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THE  HyBAL 
London  Medical  Preaa  and  Circular  some  remarka 
on  the  Antiquity  of  Medicine,  from  which  it 
would  seem  that  the  ancient  Hindooa,  long  before 
the  Chriatian  era,  had  cultivated  medicine  to 
auch  an  extent  and  with  so  much  scientific 
exactnoaa  aa  to  entitle  them  to  bo  accounted  the 
founders  of  the  modern  art  of  healing.  The  fol¬ 
lowing  obaervatioua  will  be  read  with  interest 
and  excite  aonio  aurjuiae  in  the  minds  of  those 
who  for  the  *first  time  learn  tlist  medicine,  long 
before  the  timoa  of  the  Creek  and  Arabian  WTit- 
era,  had  been  studied  and  disciisscil  in  witten 
language  by  wise  men  of  the  East. 
Dr.  Wise  aaya : — In  considering  the  Greek 
system  of  medicine,  wo  find  their  phyaicians  and 
philosophers  wore  indebted  to  tho  East  for  a 
portion  of  their  knowledge.  Pythagoraa  and 
Plato  obtained]  many  of  their  philosophical  ideas 
from  the  ffindoos,  and  tho  intorual  o>'idonco  of 
the  Greek  works  proves  that  the  schools  of  Hip¬ 
pocrates  derived  a  considerable  share  of  their 
knowledge  from  tiio  East,  ttalcn  mentions  that 
Hippocrates  was  often  at  Smyrna  in  Asia  Minor, 
and  Mcrcnrialis  believed  that  ho  traveled  in 
Ijybia  in  Africa,  and  Scythia  in  Asuv.  Hippoc¬ 
rates  may  have  visited  this  northern  country  to 
examine  the  enlightened  and  slulfiil  Indo- 
Scytliian  people,  whom  Alexander  tho  tireat 
found  80  expert  in  the  cure  of  diseases ;  and  in 
these  nortliern  parts  of  Asia  he  may  have  ooii- 
sultcd  the  Hindoo  sagos,  and  studied  Uielr  druga 
and  medical  records.  The  learning  ho  was  in 
search  of  was  there,  and  the  following  at.atemonts 
prove  hift  acquaintance  with  their  writings : 
1.  The  systematic  worlts  ot  me  rimdooa  were 
moat  jKXibably  prepared  from  the  third  to  the 
sixth  century  B.  C.;  and  long  before  the  ago  of 
Hippocrates  the  original  Aynr  Veda  existed, 
from  which  tho  other  classical  works  wore  de¬ 
rived. 
2.  As  modiciniil  plants  have  their  properties 
developed  in  particular  soils  and  climates,  they 
indicate  the  nations  among  which  they  wore  first 
used  for  medicinal  purposes,  aud  explain  tho 
antiquity  of  Hio  cultivatiou  of  medicine  by  cer¬ 
tain  races.  Tho  naiuos  and  medicines  recom¬ 
mended  in  tho  mc'dical  works  of  Hippocrates 
often  indicate  the  schools  of  inodiciuo  from 
wliich  they  were  borrowed.  Wo  find  that  Hip¬ 
pocrates  used  in  his  practice  a  nunihor  of  Indian 
plants,  imporlod  from  that  country  into  Greece, 
for  their  woll  knowii  projwlios.  such  as  Sesa- 
■nwm  Itidicuiii,  Linn.,  llijpermilfura,  Moringa, 
Cardamcnnuiit;  Atnomum,  Jjuinu,  Cinnamo- 
7iium,  Valtn'iann  Jntamnnm.  JiosvvUia  Ihw'i/e- 
ra,  Qalbtmiini.  auimoiiiacuvi,  l^ngapenuni.  Asa- 
fielida,  etc.  Ho  also  used  black  and  long  pcpijer, 
ginger,  cassia,  spilreuard,  (kilaniuH  aroitintiouR, 
etc.,which  are  all  tho  products  of  India  or  neigh, 
boi'ing  'xmntries. 
3.  Tho  intei'ual  evidence  of  tho  works  of  tho 
school  of  Hipjjocratea  proves  them  to  have  been 
compilatiou-s,  derived  in  part  from  nations 
further  advanced  than  tlic  Grcolts  in  tho  know¬ 
ledge  of  particular  departments  of  tho  healing 
art.  The  nnoient  Hindoo  physicians  considered 
dissection  a.s  a  necessai-y  part  of  tho  ctluoation 
of  the  medical  jjractitionor.  Their  method  was 
rude  and  imporfoet,  but  many  of  their  conclu¬ 
sions  were  correct,  as  wo  liavo  proved  by  the 
result  of  their  osteological  ouumoration,  and  the 
acciu’acy  of  their  descripUou  of  the  internal 
organa,  and  of  tho  large  vessels  of  tho  body. 
