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Experiment i'm yvhsas Cul,ure.


The following report, dated at Maxey,
Georgia, July 10, 1869, is worth, remem-
beriRg until the season returns for pre-
pairing for wheat crop:
take the liberty. of giving you the
result of an experiment in wheat culture
just concluded in this vicinity. Mr..
Samuel Baily of this place was the ex-
perimenter, and he has succeeded in rails
ing fifty-seven bushels of wheat from one
acre of ground. This astonishing yield
was produced as told me by the following
means: ~re ss...-rsr.r~
In the first place the land was thin and
exhausted, had been In corn the previ-
Gus year, and by the use of the manure
he succeeded in making seventeen BUSH
els OF that crop on the acre.
About the last week In last October, he
broke it up with atwo horse Brinly pillow.
Upon this he spread, broadcast, six two
horse wagon loads Of well-rotted stable
manure, which was turned up by q cross
blowing with the same plow. Upon this
he sowed, broadcast, two hundred and
fifty pounds of dissolved bone, which was
narrowed in with q two-horse revolving
harrow. He then sowed one hundred
and twenty pounds of wheat OF the acre,
and covered it with heavy brush,
dragged over il by two mules. The elods
wese beat down with maui in the alb
sence of roller. This was on the I'd of
November. 1I go .-aa ,zsTaG
In the early part of February, the wheat
being then about six inches high, he
sowed, broadcast, afBp dressing of $50
pounds ammoniated phosphate. Late in
March, when the wheat was in the boot,
he applied $50 pounds of ammoniated
dissolved bone and 70 pounds OF salt
ground together. This was applied early
in the morning on the dew, one half the
mixture first and the other half at the end
of the week. r-.r9 Ga --.--.....-
The grain was cut off with common
reap hook as it ripened in places, COM
mencing on the 4th of June. The pro-
duction of the acre was 3,4l5 pounds of
good wheat, of the variety known here as
Johnson wheat. Mr.. Baily does not know
what the six loads of stable manure cost,
but the prices Of the other amounted to
$27.55. 5f---. tt-r e
The land was manured and the wheat
threshed and weighed by disinterested
parties. 4 r-l5 -a-
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Rest place for a Horse,

''Gossipper," in the Raral World,
says: "Winter or summer, except in
stormy time, there is no place 80 COM
Portable for colts or tired work horses as
a good pasture lot To tie up 8 tired
horse at night in narrow cell, with q
plank floor to stand on, is species of
cruelty that civilization ought to be
ashamed of. If the poor animal must be
confined like convict in dungeon, for
PHYS sake LET him have his head, and give
him at least twelve feet square, with a
soft dry floor to stand or lie on. In the
large cities land is worth more In money
than horses; but on the farm there is no
excuse for any such wicked economy.
Askthe horse what he wants, and he viii
tell you that q place where he can walk
around, lie down and stretch his tired
limbs, and roll over from one side to the
other, gives him more ease and comfort,
after day of hard work, than the most
costly plank stall, with all the accompani-
ments of curry comb, stiff bristle brushes,
rubber cloths and dexterous hostlers that
can be produced.
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$4,000 a YE a lR

ati b. FRANK MOORE, Ag' t,s1is a.
) ---1cs At CaTuthers 4 Gray Drug Stcre,
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the plants arc stuck, brushed, trellised,
frame worked, or allowed to run unsup-
ported over the ground, the yield Is about
the same. We prefer the sticking pro-
cess. II produces full as great crop as
any other mode, with only half the trou-
bic and expense, and looks more pic
turesque and not so artificial as the trel-
Uses and frames; and if the brush is finn
ly inserted in the ground it admits of
passing between the rows to pick the
fruit. "a rssal. gsr-if. -slssaA4
When the vines are allowed TO run over
the ground unsupported, much as She
ground may be mulched, the flavor of the
tomato is more or less extracted by the
natural attraction of the soil, bywhich the
fruit is rendered almost worthless; be-
sides, the vines are all in mass, and 10
get at the fruit is announcement to the pick
er and Injurious TO the crop. GeTnlops-
tosoTs Telegraph. g. 't-'''-''' =
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Planting Pntnfnes.

