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THE IXiZilNOIS FA-KINIEH. 



Vinegar. — At a meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, Mr. Lovejoj, butler to 

 J. Thorn, Esq., of Mawbey House, 

 South Leinbeth, obtained a medal for 

 preserving damsons, greenage plums, 

 gooseberries, and mulberries — all with- 

 out sugar or vinegar. The specimens 

 exhibited were as plump and transparent 

 as when first gathered. They Avere 

 preserved as follows: — Pick the fruit 

 from the stalks; put them into the bot- 

 tles. Put one drachm of alum into four 

 gallons of boiling water; let it stand until 

 it is cold; then fill the bottles with this 

 liquor, bung them tight, put them into a 

 copper of cold water, and heat to 176 ^ ; 

 and then tie them over with bladder and 

 seal them. 



Preserving Fruit hy Hermeticalhj 

 Sealing. — Mrs. Bateham gives the fol- 

 lowing directions in the Ohio Cultivator : 



First, select good fresh fruits or vege- 

 tables, stale and fermented can never be 

 preserved. Vegetables decomposing 

 quickly, such as green corn, green peas, 

 asparagus, should be preserved within 

 six hours after being picked, particularly 

 in hot weather. Berries always within 

 twenty-four hours. Peaches, quinces, 

 pears, apples, should be pealed, and the 

 seeds removed before preserving. 



Yegetacles should be partially cooked 



first — such as corn, peas, and tomatoes 

 should be boiled a half an hour, aspara- 

 gus a quarter of an hour. To the vege- 

 tables, add half a pint of the water they 

 are cooked in, to the quart. 



Fill the can with ripe frmt, adding if 

 desired, a little sugar — sin^y enough to 

 render the fruit palatable, and set it in- 

 to a vessel of water (warm or cold). Let 

 the water boil, and continue boiling until 

 the fruit is ivell heated through — say for 

 half an hour. Directions have been 

 given to simply let the water boil; but 

 such direction is defective, as at this 

 time the fruit in the centre of the vessel 

 will be scarcely warmed. Should the 

 vessel be then sealed, fermentation will 

 take place. The heat must thoroughly 

 'penetrate the contcuts of the vessel. As 

 soon as the fruit is sufficiently heated, 

 seal the can, and the work is doiio. 



Another way is to make q, syrup of 

 twe pounds of sugar for ever six pounds 

 of fruit, using half a pint of water for 

 every pound of sugar. Skim the syrup 

 as soon as it boils, and then put in your 

 fruit, and let it boil ten minutes. Fill 

 the cans and seal up hot. Some make a 

 syrup of half a pound of sugar to every 

 pound of fruit — and some use only a 

 quarter of a pound of sugar to a pound 

 of fruit — while some use no sugar at 

 all. 



To keep peaches, pear and cut them 

 up. If thrown into cold water, they 

 will retain their firmness and color. 

 Heat them in the cans as above — or boil 

 them ten minutes in a syrup. In this 



way, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, 

 plums, peaches, &c., &c., may be kept 

 for any length of time in the same con- 

 dition that they were scaled up, with 

 their flavor unchanged. For small 

 fruits, it is best to make a syrup without 

 water, and boil the fruit in it for only a 

 few minutes. 



Tomatoes should be boiled, and the 

 skins taken off, and then placed in a 

 kettle and boil, and kept so while filling 

 the ca7is. 



Edgar County Crops. — A letter 

 dated at "Paris, July 2Gth," says: 



"The weather very fine. Some corn 

 doing well; some very ftnc. But alto- 

 gether we cannot have over half a crop. 

 Oats almost an entire failure. I think 

 the wheat crop an average one, although 

 a great deal of light wheat. Grass very 

 good, nearly all cut. Pastures good. 

 Stock doing very well. We shall have 

 a large surplus of all the staples of our 

 county, and Edgar county will be largely 



represented at the State Fair." 



