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THE ILLmOIS f ARMEK. 



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that careful deliberation and discussion which its 

 consequence demands, and that, too, before it is 

 finally acted upon by our Legislature, we respect- 

 fully invite the friends of agriculture throughout 

 the State, to meet in convention at the rooms of 

 the State Agricultural Society, in Springfield, on 

 Tuesday, June 13th, 1862, to consider this subject 

 and present their views to the Legislature, which 

 will then be in session. 



JOHN A. KExVNICOTT, Cook Co. 



WM. S. WAIT, Bond Co. 



JAMES Jf. BROWIS', Sangamon Co. 



WM. H. VAN EPPS, Lee Co. 



S. B. CHANDLER, St. Clair Co. 



LEWIS ELLSWORTH, DuPage Co. 



A. B. McCONNELL, Sangamon Co. 



B. G. ROOTS, Perry Co. 



R. H. HOLDER, McLean Co. 

 E. H. BEEBE, Jo Daviess Co. 



C. W. WEBSTER, Marion Co. 

 JOHN P. REYNOLDS, Sangamon Co. 



Papers throughout the State please copy. 



Field Trial of Agricultural Imple- 

 ments, &c. 



This trial will be held under the supervision of 

 the Executive Board of the Illinois State Agricul- 

 tural Society, near Decatur, Macon county, com- 

 mencing on Monday, the 21st day of September, 

 1863, and continuing during that week. 



In accordance with what is believed to be cor- 

 rect policy, no premium will be awarded to any 

 farm implement, except upon actual trial in the 

 field. 



Encouraged by the substantial success of the 

 trial of Harvesting Machines in 1862, the Board 

 have determined to offer to inventors and manufac- 

 turers of earth-displacing implements a similar op- 

 portunity for competition at the time stated, not 

 doubting that the interest felt will be as great, and 

 the response as general as in the former trial. 



The preparations for this trial will be as perfect 

 and complete as experience will enable the Board 

 to make ; and we feel confident the citizens of De- 

 catur will heartily co-operate to ensure entire sat- 

 isfaction to those in attendance. The region se- 

 lected is almost the very center of the State, is 

 situated at the crossing of the Great Western and 

 Main Trunk of the Illinois Central Railroads, and 

 its progress and thrift may be inferred from the 

 fact that the population of Macon county has near- 

 ly quadrupled within ten years past. 



The railroads named, with a spirit of liberality 

 not excelled, will aflbrd every reasonable facility, 

 and one of them, as will be observed, adds|500 to 

 the list of premiums. 



No point in the west will more certainly com- 

 mand a large attendance of visitors, and we trust 

 manufacturers will not permit the opportunity to 

 pass unimproved. 



The following is the programme : 



For the best two-horse plow for general purpos- 

 es — Society's Gold Medal. 



For the best two-horse plow for sod or tuvf — So- 

 ciety's Silver Medal. 



For the best one-horse corn plow — Society's Sil- 

 ver Medal. 



For the best one-horse single shovel plow — Soci- 

 ety's Silver Medal. 



For the best one-horse double or treble shovel 

 plow — Society's Silver Medal. 



For the best trench plow — Society's Silver Me- 

 dal. 



For the best subsoil plow — Societv's Silver Me- 

 dal. 



For the best newly invented implement by which 

 the soil can be well broken up and thoroughly pre- 

 pared for seeding at less cost than by ordinary 

 plowing — Society's Gold Medal. 



For the best approved ditching Machine for 

 making open drains, combining efficiency, portabil 

 ity and cheapness, so as to warrant its adoption 

 and general use by the farmers of Illinois — Socie- 

 ty's hilver Medal. 



To which the Illinois Central Railroad adds, as 

 a special premium — $250. 



For tlic best one-horse cultivator — Society Silver 

 Medal. 



For the best two-horse independent cultivator — 

 Society's Gold Medal. 



For the best two-horse cultivator, with combina- 

 tion for seeding and planting — Societv's Gold Me- 

 dal. 



For the best two-horse harrow — Society's Silver 

 Medal. 



For the best field roller — Society's Silver Me- 

 dal. 



For the best grain drill — Society's Silver Me- 

 dal. 



For the best corn planter — Society's Silver Me- 

 dal. 



For the best broad-cast grain sower — Society's 

 Silver Modal. 



For the best practicable and approved machine 

 to cut and shock corn — Society's Silver Medal. 



To which the Illinois Central Railroad adds, as 

 a special premium — $250. 



SUPERINTENDENT OF TRIAL. 



Ex-President C. W. Webster, Salem, Marion 

 Co., III. 



AWARDING COMMITTEE. 



Amos C. Stedman, Chairman, Dixon, Lee Co., 

 111. 



G. G. Weeks, Knoxville, Knox Co., III. 



S. M. Parsons, Chatham, Sangamon Co., lU. 



Samuel Graham, Paris, Edgar Co., 111. 



Wm. Watkins, Greenville, Bond Co. 



Other committees will be appointed by the Board 

 if found necessary. 



On Monday, September 28th, all implements 

 tested must be placed on exhibition in the Mechan- 

 ical Department at the Fair. — Dr. Wm. Kile, Su- 

 perintendent. 



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