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_Productions-Animals-Fowls-Country for Sporting-Mode of Selling Land-Unsold Public Land-Number of Indians-Government policy towards the Indians- War with Indians-Decrease of Population-Agriculture-Wages of Labour-Illinois and Upper Canada._
The productions of Illinois are numerous, including wheat, Indian corn, tobacco, Irish and sweet potatoes, and the castor bean from which oil is expressed. Cotton and wine are said to be productions of the southern parts. Almost every kind of fruit attains perfection. Honey is obtained in great quantities both from wild and domesticated bees, which gather sweets from the prairie flowers.