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THE ILTJKOIS FAEMER. 



June 



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Threshing Machnes — The card of Messrs. 

 Wheeler, Melick & Co. will be found in our ad- 

 Tertising d pnrtment Among the manufactur- 

 ers of railway power threshing machines, 'hey 

 stand a head and ^ boulders above the crowd. 

 Being the original inventors of this cheap, dura- 

 ble and efficient power, they have abated no ef- 

 fort at im rovemeit either in mode or material. 

 This machine requires few hands and but a sin- 

 gle span of hor.-es to turn out several hundred 

 bushels of winnowed grain per day. The horse 

 power is convenient for wood-sawing, churning 

 and similar work. To those who wish, the edi- 

 tor of this paper will forward their orders with- 

 out charge or answer any enquiries in relation 

 to them. 



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Steam Plowing Postponed. — We have a letter 

 from Mr. R W. Edilison, agent of Fowler's steam 

 plow, dated Leeds, England, April 17th, in which 

 he says, in cont-equGnce of the disturbed state of 

 this country the trial of this plow will be post" 

 poned until a more favorable opportunity. This 

 is a wise move, aj^ the war swallows everything, 

 whether of interest or not, and but little atten- 

 tion would be given to it at the present time. 



SoKGHUM — Almost every farmer is planting 

 more or less sorghum, and in some cases large 

 lots of it are put in. We shall expect to see the 

 price run low in consequence of the supply and 

 competition with that from the south, for we are 

 now sure of having the Mississippi open before 

 the cu'ren' cr p is harvested. Cobs make an ex 

 cellent fuel u.r ttie evaporators, and farmers 

 shou'd earcrilly iio>ise every cob that is shelled. 



Twn-h'if. B i'uLTiVATORS. — Those who have 

 large fieMH o* corn to cultivate would do well to 

 use li e^e vain I hie impiements. Several puterns 

 are all < f flu-jii more or less valuable, v. e have 

 not set ii .ny (.}■ t^e new Turner Cultivators from 

 Jackiouviilf-. hut doubt not they are among the 

 best. The corn growers about Jacksonville are 

 among (h-' b- s» in the State and know what im- 

 plement is ih*' best to work the crop. 



PLANTiNo t^dR.N IN Rows. — We have planted 

 ©nr corn m r ws one way, following the plowing 

 almost tidily, planted shallow and rolled, and the 

 result is a mo ' f-i ftct Stand, with the ground in 

 most exct^l un Oilier, there are no lumps of earth 

 to roll on th • : i is in cultivating, and with the 

 two-hor?e oiiini *!i r corn ctilture will be an easy 

 and rapid wu< k. 



Officers of the Madison County AoiacuLTTj- 

 BAL SociB Y. — 

 President, Wm B. Hundley, Dorsey. 

 Vice President, Thos. J. Barnsbak, Edwarda- 

 ville. 



Recording Secretary, Ed. M. West, Edwarde- 

 ville. 



Corresponding Secretary, John A. Prickett, 

 Edwardsville. 

 Treasurer, Wm. J. Barnsback, Troy. 

 Directors, T. J. Barnhart, Edwardsville. 

 W. C. Flagg, Moro. 

 D. B. Gillham, Alton. 

 Wm. Hadley, Collinsville. 

 Wm. B. Hundley, Dorsey. 

 Jacob J. Kinder, Edwardsville. * 

 John Weaver, Omphghent. 

 Executive Board, J. J. Kinder, Edwardsville. 

 Geo. S. Rice, do 



W. C. Flagg, Moro. 



Red Cedar Seedlings. — We have received 

 of J. A. Carpenter, of South Pass, 5,000 of the 

 above. They are good plants and put up appa-" 

 rently in good order — the heavy rains thus far 

 have prevented us from setting them out. These 

 cedars are grown about the base of the sandstone 

 ranges within a few miles of the station. They 

 are furnished at such a cheap rate that our 

 farmers can afford to make a liberal use of them 

 for screens. 



Swiet Potatoes — These should cow be plant- 

 ed. Make the ridges large, as on this depends 

 the value of the crop ; set the pUms ►iny^y fif- 

 teen inches ap'^rt; if the weather is very dry, 

 water; do not plant if the ground is very wet 

 or weathi r rainy, as the plan's will not do so 

 well as when moderately moist, cloudy weather 

 is desirable at the time of p' anting. 



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Thi Garden — This is the month in which to 

 look after the weeds in the garden. Uo not al- 

 low yourself to neglect the garden this m^nth, or 

 jou W'll come short of vegetables. 



Price or Wool — We doubt if there will be 

 much, if any ohnnge in the price of this staple 

 for some time to come ; we certainly should not 

 hold it for an advance. 



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— If the doctor orders bark, has not the pa- 

 tient a perfect right to growl. 



