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THE ILLIKOIS FARMER. 



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more or less yaluable, and worth the subscrip- 

 tion price of that Magazine. With all this light 

 we ought to succeed. 



The discussion at the Bloomington meeting, 

 presented a fund of practical knowledge, and 

 we regret that a more full report was not made. 

 Bat enough will be given to show what can be 

 done. 



Mbdioal Examinkb. — The October number 

 has just reached us. The *' Report on the Chi- 

 cago River" is interesting to the general reader 

 and rich in scientific facts for the practitioner of 

 medicine. 



Address Medical Examiner, Chicago, IlIiDois. 

 Send $2. 



ViEQiLiA LuTEA. — Seeds of this desirable plant 

 were presented to members of the Horticultural 

 Society at Bloomington, by Dr. Warder. The 

 seeds should be treated similar to the apple — 

 either frozen in sand or soaked in warm water, 

 or they may not germinate. 



Chimesb Cotton Seed. — Jno. A. Griswold, of 

 New York City, formerly President of the Illi- 

 nois Central Railroad Company, has imported 

 from the north of China over one and a half 

 tons of Chinese cotton seed. This seed is now 

 at the depot of the Great Western Railroad, in 

 Springfield, Illinois, for sale at the net cost of 

 the seed and transportation. 



That it will prove valuable in the south and 

 central part of the State, there can be no doubt 



It is well known that all seeds from that part 

 of China have done well in our State, and have 

 their experiment in cotton seed. 



Those wishing the seed will apply to L. Tilton, 

 Esq., President of the Great Western Railroad, 

 at Springfield. 



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Babnum's Automatic " Self-Sewer" Guide. — 

 We have ona of the above little gems of the 

 household, and our better half is delighted with 

 it. The cost of it is but a trifle, and it is adap- 

 ted to all of the many popular sewing machines 

 of the day. 



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Sbidling Evbrobeens. — We would call the 

 especial attention of planters and nurserymen to 

 the card of Robert Douglass. The climate at 

 Waukegan, on the west bank of Lake Michigan, 



is well suited to the growth of evergreen seed- 

 lings, and under the skill of Mr. D., success is 

 complete. His evergreens are among the best 

 that we have seen ; in fact, from the large 

 amount of evergreen seedlings that we hare 

 from time to time planted within the past six- 

 teen years, none have given us so good a stand 

 as those from the nursery of Mr. Douglass. 



Field Culture of the Black Cap Basp- 

 berry. 



Sprisgfield, Ills., Dec. 16, 1863. 

 M. L. Dunlaj), Esq., Editor Illinoia Farmer: 



You say that you know of no one besides your- 

 self who had attempted the field culture of the 

 Black Cap Raspberry, but allow me to say that 

 you cannot claim all the honor of growing this 

 very pleasant fruit by the acre. I planted over 

 an acre the past season, which produced a good 

 crop. Last spring I planted out twenty 

 five hundred plants, but in consequence of the 

 drouth, lost two-thirds of them. Will try again 

 the coming spring. 



I have just finished reading the last number 

 of the Farmer, and it is with pleasure that I 

 observe that while many of your cotemporaries 

 are giving up under the war pressure, that the 

 Illinois Farmer is to be improved and a fresh 

 impetus given to it. This must be gratifying to 

 the farmers and fruit growers of our State, and 

 I will close by wishing you success in the praise- 

 worthy enterprise of giving the people of this 

 great and growing State a paper devoted to the 

 "Farm and Garden." It is always a welcome 

 visitor at our fire-side. 



Yours respectfully, 



A. J. Kane. 



— We often receive simiUr words of encour- 

 agement, and it shall always be our aim to merit 

 them. The appearance of the Farmer is not 

 what we wish. A distance of ninety miles in- 

 tervenes between us and tie types, hence we 

 have made no attempt at arrtngement. We are 

 now promised a proof reader, and more atten- 

 tion to the mechanical department, to be followed 

 with an entire new dress. So soon as the times 

 will warrant, the publishers j^romise an enlarge- 

 ment. From present indications this will be at 

 no distant day. The price of the Farmer is very 

 low to clubs, and a club of twenty should be 

 made up at every post oflBce in the central por- 

 tion of the State. 



