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1862. 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEB. 



345 



Apple Trees bt the Million. — In the adver- 

 tisement of 0. B. Galusha the typo made a slight 

 alteration in the copy, by substituting million for 

 thousand in connectiou with the price of trees. 

 Mr. G. ■will hardly sell them ateighty dollars the 

 million, and any person ordering that quantity 

 and remitting the amount will be disappointed. 

 We, therefore, have the types corrected lest some 

 of our tree planters order by the million, and 

 bring our friend to grief. " 



Cotton Cijltuee. — We have democstrated 

 that cotton can be successfury grown as far 

 north as 40 ® , and that in all the State south of 

 that point, it can be grown at a good profit, and 

 we hope to see thousands of acres grown next 

 season. In our next we shall have considerable 

 to say under this head. We would sooner risk 

 cotton than wheat on this farm. We have 

 learned much in regard to its culture, and have 

 more to learn. One illusion is dispelled ; it is 

 not so liable to damage by frost as supposed, 

 and can be planted two weeks earlier than our 

 planting this year, which was on the 13th of 

 May. Ten years hence and the pra'rie State 

 will lead all the other States in the value of her 

 products. Corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco, fiuits, 

 castor beans and hemp, shall go over her rail- 

 roads — the products of her soil. People may 

 talk of the high price of prairie lands, but at 

 present prices, they are the cheapest in the 

 world, and the immense tracts now owned by the 

 Illinois Central and Chicago and Alton Railroads, 

 will all find ready purchasers. Farming is again 

 becoming profitable, and so soon as the rebellion 

 is di-jposed of, the demand for lands will be large. 



B@°It is estimated that Illinois will produce 

 20,000 bales of cotton this year, and the crop is 

 now gathering. The State could grow 500,000 

 bales profitably. The sorghum crop in Illinois 

 is estimated to amount to §1,000,000 in value 

 the present year.— Ex. 



£^°According to a statistical article in the 

 Scientific American, the number of sewing ma- 

 chines annually manufactured in this country is 

 seventy thousand. Twelve or fourteen establish- 

 ments are engaged in the business. 



II[^"There is a beautiful mystery about in- 

 fancy and childhood. It is natural for us to 

 gaze upon a gentle child with feelings of love, 

 and something of reverence and wonder. 



«^» — . 



JB!^°Once on the track of disobedience, a child 

 cannot get off without the aid of a switch. 



jg^^The small-pox has made its appearance 

 at Cairo. Seventeen cases were reported by 

 Brigade Surgeon Wardner. 



J5@="Sinee the demand for lint became so great 

 many of the very best ladies of the nation have 

 got into a scrape. - 



B^^Remember, young ladies, that oranges are 

 not apt to be prized after being squeezed a few 

 times. 



CON T_E NTS: 



November 319 



A Chapter on the Potatoe, etc., 319 



Fair of the State Horticultural Society, etc 322 



Take Care of Your Harness 335 



Discussions at tha State Horticultaral Fair at 



Chicago, etc., etc 3.36 



Directions for Cider-Making 337 



The Great Northern Lakes 337 



Our Teeth 337 



Improvements in Housekeeping 337 



Small Pox 337 



The Battle of Autumn, (poeiry) 338 



The Time to Train Colts 338 



Rich Soil— Rather 338 



Editoes Table : 



Cow Milker 339 



Hand Engine 340 



American Pomological Society 340 



Cutting Back Trees 340 



Planting in Blocks — Each Variety 340 



Mexican Mustang Liniment 341 



Awards at the Reaper Trial 341 



Chestnuts 341 



Sheep and Wool 341 



A New Enemy to the Artichoke 241 



Catalogues Received, etc 342 



Oration of Gen. Walbridge 342 



Medical Examiner 342 



Gardener's Monthly 342 



Horticulturist , 342 



AVinter Meeting of the State Horticultural Society 343 



Fine Apples 344 



Illinois Cotton 344 



Grub in the Head of Sheep 344 



Cook's Nursery 344 



The Rural Annual 344 



Fruit in New York 344 



Apple Trees by the Million 345 



Cotton Culture 345 



AGRlCUiralir WAREHOUSE 



AND 



SEED STORE. 



Has one of the best selected stock of implements 

 and seeds to be found in the West. 



A. H. HOVEY, 

 Novtfl862 No. 73, Lake st., Chicago, 111. 



