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1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FARMEE. 



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Personal. — H. D. Emery, the junior editor 

 and proprietor of that old pioneer of the West- 

 ern Agricultural Press, the Pkairib Farmer, 

 made us a flying visit a few days since. He was 

 making a tour of observation through the State, 

 and rubbing the rust from his pen which had ac- 

 cumulated through the influence of the damp 

 air of the office during the long winter months. 

 The country air was having a good effect while 

 the Egyptian sun had given him a slight tan and 

 a keener relish for work when he returns to the 

 sanctum. By the way, the roads leading out of 

 Chicago would benefit themselves and add 

 to the amount of farm products that they 

 would have for freight, if they would be a little 

 more liberal to the Agricultural Press. What- 

 ever tends to develop the resources of the coun- 

 try adds to the value of the roads. General Su- 

 perintendents, be a little more liberal and you 

 will feel all the better and your receipts none 

 the worse for it. In these times when the Agri- 

 cultural Press must struggle for its existence, 

 lend it your kindly support; you can not afford 

 to give it the cold shoulder ; your own self-re- 

 spect, to say nothing of interest, should induce 

 you to foster this interest. 



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Illinois Staats Zeitung, a German weekly, 

 published in Chicago, comes regularly to our ta- 

 ble. Farmers who have German hands at work 

 for them cannot invest a couple of dollars to bet- 

 ter advantage than to subscribe for this journal 

 It would prevent the men from becoming discon- 

 tented, and days usually spent at the grocery or 

 lounged away would be devoted to reading. If 

 some of our farmers would take a little of this 

 hint and subscribe for two or three good journals 

 they would be well repaid, their own family as 

 well as the hired help might receive some ben- 

 efit. How cheerless a fireside is without a sin- 

 gle paper to enliven the dearth of news or inter- 

 est the family. One of our men recently said to 

 us that at the last place where he worked, "only 

 one paper was taken, and that used to kindle the 

 fire as soon as the master read it. When it was 

 stormy, or not much to be done, the master would 

 go to town, two and a half miles, to get the news, 

 but he was too mean to buy a paper, so he asked 

 what was new or read the daily on some mer- 

 chant's counter." If that man's sons want to go 

 to town to learn a trade or become clerks in some 

 store we shall not blame them. 



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Hot.— Friday, the twenty- seventh of June, 

 was decidedly a hot day, the thermometer inai- 

 cated ninety-six in the shade. 



SiRAvrBKBRiES, &c. — Our friend 0. B. Galusha, 

 in a private letter, says, "Strawberries are just 

 past their prime. Wilson's Albany has borne 

 beyond all precedent, Extra Red almost np to it; 

 one can pick three quarts of it as easily as two 

 of Wilson's ; though not quite so large berries it 

 be&rs in clusters. We can get only eight cents 

 per pound now ; have commenced making wine 

 in preference to selling at that price. 



'•We have bushels of the Houghton and Pale 

 Red gooseberries, but don't know what to do 

 with them. I regard the goosberry as the best 

 berry we have for bottling," 



We have the Wilson's Albany and have fruited 

 it to our satisfaction. It is undoubtedly the 

 most profitable market berry, but rather coarse 

 when compared with McAvoy's Superior or Early 

 Scarlet. The Extra Red we have fruited for 

 the first time, and are highly pleased with it. 



The Houghton gooseberry is the best for our 

 soil and climate ; does not mildew, and bears 

 prodigious crops of berries. We have sold our 

 crop green for two dollars per bushel, while the 

 common wild berry only brought fifty cents. — 

 They are excellent canned or preserved. When 

 fully ripe they are equal to cherries for desert. 



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May Cherry. — In a letter from F. K. Phinx, 

 of June 21, he says the "Early Richmond Cher- 

 ry is very fine, and identical with the Early 

 May of Edwards of Cincinnati, the Early Rich- 

 mond of J. J. Thomas, and the Maxfield Bros., 

 of Geneva." There can be no question in our 

 mind that the Kentish of Downing is identical 

 with the May Cherry, and Early Richmond of 

 Cincinnati, and the Early May cf Virginia, and 

 May of Kentucky. At the same time, we must 

 conclude that a spurious sort has been sent out 

 under the name of Early Richmond, from the 

 eastern nurseries, and in many cases the Early 

 May of Downing and EJiott have been palmed 

 off for this variety. 



Our object now is to separate the genuine 

 from the spurious, and therefore caution our 

 readers to be careful of whom they purchase, — 

 look out for the peddlers. 



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Webber, Williams & Y/ le. — The card of this 

 old and reliable house will be found in our adver- 

 tising department. We take pleasure in com-< 

 mending them to our readers, their stock is im- 

 mense and prices low. They will be found near 

 the Illinois Central Depot. 



