THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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AGRICULTUllAL. 



A3) Af^ricuitura! Ode. 



nv wr.r. c. hktant. 



Far back iu itgo? 



Till' pliiiijji wiih v>-rca!hs vrns crowro;!, 

 Th." Iianiis uf kiiitjs and aa.itos 



iuitwiiH'd thy cbi'-plets rouuu, 

 Till HiOii fit" .■jp.il 

 I)i-,I:iiiv.r; th-toil 



Bj- Vi-hicJi the woi id w.-is uonrisli'^'.l, 

 And b'0'j<i and pilluj;'' v.iTetiu' Mil: 



la wliich trii,':r Ir.iii-cls ll.uii-ishi'fi. 

 Now the vr.irld htr I'luU. dispairri — 



The tvilt tiiiit Kiain> lirv story, 

 And W'.'.'ps li'T i;Ti::i"< niiii ! ".Ik! cares 



Thai forms ult rarliiv't ghjry. 



Tiio lliroiio r/iir.li cn!:!!b;?, 



T'u(> Jiak'ra shall '.■.;'.;h-. 

 Xho> iribtH nf oart'i sha'; Luai'iio 



The Jiridi' of thci-" v,-..o rs.!.:^:; ; 

 And war shall hiy 



Thi- Tliiii- lliat ri-.:!'i:-s oh.'r;-7li. 

 Tho i.;;:>;-y ^-ar;-.'.' in ^i- ..tlly fi-.y 



SrhaH lail v d.J;:<^y ;!^1 ;i visi). 

 Ilpnor v.-iirs 'j'i-r nl) liif i',.]th. 



Xhrmiu'l. i-ir-iiv.ss ;;oni;ra*i,in.! — 

 TU-' iivi th;;t Ci'la ;h:> harvi-.l i!.>;':h. 



And f;'-'d,s tliL' fvr.-eCt.'.iitnatiouB. 





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vfAr (ir^t i:rr./W;) Im thifl r<«£;iou in 



ns' ijj, Mi'iiree c.'>m*v, and is hsM'^r 



'»a su/!-:" ;,Ve •. ^uii: of "Hu/ia'ar~ 



; U !;i^ria?:t in il3 jrrovr!h. a^; i 





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... F^5";n?r5 iu evoiy 



?^' k'p^wn in rb" Utii!;- 

 for is d- -tii-j i~ to ciin!!':'!' 



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t!ie seed ia, as it generally ghoald be, it is better 

 than i^ood ? heaf-oats. 



I am sowiu„', this season, 100 aeres of this 

 cras'^, from ■vrkieh I expect to raisa at Icaet 

 3,000 bushels of seed. 



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proi^'-c-jes (■&■." 



pnrt g!" !hu cou'irT sh' 

 tion, ae it t;M mtkt; bi 

 any 'ilJi 'r k'lid ot pr;;^ 



shouhi If ;i: ' ;;p vsiu!-; { 



th;:" nfrriC'uUa--: p^M-i 



Usi'iu. .iii'i :; r a m; 



sjeeti in pl-iCt; ■. ';.> 



bcr-^to'orf). Tro,^ i:^:-;; -[^^y, gi'i^p^r iiLCL^^i^c ocv 



only reliaiile cr.-n \T'iji cn-u, yi;i or'vr domestic 



aiiivna!- r?(i:iired h<y, or ii? ■ qniTal-vnt, wtsicli wo 



couM n if prouijci ffiV'. i-hv^-pw -?. nvtl cerUtiutr. 



A g'-^'J '-'fop uf tiis i-[9r:;2;ar: iU g-i'ass in ab'jut 

 3 tt-)!\s o'' hfcj ar< 1 SO b-jsueie ^t se-'u t» au acr-?, 

 vi'hii'>it w-ii cfisij ij'i b.'Vijr.J, aiuiselJoiu i'aU be*- 

 ioiT thii;. iducs c:ry}ifi w.vi'-^ gri>ri'D la^t »e!isf5ii, 

 no*with6'aniii)g- tke dr-ii-2;!;t. 



'I'bf seedBSAv bti^oirii in thi^ vjg'inn, from th'i 

 Ist or May T" the loih of Jun-?, at th»:- r:irf .if 

 ii buihfl to 3 fccrt-s. It shoaKi b.' put into the 

 frroiud in ih^^ siimi' n;5nn?-r as ofcti, harrowisjc 

 before i&i &fUT sowing. The tiDl'^ for eattitij 

 is w'aeti the seei is nc&rij ripe, and the wiio'e 

 plant of a fine yeihiw calor. If cut too tariy. 

 th-? fQ'od Trii! nat \k'. jierfect, »nd if too lite, it 

 ■will sb'-ll eut in caring; th^. :^t:!,]k'5 will tilso bj 

 too woody. It naaj be cured ia the saa^e Man- 

 ner ag other liay. A? !oiid:-r, i-^iter threshing, it 

 i- tally cqsal to Tiraothy;and when fed out with 



.Natural Eflemics of Iiiieets. 



