Correspondent Ohio
Farmer.
■ < — -» ■—
American Hogs in Germany.
A correspondent at Frankfort, Germany,
writing to the N. Y. Bulletin, says the experiment oi importing live hogs from the
United States to Germany has proved asuc-
cess. Oi the 900 which were shipped in the
Berlin, only 40 died during the voyage out,,
and this being less than five per eent. is regarded as very trifling. This cargo was
imported for a large packing house in Han-
pull it up and cut between the base of the
tumor and the joint, but be aware of cutting the capsular ligiments of the joint. I
fear blistering will avail nothing.
Bad Case.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My horse is five years old and out of fix.,
very thin; very little appetite, drinks but
little, is very dull and sluggish. Drive or
ride half mile or so he becomes weak, gives
out, fluttering in the breast, heavy beating
ol the heart, a continued rumbling in side;
not hide bound; hair looks flue.
H. W. J.
Your horse has no special disease, general debility is his chief trouble. If his
pulse is below 40 per minute give him 40
grains of carbonate of ammonia every two
hours until his pulse beats 40 or over.
Have the following ready: Goldenseal,
flour of sulphur, black antimony, pulverized nitre, sulphate of iron and resin of
each two ounces; ginger, four ounces. Dose,
one teaspoonful three times per day in
chop or mill feed, or any wet feed.
and a good piece of brown-bread, aro far
better as a preparation for the labors of
the day than flapjacks aud fried flesh,
washed dowu with an abundance of
some hot decoction. When the Greek
athletes were in training for the Olympian games, they were lorbiddeu animal
food altogether, aud won their races on
a diet of bread aud fruit. In later days
Newton was the most abstemious ot
men, and the architect of the Crystal
Palace, Sir Chaiies Fox, ascribed his
ability to undergo the severe strain of
his almost inces.iaut labor for days on
his drawings, to his temperate habits and
his daily cold pluugebath.
Green sweet corn, now abundant, if
eaten without any trimuiings, can be relished at every meal, simply boiled on
the cob. It is also available, when
grated, in gems, puddings, griddle-cakes,
breakfast-cake, Jonny-cake, and succotash, aud the milk, when strained out,
may be put in premium bread, squash
pies, mashed potatoes, Lime beans,
string beans, coru-starch custard. Bread
itselfisata discount when nice, fresh
green corn is on the table.
condition; very "suddenly they, or most of
them, showed symptoms of disease; they
appeared to stagger and became bliud, refused to eat,' vomited a green matter aud
died. We have lost nine; some of balance
appear very weak. The pigs ruu with the
sows; two of the sows have died. AU were
well ted with slops. What is Hie disease
and the cause? They all had access to
fresh water, and ran in wheat stubble.
K. V.
Take sulphur,', nitre, black antimony,
sulphate of iron and ie^>in ot each two
ounces, giuger four. Mix and give to full
grown hogs oue teaspoonful, to small ones
a less quantity; a large dose will do no particular! injury.
Guard  Against  Malarial  Diseases.
The annual of Phrenology and Health
gives the following general health  suggestions for this mouth:
We are now iu the midst of the most
dangerous season of the year for tlie
spread of malarial diseases. Decaying
vegetable matter and staguaat pools aud
marshes, under the heat of the August
sun, exhale their deadliest vapors.
Happy ar,e they who live in a community where au excellent sanit_,ry regime
is enforced. Iu the crowded city with
neglected, filthy streets iu the most densely populated neighborhoods, it is not
at all wonderful that the mortality lists
are greatly swelled during hot weather.
The poor children! We pity them most
sincerely. The*y should be where fields
are green, and the air soft and pure.
The dry, hot, dusty city is no home for
them.
The important meal of the dny, particularly iu warm weather, is the breakfast;
it should not cousist of bacon, haul, hot
coflee, fine-flour biscuit, fried potatoes,
etc., unless you wish to get a congested
liver, aud lay up stock for au attack of
intermittent fever in the autumn.   A