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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



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EDIT ORI AL NOTICES. 



The Season and the Prospect. 



The almost cheerless spring, preceded 

 by a long and dreary winter, has closed. 

 The "leafy month of June,"' is upon iis; 

 and the fine weather, and the aboiindiog 

 and rapidly advancing vegetation, almost 

 make us forget the past. Most farmers 

 (and we should be sorry to believe that every 

 one has not done it,) who nnder all the dis- 

 couragements of spring, steadily went for- 

 ward in the preparation of their grounds 

 ani in the planting of seed for futare crops, 

 have a fair prospect of abundant harvests. 

 The early spring grains are looking well; 

 generally, the corn is coming up well; early 

 planted potatoes promise a fine return; 

 meadows are rapidly improvmg; the orchards 

 are loaded with fruit; health is every where; 

 and farmers are receiving for the produce 

 they have now to sell, good prices, and the 

 prospect in advance is altogether promising. 

 Rarely is it the case that in<5n?try, guided 

 by judgment, and a steady determination to 

 do our duty, does not meet with a suitable 

 reward. The truth of the old adage of Dr. 

 Franklin, that "God helps those who help 

 themselves," has been strikingly illustrated 

 for the benefit of the cultivators of the soil 

 within the-last few months. 



"Be not weary in well doing." By the 

 sweat of the brow man must earn his bread. 

 The same industry, which has, with the aid 

 of Providence, opened up the present fair 

 prospects of crops for our farmers, tnust still 

 be practiced to secure a successful end. It 

 seems to be the universal fiat that an object, 

 worthy of our desires, shall only be attained 

 by labor. Let us continue in the way of 

 "well doing," and "all will be well." 



Great Trial of Reapers and Mowers in Soatli- 

 ern Illinois. 



It will be seen by the notice published else- 

 where, that a great trial of Reapers and Mow- 

 ers, under the supervision of the State Agri- 

 cultural Society, will take place at or near 

 Salem, about the 1st of July — probably not 

 until the 4th. In the present state of the crop 

 of wheat, it is impossible to determine when it 



will be in a suitable condition for cutting. The 

 day will be fixed by the President of the Scoiety, 

 and information of the same will be circulated 

 as soon thereafter as possible. 



We anticipate that there will be a great 

 gathering at Salem, not only of the farmers of 

 Southern Illinois, but from other portions of 

 the State. The Reapers and Mowers entered 

 for premiums are among the most popular in 

 the country, and their performances will fur- 

 nish a most exciting spectacle. We hope thou- 

 sands and thousands will be present. We are 

 told that the "latch-string" will be hung out 

 in Salem and all the region round about, on 

 this occasion. 



We have learned that the wheat in Southern 

 Illinois promises well. That whole country is 

 now most beautifully clothed in herbage and 

 green, and it will pay our northern citizens well 

 to visit that favored portion of our State. Come^ 

 farmers of the North ! let us go down together 

 into Egypt — see the rich fields of wheat, the 

 fine corn crops, the beautiful prairies, the ex- 

 cellent timber. Mark this prediction — ^those 

 who ever rely on the predictions of newspapers 

 — Southern Illinois is to become one of the 

 most desirable portions, not only of our State, 

 but of the great western valley.. 



Farmers of Southern Illinois ! will you be a 

 the grand Exhibition at Salem ? Shall we gee 

 you there — old men, young men and boys? 

 Shall northern farmers there give you the 

 hearty grip of friendship over one of the most 

 interesting exhibitions for your benefit that 

 possibly could be gotten up ? Southern Illinois 

 is rich in minerals ; but her best sources of 

 wealth are in the agricultural advantages she 

 possesses. She is to prosper as these are de- 

 veloped ; — a truth not only applicable to that 

 favored region, but to our whole State. We 

 again express the hope that there will be a full 

 representation at the Salem Exhibition from 

 every county in Southern Illinois. 



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Emigration. 

 The ceaseless stream of emigration from 

 the' east, seems to increase in volume as time 

 progresses . We must suppose that business 

 and the value of property in the east, is 

 seriously affected by this emigration. Long 

 lines of cars on the Chicago and Mississippi 

 road, are constantly filled with emigrants. 

 They are wending their way to Kansas and 

 Nebraska in such numbers as must soon 



