New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-19
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR.
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JACKSONVILLE, Ill, Wednesday, Sept. 70, 1860.
To-day the Fair proper has commenced. Monday
and Tuei day were employed in the reception, entry,
and arrangement Of articles organization Of commit
tees al to day the w0rk of the Fair commenced The
books have been given committees, and the machinery
put in motion. On Monday and Tuesday, then, was
the usual confusion of preparation. Yesterday Tues
day there was trial Of speed of horses in harness for
citizens purse, which drew crowd, of course, aud
filed the large amphitbeater, to the great satisfaction
of those interf sed in the sale of sets To-day the
thoroughbred ae were exhibited in the ring in the
forenoon and in the afternoon the thoroughbred horses
The attendance the first two days YVES much grea er
than during corresponding days at any previous fair Of
the Society OF course the receipts were proportion
ately larger Today up to noon, the crowds OF prai-
ne farmers, with their ives and children. very
large Just before noon the clouds promised rain IL
81 rim led some and there plintu falling OIL IN
ipts The promise Of fair weather hereafter, how
ever gives hope that the opening p;ospects-tha TINS
would be one Of the most successful fairs pecunarly-
nay yet be resfzed.
the Fair grounds have been set apart and prepared for
can ping grounds The entire ground is covered with
tents wagons, and carrisges, in which ere camped
Thousands OF men ard WOO en-, young and old. They
have cone here distances ranging irOA ten 20 nifty ana
seventy five mills in their own conyeyances. IL is
ore Of the most amin ang the writer has ever
looked upon-thst campiDg-ground tonight, with It's
hundred fires moving lights and figures hun oil voices
here Of conversation political discussion 1t may be,
or talk upon agriculture, the light chtchst OF lads
md lassss the grayer gossip OF thrifty housewives,
the chorus Of dozen voices in good time, or the more
careful music of quartete. Here old veterans piOn-
eers who su Cke and talk apart OF the early time look
upon their children the exhibition here, the panorama
OF trains thToDeed with live population coming and
going rub their eyes and discover they ara not dream
This Industrial Camp Meeting Is one Of the most
hopeful features of the Fair. IL is aigicant of the
s,fIeant, independent character of our people, Of
their Vrac zeal ability 10 lake care OF Themselves, 1.-THE
educaton In this respect the children of The early set
In have received. There is disorder no contu-
sion nothing bosteroas. All meet here friends as
neigt bois lntrOducOns are not needed Each is
dnainted with the other. The hospitality and open
6tartedness Of people is here exhibited. Every
D log l. III All have come 10 enjoy aud help
obeTs TO eboytO learn Of and teach Others 70 inter-
change experiences, opinions, and abstract facts.
The farmers evening meetings i'll the ampbitheatsr
sra large aiefd et the discussions are practical
spcy, and animated Each year these meetings III
cresse in interest and importance. Each successive
fair renders il Iaten that tlese discussions of
the most profitable features and that better provision
should be mad. Tor the accommodation of the people.
Drainage and powDg were the subjects discussed at
the Tuesday evening meeting IL OF course resulted ia
a general con eeon of The advantages of drainage aud
deep blowing. But the modes ard seasons for plo wing
for iieTent crops involved varied eXperielce-as
vari, IS are the soils seasons and elm tic rel atoms
Of the different parts OF the State. Late Fall plo wing
Tor any purpose condemned. Early Fall plo wing
for all small Spring grains il regarded essential This
done, Spring plowirg is not recommended. Harrow
the land previous 10 seeding in the Spring, drill SOW
il broadcast ard follow with a roller, either soon after
seeding after the grain has appeared. Some object
cd 10 the of the roller after the grain had germ
mated. Spring blowing for corn was recommended
Prairie breaking has been done after the grass has
stared srd while it is growog. If at any otner tus
it Las been found TO fal to rot. Recent experiments
however, prove that IL the Double Michigan Pow ia
used turning light fnrrow from one TO and half
inches deep with the first pow, and from three 20 six
inches with Tie second, the sod quickly decays even il
plowed late in the Fall, in January, February March,
or April This Is important to new settler here. He
should know II. and may profit by the knowledge.
During open Winters good deal of bre 4king may
be done in this manner, which will greatly assist IN get
ting paying crop from his land the first year. which
is convenient If not necessary-eapecally if his re-
sources be limited
Spring W.. Winter Wheat was the subject chosen
for discussion this evening. large Gro I'D attended
The cultivation OF each was involved in the discussion
The testimony largely in favor of the abandon
ment q TIC culture Of Winter wheat in Northern and
Central Illinois IN favor OF Spring wheat. Why IL
costs less 10 cultivate II end suTer and larger CROP
1t IL more Profitable az "a crop in rotation. Plow the
And early IN The Fall deep, and in Spring early, even
when the fICs is but partially ont Of the ground SOW
it and harrow in. Some asserted the crop was as sure
and more profitable than corn. Winter wheat is sown
nom VIC itt VdJsN Angus 10 tlle i0lh Gay Oh Sep
tember by those most successul. Egyptians STILL aud
properly we think, adhere 70 the culture Of Winter
wheat TIE testimony entirely in lie favor there
But no one asserted that Illinois ID not wheat State
that with proper culture il is not sure and profitable
crop. Irdeed there wss testimony given that farmers
lad succeeded in growing crops Of Wheattwenty years
without a nse failure, that wOun average twenty
bushels per acre. lt inssted that ia order that
wheatgrOwng DO commended it, culture should be in
rotation with other crops clover corn aud wheat or
crops Of like dsslmeuty. Your space ana my time
would ial ne 10 give the dotIls Of the discussion