1863. 



THE ILLmOIS FAKEEE. 



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connection with tlio commercial interests of the 

 East, and of Europe, by a National Ga^al. Every 

 fibre of the national wealth and prosperity will 

 be strengthened thereby. The harvests from our 

 prairies will double our foreign exports, when this 

 "■rain is poured out as rapidly as it can be furnish- 

 ed even by our present population. 



Within five years after th.e contruction of a ship 

 canal from the Eric to the Ilndson, a necessary out- 

 let from the lakes to the sea, the exports of grain 

 from Chicago alone may safely be estimated at two 

 hundred millions of bushels. 



For tv.'o or tlirec years past we have had a sur- 

 plus equal to ten times our local wants, and vastly 

 beyond the capacity of the canal railroads to take 

 away. The cost and delays of transportation arc 

 so great tliat tiie farmers of tliis State reap no fit- 

 ting reward for tlicir industry. Tlieir crops are 

 wasted, and, living in this abundance which is 

 wanted everywhere else, Ihcy are poor, and need 

 the comforts and luxuries of life. Sincle-handcd, 

 they cannot rcniedy the evil. For aid they must 

 add immensely to the natioTial wealtli. 



I would respectfully suggest that your State Ag- 

 riculte.ral Society slioidd consider this matter; if 

 ill your judgement it is wise to do so, should niem- 

 morialize Congress ; and, if deemed expedient, 

 suggest to your Legislature tiie propriety of in 

 stracting your representatives and senators to urge 

 upon the National Council the importance of the 

 enlargement of the Erie Canal — a subject which is 

 now under consideration in Congress. 



I am your obedient servant, 



W. H. OSBORX. 



no further defence in that regard, and all wc have 

 to Ho is to insist r.pon the justice and value of the 

 work to the Wot. The West needs not only the 

 Mississippi river, but the great artery of trade to 

 the coast, and to connect tliese to the Illinois and 

 Michigan canal. We should not for a moment per- 

 mit our Representatives in Congress to lose sight 

 of these iinprovements. 



How TO PiiKVEXT Horses rKOif Kicking in Har- 

 ness. — Attaeli a st(Hit piece of ash stick to the col- 

 lar at the briMist, fix it under the horse's chin so 

 that he cannot ijend liis head towards his breast, 

 and lie cannot kick higli enough to injure anything; 

 if a good liors,', and vvorth the trouble, a bit of 

 bright Steel may be fixed on his collar, with a claw 

 to catch him luuler the chin ; this will answer the 

 purpose and look v.xdl. If a mare, part her or turn 

 her to the stud ; her foals, if colts, may not kick 

 when well brought up ; if fillies, I fear, no matter 

 what education t'.iey get, thev will have the kick 

 in them. Sometinu^s mares kick from ticklishness; 

 it is a ticklish tiling co deal with them, and I fear 

 their daughters will be ticklish. Kicking I am sat- 

 isfied, is hereditary "in the female line." I had a 

 mare that was dangerous to look at, she had such 

 an ugly use of her hind legs, and by buckling a 

 stick under her chin, fastened to the collar in the 

 vray I liave described, I defied her, I defy any 

 horse to kick so as to injure the vehicle or himself. 

 This is certainly better than tying up one fore leg, 

 as a horse could not trot upon three. 



I had two fillies out of this mare, and they were 

 both kickers. I know many instances of kicking 

 being hereditary. 



I think rearing is not bred in the blood. I 

 think stubbornness is not hereditary. — Iroquois 

 Republican. 



The enlargeuu-nt of the Erie Canal, and that of 

 our ovy-n Illinois and Michigan canal, are not onlv 

 military but comiaercial necessities. If the general 

 government have the power to provide for com- 

 merce on salt water they certainly have on fresh, 

 and thus we see no reason thess two great and im- 

 portant works should not be put upon their true 

 basis. ^ With this view let us urge them forward. 

 It is time the West was out of leading strings, and 

 that her just rights should bo regarded. While the 

 whole country was under the control of the South, 

 it could not be expected that the Lake commerce 

 should bo fostered, nor that the interest of the 

 Northwest should be guarded. Rut now we have 

 a new condition of things. We are no longer 

 ruled by the narrow minded cotton and sugar 

 grower who would usurp all to himself, but become 

 a part and parcel of the political machinery of the 

 country. 



The arguments of Mr. Osborn are to the point, 

 m regard to the importance of the work, and need 



Milwaukee L Praihte du Chein Elevatoe. — 

 Tliis buiding on the opposite bank of the river is 

 nov>- completed, except the exterior wall of brick. 

 It is the l;irgest and most complete elevator west 

 of Lake Michigan, and attests alike the enterprise 

 of the R. E. Co. and the immense business of the 

 upper Mississippi tliat is tributary to this road. 



The building is 55 by 185 feet, resting on a wall 

 of solid Masonry five feet thick, is eighty feet high 

 above low water mark, and has a capacity of 200,- 

 000 bushels. It is buiit in the most perfect and 

 substantial manner, furnished with the best and 

 most approved machinery for elevating, and eight 

 of Fairbanks' 125 bushel Hopper Scales, which, 

 for style and finish, excel anything we have before 

 seen. In this the company have shown their usual 

 discretion and judgment, by securing to shippers 



the certainty that they will get correct weight 



a very important consideration with those who 

 have produce to sell, or to send to market. 

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