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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



hands. Hence they credulously listen to 

 the tales of tree-pedlars; and pay their 

 money for stocks of trees, at high prices, on 

 the bare word of men who are here to-day 

 and gone to-morrow. They can buy any 

 variety of trees from these men. They are 

 sometimes known to transform an apple tree 

 into a cherry, with just the label the appli- 

 cant desires. When their eastern stocks of 

 trees are exhausted, they sometimes supply 

 themselves with the refuse stock of our nur- 

 series. 



- We say to the farmers of Illinois, that 

 we have as good nurseries in our State as 

 there are any where; that they are con- 

 ducted by responsible men, who will send 

 trees true to the name; and all must be 

 aware that trees grown in our soil are better 

 fitted for planting out here than those 

 brought from a distance and much in- 

 jured before they arrive. 



If our readers desire fruit trees and will 

 send us orders, we will forward such orders, 

 to be filled, by responsible nurserymen of 

 our State. 



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The Chinese Sngar Cane. 



There was a good deal of the seed of 

 the Chinese Sugar Cane planted in the 

 spring, in this and the neighboring counties. 

 Generally it promises well. Some has al- 

 ready attained the height of eight feet. 

 Wm. G. Cantrall, Esq., of Oantrail's Cr^ek, 

 has already some of this height (August 

 5,) Many inquires are made for mills to 

 express the juice. It is not expected that 

 persons who have a small patch can afford 

 to purchase good and effective mills at a 

 cost of $110. Mills must be got up 

 cheaper than such to make experiments. 

 The lamented- Mr. Ortb, of Wabash coun- 

 ty, informed us that his mill for making his 

 first experiments cost $10; — that it was 

 made of wood, and precisely in the form 

 of the old cider mill, only the cylinders 

 were smooth. 



We have an abiding confidence that good 

 molasses can be made of the juce of the 

 Chinese Sugar Cane. We have seen many 

 specimens of such, and know that the mo- 



lasses was fine. But every one will not 

 succeed in making molasses. We like the 

 following remarks of the Pennsylvania 

 Farm Journal on this point — 



There will be a multitude of disappoint- 

 ments, or all the past has taught us no- 

 thing. Some may make sugar out of it — 

 some may make syrup — some will get mo- 

 lasses, and some a stuff which neither men, 

 dogs nor mules would like to own — and 

 some will get just nothiag at all. Some 

 will fail because failure is inevitable in their 

 circumstances — some because some men al- 

 ways fail, and some because they have no 

 suitable light on the subject. Why should 

 there not be failures, even though the thing 

 be as good as claimed? Do not some men 

 fail iu taking care of a flock of sheep, or in 

 running a Reaper, or in churning butter? 

 How much more ia a new thing, the suitable-! 

 nes3 ot which to our climate is yet to be proved? 



Still, some men will succeed, and ultimately 

 with more experience, knowledge and care, all 

 may succeed. « 



Messrs. Hedges, Free & Co., of Cincinnati, 

 are mauatacturing mills for expressing the juice 

 from the cane, and also boilers or pans for 

 evaporating it. Their circular will be interest- 

 ing to those who are grovving the cane, and 

 others who are looking to its oultivatioa in the 

 north for supplies of the saccharine. 



Strawherries. 



August and September are suitable 

 months for setting out new strawberry beds, 

 and if the plants are set out well, in prop- 

 erly prepared ground, they will he likely 

 to produce some fine fruit next summer. 

 The ground should be enriched with rotten 

 stable manure, and if trenched two feet deep 

 it will be the better. Plant out immedi- 

 ately after a rain and when the weather is 

 cool, if possible. Put the plants about nine 

 inches apart, and after bearing next sum- 

 mer take ont half the original plants. The 

 plants should be in good order when put 

 out. Mr. M. L. Dunlap, at his nursery at 

 West Urbana, 111., has three varieties of 

 the strawberries, the most hardy kinds, 

 and which ripen successively through the 

 whole strawberry season. He says that he 

 has tried numerous vairieties and has dis- 

 carded all but these. They can be sent 



