1863 



THE ILLINOIS FABMER. 



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Vallbt Fabmkb.— Monthly, $1. N. J. Col- 

 man, St. Louis Mo. Especiallj adapted to the 

 latitude of St. Louis, and the south part of our 

 State. It is ably edited, Mr. C. being practically 

 engaged in farm and garden operations. 



Illinois Fabmbk, with trhich the readers of 

 this paper are supposed to be somewhat acquain- 



ted with. 



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Thb Ecbal Nbw Yobkbb, in which the west 

 have a part interest. Weekly, |2. D. T. T. 

 Moore, Rochester, N. Y., or 69 State street, Chi- 

 cago. 



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Fabuebs and Py>DUCKRS AssociATioH. — Sev- 

 eral meetings have been held at Ottawa and 

 Dizon to organize and farther the interest of the 

 above named association. Its object is to com> 

 bine the farming interest in regard to currency 

 and other matters of legislation. 



We have not had time to attend the meetings, 

 and hence are not so fully posted. Another mee- 

 ting was to have been held late in the month, to 

 perfect the organizatioa. 



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The White Willow. — The following is part 

 of an advertisement cut from one of our ex- 

 changes. It is decidedly rich : 



"It is of European origin, but in the last 

 twenty years hes become thoroughly American- 

 ized. It grows only from cuttings, which should 

 be about the size of a pipe stem, and about ten 

 inches long, and carefully set six or seven inches 

 in the mellow soil, at any time from the first of 

 May until the last of June, and again from the 

 first of September to the last of October. They 

 should be set one in a place, four feet apart, and 

 when carefully done, not one in a thousand will 

 fail to grow. They should be cultivated three 

 years — they will then take care of themselves. 

 No timber grows so rapidly. In five years they 

 will be large enough for posts, which, instead of 

 rotting in a few years, will, if properly set at the 

 right time, grow to a splendid tree, large enough 

 in twenty years to make a saw log three feet in 

 diameter. It grows tall and straight, splits 

 freely, and the 



BOABDS, BAILS, SHINQLES, ETC., 



made from it are quite equal to white pine. By 

 setting limbs the size of a hand spike, at an an- 

 gle of forty-five degrees, two feet in the ground 



and five feet out, yon can have a live fence in 

 any wet ground — but we do not recommend it in 

 any other." 



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Cast Steel Cast Flows, Cast in Ibov 

 MoTJLBS. — These plows are now for sale in CU- 

 cago. We have not seen them, but from what we 

 hear, they are superior to the old style. 



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American Stock Journal. — We regret to an- 

 nounce the following in regard to this valoftble 

 journal, but hope it will be resumed at no distant 

 day : 



" The present number closes the fourth vol- 

 ume of the American Stock Journal. After 

 much consideration we have determined to dis- 

 continue the publication of the Journal for the 

 present. We are aware that this announcement 

 will disappoint those warm and earnest friends 

 who have advised us to continue it, and coupled 

 their advice with promises of increased efforts 

 for its support. Gratifying as these indications 

 are that the conduct of the Journal has been sat- 

 isfactory to its patrons, they do not change our 

 conviction that it is expedient to stop it for a 

 time. The terrible war which is now raging 

 presses heavily upon all classes of people, and 

 compels every one who depends upon his business 

 for support to practice a degree of economy which 

 in this country has been heretofore unknown. 



Papers are important to the well-being of eve. 

 household, but bread is indispensable, and the 

 tax gatherer must be paid before the printer. 

 Thousands who until now have taken several 

 papers, will for the present feel unable to take 

 more than one, if any. The circulation of all 

 papers must largely decrease, ■ while the cost of 

 producing them has nearly doubled within the 

 past six months. In view of these stubborn facts 

 it seems far preferable to suspend the Stock 

 Journal while it is entirely unembarrassed — it 

 owes not a dollar — than to continue, with the 

 probability of involving it in financial difficulties 

 from which it might be unable recover. 



" We therefore for the present bid adieu to 

 the readers of tho Journal, with feelings of pro- 

 found regret. We cherish the hope, however, 

 that in more peaceful, prosperous and quiet times 

 we may re-establish our present happy relations 

 with them. The connection so long existing be- 

 tween us has to ourselves been a source of un- 

 mixed satisfaction ; and rest assured, kind 

 friends, your earnest leal and warm sympathy 