J. D. Hickey, of Emmetsburg, Nd,
forwarded a note to the American Insti-
tute Farmers Club of process of plant
ing potatoes which q few intelligent
farmers in his section practice with a
good degree of success. 1t is to plant
one in hill, or foot apart in the drill
cuttings of one or two eyes, from good
sized tubers, and after they have sent out
strong shoots, six or eight inches high, to
pull out all but the best one, which is left
TO grow aud mature large sound products.
EIf there be skeptics of the utility of this
mode of culture, let them try it on small
scaIa -
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One would suppose that at this late day
we knew pretty much all about cultivat-
ing the tomatoes, but it seems that we do
not, inasmuch as we daily see recon-
mendatiOns as to the best mode of getting
the most fruit, from all quarters, even
from persons that one would suppose had
q flight a little higher than specializing in
tomato seed, and undertaking, fancy men
as they are, to tell us old practical cult
vators how 20 raise them. Some people
trail the vines over elaborate trestle work
or frames, at no little expense. Others
trelhs them. Others stick them with
brush about the size or little larger than
that used for peas. Others simply throw
brush down for them to run over; and
others allow the vines to creep over the
ground without any support, only pre-
viously mulching the ground with grass
or straw.
We have tried every mode here men,
toned, and we have found that whether
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How TO Keep Worms from Dried
Fruff.

Correspondents of the Cincinnati Ga
zctte suggest the following methods of
keeping worms out of dried fruit:
'tIn reply to this question, can give
the method used among the old whalers,
years ago, who sent off ships on three
years cruise. They packed the fruit in
tight cask, and over every layer of three
OF four inches thick, they sprinkled COM
mon rum. presume any kind of spirits
put over them freely would prevent the
worm or insect from destroying them,
besides giving an agreeable flavor to the
fruit AT all events, the fruit thus pre-
served was nice at sea, and came out fine
after long voyage. Try it"
Another writes: 81 can tell you what
win keep worms out of dried fruit: have
your fruit perfectly dry, and when you
wish to put ii away in barrels or sack, get
some sassafras limbs and peel the bark off,
and put few handfulls in among your
fruit, and ! will insure you that the
worms will not disturb your fruit. have
tried this for four years and have not had
one worm in my fruit, besides all can see
ct once that this is very easily DONE"
A third writes: ''Put up in paper sacks
soon as thoroughly dried, and keep in 3
dry room. have peaches and apples
pat up in 1867 that are as free from
worms as when first dried. The sacks
must be sound and strong, and keep out
of the way of rats and mice.
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The scourge that Farmers Fear.

The frequent recurrence of drought,
for several seasons past, has caused farm
ers to feel an almost constant dread of
this terrible scourge. AS the forests of
country are removed, the tendency to-
ward dry, seasons increases. In view of
this fact, what remedy is there to be re-
sorted to ward off the injury of q
drought2 In answer to this, we wish to
show that it is in the power of the tillers
of the soil to cause droughts TO be less
frequent, and it Is also in their power
that the injury of drought shall be only
slight.
If, instead of decreasing, we set about
increasing the number of our forest trees,
the tendency more and more to drought
on the part of our seasons will be checked.
And, in like manner, as greater breadth
of land in forests promotes the fall of
rain, so also deep and thorough cultivs-
ton of lands devoted to crops, coupled
with drainage, causes q tendency to the
same result. --r Ssh
Deep and thorough cultivation, along
with drainage and keeping up the fertility
of the soil, acts two-fold; it tends to pro-
mote rain falls, and it tends also to cause
good crops to grow, even if drought
does occur.
The philosophy of forests preventing
drought is this: The trees serve as SO
many pumps, lifting moisture from the
ground and, through the leaves, giving it
to the atmosphere to form vapor and
clouds.
Where land is fertile and deeply cult
waited, the soil absorbs 80 much of the
early spring rains that storehouse of
moisture is laid up, which the growing
crop can draw upon, as wanted, the en-
tire season. And as all crops that chow
an exuberant growth evsporate much
more moisture than crops which are
parched and shriveled up, and conse-
quently make little or no growth, so such
increased amount of moisture evsporateG
also goes 10 form clouds for more rain.
The importance of tree culture is be-
ginning to impress itself most powerfully
on all thoughtful minds. We have but to
look forward only few decades to wit
ness, in anticipation, demand for tim
Der which can only be supplied by artif-
cial culture, and that, too, when that bus
mess is largely and systematically pur-
sued. Our present supplies of timber are
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Cure for Sweeney.

