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give to those territories a large population. 

 These are but a small proportioa of the 

 numbers of emigrants who are pouring into 

 the west. Crowds are rushing to Minesota 

 and western Iowa; and vast nnmbers are 

 locating in our own State. The lines of 

 our railroads are .being settled b}^ eastern 

 emigrants, who rapidly change, our beanti- 

 ful prairie lands, into well cultivated farms. 

 An eastern man in two years' time, will 

 make of wild prairie a capital farm, and sur- 

 round himself with many of the co.aforis of 

 home. Southern Illinois is receiving many 

 ■ accessions to her population; land there is 

 now in demand; and there is seen in that 

 region a spirit of improvement and enter- 

 prise most certain and gratifying. The ad- 

 vantages of southern Illinois — its excelleui 

 climate, its fertile soil, its exhaustless stores 

 of timber and minerals, its diversified sur- 

 face — have been long overlooked; — but are 

 now beginning to be appreciated, and tiiis 

 fact is followed by a steadily increasing em- 

 igration to that section of Illinois. We 

 rejoice at this truth. We have long desired 

 to see southern Illinois filled with an indus- 

 trious, intelligent, enterprising popUlaiion, 

 which will develope the great natural ad- 

 vantages of that portion of the State, and 

 make it, what nature designed it should, a 

 most beautiful and desirable part of Illinois. 

 It might naturally be supposed, that there 

 is much opposition manifested in the old 

 States to this tide of people passing from 

 them. We feel a sympathy for old com- 

 munities which are losing their most ener- 

 getic and industrious popnlation, seeking 

 homes in the great west, But this migra- 

 tion cannot be stayed. While the west 

 offers such advantages as she now does to 

 the right kind of emigrants, they will come. 

 Every thing here is new — every thing 

 evidences progress — and that human mind 

 most be dull indeed which is not pleased 

 and captivated by the scenes which mark 

 the efforts of human labor in the west. 



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rents for the purchase of wool, are 

 now traveling over the country. The gen- 

 eral opinion seems to be, that ihe price will 

 be high, with a less than usual supply. 



"In Peace Prepare for War!" 



And in isammer prepare for winter! Die- 

 tinguished men who have made meteorology 

 their study, by examining the history of the 

 seasons for the past one hundred and fifty 

 years or more, have come to the conclusion 

 that there is usually a series of warm win- 

 ters, continued for some ten years, and 

 afterwards a series of cold and long winters 

 for ihe same length of time. These savans 

 gave it as their opinion two years ago, that 

 we were entering upon the series of cold 

 imd long winters. The two late winters 

 show that they did not err in their judg- 

 ment; and we have reason to believe, judg- 

 ing from the past, that some coming wmters 

 may further confirm their opinions. Be 

 this so, or not, we have been sufficiently 

 admonished that farmers should, as a gener- 

 al thing, be better provided with fodder for 

 then' stock than thev were for the two last 

 winters. They should preserve their straw, 

 their corn fodder, hay, and if necessary, 

 they should go to the bottoms and add to 

 their stock of hay. It is not too late for 

 them to sow corn for purposes of fodder 

 alone. It yields an excellent fodder. Mil- 

 let does the same thing. Chinese sugar 

 cane or sugar millet, as it is sometimes cal- 

 led, yields a rich fodder in large quantities, 

 and it has this advantage — it can be cut 

 twice in the season. But little seed, how- 

 ever, can be procured foir the purpose of 

 raising fodder the present year. Both var- 

 ieties of the millet, as well as corn, can be 

 sown as late as the middle of the present 

 month. 



Farmers, who have plenty of fodder, in 

 the months of March and April, when the 

 season compels them. to feed their stock, it 

 is said sleep, having no troubled dreams of 

 starving cattle. 



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Ji^'We have received a copy of the 3d 

 vol. of the American Herd Book, by L. F. 

 Allen, Esq. It can be seen at this office. 

 We will receive orders for this work; as 

 also for the previous volumes. The char- 

 acter of this work is well known. It should 



be in the hands of all the breeders of Short 

 Horned Cattle. 



