, 1874-09-12
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

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M".E xa:,,st,,v.s.rnus. -: with some
Rcm,nr.sa fr ffrnnr,l In New Grapes
sAs,h nnu-x,rnit1tuu-'rho ygcatIacr.
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From Our daritHitttrat Corrtspond<nt.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Sept. 10, 1874.
arEK1Na 4 HOME.
O4nnorpA1r. Ill.,, Avg, II, 1874.
hfn "rsunA1 SIN: AZ yon hnya travelled e1tcn-
nsyey over ,hc Great Wca, would like your private
o'on ~ 10 te bcsl place for man With ttlo nenia
i,n,snaS Hsa'esHy r. 70 ac'n hoHn 1or NO. assn
crcnsnncca "a rnaiur "G1s to11ina
mora slowiy ip to ho,ae ind a. rom,,otenrv7 ono
otlor question: Whnt OF tho rroson pcourgc OF the
Weat.-tlo grasahoppcr? u It deatinel to 10 por-
ohal H. e1so y 70 t9o country, liable 1t
'e :" ~ ~ ,ba,o "m an uovasate te sn ~ At
constn,to ,ts ysits7 ~e'"''' 'nS' Will "Vo' "''-
ly snswesing briefly tho ahovo tnuuErtcs. vou vii,
confer very great favor. 2,F.H.
~ neglected to az that nm farmor with
aeciue" l'feioleoeo 'or StooS-ra'alns'
Iho eeieeslon o1 mono lot person with
littfo moans is very oasily answered. For, with
little means, hn Ind better ronlan among hi.
tas h,,n,,rad ,a,.ra H. ,.s,, 49,, ''"n ,I1s,.' uaa
~" eene'ou e''ne" "' e"n"' b"oo neatn,
energy, aud tnct ho may select homo ut my
point that ho may choose, md. lot TINT he whero
it will 1t ia tho best placo for him, for. ay q
,cnara1 Thing f,o will In aurrcsstr, nut1 anita
1od o' '0''''
"Iu. ~.
1hefe ID MANN among our peop'o 1or seeKinE
now home, without for moment roaecttng
that now homo at tito WeHt means the forming
NJ nat, npaociet;ona or M II, mnnv ;netnncoa
,,o,no ,r;t,,o,,t ,oo;atr .no~otl,o. o,a doI,,r
".ss "'sA~"' ooS'o'1 "''oeu'Ao'' "'0 "o''3
"lshont mauy, very MANY. Of tho comforts and
most, II not all, Of tho lnxurses, Of llfo,-am0ng
which wo NAV irultf1e schools churc1cB nejgb-
hora n,of;cni .,ton,1,nco .hn fruit. lint fbo
s,,a . ~ ... s..'sa, l.. ~ - ~
eaa"seH u t1e soasofs of'ng 70 'no peop" u
moro populons places, mud tho nova Of the day
Thoro is = sort Of excitement In pioneor-lifo.
rs the now hous p1ts on changes from ti1no to
limo vct III. IN nnt u,T,ctont r. con,,onaato ,or
~ ~ .,o' ese's ~ 4,sa ~
NJ ol H8 osa"o"oAh. IN ans"e'aog snla lettor'
propoae to look att
. fnoM BUSINESS STANDPOINT,
leaving out thu gambling or snecntntive v4ovy
.,at 30. o. s ,'a.,s.,..a 49, 49,. -. ~
suDs tu'' D''n W Ho'''e'sos'o' 'as o"s W VIZ
IFa's'e' eno' aitor te" years. demands nus 1hrtn
for now rai!road-depot ut $500 OF $500 per
nore. Afaay guel easaa hayo occurred aud it Ia
noaaih1e that ot,,oru will f,1tow for ancl ho q
hocn n,onoor.,,;a,o-v s;nco Hudson r,naa H.
purchase OF tue Island OF Now York Tor lesa than
800. Speculation has done wonders for tho
md na,,o Of Il a rorann-s,,pt. Tint ia t},n
wo.t th.t hoaon o. 4IbnnS -, tho 1Ira-
"oS' 'nat oeean as nloany' On 'ns auo'
son. aud nude It's stea'ly march to the
Mississippi. and to-dny is sproadiug oyer the
trans~ Missouri country.
within nj, tbcse i,nnnda tnara ,ro vot r,.cos
.u .s.- - 49, s ;es =. .las r"ss. ~,
1of noH no.nos' ,oe TUG "ho.o slaee 10 no1 ye'
occupied. Tho dliferouco Is between tho Han
who Efowa 20 tons Of hay on sharos, giving II
or 1t Tor ront, selling tho ronlhnuor ut S20 POI
tou, anu tho mat' Who owns his farm, and sellf
tho ~ tons at Slo por ton. Tha one has OF
much money as tho othef at tue Gnu OF tho year
] without investing IN land.
Last summer. farmer or Now YORK mado mt
viait, aud We discussed tho rolatiyo advantage
Or the dairy districts OF New York and OF thu
State, ant. among other things, the prospect O
tho farm"ronter III New iorx aud tho sinai
| farmer as the West Taking tho aycrago ynl!'t
Of hay horo at 80 por ton, and that at S20 tls'
| anu"!.s .,s NUS u 1uo eiue " t'o lonsor put
| with tho present low froighss OIL corn mud whoa
| to tho soahoards tho advantage is IN favor Of
| tho Western farmer. Then. -aga,n, tho nd.
vantages Of this over tho ttas- Missouri country
IL about in tho sa'no proportion. And yet it all
| depenis on tho 1nan. whether lie has place il
| which to stay. or
A HONE
| in which to live md to bring up LIS family.
| I have one neigubor who worked for mo two
years, but now ho has nearly 203 acrcs Of gooc
land uudor high atato Of culture, md is rock
| 1rn3 fhn Wn11.f1.t1o fHrfr1nrd Arnfhet