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THE ILLmOIS FAEMER. ' 



Oct. 



.."■- A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



, SrRINGFIELD, - - ILLINOIS, 



^^ BY 



•^ BAILHACHK & BAKER, 



AND IS Edited by 

 M. Ii. DU]SrijAP, Tribune's Bural. 



TERMS IN ADVANCJE.— $1 a year; two copies 1 5C; five 

 • 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 beat one oflBce 

 — we send wherever the members of the club may reside 



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

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



Specimens numlx-rs sent free on application. 



Subset iption money may be sent at the risk of the pub- 

 lisher. 



Eiclianges and communications for the eye of the * ditor 

 should be addressed, Ilijnois Faemeb, Champaign Illinois. 



All business letters are to be direc.ed to the publishers, 

 Springfield. 



J^; TERMS OF ADVBKTISING : 



c--'* 1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. 



One page, or t'wo columns j8 $20 $35 S50 



Hall a pase or one " 5 12 20 3o 



One fourth page or half colnmn.. 3 #r 12 lb 



One eighth or one fourth " .. 2 ^ 7 10 



One square of ten lines 1 2 .4 I 



card of five lines one year i. $5 00 



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



All -worthy objects advertised, and those of importance to 

 the Farmer 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 advertisers will pay semi-annually, 

 and all transient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAILUACHE & BAKIB, Publishers, 

 Springfield, Ills. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



JS CONFIDENTLY 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 

 jf all official notices, published by State authority. Partic- 

 ular attention is given to commercial affairs and every 

 auniber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 prinei^al cities. 



TERMS : 



Onecopyone yejir. S2 09 



j.'> Three copies one year 5 00 



>p Six " " 7 60 



-Ten " *' 12 00 



;.^fTwgnty" " - -20 00 



Payable always in advance. Persons sending clubs of ten 

 upwards shall be entitled to an estra copy. 

 ■ Address BAILHACHE k BAKER, 



^ Spring,firld, Illinois. 



A- 



APPLE SEh.DS. 



For sale, fifty bushels 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 aOOD INVESTMENT. 



ONE THAT PAYS. 



THE 



'PRAIHIE PAHMER/ 



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

 two years, without intermission. It is devoted to the 

 Producer's interests, treating of 



GENARAL AGRICULTURE, 

 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 afifoids, 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 of 

 the market in dispensing of his produce. 



FORM OF PAPER. . •' " 



The paper consists of 16 pages large quarto, mak- 

 ing a convenient ^ze for binding and reference. A 

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



CONTENTS. 



X^^:rJ- 



About five pages are devoted to General Agricul- 

 ture ; one to two pages to Horticulture; one page to 

 Literature ; two or more pages to General ^Ya^ 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 Advertisements 

 of such character as is appropriate to an Agricultural 

 paper. 



DR. GEO. H. DADD. 



W^ 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contribute 

 regularly to the Fakmer, giving especial atteiition to 

 the an^wering of questions and giving information 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. 



A NEW VOLUME -■■•■r.>^'.^ 



Commencing January 1st, 1863, and the present time 

 affords the best time to form clubs for the year. . '. 



One copy one year $2 00 '-^ 



Two cofrtes one year „ 3 00 ' .v^- 



Larger clubs furnished at liberal rates, or prem- 

 iums given where clubs of six or more are sent at 

 $1 50 each. 



Specimen copies and show bills sent to any one 

 who desires them for examination or the purpose of 

 raising a club. 



For sab by news dealers generally. 



For samples or other information concerning th^e, 



paper, address ' ■' 



EMERY & CO., CMeago, im^/ 



.Mi, 



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