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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



Feb. 



continuous piece, and the quantity is acres, and 



no more. A. B., Surveyor. 



Sworn to before me, this — day of — .18 . 



Justice. 



County, ss. — C. D. being duly sworn, says 



tliat he raised a crop of the past season upon 



tbe land surveyed by A. B., and that the quantity of 



grain raised thereon was bushels, measured in 



a sealed half bushel, and that he was assisted in har- 

 vesting and measuring said crop by E. F., and that 

 the statement annexed, subscribed by this deponent, 

 as to the manner of cultivation, expenses, <fcc., is in 

 all respects true, to the best of his knowledge and be- 

 lief, and that the sample of grain exhibited is a fair 

 average sample of the whole crop. C. D. 



Sworn to before me, this — day of — , 18 . 



, Justice. 



County, ss. — E. F. being duly sworn, says 



that he assisted C. T>. in harvesting, getting out and 



measuring his crop of , referred to in the above 



athdavits, and that the quantity of grain was 



bushels, as stated in the affidavit of C. D. 



RF. 

 Sworn to before me, this — day of — , IS . 



, Justice. 



The State Fair. 



The next State Fair has been located in 

 Chicago. In this we are not disappointed ; 

 the main argument is the want of funds, the 

 Treasurer reported a deficit of 81,903, 

 against a surplus a year since of 81,296 — a 

 difference of $3,199, a matter of no small 

 importance, and more than equal to the 

 amount contributed by the State. 



Chicago is a good point for a great Fair ; 

 it is not only convenient; for our own State, 

 as all the railroads lead there^ and all of 

 them will thus feel equally interested. The 

 pressure of travel and the transportation of 

 goods and stock will be borne nearly 

 alike. Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin 

 will also contribute largely. Manufactur- 

 ers from a distance will be more apt 

 to attend, as they know a city like Chicago 

 can furnish the accommodation and assist- 

 ance. The truth is, that few of the interior 

 towns have the means at hand to make our 

 fair goers comfortable. It is this which, to 

 a great extent, has made the St. Louis Fair 

 such a success, as all those who attend find 

 no difl&culty in obtaining meals and lodging 

 at the usual price. Yet we would not have 

 the State fair located at Chicago permanently. 

 If it does not pay so well, it is a benefit to 

 the part of the State in which it is held ; it 

 gives agricultre a new impetus, as it brings 



out thousands who will travel ten to fifty 

 miles with their own teams and camp out, 

 who would not go by rail and pay their hotel 

 bills. This class of farmers must be reached ; 

 they are old fogies who have not waked up 

 to the progress around them, and they need 

 something unusual to arouse them. They 

 are generally men ol intelligence and good 

 farmers, but have vegetated so long that 

 they cannot appreciate that the world is 

 moving around them. 



A combination of the State Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society, with the Chica- 

 go Mechanics' Institute, will make a team 

 of no ordinary strength, that cannot fail to 

 draw. We shall be disappointed if, in the 

 value of the exhibition and the number of 

 visitors it does not excel that of the United 

 States Fair held in 1859. In its manage- 

 ment we will pledge our readers that they 

 will leave that great hulk of humbug far in 

 the shade. We learn that the premium list 

 will reach 820,000. Now, reader, how 

 much of this will fall to your share ? We 

 have lost over two hundred dollars in the 

 past five years by not competing for premi- 

 ums. We have excused ourself for want ot 

 time, being mainly engaged during the Fairs 

 in reporting its salient points. But what if 

 we do not take a premium for every article 

 that we exhibit, if we are fairly beaten we 

 should feel none the worse, but try ao;ain, it 

 is just this emulation that is of value, and 

 to be engaged in it personally is of the 

 greatest interest. If we exhibit, our neigh- 

 bors will do the same, and thus the show 

 will be more extended. We hope every 

 reader of the Farmer will take soraethinir 

 with him or her to add to the interest of the 

 exhibition ; let us arouse our State pride, if 

 nothing else. KecoUect that the premiums 

 are to be paid in cash — that you have a 

 chance to draw a fine prize out of this 

 twenty-five thousand dollar fund, and to 

 have your name written in the history of 

 this State institution, which will go down 

 to later generations. Will you not up and 

 at 'em ? Sow your spring wheat early, put 



