, 1866-04-12

fOulnR u aezts, 1da3s'.s.''.-.....t --.-..-. ouU
Total sost Pc acre -
eu,ivnttDg 1s aeres, j sleoo
1I.n PLANTING, 1dsy.-............. 100
Rolling, dly....,...... ....--.---~... a-lo
Tota!.. .-..,................... ...........Sls %
Total cost per ncfc- 80. LIZ
This Is wide margin ID the preparation
Of corn land, and should receive the careful
attention Of all corn growers. As the rea-
sons for this mode OF preparing corn land
have been freely given, we need not repeat
TRANSACTIONS OF. THE STATE uoRr1culru-
/ RAL' SOCIETY.
These transactions have been printed by
the Society. and are sold at price only su,M-
cfeut to cover their cost. It Is the first in
10 benefit the tree planters. A large part of
the work Ia devoted to revision Of the fruit
list and timber trees. The work should have
been largely advertised, aud sold ut a price
that would have met the extra cost. We do
not know whtther 1t Is In the hands OF the
city booksellers :.but fifty cents aud stamp
or 10 the Prairie Fsrm<r, Chicago, viii
doubtless procure copy. It Is The most val
u,ble report yet issued by this Society. IS.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS A0RICu6fE-
.- RAJ SOCIETY.
Not heard from Tor seveEni years.
TIE WINE PLANT
Under whatever paine sold, Is nothing more
nor less than our common garden pic-plant.
Tile public hare been swindled time md again
in ret ard to this vine plant, aud ii they con
tinue TO be bit by those peddllng the plants.
II is their own fAult. Plants tsfngle eyes) OF
Myatt's linneus and 3lyatt's Victoria rhu-
deucrs nj $50 to 500 per Thousand. Several
Dartics have naked Wllefn fhn3n nAFtIc1
obtain their plants.
In the same County in which they sell them
sell to the grcenhorn nud buy OF the village
nufEeEymnn or market gardener.
LAND ROLLERS.
We cannot give the present cost Of these,
but learn that some purity in Chicago is max
Ing cast Iron roller In sections. ii not id
yertiscd I'D. BIZ can write to come a.ricul-
tural wharehonse in Chicago for them.
THE FIRST SECURING FLOW.
While We agree with II. 8. H., OF McHenry
County, that the Moline plow Is Que ot the
to the fact that John Drew was the first mao
10 produce securing plow ior the prairie.
plow was published In the
Tacl,cood.naan, a newspaper OF Green
County, giving notice Of the Cary Plow or
rather Diamond Cary, the invention Of Mr.,
Jewett, OF sanganon County This was in
J
previous several parties were experimenting
with steel plates for mold boards. In 1872 sew
eEal parties made securing plows. among them
AIr. B. F. Jewctt of Springfield. Scoylell j..
Gates, (now T. W. Gates) Chicago, John
Loan Of Leekport, W,!l Comfy, Amos uaE-
Renwick md bun Gnplil Of Elgin, and 4. s.,
Jones Of Naperrillc; All OF these plows
were more or less valuable at the time. bnt
have been improved by new inventors, and
now the standard form Is that known as the
Moline Clipper. The best p1ows ofto-day will
do at ltast three times as much
service as those OF q dozen years ago.,
The steel plow furnishes an interesting
chapter In the progress Of agricultural i'm
proyement of the prairie. The steel plos,
double shovel p1ow, sulkY cultivntor, Iron
tooth sulky .ake. with the most material i'm:
prcrements in tho reaper, may beclaimed as
inventions Of prairie genius. ,
RYE MEAL FOR BEES.
Rye ground into fine meal and unboltcd Is s
valuable feed for bees, when fed at this
season. We have about twenty-five stands:
that consume several 4unrts q day. When:
ted with this meal they begin to breed some
weeks earlier and will throw early swarms.
The silver maple l. now coming into bloom,
which also furnishes food for the young bees.
THE cntSCH MTG.
A Mr.. Sherman, Of Lake County. thinks he
has discovered that this pest lays its eggs In
the wheat kernels, and Is thus sown win the
crop. This may be possible, but VIC have
little faith In Tie statement. As all spring
wheat should be washed in strong brine or
solution OF blue vItrio1, to kill the sprouts of
smut, 1t would also doubtless serve the dou-
bic purpose OF killing the eggs Of this Insect,
II they are on the wheat grain. The fact can
be easily tested by any person having pow
cyful microscope Here Is Just what We want
Of an agricultural college, to which all such
subjects can be referred. RURAL.