The  ancioul  Hindoo  surgeons  performed  tho 
most  difiicult  operations,  such  as  the  Cfcsarean 
section,  embryotomy,  lithotomy,  etc.  Tho  first 
description  of  tho  last-named  oper.ation  was  given 
by  Susruta,  and  was  afterwards  made  known  by 
Colsus,  who  derived  his  information  from  Egypt¬ 
ian  surgeons,  and  they  again  acquired  their 
knowledge  from  tho  East.  Hippooratos,  tho 
judicious  surgeon  and  beuevoloiU  practitioner, 
allowed,  it  is  incorrootly  stated,  tho  performance 
of  this  operation  only  by  uneducated  ipiacks. 
From  these  facts  it  would  aiqioar  that  at  an 
early  age  tho  Hindoos  had  made  vei^  consider¬ 
able  progress  in  Die  healing  art,  which  enabled 
them  to  prepare  systematic  works  on  medicine, 
based  on  their  own  practical  know  lodge  of  anat¬ 
omy,  to  which,  at  that  time,  the  prejudice  of 
mankind  in  general  was  so  much  opposed.  Sus- 
ruta  informs  us  that  an  accomphshod  physician 
must  possess  an  acquaintance  with  books,  or 
theoretical  knowledge,  with  tho  dissection  of  the 
human  body,  or  anatomy,  and  a  familiarity  with 
the  appearance  of  disease,  or  practice  of  medi¬ 
cine.  This  Imowledge  explains  how  tho  ancient 
system  of  Hindoo  medicine  was  so  complete  in 
all  its  parts,  and  w’arrants  the  inference  that 
several  centuries  were  required  to  complete  them. 
While  tho  nations  of  the  West  have  been  slowly 
advancing,  aud  mutually  aiding  ono  another, 
during  tlio  last  two  thousand  years,  the  Hindoos, 
by  the  depressing  influence  of  Brahmimcal  in¬ 
tolerance  and  internal  wai  faro,  .are  now  in  a 
lower  social  condition  than  they  were  three  or 
four  centuries  before  tho  Christian  era. 
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USING  A  RAZOR. 
It  has  long  been  disputed  whether  the  line  of 
the  blade  of  a  razor  should  be  straight  or  have  a 
convex  edge  of  considerable  ourvatiu'o,  that  is, 
hollowed  inwards. 
Tho  matter  may  be  settled  by  roforenco  to  the 
mode  of  using  a  razor,  which  is  by  scraping 
rather  than  cutting.  Did  men  cut  off  their 
beards,  tho  straight  blade  would  ho  most  offoct- 
ual :  but,  as  almost  everyone  who  uses  a  razor, 
scrapes  it  off.  tho  convex  edge  has  tlie  advantage ; 
passing  over  tlie  face  obliquely  from  point  to 
heel,  oi'  drawn  straight  downwards,  it  must  of 
neoossity,  cut  oven  when  a  straight-edged  razor 
would  do  notliing  but  fret  or  tear  tho  skin,  witli- 
out  removing  tlie  beard.  After  all,  ft  must  bo 
admittetl,  that  the  advantage  -which  a  circular 
or  full-edged  razor  lias  over  tho  straight  one  in 
point  of  cutting,  ariucs  chiefly  from  a  very  de¬ 
fective  manner  of  shaving ;  so  long,  however,  as 
this  defect  exists,  so  long  will  tho  full-edged 
razor  have  a  decided  superiority.  It  often  hap¬ 
pens  that  moil,  groaning  under  tho  operation  of 
shaving,  attribute  thoir  bleedings  and  wincings 
to  the  badness  of  the  razor  when  tho  principal 
fault  is  in  themselves.'*' 
RAZOR  AND  HOT  WATER. 
It  was  long  supposed  that  the  effect  of  dipping 
a  razor  in  hot  water,  was  to  remove  fmm  its  edge 
a  kind  of  rosinous  suhstanco,  which  was  thought 
to  injure  its  sharpness. 
Such,  however,  is  not  tho  real  effect.  The 
lino  6<lgo  Is  given  to  all  blades  of  steel  by  heat¬ 
ing  them,  and  plumping  thorn  into  cold  water. 
