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Observation-Disclosures,

1t has been estimated that the amount
of food consumed by dogs in the United
States if fed to hogs, would make $50,
900, 900 worth of meat. The number of
sheep annually destroyed by worthless
ours in this country is worth $500, 900.
Agriculture and the press are the great
feeders of mankind. The one supplies
food for the body, the other for the
mind.
Shade improves land by keeping it
moist, thereby increasing its capacity for
absorbing the gases. This capacity va
ries directly as the quantity of moisture
and depth of filth, and inversely as its
exposure TO the sun and shallowness of
cultivation. Northern hillsides are al
ways more productive in the same vicin-
ity than southern.
Farming and physic are alike in this,
that as no two constitutions are exactly
alike so no two farms are alike in COM
position, texture, exposure, etc. The far
mer must study the peculiauties Of his
farm, just as a physician studies the
idiosyncracies of his patient.
Soaking seed wheat in blue stone (sul-
phate of copper water, one pound of
bluestone to 20 gallons of water, is
specific against smut. Let it stand on
the solution twenty-four hours, SOW and
brush in.
Flour made from wheat grown in Ten
nessoe and Kentucky and Missouri hay
ing a greater capacity for retaining moist
ure, will make q tenth more bread than
that grown in Northern States. For this
reason Southern -four always commands
higher rates.
If the hillsides are well subsoiled they
will never wash, and if basins are sub
soiled the crop on them viii never be
destroyed by Oyeraows.
The wheat crop in Tennessee looks
worse than ives ever saw it. Unless
there is a marvellous outcome we predict
the shortest crop that has been raised in
the State for years.
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SANnEnRn CORN

To the Editors of the Union and American:
In the Weekly UNION AND AMERICAN OF
Feb. 2, Enquirer" asks for information
in regard to Stamford" corn.
am one of the many who have been
swindled 10y this most unmitigated hum
bug. Last season procured, at a high
price, a peck of this new variety, and
having given it fair trial, can say to
Enquirer" that one crop will satisfy him
fully. planted in the same field with
our common white seed and yellow varie-
ties and with the same cultivation, they
yielded five bushels to one of the Sand
ford" 1t commenced tasseling when
about eighteen inches high, and the tall
est stalks were not over four or five feet
high. 1t is an early variety, and would
probably do TO cultivate for table use.
send you a specimen ear, which is an
average one.
think it would be greatly to the in
terest of the farmers of the country if
they would freely exchange opinions on,
and experiences with the new varieties Of
farm products that are constantly being
introduced. JOHN T. IRON.
PARIS, TENN, Feb. S, 1871.
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FARN AND GARDEN.
BUGS ON TOBACCO BEDS.

The growers of the fragrant weed will
be glad to learn that their plant beds can
be eftectually protected from the ravages
Of the flea and fly by tying hen with
young chickens in the middle of the bed.
The young chickens will soon pick the
vermin off and save the plants. Nothing
is SO important 10 the tobacco grower as
early plants and good ones, and nothing
is so disastrous 10 plants as the little hop
ping black flea. When they take to the
beds they sometimes destroy the plants
in few days. The remedy for the pro-
lection of the plants given above, we
have known to be effective when every
thing else failed.
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PAPERS ~ DR.. GORDON-NO. o.
Agricultural Geology of Middle Ten

To the Editors Of the Union and American

To the Editors Of the Union and American:
SPECIAL DRAINING.
In former numbers we have seen how
fillage makes the sub0Oil water-tight, so
as to prevent rain water from sinking and
passing off underground; and we have
seen how subsoiling and undertaking
will keep the subsoil open and porous, so
az TO let the water down through il. We
now propose to apply these principles
and practices to particular spots OF the
farm, namely, stsgnant water in orchards
and CALLED spots in fields.
ON almost every farm there are knobs,
where the close clay is al or near the sur
face. Those knobs are stiff and hard to
plow, and produce crops too poor to pay
for the culture. The lime and vegetable
mould once on these knobs have beer
washed away, leaving the clay and fine
sand to make compact, alright and
water tight subsoi. All the worm holes,
insect holes, root holes, and other natural
ven s. have been plugged up, so that air
and rain-water cannot go down through
il but the rain-water is forced to run
down hill on the surface, washing away
the scanty manure and forming gullies.
These CALLED spots are small at first, but
they get larger every year; and the more
extensive they become, the more they
Will wash, because the greater will be the
volume Of rain-watcr to run down hill
on the surface. Whatever crop you may
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Rand Sea Moss Farins Co.,
PARK PLACE, N. v. 4.
THE GREAT
SPRING AND SUMNER TONIC