To the Editors Of the Union and American:
Take a piece of poke-root three or four
inches long, pare it down until it is about
three-eighth of an inch thick and three
fourths of an inch wide. Split the skin,
on the center Of the affected part, say one
inch or more, just sufficient TO admit the
root, then insert the root and let it extend
both above and below the split so that it
will not work out. Let the root remain
until it decomposes and disappears Of
itself and the horse win soon be well
VIII some of your correspondents pub
lish cure for Fistula in horses9
L II V
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Barley for Horses.

Mr.. L. N. Hsger, of Mil City, Nevada,
writes to the New York Farmers Club
that in his section barley is considered the
main stay for horse feed. 1t is given in
all shapes-whole, soaked, boiled and
ground, and it is claimed by those of ex-
perience to be better for horse than any
-Ofbar rrraip
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For Supreme Judxe,

We are authorized to announce Hon s. W. Coch-
ran as 6 candidate for Judge Of the Supreme Court
for the Western Division Of Tennessee. Election in
August. aa. la 81 jun2 tide 4
Col Thomas J. Freeman, Of Brownsville, at the
solicitation OF bis friends in West Tennessee has
placed his name at their disposal, 10 be used As .
candidate for one Of the supreme Judges, n IT
should seem desirable to the bar and the people.
apr26 tide -s.. ri D ~
To the Editors Of the Union and American:
WINCHESTER, May IS, 1s7O.-Gentlemen: Please
announce my candidacy for one Of the Supreme
Judges for the Middle Division Of Tennessee at
the ensuing August election P. TURNKEY.
mao tide
We are authorized to announce Hon. Thomas A.
R Nelson as q candidate for Supreme Judge for the
Eastern District Of the State, the election to be
held on the first Thursday in August, 1870.
maI9 tide
In response TO the published call Of members Of
the bar In various counties Of East Tennessee and
numerous solicitations Of friends, ] hereby an
nounce myself rs Q candidate for the bench of the
Supreme Court for the Eastern Division OF Ten
nessee. JAMES W. DEADERICK.
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We are authorized TO announce Hon T. Nixon
Van Dyke as candidate for Judge Of the Supreme
Court for the Eastern Division of the State Elec-
ton first Thursday in August.
We are authorized to announce Hon. John L. 7.
Sneed, OF Fayette county, as candidate for SUI
preme Court Judge for the Western District Of
Tennessee. Election frst Thursday in August.
mails tide
To the Editors Of the Union and American:
MuaRREEsBoRo, May %, 1s70-Gentlemen: As
the most comprehensive answer to the yario1s calls
upon me, public and private, to become acsndidate
for the Supreme Court Judgeship, 1 have concluded
TO announce myself as such. Please announce me-
Yours truly, EDWIN H. Ewing.
We sre authorized to announce Col JAS j. Tur-
ner. OF Gsllatin, IS candidate for Supreme Judge
for Middle Tennessee. spr22 tide
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FaR UNION AND AMERICAN.


