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THE ILLINOIS FAKMEE. » 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OP 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



SrBINGELELJJ, - ■ ILLINOIS, 



BY 



BAILHACHE & BAKER, 



AND IS EDITED BY 



M. L. DUNLAP, Tribune's Rural. 



TBRM3 IN ADVANCE.— $1 a year; two copies 1 50; five 

 c opies $3; ten copies $6, and one to getter up of the club 

 wenty copies $10. 



It is not necessaey that the club should all be at one office 

 — we send wherever the members of the club may reside 



The postage on the Fakmer is only three cents a year in 

 he State of Illinois, and six cents out of it. 



Specimens numbt rs sent free on application. 



Subsciiptiou money may be sent at the risk of the pub- 

 lisher. • 



Exchanges and communications for the eye of the iditor 

 •should be addressed, IiLiNOis Farmer, Champaign Illinois. 



All business letters are to be directed to the publishers, 

 Springfield. 



TEKM3 OF ADVERTISING: 



. , ''■ 1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. 



One page, or two columns.™ i8 $20 $35 $50 



Halt a pace or one '" 5 12 20 8o 



One fourth pige or half column.. 3 7 12-18 



One eighth or one foi&th *' .. 2 4 7 10 



One squftr* of ten lines 1 2 4 7 



Card of five lines one year $5 00 



Ten cents a line for less than a square each insertion. 



AU worthy objects advertised, and those of importance to 

 the ]^4rmer will receive, from time to time, such editorial 

 notices as the Editor may consider them worthy of, without 

 additional charge. 



Implements and seeds to be tested should be sent direct 

 to the Editor, at his residence .Champaign. 



We have put the price of advertising within reach of all. 

 It will enable those who like to freely advertise their goods, 

 to do so at a cheap rate, 



Terms, cash. Yearly adverti4er8 will pay aemi-annnally, 

 and all trausient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAILHAOHE & BAKER, Publishers, 

 ?* • Springfield, Ills. 



APPLE SEEDS- 



For sale, fifty bagijels of clear seed, at the lowest 

 possible rates, sent in sacks or barrels in quantities 

 to suit Address, . JOHN BOX; 



IsqSm Pulaski, Oswego co., N. Y. 



a' GOOD INVESTMENT. 





OJfE TEAT FAYS. ■% . \. ?: 



THE 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



JS CONFIDElNTIiY OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, political 

 .ind commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 at Springfield, the Capital of the State, and is the medium 

 )f all official notices, published by State authority. Partic- 

 ular attention is given to commercial affairs and every 

 , lumber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 1 rincipal cities. 

 , TERMS : 



One copy one year. |2 09 



Three copies one year 5 00 



Six " " 7-«) 



Ten " " » 12 00 



, Twenty « " — ~ .20 00 



P^able always in advance. Persons sending clubs of ten 



upwards shall be entitled to an extra copy. 

 Address BAILHACHE & BAKER, 



Spring^ld, Illinois. 



*-: 



"PRAIl^IE PAiRMER,' 



Has now been published in Chicago, 111., for twenty- 

 two years, without intermission. It is devut^ to the 

 Producer's interests, treaUa^ot' ~ ■« 



GENARAL AGRICULTlfllE, 

 STOCK RAISING, ^ 



HORTICULTURE and POMOLOGY,- 

 And DOMESTIC ECONOMY generally. 



The Publishers' aim will be to give such informa- 

 tion and assistance as will enable the farmer to grow 

 the largest crops with the least expense, and what is 

 equally important to assist him in securing the 



LARGEST PRICES 



the market afFoids, by giving such reliable informa- 

 tion that is obtainable concerning the markets at 

 home and abroad — the cost of forwarding .produce to 

 market, and other attendant expenses— thus enabling 

 the producer to take advantage of the conditions (^■^^ ^--'(i 

 the market in dispensing of his produce. ? 



FORM OF PAPER. *«*:.- 



The paper consists of 16 pages large quarto, mak- 

 ing a convenient size for binding and reference. A 

 full index is given at the end ot each six months. 



CONTENTS. \ ■"- 



About five pages are devoted^to Gereral Agricul- 

 ture ; one to two pages to Hortjculture ; one page to '. 

 Literature ; two or more pages to General War Mis- .. 

 cellany and News ; two pages to Markets and Rec- 

 ord of Season, and asking and answering questions, 

 and general editorial items. - 



A portion will also be devoted to Advertisement* - ' ' 

 of such character as is appropriate to an Agricultural 

 paper. , 



DR. GEO. H. DADD. , . 



r .-'-..-''■-.-■ 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contribute 

 regularly to the Farmer, giving especial attention to 

 the an.swering of questions and giving informatioo 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. 



A NEW VOLUME 



Commencing January 1st, 1863, and the present time 

 afi'ords the best time to form clubs for the year. 



One copy one year $2 00 ,- , 



"^wo copies one year 3 00 



Larger clubs furnished at liberal rates, or prem- 

 iums given where clubs of six or more are sent at 

 $1 5%, each. 



Speeifli«n copies and show bills sent to any one 

 who desires them for examination or the purpose of 

 raising a. club. r. 



For sab by news dealers generally^ 



For samples or other informatidtfJfetBieeming the 

 paper, address 



EMERY & CO., Chicago,. HL 



