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tllE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



Barlet. — This is becoming one of the 

 most profitable crops. The demand for it 

 has increased rapidly within a few past years. 

 The yields of bailey depends upon circum- 

 stances — proper cultivation, suitable soil, — 

 favorable or unfavorable season. Winter 

 barley, if the season be favorable, produces 

 a heavy crop. L:ist season, Messrs. H.'ii- 

 nesly in this county, had a large held, 

 which produced 40 bushels to the acre, — 

 most of which they sold for $2 per bushel. 

 B.irley, sown in the spring, with a favorable 

 opening, genera Ky produces a good crop 

 Tlie soil sliould be tolerabl/ light, dry and 

 clean. From one and a half to two bush- 

 els of seed are sown to the acre. In 

 Europe, a much larger amount of seed is 



used. 



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B®.The Ohio State Fair is to be held at 



Cincinnati on the 15th to 18lh Sj^plember. 

 The State Bjard of Agriculture have de- 

 termined to hold e trial of implements, 

 mowers and reapers, at Hamilton, Batlcr 

 county, on the 1st of July. 



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B®*The time to make maple sugar will 

 Boon be here, and we would ^st say that 

 those who have the trees would be like'y to 

 make the article pay tiie present year. 

 There is no prospect of a full in the price of 

 sugar and molasses, at least, until nest 

 autumu. 



Officers of ihe IIlluuis Horticultural Society. 



Dr. E. S. IIULL, Alton, President. 



0. B. Galusha, Lisbon, Cor. Secretary. 



J. E. Stark, Alton, Kecording Secretary. 



F. K. PHoemx, Bloomington, Assistant Rec. Secretary. 



Dr. B F. LoNO, Alton, Treasurer. 



Vice Presidents — id District, R. N. Hunt, Naplervllle; 8d 

 district, F. K. Pfacenix, Bloomington ; 4th district, L. Sfaaw, 

 Fremont ; 6th district, S. Francis, Springfield ; 6th district, 

 Wm. Stewart, Quincy ; 7th district. Dr. Wm. Kyle, Paris ; 8th 

 district, J. P. Reynolds, Salem ; 9th district, Allen Bainbrldge 

 Jt'uebloro'. 



Committee ad interim — Lewis Ellsn-orth, Naplerville ; F. K. 

 Phoenix: A. R. Whitney, Franklin Grove; Wm. Stewart: Hen- 

 ry Oswald. .Jouesboro'; Tvler M. Whorter, Millersburg; A. 

 Williams, Qalesbnrg; J. E. Starr, £. S. Hull aud A S. Barry 

 Alton. 



State Fairs.— I he Ohio State Fair is to 

 be held ai Cincinnati, on the 15th to the 

 I8th September ne.\t. 



The Annual State Fair at St. Louis will 

 commence on the 4th Monday of September. 

 That is the time usually fixed upon for 

 the Illinois State Fair. 



B@.We have heard it suggested that the 

 fruit buds of the apple were in danger from 

 the late cold weather. We think not. 

 From the peculiar character of the fall the 

 young wood matured well, as also did the 

 fruit buds. The prospect now is that there 

 will be a good crop of apples the coming 

 season. 



I^^The Washington Star gays: "Lieut. 

 D. D. Porter, oommandiug United States 

 store-ship Supply, writes to the War Depart- 

 ment, on the 14th ult., from Smyrna, that 

 he would sail for tho United States on the 

 I5th, (the ne.it day,) and expected to reach 

 the mouth of the Mississippi by the 20th 

 of January, there to turn over his cargo of 

 camels to an officer of the War Department, 

 prepared with a steamer to receive them, 

 and take them to Texas. Lieut. Porter 

 had on board the Supply forty-four camels, 

 six of which were presented to the Govern- 

 ment by the Sulian, the remainder were pur- 

 chased by Lieut. Porter." 



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Canada Club Sfrixg Wheat. — This 

 wheat, the last season, maintained its high 

 reputation. It is equal in vilue to winter 

 wheat, and produces large crops in a good 

 season, in suitaMe grounds well prepared for 

 it. Mr. Sykes, from whom we have pur- 

 chased much of this wheat for seed, says 

 that thirty and thirty-five bushels an acre 

 have been raised by himself. 



B®,We have frequent calls for Garden- 

 ers, to be hired by the month cr year. 

 Gardeners in want of employment would do 

 well to call on the Editor. 



fi^The Wational Agricultural Society 

 at their late meeting at Washington, re- 

 solved that they would have a national ex- 

 hibition and trial of agricultural imple- 

 ments and machinery at Louisville, Ky., 

 during the fall of 1857. 



Prune Youa Grapes. — It is time this 

 was done, aud save enough cuttings to make 

 new plants. These may be buried in the 

 cellar until yoti waut to set them out. 



