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THE ILLmOIS FARMER. 



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the rci'Q of nearly or quite one hundred and fifty 

 gallons per day, running one of Gate's Steam 

 Evaporators — night and day. Th°y have cords 

 of it yet to work up, while several lots have been 

 left stonding in the fisld without a prospect of 

 working up. 



Enlisted. — ''>Tr. Geo. P. Upton, the locil edi- 

 tor of this paper, obeying the Divine injunction, 

 Las tsken unto himself a wife. The ceremony 

 oocured last evening, and immediately thereafter 

 the happy couple departed for a trip east. For 

 y)articulars, see marriage notices. We welcome 

 him to the ranks of the regular army. — Chicago 

 Tribune. 



— Last spring we spent a couple of weeks 

 with George at Cairo and Island No. 10. George 

 was then an enthusiastic army correspondent,and 

 bent on going to New Orleans. But the " do- 

 nothing" policy was too much for him, and after 

 sweltering oa the decks of the gunboats as they 

 lay lazily dreaming of Vicksburg, and along the 

 lower waters of the river, he became disgusted 

 with naval matters and we are not surprised at 

 his taking up arms in the infantry. We hope 

 the little responsibilities that may fall to his lot, 

 will not mar his temper or interfere with his re- 

 ports of the doings in the great city. Let us 

 know when you get settled down to housekeep- 

 ing and we will send yoa something for the 

 kitchen. 



over a thousand orchards, or about four to each. 

 eighty acre tract, and the Willows would set a 

 belt of over five thousand miles, a pretty good 

 begining, to say the least. If every county had 

 a man of such large capacity, the State would 

 scon be filled with orcharJs and timber belts. 



The above will not sensibly diminish the stock 

 of Mr G., and customers can send in their or- 

 ders as usual, but he declines to fi'l orders of a 

 million at present. He writes us that the AVhite 

 Vv'illow Cuttings are goia^ off like hot cakes. 



American- Jcte — The author, 11. Howson, has 

 sent us a pamphlet on the culture of the Hibis- 

 cus Moschcaios or Fidas'?-us, called American 

 Jute. IMr. J. thinks it superior to the Indian 

 .Jute. 



It grows in swampy land. TTe shall want to 

 see more in regard to it before deciding on its 

 value for the prairie sloughs. 



CoMSTOCic's SrADixG jIachiki:. — This machine 



is now on trial by us Nov. 22 J, and proves to be 



a practicable implement. We shall give it farther 



trial and report the result in the nest number of 



i the Fakjier. 



For old land it cannot but prove desirable, as 

 it will spade three feet wide and eight inches 

 deep with three ordinary sized horses. The 

 work is fully equal to that done with a spade. 



Fkuit Trees by the Million. — In the card of 

 0. 13. Galusha, our readers will recollect that the 

 types printed "million," for "thousand" mak- 

 ing a slight difference. A dealer In trees not a 

 thousand miles from Douglass county, taking the 

 thino- in earnest, made an order on Galusha for 

 a million apple trees, proposing to pay on receipt 

 of the trees. Mr. G. can say that he has had 

 the largest order for trees from one dealer iu 

 the county. When it is recollected that this 

 dealer hails from the county that cast such an 

 enormous vote for the location of the county 

 seat, it is not to be wondered at that an order 

 for a million of apple tree^ was considered but 

 an everyday occurence at the nursery of our 

 friend Galusha. In addition to this he wants 

 five million cuttings of the White Wiliow. Pretty 

 good for Douglass County. 



Let us see how these things would look after 

 being set out. The apple trees would make ten 

 thousand orchards of a hundred each. This 

 county is composed, if we recollect right, of 

 nine townships. This would give each township 



White Willow. — Tbe demand for this Willow 

 is on the increase. Several million of them 

 have been already sold. As a million will set 

 one thousand and eighty-nine miles of fence, we 

 can have some idea of what eifect it will have on 

 the appearance of t'^e State within the next 

 th ee or four years. We have no doubt that 

 over four thousand miles will be set next spring. 

 To form a section into forty-acre lots, it will take 

 eight miles, including half of the outside fence, 

 requirieg about forty-two thousand cuttings, 

 which even at the present rates, is no large sum 

 to pay out for permanent fences on a farm of a 

 section. 



Sheep for Sangamon County. — Last week 

 Wm. McCoy, ten miles west of Springfield, 

 passed our sanctum with nineteen hundred sheep 

 purchased in Michigan. 



The sheep are of fine wool, and cost three dol- 

 lars and six cents a head on the average, to 

 which nearly fifty cents will be added for tha 



