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bC; reviTed. Let us have no sogar duty un- 

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 by it than the raising of revenue^ 



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A Narsqry on the Central Railroad. 



West Ubbana, Champaign Co., Ills. 

 Dgcember 16th, 1856. 



S. Francis, Esq. — As I am about remov- 

 ing my nursery from Leyden, Cook cQunty, 

 to this place, it is bat natural that I stiould 

 ta^ an intftrest in the local a^ricaltural 

 press qC tliat commxiQity where I intend tg 

 make my future home. 



I have perused with pleasure and profit 

 the ten numbers of the Illinois Farmer; the 

 work fully, meets my expectatipn of its mer- 

 its, of which I had formed a high conception 

 Irom the long editorial experience and rural 

 taste that you wojild bring to its aid. 



Until the railroads had penetrated this 

 section of the country, it was a terra itico^- 

 nita to the most of us at the north part 

 of the State. A winter's residence in your 

 city and a few excursions through this fine 

 region soon made me in love with its soil 

 aujd climate, and I am now making prepara- 

 tion to pursue my favorite calling at this 

 point, located directly on the Illinois Central 

 Railroad, three miles south of the station at 

 Urbana. And here on the fertile soil of 

 Central Illinois, if life and health is spared, 

 I will carve out a home dedicated to Flora 

 and Pomona, where the latch string will 

 ever be out to the lovers of fruits and flow- 

 ers. 



I have about eighty acres broken up, 

 twenty-five of which will soon be covered 

 with nursery stock and thirty acres in or- 

 chard. In fitting my grounds I plow a foot 

 deesp, by running the plow twice in the same 

 furrow, using three horses. In running the 

 first time the off horse goes in the furrow, 

 and in the second time around the plow is 

 dropped down and the middle horse takes 

 the ftirrow; the same plow is used, which is 

 one of the Grand de Tour plows of L. An- 

 drus. I intend to fit" all of my cropped land 

 in this way, as I have observed that here 

 you are more liable to drouth than the coun- 

 ties bordering on the lakes, I think deep 

 plowing an essential requisite to ward off 

 this defect in your climate. 



I find the soil here better adapted to 

 withstand drouth than Cook county lands, 

 as the sub-soil is permeable, allowing mois- 

 ture to ooze through its texture by expelling 

 attraction, and with deep tillage farmers 

 may confidently rely on a crop under almost 

 any condition of either excess or want of 

 rain. ' '' "' "■"' ./' /"■; ■- ' '" '"f; "' ' 



That this part of the State contains the dor- 



mant elements of fruit growing to as great 

 perfection as any State in the "Union, can- 

 not be doubted, and what we now want- is 

 active lovers of the useful and beautiful to 

 develop this latent power, to furnish an abun- 

 dant supply of this health giving food for 

 the hardy sons of toil — that shall gladden 

 the brow of laboj, wi4 g^se-^tto, tb*,.!m- 

 joyment of all. 



Tours, M. Ll Dunlap. 



The above letter wa;?, no doubt, intended 

 as a private one, but it contains laatters of 

 general interest. Mr. Dunlap is not only a 

 good writer, but a good nurseryman and 

 farmer. He has chosen a position for his 

 nursery, where he will find a good demand 

 for all the trees he will have for sale. Real- 

 ly his nursery is an old establishment; he 

 has not to wait until his trees can grow; 

 but, as we suppose, he will be in market at 

 once with a good supply of nursery articles. 



What a field is there in Illinois for the 

 sale of fruit and ornamental trees, and use- 

 ful and ornamental shrubbery and plants ? 

 And there are sources within our own State 

 where, as yet, all demands of this kind can 

 be supplied. 



And, it is important, when farmers 

 purchase fruit and other trees for planting 

 out on their farms, that they should obtain 

 them from reliable sources. The names of 

 the nursery-men of our State (well known, 

 of high and honorable standing, enthusiasts 

 in their calling,) are a guarantee for the 

 faithful performance of their obligations. 



Send your order to the nursery, and it will 

 be filled at the proper season, and your trees 

 reach you by railroad, fresh and sound, in a 

 few days; and you can plant them out with 

 confidence that you are not cheated. ^ •; 



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Divorce in Indiana. — Putnam's Monthly 

 for December, has a spicy sketch, designed to 

 burlesque somewhat the facility with which 

 divorces may be obtained in Indiana and Michi- 

 gan, and the trivial pretexts which are deemed 

 sufficient to sever the marriage bond. The 

 writer concludes, from his legal experience in 

 the matter, that all that is necessary for a 

 stranger to obtain a divorce in Indiana, is to 

 sleep one night in the State, and thereupon 

 appear at court, swear that he is a citizen oi ft, 

 file his petition for a divorce, have it published 

 in some paper where, his wife is sure never to 

 see it> and lien return six weeks after and take 

 his decree. ' ^ ---'.■;-; :;,:;•; 



