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THE ILLINOIS PAHMEE. 



283 



Orchards. 



Wekno'.v a !p.r:':i'r, irho iia~" plsntcd out s?v- 

 e;';il orcharJ-; wi:h su cjss, iinJ practices on tliis 

 wise: Ilo o))iu.^;s his tixos in the fall: buries 

 thi?iii in the gTonnh ainl sets their; out in the 

 sprinsc. Lcn:^ cvp^irie;!;:;^ sntisSes Liai that this 

 19 the best foi' tbe tiee:;, a:id that this praclice 

 secures a ':;ooi] <2;rowth liu; Q:-st season. 



It is a, go?a thin;^ io l;,.ck at tbe youufjf traco 

 planted niu oi\o:!, -;vi :^:?3 'i' ihej are attacked 

 by to:er.-'. Ii t!i;:j are, (•'■:•.': cat the borers — or 

 jret liieia o;i'. "onie "A::y — aiHl close up the wound 

 with U";.>r. 



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v?iil be gifdkJ by mice and raibi^s this winter. 

 Ciear awaj ai; ti"- trasli about tlieni, and take 

 doDie?t!C, tenr ''t inio strip?, broad enou<jli to 



pr( 



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?nv-ira!e the strips v.-itii tar, 



and wiud tl-cV-i i.'';.)xi\, t.!;e t:;ce above Ihercot?. 

 The do';! en: be m i-h to ae;;Ti-er i'or several 

 year?. ifLsd.e^-! cfi in -^.e :-:;;ri;-x- 



Si'0:d 1 y-x 0.'y:-lr:. ^e reiso seediin^ apple, 

 peaci;, (^ d.^e ' ^r ';.\- ■ ■:ra3, pi -nt 'nc the s^;ed 



.-! b:e!i cnl'ivatid in the United 

 Siatc:;, si-iee t'je ;']■>: soitif-.nont oi the country. 



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contain 



:;:: ■ I Ine new as wed as 

 : are io;;^ iist^ in ihe Fruit 

 ' '.t.de^-ues:. In fact, the 

 .1; r.ar^ in nuny rd the 

 ('::c;. ei;i t;;e3e OJ apple^'. 

 :ed in vi^ilieg; the eaetern 

 tii.'i; i'ev/ pe;u'3 were £e':^n 

 la me uim-.c -i-; '-:id tiu.^t i.,ine'.5 

 at very br:h p^!c.^^. -;V>: a lalj Po-noh\, 

 in.--:tin::- in "i\'e^tcrn ?Je-:" Ycrh, a gentles^an 

 fitalcd di^t Li iiad .ihjO dweri near trees— that 

 his \'.ldlc I>oye;'"e'" d'd not do well this year, 

 ba^ fronitije e:ee:;-; i:e had :^.=ti-l the trait at the 

 rate of lu'cive d d:-^r:i .-er bu^nel, or ten cents 

 each! r>r. Grant, ^^f ircwhurj;, erased that hp 

 had r;oh'! di-^ peers, "'^e pvaduco o: a six year 

 12.^ cm' 3 cael; — ^oO — and obtained 



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Now it decs 



§12 per r>ashel ier .^e 

 seem to i:s oviraordiini: r, i' pear trees prodn^-e 

 thui in Xev; Yorl:, an ! considering the fact tiait 

 million:! oi' tlie tree^ iiave been planted out witii- 

 in I'i^ hi;;t ten year,; oi ue best varieties — that 

 pears are no: pieiUy in tiie markets. There is 

 scmething unaccouritable in this tact, taking all 

 the publiibed staternents of nursery men and 

 cultivators to be true. 



Chinese Sngar Cane. 



There is a great desire ia this section of the 

 State that there shall be a meeting here of the 

 growers of the sugar cane, for the purpose of ob- 

 taining and imparling information relative to its 

 culture and the inanufacture of its juice into 

 sugar and molasses. It is manifest that the 

 plant is to be a staple of our State, and, 

 whatever information will tend to make its culti- 

 vation profitable, should, if possible, be obtained. 

 Much good syrup was made iu the season just 

 closed, bat every manufacturer had his own syss 

 tern, and there is now no perfect rule generally 

 known to insure the best success. Hence a 

 meeting of those persons who'have made success- 

 ful e::perimeats, can be eminently useful to 

 themselves, and to those who design to engage 

 in the business. We append a call for the 

 proposed meeting, and hope the editors of this 

 State wlil not only publish it in their paper 

 but call attention to it editorially. 



Springfield, Nov. 20, 1857. 

 Sugar Planters of Illinois : — I am request- 

 ed to give notice that chere will be a meeting 

 <if the Northern Sugar Cane Planters of this 

 State, uE the oiSce of the Corresponding Secre- 

 tary of the State Agricultural Society, in this 

 oitv, at 9 o'clock on Thursday, the 7th day of 

 Jaaaary, 1858. It is believed that such a 

 meeting can be rendered of great service to 

 those larmery of our State who design to grovr 

 the Northern or Chinese sugar cane. 



S. FKANCIS, Cor. Sec. 



111. State Ag. Society. 

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Fruit Ecnuiring Names. 



"vde anticipate a meeting of the State Horti- 

 caitural o^ciety in this city on the 4th of Jan- 

 uary nest. In our vicinity, growing out princi- 

 pally ot the change of ownership in farms, there 

 arc a great many apples the names of which 

 are lost, and the owners are very desirous of 

 obtaining then* true names. There are also 

 raised in this county a good deal of-seedling 

 fruit, much of which is "very good," worthy of 

 pi'Dpagatlon and to which names should be 

 c-iven. We expect at the January meeiing sev- 

 eral gentlemen competent to decide upon the 

 names cf old fruits, and upon the value of the 

 new. Wq therefore suggest that such fruit 

 siiouid be sent to the Corresponding Secretary 

 of the State Agricultural Society, who will pass 

 it over to the Horticultural Society, for their 

 examination. It will be properly taken care of; 

 and the decisions of the Society noted. 

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When corn costs 50c per bushel, pork costs 

 5c per pound. 



