New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-27

DoxEsr1c AND WILD ANIMALS OF lNDIAsA.-
[ mentioned in my last that the west Is Veis
,opulous of hogs. Indeed there are more hoss
aised here than all our domestic anln1ats pu'
together In the spring of lS4l VISITED iafliie
mule or two from this town, and seeing nun
Der of hogs about, asked little glri how man,
1ogs her father had She answered thal he Aep'
out very few at that time He had not pioie' 9i'
houpht, than one hundred and secenty' caie'
this spring on the same farmer. ne sho"eu ihe
,bout eighty, half Be' kshlre pigs anu SOU -. q.
exncc,ing at least eighty more IN lew days yet
,h!s ,,oTtIemao was by no means great farmer
,or this country, and had much fewer hogs than
| .oroe of his neighbors They mark their pigs as
eastern farmers do their sheep, and send them INTO
lhe woods and pasture ranges to get their living
.,Don qrass, acorns, and walnuts until the season
for fatting arrives Then they hunt them up and
ICED them on corn till they are ready for the mar.
set The farmers of this neighborhood sell Their
nogs at certain price per pound, alive, to pork
dealers. These dealers drive them TO the Wa
bash. and there klthcm, salt or smoke the meat,
and send ii down the Mississippi TO market.
Horses are abundant here, and vast numbers
are driven to the Southern and Middle States for
sale. Oxen are plenty, and large droves are sent
TO Pennsylvania There is an excellent stock OF
cows all through this State, and the excellence OF
the pastures enables those who know ho'c fomdke
rood butter and cheese to furnish quantity and
quality not excclled in any part OF the United
States. But for some reason, know not what,
hardly anv cheese is made IN the country.
Yankee would make speculation by coming 10
Indiana to make cheese.
OF all places ever yet saw or heard OF, TINS
part of the worlu aboun,ls most IN poultry, esPe-
c,ally chickens They are, if possible, even more
numerous than hogs, for while only farmers keep
hous every body keeps chickens They swarm
IN the fields and in the pastures, and even IN the
woods. Should you Unexpectedly wake up at
this season of the year, on some pleasant morn
;np. in this town. YOU would hear such cr0wing
as never before fell on Yankee ears. / don't won
der tha, Chapman has Rooster for the vignette
of his paper. No more appropriate device could
DE invented.
OF wild animals we have very few here. Dur
Ing the two years have lived here, though the
country has been as lately settled almost any
part of this State. and we have woods enough
and to spare around us, have not heard OF bear,
Or wolf. or fox, or catamount. or a co0n, or
scarcely a woodchuck We have few rabbits,
and some deer, and great plenty OF squirrels.
OF birds, we have but few crows, hawks or any
other troublesome bird Woodpeckcrs and jays
are the mosttroublcsome to the gardens and corn
fields OF singing birds, in addition TO the robin
and sparrow, and other birds known every where,
we have the lark, the earliest bird of spring, and
that sweetest of all singers the southern mocking
bird, that sits all day long on the topmost branch
of the talest tree and pours forth flood of mu-
sic that for sweetness and variety defcs all lm-
tation l have heard that some parts OF the west
arc famous for snakes. There is, however,
scarcity about here. have seen but two or three
snakes OF any kind in the country. There is also
most wonderful scarcity of musqutocs, and
total absence OF black flies. | have not seen
dozen mosquitoes, all counted, in the State Of ln
diana during the two seasons have spent here.
Whatever inconvenlenccs may arise 10 the set
tiers in other portions of the West from the pres
ence of snakes, vermin, reptiles and insects there
is certainly less annoyance from these sources IN
this section Of Indiana than in any other part OF
the United States known TO me.
Correspondent OF the Eastern Argus.