THE ILLIJSrOIS FARMER. 



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A Remonstrance. 



, Editor of the Farmer : 



jMj husband takes tho Farmer, and seems to 

 be pleased with it. Some of your articles I 

 most heartily rppiove of. These are those 

 ■which relate to ■svuman's duties upon the farm. 

 I do believe, as a general fact, that these duties 

 are more oppressive upon females than they 

 ought to be. How many young wives fall vic- 

 tims in performing the duties that fall upon 

 them on the farm; I can nove, without going 

 more than five miles around me, call to recollec- 

 tion several young women, who, when single, 

 were hearty and robust, are now in their graves. 

 or are passing through what remains to them 

 of life, with broken constitutions and ill-health. 



I do not believe that husbands mean to be 

 cruel — I know they do not — biit so it is, pmbi- 

 tious as they are to have large farms, which 

 brings about the necessity of many laborers — 

 which makes so much work in cooking and 

 washing, and all the various duties of women 

 tbattheyoung wife, perhaps with children, finds 

 that life is slavery of the worst kind; but they 

 work on, until bad health, broken constitutions, 

 and ultimately the grave comes to their relief. 



Now, this may seem a hard tale; but I ask, is 

 it not often true? Men are anxious to get along 

 in Ihe world — thoy have a families; they have 

 more workmen; — thoy can't afford to hire fe- 

 male help, or if they can perhaps they cannot 

 find the help they want. The wife toils on and 

 on; the farm is finally paid for — but where is 

 she? She has lefc perhaps children, who will 

 never be taught that the beautiful farm and 

 improvements they are living upon, or enjoy 

 ing, were paid for by & mother* s martyrdom. 



I am not qualified to write for the nawspa 

 pers; and the editor is desired to correct my 

 language and m»ke vcvy letter read as I would 

 desire, had I more knowledge of writing. But 

 ; J wish to expreis my thanks that you have come 

 Ho the aid of our country women, hy urging the 

 benefit and eomfurt ot carrying on small farms. 

 ;- With our huhbands and children, and perhaps 

 f g (single hired man, we can get along, .ind en- 

 joy many comfbrts and pleasures; but too much 

 should not be put upon us. And I am -ure that 

 a neut fcirm, tidy yards, comfortable house and 

 barn, and good garden, and best of all good 

 health, give more real pleasure to a farmer, 

 than a great -^aste of land, and a host of labor- 

 ers who come donn on the eatables of a table 

 like hungry lo«ust8 on a green field. 



I am Pufe the ladies will all go fiir small farms 

 — atid ft;r tho comforts r.f a guod home, with 

 their own lhmi?ie.e, in preference to the system 

 of large ftiFuis and tlio slavery of the owners, 

 tlieir wives and children. 



I speak of comparatively po;ir persons at- 

 tempting to imitate the rich in large faims. 



The rich i*n alwiiys take care of themselves. 

 Their wires need not be slaves; nor their chil- 

 dren waiters, to the, in many cases, rude men 

 who are often from necessity employed to work 

 for them. Mart H. 



TThis is pretty well done ! We should be 

 glad to hear often from Mrs. Mary 11.] 



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For till! Farmer. 



New Oreliards. 



The early setting in of winter prevented 

 many young orchards from being set out in the 

 fall. Indeed, trees on the way from nurseries 

 are probably much injured by freezing. There 

 is no chance to save them but by burying thenw 

 in the ground. It will not do to put them into 

 hot cellars where ibey will be likely to mould, 

 or half cover thom in the cpen air. 



The farmer now has leisure to form his plans 

 for the next season's campaign. In good soil, 

 it is quite as well to transplant trees in the fall 

 as in the spring; but \\ it is yet to do, arrange 

 monts can be made for obtaining the trees in 

 proper time and putting them in the ground 

 well. So much has been said about planting 

 out trees, that almost all are familiar with the 

 process. You Avant stocky trees, with good 

 roots, a large hole made to receive the tree, the 

 roots spread out, and the earth worked fine 

 and made to touch every por^ioti of the roots. 