Medical treatment has been revolution
lied, and at last the discovery has been
made that Revocation, not ProstrGtSOn, is
the true Medical Philosophy. The intro
duction of PLANTATION BITTERs,
prepared with pure st. Oroix Rum and
Calisaya Bark, opened the eyes of tie
world to this great fact. The life-sustain-
ing principle embodied in this great Vege-
table Restorative is manifested in the weak
and responding by an immediate and most
encouraging change. If the appetite has
failed, it is quiokened; if digestion has
been painful and imperfect, it becomes easy
and thorough; if the liver is torpid, it is
reused and regulated; if the nerves are re-
Taxed, they are strengthened and restrung;
if the brain has been haunted by morbid
fancies, they are put to fight, and hope and
cheerfulness return. In the face of the ex-
traordinary cures of general debility, dysr
pepsia, biIiousness, constipation and men
tai dependency, wrought by Plantation
Bitters, no practitioner not in league with
death and the undertaken could persist in
it. The terrible evacuents which were once
prescribed as the spring and summer med
icines, have utterly lost their prestige. The
sick will not take them, and Plantation
Bitters, in which are combined the
ments Of stomschic, and invigorant, a
mild laxative, nervine and an anti-bilious
specific, reign in their stead.
Sold by all druggists.
spr16-deodSweow1y
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HOG CHOLERA.

To the Editors Of the Union and American:
Powdered coperas, flour of sulphur and
salt, mixed in about equal quantities and
given, tablespoonful to large hog, less
for small ones, two or three times week,
will prevent and cure what is generally
called cholera in hogs. Fed in dry meal
or with meal made into slop. 1t is not
necessary to cook the meal nor to wait
for the slop to get sour. 1t is the medi-
cine, not the slop, that effects the cure.
1t kills lice on hogs and worms in them.
When that is accomplished, the medicine
may be stopped-ss the physician ceases
to administer remedies after the patient
is well. l..
SWRRTWATRR TENN
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Der of yards viii suffice for planting a

Der of yards will suffice for planting a
crop Next
PREPARATION.
Either dig up the bed with a msttock
or plow with a coulter, being very careful
not to turn the burned soil too deep un-
der ground. Chop and rake until it is in
good order and have all the roots picked off.
Then make marks across the bed four feet
each way when it will be ready for
SOWING.
For every ten yards square or one hun
dred square yards, take one tablespoonful
of seed, or fourth less would be better,
and after mixing with dry ashes or dirt,
SOW both ways. Rake over the bed
lightly, or tramp with the feet. Sprinkle
some mustard seed around the borders
and cover over with layer of nice brush
of sufficient thickness to protect the
young plants from the cold and prevent
the ground from getting dry, but not
enough to exclude the air andlight. The
beds should always be resolved as soon as
the first crop of plants make their ap-
pearance, not for the purpose of making
q succession of crops, but in order that
they may be undergoing the process of
termination in the event the first should
be destroyed by the fly or frost. The
work of preparation of the bed should be
performed in the fall, if possible; but the
sowing may be deferred until February,
thereby giving the bed better chance to
improve by exposure to the winter
freezes. No second digging will be re-
quired in February; only light raking is
necessary to prepare it for the reception
Of the seeds. 1t is estimated that 100
square yards will be amply sufficient to
plant five acres. E. B. r.
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s. J. BRAOKEN,
Engineer n. & D. Z. 3.

NASHVILLE, Jan. %, 1870 Il have used "Oot-
tens Southern Star Stomach Bitters," and have no
hesitsncy In saying that it is the best Tonic ever
used. My business is such that am exposed a
great deal, and have tried various btters, tonics
etc, but this is the best appetizer and strength
ener have ever found and to my friends and the
public generally, most cheerfully recommend
the use Of this preparation, honestly believing
they will he greatly benefited thereby.
J. h HAMMERLY.
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OUR LABOR SYsTEM-NO. 2.

To the Editors Of the Union ard AmHricsn:
In our Ii st we suggested the importance
of farmers watching closely tn cir interest
and giving the same attention to their
profession that men of success in other
callings give, and soon would the clamor
mo profit in farming" be silenced. The
legitimate cause of failure proceeds not
so much from the labor system as from
inattention, letting things take their own
course.
We propose in the next place to point
out few facts gathered from experience,
as to how the labOrer may be successfully
controlled to prevent farming from being
q drag. The first step in the right drec-
ton, is to secure the confidence of Jbe
labortr, if for wages, that he will be
promptly paid when wages are due; if
for part of the crop that the employer
is competent to direct and plan, that a
full harvest may be obtained. Let en-
ployers gain the confidence Of their labor
ers-mature well their plans, give impers-
tive UrdeTs-be watchful, attentive, keep.
ing the reins strictly in their own hands
| and then we most conf1den ly assert the
profession will be dignifed, the fields of
| culture will wave in verdure, stimulating
both employers and laborers 10 press on
ward to the end of harvest, when the
well stored granaries will advertise "here
is place of plenty-here is a home OF
pIosperity-s place where money is TO be
found. Laborers understand and heed
this advertisement and the farmer who
makes it will soon find It's value.
4 w F
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FATTENING HOGS.