She comes-dear June-a maiden brown,
Yet rosy us the blush Of morn,
With steps as lightsome as the down
Ger Autumn's crisping meadows borne;
holy calm is on her brow
mellow tinge of rfpened thought;
Her deep, dark eyes, that chastely glow
With love and tenderness are fraught.
y, AS silk OF corn, her tresses fair
SO smooth-so changed in their hue;
Her beauteous lips like rabies are,
Or cherries Iipe with morning dew;
Her breath is sweet as fragrant peas,
Or roses fresh from Summers showers;
Her Voice is like the voice Of bees,
That humming wso the wildwood flowers
That Voice-its murmured music Goats
Through all the quiet realms Of air,
And night and day its gentle notes
FAN soothing on the ear of care; $4,000
1t pierces through the busy hum
That wraps the city in, and seems
To speak the whispered words that come
From lips OF angels seen In dreams.
Tolls pent-up, wan and ssd-browed child
Hears, smiles, and opes her ear, athirst
For sounds of "far-of wood notes Wild"
And waters that in cascades burst;
And maideus, that with hnger-tips
All worn, sit fading day by day,
Amoment's pause, with parted lips
To drink its murmurs as they stray.
Inc SICK man hears II, ana ne quits I
His couch obedient 20 its call,
To lingcr where the brown thrush fits,
And shade and sunshine mingled fall;
The brood of crimes that in dark cells
The outer world no more may see, j
Hear, and are gladdened, for it tells
OF winds and waves that wander free.
The greetings of the poor are thine,
Sweet June-of all that toll below;
For thou dost not thy love confne,
Rnt n hnzfoFv.
The flowers in crowded courts that dwell
Beside the laborer's sunless door,
May never meet thy smiles, yet still
Thy tears the dropping ones restore.
Then GENE, heaFen-born Junel the woods
For thee shall wave their branches green,
And all earth's towns and solitudeS
overflow with happiness serene:
Incense and song, the cslm-eycd hours
Shall pour about thy way like rain,
Aud childhood laugh from leafy bowers,
As thy white feet skim DER the grain.
And thou, o mild and thoughtful Junel
MaYs't teach lesson all should know,
That nearest, dearest, is the tune
Where joy and sorrow tempering;
That mirth and grief, and smiles and tears,
by mingling make the heart most green
That he is blest, and blessing bears,
Who keeps with thee the golden mean.
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being rapidly exhausted; and as it takes
long time for oaks, walnut and ash to
grow from seed to maturity, those who
are first IN the field in the culture of forest
trees will reap Ter rather their children
viii reap the greatest reward, besides
promoting great public good, both in
supplying an article of prime necessity
and in warding off drought by increasing
again our forest domain.
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kor Magistrate.

We are authorized to announce P. r. Albert
for the Office OF Justice of the Peace for the
first civil district OF Davidson county, at the
approaching August election. apr50tde
We are authorized to announce ]. NJ. Iardiff
a candidate for reelection as Magistrate in
the LIST (Nashville) district OF Davidson county,
at the August election. aprl7tde I.
We are authorized to announce w. A. Math-
ews q candidate for reelection as Justice Of
the Peace for the LIST (Nashville) district of Da-
wilson county, at the ensuing August cleo
ton. apr17tdef Z
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nler, written by Hon. Elmer Baldwin, IN
the reading of which we have been very
much interested, we copy the follow
ing: --. .-.-L .-.r4-,7 4
As soon as the grass starts In the spring,
the hogs should be turned in, as they like
1t best when short and tender. They viii
subsist and grow well on glass; alone, with
little salt occasionally. Some prefer to
feed a little corn daily; it may not begcod
policy; they will be farther advanced for
fattening, but viii not fatten as well es if
none is fed in summer, and with good pas
ture, water and shade, they viii give sat
isfactory results. They will not fatten
on grass, but it prepares them for fatten-
ing. --------
Their systems are in healthy state.
They have no liberated liyers and stom-
sehs, as they win have il fed On corn
through the hot weather. -r
Thus kept, they are prepared by the
first of September to commence the fat
tening process, with sound teeth, good
digestion, and vigorous health. They
will after that time promptly pay for all
the feed judiciously given. 1t may be,
and doubtless is, true, that light feed Of
bran or light provender might be fed with
profit during the summer; but it is doubt
full if corn in any quantity is beneficial.
Feeding on corn alone, during the sum-
mer, except it be to send them to sum-
mer market, is bad policy; they become
unhealthy, teeth sore, appetites cloyed,
and they will not feed satisfactorily in the
fall, and the comparative expense Of grass
and corn feeding must be drawn as to
which is the best policy. The cost of
grass feeding, even with other light feed,
is merely nominal, while a hog fed on
corn, from the time it is w'eaned from the
SOW till butchered at eighteen months old,
can seldom pay expenses.
The chief end of a hog is the weight
and quality of his carcass. His value de-
ponds upon his being well fattened, and
the object aimed at during his whole life
is to prepare him for that event. If he
fails in that his life is failure.
Corn is the proper food for fattening,
but not for growth; and the fattening pro-
cess is always, to some extent, disease
producing process, and if too long contin-
ued is always so. & .
But when the animal commences fat
tening in vigorous health, having lived for
months on green vegetable and light food,
his health will remain firm through any
reasonable time required to become fat.
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,aitors ), The Union ana American.
For County Judge.

