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The Illinois Faemee, 



VOL. IX. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL., OCTOBER, 18641 



NO. 10. 



DEVOTED TO THE 



FARM, THE ORCHARD kW THE GARDEl^, 



PUBLISHED BY 



BAKER & PHILLIPS, 



SPSLVGFIELD, ILLINOIS. 



M:. L. TDJJNJiiA.'P, Editor. 



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October. 



Soft and haze-like is the air of Octo- 

 ber, breathing ripeness to the vegeta- 

 ble world. The early frost is loosening 

 the leafy garniture of the forest, and 

 the disrobing for winter is everywhere 

 in active progress. Cool nights and 

 pleasant days hath October. The ap- 

 ples are falling in the orchard, and the 

 nnts dropping from the trees of the for- 

 est. The golden ears of corn peer out 

 from beneath the ripening husk, and 

 the team is turning the long furrows in 

 the stubble field. Gentle reader, did 

 you ever use a weed hook as you plow, 

 with which to turn under the tall 

 weeds which like Jonah's gourd have 



sprung up in the stubble ? If you have 

 not make no delay to get one made; you 

 will then have a clean furrow, instead 

 of one fringed with the tip ends of a 

 row of green weeds, that will ripen 

 their seeds to be spread on the surface, 

 ready to grow after the first April 

 shower. 



Make no delay in digging your po- 

 tatoes, if not done before frost. We 

 like best to attend to this work during 

 the last half of September. The time 

 to sort your potatoes is at the digging ; 

 you can then select the large, fine ones 

 for table use, and also separate the 

 kinds. This latter is of no small im- 

 portance, as two kinds should not be 

 platited together, unless you wish a 

 large share of small potatoes ; for the 

 strongest grower takes the lead and the 

 weaker one turns out only small tubers. 



Market your products as fast as pos. 

 sible, if the price will warrant — be sat- 

 isfied with fair prices — the man who 

 always waits to get the highest price, 

 often takes up with a low one. Re- 

 member the old maid who took up with 

 the crooked stick on the hither side of 

 the grove of straight poplars. ' ;./ v 



Kemember that brains are an essen- 

 tial element of successful farming, and 

 see that they are used. It is not the 

 farmer who does the most hard work 

 who makes the most money. 



Fall plowing should be prosecuted 

 this month ; every foot of land tha 



