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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



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BAILHACHE & BAKEE - 



PTJBLISHEES. 



M. L. I) UN LAP, Kciitor. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY, 18(33. 



These Ioi:g wintar evenings apijcar to have been 

 made for tlic benefit of the fanner, givmg him am- 

 ple opportunity to study iiis calling anJ to improve 

 himself in various -ways. A prudent farinor pro- 

 vides hiiii<-2jf v.itli useful lending that his fiimily 

 do not grow uu d-)'!.? r.ud himself relapse into indif- 

 ference. Tlie father wlio only furnishes food for 

 the body, and leaves the mind unsupplied, has cer- 

 tainly neglected more than half his duty. 



Do not do-o vour ciiildren witli a surfeit of a"-- 

 ricultural v,-ork, of theology or of science. The 

 daily papers of the day have becoine, to a large 

 exte;it, tise educators of the people ; !)ut valuable 

 interesting books should not be neii'Iected. 



Appl;-; Sejids.— Those -Winiting apple seeds will 

 do well to coi!£!ilt the card of John Box. 



SiJHAE Making — Next month we shuj] look to 

 this important interest. Sugar can now Jjc made 

 from the Implice with a certainty of suoces'; 

 is no loiurer left to accident. 



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A 1\i:vr jIoye. — The publishers have boon watch- 

 ing the times in regard to a forward move with the 

 FARruKR, and they now believe the tinic has come 

 wh;;n th.is can I>e done. They have promised us 

 twenty-thoe.sr.nd subscribers in Central and Soutii- 

 ern Illinois before the close of the year. As the 

 FAR^fEs is now the cheapest rural publication in 

 the Xorth-west, this number ouglit to be reached 

 at an early day. It ydH be seenVnat thev now give 

 to the getter up of clubs of twenty an extra copv. 

 It is but little trouble to get up a club of twenty 

 at fifty cents each. These are not all to be -ot up 

 atone time l^ut can be sent in as obtained". All 

 copies sent out of the State are at the rate of fifty 

 cents M-hether in clubs or to single subscribers. 

 Let eaeli old subscriber see what he can do in the 

 premises. Money is now plenty, and with a little 

 exertion a largo list can be rolled up. In addition 

 to subscribers, we want practical letters in all de- 

 partments of the farm, the orcliard and the gar- 

 den. ^ With a new accession of subscribers we are 

 promised a cover, new dress, and other unprove- 

 ments, one of which is on time. We hope the coun- 

 try press will give us a lift, as they can thus benefit 

 both their readers and the cause without injury to 



themselves, as the Fakmer. does not invade their 

 dominion, being strictly composed of rural aSkira 

 Wo have thus far received many favors at their 



hands and truat we shall be laid under renewed ob- 

 ligations. 



Diptiikria — A gentleman who has administered 

 the following remedy for d!23theiia, says that it has 

 always proved cifectuul in affording speedy relief. 

 Take a common tobacco pipe, place a live coal with- 

 in the bovid, and drop a little tar upon the coal, 

 and let the patient draw smoke into the mouth, 

 and discliari'-o it through the nostrils. The remedy 

 is simple, and should be tried whenever occasion 

 may require. Many valuable lives may be saved, 

 the informant confidently believes, by prompt 

 treatment as above. 



We do not kiiow how valuable the above may be 

 but it is worth a trial. A gorgle of salt and wa- 

 ter is probably tlie best thing resorted to. 

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Manuiung EvKiKiiiEKNt; — A correspondent of the 

 Gardeners Chronicle speaks of the great success 

 attending the growth of confers bj" copious manur- 

 ing. Spruce trees were planted in manured and 

 unmanured ground ; tlie former were at least twice 

 as high, and exhibited a more robust and healthy 

 appearance. An Araucaria, which was poisoned 

 by manure, made a fine and successful growth af- 

 ter being well enriched with half-rotten manure. 



Feaxklix GiutVE NiTESERY. — The closing out of 

 this old and popular establishment offer unusual 

 cdvant;:gcs to the tree planter. Mr. W. has the 

 largest orchard in the State, and is therefore com- 

 pelied to close out the nursery business. Long 

 years of experience in orcharding has tauglit him 

 the best variety for the prairie orchardist, and his 

 stock consists of tiiese. AVe observe that several, 

 of our old nui'serymen are going out of the nursery 

 business and into tliat of fruit growing, the nursery 



business not having proved as profitable as antici- 

 pated. It is, in fact, similar to that of the coun- 

 try merchant in which there are a few successful, 

 but the great majority of whom make it a losing 

 business. 



Medical Examiner. — The number for Novem- 

 ber is at hand, and is filled v.ith valuable informa- 

 tion to the practitioner of medicine. §2.00. Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



Cistern Pumps. — We have a cistern pump cost- 

 ing two dollars and fifty cents from' the house of 

 n. W. Austin, Chicago, one of the best made and 

 cheapest pumps that -we have seen. The pipe 

 weighs about three and a half pounds to the foot 

 and costs ten cents a pound making for an eight 



