1861. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



315 



Rain. 



When, breathing balm o'er flock and fold, 

 Low winds bring sweetness from the Boutb, 



When ftii' the w nt^-r touched and old 

 October biteth in the mouth — 



I stand bfside my cottage door, 



And see above me ami before. 



Across the skies anrt o'e- the plain, 



The sbadows ol the rain. 



I watched them blow from hill to h'll, 



O'er lonely streams and windv downs, 

 From thrope to thrope, from vill to vill. 



And over solitary towns 

 Like str gjlersfrora the skirts of night. 

 Slow squadron by a wind of light, 

 Torn down to music as they roil, 

 Sobbing as with a soul. 



Across the skies and o'er the plain, 

 I'elon' the si'ence o' the spheres. 

 The hi' den Angel i f the Rain 



Is sighing with * B-nse of tears ; 

 And fisten ng • o f he voice it seems 

 Some f ncy muffled up in dreams, 

 'Some slia!)ele33 rhjughtour visions keep, 

 Moaning through shades of seep. 



I hear the voice and cannot doubt 



The w sdom rf the thought. I win — 

 That all ihe changeful world without 



Must type the changeful world within ; 

 Nor may th'^ poet fail to pain 

 One hint of kindred with the rain 

 Type of a life whose hopes and fears 

 Are rainbowed out from tears. 



For, standing now between the shower 



And sun, I glory to behold 

 The rninbow iea^e her cloudy bower, 



Transfigu-ed in a mist of gold ; 

 Her trembling train of clouds retreat. 

 The Karth yearns up to kiss her feet — 

 Phe wears the many hued and gay 

 Kobe of the unborn May. 



contents: 



October 289 



Illinois Lands — An Unofficial Look Among the 

 Farms and Nurseries 290 



On Guard 303 



Bloomington Nurseries — Liquid Glue — A ChiUVs 

 First Impression of a Star 304 



From Benjamin D. Walsh — War and Agriculture 305 



Oregon Crops — Durability of Mulberry for Fence 

 Posts 306 



Protecting Animals from Rain Storms — Linseed 

 Crop 307 



Remarks on Management; Transplanting and 

 After Culture of Trees — An Illinois Farm 308 



Fruits— Healthful EfiFects of h Tomato— Work 

 Bulls 309 



A Grain Binder — Poisonous Properties of Brine 

 —The Golden vs. The Osier Basket Willow... 310 



The Currency — -An Act for the Protection of 

 Growing Fruit 311 



Flax Cotton— Great Western Railroad— Trial 

 of Scales 312 



Salt and Its Offices— The Poor and the Coming 

 Winter 313 



Editors Table 3l4 



The Space Ocenpied with the Unofficial Look, 

 &c — Top Dress your Meadows — Peach Trees 

 —The Long AVoo'ls vs. The Short Fine Wools 

 — A mule with a Colt^ — Simeon Francis, &c — 

 Silver Leaf Maple Seedling — New Rochelle 

 Blackberry— Berry Trade— Rain 314 



Columbus; Nursery. 



BATGHAM, HANFORD & CO, 



Cfffer for sale an estcn ive call ction of 



APPLES, PEARS AND CHERRIES, 



Both dwarf and standard. Also, 



PLUMS, PEACHES, 



HARDY GRAPES including the ncw^ ones, 

 BLACKBERRIES, 

 RASPBERRIES. 



GOOSEBERRIES, 

 CURRANTS, 

 STRAWBERRIES, ETC., ETC., 



Of the most valuables rts, alltrus to name. 



Their ornam n'al deparfirent c nt o'ns th' bst Hardy Ev- 

 ergree- s. (irnamental Trees, Rvses, Shiubs acd floweri; g 

 plants. Orders directed to 



BATCHAM, HANTOED & CO-, COLTIMBTIS, OMo, 



Will meet with cartful aiid prompt attfntion, and the trres 

 and plants will be packed in the iiost sec re maimer, for 

 saf-- c nveyance to an* jait of tlu- United States 



De^criptive priced Ca'aojiues ; also wholesale Catalogues 

 f r Nurs rymen and Dealers -eut lo applicants enc esing 

 stamps to pre-jay postage. 



Bepl-3m BATC 1AM, HANFOKD <t CO. 



STANDARD 



SCALES 



OF ALL KIXES. 



FAIRBANKS & GREENLEAF, 



172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, 



And corner of MAIN and WALNUT streets, ST. LOUIS. 

 Scld in Springfield by 



Buy only the genuine. 



E. B. PEASE. 



apl-ly 



THE YELLOW NANSEMOND 



Is TIIW OSLY VARTKTY OF SWEKT POTATO W TBAT 

 has given entire satisfaction in the northwest; Our stock 

 of the above in store for next spring is iuiusually large, and 

 of the best quality — propagated from the 



BEST LARGE POTATOES 



Selected from many hundred bushels: and the completion 

 cf our raiirnad to Rockville will enable ns to fill and forward 

 promptly all Cask Orders with wtiich we may be favored, at 

 the very low price of ^h PER 15AKKEL for eastern funds 



Responsible Agents Waxtep in every county, town, and 

 village, to spront small lots on halves, larmers can club 

 together and buy or sprout our potatoes in shares, aud thus 

 secure good plants for themselves free of cost. 



The Sweet Pot.^to Cui.turist, giving Jull directions for 

 Sprouting. • lantinu, Cultivating, and Koejiiug. will be fur- 

 nished grutis to Agents and Customers : and to others by 

 mail, »oit paid, f r twenty-five cents in srnnins. Aderess, 



J. W. TENBROOK, 