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-We are not sure that the weather, the 



rcniaindcr of the season, will not be so dry 

 as to require "Ayre.s' Self'-Actino; Farm 



Well," to raise water fur the use of stock on 

 our prairies":' A wet spring is likely to be 

 followed by a dry summer. 



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Rusted Oats for Horses. — We have heard 

 an incident that should be known to our tUrm- 

 ers. A f^eiitleman from the neighborhood of 

 Chathiini states that five horses turned into a 

 field of ru?ted oats near that town, were found 

 dead the next morning. Rust is supposed to 

 be cii'O.d by a very minute insect which lives 

 on the juice of tlie straw, and that the rust is 

 its excretions, and is poisonous. 



COMMERCIAL. 



Springfield 91arket-.July SO. 



K(!0.>— 8c ft doz; 



WHKAT— OOfttiCo-^ bu; 

 KLOUR— $4 6b(a.|5 |i brl; 

 COllN — H)(i(;5U bu; Bciirce; 

 COKN MKAL— GOV- bu; 

 BUCKWUE.Vr— $1: 

 (.>.VrS— 3l)c t^ bu; none; 

 UEANS— 'bCa'lO*^ %* bii; 

 HI«AN— lOc^.bii; 

 SUOKT.-I— :>0 t^ liii; 

 TIMOTHY SKKO— 12 ~^ bu; 

 lIUMlAKlANGi-.Seo(l,^;i ;J0; 

 .milm;t— $1 -^b; 



OLOVKK— ,f7 t^ bu; 

 NKW r >' Al'u; — $1 t" bu; 

 HAY < ■•, I.I.: 

 TALL a\— s,- -f '.; 

 SOAl-— bur; Ci-,.- c' "'; 

 CA>a)LKS— lie V box; 

 I'OKK— $4 I^IUO lbs; 

 BACON— New bam.s. f>(S 7 ttj; 

 UACON— Sidea, G(u 7 lb; ' 



LAUD— 10c -el*>; 

 SUOAK— 7ta8c¥lt>; 

 OOFfKlO— lo(*I5c ji, ft; 

 MOLASSKS— aVCjiiiic "f. gal; 

 SALT— Jl 76 "(ii Back; 

 .<ALT— i;2 75 V' brl; 

 UONEV— loc t*.ft; 

 ONIONS— $1 -^ bu: 

 .MACKKIJKL— 13(ffi20c No. 1; 

 CODflSU— $3 75 %1 100 Ih^; 

 AIM'LKS— (ireeu. ;")li(<i)$l; 

 A PFLKS— Dried, $2 'i4 bu; 

 WOOD— $1 f( cord; 

 COAI,— U'c -^ bu; 

 CKACULS— Dried, $Z 60; 

 WHISKY— lj< bl •2o(<t,801j',gal; 

 VlNK'JAIt— •' l-Z f.gaU 

 ItH OUMS— -^ d07. §1 5i^(a.J-<i oO 

 liUTTEr.— luc(si.20c x\ ft. 



Chicago Market—July 'il. 



There was, for a Saturday, an active feeling in lircaddtuffs. 

 Flour wilt, quiet but lirui, witn ualeH ot'e.xtni brauds at $o 60 

 Un'i bO. 



Wheat was in good demaud, witli sales of about 62,000 bu 

 at about yesterday's prices — No. 2 selling at iM(a,ii'\.^c in 

 litoro; river wheat 72c f. o. b; canal, 59(a^7Uc alloat 



Torn was quiet, but j)ricu8 of yesterday sustaiNed, with a 

 better inquiry for No. 2. 60,000 bu were Bold, at 52^y(J5oc 

 lor canal afloat; ."iiKiiiOlc for No. 1 in store; 47(u,.-lt)C for'N'o. 2 

 iu store; 43^4^)/^ for rijected lu store. 



The oats luarket was quieter, bnt higher prices were paid. 

