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THE ILLmOIS FARlffiR. 







May 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



AGRiCULTUrtE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



SPRiYGFIELD, - - ILLINOIS, 



BY 



BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



AND IS EDITED BY 



M. Ii. DUNLAP, Tribune's Bural. 



TE' M-* IN ADVA CB.— .1 a yean two ropies 1 5C; fire 

 CJpies $3; ten copies $6, and one to gettT up of the club 

 twenty copies $10. 



His 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 

 the ^t!lte of lllinuin, and six centi> out of it. 



itpecitneus numb' rs sent free on application. 



i^ubsciiption money may be sent at the risk of the pub- 

 lisher. 



Exchanges and communications for the eye of the ' ditor 

 ofauuld be addressed, I lin is Fabme-, Champaign Illinois. 



All business letters are to be dircc ed to the publishers, 

 SpriUi,fi.-ld. 



TERM- OK aDVK T1 ING: 



1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo 12 mo. 



One page, or two columns 8 $20 $3.5 f.'iO 



Halt a pace or one '• 5 12 20 3o 



One fourth pagi' or half column.. 3 7 12 IS 



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



One fnuiire of ten lines 12 4 7 



Card of five lines one year $5 CO 



Ten cents a line for less than a sqiiare each insertion. 



All worthy objects advertised, and those of importance to 

 the Harnier will receive, from time to time, such editorial 

 notices as the Editor may consider Ihem worthy of, without 

 add tional charge. 



Implements and seeds to be tested should bo sent direct 

 to the Kditor, at his ri'sidciice .• hampaign. 



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

 It will enable th' Be who like to freely adertise tlieir goods, 

 to do so at a cheap rate. 



Terms, cash. Yearly ad'^ertiaers will pay gemi-annnally. 

 •nd all transient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure inseition. 



BAKEa k PII1LLIP5. Publishers.' -S 

 Spr'n, field. Ills. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



XS rONFi'ENTLY O PKREIi TO THE TEOP E OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, political 

 ind commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 '.t Springfield, the Capital of the ^ tate, and is the medium 

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

 ular attention is given to commercial afiairs and every 

 :^umber contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 .rincipal cities. 



TERMS : 



One copy one year. $2 00 



Three copies one year 6 00 



Six " " 7 60 



len " " 12 00 



Twenty" " - — • JJO 00 



Payable always in advance. Persous sending clubs of ten 

 and upwards shall be entitled to an extra copy. 

 AddreM ' BAKER k PHILLIPS, 



Sprin^firld, Illinois. 



Sanford &; Mallory's Flax and Hemp 

 Machines. 



These celebrated macbiDes are on exhibition and 

 in operation in a building adjoining the Chicago Sn- 

 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 THAT FATS. 



THE 



Has DOW been publi-shed in Chicago, 111., for twenty- 

 two yoars, wilhont intermission. It 16 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. hy 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 

 hi 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 giren at the end ol each six months. 

 CONTENTS. 



About five pages are devoted to Geieral Agricul- 

 ture ; one to two pages to Horticulture; one page to 

 Literature ; two or more pages to General War Mis- 

 cellany and News j two pages to Markets and Rec- 

 ord of Season, and asking and answering questions, 

 and general editorial items. 



A portion will also bo devoted to Advertisement* 

 of such character as is appropriate to an Agricultural 

 paper. 



DR. GEO. H. DADD. 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contHbuts 

 regularly to the Fakmer, giving especial attention to 

 the anrwering of questions and giving information 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. 



A NEW VOLUME 

 Commencing January Ist, 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 pren- 

 iums given where 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 or the purpose of 

 raising a club. 



For sab by news dealers generally. 



For samples or other inform.ition concerning the 

 paper, addr ^s 



EMERY Si CO., Chicago, HL 



