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THE ILLKs^OIS FARMER. 



Dec. 



TO FARMEIIS. 



Ask your hardware men to send for tbe Steel Coni- 

 cal Husking 'Pir.s. At wholcsalo by tho trade in Chi- 

 cago, orilelivercd at my office in the city at $5 per 

 gross, bv 0. SilEllWIX, General Agent. 



P. 0. Box 722, Chicago, 111. 



Yf H I T E W I L L O ^V : 



(SALTX ALSA). 



FENCE, FIIELTEll, TIMBER COMBINED ! 



llaving bonght Vr.a stock from all tlu; Inrge Ofrners 

 in this State, among whom are Famucl Edwards of 

 Bnrean connty : Jcsso W. Fell, !\[eLca,n county, and 

 Vi'm. ]i. Smith, Jas. Thompson, Dan. M. Hull, rtkI 

 many fliers of Lf-'C and Ogle counties. I am pre- 

 pared to furnish cuttings of this Vriilow in large or 

 sraal! quantities. 



For a grove trco it has no equal in rapidity of 

 growth and clcau!ine?s of habit. It will make a bet- 

 ter, cheaper, and ?norc 



DURABLE LIVr FLXCE, A^TD WO:>'T BB.EAK 

 AT THE SA3IE TCIE, V 



than any other tree or shraL that has ever been used 

 for that pur}>oso. 



Tae Stale llortipnltnrnl Sccicty, r.t iis late meeting 

 at IJloomington, resolved, " That we reccinmend the 

 ^Vhite Willow as .a live fviice, whi.'.re timber sl.clter 

 and f'^nce cinhined is uesirablo.'' 



We ask unbelievers to examine fences in Leo and 

 Ogle connties. 



All my agents havL' written certificates from me, so 

 please call for certilicatc of agency, to insure getting 



THE CENUiyE ABTICLE ! 



T-'J" Only the choicest of cuttings farris'^eJ, and 

 at re.-isonable itites I 



E. S. BIKE. 

 Address: Box -;,S0o, Cl:;c:!g.>, Tils. doclt 



50,000 



P E xi C H T R E E S 



First quality, for orchard planting, apple and pear 

 trees, standard and Dwarf Cherries, Nectarunes, 

 Plums,. Grapes, etc., for sale low. 



For catalogues, address ISAAC PULLEX, 

 Dec2m Ilightstown, N. J. 



AGRIGuSJf WAREHOUSE 



AND 



SEED STORE. 



Has one of the best selected stock of implements 

 and seeds to be found in the West. 



A. H. HOVEY, 

 ZS'ovtfl862 -No. 73, Lake st., Chicago, 111. 



PEOSPEGTTJS TOK THE 



JOURNAL OF THE 



Illinois State Agricultural Society. 



The E.xecutivo Committee of the Illinois State Ag- 

 ricultural Society believe the time has arrived, when 

 the publication of a Journal of the Society 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 from County Agricultural 

 Societies, held on the Fair Grounds, at Jacksonville, 

 Sept., ISCO, they have made the necessary arrange- 

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

 meiiein.g v.dtli January, 1S()2. 



Each number vfili contain at least 32 pages (octavo) 

 of reading matter, composed principally of such por- 

 tions of the Transactions of tho State and County 

 Societies, and communications on the subjects of 



AGRICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, 

 Mechanics and Nataral History, as may require early 

 publication. 



All 2ii'c>»i''ii>s offered ami an-ards made hy the State 

 Societjj v.ill apj'icar in iis columns. 



All pertous, and especially Secrctfiries and other 

 officers of County Societies, are respectfully requested 

 to communicate to the editor any matters of general 

 iiUerest to the industrial classes, as may from time to 

 tims arise in their respective localities. 



To place the Jvo.rnal within the reach of all, the 

 suliscription price has been fixed at 



FIFTY CENTS A YEAR! 



BnreJii SHffl':i''iit to cover cost of ijuhlicatiou, payable 

 invariiihly in uJvance. 



Back numbers for the current year will bo furnish- 

 ed until the edition is exhausted. 



All siibscriptlous and communications maj' be for- 

 waidcd to the undersigned, Springfield, Ills. 

 JOHN r. IIEYJNOLDS, ' 



Cor. Sec. a?id J-JdUor Journal. 





STAiN^DAF.D 



/ Ja^5^ SCALES 



:^r^1^^ OF ALL KINCS. 



Also, "'-.rarehouse Trucks, Letter Presses, &c. 



FAIRBaf^KS, GB£E^LEAF & CO. 



172 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, 



Sold in Sprin2;lieKl by 



E. B. PEASE. 



Be careful and buy only the ge-.:;uiue. junel-ly 



THE YE 



TS thp: only variety or sweet roTATOB that 



J_ 1k\3 givon entire Hatisfaotioii in tUo noi-thwcst.- Our stock 

 of the above in store for next spring is unusually large, and 

 of tliJ best quiility — proiuigiited frdiu the 



BEST LARGE POTATOES 



Solceted from mauy hundred bushels; and the completion 

 f.f our railr: ad to Kockvillo will enable us to till and forward 

 promptly all Cash Orders witli which we may be favored, at 

 tlic very low price of y5 Pi-IH BARREL for eastern funds 



Responsibi-k Agents Wanted in every county, town, and 

 villase, to sprout small lots on halves, farmers can club 

 together and buy or sprout our potatoes in shares, and thus 

 secure good plants for themselves fi-ee of cost. 



The Sweet Potato Cui.tubist. giving full directions for 

 Sprouting, Plantinu, Cultivating, and Keepiug, will bo fur- 

 nished erutis to Agents and Customers ; and to others by 

 mail, vast paid, f f twenty-tive cents in stamps. Aderess, 



>. W. TE OK, 



