1864. 



THE iLLmOIS FAKMEB. 



Index. 



September ....• 355 



Reaper Trial at'Catlin.,... 256 



Haying made Easy,. i..„ 257 



Bursuu's Grain Binder.. .'..„ 258 



Trade of Chicago 259 



Transplanting Evergreens 261 



Preparing land for Fall Crops 261 



Destruction of Forests.... 262 



Galushaand Phoenix on White Willow 263 



State Fair 264 



Fine vs. Coarse Wool 265 



Comstock's Spader ,■.,.. 265 



Freedman's Bulletin 266 



Evans' Rotary Spader ........ 266 



Immense Strawberry Crop 267 



A Farmer on Agricultural Education. ...„., 267 



City of Champaign 268 



Bark Lice „..- 268 



Raspberries and Blackberries..'.'. 269 



Mutton and Wool 269 



Flax Culture 270 



Gapes in Chickens „... 278 



A Blackberry Freak 270 



Malt and Malting 273 



Screens for Shelter .*.............. 273 



Metal- Tipped Shoes 273 



Do Bots Kill Horses? 274 



Top Dressing Grass Lands...... 274 



Time to Harvest Wheat 275 



What shall we Eat? , 275 



hSrinkage of Forage Plants in Curing 275 



Morgan Horses 246 



Prairie Tea , 276 



Lightning Rods 276 



The Vegetable Girl 277 



The Crops in Kankakee Co 277 



Salt for Sheep , ,..,.. ...... 277 



Mowing the Road Side..., 277 



Crops in Champaign Co 277 



Eggs of the Bee Moth „.... 277 



New Stock Yards 277 



Sanitary Commission , 277 



Editor's Table 278 



Wood's Prize Mower— Summer Apples — The 

 Tribune Strawberry — The Subsoil Plow — Ken- 

 tucky Nursery — The Old Rochester Nursery... 279 



The Grape Cultnrist „ 279 



Agricultural College Grant......... 279 



Chess in Wheat 279 



Yellow Seed in Flax 279 



A Begasse Carrier 279 



111. Nat. History Society 280 



Cotton 280 



The Temperature for July 280 



Lock port Nursery ...^.. 281 



Roses , , 281 



111. Fairs.,... .,....,.. 281 



Letter ef L, S. Pennington , 281 



Bees .' 282 



Storing of Corn 282 



Galena R. R 282 



Cider Mills. ■ > 



KEY-STONE A HUTCHINSON'S CIDER MILLS 



for sale by . 



''^'"'\-:;':.\_ ■',",■' -:',/:.' "A. H. HOVEY, 



. 194 



Augl.l864-lt ■:■:. V 



194 Lake St, Chieago. 



THE inCTOBGAHE MILL. 



CLARE SORGO MACHIirE CO. 



^-' V ; : MANUFACTURERS, 



122 Main SL, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



This niill constructed upon entirely new principles, 

 was first presented to the Public last year, and im- 

 mediately took its place at the head of all machinery 

 in its class. 



Five State Fair First iPremiums ! 



^ Ww© awarded it in rapid successiofty 



Over the Six Leading Mills of th» 

 Country. 



The folowing are its distinguishing features : 

 Gearing Lapped, by which the Scraper is discard- 

 ed and Choking rendered impossible. Diagonally 

 Braced,— Main Roll Flanged, Feed Roll Fluted. — 

 Shafting supported in Oil-Tight Step-Boxes,— No 

 Keys are used. — No Cog Wheels to break. — A Perfo- 

 rated False Bottom in the Rear of the Rolls, to pre- 

 vent Bagasse taking up the juice as it leaves the 

 Rolls. — Mill taken apart in Five Minutes, simply by- 

 loosening Four ScrejipS: """ - . 



Six Sizes, $60 to $250. - - '■ 



JS^ SEND FOB SORGO HAND BOOK, . . ,• - , •. ,; 



Septl-'64-lt 





H OT E Y ' S 





AGRICOLTURiL WAREHOUSE 



AND 



SEED STORE. 



Has one of the best selected stock of implements 

 andseeds to be found in the West, 



A, H, HOVEY, 

 Novtf 1862 No. 194, Lake St., Chicago HI. 



