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THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



Feb. 



at wliolesale, that is, by the package, and 

 not pay some lazy villager twenty-five per 

 cent over cost to put your sugar and cofiee 

 up in small paper packages. Suppose you 

 purchase a barrel of sugar and a dollar's 

 worth of brown paper, twenty-five cent's 

 worth of twine, and put your barrel of sugar 

 up in five pound packages, you will then 

 have some idea of this kind of economy. 



" Well," says one, " if I buy sugar by 

 the barrel, we shall use a great deal more." 

 Of course you will, and can afford to do so, 

 for you have no paper and twine to pay for, 

 nor the wages of a man to deal it out, be- 

 sides, it will be more healthful than to use 

 so much fat pork. We have proved it years 

 ago that we cannot afi"ord to keep an account 

 with the village store and yae village grocer. 



Of the hot-bed we shall give full direc- 

 tions in another place. 



February is not so much a month for hard 

 labor, as of busy preparation, for March is 

 not far in the offing of spring, when the 

 active duties of the new year will commence 

 and not be laid aside until the leaves shall 

 again whirl in the autumn eddies. 



List of Premiums 



Offered at the Hh'nois State Agricultural Society, 

 for 1861, on Field Crops, Book Keeping, Farms, 

 Nurseries, Orchards and Draining. 



John P. Retnolds 

 Cor. Secretary Ills. State Ag. Society. 

 January 21, 1861. 



FIELD CROPS. 



For the best field of wheat, fall or spring, not 

 less than 5 acres, the Manny prize of Manny's 



Combined Reaper and Mower $145 



[The field taking this will not be entitled to 

 any'cash premiums of the Society.] 

 Best crop of fall wheat, not less than 5 acres nor 



less than 45 bushels per acre 50 



Second best, the yield per acre not limited 15 



Third " " " . " 10 



Fourth « " " ', .... 



" The Wheat Plant" and Ag. Periodical. 

 Same premiums for spring wheat; the minimum 



yield for first prize to be 45 bnshels per acre. 

 Best crop of Indian corn, not less than 5 acres, 



nor less than 140 bushels per per acre 50 



Second best, yield per acre not limited 25 



Third " " « 15 



Fourth " " " 10 



(See statements required for this crop.) 

 Best crop fall barley, not less than 50 bushels 

 per acre , , 25 



Second best, yield not limited 15 



Third " " " 10 



Fourth " " " 



" The Wheat Plant" and Ag. Periodical. 

 Same premiums for spring barley, and same min- 

 imum yield for first prize. 

 Best crop rye, not less than 5 acres, nor less than 



25 bushels per acre 10 



Second best, yield per acre not limited 8 



Third " " " "" 5 



Fourth " " " " Transactions. 



Best crop oats not less than 5 acres, nor less than 



90 bushels per acre 25 



Second best, yield per acre not limited 10 



Best crop buckwheat, not less than 1 acre 10 



Second best " " " 5 



Third " •' " "The Wheat Plant." 

 Best crop white beans, not less than one half- 

 acre 10 



Second best crop white beans, not less than one 



half-acre i 5 



Best crop of potatoes, not kss than one half-acre. 10 

 Second best " " " " 5 

 Best crop sweet potatoes, not less than one-quar- 

 ter acre 10 



Second best crop sweet potatoes, not less than 



one-quarter acre 5 



Best crop onions, not less than one-quarter acre. 40 

 Second best " " " " 



Best acre of hemp 10 



Best acre of flax 10 



Best acre of broom corn 10 



Best acre of clover seed 10 



Best acre of timothy seed 10 



Best acre of blue grass seed 10 



Best acre of millet seed 10 



Best acre of flax seed 10 



Best acre of castor beans 10 



Best crop of carrots, not less than one-half acre.. 10 

 Best quarter acre of cotton, sample to be exhibi- 

 ted at the State Fair, 1861, and at the meeting 



January, 1862 25 



Best crop Swedish turnips, not less than one-half 



acre 10 



Best crop of English turnips, not less than one- 

 half acre 10 



Samples of each of the above must be exhibi- 

 ted at the Fair, and sent to the Agricultural So- 

 ciety's Rooms, for examination at the January 

 meeting, 1862. 



(See statements required.) 



Best 10 lbs. sugar, made from Chinese or African 

 sugarcane 25 



Best gallon of sirup made from Chinese or Afri- 

 can sugar cane, without the use of cleansing 



agents other than fire and the skimmer 15 



Competitors to fuinish careful and detailed 

 statement of mode of manufacture, machines and 

 implements used, and cost of production, verified 

 by affidavit, and samples to be sent to the Agri- 

 cultural Society's Rooms, for the January meet- 

 ing, 1862. 



Best gallon of sirup made from same in any 

 manner 15 



Best 20 bushels spring wheat, with statement of 

 of variety, habits, &c 



To be of the crop matured in 1861. The suc- 

 scessful competitor to donate the same to the So- 

 ciety, to be distributed under the direction of the 

 Executive Board. 



All applicants for premiums for field crops 

 must send in their statements, as required, pre- 

 vious to the first Monday in December, 1861, ad- 

 dressed to the Corresponding Secretary, Spring- 

 field, 111, 



