THE ILLINOIS FA^RIMER. 



35 



find him not only a careful nurserj-man, but a gentleman in 

 all respects. We beg of you not to give your orders to itinerant 

 eastern peddlers, when such trees are offered you at home on 

 such advantageous terms. 



The Hobticclturist. — The January number of this journal 

 comes to us under the editorial charge of Mr. Peter B. Mead. 

 It shows no signs of lagging, but on the other hand it is im- 

 proved in practical matter ; we have of late needed a little 

 more of the useful, and we see evident signs of this result in 

 the practical pen of Mr. Mead. We have an abundance of 

 engravings of fine suburban residences along the Hudson and 

 thereaway, and now we have a treat of a House in the West. 

 Yes, a house West equal to many of the suburban residences 

 of the East. It was our good fortune to furnish Mr. Bryant 

 with several thousand trees that go to make up the gems in 

 the outer fitting of the Biro's Nkst. C. M. Saxton, Barker, 

 & Co., N. y., 12, We club the Horticulturist and Farmer at 

 $2 60. ^_ 



Sweet Potatoes. — Mr. Tenbrook announces a supply of 

 the Nansemond Sweet Potatoe for seed. We have had our 

 seed of him for several years, and can most cheerfully attest 

 to their good quality. We have tried several other varieties 

 from time to time, but none of them have proved of any value. 

 This variety always matures with us. They took the first and 

 second premiums at the National Fmr in Chicago, one of 



which it was our good fortune to secure. Many of our plant- 

 ers have been cheated with spurious sorts for the Nansemond 

 by peddlers, most of whicli are valuable in Missouri and Ken- 

 tucky, but will not mature at the North. 



