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THE ILLINOIS FA.R]MEIl. 



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Eastern Emigration. 



The signs are tliat there will be a large 

 emigration from the east the ensuing 

 spring, summer and falL We see it so 

 stated in the eastern papers. The ma 

 joritj are coming out to buy farms. 

 The impression is at the east, that tliey 

 can obtain such at much less price than 

 has been known for years. Let them 

 come. It will be a benefit to a large 

 class of our farmers to dispose of por- 

 tions of their farms, and give rnore at- 

 tention to that which shall remain after- 

 ward. There are fine opportunities in 

 our cities to purchase property. A good 

 crop this year will change the aspect of 

 affairs in the west. 



|J:^^Mr. Fawkes, dissatisfied with his 

 first steam engine, is building another 

 at Philadelphiar It is to be of greater 

 capacity and power than that he exhib- 

 ited in Illinois. The plows are to be 

 made by Derre & Co., Moline. He 

 states that he has the offer of breaking 

 5,000 acres of land in lUinois at paying 

 prices. He thinks that he can draw 

 any of the mole ditchers with his new 

 machines, . • 



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Yentilatiox. — ^What would be thought 

 if we were to introduce into our stom- 

 achs half putrid meats and half putrid 

 veijetables and fruits? The stomach 

 lives on food — the lungs on air. Do 

 we consider the importance of provid- 

 ing the lungs with pure air? Are we 

 not constantly imbibing in our close 

 rooms the tainted breaths which come 

 from diseased lungs, fetid breath caused 

 by tobacco, whisky, and other nuisan- 

 ces? Is it a wonder that woman, often 

 compelled by necessity to set in close, 

 hot, ill-ventilated rooms, becomes a vic- 

 tim to bad air, and lingers her life out 

 in consumj)tion ? 



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13^" Downing says — " As an orna- 

 mental object, we consider the oak, the 

 most varied in expression, the most 

 beautiful, grand, majestic and pictur- 

 esque of all deciduous trees." This is 

 even so. But these trees are trans- 

 planted into our grounds with great 

 difiiculty. To have them where you 

 desire, plant the acorns. These are 

 sure to germinate and in a few years 

 you will have handsome trees. A grove 

 of noble oaks is one of the most admi- 

 rable objects to be seen in the vegetable, 

 world. 



Wool. — Eastern buyers are already 



in our markets trying to engage the 



next clip of wool. AVe hope our wool 



growers will not sell their wool while it 



is on the backs of their sheep. 



This year wool will pay. 

 If not fuul'd awav. 



Oats. — There are two points to be 

 aimed at by farmers who desire to raise 

 good crops of oats. The first is that 

 the ground shall be in good order, 

 well plowed and well pulverized, and 

 the second is that the seed shall be 

 own early. 



Stkiped Bugs. — These are destruc- 

 tive insects among vines. Jas. Weed 

 says in the Country Gentleman, that if 

 gardeners will go into their gardens 

 about sunrise and pick up these insects 

 and pinch them sufiiciently, and follow 

 the plan up, they will soon rid the vines 

 of them. It is some benefit to plant 

 pumpkins for food for the bugs, near 

 cucumber hills, as they prefer the thick 

 leaf of the pumpkins to the thin leaf of 

 the cucumber. When the bugs leave, 

 the bugs pumpkin vines be destroyed. 



jg@°* Wheat is bound to advance. The 

 crop was short last year. Iowa is al- 

 ready importing wheat. The northern 

 part of this State is bare of wheat, and 

 (this fact is of some importance) a great 

 portion of our winter wheat is already 

 killed. Many farmers, if they design to 

 furnish themselves with bread from their 



own farms must sow spring wheat. 



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IIaevesteijs 1600 yeaes ago! — In 

 Palladon's " Fourteen Books on Ajrri- 

 culture," he says that in Gaul they had 

 a summary method of doing harvesting 

 work. A machine was drawn by an 

 ox, which picked off the head of the 

 wheat very much as the machine does 

 which now gathers the heads of clover. 

 It was raised and lowered by the driver, 

 who followed the machine. 



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E^utLY CoRN.^Many varieties of ear- 

 ly corn were planted in this section of 

 Ilhnois last season. The pubhc are in- 

 terested in knowing how this corn suc- 

 ceeded here. We should be o-lad to 

 receive information upon this point. A 

 good, productive, early corn, for early 

 feeding, and for late planting, (if corn 

 cannot be planted early,) must be inval- 

 uable to our farmers. 



Spring Wheat. — There will be a de- 

 mand for spring wheat for seed. Those 

 who have more than they expect to sow, 

 should clean what they have to spare, 

 and take it to the seed stores. 



Horticaltnrai Society of Soutiiera Illinois. 



On the 1st instant, there was a meet- 

 ing of fruit crrowers and others interest- 

 ed, at Centralia. This meeting organ- 

 ized the "Pomological and Historical 

 Society of Southern Illinois." 



The ofiicers elected were : 



B. G. Roots, of Perry co., President. 



N. D. IxGKAHAM, of Mariou county, 

 Corresponding Secretary. -■ 



J. M. Hunter of Washington county, 

 Recording Secretary. . v .. 



J. P. Reyxoi>ds, of Marion countv. 

 Treasurer. 



W. S. Wait, of Bond couhfy, Uriel 

 Mills, of Marion, W. S. Bainbridge, of 

 Union, Wright Casey, of Jersey, Wm. 

 Yates of Perry. 



Stock Hogs. — Our farmers should 

 save as many stock hogs as possible. 

 The present year, if the season is at all 

 favorable, a great breadth of land will 

 be planted in corn, and we shall ff^ant 

 consumers near our own cribs. 



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Editor Farjier : — Can matured seed 

 of the Chinese sugar be had in Spring- 

 field? Last year our crop did not ma- 

 ture to seed, although the cane made 

 fine syrup. P. Allen, 



Allen's Grove, Wis. 



[Good seed can be had at $1,50 per 

 busheh] 



1^" The bill introduced into the 

 Senate of this State, authorizing the 

 State Agricultural Society to offer a 

 premium of 85,000, for a successful 

 steam plow, which shall be practical 

 and useful, has been laid on the table 

 of the Senate. 



A Isew Cokn Plaxteb. — Robert 

 Dillon of Mason county, has invented a 

 new Corn-planter. It is a very simple 

 instrument. It is drawn by one horse 

 and drops a single row. One man 

 plants with this machine. Cost tiifteen 

 dollars. 



Sugar Cane Coxwentiox. — Tliere is 

 to be sugar cane convention at Waverly, 

 Iowa, on the 3d day of Mai-ch. The 

 object is to spread before the i>eople all 

 the fiicts that can be gleaned in regard 

 to the cultivation of cane and the man- 

 ufacture of the juice into syrup and mo- 

 lasses. - ' 



|^°It is said a steam plow, on new 

 principles, is about completed at Canon 

 Falls, Minnesota. 



