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THE ILLINOIS FARMEli. 



October 



REVOLTING HORSE RAKK3, 



Already so popular, are represented by a single 

 implement from Oswego, III., made by S. E. Arment 

 &Co. 



SPRING TEETH HORSE RAKES. 



Wm. Fielding & Co., Chicago ; J. S. Sheirman, 

 East Berlin, Pennsylvania ; W. H. Alexander, Can- 

 ton, Ohio ; Roach & Kennedy, Abingdon ; Gait, 

 Tracy & Co., Sterling ; Johnson, Richmond & Co., 

 Chicago. 



TWO HOBSE POWER 



W. p. Sanger, Joliet ; Buvnum, Baker & Wake- 

 ly, Michigan, and E. W. Skinner, Madison, Wis., 

 have well made machines. 



FANNING MILL8. 



Dickey, of Racine, has three very valuable 

 mills. 



CLOVER HULLER. 



John C. Birdsill, of South Bend, Ind., the only 

 exhibitor. 



CIDER MILLS. 



The competition in this line is quite active, and 

 we have three exhibitors, as follows : Cowles, Hig- 

 gins & Co., Freeport. This is a new mill, passing 

 the pummice between cast iron rollers. It should 

 have a thorough trial. Austin & Boal, Chicago, 

 "Hutchinson's patent ;" J. E. Baldwin's of Spring- 

 field, "Baldwin's patent ;" Cook & Utter, of Rock- 

 ford. Cider is becoming popularized, and it is to 

 be hoped it may drive out stronger drinks which 

 have been so much used in this State. 



Later the Kentucky mill and one from Spring 

 Hill, Whiteside county, of Messrs. Hurst & Co. — 

 X/ider is becoming an important article of com- 

 merce in all of our towns, and the last cider mill 

 will of course be sought after. We had no time to 

 devote to a thorough trial, and the committee who 

 had the subject matter in charge were overburden- 

 ed with work and had only time to make a guess 

 as to the best mill, and we fear guessed wide of the 

 mark. We must defer a full discussion of this 

 matter until the November No. of the Farmer, 

 when we shall have had an opportunity of more 

 practical knowledge of these several mills. 



HORSE POWER CORN SHELLERS. 



W. P. ^Sanger, of Joliet, is the exhibitor. 



HORSE HAY EORKS 



Are attracting much attention, and they are in con- 

 stant work, loading and unloading, much to the 

 gratification of a large crowd of farmers. Of these, 

 "Palmer's" is taking the lead, in connection with 

 its hay cultivator. Belt, of Morrison, and Wicks, 

 of Kansas, HI., are competitors. 



STRAW CUTTERS. 



These are numerous and represented by J. Pow- 

 ers, "Landi's patent," South Macon, HI. ; W. D. 

 Schooley, "Hunt's patent," Richmond ; Godman, 

 Morris & Co., Indianapolis, Ind ; J. G. Page, 

 Rockford. 



LARGEST AND BEST DI8PLAT OF AGRICTJLTTIRAL IHFLX- 

 HSNTS. 



Emmerson^& Co., Rockford, are the only claim- 

 ants. 



bttbson's binser, 



Attached to J. H. Manny's Reaper, is attracting 

 crowds of visitors. 



RECEIPTS. ETC, 



The receipts to-day for gate fees and entries 

 foot up $2,140, against $1,355 same day last year. 

 Can we ask for a more gratifying start of things, 

 showing the onward progress of the State in popu- 

 lation, or Fair goers, to say the least. 



Our fears of yesterday that the show would fall 

 below that of last year, have not been realized, as 

 the late trains have been loaded, and the grounds 

 now present a most magnificent display. 



About 9 o'clock p. m., the gate keeper made an 

 inside survey of the grounds and found several hun- 

 dred persons camping inside without the "season 

 ticket," and made collection of 30 cents each, real- 

 izing several hundred dollars, much to the chagrin 

 of the delinquent parties. 



THE farmer's MEETING. 



The farmers met at the Union Club Room in the 

 city at 7 p. m. for the purpose of discussing the 

 College Grant Fund. 



On motion of Col. J. Wentworth, C. W. Murt- 

 feldt remarked on taking the chair that the object 

 of the meeting was to have this grant applied to 

 its legitimate purposes. We do not want it par- 

 celled out to sectarian colleges. What we want is 

 to see that no one be sent to the Legislature but 

 those who will pledge themselves to give us their 

 best aid in favor of the proper use of this fund. 



W. W. Corbf^tt was chosen Secretary. 



B. G. Roots, Esq., of Tamaroa, away down in 

 Egypt, was called out and spoke to the point. He 

 maintained that Gov. Yates had doubtless been 

 led into an error in the appointment of the com- 

 mittee for the purpose of parcelling out this grant. 

 This grant is large, being the script for 480,000 

 acres of land. 



When any of our farmers' sons attend one of the 

 old colleges, he is treated civilly only after he can 

 properly pronounce haec, hoc, not to learn how to 

 plow, how to hoe and how to manage a farm. Our 

 boys on the farm know something of farming, but 

 we want to extend their knowledge. 



K. K. Jones, of Quincy, offered the following : 



Resolved, That this fund shall only be used for 

 its legitimate purposes. 



Mr. Periam, of Cook, said that the act is posi- 

 tive. The fund must be applied to educate the ag- 

 riculturist and the mechanic 



Mr. P. proposes a committee of five to draft res- 

 olutions for the consideration of the meeting. 



Col. Wentworth took up the subject of the Gov- 

 ernor's committee, and their claims on this fund. 

 He was for instituting a school which our sons 

 should be allowed to attend so soon as they shall 

 have graduated from our common schools, and 

 which he may attend and graduate in this commer- 

 cial and agricultural school. He would ask Gen. 

 Oglesby to tell this meeting whether he was for 

 the sectarian schools or for us. 



Gen. Oglesby came forward and said that he had 

 no objection to giving his views. He did not think 

 that be knew more of Greek than the distinguished 

 gentleman himself. It was probable that both of 

 them understood the Sucker tongue better than 

 any other. He was himself a greasy mechanic 

 and a mudsill. He would leave this grant in the 

 hands of farmers and mechanics, and whatever 

 they may wish to do with it for their benefit- 

 Whenever the Legislature shall have passed a lair 



