1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



817 



\ TO FARMERS. 



Ask your liardware men to send for tbe Steel Coni- 

 cal Husking Pins. At wholesale by the trade in Cbi- 

 ca"'o, ordelivered afc my office in the city at $5 per 

 ':'ross, by 0. SIIEIUVIX, General Agent, 



P. 0. Box 722, Chicago, 111. 



COTTOJs' LAIs^DS 



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The undersi^irncJ has 500 acres of the best cotton 

 lAnds in the £t;;ie, under a good state of culture and 

 well inclo."oii, Avhieh they propose to lease for a term 

 of years from one to live. 



CONDITIONS : 



The renter -.vili keep in good repair all fences, and 

 will pay as rent one-fifth the crop if of cotton, if corn 

 ten bushels per acre, if wheat one-third of the crop, 

 the renter finding seed and deliver the rent in ware- 

 house on the premises. 



STEWART & CO. 



Clear Creek Landing, Union Co., 111., Oct. 1362. 



A ^EW THING IN 



AGRICULTURE!! 



The undersigned has now perfected their 



HOTARY SPADER, 



and are able to announce that they can producie im- 

 plements for next spring? use— simple and durable — 

 that with two pair of horses and a driver, will pre- 

 pare grain and corn siubble for the seed in one-third 

 the time, and at one-half the cost of ploughing. The 

 width of' cut being equal to three furrows of the plow. 

 The notion upon the soil the same as by a fork in the 

 hands of a man, 



PULYEEIZING THOEOUGHLY' 



and leaving the surface level. Farmers that can 

 afford the instrument to secure such advantages, will 

 get full particulars by addressing us at Milwaukee, 

 Wis. Price will not exceed S3. 00. 

 Octf2m. COMSTOCK & GLIDDEN. 



D 



R. JOHN A. KENNICOTT. 

 THE aaoYE p. 0., COOK 00., in... 



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. . . - 



marSt 



PEOSPECTTJS FOB THE 



JOUEKAL OE THE 

 Illinois State Agricultural Society. 



The Executive Committee of the lllinoi- State Ag- 

 ricultural Society believe the time has arrived, when 

 the publication of a Journal of the Societ.v is impera- 

 tively demanded. Pursuant, therefore, to the duty 

 with which they are charged by the 5th section of the 

 Constitution of said Society, revised and adopted by 

 the meeting of delegates froiu County Agriealtnral 

 Societies, held on the Fair Grounds, at Jacksonville, 

 Sept., iSGO, they have made the necesFarj' arrange- 

 ments for the issue of such Journal, monthly, com- 

 mencing with January, ISfiS. 



Each number will contain at least 32 pages (octavo') 

 of reading matter, composed principally of such por- 

 tions of the Transactions of the Stat,e and County 

 Societies, and communications on the subjects of 



AGRICULTURE IX ALL ITS BRANCHES, 

 Mechanics and Natural History, as may reo^uire early 

 publication. 



All premiums offered and nwarda made hj the State 

 Society irill npjjcar in its colunnis. 



All pertons, and especially Sccretfiries and other 

 officers of County Societies, are respectfully requested 

 to communicate to the editor any matters of general 

 interest to the industrial classes, as may from time to 

 time arise in their respective localiiics. 



To place the Journal within the reach of all, the 

 subscription price has been fixed at 



FIFTY CENTS A YEAR, ! 

 Barel;j nvfficicnt to cover cost of publication, payable 

 invariably in adimnee. 



Back numbers for the current year will be furnish- 

 ed until the edition is exhausted. 



All subscriptions and communications may be for- 

 waided to the undersigned. Springfield, Ills. 



JOHN P. REYiSOLDS, ' 



Cor. Sec. and Editor Journal. 



i'-<a.iE^::B^a.isr3Es:si» 



STANDARD 



SCALES 



OF -ILL KIXIS. 



Also, AYarehouBe Trucks, Letter Presses, &,c. 



FAiRBSNKS, GREENLEAF g CO., 



172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, 



Sold in Springfield by 



E. B. PEASE. 



Be careful and buy only the genuiiie. Junel-ly 



THE YELLOW NANSEMOND^ 



TS THE ONLY VARIETY OF SWKET POT ATOE THAT 

 I has given entire satisfaction in the iicrtliwest: Our stock 

 of tlie aljove ia store for next spring is r.uusually large, and 

 of the best quality — propagated from tli'^ 



BEST LARGE POTATOES 



Selected from many hiindred bushels: .ind the completion 

 of our raiiri.'Hd to Bockville will enable us to fill andforwai-d 

 promptly ail Casli Orders with which we may be fnvored, at 

 the very low price of -h PER BARREL for c-istcrn funds 



Responsible Agents Wanted in every county, town, and 

 village, to sprout small lots on halves. Fanners can club 

 together and buy or sprout our potatoes in shares, aud thug 

 secure good plants for themselves free of cost. 



The Sweet Potato Gultupist, giving full directions for 

 Sprouting, Plantinu, Cultivating, and Keej-iuff, will be fur- 

 nished grutis to Agents and Customers ; and to others by 

 mail, post paid, f^r twenty-five sents in stamns. Aderess, 



J. w. m OK, 



