THE ILLIlSrOIS F^HMEH. 



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the best span of trotters was taken by 

 John Cook, Springfield , second best, 



($10) by Fanning, of Morgan 



county. The first premium for single 

 pacers, was awarded to a horse owned 



by Slayton, of "Williamsville, 



Sangamon county ; second premium to 

 Wm. Jenkins, Springfield. 



THE STEA3I FLOW. 



Immediately after the conclusion of 

 the racing, Fawkes' steam plow was in- 

 troduced, a portion of the fence having 

 been cut down for The purpose. The 

 monster, which is a sort of cross betAVeen 

 a locomotive and a saw-mill, went steam- 

 ing slowly around the ring, greeted at 

 every point by the cheers of the immense 

 multitude- 



STOCK FOR ST. LOUIS. 



Some of the exhibitors intend taking 

 their stock to the St. Louis Fair : among 

 them we may mention Col. A. Capron, 

 who has 28 head of fine Devons, and D. 

 Bent, of Iowa City, Iowa, who has here 

 a fine lot of cattle, hogs, sheep and 

 poultry. 



This has been a proud day for the 

 great industrial army of our State. The 

 success of our State Fair has always 

 been in proportion to the success of the 

 season's products. 



The morning trains brought a large 

 addition of implements, machines, fruits 

 and fancy goods, and now the several 

 buildings are well filled, and almost in 

 complete order, and^ to-morrow will put 

 on the finish. 



TEXTILE FABRICS. 



The Textile Fabric department pre- 

 sents a fine appearance, and the large 

 building used for this purpose is now 

 nearly full — there being over 400 en- 

 tries up to this time. The display of 

 needle, shell and wax work surpasses 

 any thing at our State Fair before, the 

 entries in this lot alone being about 300. 



SEAVING MACHINES. 



The entire north side of this spacious 

 building is used for the exhibition of 

 Sewing Machines, and the following 

 well known machines are represented : 

 Wheeler & Wilson's, Young's, Wilson's 

 new patent, Finkle & Lyon, Grover & 

 Baker and Singer's ; in all over twenty 

 machines. Another wrinkle has been 

 taken from the brow of the sewing girl 

 by these almost life-like machines. 



NATURAL HISTORY HALL 



Has been croAvded to repletion all day. 

 The building, large as it is, is found too 

 small for the large and unexpected col- 

 lections made by the devotees to science. 

 C. D. Wilbur is one of those .ucn that 

 never tire in a good cause. We hope 

 no one will pass by this very interest- 

 ing part of the exhibition. It should 

 be the first point to visit. 



FARM PRODUCTS 



Are coming in beyond expectation. 



THE AMrniTHEATRE. 



The excitement in the amphitheatre 

 has been at the highest point through- 

 out the day, and over 5,000 persons 

 were admitted to the seats. 



RECEIJ'TS OF THE FAIR. 



$2,500 was taken at the gate to- 

 day. Making in all over $4,000. 



THE STEAM PLOW. 



Fawkes' steam plow continues to draw 

 crowds. Mr. Greenwood, of Cincin- 

 nati,"the maker, is on the ground, and 

 a trial will be for the $1000 on Thurs- 

 day. 



THE BIG TENT. 



The ofiicers were too busy to get up 

 the big tent to-day, but promise to- 

 morrow. 



PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY. 

 The next three days will be the great 

 days of the Fair. To-morrow, A. M., 

 thorough-bred cattle will be exhibited, 

 and in the P. M. thorough-bred horses. 



■ ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



But a great feature of the day, to a 

 large number, will be the election of 

 ofiicers at 2 p. M. The canvass is gain- 

 ins interest as the time of final action 



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draws nigh. To-night the several par- 

 ties are in caucus. Buckmaster, Dun- 

 lap, of Morgan, Dnnlap, of Peoria, Van 

 Epps, and Dr. Kile, are in the field for 

 President, but it is probable that ar- 

 rangements Avill be made to double 

 teams, and thus, until the wire-workers 

 make up the programme, we outsiders 

 are in blissful ignorance. Reynolds 

 will walk over the track for Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, but we may look for a 

 little contest between and Cook and 

 Galusha, for Recording Secretary. » 

 Over twenty acres of camping ground 

 is covered with tents and teanrs, and the 

 arrivals are still adding to the numbers. 

