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THE ILLINOIS F^RIMEII. 



These are some of the facts that call %^ 

 for the establishment of our State Hor- 

 ticultural Society. The duties of this 

 Society, from the necessity or the case, 

 are to ascertain what varieties of apples 

 adapted to different purposes, can best^be 

 produced here — having regard to the 

 hardiness and durability of the trees in 

 our climate. Something has already 

 been done; and our Illinois Nurseries are 

 propagating these varieties of apple trees 

 which answer best the purposes of fruit 

 growers in our State. 



We are constrained to say that when 



our farmers adopt the list ofapples for 



cultivation which succeed best in western 



New Yoiktheir time and money will be 



spent to little purpose. 



We entirely concur in the opinien of 

 Mr. Yeoman, on another branch of the 

 subject matter of this article, which he 

 presented in the discussion : 



"The orchardist will find great advan- 

 tage in growing large quantities of one 

 kind ofapples. Purchasers from abroad 

 will give fifty cents per barrel more for 

 a large lot barreled up in one orchard 

 than for a lot made up of a few barrels 

 each from a dozen orchards. In the 

 latter case, they have to open and assort 

 thembefore sending off. Shippers from 

 Maryland offered ^2 per barrel for a 

 thousand barrels, when the selling price 

 was only 81,25. At first was astonished 

 at this, but when he came to consider 

 the trouble of opening and assorting 

 those packed up lots, and the loss, from 

 poor and bruised specimens, thrown out 

 saw very well that they could afford it. 

 Some of those lots may be good, but 

 others are poor, and so the good suffers 

 fur the bnd; but where a large lot is put 

 up well, the owner can command an 

 extra price.'' 



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Sheep Killing Dogs. — These dogs 

 can be made sick of mutton. Select 

 the most vicious ram in the flock; tie 

 your dog at one end of a rope and at 

 thirty feet distance, the ram at the other 

 end. The old mutton head will soon 

 introduce himself to the dog, and will 

 hammer him, in a little time so much 

 as to give him a distaste for mutton all 

 his days. 



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Blossoming of a 



ground is frozen 



To Delay the 

 Tree. — When the 



hard and deep, put over the roots of 

 the tree a heavy coating of straw. This 

 will delay the blossoming and often save 

 a crop of fruit. This plan could be 

 well applied to early Cherries and Apri- 

 cots. 



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Rhubarb. — Samuel Edwards, of 

 Bureau county, a gentleman of much 

 experience, gives his testimony in favor 

 of the Scotch Hybrid, as the best Rhu- 

 barb Plant for all purposes. 



State Agricultural Society. 

 The Executive Committee met in this 

 city on the 4th instant. 

 The following premiums were awarded: 



Best 30 acres sprint; wheat, Kiigh Huls, St. Charlis; 

 prcniiuni, Mnrraj, Vau Doroti & Qruv^r'a lUapcr and stack 

 ng Uarreiter. 



Bent 20 iicr»» fal wheat, Jamfs Irvin, Handolph County; 

 premium, I. U. Manny's Heaper ami Mower. 



I)t!st 40 acres drilled wheat. Hugh Uuls, St. Charles; pre. 

 miurii, B Kuku & Cu'ti Drain Drill 



Best 15 aureit drilled wheat. Uui-h Hol^, St Charier; pre- 

 mium, L. Moure's Grain Drill. 



Be»t 10 acren drilled wheat, Hugh Ensdale, Randolph 

 county; premium, gelhy* .lones' grain drill. 



Best ft aciaii f-ill wheat. Iluhg Rasdale; $2.') 



Be,st 5acreii rye. Harrison Hancock, Tazewell conrty; 125. 



Best 5 acres corn. Hugh Kagdale. Kao'tolph county: 125. 



Best qn irfer acre whito l»e:iM«, Harrison Hancock; 20. 



Second hest l-eTi Mason. Bnrer'U counfy; Medal. 



Best hall acre potatoes, Harrison Hincock. Tazewell 

 aouiity; $20 



Best (luarter acre sweet potatoes, Michel A. Lowe, Madi- 

 son county; $'20 



Best acre cloyr s»ed, Hugh Hnls. St. CharUs; flO. 



Best acre castor bean , Roh«rt .Muir, Randolph; $10. 



PRODUCTS OF CHINESE A.VD AfRWAN SUGAR 

 CANE. 



Best specimon of sugar from Imphee, Mrs: N.M.T. Cut- 

 ter. Grundy county: «ilver medal 



Best "p'cimen of snsfar fr m forgh?, C. B. Ostrander, M. 

 D., Livingston oorinty: Bl.verm-'dnl 



Best specimen of syrup from Chinese Sugar Cane, N E. 

 Walton, Mac'iiipin county; g'ld medal 



Second 'lest do Benj Van Hauton. Edgar county; $1*. 



Third best do Orin Pholes, Whiteside county: flO 



For Qqs specimen, A. Applebte, Cook county; silrcr 

 medal. 



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On raisini; sheep and their adapt'vtion to the prairies, A: 



B. M'Conneil. S^anKamon county; $](/. 



On the cultieation of orchards, C. R. Overman, B'ooming- 

 ton; $10. 



