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' Ist. The age and breed of cow, and time of 

 calving. 



2d. The quantity of milk is weight and meas- 

 urement, and also weight of butter during each 

 period of ten days. 



3d. The butter made to be exhibited with 

 cow at the fair, and the statement to be verified 

 by the affidavit of competitor. 



The awards will be declared at ike next 

 State Fair, by a committee especially appointed 

 for that purpose. v 



This notice is published at an early day, to 

 enable all those to enter into competition for 

 the premiums who desire to do so. 



By order of the President; 



S.FRANCIS, 

 Cor. Sec, 111. State Agricultural Society. 

 IQU Papers friendly to the objects of the 



Agricultural Society, are requested to publish 



the above. 



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Premiams. 



The gold medals awarded at the fairs of the 

 Elinois State Agricultural Society, for the years 

 1855 and 1856, are engraved, and are ready for 

 distribution. 



The first volume of the Transactions of the 

 Illinois State Agricultural Society, was award- 

 ed in many cases as premiums at the Chicago 

 fair, 1855. They will be sent as ordered, te 

 persons entitled to them. 



The postage on medals, prepaid, is nine cents; 

 OB the Transactions, prepaid, thirty one cents. 

 S. FRANCIS, 

 Cor. Sec. 111. State Agricultural Society. 

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Encouragement to Agiicaltnre. 



The Legislature at its recent session made an 

 appropriation to the State Agriculture Society 

 of three thousand dollars a year for two years, 

 to be Hsed by the Society for premiams. The 

 bill passed the Senate with only four negative 

 votes, and in the House there were but seven 

 votes in oppositioo. This is a liberal appropria- 

 tion, and we doubt not will be paid back into 

 the treasury in a short time more than a hun- 

 dred fold. 



The Lei^islature also made an appropriation of 

 one hundred dollars a year, for two years, to the 

 County Agricultural Societies. We hope this 

 appropriation will induce the establishment of 

 societies in every county in this State. Our 

 impression is that at this time there are not 

 sixty oountj agricultural societies in Illinois. 



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HA-There will be much clover seed sown the 



Jtresent month. Ten pounds will be suffident 

 or an acre. It answers well to sow it on a light 

 ■now, or better, when the ground is frozen on a 

 warm morning. 



Illinois State Agricultural Society. 



The Executive Committee of this Society met 

 in this city on the 4th instant. They were 

 principally engi^ed in making arrangements for 

 the next State Fair — preparing the premium 

 list, appointing committees, &c. 



There was only one application received for 

 holding the State Fair, and that was frdm 

 Peoria. The citizens of that county, repre- 

 sented by Messrs. Chase and Arnold, agreed 

 to comply with all the requirements of the 

 Committee, in ftiroishing grounds, fixtares, 

 police, &c. 



The grounds are said to be most beautiful. 

 They belong to the Agricultural Society of 

 the county. They are situated a about a mile 

 from the city->-contain some twenty-three 

 acres — ^part prairie and some groves — beavti- 

 fuUy overlooking a great extent of country, as 

 well as Peoria lake and river, with excellent 

 water, in great abundance, near the grounds. 



We are told, and have good reason to be- 

 lieve, that Peoria county will make an effort 

 to get up such fixtures and arrangements for 

 the coming fair, as have not been excelled in 

 this estate. : ■"■>::>''■■*■":' ^ 



The Committee determined to have a trial 

 of Reapers in the latter part of June, in Ma- 

 rion county, provided that six entries should be 

 made. We believe, that so far, there is only 

 entry. This trial, should one be held, will be 

 held, will be of great interest, not only to ex- 

 hibitors but to farmers generally and must at- 

 traek a great erowd of people. The wheat 

 crop looks well in Southern Illinois, and ample 

 fields will be furnished for the trial. 



.We lament to state the death of Jas. C. 

 Orth^of Wabash county, Illinois. A few days 

 after he wrote the article over his name in the 

 last number of the Farmer, be was taken sick in 

 this city and died with only a few days illness. 

 He was an excellent man, a good farmer, — a citi- 

 zen of whom Wabash county might well be 

 proud. ■■■ ' .. ^" ;.-■;, V ' 



m^This number of the Farmer contaips two 

 important laws passed at the last session of the 

 Legislature. The first, a general law for incor- 

 porating county agricultural societies; the second 

 appropriating $100 a year for two years for 

 each county agricultural society, and giving all 

 agricnltural^societies, police powers, on the days 

 of their fairs, oyer their fair grounds, and 200 

 yards distanee outside of their fair grounds. 



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