1863. 



THE ILLDSTOIS FAEMER. 



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feet in diameter. As we build up this circle we 

 put the roots nearer the stake at each round, so 

 that when we reach the top the roots lean together, 

 when a small lot of beans are laid on the top, com- 

 pleting the work. The hollow space in the center 

 prevents moulding, and our beans always come out 

 in fair order. A dozen or fifteen stakes is suffi- 

 cient for an acre. 



It is not safe to store beans in cotton sacks soon 

 after thaeshing, but they should be put in open 

 bins, boxes, or spread out on some airy loft until 

 thoroughly cured ; after that they can be barrelled 

 and will keep in almost any condition. Ed. 



Yield of Grain in England. 



The Mark Lane Express gives a table compris- 

 ing the average yield per acre wheat, barley, oats, 

 beans and peas, for thirty-eight counties in Eng- 

 land, prepared from returns received from corres- 

 pondents of that paper. 



The average of the cereal grains mentioned is as 

 follows : 



Wheat — 29 bushels. 



Barley — 3*71 bushels. 



Oats — i6^ bushels. 



The lowest average of wheat in any county re- 

 turned, is 22|- bushels per acre in Devonshire, and 

 the highest 34^ bushels in Lancashire. 



The lowest average of barley is 29 bushels per 

 acre, in Shrophshire, and the highest 44 bushels in 

 Northampton. The lowest averuge is 82f bushels, 

 in Westmoreland, and the highest 59^, in Cam- 

 bridgeshire. 



The beans mentioned, are a kind not much cul- 

 tivated in this country. The average yield is 32|- 

 bushels per acre. The average yield of peas is 30 

 bushels per acre. 



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Suggestion in Eegord to tlie 

 Osier Willow. 



Mr. Breed, late editor of the New Hampshire 

 Journal of Agriculture, who is considerably en- 

 gaged in the cultivation of the osier or basket wil- 

 low, suggested in a conversation we lately had with 

 him, that every farmer should have a patch of wil- 

 lows. He said he used them for binding grain, for 

 binding corn or cornstalks in shock, and as withes 

 for fece stakes, for all which purposes he found 

 them better than anything else. The suggestion is 

 well worthy of attention. A small patch of wil- 

 lows, which may in many cases occupy land that 

 would not be valuable for other purposes, would 

 furnish all the bands and withes a farmer would 

 want, and with vastly less trouble than they could 

 otherwise be obtained. — Boston Cultivator. 



Melons and Squashes have been swept off to a 

 great extent by the striped bug. Give them plen- 

 ty of plaster next season and you will have a better 

 stand. Some of our nutmegs are half grown, hav- 

 ing been started in a hot bed in pots. Nothing 

 like hot beds to start melons, so acceptable in 

 August. 



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Carelessness in Nurserymen. 



Last spring we ordered a lot of choice roses 

 from a large and popular establishment, and 

 among them Prcsnises des Charpennes, Countess 

 Marinais, Blanche Lafitte, Duchess de Thuringer 

 and Washington. When they came into bloom 

 they all proved to be the first named. Other lots 

 contained errors, though aJl of them containing 

 some true to name. 



Had we sold these, not only our own reputation, 

 but that of the nursery in question w ould have 

 been at stake. 



We have never purchased a lot of roses without 

 finding many of them incorrect. This is due to 

 the carelessness of the propagator, and it is time 

 these useful individuals should exercise a little 

 more care. We would not knowingly keep such a 

 man an hour in our employ, in fact they are not 

 what they pretend to be, green-house propagators, 

 but wheelbarrow men, graduated from some mar- 

 ket garden. 



Illinois State Horticultural Society. 



To the Horticulturists of the Northwest: 



The second annual fair of the Illinois Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held on the grounds of the 

 Winnebago County Agricultural Society, at Rock- 

 ford, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, Sept. 8th to 11th, 1863. 



There is every reason to believe that with a 

 slight effort on the part of its friends, this fair will 

 be a decided success. The present year has been 

 one of the most favorable for the fruit-grower thus 

 far, and the fruits exhibited promise to be abund- 

 ant and excellent. The well earned reputation of 

 the florists of Rockford, ensures a full and brilliant 

 display of garden and greenhouse plants from that 

 locality alone; and this will doubtless be augment- 

 ed by the emulating skill of neighboring horticul- 

 turists. The more homely, but equally important, 

 department of vegetables will, it is hoped and be- 

 believed be well filled. 



The exhibition will be held on the beautiful 

 grounds of the Winnebago County Agricultural 

 Society, in three large halls, which will be decor- 

 ated in a fitting manner, under the direction of 

 the Rockford Horticnltural Society. The season 

 of the year selected is one which will best bring 

 out the various products of Northern, Central, 

 and Southern Illinois, in one comprehensive exhi- 

 bition, which, in its varied department of the same 

 I fruits, &c., from different latitudes, will furnish 



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