1861. 



THE ILimOIS FAEMEE. 



23 



Oregon, the publishers have secnred the editorial 

 services of M. L. Dunlap, well known to every 

 farmer in the State as "Rural." Mr. D. con 

 tributes a large share of the matter in the pres- 

 ent number. The change promises to be a de- 

 cided improvement. " Rural," as everybody 

 knows, is a real farmer and horticulturist him- 

 self, and is moreover a good writer and a wide- 

 awake man. The Fanner comes at only $1 per 

 year, and "Rural" will make it worth n^any 

 times that sum, or vre miss our calculation huge- 

 ly. — Bloomington Pantagraph. 



The Illinois Fasmer.^ — A few hours previous 

 to our leaving the Fair Grounds at Jacksonville, 

 we dtapt in at the ofBce of the Illinois Farmer, 

 we had noUced its editor, M. L. Dunlap, circula- 

 ting around generally, and making himself par- 

 ticularly useful. We admired the ability he 

 evinced in reconciling and deciding an intricate 

 question that had arisen between two prominent 

 ofBcers in relation to the classification and entry 

 of a sewing machine. We were more favorably 

 impressed with his familiarity with all pertain- 

 ing to Agriculture, and determined to know more 

 of him and his paper, we procured frtm Rural 

 the back numbers of the present volume of the 

 Illinois Farmer. On glancing over them we 

 were at no loss to account for his proficiency in 

 his favorite pursuits. The following extracts 

 from his inaugural will convince the most skepti- 

 cal that in this instance the rig'at man is in the 

 right place : 



"You will perceive that it is the hand of the 

 farmer, hardened by toil, that the brow is one 

 from which the sweat of toil has been wiped 

 from its sunbrowned surface, and that our mus- 

 cles have had free exercise with the varied em- 

 ployments of our callir.g. You will thus see 

 that no carpet knight of pen and sissors is to do 

 the honors of the fireside, and give you lessons 

 in farming, but one of your oion number — one 

 who is daily taking lessons in the cultivation of 

 the farm, the orchard and the garden. To sum 

 up, we must make it a farmer s paper ; for being 

 but a farmer ourself we cannot be expected to 

 make it anything else if we should try." 



We are confident that the '^Farmer" is net as 

 generally known, and has not the circulation 

 that its intrinsic merit entitles it to, in the north- 

 west corner of the State. While eastern agricul- 

 tural papers have a fair circulation, our own, 

 published amongst us, edited by men who have a 

 practical knowledgd of all that pertains to our 

 soil and climate, are in & great measure neglected. 

 This should not be the case, and while we would 

 not disparage the value of any agricultural paper, 

 for we are firm believers in the doctrine of the 

 diffusion of knowledge — ^till we prefer, and shall 

 advocate the use of the domestic -article. We 

 would advise those who wish information in all 

 that pertains to our farms, gardens and orchards, 

 to eximine the papers devoted to these subjects 

 published in Suckerdom. We would further 

 fcugge.-t that they send to Springfield for the 

 Illinois Farmer, an agricultural monthly, that, 

 under its present editorial management, has few 

 equals and no superior. — Galena Advertiser. 



" Rural " Intelligekce — From the last num- 

 ber of the lUinois Farmer, at the commencement 



of the fifth volume of that sterling agricultural 

 journal, .,,we notice that Hon. M. L. Dunlap. 

 known for several years to a very wide circle of 

 our own reaf^ers as " Rural," the author of the 

 excellent correspondence in our columns over 

 that signature. He has assumed the chair edi- 

 torial of the Farmer. His connection and man- 

 agement of its columns will be most valuable to 

 the proprietors of the paper, Messrs. Bailhacbe 

 & Btiker, and to their readers throughout the 

 country. Mr. Dunlap is deservedly i:rominent 

 among the agricultural writers of the Northwest, 

 if indeed another has done more than he to 

 bring about the union of skillful and intelli- 

 gent "book learning" with practical farming. 

 Rural is not afraid of books or the plow, and he 

 can make good use of either and both. We con- 

 gratulate the readers of the Illinois Farmer. — 

 Chicago Tribune. 



The Illinois Farmer. — Our farming friends 

 who wish to keep themselves po.=ted in scientific 

 agriculture, should subscribe for this excelltnt 

 paper. The Farmer is conducted by M. L. Dun- 

 lap, the well known "Rural" of the Chicago 

 Press and Tribune. One of the best farmers in 

 this county pronounces it an excellent work, -ind 

 thinks every farmer should have it. 0:ie dollar 

 per annum. Address Bailhache & Baker, Spring- 

 field, Illinois. — Effingham Pioneer. 



Agricultural Journals. — The January num- 

 ber of the Illinois Farmer — number one of vo'- 

 ume five — comes to us with the salutatory rf M. 

 L. Dunlap, Esq , as editor. He makes a bow in 

 a genial chat of two columns. Well known as 

 " Rural," there is no doubt that he will make a 

 valuab e farmer's paper. The i^arwer is published 

 by Bailhache & Baker, Springfield, Illinois, at 

 one dollar per year, and is well worth the money. 

 Alton Courier. 



Illinoi? Farmer. — This is a young candidate 

 for popular fnvor, but is rapidly rising in the 

 estimation of the farmers of Central Illinois, and 

 has already taken a position i i the front rank of 

 agricultural papers. It is fublished by Bailhache 

 & Baker, proprietors of the State Journal, Spring- 

 field, Ul. As its name indicates^ its special mis- 

 sion is to promote the interesra'of the farmers 

 of Illinois. It is edited by M. L. Dunlap, of 

 Champagne, who is we.l known as one of the 

 most successful farmers and horticulturists in 

 Illinois. The work is published monthly at one 

 dollar per year.< — Prairie State. 



The Illinois Farmer — A ge'iuine, live, agri- 

 cultural paper, it should be in the hands of every 

 farmer in the State, published monthly by Bail- 

 hache & Baker, Journal Office, Springfield, Illi- 

 nois. M. L. Dnnlap, Champagn, Illin-'is, editor. 

 Terms $1 per yjar. — Seminary Bell, Mount Car- 

 roll. 



Personal. — We had a call, on Saturday, from 

 M. L. Dunlap, of Cfempagne, editor of the III" 

 inois Farmer. Mr D., in addition, is extensively 

 engaged in the nursery business, and finJs time 

 to do a great deal of writing for mifcelltneous 

 journals, besides traveling somewhat extensively. 

 But we conclude he bears it well, judging from 

 his appearance. — Attica [Ind.) Ledger. 