 The trees should be staked, the gruund culti- 

 vated about the young trees, plows and stock 

 should never go near them — you should examine 

 them occasionally for borers and otiier insects, 

 and keep up the examination until the borers 

 or insects cesise to make war on them; and 

 you will be likely to have good and profitable 

 orchards. You can't neglect your orchard, 

 young farmer. Indeed, you can never give it 

 too much attention. I never knew a farmer 

 who had a good orchard, that was not proud of 

 it, and all can have g.wd orchards if they 

 choose. If I were to recommend the trees for 

 an appleorchard, I would say, get but few kinds. 

 Let them be the best tested :nd proved to be 

 good in our climate : Prhioes' Harvest, Early 

 Red June, Golden S^'eeliiig, Summer Pear- 

 main, Autumn Rambo, Dutchess of Oldcnberg, 

 Rosbury Russet, Wine^ap, Newtown Pippin, 

 Rawles Janet. Here are enough , and these 

 will ba in s^nison from August t.: the June fol- 

 lowing, and Rawles Janet will keep until anoth- 

 er crop from the same tree is matured. 



Good orchards on Rail Road^ will hereafter 

 be valuable property. And our farmers in 

 making calculations for the future, should have 

 an eye to this fact. 0. W. 



Berlin, 111. 



. For I he i'uriiur. 



Ornamnit'iil Sliruhbrry. 

 A new begiiiucT, in purcliasicg shrub- 

 bery to bo set out on a new place, is very 

 likely to obtain mucli that he will be glad 

 to throw over his fences into the street in 

 a few years. Nurserymen always have 

 on hand a plenty of coarse shrubbery 

 which they are anxious to dispose of. — 

 They have June roses, garland seringos, 

 guelder rose spiros, the large lilachs, 

 privet, &c., &c., which can be bought in 

 any amount and at low prices. All these 

 varieties of shrubbery Avere the best kinds 



to be bad years ago; — bfit it is not so 

 now. We have at this time, in our Illi- 

 nois nurseries, all the choice shrubbery 

 that can be found any where. Let me 

 give a short list: Purple Leaved Burber- 

 ry; Calycanthus, or sweet scented shrub; 

 Deutzia Scabra and Deutzia Gracillis — 

 flowers like orange blossoms; Fringe 

 Tree, purple and white; Lilac, Persian, 

 white and red; Daphne Mezereon, pink, 

 one of the first flowers in spring; Japan 

 Quince, blossoms early, scarlet; Spireas, 

 prunofolia, Ulmifolia, Douglassi, Reeve- 

 sii; Syringa, double flowering; Snow- 

 ball; Forsythia, yellow, blossoms very 

 early; Wiegelea Rosea, pink, a beautiful 

 plant. For running plants to cover ar- 

 bors, &c., the Wistarias are fine, and the 

 Chinese the best. The running Honey- 

 suckles will always be admired — the Bel- 

 gian Monthly is one of the best, but is 

 rather tender. The Chinese blossoms 

 twice in the season. Of roses there can 

 be had a great variety. When hardy 

 perpetuals are desired, they should be on 

 their own roots. These, with good treat- 

 ment, will blossom at different times, 

 commencing in June, and continuing un- 

 til late in October. Of these, we like 

 the Duchess of Sutherland, Baron Pro- 

 vost, Edward Jesse, a^ Madam Laffay. 

 Florists have been looking a long time 

 for Perpetual Moss Roses. General 

 Drouet is the best. There are some of 

 the Bourbon, Bengal and Noisette roses 

 that will withstand our winters with pro- 

 tection. Of Bourbons, there are good 

 varieties — Hermosa, Souvenir del Mal- 

 maison, Paul and Virginia, Glorie of 

 France. Of Bengals, Old Blush Red, 

 Cramoise Superieure, Jacksonia. Of 

 Noisettes, Aimee Vibert, Ophirie, Cham- 

 pney. Climbing Roses — there are few 

 handsomer than the new double natives; 

 but generally, they are without fra- 

 grance; the Queen of the Prairies, Bal- 

 timore Belle, Eva Corinne, are among the 

 best. The Mutifloras, Cocinea, Crim- 

 son; Laura Davoust will give satisfaction. 

 All these can be had at our Nurse ries. — 

 Unless the grounds are quite extensive, 

 only a selection of these will be required; 

 But they are all worthy of cultivation, 

 and the list here given will enable the 

 reader to send for articles of merit. 

 A Lover of the Beautiful. 



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Whatsoever the base man finds evil in 



his own soul he can with%ease lay upon an- 

 other. 



