1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEE. 



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of wiom have kindly given us the amount which 

 has passed through their hands. The amount^ 

 given above is somewhat short of the actual re- 

 ports, as several declined to give any figures, 

 and a considerable amount was sold ob the 

 ■wharves by thfc owners, of, which we have been 

 unable to get any account. 



We have made no estimate of the amount of 

 sales in dollars and cents, but probably it would 

 exceed half a million of dollars, and the great 

 bulk of the fruit has been consumed in this city. 

 The interior towns had a supply of their own 

 raising until into October. During the Winter, 

 the demand for fruit from the interior was very 

 limited on account of rains and floods which pre- 

 vented almost entirely the transportation of any 

 kind of goods to the inland towns. 

 Respectfully yours, 



Knapp, Bubrell & Co. 



310 Washington St., San Francisco. 

 — Oregon Farmer. , -. 



— Two dollars and a half a pound for apples, 

 is certainly a good beginning, and no wonder 

 that it stimulated fruit growing in Oregon ; but 

 even two and a half cents a pound, had ought 

 to pay. Two cents, or a dollar a bushel, is sat- 

 isfactory in our best markets at retail. 



From what our old and esteemed friend, S. 

 Francis writes us from that far off country, Or- 

 egon, is the paradise of the apple and small 

 fruits. Ed. 



Peas, beans, etc., promise well. The 

 prospects in Europe are not promising. 



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The Crops. — The American Agriculturist con- 

 denses the accounts of 1,500 reporters from 24 

 States concerning the growing crops from which 

 we make a brief condensation : 



In Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, fears are 

 entertained of a falling off from ten to twenty 

 per cent, in the corn crop ; but in Ohio, Indiana, 

 Minnesota, Pennsylvania and the New England 

 States, above the average breadth was planted. 



In New York and New Jersey, corn looks 

 poorly. 



Wheat, in the Middle and Western States, is 

 fine and well secured. 



In Ohio it is estimated at 56 per cent, better 

 than common ; in Indiana, 44 per cent,; in Illi- 

 nois, 30 per cent. 



Spring wheat will average a email average 

 yield in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, where 

 little winter wheat is grown. The estimate is 15 

 percent, below the average. The great breadth 

 sown, it is said, will make up the aggregate 

 equal to last year. 



Rye is reported up to an average. 



Oats are affected by the rust. 



The forage crops of the West, are reported as 

 remarkably good. In Pennsylvania 20 per cent, 

 above the average ; in New York, below the 

 average ; so in New England. 



Barley is represented better than usual. 



Flax is remarkably good, it being 12 per cent, 

 better than usual. 



Tobacco is backward but promising. 



The Country Child. 



With mingle trembling and delight, ' ■ 



And slowly falling feet, 

 A little country maiden, now, 



Is passing down the street; 

 A country child — I know it by 

 Her timid air, her wand'ring eye. 



The warm sunlight has kissed her brow, 

 And tinged her cheek with brown; 



The odor of the violets 



Comes with her to the town, 



We almost guess the woodland place 



Where she has dwelt, jQrom her sweet face! 



We almost read her inner thoughts. 

 Through her large wistful eyes. 



How bright to her the city seems, 

 How much like Paradise, 



As Nature's child, with bounding heart. 



Looks for the first glad time on Art. 



The merchant in his storehouse door 



Smiles as she passes by. 

 The laborer pauses in his work, 



To watch her with a sigh. 

 Where'er she wakens dreams 

 Of shady nooks and rippling streams. 



She seems to bring the country here — 

 Its birds, its flowers, its dew' 



And slowly, as amid the throhg, 

 She passes from our view. 



We watch her, sadly, as we might 



Some pleasant landscape fade from sight. 



Ah well! we would not keep her here, 

 These dusty streets to roam — 



So fair a flower should open with 



The daisy buds at home ; 

 .'Mid primrose stars, as sweet and wild. 



As she will be — dear, woodland child! 



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Good, Wholesome Small Beek. — Take two 

 ounces of hops, and boil them three or four 

 hours, in three or four pailfuls of water; and 

 then scald two quarts of molasses in the liquor, 

 and turn it off into a clean half-barrel, boiling 

 hot; them fill it up with cold water; before it is 

 quite fuU, put in your yeast to work it; the next 

 day you will have agreeable, wholesome small 

 beer. 



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SiMPLS Rkmedt to ptjeift Watee. — Pulverized 

 alum possesses the property of purifying Water. 

 A lange spoonful stirred into a hogshead of 

 water will so purify it. that in a few hours it will 

 be as fresh and clear as spring water. Four 

 gallons may be purified by a tea-spoonful. 



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Mbaspek Cake. — Take one tea-cup of batter 

 and stir it to a cream, two teacups of sngar, 

 then stir in four eggs that have been beaten to a 

 froth, a grated nutmeg, anfl a pint of flour; stir 

 it is ready to bake. It is good daked in cupa or 

 pans. 