One of the most aaeful is the toad. He feeds 

 wholly C2 insects. Perhaps eoEie reader may 

 doiuur to thi?, and cite the authority of a so-cal- 

 led "Fro'esior" aai gsineof his "IiiStitute" as- 

 sociates, that "toads eat strawberries," and uot 

 sati.s5ed with a fair avwrage of the crop, "they 

 ai'.v.iys pick out the bestj"' But our strawberry 

 cultirnttiri^ seed nat feel tny ipeicial als-rm at 

 tho i!ri.^ie,^c5 of the tossi i'l their grcands, as it 

 viud (iii'y the superioi' bcrriag that wer« pro- 

 uu(:;\i hy the uppiic£.tioa oi' "tauic acid," that 

 thi~ aui;u;ii Lias ever been c aecnsed of eating. 



Tiis ioaa feeu! ajostiy as tvtciEg twilight, at 

 v.'bich time he hunts for his prc-y. Ke 13 DOt 

 (ihiinty, bat Kwallowg buga, grub?, aad flies as 

 they eonie is his way, or aa he chaucei to find 

 them, ihfre era masy iciccts which stldom 

 go iibr(!s,d by Uiijiighu — ::.iicb a« Tarious moths, 

 the iilay bag (i#el li-'-utha,) and other beetles, 

 and sen-ral .'pecies ofinsecrs. thelaryasof which 

 are called -fu: -wonn:," &". All these are de- 

 Toa'"ed by thi.- road. Later in the Sc&son he feeds 

 oil crieuet:? and gr:i--shoppers. As before re- 

 marxed. hs is entir:!? harni!o»=; ia reference to 

 vcji'etatiris, ai;J on th« who;*, ia the most useful 

 of all itidiVfiiy a? un inttct asBtroyer. Hi* man- 

 ner of ca: chili? iT'sects is ?Beh that CTcn the 

 rno't delic-ite plant is aot injured by the act. — 

 His kog t!i!!^'-ue is thrust with unerring alia on 

 the Tistiia. who Ttaishts so sudden that anlesj 

 tae ob?i'rver pay-i cioso atleutioti ka caa hardly 

 describe" vha (speration. 



The toad i? partica'sirly useful in gardeni, 

 where pop.ltry t;aa;iut oe introduced oa aceouai 

 of rhcinj.Ary they Wijuld in Vctrioua ways produce, 

 liithosjh thsy nvght destroy many inaects. — 

 Tbe t;);-.d aeith. r sci'r.tchca the izrcuudnsr fe ds 



iLk crop. 



his grujill *ze and (rilling 



wa",i:ht pi:r:ii* him l:> fO 'iv-.rjwiiere in search 

 v,l hii ;ood. \V-s zYi' <=.'."rare that many people 

 hive au an i:iarbv to ti;ii; insoceat little aniln^l 

 '!'o ■■'couqKr'' ,5-(<;r/j "prejudices would n»t only 

 b-i s rircae si; tiie score of hutcanity, but would 

 be -'on :d to rrAj in a peeainary 8:^189, which 

 relieveii liip car'!? of those eo'^jflicting points »o 

 eiiibs,rra'?fi;:,i- to gome roiiids " 



Tiie irog- ij sn eaier o!in»ect.s to a considera* 

 bli^ extent, b'.it as moat of the species Pt;iy near 

 water, They t-^ko c.VinpvratiTeiy few ofthein- 

 :fects mc,%t prfj'idicislto efrriculiure. But sointi 

 kind? of ir^^rs by n :i mcAUS confine tiisir carni- 



inseets; tboy swallow 

 fur- water, or chickens 

 wJueu iaaepe.T te* eoaie n'.-t;;- it. Probably they 

 would no> esLt in^eets enGii*h to m.tke it an ob- 

 ject to harbor theui; aed to fs?;d them with, ducks 

 and ekicke:28 w»;tild be ultogether too expenjive, 

 even If •»¥« shouh.i adopt tha custom of the Gallia 

 epicures, and turs the cavc-sss of the frog to tke 

 best accoaat. 



Ths re-puislTo aaimal, the skunk [Mephiiia 



verou- prr, pens! ties to 

 young duekw «>t;iehgoea 



