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1863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMER. 



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EtJRAL New Yorker. — We are indebted to this 

 valuable journal for the cut of our old friend and 

 fellow worker Dr. J. A. Kennicott. The engrav- 

 ing was made over a year since, and was intended 

 to be used on a different occasion, but we cannot 

 control the ways of providence. The impression 

 is much too dark, but we hope the printer will 

 modify it, if possible by having it planed down a 

 trifle. 



By the way, the Rural has become pretty well 

 Westernized within the past year. Those who 

 wish to see can address D. D. T. Moore, Rochester, 

 N. Y., or club it with the Farmer at $2,50. 



A Manual of Flax Culture. — We have the 

 above with the compliments of C. D. Bragdon, 

 Western editor of Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 

 The work is published at that office at twenty-five 

 cents — sent by mail. It contains forty-eight pages 

 of closely printed matter with numerous engrav- 

 ings. It is probably the most practical work of 

 the kind extant. Those in the flax business, 

 whether growers or manufacturs, should send for 

 the work without delay. 



Address, D. D. T. Moore, 



Rochester, N. Y. 



Willson's Strawberries. — The last of May we 

 received from G. H. Baker of South Pass (Cobden 

 Station), a case of six boxes of Willson's Albany 

 strawberries. Unfortunately we were absent from 

 home at the time of their arrival. Yet, a dish of 

 them, drenched in sugar, awaited our return, which 

 was nearly a week after the picking, thus showing 

 what we have before said of this variety, that it is 

 the most valuable one for shipping long distances, 

 and we doubt if our Cobden friends will find a 

 substitute for it. The fruit this year is medium in 

 size, and we think less acid than usual. 



J. M. Redmond & Son. — The card of these gen- 

 tlemen has been mislaid — it should have appeared 

 in the June number. Mr. Redmond has for a long 

 time been connected with the Land Department of 

 the Illinois Central R. R., first as Treasurer but 

 more recently as Commissioner, in which capacity 

 te has earned a most excellent reputation for 

 promptness and fidelity in the discharge of his du- 

 ties. He has associated his son with kim in the 

 Land Commission business. We feel assured that 

 all who intrust business in their care will be fully 

 satisfiedwith their ability. 



_ _ Boston paper says it is William Ma- 

 cready, the painter, and not Macready, the ac- 

 tor, who has recently deceased. 



'rs. Morgan, the mother of the notori- 

 ous guerrilla, John Morgan, arrived in Cincin- 

 nati last Friday, from Lexington, Ky. She has 

 gone there to see, if possible, her sons. ; ^, . 



CONTENT Sr . 



Editohial: page. 



State Horticultural Fair 193 



Qerman Newspapers 194 



Tree Cotton „ 194 



A Look at the War 195,196 



Our Cotton 197 



Poetry: 



July 197 



"To Give is to Live'" 197. 



Obituary : ' 



Dr. John A. Kennicott 198, 199, 200 



Agriculture : ^ 



Tea Culture in Pennsylvania 201 



Harvesting Barley 201 



From Washington.. 201 



Two Horse Culivators „201 



Flax Machine 201 



Agricultural College Grant - 202 



Flax and Carrots 202 



Haying 202 



Grain Binders 202 



Agricultural Fairs Again ...20S 



Topping of Cotton 203 



The Acquarius ..203 



Horticulture : 



Substituting Nnrsey Stock ......w<i..i..»129l 



Work for the Orchard ..204 



The Plum Gonger 206 



Address by the President ~ 205j 



Stock : 



Importance of our Sheep Husbandry ......206 



The Dairy : 



The Grades of Cheese ...207 



Saleagundi : 



A Swine HerdBook 208 



Domestic Economy 208 



Correspondence : 



Peaches in Egypt.. 209 



Fruit Circular ..210,211 



Miscellaneous: ' ''^ 



Can we Grow Silk 212 



Crops -212 



Cleaning Seeds , ~212 



More About Cuttings 213 



Illinois 213. 



Mr. Nice's Mode of Keeping Fruit 214 



Hopeful Character of Inventions 214 



The Consumption of Wool 214 



Free Navigation of the Mississippi 201 



Labor Saving Machinery 206 



Threshers and Cleaners..... 207 



Editor's Table: 



County Fairs 216 



Luxuries at Memphis 216 



The Fruit Crop and Orcharding 217 



The Prairie Farmer .217 



Rain at Last 218 



The Manilla Rose 218 



The Cow Milker • 218 



Pruning the Grape • ~218 



Budding 218 



Live and Dead Weight of Sheep..... ..218 



Flax Machine 218 



Rural New-Yorker 229 



A Manual of Flax Culture 229 



Willson's Strawberries 229 



J. M. Redmond* Son 229 



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