CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTUR 
AL GAZETTE. 
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10 1859.) THE GARDENERS 249 
A or for the he attendance to be large at | Illinois and and W isconsin, and on the west Ll Tow: a, | crop, which, — be in the d 1 
to be ES Sa simple * — — be and Minnesota, embraces iir th r be det dris * lu T 
the men has been grossly dite te pend ots number of young fertile land on the surfaci the In total | June. Fortunately they had not had early fr ts, so 
pf and it mos aod and qualified to come forwar and pa Fran S together with that there wo uld be ang vi eld. i ig had been no 
— to eol — for r the honours of the a or the we dog of the ' , em Sicilies thrown into th le se ibas r 17 years in Illinois, and 
anti ^ y conviction cn — o: tho Royal gain is more than equal to Prussia and “the whole | he hen that the farmers v had ‘ecently s settled in 
e educational ¢ DM epustime- qid. ber Tour mpire— eve Spain and Turke combi ys and who had had only last year's experi- 
Society's would require the territory of the Ionian Islands rtened. zi pes he felt 
ace them on a with it. And this vast territor ves is | sy . 2 * as d the utmost confidence in 
n of the 
which 
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a | more forc 
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well and MEM 20 D cent. 
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rm, 
nual 
return 
of 
h year at October, —— at the — time I| 
ex- 
an the Jick y of 
2 n of figures the more 
p research, and cor- 
ing on in the — ies been i ze zapi of — 
prev uane 
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not only intersec ted by numerous lines am ue d, 
M 
he 
the natural fertility of € ‘soll, which he did not believe 
too | of this genau country t 
by trad See 
d 
a5] 
E Philad okie but on the north, by means wy the ie “— Of the cattle common to the mieten’ A there were 
and the St. Lawrence, and on the south the Ma several specimens exhibited, of en size. e 
2 e er, it possesses a continuous wat mu- red and white ox with wide up Bes tióhe, four and a 
nication with the Atlantic. Nothing can illustrate | half years old, measured 2700 Ibs. wei; ht. m 
cibly th 
e of 
yie e with those 
with 
ches, and priate dwellings dag EE with P 
of London itself. The stores on | cor 
F 
e ha ered to an 80 acre lot last 
spri ng, had built his finis, . — about 10 acres and 
and had his little crop of *sod 
cked out e rode s way, er to 
s fit care o 
thered a 
elegince to the new row of fine buildings which leads 
Bo 
a of Jap cien piy Ap 5 streets. 
rm 
8 actu ally i the f ra 
St dede Jo, fni There 
hackney-coaches, and various | 
An — pobio cago | 
are numerous stands for 
of more 
20 yea nce the ue 
Wheat was made from 
to about 100 bush 
2,243,000 b 
wealth are a pm 
in ‘breaking’ the prairie in pre par 
crop, and in cutting an 
-| bro. | the 
| 
ve ing, 
If bí 
Having thus started his *sod 
struets his house, and spends the rest of 
aration for a Wheat 
making 
winter ender of ma ive poy He also plants 
es. nd 
rove: 
perty created by the profits arising in t a few 5 vegetables d Po ta atoes In thee of 
ference from hand to hand of the surplus produce of August he sows his Wheat, and th 
but a small part of this wonderful SR Looking | he harvests his ‘sod’ corn. This — ps met of the 
to Illinois per which Chicago is the inh ae ket the v ery first winter, , aS it i e to 
capital and outlet, this sip, ae though i is | suffice for 
capable of —.— increased t eri as only em of | Hog and Hominy? is not M ae a pn 
he fertile lands of this are believed to be yet | that the — has to - ie e his in gotat during the 
brought under cultivation" first year of his posse bu ugh homely it i is 
It is the character of th wholesome. nt e erop 
ave come so. ar to as 5 eine d ex- — is tim making fen The neighbours 
ther. 