On Agriculture as connected with common schools, A. 

 M Oow, Dixon-, flO, 



On practical garden-'ng in Illinois, 8, Francis, Springfield; 

 $10. 



On the management of poultry, C. N. Bement, Pprina;- 

 side; ^10 



On th« rultivation of rice in Illinois, J. Russell, BlufT- 

 dalo. $10. 



On fruit gardens, S.J. Wnl'ace. Hancock county; $10. 

 OV FARMS. 



Best hi irhly improved and cultivated farm of SOO acres, 

 S» N Elliott, Kdjcar county: eoM m'dal. 



Best highly improved and cultivated farm of rne hundred 

 an<i sixty acrws, Sylvester Rider; Wayue county; gold 

 medal 



?ecnnd best do, A. Q. Carle, Champaign county; silver 

 medal. 



B' St hlihlv improved and cultivated farm of 40 asres. A. 

 A O. Barnard. B'oomingtnn: eold medal 



Seoond hest do, T. S Atkinson, Whiteside enuiity; silver 

 medal. 



Be.tt grnzing farm, J. M. Blackburn, Edgar county; gold 

 tnedal. 



Second best do. Tielding Scott, Champaign county; silver 

 nedal. 



Best nursery of fruit treps: evergreens; shrubs, Ac, L, 

 Ellsworth A Co Du Paie county: Gold medal 



Sernnd best do, A. N. Whitney, Franklin Grove; silvsr 

 mrdal. 



B»Rt grove of cultivated timber, L. H Thomas, Virden; 

 (Old medal. 



The Board ordered that C. M. Web- 

 ster, late President, be presented with 

 a silver pitcher, properly engraved, as 

 a testimony of this Society for his valu- 

 able services. 



Biennial Mfetfnef. 



The biennial meeting of the Society 

 was held in the capitol on the evening 

 of the 5th Jan., 1859. The following 

 persons were elected officers for the two 

 years ensuing: 



Lewis KiswoRTU, Pretident. 



1st District, C B. D'Uio "I 



Wni. N. Van Epps | 



John Girard I 



A. Dunlap | 



.T. W. 3 ngleton }• Vice Pruidentt. 



Pteph'-n Dunlap 



Wm. Kile 



Samuel B. Chandler 



H S Osbourn J 



Jahn Cook. R'cnrilinq Secretary. 

 S. Franc's. Rfcnrdinft Secrrlary. 

 J. W. Bunn, Treat urer. 



The Constitution was so amended that 

 the next election shall be held on the 



fair grounds, by three delegates from 

 each of the legally organized county 

 Agricultural Societies in the State. 



H. C. Johns, James M. Grew, John 

 Williams, James G. Wright and John 

 A. Davis, were appointed a committee 

 to revise the Constitution and report at 

 the next biennial meeting. 



Meetlnf; of tne New Board. 



The following appointments for the 

 next fair were made: 



Stephen Dunlap, of Morgan connty, Superintendent of 

 CUss A 

 C. W Webster, Marion, Superintendent riass B. 

 A.va Dunia, , Peoria, euperinteudent Cla88 C D. aud £, 

 Wm. Kile, Kdgar. do do P. 



N. 8. Uil)orn, Perry, do do G. 



J, W. Singleton, Adams, do do H. 



C. B Detil.j, .lo Davi!-, do do J. 



Wm. H. Van Epps, Lee, do do K. 



Samuel B. Chandler. St. Clair, Snp't do L. 



John Girard. Vermillion, do ''o M. 



John P Reynolds, Marion, de of the Grounds. 



The consideration of continuing the 

 premium for the steam plow, was post- 

 poned until the next meeting. 



The Corresponding Secretary was 

 directed to insert in the next volume of 

 Transactions engravings of stock or 

 implements, furnished without cost, of 

 animals or machinery, which had taken 

 the premiums of the Society within the 

 last two years. 



The board recommended the school 

 districts of this State, to furnish them- 

 selves with libraries compiled and pre- 

 pared by A. 0, Moore. 



The board adopted a plan of specifi- 

 cations for ground, fixtures, &c., for the 

 next fair (which has been published in 

 circulars and geneially distributed.) 



The board adjourned to meet in 

 Springfield on the 22d day of February 

 next. 



Rrunino Grapes — This can be done 



now. Vine dressers have come to the 



opinion that the vines should not be as 

 closely pruned as has been the practice, 

 and that in this respect, we have follow- 

 ed too closely the practice of foreign 

 gardeners and vine dressers. Good 

 pruning and trimming will cause the 

 vine to occupy all the trellis. Our soils 

 are generally rich enough, but an appli- 

 cation of leached ashes is beneficial. — 

 Grapes should be planted where the 

 roots will not be likely to stand in the 

 water half of the year. 



jg^^-The Connecticut State Agricul- 

 tural Society have adopted a resolution 

 for locating the Fairs of that Society 

 permanently. 



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Professor Turner, at Jacksonville, in his 

 nursery, has a fine lot of thrifty English 

 i Walnuts. They seem to stand our climate 

 ! well. 



