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THE ILLINOIS FAKMEK 



Fes 



it3 advanced stages. As an antiscorbutic, it has 

 no rival ; it is, therefore, in great demand among 

 our sohliers, who eat it in all forms. 



Many ppople suppose that scurvy only occurs 

 among seamen who have made long voyages, but 

 this is a great mistake, as the disease is common in 

 our armies, and not so very uncommon among the 

 white traxh of our State, who live on bacon, strong 

 coffee without milk or sugar, and corn bread. 



The fir-t symptoms are sore gums and loose teeth' 

 followed with lassitude, if that is possible in one of 

 these persons who are never around except at a 

 dog fight, a turkey match or a raffle. 



The demand for onions in the army has largely 

 increased the quantity planted in the Western 

 States, while the home consumption has also in- 

 creased of late. This has made a dnin on the 

 istock of s,>ed to that extent that the wholesale price 

 of forty cents a pound two years since has gone up 

 to ncnrly four dolhirs — a rather wide difference. — 

 Top onion seed has also advanced to some eight 

 dollars a bushr-l. 



One man planted one hundred and fif^y bushels 

 of onions List fall for seed, and is to plant the 

 name amount this spring. The fall is the best time 

 to plant onions for the seeds or sett^, or for an 

 early cron, but i.i this case they n«ust be covered 

 with straw to prevent heaving out. 



As a jreneral thing, too much seed is powu, thus 

 crowding the plants, the result of which is small 

 onions. We have several inquiries iu regard to 

 sowing broadcast on sod broken up last summer. 

 We have considerable pro and con in r.gard to this 

 mode, but have no confidence in it. The best 

 mode th.it we have tried is to sow in July or Au- 

 gust very thick, let the onion get of the size of 

 small hickory nuts, when they are pulled, dried 

 and packed awav secure from moisture and too 

 much fiost. These are set out early in the spring 

 and are sure to make large, fine onions very early 

 in the season. In this way we never fail of a crop, 

 while the black seed is not always relied upon for 

 an annual crop. The onion is a bienial, and 

 to make good bulbs the first season must be 

 forced by rich soil and good culture. 



Cheese MiNUFACTURiES. — At a Convention re 

 cently held at Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., the fol- 

 lowing chef-se manufacturies were represented, 

 which show -an interesting matter of history. This 

 system of manufacturing cheese upon a combined 

 plan, and on a lirge scale, is one of recent origin, 

 and this list shows how it has absorbed the dairy 

 interest of that region. List of the delegates pres- 

 sent, their localities and the amount of cheese in- 

 terests they represent : 



Names Factories located JT* cows. 



Hugh Quinn Oneida Co 527 



Williams, Adams & DewvOneida Co 350 



G. W. Davis ".Oneida Co 380 



F. Clark Oneida Co 350 



Hiram Brown Chenango Co 500 



James Rathburn Oneida Co 707 



Charles Rathburn Oneida Co 126 



J. W. Brooks Oneida Co 820 



G. E. Morse Madison Co 650 



J. Greenfield Oneida Co 300 



D. Ellis Warren, M;iss 500 



Isaac Shell ..Herkimer Co 600 



A. Anstead Oneida Co 500 



J. G. Co ites Oneida Co 300 



Henrv Hill Oneida Co 500 



G. W. Wheeler Oneida Co 200 



Gold Creek Factory Herkimer Co 600 



Collins Factory.. . .' Erie Co 1,000 



New Woodstock Factorv. Madison Co 1,200 



F. Smith .".Oneida Co 575 



Crosbv & Huntington. . .Oneida Co 510 



G. B. "Weeks Oneida Co 640 



H. L.Rose Oneida Co 1,000 



B. F. Stephens Lewis Co 800 



T. Tillinghast Cortland Co 900 



Kenney& Fnzer Cortland Co 1,400 



Rome Cheese M mu'g Ass.Oneida Co 624 



Wright & Williams Oneida Co 550 



Whiitakor & Curry Oneida Co 500 



D. Thomas Oneida Co 500 



L. M. Dunton Lewis Co 800 



Asel Bnrnham, jr Chautauqua Co. . . . 500 



Hanck, Wikox & Co Chautauqua Co 600 



Clear Spring Factory. . . .Chautauqua Co. . . . 600 



A. L. Fish Herkimer Co 500 



Schnser & Davis Fulton Co 600 



Caydatte Cheese FactoryMontgomery Co. . . . 600 



West Eaton Factory Madison Co 600 



Miller, Fowler & Co Oneida Co 800 



R. U. Sherman Oneida Co 130 



Jerome Bush Lewis Co 700 



A. S. King Oneid) Co 200 



S. Allen Oneida Co 500 



Alfred Buck Oneida Co 475 



Brown & Co Madison Co 800 



F. A. No> ton Madison Co 500 



S. Conan Madison Co 600 



Savery & Coventry Madison Co 600 



Kirkland Cheese Co Oneida Co 800 



J. M. Dean Oneida Co , 300 



Colosse Cheesa Factory. .Oswego Co 500 



Harvev Farrington Herkimer Co 470 



J. H. "Hubbard Oneida Co 400 



David Yourden Oneida Co 1 50 



Ezra Barnard Oneida Co 220 



Asa Chandlar Oneida Co 270 



J. M. Farnam Lewis Co 897 



David W. Wilcox Oneida Co 750 



Levi Tanner Oneida Co 960 



E. S. Bennett Oswego Co 250 



PRIVATE DAIRIES. 



J. W. Davidson Herkimer Co 55 



J. B. Smith Erie Co 39 



Isaac Goodwin Erie Oo 41 



Moore Adams Erie Co 78 



Asahel Burnham Chautau(}ua Co ... . 61 



F. M. Wilcox Chautauqua Co 81 



D. H. Golden Chautauqua Co ... . 41 



John M. Phillips Oneida Co 30 



Geo. Sisson Chatauqua Co 40 



Total cows in factories, 6,881 



