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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEK. 



Dec. 



cost of feed and expenses in driving. This flock 

 ■will make a respectable addition to the already 

 large and numerous flocks in tl;at rich agricul- 

 tural county. When they reached this place they 

 had been thirty-eight dajs on the road, -which 

 •will give some idea of the slow movement of a 

 large drove of sheep, a speed only equalled by 

 that of some of our Generals ■when after the 

 enemy. 



Gaenet Chili Potatoes. — We have something 

 over a hundred bushels of the above potatoe, 

 ■which -we 'will sell for seed at one dollar a bushel, 

 delivered at the Station free of charge. Sacks 

 to be returned or paid for. Also, a f3w bushels 

 of the Purple Meshannock at the same price. 



The above are two very valuable varieties, the 

 first as among the most productive of table pota- 

 toes, and the other as t'::e best in quality of old, 

 for spring and summer use. 



Cost of Coal. — Coal has taken a most won- 

 derful un^ward tendency of late, much to the dis- 

 satisfaction of consumers. At the Saint Johns 

 mines, the price has ■went up a dollar a ton or 

 ten dollars on the car load of ten tons, making it 

 now twenty -seven and a half dollars the carload. 

 Add to this t^wenty-one dollars and twenty cents 

 freight, and you have snme idea of the cost of 

 fuel for the green-house and other fire.-. A year 

 ago coal cost us at the door, three dollars and 

 sixty-t^wo cents a ton, no^w five dollars and eighty- 

 seven cents — a diCerence of one dollar and 

 twenty-five cents a ton. 



Closing of the Year. — The third volume of 

 the Illinois Farmer since we assumed its con- 

 duct, is now before our readers. That these 

 three volumes contain many errors of omission 

 we very well know, but from the time at our 

 command that could be devoted to its pages, we 

 are content to know that these omissions have 

 been unavoidable and beyond cur control. To 

 do justice to the paper the whole of our time 

 should be given to it, but on the contrary at the 

 best, we can bat take short snatches of time for 

 its advancement. 



A distance of near ninety miles lies between 

 US and the publishing house, which will account 

 for many delays, as well as typographical errors 

 that were overlooked by the proof reader. 



In the conduct of the Farmer it has been our 

 aim to make the work practical and useful. In 



this respect we leave it for our readers to decide. 

 We have no high ambition than to advance the 

 well being of the cultivators of the soil, and to 

 them we appeal to sustain the publishers in con- 

 tinuing the paper heie in the great heart of the 

 State, Our task is now done for the year 1862, 

 and we part with our readers, hoping to not oaly 

 take them all by the hand, but many more when 

 the new year shall ring its chime out on the 

 frosty air of January, and we again set out on 

 our voyage of the twelve periods that mark our 

 visits to the homes of our readers. 



CON T_E NTS: 



December 351 



The Horse in the Stable 362 



The May Cherry, etc., etc 353 



Fruit Trees 354 



Turnips for Milch Cows 354 



Draining Lengthens the Season 355 



Cut off the Back Legs of your Chairs 355 



Butternut Stock for Peaches 365 



Cata-nba Brandy 355 



Kyc Conrertcd to Che.ss 356 



To Preserve Stakes and Posts 356 



About Corned Beef 357 



The "After-Growth" of Grass 357 



Wiaiering Bees 357 



The Kirkbridgc "White, or the Yellow or White 



June Apple 35S 



Sorghum Cane for Analysis 358 



Pure Waterfor Stock 359 



Unquiet Milch Cows 359 



Vv^ool Growing at the West — General Hints 



Thereon 359 



Picmarks on Summer and Autumn Planting 3G0 



The Sheep Fever 360 



Our Agricultural Industry — Gleanings from 



the Census Report of 1860, etc., etc 361 



A t':uccessful Wintering of Bees 362 



Clover — Saving the Seed 362 



Shrinking of IJay and Corn by Drying 362 



Sugar Beet and Sorghum 363 



A Good Substitute for Coffee 363 



Culture of Hyacinths in Glasses 364 



Planting Grape Vines 364 



Flax Cotton 364 



Discussions at the New York State Fair 365 



Egyptian Hulless Barley 368 



Fall Sowing of Annual Flower Seeds 368 



Cellars on the Prairies, etc 369 



Shelterfor Stock 369 



Catching Babbits 369 



Apple Tree Borer, (Sapperda Bivitatus) 369 



The Locust For Bee Pastures 369 



A Norwegian Home 370 



Editors Table : 



Sorghum Making 370 



Enlisted 371 



Fruit Trees by the Million 371 



American Jute 371 



Comstock'g Spading Machine 371 



White Willow 371 



Sheep for Sangamon County 371 



Garnet Chili Potatoes 372 



Cost of Coal 372 



Closing of the Year 372 



