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Kor (be IlliiiuiH furiiier. 



Coiilmls of Aovcmbcr .\iiinbcr. 



*'Kvcry man wants a home."' Noth- 

 ing more true. And every man, of tiny 

 aceount, will try to ;;et u home. What 

 else is it that causes the vounjr .itkI am- 

 hitiuus to leave parents and all Eastern 

 tics, to come and settle in the (ireat 

 West? 



"The true wife" of the farmer, is the 

 woman that unites with her husband to 

 overcome the evils and trials of life, and 

 to make the home pleasant. One that 

 encourages liim when he falters with 

 trials or misfortunes; bears with him iii 

 his adversities, and rejoices in all his 

 prosperity. Such is the true wile, and 

 her love and her happiness should be 

 guarded by you as the apple of your 

 eye I 



'Thvsical Education,'' the education 

 of the body and the limbs, first, before 

 all other cduc; tion. It is the basis to 

 biiilil upon. Let the education of the 

 mind fullow. 



"The Steam Plow," and what of it? 

 Will it lessen the toils of the common 

 fanner? Can ho avail hlmselt' of the 

 advantages of this instrument on his few 

 aores? Or, is the steam plow alono for 

 the rich? Who answers? 



"Hungarian Grass." No firmer has 

 yet spoken oP his experience in raising 

 Hungarian Grass. Are they bitten by 

 its cultivation last summer, and, by 

 their silence, R-i^^h others to be bitten? 

 Oi' has the crop been good and profitable, 

 and they wish to keep the facts to them- 

 selves? 



'•The Cane Crop." The papers of the 

 North an<l West tells us that the cane 

 crop is good; that the farmers are crush- 

 ing it with their wooden mills; that they 

 make good syrup, and the whole country 

 seems to be r( juicing. Well, it is a mat- 

 ter upon whicli we should rejoice. We 

 shall no lunger depend upon the South 

 for sweets. The drain of money and 

 means from the country, for that object, 

 must cease. 



"J. S.'' tells US that last year he put 

 in hi^ wheat badly, and it failed. This 

 3'ear he has taken more care in ])lowjng 

 and sowing. We hope his experience 

 and practice will be a warning to other 

 wheat grower.'*. 



The "Oi.o Crop System," is a bad one, 

 whether it be corn, wlieat, y^^q^ oats, 

 buckwheat, or any other field ciop. 

 Mixed husbandry is best. If one crop 

 fails or brings little i:: market, another 

 produces well and brings a good price. 

 Like Betty, iu another matter, the far- 

 mer had best have two, three or more 

 strings to his bow. 



"Oats." The ground should bo plow- 

 ed in the f.;ll. A\ hat fanucr knows tl;e 

 benefit of a good crop of oats, and v.. 11 



not try, even ujjon a small scale, this 

 practice? 



"Labor is the Creator of Wealth." 

 No man can obtain the good things of 

 this life, and truly enjoy them, without 

 earning them. 



"Pear culture is successful," where 

 knowledge and industry is applied to 

 the cultivation. The pear should be 

 plantcil on high and dry ground, should 

 be protected from cattle, from insects, 

 from careless men. With these precau- 

 tions practiced, we have faith in pear 

 culture. 



"Planting of orchards," if not done, 

 better be omitted til) spring. If you 

 have the trees on hand, lay them in 

 trenches, cover over all their roots and 

 half of their bodies with earth, work- 

 ing the same into the interstices all 

 about the rtots, and then throw litter on 

 thu tops of the trees. They will come 

 out bright in spring. 



"I liave heard of fall oats." They 

 are of little value. 



"Catawba Wine." I think :Mr. Engle- 

 man has reason to complain. The wiiw 

 crop iu Illinois i.s worth thousands. It 

 is a great and growing interest. One 

 who has tasted the sweetened compounds 

 of blackberry juice and sugar, elderber- 

 ry juice and sugar, currant juice and 

 sugar, will lose the fine taste re- 

 quired for testing the delicate Catawba 

 wine — a wine now regarded as amonix 

 the best in the world. 



