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THE ILLINOIS FARMEK. 



Aug, 



THE ILLINOIS FARMER: 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



IS PUBLISHED AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLS., 



BY BAILHACHE & BAKER, 



AND IS 



EDITED BY M. L. DUNLAP, 



(THE "rural" or THE CHIBAGO TRIBUNE.) 



TERMS IN ADVANCE. — $1 a year; two copies 1 50; five 

 ( opies $3; ten copies $6, and one to getter up of the club 

 twenty copies $10. 



It is not nocessaey that the club should all be at one office 

 — we s^cnd wherevei- the members of the club may reside. 



The postage on the Farmer is only three cents a j-ear in 

 he State of Illinois, and six cents out of it. 



Specimens numbtrs sent free on application. 



Subscription money may be sent at the risk of the pub- 

 lisher. 



Exchanges and communications for the eye of the Editor 

 should be addressed, Illinois Farmer, Champaign, Illinois' 



All business letters are to be direcied to the publishers, 

 Springfield. 



tf BAILHACHE & BAKEE. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



JS CONFIDENTLY OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, political 

 lud commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 (t Springfield, the Capital of the State, and is the medium 

 ,f all official notices, published by State authority. Partic- 

 ular attention ia given to commercial affairs and every 

 iiumber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 principal cities. 



TERMS : 



One copy one year ?2 09 



Three copies one year 5 00 



Six •' " 7 60 



Ten " " 12 00 



Twenty " " .20 00 



Payable always in advance. Persons sending clubs of ten 

 and upwards shall be entitled to an ejtra copy. 

 Address BAILHACHE & BAKER, 



Springfirld, Illinois. 



THE 



ILLINOIS FARMER 



TERMS OF ADVERTISING : 



1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. 

 One page, or two columns ^8 $20 §35 $50 



Half a jjaiie or one " 5 12 20 SO 



One fourth page or half column.. 3 7 12 IS 



One eighth or one fourth " .. 2 4 7 10 



One square of ten lines 1 2 4 7 



Card of five lines one year $7 00 



Ten cents a line for less than a square each insertion. 



All worthy objects advertised, and those of importance to 



the Farmer will receive, from time to time, such editorial 



notices as the Editor may consider them worthj' of, without 



additional charge. 



Implements and seeds to be tested should be sent direct 

 to the Editor, at his residence, Champaign. 



We have put the price of advertising within reach of all. 

 It will enable those who like to freely advertise their goods, 

 to do so at a cheap rate. 



Terms, cash. Yearly adverti4ers will paj semi-annually, 

 and all transient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAILHACHE & BAKIK, Publishers, 

 Springfield, Ills. 



PRINCE & CO.'S 



LINNiEAN BOTANIC GARDENS & NURSERIES, 



Flushing, Long Island, near Nevi' York. 



Priced Catalogues, which are sent to purchasers 

 of trees, and to applicants who inclose stamps. 



No. 1 — Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamen- 

 tal trees and shrubs, raspberries, currants and other 

 small fruits. No. 2 — Roses, carnations, chrysanthe- 

 mums, phlox, iris, double sweet williams and other 

 herbaceous flowering plants. No. 4 — Wholesale cat- 

 alogue for nurseries and dealers, comprising trees, 

 shrubs, roses, plants, bulbous flower roots, stocks for 

 engrafting, etc. No. 5 — Wholesale catalogue of veg- 

 etable, agricultural and flower seeds, and tree and 

 shrub seeds, etc. No. 6 — Descriptive catalogue of our 

 unrivaled collection of 160 select varieties of straw- 

 berries, with a "rejected list," and directions for cul- 

 ture. No. 8 — Wholesale list of native and foreign 

 grapes. No. 9 — Catalogue of bulbous flowers of every 

 class, together with tree and herbaceous paeonies, 

 dahlias, primroses, poleanthus, cowslips, auriculas, 

 daisies, iris and other rare flowering jilants. No. 10 

 — Wholesale catalogue of the same. No. 18 — Cata- 

 logue of greenhouse plants. No. 14 — Descriptive 

 catalogue of 400 native and 120 foreign varieties o 

 grapes. 



