50 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMEH. 



the northwest, and wc feel disposed to give the 

 fanners of our State the benefit of his experience 

 and ability. Address Bailhaehe & Baker, Spring- 

 field, 111. 



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Gen. Scott. — Gen. Scott's hcaltli is said to bo 

 fast failing him now. lie is confined to liis apart- 

 ment in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, almost entirely 

 helpless, and, what is worse, it is said tiiat his 

 mind is at length breaking down under tlic weight 

 of years, and mental and bodily trouble. He re- | 

 ceives few visitors, and tliese only his most inti- j 

 mate friends. 



NIAGARA NURSERIES, 



Lochport, New Tori: 



Fruit 



rhe Largest and Cheapest Stock of 



and Ornamental Trees, 



West of Ilocbcstcr. 



G O N T I^: N T S 



Editorial: I'acik. 



February ""> 



Culture of Cotton 3!) 



III. C. li. li. Laud Comniissiou Agency io 



Poetry: 



" I'icciola " 35 



ConuEseoxDE.vcE: 



raibu'G of Wilson Straubcrry Sij 



English Gooseberry "6 



Okra 87 



Sap of the Wila Strawberry — iiilocts of 



Lrainagc "'^ 



Select Fruits 3S 



TUE i)lART : 



The Patent Cow Jlilker 40 



Lecture on iJuttcr JMaking 42 



Apiauy : 



iui})ortant Facts in rch.tion to Leo Kcepiug — 

 Letter of l.'r. Kirklaad 47 



MiSCKLI.AXEOUS : 



Remedy for Diptheria 55 



jSlost Food to the .\cre 55 



Voices of Animals 48 



(Jrain I'rade of Chicago for 1.SG2 53 



The !U. Central and the Farmers 41 



Nebraska Salt 42 



To Cure Hams — Loss in Weight 4:; 



New Staple (Jrops 44 



Cultivation of Tobacco 4() 



(jOmparativo Value cf Wood for Fuel 40 



Enlargement of the Erie Canal 50 



How to prevent Horses from Kicking in 



ILirness 51 



Jlilwankee and Prairie du Chien Elevator. . . .51 

 (Jeneral Scott .58 



Agricitltui!B : 



Abandon the Red Corn 52 



Seedsmen and bad Seeds 52 



The Multication of Weeds 5-3 



Cotton Growing in New Jersey 53 



Hog Cholera in Peoria Co 53 



Hoeticulture: 



Good and Bad Fruit 54 



Curl in the Peach 55 



Poultrt : 



All about Hens 50 



Editor's Table : 



Ajiple Seeds — Sugar Making — A New Move — 

 Diptheria — Monuring Everi>;reens — Franklin 

 Grove Nursery — Medical Examiner — Cistern 



Pumps ■ 57 



Wisconsin Farm.r — Horticulturist — To Ad- 

 vertisers — The Grain Trade of Chicago — 

 Robt. Buist & Son— The Valley Farm'^er— 

 Hovey's Seed Store — Niagara Nurseries — 

 Tree and Shrub Seeds^Ed. 111. Farmer — 

 The Wiseonsin Chief — New Offer- The 

 Weather — Agents Wanted 5S 



?;joo ,o o o 



Apple Troc.=, five to eight feet high, eight dollars per 

 100. 



5 0,000 



Standard Pear Trues, (ivo to seven feet high, $25 per 

 100. 



2 0,000 



Dwarf Pcur Trees, tliree to five feet high, $18 per 

 100. 



Also a complete assortment of 



CIIERIIY TREE.?, PEACH TREES, 



\V7dte Grape and GIterry Curraids. 



All ot the new varieties of 



N A TI V E a K APE VINES, 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



Slirulas, &c., &G., &c. 



Wholesale and retail catalogues sent to all appli- 

 cants who inclose a stamp to prepay postage. 



A correspondence is solicited. 

 Address, 



E. M. MOODY & SON, 



Lockport, New York. 

 February 1, 1863.2m. 



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