New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-04
PRAIRIE DAMBLRs.
yts Osnge Oranae-siiinois College and
a., ESccuiiarities-rsespi for fhe An-
snpc-viueynrds ard Grape Culture
To Farmers.
yrom Our Special Correspondent.

Our eciai boITteponder-
DoNGoLA UNION COUNTY, JOY a. lsoh
spent several days at JacAsonviiie' ihi'
Is town OF about 600 Inhabitants ana tlousa D1h'
an the prairie almost everv house Is IN grove H'ro
ere located the state bcuegol'nt INSTITUTIONS us LII
rois College ard many schools Tor lonaes ara young
rersoos some tventy years ago Professor Turner re
egnedhis pro'essorsbip in tie College ana tafnea us
attention IN farming Abou. tbis tine, t.eud in the
Sopth sent lin sore Osrgo orange seed. Preyioas'y
he had been experimenting with various plants to get
Chat most suitable for hedge. There are places In
Hno;g twenty niles from tree ani the soil 10 uisrr-
passed After trial he tbole the Usage would an
aver He sent two men and team. with q machine
fhis own invention for getting the seed ont Of the
apple to Texas This cost hin several hundred dollars.
They returned vita quantity Of seed, and The bust
ness Of gettn. 1t out in that established 1t
was long tue te1s farmers would ouy tue plants.
e had to induce them By most literal offers to moke
srial Now. everybody wants them. Since the war
seed has been scarce Some has been saved from hedges
grown the State L have zen the tree growing "la
hero in Southern Illinois. PRO Turner says some
one must have plnntc tie tIce thlni he MISTAKES
last year So bushel was paid foe the cppes
YAey look ike very large fine orange but are s'ekSh
xotbe taste and are worthless for food. bushe viii
for ESQ
There are thousands Of miles Of this hedge in Illinois,
When well made no animal ca set through IT, not even
sfo1 Careless planters leave gaps. If not too wide
they can be Ied by nearly cutting OF the tree whea
two inches tsiek and letting them fall across tho gaps
They viii sp1out abundautly aad fill toe vacancies
Some use bill hook for this purlose. Professor Turner
has a crow bar 1atencl and shrpened There are very
aat baac t,e yrhiqh h..
completed in this way. Even where there are no DE-
feg iIey are much improved b! this process in which
oase the whole hodge laid down. the trees lap over
each Ike shingles on roof tie srroots como up and
ore easily trimmed. The hedge 6 qlite low ornamen-
ta snd exceedingly dense. Cclo cot the leaves, but
10 no harm. few yeiis ago il supposed the cold
killed the plants They sprouted I'D again They do
80 nlor the hedge takos Ie in dry weather from loco
motive sparks burning the Tie plants are selling
now atfrom IS TO $40 th'rs nd for first and second
Qualities They used TO sell for less than half this.
From seed sown in Moran County the Professor
has siz agyes or several million Of plants. He has p
tnacino Of as own invention with which he drills the
seed. oultiyates The PLANS. and digs them up With
two horses and two men it does tie work OF forty
Tive rows, ten inches apart, done at tiue. One
great advantage Of this machine well of other
tae required roDent wtce hard labor is employed
weeds get start and lad w,at' or comes. The pre-.
auctions Of Illinois are dcuiei By this means It would
not have been possible for The Stale to have furnished
ouch large amounts Of grain aud meat for the army
shus strike tho Rebellion its heaYies: blows had not
been for our movers respers and cutivators and
the Osace orange to inclose he fields Mach has been
naid OF the white WILLOW beng good for fencing
Zone time this Summer l mean TO ascertain al the
facts.
Professor Turner is understood to be principal or-i
nstor Of the movement which resulted in Congress
Ssassing the rrcrtuIal Colle,e La~. No other sub
feet is 30 near bis hoart lie has learning sud expert
ence end le thinks closely. For years ne iabOrcd hard
with bis own hands. lie commenced poor. and Is rich.
e is not orthodox but ia pous. For years he was az
Aboitcuist when co next 10 ones life TO be one
His house is In the town, opposite the College sur
Founded by twenty thirty OF land. beautifully
adornes.
Illinois College is an old and well-esabnshed irstitu-
sion Hitherto It has been conducted aser The manner
ofAnerican colleges. This the Faculty acknowledge
So be defective. They have established new system
Ut s based on the difference In different minds
CARDS discipline and natGTal qnicknoss They Gin at q
system boh flexible and thorough. No certificate OF
scholarship Is given without complete examination
Zone Students iDsy complete their course in less than
four years. others may uire ave Elk years There
are two terms. the Fan and Winter third. The
Optional term. which is Cor review or preparation,
tsr studies not In the course Sons OF soldiers WHO
died in the service educated free. TIE professors
ars strongly loyal; so is the town. Not long ago az
Acstant Of the Rebel General Early caIno Lither 10
etay. lie had TO leave
This new system seems better than the old one Sir
walter Scott demonstrates that Napoleon woull hay.
reaehe1 MOSCOW and with fewer losses IL be had
pot att pied 10 MAZE his army march 90 many niles
Day. To make young learn fast as another
young man has been sid 10 lie like making pair Of
c0npasses walk rs fast and fer as pair Of tongs
OF course it viii he said that win learn IN.
ss they forced learn and 1t true that they
better for It. Many inea have tecoSe useful aud groa,
By being hurried and driven. Ii is equally thai
pome minds mature slowly. As in frnit trees. Mind
requires long time to form ripe ard hgrd wood an
ptbeT not half the time. There 1T % and %
ecssocly more developed than others at &c end ls
Oilers viii have their way OF stuSc-tley take d
wide range they trace words ard Subjects 10 their dis
tant reltons II they are confined closely to TIE text
sSey understand little AM learn less Give them time
hsd hoy win come along. and even pass those more
o'ihant Many young men have been hurried beyond
tnsf ability 10 move: they have concluded aud have
I0er friends that they dun and inferior and the
eanssc done them lie estimated. The prope,
ssti'c1on to make in explaining Ills difference is that
sAe apparently dull mind suiies git tho reflective fac
Haes the quick m.sd with too pcrcoptve faeultis ;
emoe' always tie studying With the roec.ves
make The soundet StiI so many other things
AA'o an Influence that this explains only in part
talked with PROS Nuftinc Adams and Sanders