Helper's Crisis. — We would call the attention of our read- 

 ers to the advertisement of Helper's Impending Crisis, which 



will be found in another column of our paper. It is said to be 

 selling at the rate of from 12,(K)0 to 18,000 copies per week, 

 and the demand is rapidly increasing. 



~~~ COMMERCIAL. 



SPRINGFIELD MARKET— JAN SI. 



WHEAT— 90c@H f bu; 

 FLOUR- f5@G ^ bbl; 

 CORN— New, 30c |i bu; 

 CORN MEAL— 50c ^ bu; 

 OATS— 25@30c ^ bu; 

 BEANS— «1@1 25 ^bu; 

 BRAN— 10c ^ bu; 

 SHORTS— 15c ^ bu; 

 TIMOTHY SEED— $1 75; 

 HUNGARIAN G'b S'd— none. 

 MILLET— None; 

 CLOVER— $6 50@7 ^ bu; 

 POTATOES— New, 40®50c; 

 HAY— «;8®9 ^ ton; 

 TALLOW— 8 l-2@9c ^ lb; 

 SOAP— Bar, 4@6c ^ tt>; 

 CANDLES— 12 l-2c "^ box; 

 PICKLED P'k—i'S<fl,W\i 100; 

 BACON— Haras,12@13c|^ ft; 

 CHICKENS— *1 50 |) doz; 

 BUCKWAEAT— 13 %? 100; 



BACON— Sides, 121-2c ^ B>; 

 EGGS— 15c ^ doz; 

 LARD— 10c ^ ID; 

 SUGAR— 9®10c ^ B); 

 COFFEE— 13@15c ^ D); 

 MOLASSES- C0@C5o ^ gal; 

 SALT— *2 ^sack; 

 SALT— 12 ^ bbl; 

 MACKEREL— 12@13 Nol; 

 CODFISH— 16 50 ^ 100; 

 APPLES— Dried, »1 75 ^bu; 

 WOOD— 15@,4 ^ cord: 

 COAI^r— lie « bu; 

 WHISKY— 25@28c ^ gal; 

 VINEGAR— 10c ^ gal; 

 BROOMS— $1 50®2 SOipdoz; 

 BUTTER— lS@,20c ^ R); 

 HIDES— Dry, best, 12(gjl2j^; 

 HIDES — Green, 4; @5c; 

 APPLES— Green, f 1@1 25; 

 FEATHERS— 35@40c ^ ft; 



WEEKLY REVIEW OP THE ST. LOUIS MARKET- 

 JAN. 28, p. M. 



With light receipts of produce, and a good market South, 

 the general market has been r-ither buoyant all week. The 

 weather has been open and pleasant, but not sufiiciently 

 warm to open the upper rivers to any extent. 



Freights for the South have of course been limited in quan- 

 tity. The rates to New Orleans have continued about as fol- 

 lows : Flour 40c ^ bbl; pork 70c; whisky SOc; com 25c ^ 

 sack; pound freight 25c % 100 fts. Shipping facilities have 

 increased, but at the close there was but little doing. 



The grocery trade has been comparatively small, with heavy 

 receipts. On Tuesday the receipts of sugar, molasses and cof- 

 fee amounted to about $200,000 in value. On Tuesday and 

 Wednesday a dealer sold 900 bags coffee on private terms; 

 also 21*0 baps nearly prime at 12.!t;C; the range of prices is 12 

 @13j^c. Sugar is 7M®.8Xc, and it can be bought at almost 

 any price for cash; there are a great many common or low 

 grade sugars here; fair goes in lots of ten or fifteen hhds at 

 7?ic, anil fully fiiir at about 8c; common at 7^8®7>^c. Mo- 

 lasses, good plantation, 4.o@47c. 



Flour has been in fair demand, with an advancing tendency 

 all wck, closing today with the market steady and firm. 

 Sales to-day of 100 bbls city superfine at $5 60; 500 do do pri- 

 vate; 40 bbls country at $5 25: 50 bbls double extra at $6 25, 

 and 75 do at $6. 



[By Telegraph.] 

 NEW YORK MARKET— Jan. 81. 

 Flour dull and unchanged; sales of 3,700 bbls at f4 S5@5 

 for super State; 15 15®5 25 for extra State; f 4 90@5 for 

 super western; $5 15@5 30 for common to extra western; 

 $5 00@.5 70 for inferior to good shipping brands extra R H 0. 

 Canadian flour dull; 150 bbls at f 5 50@;t5 75. Rye flour quiet 

 at $3 75@4 45. Wheat very dull and nominally unchanged. 

 Rye quiet at 90®92c. Barley dull at 70(3;S;jc. Corn dull 

 and heavy; sales of small parcels at 7S@S0c for new white and 

 yellow., Oats dull and heavy at44@45c for Western, Canada 

 and State. Pork quiet and firmer at f 17 25 for old mess; 

 $18 12 for new mess; f 12 12 for old prime; |13 75 for new 

 prime. Beef steady. Cut meats steady and unchanged. 

 Whisky dull and nominal at 23i<;@24c. 



[By Telegraph.] 

 CHICAGO MARKET- Jan. 31. 

 Flour, demand limited, and market is dull. Wheat market 

 inactive, but firm; sales 390 bu No 1 spring at f 1 in store; 



300 bu No 2 spring at 97c; 600 bu rejected spring at 87c for 

 milling; there was a fair demiind with sales on track; 7(Ktba 

 No 1 red at $1 15; 300 bu club at $1 03; 300 bu do at $1 02. 



Corn, receipts light and demand good, under which prices 

 advanced y.c; sales 1500 bu No 1 at 4Sc in store; 500 bu do at 

 4S}<ic; l:W9 bu No 2 at 45c in store; 1.500 bu do at 44 Vc— 

 Oats in fair demand and steady; sales 700 bu No 1 at 36c. — 

 Rye in good demand and firm. 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET— JaK; 25. 



