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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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»t sbould be harvested, or rather cut, late in 

 the season, but for seed should be cut, and 

 therefore planted, earlier. As a fodder crop 

 Mr. B. considered it as making a revolution 

 in cattie-food all through the Union. The 

 seed can be produced at the price of oats, 

 at the rate or fifty or sixty bushels to the 

 acre, and can be converted iiito bread or 

 ohocolate, fed to fowls, &c. It will give 

 1,500 gallons of vinegar to the acre. The 

 most northerly point of its growth is Min- 

 nesota. If the seed be cnf. off, it will sprout 

 again and bear double, as last year in South 

 Carolina. Did not think it good for produc- 

 ing quantity as much as a fine quaniy of 

 m'.!k. Tnese answers were made to ques- 

 tions chiefly from lie;.. Mr. Clemson, Prof. 

 Nasli, Mr. Waring, ai.d others; and in the 

 discussion Mr. Clemson and Dr. Aotisell 

 took piomiuent pniin. 



.Cui.vESE Sugar Cane.— We have distri- 

 buted a good dfal of tir's seed, which has 

 gone into most parts of the State. There 

 is no diflScuIty in ralsiiig the plant; — nor is 

 ^ there any uncertainty in the saccharine 

 qualities of ibe plant. It yields a large 

 quantity of juice.aud 1 6 per cent, of saccharine 

 matter. If failure results, it will only be, 

 because mills are not at hand to express the 

 juice from the plant and suitable kettles pr 

 pans to evaporate the syrup Those persons 

 who have seed, and intend to cultivate the 

 plant, fchould take time by the forelock in 

 making preparations to manufacture sugar 

 and molasses. You must have a suitable 

 mill and you must have suitable pans — one 

 of the latter will answer; — two or three are 

 better. 



We refer the reader to the circular from 

 the Patent Office and the communication 

 from J. C. Orth, Esq., relative to this cane, 

 which will be found in previous pages. 

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)on't crowd your Garden ovith 

 shrubs, trees or vegetables. They must all 

 have room — have air — have sun — or you 

 will be disappointed in their growth. There 

 are very few plants or vegetables tliat will 

 grow well in the shade. 



EDITQEIAL NOTICES. 



Michigan Double Plow. — A writer in 

 the Country Gentleman says: "This is a 

 valuable instrument I have owned one since 

 September, 1852, and used it sufficiently to 

 wear out many points-and one land side, and 

 have this day replaced the worn parts with 

 new, and commenced turning a stony piece 

 of land, that, from causes needless to men- 

 tion here, has been down too long — conse- 

 quently June grass has taken the place of 

 the clover, and now ptands nine inches high 

 in defiance of stock, and seemingly boasts of 

 becoming lord supreme of the premises; but 

 my Michigan plow, with three horses, is put- 

 ting it in the bottom of a nine indh furrow, 

 perfecily covered, and a good quantity of 

 loose dirt al)Out it, tiiat will only need the 

 harrow and gang plow to make it the most 

 desirable preparation for wheat. 



" VV^ith me nothing is equal to it for plowing 

 corn stubble, and other material that should 

 be put out of the way in preparing land 

 properly for a crop." 



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Illinois Bkrf. — Next to the State of 

 Ohio, Illinoi^^as furnished the largest num- 

 ber of cattle for the Xew York market dur- 

 ing the year 1856, of any State in the 

 Union. She hassent.and sold there 1,312 

 more head than New York, and 1,273 more 

 than the State of Indiana. As for the other 

 States, they are so far behind that it is no 



use to mention them. 



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Illinois Stock Impohting Associatiow. 

 — It will be seen by the proceedings of this 

 Association following, that the plan of im- 

 porting stock of various kinds, from Europe, 

 is fairly under way. J. N. BrowD,-of Ber- 

 lin, H, Jacoby, of Springfield, and H. C. 

 Johns, of Decatur, have been selected as 

 agents to visit Europe — E. Stevenson, of 

 Jacksonville, as alternate. The money on 

 the stock is to be paid to the Treasurer, and 

 as suon as means are provided, we suppose, 

 the agents will proceed in the performance 

 of theu" duties. 



We consider this an important movement, 

 and the public will be anxious to learn the 

 future proceedings of the Association. 



