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that now his attention is called to this 

 matter, that he "^yill, in his own case, 

 reform it. The reputation of Messrs. 

 Ellwanger & Barry as men, citizens and 

 nurserymen, is above reproach, and they 

 have. acquired a princely fortune in the 

 business. I feel assured that they would 

 not tolerate an instant upon their grounds 

 persona whom they knew were engaged in 

 such practices. Yet it has been done ; 

 and let me assure all wholesale nursery- 

 men that all the impostors that have 

 traveled have never done the trade half 

 the harm that these certificate swindlers 

 have. 



THE REMEDY. 



Suppose Ellsworth, Overman, Whit- 

 ney, Bryant, Aldrich, Kennicott, Stew- 

 art, Edwards, Galusha, Huggins, Dunlap 

 or any well known and reliable nursery- 

 man gives one of these chaps one of their 

 certificates, does he not sell most of his 

 wares upon the well known reliability of 

 the establishment issuing such certifi- 

 cate. Such being the case, is it not the 

 duty of the nurseryman to require that 

 the orders taken shall be correctly and 

 honestly filled. 



If the peddler Is required, in order to 

 avail himself of the reputation of a well 

 known establishment, to bind himself 

 to purchase exclusively of them, should 

 they not protect the public and their own 

 reputation by requiring that the purcha- 

 ser shall receive what he pays for. 



IE I see fit to take orders for trees on 

 my own hook, without " certificate " en- 

 dorsement, and then go to a nursery and 

 buy what I call for, and take them away, 

 and then so pack them as to steal from 

 those who have reposed confidence in me, 

 there is no remedy, except sled stake 

 law, or an action for false pretense. To 

 reach these petty thieves, whom no re-^ 

 sponsible establishment would endorse, I 

 would require them to get license to 

 peddle under an existing law, or if there 

 is none, ask the Legislature to enact one, 

 and require them to give bond, with two 

 good and sufficient sureties, to fulfill his 

 orders correctly. 



When the tree peddler will cease to be 

 a swindler, I, for one, will do all in my 

 power to aid him in his profitable and 

 glorious work of inducing the people to 

 buy and plant trees, shrubs and flowers. 



I have made free use of the names of 

 Messrs. E. & B. as representative men, 

 and necessary to elucidate my subject, 

 as well as to call the attention of "the 

 trade '' to this great wrong. 



K. K. J. 



Qidncy, lU., Feb. 17, 1S60. 



The practice to which our friend Jones 

 here alludes, has become one of no small 

 moment, and the wholesale nurseryman, 

 both east and west, Avill thank him for 

 his straightforward expose of these 

 swindling " tree peddlers " — we Avill not 



call them agents, for ^they are not so, 

 as they have purchased at wholesale, 

 and do their own packing. For ourself 

 we have for the past year refused any of 

 these parties to pack trees on our grounds. 

 If they want to fill orders from our stock 

 we will do the packing, and take the 

 responsibility of their correctness, but 

 none of these gentry can play this game 

 with our labels. 



We hope all wholesale nurserymen 

 will adopt the plan suggested by Mr. 

 Joues, to do their own packing, and com- 

 pel these peddlers " to be as honest as 

 they seem fair.'* Tree selling is a legit- 

 imate and honorable calling, and should 

 be so regarded, but of late, by their ras- 

 cally practices, it has grown into con- 

 tempt, and every man engaged in it is 

 looked upon with suspicion. We propose 

 to give all well authenticated cases of this 

 kind an airing. In the communication 

 of Mr. J. we have allowed him to use 

 names, as he is fully able to take care of 

 himself. We have known him from boy- 

 hood, and believe him to be actuated by 

 the best motives, as we have always found 

 him a person of the most strict integrity, 

 and a rigorous opposer of humbug in all 

 its forms. — Ed. 



COMMERCIAL. 



ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET— Feb. 25. 