We are authorized to announce Judge p. G. Sii-
yer Perkins q candidate for Judge of the County
Court Of Davidson county at the August election.
junl4 tide ~ .--.-
We are authorized to announce W. A. Glenn,
as q candidate for County Judge, at the ensu-
ing August election. apr2ltde
We are authorized to announce Judge W. X.
Turner as q candidate for Judge of the County
Court of Davidson county. Election in Au-
gust next. r-.. e. -rH. apr20tde
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For Register.

We are authorized to announce b. T. Blnkley,
the nominee of the late County Convention, as
q candidate for Register of Davidson county,
at the ensuing August election.
We are authorized to announce W. ID. Bradley
as q candidate for reelection to the Office Of
Register of williamson county. apr2Stde
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GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.

D. W. c. SETTER, Governor of the State OF Ten
nessce, to all who shall see these Presents
Greeting; a. t.--..-s e-- ~r--5.7 8
WHEREAS. IT HAS BEEN MADE KNOWN
w to me that a certain Bill Stewart alias
Whitworth, colored, charged with having COM
mtted foul and atrOcious murder on the 10Th
day of December, 1S69, upon the body of Mil
ton Finey eOlOred, late of our county of Da-
wilson, has fed from justice, and is now run
ming at large; - $40 @
Now, therefore, I D. W. C. SeHter, Governor
as Aforesaid, by virtue of the power in me
vested, do hereby offer q reward of Two Hun
dred and Fifty Dollars to any person or per-
sons who may apprehend the said Bill Stewart
alias Whitworth, and deliver him to the Sheriff
or Tailor of our County of Davidson, in order
that justice in that ehalf may be had and ex-
ecuted.
In testimony whereof, I have hero
[sEALI unto set my hand, and caused the
Great Seal of the State 20 be affixed
at Nashville, on the 18th day OF June, 1870.
D. W. c. SENTER
By the Governor:
T. II. BUTLER, Secretary of State.
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For A,sorney General.

We are authorized to announce A. J. Caldwell,
the nominee OF the convention, candidate for
Attorney General Of the ensuing August cleo
ZION. Ela =1 n rll = .t.. tide
We ere authorized to announce c., J. Spurlock,
Esq, OF Warren equity, az candidate for Attorney
General for the Eighth Judicial District-Judge
w. p. Hickerson's. t malls tide
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EANIILYn USE

has become very extensive there being no heahict
beverage for table use, and the disappearance ol
so many ms 10 which families were sn0lect car
essiIV he traced 10 their use. All orders lett AZ
our establishment viii receive prompt attention.
NJ MCCORMACK & CO,
{; Frnay1o-6m Jos South Cherry 81 near Droa4
elm
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Edgefield & Kentucky Railroad


VSROM AND AFTER THIS DATE, JUNE 10,
IL 1870, trains on the Edgefeld and Kentucky
Railroad will run as follows: - -
Mail and Express leaves Nashville at 30
p NJ Arrives at Guthrie at Ais P. NJ.
Accommodation leaves Nashville at G.3l A. N.
Arrives at Guthrie at II 30 Connects with
train for Clarksville1
Mail and Express leaves Guthrie at 2 80 ?. n.
Arrives at Nashville at $50 T. ". rs -
Accommodation leaves Guthrie at 80 A. N.
Arrives at Nashville at 80 A. N.
Passenger cars leave Nashville at 80 P. n.
and make direct connection at Guthrie with
through trains sleeping cars attached) for
Memphis, New Orleans, Mobile, and all points
in the Southwest. Time to Memphis fourteen
hours cHA .-efrutf r-l 90
Mail train leaving Guthrie at 80 P. M
makes direct connection with trains from
Memphis and New Orleans.
Time from Memphis 10 Nashville, thirteen
hours and forty Five minutes. --.rg--s Z
Both trains make connection at Nashville
morning and evening with through trains on
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad for al
points South end all way stations on line Of
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. ~. I
For through tickets apply at City Transfer
Office, Maxwell House, and 10 Capt. J. I.
Brooks, at Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Depot. --r r
Trains run daily except Sunday.
W. L. BLANTON, Sup't
WIN, CoNNELL, Pres't and Receiver. ju14tf