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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



Feb. 



Best acre of Clover Seed, to Hugh Huis, St. 



Charles, yield per acre 5 bushels 10 



Best acre Castor Beans, to Hugh Easdale, Sparta, 



Randolph county ; 10 



2d best acre Buckwheat, to Hugh Huis, St.'Charles, 



yield 20 bushels per acre 5 



Best gallon Syrup made from African or Chinese 



sugtir cane, to Samul Murray, Murraysville, 



Morgan county 15 



Farms, Nurseries, Orchards, Groves and Draining. 



For the best infproved and highly cultivated farm, 

 not less than 500 acres — First premium to Lewis 



W. Owen, Rockford, Winnebago county 25 



Second premium to Josiah Williams, Geneva, Scott 



county „ li> 



Best ditto, not less than 160 acres — First premium 

 to W. P. West, Geneva, Kane county 15 



Best ditto, not less than 80 acres — First premium 

 to S. B. TurneV, Quincy, Adams county 25 



Second premium not awarded. 



Best improved and cultivated Farm, cot less than 

 40 acres — First premium to K. K. Jones, Quincy, 

 Adams county 25 



No second premium awarded. 



Best ditto, not less than 20 acres — First premium 

 to Chas. E. Peck, Winetka, Cook county 25 



Second premium to 0. Barnard, Bloomington, 

 McLean county 15 



Best transplanted Forest Trees, not less than six 

 feet high, for permanent growth, and covering 

 not less than one acre of ground — First premium 

 to John A. Kennicott, West Northfield, Cook 

 county 10 



Best arranged and cultivatei Nursery of Fruit 

 Trees and Fruit Shrubs — First premium to M. 

 L. Dunlap, Champaign county 20 



Second premium, Lewis Ellsworth k Co., DuPage 

 county 10 



Same of Grafted Apple Trees, one to four years 

 old — First premium to Lewis Ellsworth & Co... 20 



Second premium to M. L. Dunlap 10 



Same of Gralted Apples, one to three years old — 

 First premium to Overman & Mann, Blooming- 

 ton 20 



Second premium to Lewis Ellsworth k Co 10 



Same of one and two year old Grafted or Budded 

 Apple Trees — First premium to J. H. Stewart, 

 Quincy, Adams county 10 



Second premium to S. G. Minkler, Specie Grove, 

 Kendall county 5 



Best show of one year old Budded or Grafted Ap- 

 ple Trees — First premium to J. H. Stewart, 

 Quinoy 10 



Second premium to Charles Kennicott, Sandoval.. 5 



Best Apple Orchard in bearing, not less than 100 

 trees, etc. — First premium to S. G. Minkler, 

 Specie Grove, Kendall county 25 



Second premium to Clark Chatten, Quincy 15 



Same not less than 500 frees — First premium to 

 Clark Chatten, Quincy 25 



No second premium awarded. 



Best Peach Orchard, not less than 100 trees in 

 bearing — First premium to Clark Chatten, 

 Quincy 25 



No second premium awarded. 



Same not less than 500 trees — First premium to 

 Clark Chatten, Quincy 25 



Best experiment of underdraining during the year, 

 not less than 10 acres — First premium to H. M. 

 Kidder, of Evanston, Cook county 40 



No second premium awarded. 



Awarding Committee. — Chas. D. Bragdon Ebene- 



zer Seeley. 



Miscellaneous. 



CLASS D. 



Lot of Fat Hogs, by P. F. Fletcher, Auburn, San- 

 gamon county, 111 20 



CLASS F. 



Combined Plow, Cultivator and Corn Planter, by 



J. B. Turner, Jacksonville 20 



Machine for Cutting Corn, by John H. Harrison, 



Salisbury, Sangamon county, 111 Recommended. 



Apple Parer by Levi Hungerford, Cordova, Rock 



Island county Recommended. 



Hand Corn Sheller by A.Adams k Co., Sandwich, 



DeKalb county Highly recommended. 



Portable Cider Mill by L. H. Case, Pekin, Taze- 

 well county Commended. 



Combined Corn Sheller, Cider Mill and iixture,by 

 James Townsend, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Commended as a good Comljined Machine. 

 Mormon Beater Hay Press, by L. C. Field, Yates- 



burg. 111 Recommended. 



Grain Binder, by W. W. Burson, Yates City, Knox 



county. Ill Recommended. 



Granular Fuel Machine, by J. J. Wilson, Newark, 



Kendall county, III High commendation. 



Double Seamer for Tinner's use, by E. D. Way, 



Kewanee, Henry county. Ill Commended. 



Cook's Portable Sugar Evaporator, by Blymer, 

 Bates it Co., Mansfield, Ohio. 



The Executive Committee, from personal ob- 

 servation, highly commended this Evaporator. 

 Ayer's Patent Water Elevator and Wind Mill, by 



L. Morton, Hartford, Conn Commended. 



Display of Portable Drop Lever, Warehouse, 

 Union, Grocer's Scales, Post Office Balances 

 and Six Ton Hay Scales, by T. S. Dickerson, 



Brandon, Vt High commendation. 



Wire and Picket Fence, by J. B. Reyman, Stock- 

 ton, Winonacounty, Minn Commended. 



Clark's Improved Vice, by D. 0. Daniels, Mount 



Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa...Highh' commended. 

 White's Patent Money Drawer, by J. L. Beath, 



McLean oounty, 111 Highly commended. 



Edmond's Automatic Turning Lathe and Tenon- " 

 ing Machine, by B. F. Baker, Lincoln, Logan 



county, 111 Commended. 



Machine for Measuring Grain from a Threshing 

 Machine, by Edward Little, Amboy, Lee 



county Commended. 



Sausage Cutter, by E. Bradbury, Jacksonville. 



Commended. 

 Combined Wire and Picket Fence, by James D. 



Kelly, Pittsburg. Pa Commended. 



Machine for Straightening and Curving Iron, by 



Daniel B. Bolton, Springfield, 111 Commended. 



Fly and Mosquito Catcher, by A. G. Garfield, 



Chicago, 111 Commended. 



Sewing Needle and Worsted Needle Threader, by 



David Venton, Chicago Commended. 



Smut Mill and Separator, by J. A. Woodward, 



Oquawka Commended. 



Lever Jacks, by R Kauifman, Sterling, White- 

 side county. 111 Commended. 



Sugar Mill and Evaporator, by R. M. Hedges, 



Chicago Commended. 



Stump Extractor, by J. H. Withey, Winchester, 



* Scott county Commended. 



Apparatus for Stuffing Horse Collars, by William 

 S. Ilabberton, Mt. Carmel, Wabash county. 111. 



Commended. 

 Excavator and Grading Machine, by G. S. Man- 

 ning, Springfield, 111; Commended. 



Cider Mill, N. W. Sternes, Leavenworth, Kansas. 



Commended. 

 System of Cutting Garments, by Mrs. A. M. 

 Richie Highly commended. 



