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THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



349 



CoMSTOCKS Rotary Spader — Dear Sir: I saw 

 the Spader for the first time oa the Fair Grounds ^ 

 and was pleased with its work, but was told that 

 Mr. 0. did not enter it at the trial for fear that it 

 would not stand the test of the committee, who, I 

 understand, put all these new implements through 

 on their paces. 



Can Tou give me any information in regard to 

 this new implement ? 



Mendota, October 5, 1863. d. s. 



The Spader was delayed so that it did not reach 

 Decatur in time for the trial, or it would have been 

 put through on its paces. Last Fall we tried one of 

 them to a limited extent, the season was late and 

 the ground a mortar bed in which the teams sunk 

 to their fetlocks. In the Spring we re-plowed this 

 land with that adjoining, all of which had been 

 cultivated alike, and this Summer there was a 

 marked difference in the crops, which could be 

 readily seen a distance of eighty rods. We have 

 formed a high opinion of its value, should it cost 

 as much per acre to cultivate with the Spader as 

 with the plow, we think the increased crop will 

 warrant the outlay. Were it not that most of our 

 grounds are in orchard or nursery, we should order 

 one of these Spaders. 



Mr. L. S. SuUivant, of Homer, in this county, is 

 running one of them, and is pleased with it. The 

 cost — $200, is reasonable, considering the amount 

 of material and work in them, but it will deter 

 many from purchasing. Farmers who keep two 

 span of horses, or neighbors who could club to- 

 gether in the purchase, in such cases we would 

 commend a trial of them. The ground is left loose 

 as with a spade, and cannot fail of giving good 

 satisfaction. Four horses will spade a width of 

 three feet, or at the rate of five to six acres a day. 

 We think it largely ahead of the Gang Plow, on 

 exhibition and trial. 



The vast accumulation of gold of the last four- 

 teen years enure largely to the benefit of the Uni- 

 ted States and Great Britain, by giving an impulse 

 to commerce and to manufactures. Remote na- 

 tions are indirectly benefitted, because the course 

 of trade is such that gold will flow to those coun- 

 tries where labor is the cheapest, and where the 

 bullion and coin are the most valued, or realize the 

 largest results. This is fully demonstrated in the 

 fact that, notwithstanding the additional accumu- 

 lation of the precious metals within the past four- 

 teen years, amounting to over one thousand million 

 dollars, tliere is really but little more on hand in 

 the United States and Western Europe than in 

 1850-53. In the year 1851, the Bank of France 

 held four hundred and eighty-six millions of francs 

 in silver, and eigthy-two millions in gold ; whereas 

 now, after a period of twelve years, it held three 

 hundred and ninety-four millions in both metals 

 In the year 1852 the Bank of England held $22 * 

 000,000 in bullion and coin, which was, in fact for 

 the country at large ; the joint stock banks coun- 

 try bankers and private bankers maintaining but 

 small specie reserves. This year tho bullion and 

 coin of the Bank of England ranges from fourteen 

 and a half to fifteen and a half millions sterling 

 and the Scotch and Irish banks £4,270 000 from 

 which we deduce the following comparative table : 



1852. 



Bank of England $110,000,000 



Bank of France 113,000,000 



Banks in United States..84,000,000 



Total, $307,000,000 



1863. 



$ '75,000,000 



80,000,000 



118,000,000 



8213,000,000 



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A Difficult Qpeition Asswerkd.— " Can anv 

 one," says Fannie Fern, " tell me why, when Eve 

 was manufactured from one of Adam's"ribs, a hired 

 girl was not made at the same time 

 her ? " 



to wait on 



Gold Product of the Wohld. — ^It is stated in 

 the " Bankers Magazine," upon what is held to be 

 reliable data, that the production of gold and silver 

 has quadrupled since the discovery of gold in Cal- 

 ifornia in 1848. In 1847 the annual production 

 was estimated at $61,000,000; Russia and Mexico 

 being the principal sources. The product for the 

 current year is estimated at $270,000,000. A care- 

 ful scrutiny of the whole subject, as to the sources 

 of this supply, serve to show that North and South 

 America produce about $97,350,000 in gold, and 

 $47,650,000 in silver; a total of $144,000,000. 

 Australia, Russia, and other portions of the world, 

 produce annually $108,230,000 in gold, and $19,- 

 345,000 in silver ; a total of $127,695,000. The 

 annual average of the gold crop of Califoinii is 

 set down at $60,000,000. The effect of this 

 accumulation of gold is thus stated : 



_ We can, easy : Because Adam never came whi- 

 nmg to Eve with a ragged stocking to be darned 

 a collar string to be sewed on, or a glove to mend 

 right away— quick now." Because he never 

 read the newspaper until the sun got down behmd 

 the palm trees, and then stretching himself out 

 yawned out "ain't supper most ready, my dear «'' 

 Not he! He made the fire and hung the kettle 

 over it himself we'll venture, and pulled the rad- 

 ishes, peeled the potatoes, and did everythino- else 

 he ought to. He mUked the cows, fed the chick 

 ens, and looked after the pigs himsdf. He never 

 brought home half a dozen friends to dinner, when 

 Eve had nt any fresh pomegranates, and the maneo 

 seasoii was over ! He never stayed out till elevln 

 clock to a "ward meeting," hurrahing for a out 

 and out candidate, and then scolded b "cause noor 

 Eve was sitting up and crying inside the gate H« 

 never played billiards, rolled ten pins Inddrove 

 festhorses nor chooked Eve with cigar smoke 

 He never loafed around corner groceries wWle 

 Eve was rocking little Cain's cradle at hoie In 

 short he didn't think she was especially created 

 for the purpose of waiting on him, a£d wa^'t 

 under the impression that it disgraced a man to 

 lighten a wife's cares a little. That's the reason 

 that Ere did not need a hired girl, and with it wm 

 I the reason that htr fair descendaats did. . * 



