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TPIE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



Jan, 



crop moves forwarrl during the winter and early 

 sprirg, the comparatively small stock now on 

 hand will be disposed of before the opening of 

 navigation— at least, all saleable kinds. As will 

 be seen below, the stock ia far less than that of 

 any previous year for the last five years. There 

 being a small stock of Lumber in the country, it 

 cannot be otherwise than that all of the present 

 stock will be wanted before the opening of navi. 

 gation to supply the trade. 



During the summer the stock of shingles and 

 lath became nearly exhausted, and consequently 

 prices advanced to such an extent that it siimu- 

 lafed the manuf^lcturer to such exertions to sup- 

 ply the deficiency, that the stock now on hand 

 falls littla short of what it was last year. 



Dealers generally bold their lumber, shingles 

 and lath, firm'y at our quotations. The trade is 

 as usual during the month of December, rather 

 quiet, but fair for the season. 



The stock of cedar posts now on hand is only 

 about half the amount, of last year, there being 

 only 50,914 against 101,016 last year, 



Statement showing the quantity of Lumbc, 

 Shingles and Lath, on hand at the close of the 

 season for five years, with amount received and 

 "3 old for four years. 



On hand at close of Season. 



Year. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858 



1859 



1860. 



Lumber. 



Shingles. 



128,400,000 

 173,474,000 

 128,450.000 

 118,157,000 

 94,166.000 



22,224,000 

 29.521,000 

 1,273,000 

 24,903,000 

 21,754,000 



Lath. 



20.948,000 

 27,385.000 

 10 245 000 

 13,479.000 

 10,336,000 



Received during the Season. 



Year. 



1856 

 1857... 

 1858 .. 

 1859... 

 I860--- 



Lumber. 



456,673,169 

 459,639,198 

 273,020,506 

 302 39 ',931 

 266,591,172 



Shi: gles. 



135,376,000 

 135.882.250 

 127,565,000 

 166,554,284 

 134,158,000 



Lath. 



79,235.000 

 80,130,000 

 44.559,000 

 49,518,000 

 30,509,000 



PBESENT QUOTATIONS. 



First Clear, dry $28 00@30 00 



Second Clear... 25 00Co)26 00 



Third Clear Boards 17 00Cm20 00 



Third Clear, 1|- and U inch 18 00@20 00 



Common Boards 12 00 



Stock Boards, as to quality 13 00@l5 00 



Fencing.. ....---- 12 00 



Short Studs and Joists 12 00 



Long Studs and Joists 13 00@16 00 



Clear Flooring 24 00 



Clear Flooring, dressed 26 00 



Common Flooring 15 00 



Common Flooring, dressed 16 00@17 00 



Clear Siding, dressed 14 00016 00 



Common Siding, dressed 12 00 



Square Timber, Long - 14 00018 00 



Square Timber, short 12 000,14 00 



Shingles, A 1, shaved ... 3 50 



Shingles, A 2, shaved , 2 50@ 3 00 



Shingles, A 1, sawed 3 50 



Shingles, A 2, sawed 2 00 @, 2 25 



Lath....- 2 50 ... 



Posts, conr-.mon and good 10 00@12 50 



HILLIARD & WOOD, Chicago. 



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■Correspondence Chicago Tribune. 



The Farm and Garden. 



Campaign, 111., Dec. 24, 1860. 



WHAT CROP SHALL WE SEED AFTER ? 



Considerable discussion has been liad as 

 to the best crop with which to seed down 

 to meadow and pasture. One of our city 

 farm-writers recommends oats as the best, 

 from the fact that the heavy foliage would 

 shade the young plants. Oats, as all farm- 

 ers well know, when the crop is good, has 

 such a large amount of leaves that the 

 ground is so completely shaded that nothing 

 can grow beneath it ; or if it survives, it is 

 with a sickly, feeble existence. For this 

 reason, we would never recommend oats as 

 a suitable crop with which to seed down. 



Winter Wheat is a much better crop 

 for this purpose, and when grass or clover 

 seed is sown on the light snows, it can be 

 done much better than when the ground is 

 bare, lor with the snow it is easily seen 

 whether or no every part of the ground is 

 covered — a very important point in the 

 seeding of grass lands. But winter wheat 

 is not always at hand in the north half of 

 our State, and we must then choose some 

 other crop. At the farmers' meetings held 

 in the evenings during the last State Fair, 

 several persons complained that their grass 

 seed had failed, and in some cases, after it 

 had come up it died out. In the South part 

 of the State, winter wheat is always, or 

 nearly always, the crop with which the 

 meadows are seeded. Now, we insist that 

 the grass will always be a good stand if the 

 seed be good, and that it be sown before the 

 first of March. If grass seed is over a* 

 year old, but little of it will grow, hence we 



