1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEE. 



91 



American Pomological Society. — By a letter 

 from President Wilder, we learn that the next 

 meeting of this Society is to be held in Boston, 

 commencing the I7th of September next. Am- 

 ple preparations will be made to make their 

 western friends comfertable, and a warm invita- 

 tion is extended. 



C. R. Overman, of Bloomington, is Vice-Pres- 

 ident for this State, and M, L. Dunlap Chairman 

 of the Fruit Committee, who is directed to fill 

 up the committee at an early day. It is to be 

 hoped that a full report will be made from this 

 State. The subject is pretty well set forth in 

 another part of the Farmee. 



Time to Prune. — Custom often overrules judg- 

 ment, and we have so long been accustomed to 

 take from the practice of our fathers the rule to 

 prune trees in February or early in March, that 

 it is difficult to change, even when a knowledge 

 of the error of our course is perfectly apparent. 

 There is no better time to prune than that month 

 in which the tree is making the most wood. The 

 sooner a wound heals the better, and a tree that 

 is growing, all know will heal a wound quicker 

 than one iu a comparatively dormant state. The 

 sap, as it rises from the root, is in a crude state, 

 but after it has been elaborated by the leaf it 

 commences its downward current, and forms new 

 wood, or the granulations that assist to heal a 

 wound. It is evident, then, that when the tree 

 has the most of leaves, and in a condition to elab- 

 orate the greatest quantity of proper sap, that 

 then is the best time for pruning. This period 

 varies in seasons, from the middle of July to the 

 middle of August. — Field Notes. 



— All men need truth as they need water ; if 

 wise men are as high ground where the springs 

 rise, ordinary men are the lower grouuds which 

 their waters nourish. 



— What is the most extensive " forward 

 movement" yet reported? 



An advance of one Foote up the Tennessee 

 River. 



— Joy is aWays a giant surprise; success 

 is a disappointment among the appointed fail- 

 ures. 



— The difference between a carriage wheel 

 and a carriage horse is, that one goes best when 

 it is tired, and the other don't. 



— A Chicago paper having said that the se- 

 cessionists were in league with hell, Prentice 

 suggests that they are within a league of it. 



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— Foreign Exchange — Would it not be well 

 to offer our Bright for her Bright ? Ours is too 

 bad for us; hers is too good for her. 



— Ties of choice are closer than ties of blood, 

 unless the hearts are kindred as well as the 

 bodies. 



— Eat little to-day, and you will have a bet- 

 ter appetite for to-morrow — more to eat to-mor- 

 row and more to-morrow for eating. 



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— Wise's favorite Latin quotation when re- 

 ferring to himself. 



Sie Passim. It is to be feared our troops 

 did pass him on their way to Elizabeth City. 



contents: 



March 65 



Why do We Feed our Cattle Salt? 63 



American Pomological Society — Revision of the 



Society's Catalogue of Fruils 67 



Low Heads the Best Winter Protection for Trees... 68 



Sorghum and Imphee , 68 



Weights and Measures of Various Farm Products 



and Other things in Variou* Countries 69 



St. Louis Horticultural Society 71 



Changing Seeds 72 



Fruit Lands in Egypt 73 



Saltpeter Caves — What has become of them ? — 

 The Palma Christa, or Castor Bean — The His- 

 tory of its Culture in this State — Suggestions in 



Relation to its Value 73 



Corn Culture— Drills vs. Hills 76 



More about Illinois CofTee., 78 



Improrement of Vegetables 79 



The Missouri State Horticultural Society 79 



The Poach Crop in Central Illinois 80 



Sorghum 80 



The State Sorghum Convention 81 



Experiments on Acclimation 83 



Good on Newspaper Scribblers..... 84 



Pruning Trees 85 



Fork vs. Spade, etc 86 



Osier or Basket Willow 86 



To the Boys 8« 



Strawberry Culture and Wine Making 87 



Hog Ch.lera '. 87 



Journal of the Illinois State Agricultural Society. 87 



Iowa Homestead 87 



Gardeners' Monthly 87 



Editor's Table : 



Garden Seeds — Cotton Seed 88 



Cotton Seed by Mail — Cotton in Douglas County 

 — Legal Adviser — Catalogues Received — The 

 Game Law of Illinois — Postage on Seeds by 



Mail— The Gray or Powder Willow 89 



A Fallacy Exploded — The Horticulturist — Illinois 



Central Railroad — From W^isconsin 90 



American Pomological Society, etc 91 



Time to Prune 91 



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R. JOHN A. KENNICOTT, 



THE GROVE P. 0., OOOK CO., ILTi., 

 Will retail, at only 25 per cent, above cost of produc- 

 tion, Nursery Trees, Shrubbery, Flowering Plants, 

 Small Fruits, Large Evergreens, etc., of 600 sorts — 

 warranted good, true, and like to live. Price list and 

 infoemation, by mail, free. 

 mar3t 



