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July 



THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



224 



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A MONTHLY JOTRNAL OP 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



PUBLISHED AT 



SPIiiYQFIELJJ, - . ILLINOIS, 



BT 



BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



AND IS EDITKD BY 



M. L. DUNLAP, Tribune's Bural. 



Sanford & Mallory's Flax and Hemp 

 Machines. 



These celebrated machines are on exhibition and 

 in operation in a building adjoining the Chicago Su- 

 gar Refinerj'. For circular telling all about them, 

 price, Ac, address NELSON STILLMAN, 



General Agent, Chicago, 111. 



P. 0. Box 5S23. May]'63.1y 



A GOOD INVESTMENT- 



ONE THAT FAYS. 



THBM3 IN ADVA'CB.— 11 a ytar; two copies 1 5C; five 

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

 twenty copies $10. 



It ia 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 Fabmer is only throe cents a year in 

 the ^'tate of Illinois, and six cents out of it. 



Specimens numbtrs 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 

 ■-hould be addressed, IiLinois Farmek, Champaign Illinois. 



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

 Springfield. 



TERM-* OF ADVEKTI ING : 



1 mo. Smo. 6mo. 12roo. 



One page, or two columns 8 $20 $35 j50 



Half a page or one '• 5 12 20 3o 



One fourth page or half column.. 3 7 12 \i 



One eighth or one fourth •■ .. 3 4 7 10 



One square of ten lines 12 4 7 



Card of five lines one year .f 6 00 



Tea 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 ad\ertise their goods, 

 to do so at a cheap rate, 



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

 and all transient advertisements must be accompanied with 

 the cash to insure insertion. 



BAKEh & PHILLIP;5, Publishers. 

 Spr'ngfield, Ills. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL 



JS CONFiHENTLY OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF 

 Illinois as the best and most reliable news, i)olitical 

 ■ind commercial paper within their reach. It is published 

 :it 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 affairs and every 

 number contains copious reviews of the markets in the 

 principal cities. 



TERMS : 



One copy one year. $2 00 



. Three copies one year 5 00 



Six " " 7 50 



Ten " " 12 00 



Twenty" " .20 00 



Payable always in advance. Persons sending clubs of ten 

 and upv^rds shall be entitled to an extra copy. 

 Address BAKEE k PHILLIPS, 



Sprin^ld, Illinoia. 



■.- - ' ^.'•- THE • .. ■ :■ 



"PRAIRIE PARMER,' 



Hag now been published in Chicago, 111., for twenty- 

 two years, without intermission. It iis 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 — tb"us 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 giren at the end ol each six months. 



CONTENTS. 



About five pages are devoted t j Gei eral 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 bo devoted to Advertisements 

 of such character as is appropriate to an Agricultural 

 paper. i - : ^ 



DR. GEO. H. DADD. 



This celebrated Veterinary Surgeon will contribute 

 regularly to the Fakmer, giving especial attention to 

 the an.vwering of questions and giving information 

 upon matters interesting to stock growers. _ 



A NEW VOLUME 

 Commencing January 1st, 1863, and the present time 

 aflfords the best time to form dubs 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 

 Trho desires them for examination or the purpose of 

 raising a club. 



For sab by news dealers generally. 



For samples or other information concerning the 

 paper, addic^is 



EMEBY h CO., Chicago, 111. 



