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account for the very common practice of ns- 

 -ingT)riy two torses to the small size reap- 

 ers in ^ ^he north pjttrt.of t^^^ State, where 

 raring sf|i^i'^"|{^ in cutting 



'iWit: neairy winter wheat <» this section, two 

 |#ih0^ ifliqiijl^ m^ hf^idway with 



the great.majqpity (^ reapers. We leave 

 liiiB ful^isiy^ ,wiih its weight of &ct8 subject 

 to the criticism and deduQtlpas Qf thp farm- 

 ii|g p«!^;.for onrsdf we have no pet reap- 

 er whose clj^m we |ri|h tp^fdYOcate^ bat feel 

 lost ,pri<te 4>hat the swelliog I^alme, on 

 which now glitters the golden harvest, has 

 received so many valuable gifts from the 

 hand of genius, to eoAble as to gather in 

 |rith jiajsiil pur vast harvest, wMch otherwise 

 wcmid XiBtuin much of its lich burden back 

 ^arjtl&^h^ gave it. 



M. L. DUKLAP. 



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3^Tidiig PedluL 



Mr. l!siTOR:— We are certainly favored 

 with Eastern tree p6dlars. We have laws 

 against persons goin^ about in pur State 

 find lewhg goods on samiples presented. 

 Our legislators think such a practice not 

 only favors impositiph pa pur people gener- 

 idly, but takes business frpm those who pay 

 taxes and support our institutions, iEind 

 glveilt to those who have no farther inter- 

 i^st <tb||n to ta^e money from us and carry 

 it io i&ther ^tes. 



^be triee peddling is liable to great abuse. 

 I hivre heard several persons say who or- 

 der^ tjc^es by tree pedlars, that they were 

 ii^Y^wia^y deceived in their purchases — the 

 tseiMYi^ not such as they expected, and 

 ^f^f ^li wllbpnt any security that they are 

 not the most worthless seedlings. 



We have now a new species c^ peddling. 

 Agents are about getting orders fPr drills, 

 Iliad farmers are giving orders without 

 knoiying what they are buying. There is 

 a grfiat diSeresnce in drills. Improvements 

 are made every yearj and some drills are 

 wortti nearly as much again as others. 

 Stpct^ of drills are kept at Farmers' Im- 

 p|f>p>^t stores, and there farmers can see 

 them and take their choice. Yast improve- 

 ments hare been made since drills were in- 

 iQint^, and it is not anreasooable to sup* 

 pp^e^at the Hrat drills made, or poor drilb, 

 aire put on to those farmers who buy them 

 pa the recommendation of peddlers. 



We have mea engaged in growing and 

 selling trees, living in our State, who have 

 come here to make a living out of the busi- 

 ness, and who are responsible for the good- 

 nesf of the trees and for the varieties they 

 9€^; and justice to them, as well as safety 



to our farmers, require these nursery men 

 to be patronized. They s^ their fine trees, 

 growa in Pur soil, h.igsv mh ^better, than 

 do thepeddlars. 



The same general fact can be stated in 

 regard to drills. No man should buy one 

 without comparing the different kinds, and 

 ascertaining for himself which is best. 

 "One who has bebk bittkh." 



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How TO Skt Cabba«e PLA.KT8.— ^nder a 

 borniog sun, it is aemetimes difficult to make 

 the yoaog plants live. The rainj^ day, so much 

 coveted for this parpose, is sometimes a stranger 

 for two or three weeks, and moeh time is lost 

 upon the crop. With proper eare the plants 

 may be pat oat and live, even in dry weather. 

 The best time, if a rainy day canaot be had, is 

 jast at evening. The seed bed trota which the 

 plants are to be taken, lAoald be thoronghly 

 satarated with water to ^e depth ofttereeor 

 four inches. Then by taking up the plants 

 geutly with a small spade or trowel, a baU ot 

 earth will adhere to eaeh plant, and if put oat 

 carefally they will lire and soon become esta- 

 blished. They should be watered as soon as 

 set oat to settle the dirt aronnd the roots. If 

 the san comes eat very hot it is: a good plan to 

 put a green leave of pie plant, burdock or cab- 

 bage, over them by day, removing it at night. 

 By Bianaging^ in this way, ninety-nine in a 

 hundred of good plants will Uvs. Neverietcab- 

 bages in groond mannred wk^titaowteats of 

 the pig sty. '•-;.'■;/-'. 



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Lake Huaos Gbindstonbs.^ — We invite the 

 attention of farmers, mechanics, fonndrymen, 

 and all who have occasion to use ^indstoaes, 

 to the card of J. B. Johnson, who is extensively 

 engaged in the manufacture of these superior 

 stones at Cleveland, Ohio. A supply: 9J^ them 

 is now kept in this city for sale. ''^1*.:^' ?• ;■ . 



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Ilunois Land Fund Account. — Axi account 

 has been adjusted by the Commiasioner of the 

 General Land Office between the United States 

 and the State of Illinois for the three-per-cent 

 fund accruing to the latter during the year 

 1856, under the provisions of the act of Con- 

 gress, approved April 18, 1818, and a balance 

 of $13,791 69 fpund to bedae the S]ta;te,of Illi<. 



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The PioNSEBs OF the Lead Beoion. — It is 

 proposed that the pioneers of the lead Be^on 

 of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa unite on a jubi 

 lee sometime tiiis season at such time and place 

 as would be the most convenient, and compare 

 reminiscenses of their struggles, success and 

 disappointments in the mines. ,,, 



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