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THE ILLINOIS FAKMEFt. 



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B. 



little ; so that, where strong glass cm be em- 

 ployed, glass fifteea inches wide can be ust'd. 

 We havf ^ome made this way, costing; only eighty- 

 seven cevits e>ch, completely glazed. The con- 

 stant jaring of saii-h, however, finds mit tU' weak 

 ]>laces in the glass, and it is as well to have a 

 few sashes adapte I for six-irch glass, in order 

 to use the pieces that occasionally offer from the 

 larger sash. The frame should be about, 2} feet 

 high at back, and 1 in the" front — steeper at the 

 bick, if anyt!;ing. 



To m-ike a hot bf !, lon^ stable mmnre shoull 

 be empl yd. and if it on be turu"d a cnupie of 

 times, before heit;iig violently ei^ch time, before 

 permant'utly u-^ins. the more resular wiU be the 

 heat in the bed, and the longer will it last. 



A souiiieas'ern aspect is be~t for a hot-bed, 

 and it should- be well sheltered from winds on the 

 cold qu .rter. 



If the ground is uvy, the soil may be dug out 

 about a foot in depiii. tut for very early foiciiig 

 it is be-t to have the whole above ground, as 

 wli'.n suiik, the cold rains or thawins: snow col- 

 lec's in ihe pit and cool-; the materinls. 



The foundation for the hot-bed should be about 

 eighteen inches wider than the frame to be set 

 on it when finished, and the manure regularly 

 laid OD till ahnut the ln;:ht of three feet has been 

 obtained, when the frame ninj- be set on. It ia 

 not we'll to tramp tiie manure too hsavily, or the 

 heat will I e tjo violent. Sometimes the manure 

 is very "strawy," in wnich case it s'lould be 

 watered with dr-iinatie from the manure heap, or 

 tlie heat will be "a good time coming," when it 

 with coiiip -ct or hofivy soil ; the more friable the 



-S. £'lii:(irds, Lake RiJijc, Tompkins 



soil will be. 

 Co.,X. Y. 



Remarks. — A\e think the better practice is to 

 use the cobs for fuel ; keep them in a dry place, 

 and thev make not only good kindling and fuel, 

 and for the summer are very valuable. We find 

 them good to start our greenhouse fire, heating 

 up in a short time. It cannot be possible that 

 an article cont-.ining so much woody fibre is of 

 any value as food, especially when gruuud in 

 what is called farm cob mills. 



We have one of those in which we have ground 

 several hu-idred bushels of corn in tliC cob, but 

 it has stood idle for some time past, from the 

 fact that we prefer the corn on the cob to corn 

 and cob meal. 



We have seen no farm mill as yet that we think 

 will pay on a farm when near a good mill. — Ed. 

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Spkcial Notice. — For terms see prospectus on 

 last page. All exchanges and cornuiuuicaticns 

 for the eye of the editor thould be directed to 

 Illinois Farmer, Champaign, 111. Electrotypes 

 and business matters and Hubscriptions to the 

 publishers, Springfield, 111. Implements and 

 models for examination should be sent to the edi- 

 tor. The editor will, so far as it can be done, 

 personally test and examiue allnew machines and 



improvements submitted to his inspection. He 

 will be four-'d st home, on his farm, nearly all of 

 the time. So faj- as it is possible the conductors 

 on the I. C. R. R. will let off passedgers at his 

 place, which is directly on the road, three and a 

 half miles south of the Urbana station, now the 

 city of Champaign. feb-tf 



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The Season and Business. 



On the whole we can say that the month of 

 January has been favorable both for the crops 

 and business of the country. In the north part 

 of the State an almost uninterrupted run of fine 

 sleighing has enabled farmers to get out fencing, 

 building material, fire wood, and do no small 

 amount of marketing, while grass land, winter 

 wheat and fruit trees have betn protected from 

 the coM. In the center the ground has been bare 

 of snow niiist of the time and the weather has 

 been favorable for husking and mrirVcting of com, 

 large quantities of which has been shipped south 

 via the I. C. R. R., which Las been employed to 

 its utmost capacity. At the south the winter has 

 been open, but few days that persons to work out 

 of doors needed their coats. T.he winter wheat 

 has been somewhat exp^^sed, but looks well thus 

 far. Before our next issue we intend to pass 

 over the I. C. R. R- to Cairo, and if time will 

 permit, over the C. & M. R. R. :o Cincinnati 

 for the purpose of inspecting the crop prospect 

 along these great arteries of western commerce. 



NANSEfflOND SWEET POTATOES, 



GROWN SOUTH FOR SEED, 



ATS2 .0DPERBU3H.-S5,03PBRBBL„ 



And larger quantities on still hetier terms for Cash. 



Kxix'riciice 1 Swcut totati)" Culturists imitc in tlie opinion 

 thiit seed (.Nanseiiioiid • shuulJ be obtuiiAil so far t-outh as t») 

 insure jjruper iiuiturit}-. 



The fu iuwing iire reasons wliy I expect my large stock tn 

 be ill Jeniiind : 



1st. 1 liiie luul many years' experience Kast and West hi 

 the ' otatiie business. 



'2iid. The facilities for keeping in my new mammoth Po- 

 tatoe House surpasses any in tlie United States. 



.3d. Tlie nuiiierous railroads centering iiere, enable me to 

 sliip in any direction. 



il\\. T e soil, climate, and length of .seasons are great'y 

 in mv favor. 



5th. My prices are reasonable. 



ffjj'' Any ([uantity of Sweet Potatoo Tlants, packed i 

 moss, wiUbe sold cheap in their season. Address, 



W. A. ALLEN, 



March 1st, ISCl. [It] Vinceunes, Ind. 



BROOM CORN SEED.— I HAVE TWO 

 hundred bushels of broom corn seed, of superior quality, 

 for sale. The crop of brush commanded the highest market 

 price last seas n, most of it ?S0 per ton in Chicago. The 

 best of reference as to its quality can be given. 



Address, L- POWELL, 



feb 20-2m* Champaign, 111. 