Now,  it  has  iMion  proved  by  experiment  that 
tho  heat  of  212^  is  tho  exact  point  at  which 
razor  edges  are  admirably  tempered ;  and,  as 
the  heat  of  boiling  water  is  212  ^  by  dipping  a 
razor  into  it,  you,  as  it  were  again  temper,  or 
give  a  new  edge  to  it.  e.  j.  n, 
•Kliodcs,  on  the  manufacture  of  a  razor.  Tho 
uncertain  result, a  of  tempering  steel  appear  to  bo 
the  only  e.xplanatlon  of  a  low-prlcecl  razor  often 
proving  more  serviceable  than  an  expensive  one. 
®Ijt  Diircjiarli. 
PROTECTING  GRAPE-VINES  IN  WINTER. 
In  several  of  tho  Northern  States,  and  in  tho 
Canadas,  grajie-vinoa  of  all  kinds  require  protec¬ 
tion  in  winter.  In  some  localities  whore  there  is 
little  danger  of  tho  vinos  being  killed  down,  it 
ha.s  been  found  tliat  protection  from  severe  cold 
insures  increased  produotivenoas,  and  wo  are 
inclined  to  boUovo  tliat  protection  to  the  gi-aiie 
in  winter  might  l>e  practiced  with  benofit  in 
many  regions  of  oountry  where  it  is  now  consid¬ 
ered  quite  unnecessary. 
A  few  years  since,  our  strawberry  growers 
would  have  thought  it  a  waste  of  money  to  cover 
their  strawberry  plantations  witli  any  kind  of 
mulch  as  a  protection  to  tho  jilants  in  winter, 
but  it  is  now  done  quite  extensively  and  as  a  very 
profitable  investment.  It  is  not  done,  however, 
because  there  is  any  groat  danger  of  tho  plants 
of  tho  more  hardy  Icinds  being  killed  out  by 
frosts,  hut  they  may  bo  very  much  weakened, 
and  the  fruit-buds  inclosed  in  tho  crowns  during 
winter  greatly  in jured  by  exposure,  if  notontirely 
destroyed. 
Now,  the  fruit-buds  which  are  to  iwoduce 
grape.i  next  year  are  already  formed  on  the  vines, 
and  it  is  ijuite  important  that  they  should  not  ho 
injured  by  cold,  or  in  any  other  way,  if  a  full 
crop  of  fruit  is  to  be  obtained  another  season. 
Of  course,  in  the  wanner  parts  of  the  country, 
tho  more  hardy  sorts  generally  pass  the  winter 
unharmed,  but  tho  tender  kinds  require  protoo- 
tion  almost  everywhere  in  the  Middle  States  and 
the  most  hardy  in  many  of  the  Northern  States. 
Tills  is  well  understood  by  most  of  tho  cultiva¬ 
tors  of  grapes  ;  but  w'e  tliink  few  of  them  prac¬ 
tice  protection  to  so  great  an  extent  as  would  be 
found  profitable  through  an  increase  of  vigor  in 
the  growth  of  the  vine  and  in  quantity  and  qual¬ 
ity  of  the  fruit. 
HOW  TO  PROTECT  VINES. 
There  is  a  safer  method  of  protecting  vinos  in 
winter  than  bonding  down  the  cancs  and  cover¬ 
ing  them  with  earth.  Before  doing  this  tliey 
should  be  pruned,  leavbig  say  ono  or  two  buds 
more  upon  each  bearing  cane  than  will  he  re¬ 
quired  for  fruiting,  as  the  terminal  bud  is  more 
liable  to  injoi’yin  handling,  either  in  layering 
or  taking  up  in  spring,  than  tho  others,  and  if 
they  go  safely  through,  it  is  a  very  easy  matter 
to  rub  off  tho  surplus  shoots  when  they  appear. 
Tluee  or  four  inches  in  depth  of  earth  is  sufti- 
cient  protection  even  in  tho  coldest  localities. 
But  it  often  happens  that  vmcB  are  trained 
upon  some  system  which  jirevcnts  or  would  make 
bending  down  to  tho  earth  in  order  to  give  pro¬ 
tection,  extremely  difficult,  consequently  some 
other  plan  must  be  adopted.  Where  there 
is  but  a  Htuall  number  of  vinos,  old  sacks  may 
bo  spread  over  both  sides  of  thetreUis,  or  boughs 
from  evergreens  set  up  against  them,  or  almost 
any  material  which  affords  shade  and  protects  tho 
vines  from  cold  winds,  pifvy  ho  used,  except 
where  more  protection  is  required.  Where 
yiues  are  trained  against  walls  it  will,  of  course, 
only  bo  necessary  to  cover  ono  side  requiring 
only  half  tho  material  used  in  protecting  botli. 
