1861. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMEK. 



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Thu Bubal Annual anb Horticultural Di- 

 B.BCTORT FOE 1861. — The sixth annual volume of 

 the Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory is 

 on our table. To those not acquainted with the 

 previous numbers, we would siy, that the Rural 

 Annual is a handsome book of 120 pages, pub- 

 lished in Rochester, N. Y., at the office of the 

 Genesee Farmer, and designed to furnish a large 

 amonnt of valuable and interesting information 

 in a cheap and permanent fora. A new number 

 is prepared each year, containing entirely new 

 matter. Among the contents of the j resent num- 

 ber we notice treatises oa the Farmer's Kitchen 

 Garden Shade and Ornamental Treps, Manage- 

 ment of Windoiv Plants, Cultivation of Immortel- 

 lep or Everlasting Flowers, Ornamental Hetges, 

 Sulphur for Mildew on the Grape, designs for 

 Farm Houses, Cottages, Suburban Residences, 

 Barns, &c., Ornamental Water Fountains, Con- 

 structioH. of Gates, Calendar of Operations, Cul- 

 tivation of Pears, with many other artcles of in- 

 terest and practi'iai value to the Farmer, the 

 Fiuit Grower, and the Horticulturist. 



It is illustrated with 80 beautiful wood engra- 

 vings. 



The Rural Annual and Horticuttural Directory 

 for 1861, will be sent, prepaid by mail, on the re- 

 ceipt of 25 cents in postage stamps. Address 

 Joseph Hahris, publisher of the Genesee Farmer, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



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M.\PLE Sugar.— The prospect is now that the 

 amount of maple sugar made in this vicinity this 

 year will be much less than has been made in ei- 

 ther of \he two preceding yea^s. — Sanilac (Mich.) 

 Leader, March 16. 



The prospect of a favorable season for making 

 maple sugar looks dubious. Only a small amount 

 has been ma^e at this time, and the sugar season 

 is nearly clo-ed. — Hillsdale, (Mich.) Standard, 

 March 19. 



We are informed by the sugar^makers that so 

 far thi^ season the sugar weather has been un- 

 commonly poor, and everything indicates a poor 

 sugar season, a small amount having been brought 

 into market as yet. — Hastings, (Mich.) Pioneer, 

 March 16. 



When at Cobden early in March we saw quite 

 a large amount of maple sugar in the stores. The 

 sugar season had closed, and the yield had been 

 very good, but the average per tree is much less 

 than at the north. The price was about double 

 of that of good Museavado sugar. We were sur- 

 prised to learn that in this part of the State 

 the yield is better than in the center, or even 

 the north part of th« State. The maple in this 

 part of the State produces eo email a quantity 



that little attention is paid to it, while in the 

 heavy timber districts of Indiana, on the same 

 parallels, the yield is very fair. 



Office State Agricultural Society, "» 

 Springtield, March 9ch, 1860. / 



Mr. Editor : In reply to several inquiries, let 

 me say through your paper, that the law passed 

 by the late Legislature appropriating $100 per 

 annum to each county agricultural sosiety in the 

 State, merely revived the law of 1857 on this 

 subject, so far as the action to be taken by such 

 societes to obtain it is concerned. The siine 

 certificate of the County Clerk is required. The 

 appropriation wil continue yeir after year u^til 

 the same shall be repealed. 



Yours truly, 



John P Reynolds, 



Cor. Sec. State Ag. Society. 



We learn that no appropriation was made for 

 either the State Horticultural Society, the South- 

 ern Illinois Horticultural Society or the Mechan- 

 ics' Institute of Chicago. All of these are val- 

 uable inst tutiohs and should have received the 

 fostering care of the State. 



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SoMB Grain. — In the great warehouses of 

 Sturges, Buckin ham & Co., on the Illinois Cenx 

 tral depot grounds, says the Journal, there is at 

 present in store the amount of nearly a million 

 and a half bushels of grain. In warehouse "B" 

 there are 214,585 bushels of spring wheat, 

 567,534 bu«hals of corn, 21,156 bushels of bar- 

 ley, and 7,873 bushels of oats ; total, 801,148 

 bushels; or by weight, 22,682 tons. In ware 

 house "A" there are nearly 700,000 bushels of 

 grain, and the quantity will increase until the 

 amount in the other is reached, unless in a short 

 time owners commence putting it on board ves- 

 sels in the river. Thus much of the storage fa- 

 cilities of these two great granaries. Their 

 handling capacity is well attested by the fact that 

 last season fifteen vessels received their cargoes 

 in one day. Figures like these will do to be 

 placed alongside of the grain statistics of Chi- 

 cago. 



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DwiGHT A gbicultukal Society. — The Secre- 

 tary of the above Society writes us enclosing a 

 certificate of membership conferred by vote of the 

 Society. The officers are Jared B. Moss, Presi- 

 dent, S. T. K. Primm, Secretary, and Richard P, 

 Morgan, Jr., Treasurer. Livingston is among 

 the best agricultural counties of this State, an«l 

 we may expect to see good results from this so- 

 ciety. The population of this county number 

 among its members some of the best talent iti the 

 State. 



