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A GOOD DAIRY REGION.—lIllinois.— Ogle: Prof. J. Wilkinson, of Balti- - 
more, Maryland, has been engaged recently at Byron, in this county, con- 
structing a dairy-house or butter-factory, on his subearth cooling and 
- ventilation system, with a capacity for manipulating the milk of four hun- 
dred cows. This dairy is for Messrs. Israel Boeis & Son, late of Marengo, 
McHenry County, who are experienced dairymen, and who, after riding 
thousands of miles prospecting for the most favorable locality for a 
butter-dairy, have given this place the preference. Professor Wilkinson, 
in the Germantown Telegraph, also says: 
I have now inspected this locality (Ogle County) with great care, and I am con- 
strained to give it the preference over any other locality that I have ever seen for 
conducting the dairy business; that is, the manufacture of butter and cheese. The 
country is rolling, and to the most desirable degree that I ever saw. There is quite a 
variety of surface-soil, the dark, deep, naturally-drained fertile loam prevailing. It is 
generally rather light for wheat. From one-third to one-half of the area (near Byron) 
is wooded, the prévailing trees white, black, and burr oak, white ash, hickory, and 
cherry. Blue and green grass and white clover are the chief spontaneous grasses, and 
there is scarcely a place.to be found, whether in a natural state or such as has been 
cropped, where there is not a fine dense sward of these grasses, except where, by sloy- 
enly tillage, rag-weed has overgrown everything else. Such rag-weed I never saw— 
four to seven feet high is common. Red clover grows most luxuriantly, and timothy 
flourishes in the nearest level portions, as the soil there is more clayey. 
This is correct, and in accordance with my own views as to the nat 
ural advantages of this locality for the dairy business. 
WINTER GRAIN.—New York.—Schoharie : Wheat and rye look fine. 
Onondaga ; Wheat looks finely, and has made a fine growth. Montgom- 
ery: Abundant rains are giving newly-sown wheat a splendid start. 
Pennsylvania.— York : The late, continued heavy rains have delayed 
seeding at the usual time. Bedford: Much of the fall sowing is yet to be 
done; excessive rains have delayed it very much. Lawrence; Wheat 
was sown early and looks well. Blair: Have had continuous rains for 
the last three weeks, consequently much of the seeding must be done 
late. Lebanon; The fall seeding is all done, and the grain is up; the 
stand is very fine. Washington: In some places the grub-worm is work- 
ing very badly on the wheat in the ground; much wheat has been seeded 
very late, on account of continued rains, and farmers are not done seeding 
yet, October 6. 
Delaware.—Kent: The heavy rains for the last two weeks have put 
the farmers back in sowing wheat. 
Maryland.—Princé George's : Seeding of wheat has scarcely yet com- 
menced. (ueen Anne: Wheat-seeding has been greatly retarded by the 
frequent rains; very little is yet in the ground. Harford: Very little 
wheat sown yet; continued wet, following extremely dry, weather is 
keeping the farmers back. Howard: Protracted rains have postponed 
wheat-seeding two weeks; it will be very late. 
Virginia.—Culpeper : Seeding will be late, the farmers very much 
behind, owing to excessively wet weather. Loudoun: Farmers will 
be backward in putting in wheat. King George: The rains in Septem- 
ber have been excessive, and have retarded the sowing of wheat; none 
has yet been sown. Mecklenburgh: Spring oats having proved a failure 
many years, winter oats have been extensively sown this fall. Roanoke: 
A large crop will be put in this fall. Fairfax: A less breadth of wheat 
will be sown than last year, owing to low prices; the prevailing belief 