Beef Cattle — A large business has been done in the past 

 week, and prices have been fully maintained. At the close of 

 the week the supply is fair, and the demand good at 6 to 6 Vc 

 ^ n> net for the better quality, and 6 to 6c for inferior and 

 common. About 500 head have been shipped South. 



Hogs — There is a fair demand, with a supply to meet it, and 

 sales at 6 to 7c ^ B) net. Shipped South 500 to 600 head. 



Sheep — A good supply has brought prices down and we now 

 quote at |8 5G@4 00 ^ head. 



Cows and Calves — Supply and demand moderate. Prices 

 range from $20 to $40. 



ST. LOUIS HOBSE AND MULE MARKET— Feb. 25. 

 In the early part of the week a good business was transac- 

 ted, and fair prices were had for the animals ofiFered, which 

 were mostly of a common and medium quality. There have 



been good receipts— fully equal to the sales. 



Private Sales. — 1 grey carriage horse at $175; 1 span mares; 



1 saddle horse $125; 1 do at |100; 1 small work horse |75; 6 

 mares at $500 the lot: 1 span draught horses at $275; 1 buggy 

 horse at $120; 1 work mare at $100; 1 brood do at $100; 1 work 

 horse at $110; 1 dray do at $72 50; 1 stallion at $400; 1 saddle 

 horse at $S5; 1 do at $75; 1 do mare at $75; 3 small horses at 

 $240 the lot; 1 pacer at $250; 1 mare at $85; 1 draught hojse 

 at $150; 1 span mules at $300, and 80 mules at $147 £0 per 

 head— $4,426 the lot. 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET— Feb. 22. 



Another full supply of beef, as will be seen, when we state 

 that 4,447 fresh cattle have been offered at all the city markets 

 during the past week. This is 1,107 more than were reported 

 last week, and 1,295 more than the corresponding week last 

 year, when the prevailing rates were about Ic ^ S) in advance 

 of the present market. Of course the present large supply 

 carried prices below the figures of last week, when 1,425 fewer 

 cattle were on sale at the principal market places. Of milch 

 cows the numbers have been rather larger, but the de- 

 mand is no better. There is a surplus on hand awaiting pur- 

 chasers. Veals are iu moderate supply with a fair demand 

 for those of good quality. Sheep are still scarce, although the 

 receipts show an increase over last week. They are worth 2oc 

 ®50c ^ head more than last Wednesday, and at these prices 

 the pens were emptied. Swine have come in as last week, 

 rather below the requirements of the market, thus keeping up 

 prices. Were it not for free arrivals of slaughtered hogs tliey 

 would rule even higher than quoted below. 



Of the 3,706 bullocks yarded at Forty-fourth street this week 

 so far as we could ascertain their origin from owners and sales- 

 men, and from the yard books, 807 head came from Ohio, 1,- 

 005 from New York, 417 from Indiana, 829 from Illinois, 135 

 from Pennsylvania, 82 from Canada, 116 from Michigan, 51 

 from Connecticut, 116 from Iowa, 173 from Missouri, and So 

 from New Jersey. 



EDITOR'S TABLE. 



MeETISO op the EXECUTPTE BoAItD OF THE STATE AGRI- 

 CULTURAL Society.— The Board met on the 21gt February, 

 mainly for the purpose of locating the next State Fair and 

 making up the premitun list. Peoria, Jacksonville, Bloom- 

 ington and Chicago were the competitors. Peoria was repre- 

 sented by Dr. Clapp, who in the course of the discussion with- 

 drew the claim. The Board held several secret sesdons over 

 it, and on the 24th, at noon, came to a final vote, which re- 

 sulted in eight votes for Jacksonville, tliree for Bloomington, 

 and three for Chicago. Some vigorous "dry nursing" had 

 been used to obtain this result, and the course pursued by 

 some of the members In declaring^their vote before band, and 

 before the applications were all in and heard, is not much to 

 their credit. We have t)efore taken occasion to enter our pro- 

 test against the ex -Presidents holding a position as voters In 

 the Board, as well as the Secretaries and Treasurers, mere ex- 

 cutive ofiBcers; and now, we think the great mass of the fanners 

 of the State will see the impropriety in the same light. 



