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Illinois stock Importing Associatlou. 



At a called meeting of the Illinois Stock Im- 

 porting Association, held on the 2d inst., the 

 following gentlemen were appointed agents to 

 visit Europe and purchase stock for the Asso* 

 elation: lion. H. C. Johns, James N. Brown, 

 and Henry Jacoby — Elliott Ster?nson being 

 appointed as alternate in the event of a Ta« 

 cancy. 



A committee, consisting of E. B. Hitt, Ste- 

 phen Dunlap, James D. Smith, Robert Pollock, 

 Joseph Stockdale and "Wm. Brown, ap. 

 pointed to report instructions to govern the 

 agents in the selection, purchase aud importa- 

 tion of stock for the Illinois Stock Importing 

 Association, reported as follows: 



Ist. That about foar-dfths of the capital 

 stock, less its proportion of expenses, be in- 

 vested in the purchase of cattle. 



2d. That of cattle, not more than one-third 

 males be purchased; the ages of cattle to be 

 purchased to be left discretionary with agents, 

 recommending in the main, the purchase of 

 young stock, of good size, bone, constitution 

 and c arriage. The agents are directed to pur- 

 chase a complete set of the English Herd Book, 

 and to pay particular attention to pedigree and 

 purity of blood, 



3d. That about one-fifth of the capital stock 

 of the association, less itg proportion of expen- 

 ses, be invested in horses, sheep and hogs. 



4th. That the agents be directed to purchase 

 one stallion of fox-hunting stock, (thorough- 

 bred) say sixteen hands high, with good bone 

 and muscle, and fine range of nock; and also 

 to purchase one thorough-bred mare oi same 

 stock, with c.>lt by her side or in foal. 



5th. That the agents purchase at their discre- 

 tion, from ten to twenty hogs, and from tea to 

 twenty head tf mutton sheep. 



6th. That if agents should deem it best, they 

 can purchase aline roadster stallion adaoted to 

 all work, if to be had at a reaaonablo price. 



7th. That the agents can use their discretion 

 as to buyiug one or more jacks. 



Oil motion of J. T. Smith, 



Retnlved, That upon th-- return of the agento 

 to Illinois the as^ociaiion be called togeth- 

 er and that the agents report there to the re- 

 sult of their agency. 



Resolved, That the 3d article of the associa- 

 tion be so amended as to read : The capital 

 stock of the association shall not be less than 

 twenty nor niore than thirty thousand dol- 

 lars. 



On motion of Hon. H. C. Johns, 



Resolved, That the agents appointed to select 

 and purchase stock for this association shall re- 

 ceive no compensation for their services, but 

 that their necessary and proper expenses shall 

 be paid out of the funds of the association. 



Resolved, That the stockholders {)ay to the 

 treasurer, the balance due on the amount of 

 their" subscription by the 2Uth of April. That 

 the treasurer and secretary be authorized to 



confer with the Sangamon county Agricultural 

 Society and procure the fair grounds for the ac- 

 commodation of the stock on its arrival from 

 Europe, 



Resolved, That the papers friendly to the 

 cause be respectfully invited to publish the 

 proceedings ot this meeting. 



J.N!BROWN,P»»'t. 



Qe. "W. Chatterton, Sec'y. 

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Trses—Cllmats. 



It is a common obssrvation, that our summers 

 are becoming dryer and our streams smaller. 

 Take the Cajahoga as an illustration. Fitty 

 years ago, large barges, loaded with goods, went 

 up and down that river; and oue ot the vessels 

 engaged in "the batile of Lake Erie,'' when 

 Perry "met the enemy, and they were ours," 

 was built at Old Portage, six miles north ol Al- 

 bion, and floated down the lake." Now, in uo 

 ordinary stage of water, a canoe or skiff can 

 hardly pass down that stream. Many a boat of 

 fifiy tons burden, has been bailt and loaded on 

 the Tuscarawas, at New Portage, and sailed to 

 New Orleans without breaking balk. Now, 

 that river hardly afiords a supply of water, at 

 New Portage, for the canal. Tne same may be 

 said ot our other streams. They are growing 

 smaller anc beautifully less. Uur summers are 

 growing dryer, and our winters colder. 



The cause of all this is in the destruction of 

 our forests. In the woods we find springs and 

 streams of water, that indicate a permanent sup- 

 ply — clear of the woods and the dry up. 



To show how this operates, let us suppose an 

 electric clouJ p issing* over a dry, lerel desert. 

 So long as it meets uo obstiueting object it re- 

 mains suspended. If, however, if it meets a 

 ciuad in an opposite state of electricity, rain, 

 hail and a toniado is the consequenue. This il- 

 lustrates the principle. Iiistetiu of meeting a 

 elouv] ia a'li opj.K)iiic state of electricitj, sup- 

 pose it meets a turestot treea sufficiently elevat- 

 ed to reach the cloud, the trees, being good con- 

 ductor.*, ?ct in a les-s degree to be sure, but in 

 the same manner as an oppusmg uon-eleciric 

 CiOUii in drawing the ilroricity Irom the cloud 

 to the e irtii, diaiurbtng the vaporous particlcsof 

 the cloud which are iniiigled and become drops 

 of rain, which fell lo the earth iashowers. 



This is the c.iu.^e of the perpetual want of 

 ra'n in portioDS of Egypt and Souin Americ;!. 

 Tli-y art^ alwi-ys in the vicinity of high moun- 

 iain.s, covtiLd with forcsrs, which take the rain 

 from clouds, forming those mighty rivers that 

 flow from the mountains of Upper Egypt and 

 fcjouth America. 



If the destruction of our forests goes on, and 

 none are set out to pupply their place, we shall 

 feel more and more the eff.iots in the drought of 

 fc:umniers, the diminution of onr streams and 

 coldiJCiS vt our winter. — Ohiu Farmer, 



• Attempts are being made to raise cotton 

 in Australia. The quality of that which has 

 already been grown, is like the variety known 

 as the 6ea Island, and bears the very highest 

 price in the Liverpool markets. 



