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-. e.csxrzA1aa, Ill., July II, 1872.
At thas seaaen nf the year trip few hun.
drcd miles south ttom Chicsgo is full Of inter-
est. The different stages Of growth and Inatu.-
rity Of the cereals aro marked at every step.
Tic spring wheat that is just in b1oom at Mo- |
nee is much advanred ns Godi; mt assumes the |
huo Of -7ipcness-nt-Urhana. AT Neogo il is
harvested, and here begins tho fields Of winter
wlcat exclusively, in place Of alternate fields
of spring aud winter. Stacking or threshing
lrom the ahask il pov+ tue order of The dar II
Richsiew and Ashley the farmers are bringing
It to market; and the millers aree branding their
bags ana barrels .|nev wheat, while ench tain
is bearing NORTH *.tnte:w7: wheet,'' one, two or
three car loads. Dut iew norednyis and The en-
gines will labor with tile long trains filed with
the ti:h products Of the teeming prairies. Lum-
Der, merchandise, and cancelled notes ard
bonds, will be returned, giving renewed life and
activity to! the unrequitcd Labor Of the past two
years. Grain buyers arc already on the nlcrt;
anxious to seEdre Share OF trade. Urbaua is
the first point of consequence for winter wheat;
probably aoQ, 1000 hashels will be shipped. Al
The s:sa|; stutions will furnish their quota; ercn
Centralia, which has never sent more shan
few car loads, is set down for 10000 bushels.
Nr. Fuller hass.o acre, broken last rear; which
be is .nos7 tsfcsE:ng, which will average 90
bushels per acre, willie old land is ucaerally
considered much better on m average; his crup
is part red and part Of it white wleat.
Our journey terminated ut Ashley. two him.
dred aud seventy miles south Of ciicngo. We
spent dug in visiting orchards and farms, BE-
sides gising no small part of our spaie time to
tho pleasure ef picking blackberries, With
which the skirt. Of the groves tsresent i most
abundant crop. So plentiful aud easily picked
are they that good wages are made 1t thirty
centsa pail-tuil, or ten to twelre and .. half
CENTS gallon: Quite u large quantity had been
shipped, but orders bad been sent to the station
to ship 10 more gu the night train; end ship
n'ents had ceased, lid Is BY keeping them over
to the dug train they were DELAYED 4 f1ll day,
and OF course would sour but the people of
Ashley were not 10 be. banked Of the use Of
their faror;te frnit, and commenced at once
, making il !nto wine We saw in one cellar On
the route, nicly fermenting, Is casks. of 40to 10
gallons each,
Disci6e:Ty vine is made by putting three
quarts Of berries TO two gallons Of watcr; these
are rubbed through a wine sievc, tile juice
strained, and six pounds Of sugar added. Il il
put in barrels or olher vessels to erncut, and is
then corkcd, Thus three quarts ef berries, cost
CUR, will make oscr three gallons Of this wine.
Two men will put up I've barrels OF two hun
dFed gallons per day. So much for clleap ma
tive wine IS. dyewood, burnt sugar, etc.
Time shipments arc being n,adc as Stperin-
tendont ARTHUR has ah eye to the we'll beingand
deyelopemcnt Of his Egyptian trade.
Peaches are nbundent, bat nearly Ill afc seed.
!ings, and as compared with the fine graftcd
fruit from Alon are only fit for drying This
state Of things will not continue long as budded
mon seedlings: 49,
The apple crop. as far sbuth as. this point is
light; ha. Of good quality. No great surplus
will be left over for shipment, many Of tie
orchards hare been sadly misnsed' In the first
place most Of them have their head, too high,
pruning las been neglected, and when perform
ed m mdiscrtminntlug ehorpfng a1,d cutting
Of large braushes has nearly ruined the trees.
Tue same remark may apply TO top grating, as
We saw large number Of fine trees en-
tircly ruined by graAing,. by the cutting
cs at one time. II uur orchardisss would con-
suit their interest by purchasing copy Of
Downing, Barry, Thomas or Elliott, they would
hold these barbarian srafters in check, and not
allow them III cut md carve ut their pleasure,
nor insert worthless varieties into their orchards.
On the lime diift tue Newtown pippin is Tie
apple rnr excellence, while on the sandstone
shate; Tic Ds!laowci, kotli white ind yellow, The
Rhode Island Greening, N'inesap, aud other
sorts do much better.
BY looking ut the map it Mill be seen TINT
Ashley is nearly on The southern Limit Of the
prairie @ pna cenfe9afntly 'l4is is fine point to
f%.S. t.nxr
hay is ba1cd and shipped By rail to Cairo, thence
By steam or flat boats soutl., where it finds
ready market The seed Is sown about the first
OF, Scptcfnler. end tho following season pro-
duccs large crop. We passed many larse
meadows nun being cut for this purpose, md
one field OF eighty acres ready for sowing. be-
sides many smaller. ones. No one need be
somebody or other will want all that re can
grow. The facilities Of shipping from every
punt Of the Ssate are 80 convenient that none
need fear fair remuneration for their labor.
"A car load. of Manny'a and one Of Kugg's
Reapers wctc too late Tor tho tarrest; aud nliIst
50 north to ind work Our northern ranufac-
turers can llardiy appreciate tue difference Of
three pr fenr degrees ri latitude, with two 10
three hundred feet Of cleraiiun.
cEx1RAl1A.
It is difficult to tinl more pleasant place al
which to stop das than ut the Cent,;llia House.
kept BY Mosar3 Euw:ey 1 EutSil:u30u. They
have taken pattern after the fremont, Of CHI
cago. aud do up their Own gardening, and thus
secure an abundant supply Uf fresh, we'll gruwn
vegetables daily for their table. Ripe tomatoes,
potatoes, ctc, With l1uckberrics in every form,
arc abundant. While OH the subject of hotels
We would say that tic Chicago trdnCh Is now
well supplied witt, u Gordon OF excellent houses.
TIE nosnc House nt urbana, is too well known
10 require usy comment. The Marion House at
Tolono where, passengers FOR Springfield take
the cars Of tile Great II cstern Il. IL, Is III near
right Us possible, but il somt market gardener
docs no, SET up lis trade ut TolouU. friend
White will liaFc to do ltis otSn gardening.
3lattoon hotels hare long since passed iuto u
proyerb, as one of the places to be avoided, but,
tue large brick passenger house which for the
past two or three years has stood unfinished,
waiting some c!lancrry decision, " "jarndyce rs.
Jarndyc il At last fitted zip aud now kept as a
first class hutel, by Mr, Bunton. Passengers on
The night train south breakfast here.
Centrulin is the great blackberry mari. From
fifteen To seventy bushels PER day hare been
bought for the past two weeks. but at tue time
Of cur visit the trade had somewhat slackcned.
The merchants bad been trying the experiment
ofiow prices, say from ten tu twenty cents Il
pail full. but it was 10 90, and the business had
fallen nii. Tic price went up to forty cents u
pail fu't, and the trade wes again in 4 fair way
VI bein" as good as before.
We must defer to another letter our notes Of
the new orchards, gardens and farms ut Gen.
tralia, Odin and SAndoyal. iirRAL-
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