In  training  vines  with  protection  in  view  tho 
stems  may  bo  act  at  a  slight  inclination  in  tho 
direction  they  arc  to  be  bent  down  in  tlie  fall.  A 
slight  crook  in  the  main  stem  will,  after  a  while, 
bo  proiluccd,  hut  if  the  vinos  are  bent  down 
every  fall  there  need  be  no  fear  of  injury  or 
breaking,  oven  when  tho  canes  become  large  aud 
old.  A  slight  protection  often  prevents  a  total 
failure  of  tho  crop  and  frequently  proves  to  bo  a 
very  profitable  operation. 
- — ♦♦♦——— 
GRAFTING  THE  GRAPE. 
Persons  who  have  not  htul  very  good  success 
in  grafting  grapes  in  tho  spring  should  try  per¬ 
forming  this  operation  in  the  fall.  Cut  off  the 
stocks  below  the  surface  of  Uie  ground,  insert 
the  cion  in  tho  usual  way,  either  by  a  splice  or 
cleft ;  tie  in  with  bass,  and  di-aw  in  tho  earth  up 
to  a  level  witli  the  top  hud.  Then  insert  a 
flowor-pot,  or  box,  over  the  cion,  and  then  cover 
with  soil  and  old  hay  or  straw  enough  to  prevent 
freezing. 
Ill  spring  uncover  carefully,  and  if  tho  pro¬ 
tection  has  been  snlBcumt  to  keep  out  frost,  tho 
uiiiou  between  cion  and  stock  will  bo  complete. 
Wo  have  practiced  this  fall  grafting  many  years 
and  with  uniform  oxoelloiit  success,  in  some  in¬ 
stances  making  nine  out  of  ton  of  the  grafts 
grow. 
Iiisimuuf  5)f|artniciit. 
INSURE  YOUR  PROPERTY. 
Farmers  as  a  class  arc  inclined  to  undervalue 
tho  importance  of  insuranoe  and  to  place  it  in 
tho  category  of  dispensable  luxuries.  Yet  there 
is  scarcely  another  class  so  much  at  tho  mercy 
of  tho  careless  or  malignant  Incendiary,  or  for 
which  there  are  so  few  aud  ineffective  preventive 
remedies.  Few  people  in  largo  cities  remain 
uninsured  a  single  day,  though  they  have  tho 
protection  of  a  vigilant  and  effootivo  fire  depart¬ 
ment  to  chock  the  conflagrations  hoforo  they  ob¬ 
tain  much  headway,  and  it  seems  singular  that 
intelligent  farmers  neglect  oi‘  omit  to  keep  all 
thoir  property  covered  by  insiinineo,  when  they 
have  so  much  to  lose  by  a  careless  spark.  It 
will  not  do  for  them  to  measure  their  faith  by 
tho)  chances  of  lire  from  within  aud  of  thoir  own 
causing.  They  are  too  honest  to  buru  their 
property  for  tho  sake  of  tho  insurance,  aud  are 
as  careful  as  other  people  iu  the  use  of  inllam- 
mabloB,  Tho  insuianco  companies  fully  under¬ 
stand  that  tho  “  moral  hazard"  of  farm  risks  i.s 
less  tlian  that  of  any  other,  aud  that  if  they  had 
only  this  to  provide  against  tho  premiuniH  need 
he  small  indeed.  The  external  hazard  is  tho 
lieavy  one — tho  ebaueo  that  some  ono  will  thrust 
a  Ughted  match  into  tho  abundance  of  litter  that 
is  always  lying  around  barns,  sheds  and  out¬ 
houses.  Against  this  luizard  tliero  is  jiractically 
no  proteotion.  The  farmer  cannot  bo  continu¬ 
ally  patroling  his  broad  acres  or  standing  guard 
over  his  granaries.  And  this  sort  of  risk  has 
increased  enormously  since  tho  era  of  tranqjs  and 
wayfarers,  who  prey  upon  tho  country  like  an 
army  of  locusts,  and  who  can  he  diiveu  away 
only  at  tho  risk  of  all  the  mischief  they  dare  per- 
peti'ate.  The  farmer  who  neglects  to  insure  ho- 
causo  he  does  uot  see  or  hoar  of  firoa  in  his  own 
vicinity  puts  himself  in  tho  category  of  tho 
party  who  would  not  insure  his  life  because  ho 
had  never  died  or  felt  like  dying."  Tho  roc 
ords  of  a  single  week  of  the  fires  among  farm 
property  in  this  State  would  be  too  long  to  print, 
but  it  is  a  formidable  list  of  losses  of  a  kind 
which  are  evei'y  year  mcroasing. 
