1861. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMEE. 



169 



[Tom the Country Gentleman and Cultivator.] 

 Grafting Peach Tkbeb. — Your reply to your 

 correspondent, R. K., of Nashville, Ills., though 

 doubtless correct in regard to your climate, may 

 lead him into an error. Grafting the peach suc- 

 ceeds admirably here, scarcely more than five 

 per cent., under favorable circumstances, failing 

 to " take." We make u*e of the splice-grafting 

 mode, having the stock and scion of about the 

 same size, and plant out in nursery rows a* once, 

 leaving two buds of the Siion above the surface 

 of the ground, and one below. The operation 

 is peiformed during the winter or very early in 

 the spring. Make a smooth cut, see that the 

 bark of the stock and that of the scion perfectly 

 coincide (on one side, at least) and tie firmly 

 ■with bass matting. If the grafts cannot be 

 planted at once, they must be healed in, or buri- 

 ed in moist sand in a ce-lar. Whether this mode 

 ■will succed in Illinois, or not, I connot say ; but 

 it ■would be well for R K. to try it next year. 

 "We comtnei:ce budding here in June. 



Vinely, {near Midway) S. C. X>. H. 3. 



Tying Grapes — The best and cheapest mate- 

 rial to tie grapevines to stakes or trellises, is 

 basket willow ; and small tough willow twig will 

 do. Every vineyard should have its willow 

 patch ; it is then always handy, can be used at 

 any time, makes a strong ligature, which, when 

 dry, can only be loosened by cutting with a 

 knife. It costs little or nothing, merely the set- 

 ting out of tl e willow ; is better than twine, bass 

 matting, or any other substance, and the labor is 

 performed in less tim", f-,r when a vine is once 

 seized with the willow it cannot slip out of one's 

 reach, es is the Case with other materials used 

 for tying, which often causes much annoyance. 

 Some persons are prejudiced against willow ties, 

 sayitjg that no one but a German can use them. 

 As tins is contrary to the commonly received 

 opinion, that "a Yankee can do anythiijg it he 

 tries," I recommend to grape growers who have 

 not tried it to do so. My of inion is that in fu- 

 ture they will use nothing else. 



Morlonville, JSf. Y. \i. a. w. 



Fruit Trees in the Vicinity of Babn-Yards. 

 — It would be well, says the Saratoga Farmer^ if 

 farmers would surround their barn-yards and pig 

 pens with fruit trees. Such trees bear abundant- 

 ly, and lieavv cro[is of plums can otlen be ob- 

 tained in such places, as the stung fruit is ^ure 

 to be picked up and devoured as soon as it falls, 

 thus preventing the increase of the curculio. 

 Apples, pears, cherries, and all other fruits, do 

 well for the same reason, and they are also pro- 

 vided with a plentiful supply of liquid manure 

 from the drainage of the barn-yard. 



The VVheat Crops. — The wheat crop was never 

 more flattering in this section than at present. 

 The warm an'i frequent rains this spring caused 

 it to grow luxuriantly. Many large fields are 

 now waving with an abundant crop of this valu- 

 able grain, and if the rust or some other cause 

 does not b'ast the crop, we will surely have wheat 

 in abundance in Southern Illinois. — Greenville 

 Advocate. 



Garget in Cows. — The cure is, a tablespoonful 

 of saltpetre, given once a day. Three or tour 

 doses have always efi'tcted a care. — Journal of 

 Agriculture. 



Lampas lit Colts. — Wash the mouth with a 

 weak solution of alum, and the lampas never will 

 trouble colts. — Ibid. 



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Off for Illinois ! 



M. L. SuUivant, our fellow townsman, so well 

 known an I respected as one of the most enter- 

 prising citizens of Ohio, has just been in the of- 

 fice of Field Notes and given us the parting hand ! 

 and that crossing of palms brought the mist into 

 the eyes of two rough old men who seldom in- 

 dulge in sen'imentalities — thai is — the stalwart 

 o'd farm king of the Scioto and the unpolished 

 editor of Field Notes, who has shared his friend- 

 ship ever since our residence at the capital. For 

 the last five or six years Mr. Sulli\ant has been 

 opening lands in Illinois, and dividing his time 

 between that and his estates in this region, where 

 his family have still remained. But now he 

 thinks the time has come for him to transplant 

 his homestead, from the Scioto to the prairies, 

 and Ohio loses a citizen which she can ill afi^orn 

 to spare, as well as a family whic'i has occupied 

 a large place in the afi^ections and esteem of our 

 people. No wonder it is hard to say good bye, 

 in such a case. 



Lucas SuUivant, the father of the several fam- 

 ilies bearing his name, cme to this place from 

 Kentucky, in 1797, as a surveyor, locating land 

 warrants in the Virginia Military District, west 

 of the Scioto. The o d towu of Frrnklinton, op- 

 posite this city, was laid cut in August, 1707, 

 wh're Mr. S. settled with his newly wedded wife 

 in 1801. This region was then in the county of 

 Ross, with the county seat and ter»^itorial capi- 

 tal at Chiliicothe, nearly sixty miles to the south 

 of us. The present city of Columbus was not 

 laid out until 1812. M L. Suliivant, the eldest 

 son of the family, was born at the old homestead 

 in Franklinton, whi^^h place he has occupied ever 

 since ; the other brothers having long since taken 

 up their abodes on this side of the Sciota, in 

 Colambus. An active life of nearly sixty years 

 has not quenched the light of his noble eye or 

 chilled the pulses of his great and generous 

 heart. May the sunset of his life be as peaceful 

 as the glorious autumnal days of his prairie 

 Lome — Good-bye ! — Field Notes. 



Mr. Suliivant is one of the largest owners 

 of -wild laud in our State. In this county 

 (Champaign) he has over twenty thousand 

 acres in a body, Several thousand acres of 

 this he has been putting under culture 

 during the past half dozen years. His son, 

 J. M. Suliivant, having charge of the im- 

 provements. With pleasure we welcome Mr. 

 S. to our State, for, though to some extent a 

 speculator in our wild lands, yet he has done 