Beef cattle have come in rather sparingly, the receipts of 

 fresh animals (3,140) being less than diu-ing any single week 

 since May 25, when there were only 2,694. There were a few 

 stale cattle, left over from last Wednesday, which swelled the 

 supply for this week, and a few such animals have been hang- 

 ing along from week to week, for some time past There seem- 

 ed to be a determination to-day to clean up the yards, and 

 make a clear start. To do this some of the closing sales were 

 at figures no better than the average last Wednesday, though 

 there was an advance of about J4c on most of the preliminary 

 sales yesterday, and those of to-day up to noon. To answer 

 the inquiries of some new subscribers, we explain that bullocks 

 are usually sold at a gross price — so much per head — but the 

 prices are based on a certain price ^ ft from the estimated. 

 weight of the dressed carcases, on four quarters. The ' ' fifth 

 quarter," or head, rough tellow and hide, is not taken into ac- 

 count here, as at Boston and some other markets. Sometimes, 

 but not frequently, the animal is weighed alive and the net 

 weight calculated at so many pounds in the hundaed. The 

 estimate varies all the way from 50 fts to 65 fts in the 100 fts 

 of live weight, depending upon the build, age and especially 

 the fat or lean condition of the animal. For fair bullocks, in 

 moderately good condition, the average dressed weights is 

 about about 55 fts for each 100 fts of live weight. Milch cows 

 are not here in large numbers, but the supply is in excess of 

 the demand, which is still very limited, and no improvement 

 in prices is visible. Veal calves are in fair supply, but the de- 

 mand is moderately good and former prices fully maintained. 

 Sheep have come in rather less freely, and with a good demand 

 prices are stronger, though no material advance can be quot- 

 ed. A number of extra good sheep have been ofi'ered, some of 

 which have sold as high as $15@20 ^ head. Of live hogs, 

 the arrivals have been very small, less than during any week 

 for a year past. Fewer dressed hogs are coming in during the 

 present warm weather, and prices have advanced about J^c ^ 

 ft, live weight. A still greater advance would have been ob- 

 tained, but the effect of previous excessive supplies have not 

 yet been overcome. AVe quote heavy com hogs, prime, live, 

 5%®0c; dead, l'}i%'ic; light com hogs, prime, live, 5J^@ 

 5%c ; dead, 7K@sc. 



The following droves from Illinois were at this market : 



A. R Jones 28, W. Robbins 44, FIvnn & Thompson 56, 

 C. L. Fisher 78, J. W. Taylor 59, Martin & Valentine 44, J. 

 Nichols 59, Carr & Scroggin 83, E. C. Sumner 74. 



Taking the average of the entire transactions of this week's 

 market, yesterday's sales being included in those of to-day, 

 and setting down those of last week for comparison, we have 

 the following : 



Today. Last week. 



Premium cattle None. 10c. @10>(^c. 



First quality 10c. @10Xc. 9Kc.®10c. 



Medium quality 8J^c.@ 9c. 8c. ® S>^c. 



Poor quality 7c. @ 8c. 6c. @ 70? 



Poorest quality 6c. @, 7r.. 5c. @ 6c. 



General selling prices... 7>^c.@ O.Vc 7c. @ 9c. 



Average of all sales Sc. @, 8>^c. 7^'c.^ I^c 



The transportation from Illinois of medium beef cattle, in- 

 cluding feed and attendance, will average $15 a head. A car 

 from Hancock county, Illinois, to Chicago is $47 50; from 

 Chicago to Suspension Bridge, $75; from the bridge to Albany, 

 275; from Albany to New York, $15; making $212 50, and 

 averaging, 12 or 13 cwt. cattle, 16 head. 



ELPER'S IMPENDING CRISIS.— A 



LIVE BOOK. 

 75,000 COPIES SOLD IN FOUB WEEKS! 

 This is the work that is creating so much excitement in Con- 

 gi'ess. 



Get the unabridged edition and you have all the power of 

 Helper's keen pen ! Unabridged large 12rao. vol., 420 pages, 

 price $1. Octavo edition, paper covers, 50 cents. 



For sale by booksellers and news agents everywhere, 

 ACTIVE AGENTS WANTED 

 to sell this work the country through. Terms liberal. Send 

 $1 50 for sanii>le copies in both styles, with terms to agents, 

 and begin operations at once. ^ _ 



No other book is selling one quarter as fast. 



Single copies sent to any address, postpaid, on receipt of 

 price. Address A. B. BURDICK, Publisher, 



jan31 d6t w4t fit No. 145 Nassau St., New York. 



