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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



OCOBER 



The experiment of a duncing floor has not met 

 the expectations ofits projectors — that of pleasure 

 and a high moral tone of its patrons was anticipa- 

 ted. It degenerated into a mere low d:ince house. 

 It is a failure and we hope to never see it repeat- 

 ed. In Europe these things are common among 

 the pcBsantry in the rural districts, and is pleas- 

 ant and healthful and, in a social aspect, moral. 



Of the Sanitary Fair we sholl speak in another 

 place. 



The officers of the Society have all worked with 

 a will, never before to as good advantage, for they 

 have learned at former fairs more of the wants of 

 the occasion. 



We have now aimed to make a complete report, 

 but hiive many things laid up for future comment. 

 We trust our readers will be sati.rfied with our in- 

 dustry during the week. 



THE CLOSE. 



The twelfth Fair of the State of Illinois is now 

 drawing to a close. As we now write in the edi- 

 tors' room, 5 p. M., little of iuterest is going on. — 

 The crowd have loft, the tents are struck, and one 

 by one the exhibitors go out of the gate. Then 

 fades awav the glory of the show and the people 

 are homeward bound. The last train is thunder- 

 ing in the distance and we too must leave these 

 grounds- to st.and alone in their solitude. 



BAKER & PHILIiliS - - - PUBLISHERS. 



M. L. DUN LAP, Kditor. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER, 1864. 



September has proved a busy month in this part 

 of the State. The high price rf wheat and oats 

 has called out all the available threshing machines 

 to get the crop to market as fast as possible. Add 

 to this an immense sorgo crop, with a sprinkling 

 of beans, broomcorn and the sowing of an unusuaj 

 breadth of winter wheat, and outsiders can imagine 

 that at least some of the farmers have been busy. 

 But this is not all : State and county fairs have 

 been attended, even more freely than usual, and 

 now the inexorable draft must take sixteen thou- 

 sand laborers from field and shop. "But," says one, 

 "your county is out of the draft." Well, what of 

 it ? Chicago wants a thousand men and will pay a 

 laro-e price for ,thein ; other northern counties do 

 the same. Bounties are offered and away go our 

 laborers to fill up the quotas. Let it be so ; drive 

 on the war car through the red field until it reach 

 the shores of an abiding peace. 



For ourself, work has driven us right along, and 

 we have had to take an active part in the field, 

 with the exception of the week at the State Fair. 



Our notes on that occasion occupy a large part of 

 the present number 



If the Farmer lacks interest it is becaus v ■ are 

 taking actual les-ons and perfecting our i d tion 

 in the field, that we may be all the more pable 

 of teaching when the leisure hours of the ling 

 year furnish the occasion. 



The autumn frost lies just in the offing ""<! will 

 soon be down on us ; then we may be bu i re- 

 ality, with no time for State and county rs. — 

 How we shall get on must be left for th le of 

 trial to solve. 



Our table is loaded with good things fc iture 

 use, but they cannot be served up at thi me. — 

 Forty acres of orchard must be set out ii ■■<■ lext 

 sixty days ; our customers at the nursery . i . t be 

 served; several thou-and evergreens mu- beset 

 out ; potatoes dug, apf les picked, cider mad , and 

 an innumerable lot of small jobs to be done uf) and 

 all this with the sntallest possible number f hands; 

 and some of thei=e of the poorest kind. 



The whole country is enjoying most cxcill^nt 

 health, which enabl' s the farmer to diive an ad 

 and to accomplish large tasks. The neu iu ple- 

 ments also help us out. The cast cast-ste I plow 

 pleases us vastly, and two of them ar^- h ing run 

 by two of our small boys ; of course the\ h . ve . . ch 

 a weed hook and wheel coulter. Don t t!io-e ^oys 

 feel proud of their straight, smooth (uiiov,.-! — 

 well, we rather think they do. We have a ^reat 

 regard for boys who can make straight, s ooth 

 furrows, and they like nice plows with a 1 ihi new ' 

 implements. Now, that so much fall plowing must 

 be done, it will pay to look a little aft' r a good 

 plow rig. 



We hope our readers will excuse any present 

 short comings, for we know that like ourr-elf, ihey 

 have little lime to read or find fault. 



Large Sale of Blooded Stock. 



Having associated with me in business my sons, 

 (William and Charles S. Brown,) I will sell at pub- 

 lic auction, at my residence, Grove Park, in Island 

 Grove, Sangamon county Illinois, three miles . 

 west of Berlin, on the road leading from Sprifigtield 

 to Jacksonville, on Wednesdav and Thursday.. Au- 

 gust 24th and 25tb, 1864, (sale to commence at ten 

 o'clock,) 



Thirty or Forty Superior Shm't Horn Cattle, 



consisting of Cows, Heifers and Young Bulls; also 

 South-Down Sheep and Berkshire Hogs, rom the 

 importation of the Illinois Importing Association of 

 1857 ; also a number of valuable 



BROOD MARES COLTS AND FILLIES, -• . 



of trotting stock. 



Catalogues of Stock will be issued in due time. — 

 Persons desirous of obtaining them can do so by ad- 

 dressing me at Berlin, Illinois. - i, 



Aug-'64-lt JAS. N. BROWN, -ii 



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