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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEK. 



Jan. 



A Norwegian Home. 



The Louse in ■which these couctiy people re- 

 side are uot altogether unlike t!iO ;iuail log- 

 cabiiiS - of the early gotticrs on our -western 

 frcr:tier. I hiiVQ seen uiu'.y such en the loi'dcie 

 of Mi.-svuri and Kansas. r>uilt:ii ti.e mot 

 primitive style of piuc logs, they stand upmi 

 Btumps or ciilums of stone, "'leviitcd S'lnvj two ov 

 three feet from the ground, in crJtr to allow a 

 draft of air und-rneath, which in this humine 

 climate is considered necessary for health 

 They fcclJom consisi of more iIkmi two or tliiee 

 rooUiS, but: made up in number whr.t they luck- 

 in size. Thus a sir.gls faruiiiig es:i:b'.!shinciit 

 often comprises some ten or a dc/.en litiie cabins, 

 besides the large barn, xliich is the nucle'iH 

 around -which they all oeuti:)-; v/ith smaller ciibs 

 for pig-i, chickens, etc, and berc and th'.'ve a shod 

 for tlie cows and sheep, all huddle together 

 among the rocks or on some open hi'bside, with- 

 out the least apparent r^^gird to 'liri-ction or 

 architectual effect. Tl. j loofs are covered with 

 sod, upon -whioli it is not u'\coii.u<oii lo see 

 patches of oats, -wee.!:?, iuos=;. !:•■-,.; s or what- 

 ever co-'.ies most eonvcnier,t \u icvr.v roots HL.d 

 strength to ihis singular overtoppi;ig. The oli- 

 .ject, 1 suppose, is to prevent the ira::S!n":ssion ol 

 heat during the severe sea- n of v.i: tor. 



Appr.-'icbing t oaie oi ti:esa ii-iintois t r farm- 

 ing establish;nen!,s during the summer month-', 

 the traveller is frequently af a loss to uistihguish 

 their groi-n-soddcd rooiV from the ra'ural so-l 

 of the iJll-sides, so that or,e is liah e at any 

 time to plunge into the niidst of a.scttlonient be- 

 fore ho IS av/are of it.s esistonce. Jj^oi'iething of 

 a, damp, c^iTtbylook alor.t tr.cm, the -weedy or 

 grass-covered tops, the logs green and hios;- 

 grjwn, the dripping env ■-, the early northern 

 and cliiliing effect, av.d li".'. t'-.e n.ind v.it'-. visions 

 of long and dreary -^rin'rrs, ihcunjali.-:^.;?, colds^ 

 coughs and consuTiijit; :;-, to wh'ch i' is said 

 these poT;-le are subji-c:" r-'-.t;;! g so w Id and 

 prira'tive is to b? seen in any oih.r p:',rt of 

 Europe. A silence c!in- st death-like hangs over 

 these liulo hamlets durii;g a t;re:a part of the 

 day, when the iuhabitarts a^. e cut in thi; hills 

 atfcnding their flochs or cultivating small patch- 

 es of ground.' I pa-sed !;;:'.rjy gro'.i] 3 of c.ibius 

 Tvithout seeing the first sign of life, save now 

 and then a few chickens cr pigs lootiiig about, 

 the barn-yard. The cor.biaut impression was 

 that it was Sunday, cr at least a holiday, and 

 that the iiecple were eit!:cr at church or asleep. 

 For one -who seeks i-ctircjncnt from the busy 

 haunts of life, where he can indulge in uninter- 

 rupted relluction, I know of no country that can 

 equal Norway. There are places in the interi- 

 or -\\'here I am sure he would be astonished at 

 the sound of Lis OYfii voice. The deserts of Af- 

 rica can scarcely present a scene of sujh utter 

 insolation. — Harner for August. 



|^~Ercad has just been made from corn 1800 

 years old, found at Pompeii. jMorcover it is said 

 that a batch ef eighty-one loaves from a Pompei- 

 ian oven, oddily preserved from the heat of the 

 lava by a thick coating of ashes, has also been 

 d*BCOYered in the recent explorations of the ruins. 



The Illinois Farmer. 



2AIlIiACnS &: BAKEE lUBLISHESS 



M. L. DUXLAP EDITOR. 



-PniXGFIELD, DECEMBER, 18G2. 



Editor's Table. 



This is ib.o m.jnih of conpTir ifive i'Uenc-s t;> 

 the firmer. .V men':! of a '.hju^anl small cares, 

 but of little really hurd iabor,— but stoj), let us 

 see. Lveiy where, excpt in ti;e great corn zone, 

 that i^ tlie case ; bat kei-o the busy rushers are 

 aiiild, aip] the golden >.,.■. rs arc living through the 

 'rosty air to ii lodgment in the- liugo wagg.n bed 

 I'cady to be hnulcd to tlie crib; but this season 

 good progress has been made with the huskiug 

 before Deceiiibcr comes i.i with its frosty days. 



T!;e want i f help has ad.nionisiied .-11 t begiii 

 in good s"M:-..n and wl'U have most, of them at- 

 tcr-ded to tlic monition. 



Farmers have done liitie in the Z':aj of tree 

 planting, thoug'i stuic Gttom.pts have been made 

 in that dirrctio". Our orclmrd on the " L^y- 

 den" fpirm has been reinforced ivlth nearly 

 twenty-five hundred trees, so as to r^ake it a good 

 commercial orchard for that part of the State, 

 sixteen miles from the heart of the Garden City. 

 We had intended to set at least a thousand here, 

 but have not had time to set the first one, and 

 must be content to wait until spring. 



A large number of commercial orchards vrill 

 be set in the south, part of the State in the 

 spring, containing a largo percentage of the 

 peach and pear. Within the nest ten years, this 

 State, as a whole, will be better supplied with 

 fruit than any other of the -western States. 



SoEGiicM Making. — At Champaign, Messrs. 

 Finch & Co. Lave been making sorghum syrup at 



