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THE ILLIISrOIS F^^mVlEH. 



Short Iloru Durham Stock. 

 The palm of excellence for this vari- 

 ety of stock has been awarded to Cen- 

 tral Illinois. There are specimens of 

 good stock of this breed in other parts 

 of the State, but here it can be found of 

 all ages, and at prices which will enable 

 farmers who desire specimens to pur- 

 chase. A reference to the premiums 

 awarded at the late State and National 

 Fairs will show where this stock can be 



found. 



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Sangamon Couney Fair. — This Fair 

 commenced on the 4th day of October 

 and continue four days. The commit- 

 tees are making ample arrangements on 

 the fair grounds, and the manifestations 

 are that the fair will be the best ever 

 held in Sangamon. The "victorious 

 herds of Sangamon,'' victorious at Free- 

 port, Chicago and St. Louis, will be 

 there, and we trust that the stock which 

 took the premiums of the diflferent fairs 

 at Frceport, Chicago and St. Louis; 

 Morgan and Cass, will be on hand. 

 There will bs a great show of Iiorses, 

 and the other departments will be well- 

 sustained. 



We trust that our people "will gene- 

 rally visit the fair, and furnish articles 

 for exhibition, and that the young men 

 of the country will be on hand with 

 their wagons and carriages to carry the 

 people of the city to and from the fair 

 grounds at fair prices, which can be 



made to them a profitable business. 



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g@°" There were Devons, Ilerefords 

 and Durhams at Freeport. Others may 

 fancy Ilerefords in preference to Dur- 

 hams, but we are not with them. They 

 may be fine cattle for beef, but we did 

 not discover why they should be thought 

 to compete with Durhams. The Devons 

 are unquestionably beautiful cattle, and 

 the north is 'the proper place for 

 them. We saw an Alderney at the 

 Chicago Fair, and a more homely ani- 

 mal of the cattle tribe, it has not been 

 our lot to witness. She was a more 

 homely animal than any southern scrub 

 we ever saw ; but the Alderneys are 

 good milkers — their milk is said to be 

 two-thirds cream. They are capital pet 



cows. 



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Timothy Seed. — Central Illinois can 

 grow timothy to any extent. This grass 

 is well known as excellent food for stock 



and as yielding food in suflBcient quanti- 

 ties to make it a very profitable crop. 

 Many of our farmers, the present fall 

 have realized handsome snms from their 

 timothy seed. Ir yields about five or 

 six bushels to the acre, and finds a ready 

 market at St. Louis at $2 a $2 20 per 

 bushel. 



The National Fair — Award of Premiums— The 

 Steum Plow Again. 



Chicago, September IT. 



From the official list we select tue fol 

 lowing awards to citizens of Sangamon 

 and adjoining counties : 



Best Durham herd — James N. Brown, 

 Sangamon county, 111. 



Second do. — ^J. II. Spear, Petersburg, 

 Menard county, 111. 



Best herd, not full blood — A. G. 

 Carle, Urbana, 111. 



Best herd fat cattle — J. C. Bone, 

 Sangamon county, 111. 



Diplomas of Honor were awarded to 



James N. Brown, of Belin, Illinois, 

 for the best herd of cattle, imported or 

 native. 



To same for finest herd of all classes, 

 imported by himself. 



To J. D. Smith, of Berlin, Illinois, 

 for the best American herd of all classes 

 bred by himself. 



To Jame3 N. Brown, for the finest 

 American animal of any class bred by 

 himself, awarded to the Durham cow 

 "Tulip." 



And to J. D. Smith, of Berlin, Illi- 

 nois, for the second best American herd. 



Best grade cow, three years and up- 

 ward — ''Gaudy," A. G. Carle, Urbana, 

 111. 



Second do. — "Fancy," same ownerr 



Best fat bullock, five years and ove. 

 — R C. Calif, Monticello, 111. 



Best do., three years and under five — 

 J. H. Spears, Petersburg, 111. 



Best fat cow, five years and over — J. 

 P. Henderson, Jacksonville, 111. 



Best thorough bred stallion, four years 

 old and upward — "Young Barnton,'' H. 

 Jacoby & Co., Springfield, 111. 



Best heavy draft stallion, three y^ars 

 and under four — "Perfection," S. Flem- 

 in.ir, Effingham, 111. 



Second do. — " Napoleon Bonaparte, 

 L. Dillon, Armington, 111. 



Best one year and under two — " Mes- 

 senger," W. Kirk, Dickson, 111. 



Second do. — " Ande Benton,'' Garah 

 Dillon, Armington, 111. 



Best heavy draft mare, four years and 

 upward — Garah Dillon, Armington, Ar- 

 mington, 111. 



Second do. — A. D. Griffin, Clinton- 

 ville, III. 



Best three years and under four — L. 

 Dillon, Armington, 111. 



Second do. — H. Dash, Bloomington, 

 111. 



Best one year and under two — Austin 

 Richards, Downer's Grove, 111. 



Second do. — L. Dillon, Armington, 

 111. 



The second premium for saddle horses 

 was awarded to Gen. John Cook, Spring- 

 field. 



From this exhibit it will appear that 

 Central Illinois, and particularly Sanga- 

 mon county, has no reason to complain 

 of the awards. It is currently reported 

 that Sangamon county alone has taken 

 more premiums at this fair than any one 

 State, exclusive of Illinois. 



The handsomest *' sell" of the week 

 came off yesterday, when four or five 

 thousand people were tricked out of a 

 dollar each, under the supposition that 

 they were to see a trot at the Garden 

 City Course between Flora Temple and 

 Princess for $2,000. It is true that the 

 horses were there — that they went around 

 the course— that Flora as usual came out 

 ahead, but there was no trial of speed or 

 show of one, nor was there a purse of 

 $2,000 put up. These two nags travel 

 around the country — trot for an ideal 

 purse, and divide the admittance money. 



The trot yesterday was as transparent 

 a humbug as any side show at the fair, 

 where a three-legged calf or a woolly 

 horse are the attractions, and the owners 

 of these horses should be ashamed of be- 

 ing parties to such an imposition upon 

 the public. 



The report that they would contest 

 for a citizens' purse of ^1,000 on the 

 fair grounds this afternoon was not of 

 course fulfilled. There was, however, a 

 splendid show of horses, and some excel- 

 lent trotting. 



After repeated trials of Fawkes' 

 Steam Plow before the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the State Agricultural Society, 

 they were unable to agree upon the 

 award, and a compromise was finally 

 effected, by which Mr. Fawkes is to be 

 paid $500 in addition to the $1,000 al- 

 ready paid him. There was an irrecon- 

 cilable division in the minds of the mem- 

 bers of the committee upon the merits of 

 this implement — one party contending 

 that the mventor should be rewarded for 

 his skill and genius by the allowance of 

 the entire amount offered as a premium, 

 and the other asserting that the plow is 

 radically deficient and impracticable for 

 the purposes designed, and for whic 