~~~ SW:fiET POTATOES ; 



FOR SEEL, 



TEE NANSEMOl^TD. 



SWEET POTATOE IS THE ONLY VAR- 

 IETY that has given entire satisfaction in the Northwest. 

 Wy stock now on hand is large and of the best quality. 



I want fifty agents to sprout on shares in such parts of the 

 West not yet supplied. All such applicants will Ije required 

 to give good refferences. Directions for sprouting will be 

 sene to all customers. 



I regret to learn that some have sent out late maturing 

 varieties, resembling the Nansemond in color, much to the 

 damage of this production and early maturing variety. 



Prices low; no charge for delivery at Terra Haute Railroad 

 Depot. Address, 



J. W. TENBROOK, 

 feb l Rockville, Indiana 



FAIRBANKS' 



PATENT 



*^ S C A L E S 



OF ALL KINDS. 



Fairbanks & Greenleaf, 



35 Lake Street, Chicago, 

 Sold in Springffeld by 

 mayl-ly E. B. PEASE. 



GREAT REDUCTION TO CLUBS ! 



SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR THE 



Illinois State Journal, 



A rtliaMe Xetcspaper, and a faithful advocate of Reptib- 

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BY BAILHACHE * BAKER. 



The season for forming clubs is at hand, and in order to 

 enable our friends to compet* with the agents of Ea.<item 

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TERMS TO CLCBS — CASH IN ADVANCE. 



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. All persons sending clubs of ten, flft«en and twenty subscri- 

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 and all persons sending clubs of thirty subscribers, shall re- 

 ceive two extra copies of the paper free, or a copy of Godey's 

 Lady's Book for 1&60, if preferred. AVe hope our friends will 

 respond liberally in view of the above reduction of rates. 

 Each paper will be addressed to the person for whom it is in- 

 tended, and will be forwarded to any desired post office. 



^S" Clergymen and teachers supplied at $1 a year. 



^^~ Money inclosed in registered letters sent at our risk. 

 Address BAILHACHE t BAKER, 



dec30 Springfield, HI. 



St accidents will happen, even in teell reflated families, it i* 

 very desirable to have some cheap and convenient way for repairioi; 

 Furniture, Toys, Crockery, 4c. 



SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE 



meets all such emergencies, and no household can afibid to be with- 

 out it. It is always ready and up to the sticking point. There le no 

 longer a necessity for limping chairs, splintered veneers, headless 

 dolls and broken cradles. It is just the article for cone, shell and 

 other ornamental work, so popular with ladles of refinement and 

 taste. 



This admirable preparation Is used cold, being chemically held In 

 solution, and possessing all the valuable qualities of the best cabinet 

 m.iker8' glue. It may be used in the place of ordinary mucilage, 

 being vastly mt^re adheave, 



" USEFUL IX EVERY HOUSE." 



N. B.— A brush accompanies each bottle. Price, 25 cants. 



Wholesale Depot, No. 30 Piatt Street, New York. 



Address HENRY C. SPALDING & CO. 



Box No. 3600 New York. 



Put up for dealers in cases containing four, eight and twelve doz 

 en — a beautiful lithograpliic show caroaccompanying cadi package. 



ZWA single bottle of SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE 

 will save ten times its cost annually to every hoiisehoki. ^^ 



Sold by all prominent Stationers, Drug|;ists, Hardware and Fur. 

 niture dealers. Grocers and Fancv Stores. 



Country Merchants should make a note of SPALDDftf S VRZt. 

 PARED GLUE, when making up their Ust. It will stand any 

 climate. 



DUNIiAP'S NURSERY. " 



40 Acres in Trees and Plants. 



EMBRACING THE USUAL NURSERY 

 stock, all of which will be sold low for cash. Orders 

 for Spring planting should be be sent in early. 6,000 two year 

 old 



SILVER MAPLES ^ . . .. 



for timber belts, can be had at $5 per 100. ' " 



J. B. 'Whiting, of Chetham, Sangamon county, is the agent 

 for Sangamon and neighboring counties. Cataloguas had on 

 opplication. Address M. L. DUNLAP, 



^'-"bl West Urbana, Champaign Ce., His. 



200,000 SILVER MAPLK SEEDLINGS. ' 



I BEG LEAA^E TO CALL THE ATTEN- 

 TION of Nurserymen to the following list of cash prices 

 for my one year old Silver Maple seedlings. They are strong 

 thrifty plants, ranging in height from 8 to 24 inches, being of 

 suitable size for boxing and shipping to a distance. 



fl 5<( per hundred, :,■■•••• ■ 



■■ j6 00 per thousand, ■ ■ ' • 



f55 per ten thousand, 

 f 100 per twenty thousand. 

 When purchaserr do not remit with their orders, satisfactory 

 reference or a a good indorsod note, payable at some bank irill 

 be required. 



I have for sale a large stock of Peach trees, one year old 

 from bud, 4 to 6 feet high, of the best market varieties; Stan- 

 dard and Dwarf Pears; Standard and Dwarf Cherries on 

 Mahaleb stock; Standard and Dwarf Apples; Apricots, Necta- 

 rines, Almonds, Grapes, Blackl>erries, Strawberries, Ac, and 

 a fine stock of Deciduous and Evergreen ornamental trees of 

 all kinds. 



Catalogues for planters and trade lists for nurserymen will 

 be sent on application. 

 Address, . ISAAC PULLEN, 



febl -2m Hightstown, Mercer County, N. J. 



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