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1864:. 



THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



S2 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



SPRINGFIELD, - - ILLINOm, 



BT 



BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



AND IS EDITED BY 



M. Ii. DUNLAP, Tribune's Bural. 



TJ1RM3 IN ADVANCE.— $1 a year; two copies 1 50; 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 be at one office 

 — 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 numbs rs sent free on application. 



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

 lisher. 



Exchanges and communications for the eye of the Editor 

 should be addressed, Illinois Farmer, Champaign. Illinois. 



All business letters are to be directed to the publishers, 

 Springfield. 



TERMS OP ADVEKTI.-ING : 



1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. 



One page, or two columns j8 $20 $35 $50 



Half a pace or one " 5 12 20 8o 



Cne fourth page or half column.. 3 7 12 18 



One eighth or one fourth " .. 2 4 7 10 



One square of ten lines 1 2 4 7 



Card of five lines one year $6 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 adverti4ers will pay semi-annually, 

 and all transient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAlLliAOHE k BAKFK, Publishers, 

 Spr'ngfield, Ills. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



J 3 CONFI! ENTLT OFFERED TO THE FEOPIK OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, political 

 vnd commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 •it 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 

 J lumber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 irincipal cities. 



TERMS : 



One copy one year. $2 09 



Three copies one year 5 00 



Six *' " 7 50 



Ten " " 12 00 



Twenty " " .20 00 



Payable always in advance. Persons sending clubs of ten 



upwards shall be entitled to an extra copy. 

 Addreu BAILHACHE k BAKER, 



Bprin^firld, Illinois. 



Sanford & Mallory's Flax and Hemp 

 Machines. 



These celebrated machines are on exhibition and 

 in operation in a building adjoining the Chicago Su- 

 gar Refinery. For circular telling all about them, 

 price, Ac, address NELSON STILLMAN, 



General Agent, Chicago, 111. 



P. 0. Box 5823. May]'63.1y 



A GOOD INVESTMENT. 



ONE TEAT FAYS. 



THE 



"PRAIRIE PARMEU,' 



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 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 of 

 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 ol each six months. 



CONTENTS. «i 



About five pages are devoted to Gei'cral Agricul- 

 ture : one to two pages to Horticulture; 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 Advertisements 

 of such character as is appropriate to an Agricultural 

 paper. 



DR. GEO. H. DADD. 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contribute 

 regularly to the Fakmer, giving especial attention to 

 the anfiwering of questions and giving information 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. 

 A NEW VOLUME 



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 copies one year 3 00 • 



Larger clubs furnished at liberal rates, or prem- 

 iums given where clubs of six or more aro 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 sals by news dealers generally. 



For samples or other information concerning the 

 paper, address 



EMERY k CO., Chicago, HI. 