"Sheep Raising," — a capital article. 

 It shows that the raising of sheep, pro- 

 perly managed, must be a profitable 

 business. Here are the figures There 

 is no mistake in these. Thank you, 

 ^Ir. M'Connell, for your statement on 

 sheep raising. 



"The grain crops of the world.'' 

 These show that we are not likely to 

 have great prices for grain in this coun- 

 try. Our "home market" is pretty 

 much all that we have. Cannot it be 

 made better? 



"J. Sawyer, of Tazewell county," 

 takes the ])remium for molasses at the 

 Tazewell fair, and would liave done so 

 for sugar, if there had been more of it. 

 Press on In the good cause, Mr. Saw- 

 yer. 



"The Springfield Sugar Mills." I 

 have tested some of its j)roducts. They 

 are fine. The next census will show 

 Illinois to be among the sugar produc- 

 ing States. 



"Save your seed corn!" Haven't you 

 already? If you have not, experience 

 and pleaching have done you little good. 

 I don't think you take newspapers, and 

 if you do, you don't pay for them. 



"Ilust; its cause and its remedy." Its 

 cause is late sowing. Its remedy 

 is early solving. Does e>cry farmer 

 hear? 



"Stenton's Improved Prairie Ercak- 



er." Befu-e I buy one I must see it 

 subjected to another trial. A draft of 

 735 lbs. is a heavy one. Wliat is the 

 draft of Derre's 12 inch two horse 

 breaker? 



"Orchard Grass." This should have 

 a thorough trial. If it is better than 

 any other grass for pasturage — if it 

 starts earlier and keeps green lati-r — it 

 will prove a valuable grass for our far- 

 mers. Hadn't they better test it in 

 sanall cpiantities? 



"The vegetable garden" in the fall 

 should be taken care of. Take up your 

 vegetables : store them away. Trench 

 up vacant grounds. Plant out aspara- 

 gus and pie plant now. Cover them 

 well with the manure. Trim gooseber- 

 ries and currants, if you have them. 

 Trim the cuttings into proper form for 

 transplanting — plant them out, or bury 

 them in your cellar for spring planting, 

 as you like. Shrubbery can be planted 

 out now if you choose; but it had better 

 be done in the spring. 



"Gaping chicks" should be compelled 

 to smoko. Put the pipe stem into their 

 mouths and blow the smoke down into 

 their wind pipes. Sickness will follow: 

 they will wilt, (like other chickens in 

 their first attempts at smoking) and will 

 cough, and throw up little worms from 

 their wind pipes, and be well in a few 

 minutes. We are glad that we have 

 found out that some good can come from 

 tobacco. We close. REVIEW Ell. 



The Sugar tunc Crop. 



Mr. Editor : — It seems that our 

 whole season is to be one of mishaps and 

 misfortunes. Tlie rains continued so 

 late in the spring, that we could not 

 plant our cane seed in time. And now, 

 (Nov. 6,) when we want to work it, 

 (after a rain of fourteen days) the 

 roads are too heavy to haul and there is 

 some danger of the can6 souring. 



I have been at your SpringfielTi Sugar 

 Mill, and have made myself pretty fami- 

 liar -vvith the work there I am sure 

 that it is a success, and that hereafter 

 the sugar cane is to be one of our sta- 

 ples. But we have much to learn in regard 

 to it§ cultivation yet. The poorest land 

 in Illinois is the best for growing it. The 

 land should be high and' dry. We 

 want stalks possessing most saccharine. 

 These come from diy land. To be sure 

 they will not be as large as those raised 

 on heavy wet land, but they will be bet- 

 ter: and when common prairie land is to 

 he used, it should be ridge<land the cane 

 planted on the ridges. There is no fear 

 of the cane being injured in dry weather. 

 The roots run down four feet where they 

 have a chance and until they reach water. 



A irrcat many will raise su^ar cane 



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next year that have not done so this. 

 To such I want to say, — Don't plant 

 more than you can work, and as soon as 



