, 1877-11-12
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.

r,ooks-riantlng Observation-Disclosures
!l-rlowIng-coid Fra,nes for
ycsctablcs-Too 1Iucl, Wet
FINN Our fJun Cnsrtspondfnf.
CuAMrAtDN, ILL.,, Nov. l0.-ff there Is my
tt,alg now lacking to complete the happiness Of
the pcoplo Of this as we'll as oycry other county
in the State, IL la al illustrated history and map
Of the county. We were reminded OF this
few days ago by an agent Of mn Eastern publish-
ine.to,lsc, who Is dceirous Of selling FROM 1,oo0
tn 1000 volumes of such work. which his
house proposes To print II Inducements sut1lc!cnt
aro l,ciI out 10 warrant them In tic attempt.
The work Is to cost only 3l5 per copy, and It
Will contain largo number Of portraits Of our
lcadpg men {nclnding any others WHO
can raise tho money to pay for tue en-
prayipgl, and cuts OF farm md public buildings;
MI to be inserted at the expense Of the owncrs
Of tl,e buildings or thu originals Of tho photos.
Wewere politely asked to look through q sample
book whicl, tho proposed work Is to resemble.
It was we'll bound In imitation Russn, gilt
edged, md tho engravinEs ,wcfc lno. We wero
askcd to recommend tlle work, In writing; sever
al OF thu leading men and editors In tue county
had done SO; but this We respectfully declined
to do, Our influence Is small. perhaps 1ncrc
nothing. rs compared with Uthcra: but sucll Us
Il is 1t shall cycr be uscd to further tho intro
duction Ut such unnecessary md useless affairs
~ Ills one will he. We have laid away In our
dcak
of a s,atc and County Atlas which was published
. few years ago, mud wl.ich was 1sllyerol 70 70
men who subscribed arc pour, aud llays lai
hani work to support their families; aiu
for IS each, and yet cannot and purchasers.
Afauy Of the names wcru obtained by fafso
representations. In many !ns.unees, q farmer
wllu refused to subscribe WIS a8ke1 70 !ocato
l,is farl and, after tue numbers lta1 been writ
ten lowE, le was asked to sign Ills name, mere
IL to show that llo owned the land. and atso +,
ei,utle the atlnsinacF 10 hu certain to spellthc
niIlr right when hc put 1t On the map: u7Gr ,t
usclcsa luxury, less thaa year agoi nnd now
berY comes a,lotl,rr OF the sau'c Kind. ~ We
bctoru remarked, We ntcl such Tork bat!,
Every farmer sho.,i1 refuse to subscribe, unless
hc thinks he can't well get along without 1t !;
but, il le does not subscribe, let him ocware Of
atu.,ji,e any paper. 0r relying in guy GlaRncr
uInon any verbal promise tic agcnt1na ,aake
Auo.lgr man will acIlyer the book, and prool-
lies mean nothing to lin, unless they aFe writ.
ten ou li!s orlcr-book, which ID In Itself note.
PLANTING WALHUTs.
Black waluuts or buttcriluts, both valuable
for thrtf fruit, may 10 planted At this time Il
closely together. A 6cld should be deeply
pllweJ aill Then crs,ss-narkr.t 80 that tho In
trrsections Of t.lc fuErows stnuld bc st least ten
feet apart. THIS luQks ltke sood ways, lul
aftcrsyrars will show tho wisdom uf it. Tho
nuts inxY be dropped still tnrased IN the hull
md covered atuut three ineh:s deep with com
u4eted soil. 1t ID best to drop two III each
place, mud afte.wari pull out ono. Any
eSsa i1ses ffssp fo9p tas buy Dr.. '5fsa Ssa.s .tts!
which time, II tl,ey DO we'll, they will
sn shade the ground That nothing vii! grow.
Many ol the walaurtreea will bear III TOUT
years; tho butternut Is son'ewlat longer IN
beginning. Where the trees are crowded, they
d., uut produce q great deal. nor begin 20 young
Both tlicse trees are gross feeders, and 10 athci
trcu viii thrive within thirty or forty tcet Vi
theul.
AMI EXPERIMENTAL sFATloH,
which has proven itself Of practical vatuc. Is ot!s
established hy thu State q ConnectiSut. W:
learn from tho New York 111ses that the "ort
Of the stattoa has cunsiste'l, in part, OF tbs *
lminatiou ot farm. alld gar,ien seeds ~ to thrt
purity aud yitulity; .aak.ng analyscs Df vario,l4
kinda ii cattle food and forage; aud In studStag
lbs capacity VI tbs soils for retaining aud tsana
| hitting wutes. --.-.....,
4 part of tAe work has also been to e1amin'
and suaiyze tho different artificial fertllizer
which tho farmers Vt that region uso vsrY lFce
". Tue analysis OF y fertilizer, sold by on
nun at $S3 ref ton, showed it to be worth pre
cisrIy W ceuts per ton. Next we have analyte
OF ItYeteut samples Of bone-dust FROM soycta
manufacturers. WHICH wess found to be wort
considerably snoru than the talg-pric csttmas
Ing ths several constituents At their usual nlas
kui-prlcu 1t, other furuIs. sample ol so-eal!r'
putash. salts, sold tor SO ton by tue 9uaek bs
fore mentioned, was found u bo only nltIexaEk
, totally devoid Of potash, and contAlnlns 20 ~
| cent ol sQlasalts, which arc poisonous to vegs
/ tatlon,-bellg thus worse thaa useless, III
Prrnai,s cur own State Doazl Of ARricultuF
or ludustrI4l University might do something z {
equal value tor u Western faIu.ers, II the
would turn thclE attention to few pEaettc,
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