September 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 141h and 15th, are the 

 days set for the fair. The premium list and other doings of 

 the Society will be discussed in our next. The list, as far as 

 we could learn, is to be on a very liberal scale. There can be 

 no doubt but the show will be a good one. The Superintend- 

 ent of the Great Western Railroad says he can move all the 

 freight and passengers forthe Pair.f He is one of the best 



railroad men in the State, and we have great confidence that 

 be will do all that he promises. Exiiibitors will have a choice 

 in the awards to take plate or cash, except in cases where 

 books and periodicals are offered. We are surprised that 

 volumes of the Transactions are not offered, this would be 

 the means of placing this valuable work in the hands of our 

 most enterprising farmers, which is not often the case at 

 present, as politicians and favorites now get most of them. 



The Corn Market — Is very much unsettled, and a wide 

 difference of opinion exists as to the quantity in the country. 

 There is about six hundred thousand bushels now in store, all 

 of which was shelled, in a partially uncured state, and will 

 need careful attention to prevent heating. The amount daily 

 thrown on the market is ample for the local demand her e until 

 navigation opens. The "bears" have the market all their own 

 way. Added to this, this last named class of dealers are re- 

 porting the crop immense, they have the dngle item of three 

 millions of bushels from the Illinois river alone for thi* 

 market. From the present demand we may set down that 

 along tne line or the Ureat Western Kallroad, the com crop 

 will go to Toledo, and south of that to points south. Thia 

 will leave only a part of the crop to go north. It is possible 

 that the Illinois river will send out three millions of bushels, 

 but not over one third of it will come to this city. Out of the 

 amount received yesterday only some six thousand bushels 

 came from the central part of the State, while most of it is 

 from Iowa and the Mississippi river counties. June, July 

 and August are the shipping months for corn, and with the 

 short crops and bare stocks around us, the fanners of the 

 great corn zone need have no anxiety about the result, as by 

 that time they will see plenty of buyers offering f^ prices. 

 To the corn crop, Illinois is largely indebted for her pros- 

 perity, and we would urge our farmers to look well to it.^ 

 Rural, to State Journal from. Chicago. 



Scarlet Fever. — In the country, where we have spent 

 several days, scarlet fever is quite common, and for the benefit 

 of anxious mothers we will say, that keeping the patient in a 

 warm room, poulticing the throat with slices of fat pork and 

 oiling the chest, is nearly all that it is required. This must be 

 continued until the symptoms are entirely abated, as a re- 

 lapse in this disease is often followed <Mth serious resolts. In 

 case of a relapse a physician should be called and tincture of 

 Belladona added to the above treatment. We saw numerous 

 cases thus treated by the mothers, all of which were doing 

 well. In this case you may throw physic to the dogs, but do 

 not give it to the child, but gruel and light toast in its stead. 

 This disease is one of the great scourges of both city and 

 country childhood, and it is no small relief to know that it can 

 be successfully treated by simple remedies at home. 



The Orchard. — Trees .that have not as yet tteen pruned, 

 should be looked after at once. • A preparation of gum shellac 

 or white lead in oil should be put upon all stumps of large 

 branches, but if care is taken when the trees are young the 

 cutting out of large limbs will not be required. The heads of 

 young orchard trees should be so cut out, that when the tre« 

 grows up, there will not be too many branches. Pruning 

 apple trees when the sap flows freely is very apt to discolor 

 the bark and give it a very unfavorable look. We would not 

 prune at such a time, but wait until the tree is nearly in 

 full leaf, when the sap has ceased flowing, the wound will Uien 

 readily heal over. 



TouNG Apple Trees. — We saw Mr. Stevens' young trees 

 lastlveek. They are, as he states, small but thrifty. Send for 

 a list of varieties, they will soon make fine trees. 



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