

1863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



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cate, and in the advertising department the pro- 

 spectus of this old and well established weekly 

 agricultural journal, published at the commercial 

 metropolis of the North-west, it has eminent facil- 

 ities for usefulness, and should he found in every 

 fa,rmer's family. It is not devoted wholly to the 

 farm economy, but has a home department that 

 makes it desirable at the fireside. Many think a 

 monthly too slow for their use, but for a strictly 

 agricultural journal we think different. It is not 

 probable that a strictly practical agricultural jour- 

 nal could be sustained, at the west if published 

 ■weekly, while at the same time containing news 

 and other reading with a large amount of matter 

 it can be very easily done. We therefore commend 

 the Prairie Farmer to our readers, and to make it 

 more of an object will club it with the Illinois 

 Farmer at $2. 



Sugar from the Beet. — No inconsiderable 

 interest is being taken in the culture of the 

 beet root for the manufacture of sugar. A 

 pamphlet is before us on the subject, written by 

 John IT. Klippart, and reprinted by the Illinois 

 Central Railroad Co., for distribution, copies of 

 which can be had of the oflBce at Chicago or the 

 agents of the road, or we can supply a number 

 ourself 



We have considerable faith in the enterprise, 

 from the fact that the parties in Chicago who ex- 

 perimented with the beet last year are going large- 

 ly into its culture this season. There will be plant- 

 ed several thousand acres the present spring. On 

 one farm we hear that the works are well under 

 way to work up the crop of three or four hundred 

 acres. These works will cost some $20,000. Sev- 

 eral others are contemplated ; and a refinery is also 

 to be put up in some part of Central Illinois prob- 

 ably at Champaign, to clarify the sugar and to dis- 

 til the molasses, which is only used for that pur- 

 pose. 



All persons intending to plant the beet should 

 send for the pamphlet in which they will find the 

 whole subject fully discussed. 



As a farm crop for milch cows the sugar beet is 

 the most valuable of anything that we have grown, 

 and at the same time the most profitable. We 

 have grown and fed several thousand bushels of 

 beets within the past twenty years, and have 

 always found them a reliable crop ; much more so 

 than the turnip, which is quite unreliable, though 

 often producing heavy crops. 



Send for the pamphlet at once. Seed can be 

 hadofA. H. Hovey, CHicago. 



Flax Cotton— The Legislature of New York of- 



fered two thousand dollars or any part of it for im" 

 provement in the above, but the coramitt.oe, after 

 a labored investigation, reported as follows, by 

 which it will be seen that flax cotton is still in the 

 distance : 



Hexolved, That in the judgment of this Society 

 no such advani^e in tlie perfection of iHMcliinery to 

 test the experiment of manuftcturiiig Flax Cotton 

 has been made as to warrant the society in award- 

 ing any portion of the sum appropriated by the 

 Legislature, at the present time. 



Resolved, That the society will keep the execu- 

 tion of the trust reposed in them by the Legisla- 

 ture for the present in abeyance, under the hope 

 that such valuable improvements may be effected 

 in the coming year, as may justify the society in 

 awarding the whole or some portion of this amount 

 to any such successful inventions. 



Resolved, That the committee be requested to 

 continue their investigations during the year at 

 such time and manner as may on consultafon with 

 the President and Secretary of the society be 

 deemed advisable. 



Resolved, That the entire sum of two thousand 

 dollars appropriated by the State as aforesaid, now 

 in the hands of the Treasurer of the societ;^ be 

 deposited by him in hands of one of the Trust wkm- 

 panies of the city of New York, where it may 

 draw interest until reqrired for the purpose desig- 

 nated by the Legislature. - 



Hovey's Seed Store. — We take pleasure in call- 

 ing the attention of our gardening and lady friends 

 to this new establishment. We have seen several 

 lots of vegetable and flower seeds from this house, 

 which have greatly pleased the purchasers in two 

 respects, good seed and at an unusually low price. 

 The stock of field, garden and flower seeds is very 

 large and of the best quality. 



All kinds of farm and garden implements, tools 

 and machines can be had at this house. Garden- 

 ers will also find a most excellent quality of flower 

 pots, as we know from having purchased several 

 thousand during the past year, and for our spring 

 operations. His three-inch pots for melons, en- 

 cumbers and tomatoes are just the thing ; and all 

 those who wish to insure these delicacies a month 

 in advance of those in the open ground, should or- 

 der without delay. We use over three thousand 

 pots for these plants this spring. 



See card. 



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Seed Lists Received. — H. A. Dreer, 22Y Ches- 

 nut street, Philadelphia. Flower and vegetable 

 seeds, among which is a large collection of German 

 flower seeds in original packages. 



James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. Veg- 

 etable and flower seed, cabbage and squash the 

 leading articles. 



J. Vick, Rochester, garden and flower seed. 