- ♦  ♦  ♦  ■  - 
ANOTHER  LIFE  INSURANCE  FAILURE. 
The  readers  of  the  Rural  will  remember  how 
constantly  they  have  been  warned  to  avoid  all 
business  or  other  complic.'vtion  with  the  Conti¬ 
nental  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
and  how  its  pretensions  to  soundness  have  been 
discreditetl,  notwitlistanding  the  favorable  show¬ 
ing  it  has  been  making.  Within  tho  last  month 
it  has  been  adjudged  insolvent,  and  a  receiver 
has,  it  is  reported,  taken  possession  of  its  ef¬ 
fects.  Yet  leas  than  a  year  ago  it  claimed  more 
than  six  mfilionB  of  assets  and  a  clear  surplus  of 
nearly  three-quarters  of  a  million  over  all  liabili¬ 
ties.  The  daily  papers  that  chronicle  this  affaii' 
are  full  of  insinuations  not  at  all  creditable  to 
tho  management,  which,  considering  tho  manner 
iu  which  the  policy  holders  have  been  dealt  with 
for  several  years,  is  not  so  incredible  after  all. 
The  Continental  has  reinsured  six  other  com¬ 
panies  :  tho  Empire,  the  American  Toutiuo,  tho 
Farmers'  and  Mechanics’  and  three  British  com¬ 
panies  ;  the  Oouitnercial,  the  Prudential,  and  the 
International  of  London.  11  Is  claimed  that  the 
tmlicy  holders  will  bo  fully  protected,  wliich, 
whether  true  or  not,  should  encourage  them  to 
continue  paying  their  premiuqis  to  tho  receiver. 
NATURAL  GRASSES. 
For  tho  past  five  years  or  more  much  has 
boon  said  and  published  concerning  tho  great 
value  of  tho  Natural  Grasses  for  stock  and  dafiy 
purposes ;  aud  nearly  or  qullo  all  writers  agree 
in  tho  opinion  that  old  Bod-lauds,  or  lauds 
which  have  never  had  a  plow  iu  them,  covorod 
with  a  perfect  sod  and  yielding  good  crops  of 
natiu’al  grass  and  hay  from  year  to  year,  arc  by 
far  the  most  suitable  fur  raising  aud  fattening 
cattle  and  making  butter  aud  chooso.  And  as 
tho  dahy  and  stock-raising  hnsiuoss  is  an  agroo- 
ablo  aa  well  as  a  profitable  occupation.  I  often 
wonder  that  so  few  have  engaged  iu  it  hero  in 
Northern  Indiana.  Wc  have  throe  persons  iu 
St.  .Tosepli  County  who  aro  fattening  cattle  on 
but  a  small  scale,  y<d  they  aro  becoming  woalUiy, 
live  easy,  aud  soorn  to  enjoy  life.  But  tlicro  is 
not  a  butter  or  cheese  factory  in  tlie  county  or 
in  its  vicinity,  wliilc  Ohio  on  oim  east,  Illinois 
on  our  west,  and  Micliigan  aii<l  Wisconsin  oil  our 
north  have  each  many  factories  making  largo 
quantities  of  a  fine  quality  of  butter  and  cheeso 
annually,  and  yet  their  liay  and  pasture  aro  uo 
better  than  in  Norlwcstern  Indiana,  being  inuoh 
the  same  and,  like  oiU's,  coneistiug  mostly  of 
natural  grasses. 
It  seems  strange  to  mo,  with  tho  almndanco 
of  natural  hay  aud  pasture  in  our  county,  siifll- 
cient  to  food  milch  cows  for  twenty  or  moro 
largo  factories,  besides  raising  and  fattening 
many  largo  herds  of  eattio,  that  tho  hnsinesa 
should  ho  so  nogloctod  here.  But  1  suppose  tho 
reason  why  our  f armors  do  not  go  moro  into 
stock-raising  aud  tlio  dairy  business  is  bcoauso 
they  lack  tho  knowledgo  and  moans  to  conduct 
It  properly  ;  and  yot  it  would  uot  rcfpiiro  a  largo 
capital,  as  farm  lauds  suitable  for  tho  businesa 
can  be  had  for  ten  dollars  per  acre  on  easy 
terms,  or  some  of  them  might  bo  rented  at  a. 
low  jirico  for  a  term  of  years,  with  tho  privilege 
of  purchasing  at  any  time  during  tho  lease. 