view, as it were, of the Need, first, and 
re with Mr. [ou you “traverse the enti 
State on the line of the Illinois Central Railway, from | pos 
0 begin nces, 
e a mutu 101 imo in RM and "mant mere ot 
n Pine 
and s 
Ext 8 neces dog to south, and from south to north-west, a |settler buys them ready for his purpos 
own barn doors, otal distance of about 700 miles. The State of Illinois | nearest ra i ti hichever 
— nds trom 37° to 42° tae — latitude, being thus happens to be most convenient. The holes for the posts 
R nearly t ut furt south, | are not dug out as with us, but are bored with an auger 
chicos. and on the same Perna with Spain a n * 3 made for the purpose, and the work of fencing thus 
l * Having accomplished this first obj and received | goes on. with neatness and regularity, and the 
Pris Farning in Americ. With Notes by the he “a general impression of the main — — of the | fences, being all e in the same manne E ith 
on ae i United States. By Jam es | country, and an idea of an almost endless extent of timber of the same dimensions, are very uniform and 
fertile soil,” Mr. spends a month ma ubstantial At this xus. we found the own 
g , | more minute and detailed examination of farming on | with four of in work of 
rried a eed | the os and asks er to accompany him in fencing, one boring, one drei d in the posts, and the 
fms — 9 a . leg intelligent, his ride before giving the figures and conclusions at others sorti ing and nailing on ne co " 
you shall lose which he finally arrived. He says, “the railway shall — The first man we calle was a dairy farmer 
a journey enables you to see | transport Tom nt to point on the route, and a fro the Eastern States, an inteligen — man, 
class steamer, | very light w. Pe invariably drawn by a who thoroug’ y understood his business. has 
d Vermont by rail- | * un (as these ed ré Called h ere) or pair of light active | had the same ill luck in his crop as ini Poole, 
gain horses, of great spirit and endurance, shall con us but knows bus de risk of seasons is one of those risks 
La Chine, | hither and thither ov ver the cou aog in our inspection whìch farmi all countries mus ore or less 
1 they way of 1 [s e Prairie farms.” e cannot siv 857 much of the | reckon poti 115 has a dairy stock of 38 cows, and 
he timber 255 558 k of this Prairie journey. full details makes the milk into cheese. He can sell his cheese 
Poris m e. the reader must purchase the little E “of which they | on the spot at 42s. a ewt., which s not far short of the 
nder|are the principalfeature. Let us however select one|average price realised by dai rmers in Scotland, 
e following as a or two €— of intelligence gleaned at some of the M the rent is higher than the price of land in 
iption which places ted: Ilinois. He finds the na atural Prai airie rass very pro- 
the ri side tess Homie corn field f itud ien : WS 
ds, | vast swee 2 e| siet him 2 Ibs. of cheese each, daily, during th 
> Sl apparently, t 
me no notwith 
* ip cannot in such co; 
e?» 
ises 
Co: 
dee Gis o Santry, 
rising on 
running and 
thes Pacta. is ni illu- 
ME got to the 
Er 
eapi 
ng 
200 aer n Whea 
sparkling sheet of verdur in the morning sun. The 
towns, most « of which are net four years old, are grow- 
idly 
ricd 
of good Grass ; — they can be foddered very cheaply 
during the win on prairie hay £t 
in 
85 hore i is a plan of going ‘shares,’ i 
t t Scotch farm labourer meets with . success, 
He 
ionat ‘the end of Mr. 1. Cede ttle uu he sums 
p, and se 
e — orms the rest of the labour and 
E. the — of such 
pany avoid a 
u 
| carries on d pays his rent by delivering at 
d; ras 
— far 
n the nearest station, the half of the crop. This is an 
ent stn d, 
| arrangem a steady man is ET to succee 
land is also well pai 
u 
Hid no very guid day 
usty fast as b he made it, i in ,enclosin 
on 
ole Usi, covering the [b 
ween — es Soi 
at | wel 
te orld,’ 
enn 5 season 
vall 
— The 3 FE the cdl ent thus told me his 
ad He came here four years ago, and was so much | 
leased with the land and Situation, that he advised 
his ue in the State of New York to follow his 
example. He 00 ge of as fine 
o years everythin 
their lands, At every 9 or 10 miles ther 
t 
ing se 
speaks of soil c climate e, of c 
and profits. 
cui de term 
ct 
e isa st ition, 
n 30 bushels o 
wly broken e and sold it for 5s. a 
He was as thus tempted to lay s ar: mie. as 
sing a and b eaki ing m 
bushel. 
—.— s may ris learned; while there is usually a store 
5 pea station for the purchase of produce, ee the sale 
f it was re by frost, the snow that 
it. He ploughed din E 
which succeeded a 
d down 600 acr cs wi 
some been late and out of n in 
ge tting it fn) =e pring p eee, 
| entire price 
price, 
for pdb “So eee doter they feel i in nthe incre E 
ing value of their dE by mm E 
to be by s 
uA land i d ie 
t as a mor 
ihe produce of of the 
— out of 
asefe he further i: 
wet, the Wheat w s Inte in ma aturin extreme hot 
an 
in spring had 
for Oats, and a Corn ha "for the 
ley of thi 
f season, with v ot — re 
This 
ch . 
1 State taxes 
f half 
dis He enters 
jg indPposition of s purchaser 
ja , The f mile of land from this Company : 
