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THE ILLINOIS FAliMEll 



March 



Ohio Wool Growers' Contention. — The annual 

 >-esJioa of the Ohio Wool Growers' Association was 

 ho!,1 i.t Columbus on tho 5th and GthFcb. Col. S. 

 D. IlarvirJ presided. Mr. Greer, from a special coin- 

 luittoo, reported the follo-.ving resolutions : 



RcHohreJ, That wo petition the Congress of the 

 ITiiited States to so amend the Internal Revenue 

 luvi a-i t'j impose a tax upon dogs, with a view of 

 juvireeting sliecp from the depredation of dogs. 



Rex,>I<<i:l. That washing is in itself injurious to 

 the slie.'p, is of no advantage to the wool, and is 

 o'ily ma;ie necessary by the present custom of wool 

 iiurers, and it is highly desirable that a reformation 

 hi fir- cl-.l. 



R-^so/u.;d, That the existing tariff on foreign wool 

 is in ide.ju ue to the protection of American wool 

 gro\\'er3, upon the same footing as American man- 

 ufactures. 



Th.'ST resolutions were discussed at considerable 

 L>ngtii liy Lieut. Gov. Stanton, Judge William 

 ijawrenc ■. and were finally adopted, witli the fol- 

 iv.vinj;adlit.onal one, offered by lion. Columbus 

 Delano : 



li'^anlved, That a committee of three be appointed 

 to prc-p.vve a bill to be submitted to the Legislature 

 fn" promiting the interests of wool growers and 

 for protection against dogs, and that said commit- 

 tee mem )ria!ize the General Assembly in favor of 

 passing said bill. 



Tlie following gentlemen were elected as officers 

 of the Wool Growers' Association : 



President — R. M. Montgomery, Youngstown, Ma- 

 honing c^iur.tv. 



Vice President — -John Gurney, Alexandria, Lick- 

 ing county. 



Secretary — J. Park Alexander, Akron, Summit 

 county. 



T ■I'-vmrei- — L. D. Harris, Cleveland. 



Jj'irect-,t% — S. S. Mattliews, Outville, Licking 

 ODU itv ; K. Messenger, Marion, Marion County ; 

 John L ;ars, Litchfield, Medina county. 



— T^vo important points are settled in the above. 

 Oae thenecessity of a dog law toprotect sheep own- 

 o:-^, and the other the useless and unhealthy prac- 

 tice of washing sheep. la Jfew York they have a 

 d ig law, a per capita dog tax which is used as a 

 f ;nd to p^y for sheep killed by dogs. Suppose 

 there is a thousand dogs in the county, these pay 

 •y dollar e ;ch, making a thousand dollars, which is 

 ])' :;eed in the treasury for tho purpose of paying 

 damages. Xow suppose A has twenty sheep, five 

 \^i which are killed by dogs, a commission is ap- 

 !3ointed to assess the damage; when the amount is 

 paiil out of tbe dog fund. If we had a sinjilnr law, 

 nearty every farmer would keep a small flock of 

 sheep, while the flocks of worthless curs would 

 -apidly disappear under the dollar tax. 



At the mext session of the Lcgisiature &n effort 

 mutt be made for a similar law. 



New Mode of Pkeserving Apples. ^-At the 

 meet ng of the State Horticultural Society at Al- 

 ton, 3v)me person presented an apple in a good 

 iiiUe of preservatioBj claimed to be preserved b;/ 



a new process. It was first handed to Dr. Warder 

 for examination, who tasted of it and passed small 

 bi:s to the members, but no sooner was it tasted 

 than the melting tit bit went on the floor. In the 

 first place the apple had been dipped into a thin 

 solution of gum arable, but the person fearing this 

 might not prove effectual, gave it an additional 

 coat of copal varnish ; the varnish had penetrated 

 the fruit, not only preserving it, but imparting the 

 varnish to every part of it in a remarkable man- 

 ner. No formal vote was taken on the value of 

 the new discovery, but from the looks and actions 

 of members, the conclusion might be drawn that 

 they would not recommend it on a large scale. 



PcRE Milk. — At Paris tho inspector stops the 



milkmen at the city gates, examines their cans, and 



if lie finds any that have been watered, kicks them 

 into the gutter. How would that work in our 

 American cities ? 



Medical Examiner. — The January and February 

 Nos. of this valuable work are on our table. It is 

 published in Chicago at $2. Geo. H. Fergu* is the 

 printer, and must be reckoned •cmong the oldest 

 typos of Chicago, in fact our acquaintance dates 

 back almost to the village of Chicago ; while the 

 editor. Dr. N. S. Davis, has grown grey as the city 

 has extended her streets. It is pleasant as well as 

 profitable to thus renew old acquaintacc by these 

 monthly visits. 



One of the correspondents of this work says : 

 "It has already been stated that those who are not 

 sufficiently intelligent to read and write are most 

 liable to diseaie." And the writer goes on to say 

 that exhilerating mental influences are valuable 

 prophyeactics in the army. 



Of course all our physicians take or ought to 

 have this work, nor will it be found useless in large 

 families, where the application of some simple 

 remedy may often save a long spell of sickness. 



Illinois Cotton. — From the Carlyle Union Ban- 

 ner, we learn that one hundred and twenty bales 

 of Illinois cotton, the prpduct of last year, will be 

 shipped from Oarbondale, this season. All that 

 has yet reached market brought .eighty cents per 

 pound. The lint is fine, silky, an(J wljite, though 

 somewhat shortej- than l{issis.sippi cotJ;on. 



Seed Corn. — But little of the crops o* 1863 is 

 fit for seed and farmers are planting that of 1862, 



Naty Beans— a large amount of these beans 

 will be planted, for array and navy purposes. Tho 

 use of beans are no longer confined to the Yankees 

 as the western people consunie a large amount. 

 Of the navy bean wc have two sorts, the small 

 bean that is very early and prolific and most esti-. 

 mated and the largo beau less reliable but oeca-' 