These  lands  belong  to  some  twenty  or  thirty 
dilTorcnt  owners,  who  vary  somewhat  in  thoir 
prices ;  hut  I  know  of  sovcnil  lino  tracts  of  land 
In  St.  Joseph  County,  of  from  220  to  2,000  acres 
each,  wluiih  can  bo  bought,  and  some  of  them 
could  1)11  leased,  on  tho  above  terms,  so  that  tho 
land,  with  a  little  labor,  would  pay  for  itself 
in  a  low  years. 
Oiu-  farmers,  being  loth  to  engage  in  a  busi¬ 
ness  with  which  they  aro  not  well  acquainted, 
and  being  short  of  moans,  leave  tootlior  poi  sons, 
who  understand  tho  business  aud  who  have  sotno 
capital,  II  tine  opportunity  to  oome  hero  and 
select  choice  locations,  which  can  yet  he  bad, 
where  tlie  hay  aud  pasture  are  as  good  for  the 
stock  and  dairy  business  as  any  that  can  Izj  found 
in  the  United  Htates.  Those  locations  aro  well 
supplied  with  pare,  living  sti  iiams  and  springs  of 
good  w.ater,  also  sullicient  limber  for  all  noedud 
purposes,  good  roatls,  with  seliool-honscs,  rail¬ 
road  stations.  olnirchoH.  etc.,  convenient.  Many 
of  Lhoso  lands  will  yield  annually  IVoin  tvro  to 
three  tons  of  good  hay  jicr  acre,  snob  aa  Blue- 
joint,  Bed-top,  Bluo-graas,  Wild  Timothy,  Kpin- 
grass,  Blim-stom,  Hwoot-scenteJ-grass,  Orchard- 
gi'ass,  and  several  other  kinds  of  natural  grasses. 
In  some  pl.'ujoa  tho  White  Clover  is  fast  coming 
iu,  with  occasionally  a  UtUo  Bed  Clover.  \Vliat 
I  mean  by  the  natural  griiBScs  aro  those  which  sre 
as  yet  not  generally  cultivated,  but  come  forth 
spontaneously  from  year  to  year,  not  costing 
anything  for  seed  or  cultivatiou,  thereby  saving 
a  large  amount  of  lalior  and  expense.  'The  cul¬ 
tivated  grasses  are  Timothy,  Clover,  Alfalfa, 
Hungaiian,  Lucerti,  Alsike,  Millet,  and  some- 
tiiiies  Orchard,  Red-top,  Blue-grass  and  somo 
others. 
I  have  been  informed  by  somo  peraous  that 
the  Kentucky  Blue -grass  seed  was  originally 
procured  near  Terre-Hauto,  along  the  Wabash 
River,  taken  to  Kentucky,  and  in  time  became 
extensively  di-stributod  over  the  Htate.  f  Ken¬ 
tucky  Blue-grass  is  a  native  of  Europe,  and. 
therefore,  could  not  have  been  found  "origin¬ 
ally  "  in  Indiana.  -Ed.  Rural.  )  It  has  also  ex¬ 
tended  up  tho  Wabash  and  Kankakee  Rivers,  to 
the  nortiiwe-steru  part  of  Indiana.  Certain  it  is 
tbat  many  years  ago,  when  Terre-Coupoe  Prairio 
was  first  being  settled,  the  farmers  found  there 
a  grass  of  great  imtrltion  and  oxcoUence,  which 
they  called  Terre-Conpeo-grass,  but  which  has 
proved  to  bo  none  other  than  Kentucky  Blue- 
grass. 
At  all  events,  to  my  certain  knowledge  our 
natural  grasses  in  St.  Joseph  County,  Iml.,  are 
nutritious  and  oxcoilent.  Cattle  pastured  on 
them  in  early  spring  become  fat  and  ready  for 
tho  butcher  much  sooner  than  they  would  if 
pastur'  d  on  tlio  cultivated  grasses,  and  tho  jjas- 
turos  hold  out  much  longer,  oven  until  they  aro 
covered  with  snow.  Esticcially  is  this  tho  case 
on  the  bottom  lands  and  along  the  streams. 
Isaac  Esmav. 
.  8outh  Bend,  November,  ICTO, 
