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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



April 



mmtt 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTUriE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



SPB±VGFIELB, - - ILLINOIS, 



BY 



BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



AND IS EDITED BY 



M. L. DUNLAP, Tribune's Bural. 



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

 c jpies $3; ten copies $6, and one to getter up of the club 

 twenty copies $10. 



It is not necessaej- 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 

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



Specimens numb' 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 ^ ditor 

 • hould be addressed, I.UX is Fakmeb, Champaign Illinois. 



All business letters are to be din c ed to the publit^hcrs, 

 Sprinj^fluld. 



TSRMS OF ADVKKT[^IXG: 



1 mo. 3 mo. C mo 12 mo. 



One page, or two columns 8 S20 $3;') $.';0 



Half a pacre or one " 5 12 20 3o 



uue fourth pagf or half colnmn.. 3 7 12 IS 



One eighth or one f.iurth " .. 2 4 7 10 



One square often lines 12 4 7 



Card of five lines one year $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 

 add tional charge. 



Implements and seeds to be tested should be sent direct 

 to the Editor, at his residence .( hampaign. 



We have put the price of advertising witliin reach of all. 

 It will enable those wlio like to freely advertise their goods, 

 to do 80 at a cheap rate. 



Terms, cash. Yearly advertisers will pay semi-annually, 

 and all transient advertisements must be accomjianied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAKEh & PIIlLLIP,iSr. Publisher8.'"_Ji 

 Spr'n_tield, Ills. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



JS CONFIDENTLY Of'FEIlED TO THE lEOt'iF; OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, political 

 md commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 it Springfield, the Capital of the ftate, and is the medium 

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

 ular attention is given to commercial affairs and every 

 mmber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 i>rincipal cities. 



TERMS : 



One copj- one year $2 00 



Three copies one year 00 



Si.'i " " '50 



'Jen " " 12 00 



Twenty" " - ■ ••- - 20 00 



Payable always in advance. Persuus sending clubs of tea 

 and upwards shall be entitled to an extra copy. 

 Address BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



gprin^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, &c., address KELSON STILLMAN, 



General Agent, Chicago, 111. 



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



A GOOD INVESTMENT. 



ONS THAT !> AYS. 



THE 



"PR-AIRIE FARMER,' 



Has now been published in Chicago, II]., for twenty- 

 two years, without intermission. It is devoted to the 

 Producer's interest.', 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 e.xpense, and what is 

 equally important to assist him in securing the 



LARGEST PRICES 



the market affojds. 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 

 tlii 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 o! each six months. 



CONTENTS. 



About five pages are -devoted t.i Gei eral Agrienl- 

 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. IL DADD. 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contribute 

 regularly to the Fakiier, giving especial attention to 

 the an^weriDg of questions and giving informatioij 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. 



A NEW VOLUME 

 Commencing January 1st, 1S6-';, and the present time 

 affords the best time to form clubs for the year. 



One copy oue year $2 00 



Two copies one year... 3 O'J 



Larger clubs furni.<-hed at liberal rates, or prem- 

 iums given vfhere 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 cr the purpose of 

 raising a club. 



For sala by news dealers generally. 



For samples or other information concerning the 

 paper, addrc ss 



EMERY & CO., Chicago, IlL 



