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THE ILLINOIS PARMER. 



stores comes from Wyatt's Yictoria and ear- 

 ly Tobolsk. Few of the varieties seed well. 

 The seed cannot be relied on to produce the 

 same varieties as the parent plant; they may 

 produce better or worse. Sow the seed ear- 

 ly in a seed bed. In the fall throw away 

 the plants that have shining or glossy 

 leaves. Set out the others where you wish 

 them to remain, three feet apart. The 

 ground should be very rich. No garden 

 should be without this plant. Where roots 

 can be purchased of known varieties it would 

 be well to get them. 



Sage. — The seed should be sown the lat 

 ter part of May, and so thin that the plants 

 should not be nearer than three inches of 

 each other. When six inches high, they 

 should be thinned to six inches apart. You 

 can transplant them in the fall to permanent 

 beds, if you choose; and they should be pro- 

 tected in winter by straw or litter. 



Salsify, oh Vegetable Oystrk: Sow 

 and cultivate as for carrots or parsnips. 

 The roots should be taken up in the fall and 

 kept in sand in the cellar. The Scornoze- 

 ra is very similar to the Salsify, sometimes 

 called Black Salsify,and its cultivation is the 

 same. The leaves blanched make a good 

 salad. 



Sea Kale is a delicious vegetable. The 



seeds ara sown in the spring and the plants 



are transplanted in the fall to a place where 



they aro to stand. Late in the autumn 



they should be covered with a spadeful of 



sand first, and rich rotted manure afterwards 



After the cutting is over, the manure and 



sand should be removed. 



Spikach: For an early spring crop, the 



seed should be sown very early. 



Squashes: Early Yellow Bush, Early 

 Bush Summer Crookneck, are excellent early 

 varieties. Winter Crookneck, Autumnal 

 Marrow and Lima Cocoannt, are excellent 

 fall and winter varieties. 



Tomatoes: Large Red, Large Yellow and 

 Cherry, furnish all the varieties necessary. 

 To get them early, they may be sown in pots 

 placed in Northern window or in hot beds. 

 Cover the early plants when there is danger 

 from frosts. 



Turnips: There are several varieties of 

 early turnips for the garden. Spring Flat 

 Dutch, Early Six Weeks, and Garden Stone 

 are among the best. 



We have named the principal vegetables 

 and our readers can make such selections 

 as they desire. 



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Illinois Stock Importin; Association. 



The agents of this company made arrange- 

 ments to leave on the 6th instant, for Eng- 

 land, for the purpose of purchasing, and im- 

 porting into our State, the best stock that 

 can be obtained in that country. The stock 

 raisers of this State are determined not to 

 be behind those of any other State in the 

 good qualities of their stock. They intend 

 that it shall be unnecessary for any citizen 

 of this State, or of the States and Territo- 

 ries West of us, to go East or South to ob- 

 tain fine stock. 



The gentlemen employed as agents of the 

 association, J. N. Brown, H. C. Johns, and 

 H. Jacoby, understand stock business, and 

 we anticipate confidently that their purcha" 

 ses and importation will be of the first char- 

 acter. We suppose the agents will be ab- 

 sent for at least three months; and they 

 may not return until the latter part of June. 

 The stock, when brought here, will proba- 

 bly be kept on the Fair Ground of the San- 

 gamon Agricultural and Mechanical Asso- 

 tion. 



A communication suggesting to the asso- 

 ciation to purchase and introjduce some 

 milch breed stock, we give below. It is 

 very certain that large sums of money are 

 sent oat of this State every year for butter, 

 and cheese brought and consumed here. This 

 ought not to be. 



Editob of the Illinois Fakmeb: I notice 

 that the Illinois Association are fully organ- 

 ized, and have appointed agents to purchase 

 stock in England. In the list of stock they 

 are directed to purchase, there is nothing 

 said of stock for the Dairy- We need a dai. 

 ry stock in Illinois. The State loses much 

 for want of Dairies. A great portion of the 

 cheese consumed here, is imported from Otb- 



