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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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mert's Patent Roller Tine Wheat Drill, Broad- 

 cast Sower and Corn Planter." We have seen 

 the instrument which, it is said, wi'l perform 

 all this work, and it is not a complicated ma- 

 chine. The imprvement claimed in this mas 

 chine over others, consists in the placing of 

 wheels similar to rolling cutters on plows, so 

 that the axles of the machine are in front of 

 the drill teeth or plows, thereby preventing, in 

 the progress of the machine over the ground, 

 any obstructions from collecting on the points 

 of the plows, and thus closing the machine. 

 These obstructions are often met with by the 

 ordinary drills, by coming into contact with 

 sods, stubble, or corn stalks. The cutters also 

 open the soil, cut through obstructions, and will 

 cut down into the toughest sod, where the seed 

 will be deposited. One man and a good team 

 can, with this machine, plow and sow from 

 eight to ten acres per day. 



The owner of this machine warrants it to 

 work in cornstalk or stubble ground,and at the 

 same time sow the seed as deep as if the ground 

 had been plowed. This machine can also be 

 made to sow broadcast and cover the seed bet- 

 ter than it can be covered with a harrow ; and 

 it can also be changed so as to plant corn 

 without first cross plowing. 



The machine, as we repeat, is warranted to 

 sow from eight to ten acres of small seed in 

 drills or broadcast per day, and plant from fif 

 teen to twenty acres of corn per day, all with 

 one man and a good team. And this machine 

 costs less than the common drill. 



There is one of these drills now standing 



among the crowd of drills, corn-planters, corn- 



shellers, corn and cob mills, Pitt's thrashers, 



and numerous other articles of agricultural 



machines, near the Journal office. North Sixth 



street, and for sale by Francis & Barrell. So 



much is said of this drill that we are desirous 



of seeing it tested by some of our farmers. It 



is manufactured by the inventor, E. Emmert, 



Franklin Grove, Lee county, Illinois. 

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H@-The fair gronuds in Macon county 



are one a half miles from Decatur, They 



are well fenced, have an abundance of good 



water, and other conveniences. Persons 



out of the county desiring to enter stock 



and other articles for competition, will 



please address Jas. S.hoaff, Esq., Decatur. 



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B®»Miss Juliana May, the American Prima 

 Dona, arrived in the Atlantic after an absence 

 of more than six years. 



15tb September, instant. 



The Fair of Sangamon county will commence 

 on the 15th of the present month — one week 

 from next Tuesday — and will continue four 

 days. Sangamon county has been famed for 

 her agricultural fairs. Her farmers, among 

 the best and the richest of the State, have 

 brought to them for exhibition the best of their 

 flocks and herds — the best of their grain, fruits 

 and vegetables ; — our mechanics have furnished 

 fine specimens of their respective branches of 

 industry ; our millers their best specimens of 

 flour ; and we have had, in a very striking man- 

 ner, illastrations of the handi-work of the ladies 

 in the several departments of domestic cloths, 

 ornamental needle work, plain needle work, 

 made up clothing, quilts in great variety and 

 excellence, food, bread, cake, preserves, condi« 

 ments, butter and cheese, and various other 

 articles, which has made our anual exhibition 

 a fair index of the wealth, the industry, the 

 business, and excellent taste of the people of 

 Sangamon county. 



When spring opened, the weather was ad- 

 verse to the farmers' interests, and all our peo- 

 ple felt a sympathy in the fears, doubts and 

 distrusts which pervaded the country in regard 

 to the coming crops. GradauUy the season pro- 

 gressed for the better —seed time caine, late, it 

 is true — and the early crops have matured and 

 are harvested, and, with the single exception of 

 wheat, they were better than ever witnessed in 

 this part of the great West. Spring wheat has 

 yielded as high as forty fold ; oats as much ; 

 and barley, in many cases, more than fifty fold. 

 The meadews have been fine, and we are assu- 

 red that food for man and beast will be abun- 

 dant for the coming year. Our farmers have 

 great cause to thank the Giver of every good 

 and perfect gift, for the favor He has extended 

 them in giving success to their labors. 



County fairs are an institution which can 

 scarcely be too highly appreciated by our far- 

 mers. There, within a limited circle, are ex- 

 hibited the choicest results of their agricultural 

 labors, skill and taste, for the preceding year 

 There come together, after the toils o^ the sea~ 

 son, our industrious sons and daughters, to 

 meet together and exchange congratulations — 

 to witness the improvements in stock- — ^in im- 

 plements — in grains — in vegetables — in the 

 mechanical arts — in all the various articles 

 which make up the great annual display. 

 Peculiarly is this exhibition worthy the farmers' 

 encouragement and patronage by his presence. 

 There we can witness evidences of progress, 



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