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Il viii thus be aeen that corn il the great
lending staple; followed By the hay crop, cot
ten. wheat, and oats- Illinois leads in the NUM-
her Of horser, 8SL 600: Ohio has ~. 200, and
Texas, 612, 600. In oxen and other cattle. Iui-
nois s,Ands second, ISL, 900 head, Te1ss h2v-
ing credit for 8, 500 900 head. valued 1t eu..
35e, 900. Nllo those Of Illinois are valued 1t
ea4, 50s, 600. New Iork has the lead in cows,
ennl Of aTS, A5a, 500; while lihncis has 603. COO
head, valued II $500, casl; sotai. e22, 49,
COO Another decade viii bring these suuaa
reariy equal Iowa has sA, 1T, 900 invested
in hogs, againss Sl6.0l7,75o in Illinois. ILL.,
for tbs year 1859, Of beef catte. 1s5, i33: Ohio,
-, 799; Texas, q, ,178; Kentucky, q. 1887: and
New York, 1910. The receipts II Chicago,
~ert: cattle, 4o3, ,1o2 hogs. lvs and dressed,
1.e52.a and Of sheep, 80, ,072-
Ihe vetk contains 5oo pages Of valuable
fatmela should lose no time In making appli~
cation to their member of Congress Tor
copy. Steam plowlpg and several other auh-
jscts have been marked for further notice.
CHHRR1 A1Q[K8.
Gro Y. BI1ox, OGle County-Tho Morel-
10 cherry auekers have thus lar proved tho
moet yatnable upon which to graft tho May
or ea1ls Richnond chauJ, but the Eraft,p8
should Be done 1t standard height, thAt Is,
just where the top y to begin to branch.
a. it Ia eAey to breed and ls no. liable to
eprout Ibose Who hAve cherry orchards
grated on Mofello suckers, tzeas
| these suckers the same - weeds,
and do not ind thsu Troublesome.
II set tather deeply in laad that has been
be less numerous. hare 600 treaa Of thia
Kind in the orchard, and very many Of them
have never eaot up sprout- In ihis cAse
the stock Appears to have decided influence
on the bearing quality Of the variety grated
npon il I do not think root grAtting on the
same stock would answez - wall, nor viii the
May cherry On its OWL roots. have t1ea
| on Its own roots, set eou1a i've yeats aluce in
| \ TOW OF tor-gtafted cherries, that has not
| even bloonaed, while the grated trees have
been largely discussed In our horticultural eo-
ciet,es both from I practical and theoretical
| standpoint, the nu1se1Juen on the one hand
ard practical cherry growers On ths other.
| XASCRE-
The old doctrine Of urine md u1anuse tA7ka
! il now Obsolete with al practical farmers.
Tho yards are cleared Of manure in its infer
nented condition, and applied a. top dresa-
ing. Fer the past thirty years the Gs1man
farmers Of Ccok md Dupsgs Counties hzye
| p1aciised hauling the unfermeuted manure to
Tho fields during the winter, and spreading il
ore. the surface in tho SPRING Il Is no7 Gus
tcrary to spread it q onee. This Is, no
doubt, tho boat for al clay soils, bat would
not be 60 well suited to candy land Tha rain
ard SNOW dissolyes the elements Of plant
growth, md these aro leaohed ont and pass
Into tho soil, xl,are ttssE are held for the
young plants at The proper soason. Sandy
carried BY tie water too deep for ths young
pl.nts to reach it. An. applicstion Of clay to