1861. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMEK. 



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a model of the old English machines. We 

 would recommend that the several owners of 

 patents meet together, and out of the mass 

 of improvements select the most valuable 

 and hold a joint interest therein. The prin- 

 ciple of the mole drain is not patentable, as 

 it is old, but there are certain improvements 

 in the machines that doubtless are, and 

 which arc valuable. As there is no sub- 

 ject at this time in regard to the cul- 

 ture of the soil of more interest than 

 that of draining, we would solicit the views 

 of all. Because a person is the owner of a 

 mole draining patent we shall not restrict 

 him in consequence, but will be glad to hear 

 from all interested in the subiect. 



Sorghum. 



Ed. Farmer : ^Vill you please call the atten- 

 tion of the farmers of Illinois to tjie importance 

 of planting largely of Sorghum, or Chinese su- 

 gar cane ? I see nothing said upon this subject 

 in the public journals, and have not heard a far- 

 mer ?ptak of it this spring, consequently fear 

 that the Northern people are losing sight of one 

 of their greatest interests. I think it is highly 

 important that we should live as independent of 

 the South as possible. 



Yours, etc., 



P. C. MOSIEB. 



Ilomcr, Ills., Ma,j 18, 18G1. 



— Our correspondent is not well posted in re- 

 gard to the Sorghum. A large amount wa*! 

 grown last season, and doubie the amount has 

 been planted this, and the planting is still pro- 

 gressing ; mills and pans are being ordered, and 

 but few neighborhoods but that will have its Sor- 

 ghum mill, and thousands of barrels of the sirup 

 will of course be m'de. In planting, the seed 

 should be sotked in warm water, to swell, as the 

 husk of (he si'cd i" so hard that it will lie a long 

 time in the ground before it comes up, unless the 

 weather is warm and wet. Some sf ak t^ e seed 

 for twcDty-fcur hours, put it in a bng and bury 

 it in dry soil, or where the water will not stand 

 on it; in this way the seed will soon sprout, and 

 not being water- soaked the soil will not dry the 

 seed ; but it is much surer to come up well. Sor- 

 ghum does best on the tr.ulatto soils, or those of 

 light color. It should be planted and worked 

 like broom corn, in drills, the suckers taken oflP, 

 or when thus treated it will sucker but little, as 



the suckers do not come to maturity. Of pans, 

 we have formed a high opinion ot those made of 

 cast iron ; they are cheap and easily managed. 

 Of the manufacture we shall speak h-^reafter. 

 Sorghum has now become one < f the staples of 

 the country, and interested [arti s have nearly 

 ceased their efforts to f-ptculate turiiier with it. 

 Its culture and manufacture are simple, and had 

 it not been for some of our leari.ed quacks, with 

 their nostrums, it would bavf be^n tiioroughly 

 established years ago. But thanks to the com- 

 mon sense of the rural ptpuation tlcy have 

 solved the problem that science vainly endeavored 

 to grasp, or perhaps, more prt.periy speaking, 

 quack science, and such qii.Tcks as Mr. ^^ evy, of 

 Imphee farm. As the shadows of such men will 

 never grow less, we can stawd asi le and let them 

 shadow on, and darken their own pithway, not 

 ours Ed. 



Chicago Wild Cat Sliding >'ca!e. 



The representatives of the (liirerent railroad 

 and transportation companie:* whose lines 

 terminate in Chicago met i" cfmvention a few 

 day<! ago and adopted the follivrinjj resolution 

 and the accompanying slidinj; r'cde for Illinois 

 bank notes : 



Resolved, T' at f he notes of the Banks of the State of Illi- 

 nois shall be received by the Kaiiroa s an t arsportation 

 Companies repr sented in this meeting, upon the conditious 

 and rates recittd in the following re* uti n : 



LIST No. 1. PVR. 

 B'k of America, Chicago, Exchang ■ Pank, 



B'k of No them Illinois, Kane Odunty Hank, 



Chicago Bank, Marine Bank, 



LIST NO. 2. NINETY C'rNTS. 



M i can Ooun' y Bank, 

 Mechanics' Bank, 



Alton Bank, 



American Bank, 



B'k of America, Mt. Carmel, Meicliimts' Hank, 



Bank of Bloomingtoa 

 Bank of Indemnity, 

 Cumberland Co. Bank, 

 E I 1 inkham & Co's B'k, 

 Highland Bank, 



LIST NO. 3. 

 Bank of Brooklyn, 

 Bank of Commerce, 

 Bank of Illinois, 

 Bank of Jac-'son County, 

 Bank of Sparta, 

 Bond County Bank, 

 Columbian Bank, 

 Ci y Bank of Ottawa, 

 Fulton Bank, 

 Illinois River Bank, 



LIST No. i. 

 Bank of Galena, 

 Bank of Geneseo, 

 Bull Head Bank, 

 Central Bank, 

 Eagle Bank, 



LIST No. 5. 

 Agricultural Bank, 

 Alisana Bank, 

 Bank of Aledo. 

 Hank of Metropolis, 

 Bank of Elgin, 



LIST No. 6. 

 Bank of Benton, 

 Bank of Ashland, 

 BaDk of Nap' rville, 

 Douglas Bank, 

 G rdi-n State Bank, 

 Hampden Bank, 

 Humboldt Bank, 



Pittsfield Bank, 

 Reapers' Bank, 

 Union Bank, 

 Maha we B mk, 

 In'ernational Bank, 



EIGHTY CENTS. 



111. Sti'e Se-uiity Bank, 

 111 nois Central Bank, 

 Laki' ^iictli'.ran BaT;k, 

 Ohio Kiver Bank, 

 Fame B -iiV, 

 Patri< tx Bunk. 

 Stite e^t.ick Hank 

 U. S Stock Hank, 

 Wheat - 1 owers' Bank. 



SEVENTY OE'TS. 

 Era klin Bank, 

 Ka k^Kee Bank. 

 Ma-shall Co. Bank, 

 Tqj]1..ii D. k, 

 0!yiti;'!o Bank. 



SIXTY CENT=>. 

 Comii' rcial Bank, 

 Kaska^'kia Bank, 

 Western Bank of Illinois, 

 Warren Co. Bank. 



FIIfTY TENTS. 

 Jeisey C U' ty Bank, 

 Lanca-ter Bank. 

 Lafayette ank, 

 Narragin et Bank, 

 Plowiua.u's ank, 

 Rted's ^ ank. 

 Rock Island Bank. 