 The transactions amount to about 20.000 bu, at ;!8(uj4(ic iu 

 store, and 3Sc in store for rejected. We note a cargo of oats 

 sold at Milwaukee at 35c f. o. b — to be sliipped to thiii port 

 on board the nchoonor International, atlV^cfreightjandseut 

 from hero to St. Louis by caLal, at u(iiit3c Ireight- 



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St. liOuis Market— J uly 21. 



KLOUR— Sales of 180 sks delivered, $1 80; 55 do branded 

 extra, $1 85; 95 and 'JO do do, |1 90; 200 ditto city, $2; uo 



brls low grade, $3 50; 00 do do $2 85; C7 do branded extra 

 $3 65; 160 and 150 do cjuntry, |4; 750 do city, at mill, f4 26; 

 600 do do, delivered, $4 26: 2iX) do extra city, $5 25. 



WIIKAT — Sales of 75 sks damaged club, fific; 57 do poor 

 fall, 72c; 75 do spring, 75c; 160 do spring 7Cc; 39 do club, 78c; 

 700 do do. 82c; 146 do led, 96c; :iC and 116 do fall, 9jc, 121 do 

 prinu> red, 96c; 39 do club, 150 do fall, private. 



CORN — 66 sks po'.T yellow, &6c; 60 do damaged, 66c; 103 do 

 pi-ime yellow. 70; ."JOO do white, in second-lian J guuuies, (j5c, 

 including sacks; 66 sks p'>or yellow, 5>k:, sacks returned. 



OATS— .Sales ol 281 sks. 58c; 321, 106 and 369 do. SSJ^c; 

 233 do, 52i^c; 34 do, 53c; 225,200, 192,600, 150 and 416 do, 84c! 

 492. 600, 972 and 800 private. Sales without sucks of 61 and 

 499 sks a; 60c; and 100 do, 52c. 



IIARI.EY — 37 bags sobl at 40c, ska returned. 



BACON — 8 packages mixed — shoulders, 5c; hams, 7c; clear 

 sides, 8c; rib do. 6-%c; 20 Chsks clear sides, part in sugar hhds, 

 7J^c; 16 do do, in two lots, Sc; 8 do do, 8;,4c, 



I'OHK — No saleK. ^olde^^^ firm. 



J-AHD— S lo of 17 kegs at lie '^ ft. 



HUTTER— 4 p.ickagps <okl at 10c 



WHISKY— 59 brls, 2o%Ci 25, 60, 25, 52, 75 and 136 brls, 

 21c %4 gallon. 



COfFEE— 500 bags Rio, lie; 161 dodo, llj^c ^ ft. 



■WOdL — 4 sacks unwashed, lt.^_^: 10 do do, 1734c; 2 do, 

 washed, 27c. 



FLAXSEKD— 5 sks sold at $1 06. 



HAY— Sales of 32 bales. $1 05; 40 do choice timothy, $1 10. 



DRY HIDES— Small sales, at 13Vn(a.l4c. 



SHirSTUKFS— 62 sks sobl at eecT 



SHORTS— Sales of 200 sks at b-Zy,c, e-xclusive of sacks. - 



DRIED Al'PLES— 4 bags sold atlfl 40. 



« St. I.ouis tive Stuck Market— July Z1. 



The market has been well supidied with beef cattle of all 

 descriptions fcr the last week, and butchers are buyingslow- 

 ly at 5a6c net for good to ".hoice, and 'iKiy^c pross for ordinary 

 to fair, common do $12a.J2& '^ head, as to quality. No demaud 

 for shipping cattle at present. 



IIOGS — Tlie market is still well stocked, and snies. con- 

 tinue to be made at low rates, tho demand being very light 

 for the past week. Sales were made at 4c in lots. Butchers 

 pay for fair to good, 4]/in.i')^c, for choice 6c %< ft Let. Com- 

 mon and light hogs sell at lower figures 



SHEEP — A light stuck ofiering. and in fair demand; prices 

 range fi*m $1 60a$2 75 for f«ir to good. Choice $3 per 

 head. 



