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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. 



JusrE 



look over the list and see if there is rot some- 

 thing that be can compete for. Farmers should 

 encourage their boys- to get up something to talie 

 to the Fair; it will do them good in various 

 way?, even if they do not win the first premium, 

 it will stimulate them in the future ; they are to 

 be the farmers of the next generation, and it is 

 time that they begin to fit themselves to fill with 

 credit the position that they will soon occupy. 

 Falhers are too apt to overlook this important 

 point, and treat their sons as though they were 

 always to be boys, and too late wake up to the 

 fact that they are men. 



We are pleastd with this list, as a whole, and 

 think it cannot fail to prove satisfactory. We 

 want to see a reform in Awarding Committees, 

 we dislike the present system, in toto, and shall 

 propose a remedy in cur next issue. 



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The Thrke Mill School Law. — Swindling un- 

 der the name of popular educatTon has had a 

 good time in our newly settled towns along lines 

 of railroad. A riew town springs xvp, a school 

 district is formed of the whole township, and a 

 tax levied on non residents and distant settlers. 

 In this towi.'ship the game was played with a 

 strong hand, the matter was taken to the courts 

 and thence to the legislature, where it has had a 

 final squelching out, and a few who have fought 

 It. 9 swindle through, now save their bacon. We 

 hate swindling, whether under the guise of free 

 schools, charity or religion, and we can see no 

 difference between robbing a corn crib five mUes 

 from the village, or collecting a school tax from 

 the same farmer that distance awny ; and yet 

 some of our very conscientious people have been 

 first and foremost in this small thieving ; collect- 

 ing in this case over twenty cents on the acre-— 

 a pretty free draw on the new settler just carv- 

 ing out a new home — but the end has come. 



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Turner's Cultivatok, or rather the Illinois 

 Cultivator, by Prof. J. B. Turner, Las been put 

 to the test, and gives us a high opifiion of its 

 practical value. We have worked our early cab- 

 bage to the most entire satisfaction ; also, apple 

 seedlings, corn, and young nursery rows. It is 

 a wide stride in the field of progress. It is the 

 king of cultivators. 



If any of the patentees or owners of other two 

 horse cultivators wish to show the working of 

 their implements we will go any reasonable dis- 

 tance to see them, if on or near some railroad. 



American Bee Journal, monthly, at $1 ; pub- 

 lished at the "Farmer and Gardener office," by 

 A. M. Spangler & Co., 25 North-sixth street, 

 Philadelphia. The second number of the first 

 volume is on our table. Will the publishers please 

 send its back numbers to date. The contents of 

 this number are interesting and valuable : The 

 Dzierzon Theory, No. 2 — Workers not Monsters 

 — Origin and Nature of Honey Dew — Size of Colo- 

 nies — Eggs of the Bee Moth — Early Spring Treat- 

 ment — Honey Districts — Analysis of the Royal 

 Jelly — Bee Culture in Greece — Swarming and 

 Hiving, e;c. — Brood a, Stimulant — The Drone Bee 

 — Peculiarities of the Royal Cell — Chemical Na- 

 ture of Honey, etc — The Italian Bee — Honey in 

 Cuba, etc. 



Every farmer in the State should keep bees, 

 while thousands of swarms would do well ia our 

 cities and villages where white clover is so abun- 

 dant. Have your hives sheltered by buildings, 

 nigh fences or trees. 



Prairie Breaking. — Three horses and a six- 

 teen inch plow will be found valuable in this work. 

 But few larger plows are now used for this pur- 

 pose. If the ground is not very dry two heavy 

 horses will do good work. Remember, to keep 

 your plow sharp, for if you do not you will need 

 to double your team. A good file properly ap~ 

 plied is the cheapest thing you can have. Look 

 well to this point. 



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FiELD Notes. — Col. Harris is making a most 

 excellent paper of this, and we shall do our 

 friends from Ohio a real service in calling their 

 attention to this fact. Address, Field Notes, Co- 

 lumbus, and enclose $2 for the year, or club with 

 the Farmer at $2 50, when you will have a pa- 

 per from your native and adopted State. 



Bees. — LangRtroth's "Practical Treatise on the 

 Hive and Honey Bee " should be in the hand of 

 every bee keeper in the land. It can be had at 

 any of the bookstores, ' or they will order it for 

 you ; its price, per mail, is $1 25. 



The Evening Clouds we see were made to-day 

 — made of such trifles as the breaths of singing 

 birds and singing flowers ; the melted jewelry of 

 the morning dews, the silver night dress of the 

 rivers and the voice of prayer. It is the heaped 

 up utterance of yesterday. Dim, blue and beau- 

 tiful, it is an enchanted mountain, though men 

 have named it a cloud. — JEx. 