 The number of Editors is thus far re- 

 markably limited, but they are all work- 

 ers.' 



NUMBER OF ENTRIES. 



To-morrow the entries close. Those 

 of cattle now foot up 283; of horses 

 nearly 700 ; of sheep 227. In the other 

 departments, the clerk has been too busy 

 to make up the amount. 



FOOD AND LODGINGS FOR ALL. 



Watson's great dining saloon con- 

 tinues to maintain its high reputation 

 for good fare. The Deaf _and Dumb 

 Asylum is becoming of importance as a 

 lodging place, thanks to its efiicient and 

 attentive Principal. 



LOWER EGYPT HEARD FROM. 



Mr. Carpenter, from Union county, 

 has a full car load of sundries, to repre- 

 sent the product of the hill-sides of po- 

 monlal Egypt. Carpenter and his ex- 

 tensive collection will be the centre of 

 attraction tomorrow. 



COUNTERFEITERS AND PICKPOCKETS. 



Three persons were arrested for pass- 

 ing counterfeit money. Pickpockets are 



around. One of them was compelled 



to disgorge a portmonie containing $24. 



To-morrow will be a great day, as the 



weather is of the most promising order. 



EVENING SESSION. 

 The subject of drainage was first 

 taken up. No new light was thrown 

 upon it, as few of the speakers knew 

 anything further than a vague theory in 

 relation to it. The truth is, aside from 

 the use of the mole drainers our farmers 

 know little of draining or its benefits. 

 Several persons spoke highly of the 

 mole drainers, especially ou stifif clay. 

 On the whole, the discussion was rather 

 rambling, and after a short hour the 

 meeting took up the subject of . ... 



PLOWS AND PLOWmG. 



The amphitheatre was not well lighted 

 up for taking notes, and we, of course, 

 cannot be expected to attempt a very 

 extended report. Mr. Pollock, of Mor- 

 gan county, was in the practice of trench 

 plowing for every crop. Stubble land 

 was trench plowed for corn and after 

 the corn is cut up in the fall, it is again 

 trench plowed and sown to winter wheat. 

 The stubble can be turned under and 

 soAvn to winter wheat. This is followed 

 Avith corn, but at every succeeding 

 ploAving the trench plow is used. 



Mr. McGraw, of Knox county, advo- 

 cated the old Diamond plow, or what is 

 knoAvn as the Cary Patent. He insisted 

 that it more completely pulverized the 

 soil, than any of the later style of clip- 

 pers. There is force in this suggestion, 

 and by reference to our best plows, it 

 will be seen that to a certain extent, 

 this point has been adhered to. He Avas 

 a great advocate of " rooling and gave 

 several statements in favor of its value 

 in one case of ten acres of wheat hav- 

 ing been sown and simply rolled, and 

 the product was ten bushels per acre 

 more than that sown and harroAved. 



Another gentleman would plow deep, 

 sow early and cover deep with a shovel 

 plow, in this way he had guarded against 

 the Hessian Fly. Mr. Carpenter, of 

 Union county, related several instances 

 of the renovation of worn-out lands in 

 Egypt, simply by deep plowing. Mr. 

 Overman spoke of a slice plow cutting 

 three or four inches wide and sixteen 

 to twenty inches deep, he thought it 

 might work well as a deep tiller and pul- 

 verizer, and would call attention to it. 

 Mr. Murdtfelt followed in remarks in 

 regard to the same plant and was favora- 

 bly impressed with it. 



On the whole, the meeting was an in- 

 teresting one, and we only regret that 

 we have not time to do it justice. 



: ■ :CCLTIVA1ING CORN, r >. :> .' 



To-day another trial was had with the 

 Illinois Cultivator of Prof. J. B. Tur- 

 ner. When the Cultivator teeth scour 

 the Avork is most perfect, but otherAvise, 