COWS AND CALVES— A moderate stork offering, and de- 

 mand for fair good cows at $25a$35 per head, common dull at 



$15a$20. 



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New Vork Cattle Market — July 31. 



4rtcr a long series of bard markets, the owners of stock 

 appeared in little better spirits t j day — not tliat the prices 



came up to their ileslres. but, like a drowning man, they ea- 



gerly '*caiiy:ht at a tiuatiiig straw.** The cattle in market at 



AUerton s for yesterday and to day numbered only 2,507, 

 against 3,326 last week, which certainly made an apparent 

 better show for Sellers. The miserably poor quality an 1 

 Very light weights of most that wure on sale diminished still 

 furiber the real supply. The total City receipts for the week 

 eniling this morning, number 3,270 which is 136 above th« 

 average weekly receipts of the last year. Via have seldom 

 setn pooier picking for the butchers than they had to-day. 

 There wer» few droves Of sullicieatlj' good quality to find 

 purchasers at 9c, and in some instances at 9)-$c, some to be 

 weighed evenf The principal advance in price to day was on 

 this classof cattle An idea of the uii-erabli- quality of some 

 droves may be gathered from the tact that there were sales as 

 low as tivilve dollars per liead, and not a few went between 

 that and f.'iO. There were no country buj era for grazing pur- 

 poses, but the yards were just about cleared out by nightfall. 

 The cattle at Forty-fuurth street were derived Irom the fol- 

 lowing sourcrs : 



Indiana 196 



Iowa 37 



rennsylvania 126 



Ohio 439 



New Vork 141 



Illinois 1,494 



Kentucky 100 



The following are the droves from Illinois : 



No, Owners. Salesmen. 



00 Thompson k Elliott Haring &. Gurney 



150 K Virgin S L'lery 



96 S Duulap Allerton &. Myers 



106 Stucky & Bryant C G Teed 



68 W 1 Hutchinson.. IIORg & Sherman 



90 J A Brittinlmm W H Harris 



69 -Alexander & Vii-gin R Murray 



SO K Lockniau Valentine & Martia 



99 H II Smith Sl Co T White <fe vSou 



76 <;illett Mead * Hokomb 



101 Alexander & Cnim J A Merritt 



99 Ge* Virgin Allerton & Conger 



95 D Barnes <>wncr 



06 Vail & Co Owners 



34 DU Culver Owner 



90 Alexai.der ii Coukle U Baitram 



74 S .McKee Allerton Ik. Myers 



74 J N'cholH GeoAyrault 



116 Messenger AUillett Gillett & Tofl'oy 



17 O'Brien .' MD.ilton 



The average prices to-day, as compared with last week, are 

 about \-^c higher. 

 Wo quote: 



I'KICES OF OEEF AT FORTr-FOCUTU STREET. 



Tu-flay. Last w«ek. 



Premium cattle none. none. 



First qual ty 9c (4 'jy,c 8J^c@ Oc 



Medium quality HlZc(g^ S-^'^c 8c @ 8'4c 



Poor quality TJ^cfe 8c 7c @ 7V2O 



Poorest quality •'c fe> 7c CJ^c® 7c 



General sellinK prices... Sc r«) 9o tUc® 8V^C 



Average of all sjdes 8i^c@ — "i^c® — 



At Browning's, Chamberlin's and O'Brien's, prices do not 



materially diller from those at Korty-forth street. Brown- 



iiiK reports beeves at 7c(«,9c. Chamberlin reports beeves at 



0j2'o9c, O'Brien reports beeves at 7cto93/:^c. 



i'ho following are notices of Illinois cattle: 



Ilaring & Gurney, for Thompson & Elliott, 77 fair Illinois 