10 the EdEOrs OF Ine UNION ana American
SwBETwATER, Tenn, Feb. s, ISL
One of your correspondents few weeks
ago asked how to prevent fattening hogs
from eating dirt. A sure and certain
way is to put them in floored pens. Then
feed them on meals, instead of ears of
corn, made into slop with water, dish
water, pot liquor, sospsuds, buttermilk,
or almost any liquid you can save about
the kitchen, with the addition of any veg
etables you may have. 1t is not necessary
to cook the meal or to wait for the slOp
to stand and get sour. Fed in this way,
hogs need no water except that given as
slop. But do not try to make meal of
corn cobs to be fed to any stock. They
were not intended by nature for food, and
are as indigestsble as saw dust. l fed
them to horses, cattle and hogs, raw and
cooked and mixed with vegetables and
cut straw and hay. Whenever dropped
they were still cobs, and in such quanti-
ties as TO convince me they are indigesti
bic. If any one thinks otherwise, let
him spend as much money as l have try
ing it, and then he will be believer. L.
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NASHVILLE, Feb. 2, 1s7O.-I certify that have
used various stomach and tonic bitters, but none
have given so sure and speedy relief IS Cotton g
Southern Star Stomach Bitters." AS a tonic and
gentle purgstive nothing ever gave me so much
relief in so short time. The bitters cured me Of
q very violent cold in twenty-four hours.
". Z. MoALISTER
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CoLUuBIA ATHENEUM, TENN.

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A NEW GOAL.
Patent Artificial Fuel.
CONS ESSED COAL,
MANUFACTURED BIZ
ENI. LOISEAU 81 co.

THIS COAL LIGHTS EASILY, EMITS A CLEAR
Il and brilliant flame, gives intense heat, and
neither smokes nor gives out any unpleasant odOr.
At cannot be made TO throw coal nor even a spark
from the CRATE 1t never snaps nor pops, but
burns With uniform and silent glow.
Whether in q owes, CRATES or furnaces, this coal
burns better, smokes lass and gives more heat
than any other coal but its greater quality is that
1t lasts Is per cent longer than any other coal
Price, $3.50 per load, of fully II
bushels of rs POuBd dis, delivered. o
Coal sent in the country by the hogshesd.
Leave orders at the Yard, Front street, adjOin-
ing the Gssworks, or at the Office, Cherry street,
ROM % COlonnade Building. janlT 1y
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THE NEW FOOD SOURCE.

SEA MOSS FARINE.-This new and
elegant preparation, made from Irish Moss,
or Caragreen, is conceded to be the cheap
est, healthiest and most delicious food in
the world As delightful table dessert it
hiss no equal, and it is light and delicate
food for invalids and children 1t is supe-
nor to all kindred preparations.
This new article of food has everywhere
won ''golden opinions" of all sorts of peo-
pie, and the house-heepers of the land gems
orally regard it in the double light OF q
staple necessary and delicious luxury, for
while it lessons the expense of living, the
exquisite dishes prepared from it cannot be
obtained even at an extravsgant cost from
any other source. For rs cents you can buy
package which viii make sixteen quarts Of
Blanc Mango, and like quantity of Pud-
dings, Custards, Creams, Charlotte Russo,
etc.
Rand Sea Moss Farins Co.,
So PARK PLACE, N. VI,
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/. VOID QUACKS,

VOID QUACkS.-A victim Of early In
n discretion, causing nervous debility, prema-
tnre decay, etc having tried in vain every ad-
h;cb he will send free to his fel Ow sufferers.
Hddr ess: J. II. TUrTLE, 70 Nassau street, New
York.
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wANTED-MONEY.

I'VE WANT TO BORROW sIOO'OOO, IN sums
w from 800 to 80, 900 81 en- per Ct persnnum-
na0al intrest) secured by deed Of trust on real
late. good collaterals, or irst-class "gtlt-edge.
naner ARBIsGTOH, FARRAR WEAKLEY.
ian a till oct 8, II No. 81 n soAege e,
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1T SAVED MY LIFE!'
Aliens Lung Balsam

AAAO14 . Aul& OalStIu
Is warranted to break up the most troublesome
Cough in an incredibly short time. There ia no
remedv that can show more evidence OF real merit
than this BALSAM, for curing Consumption,
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Group, etc.
READ THE FOLLOWING:
MAEINE CIrY, MICH, July 81, 1870.
J. N. HARRIS Co.-Dear Sirs: The Aliens
Lung Balsam has arrived. would not like to be
without it, for 1t has saved my life. to bad
cold, and cough, and finally consumption was
seated u on me. / WAS in a very bad state
tried everything that was recommended, and
spent great deal Of money and got no help.
had the Aliens Lung Balsam for SALE but knew
nothing of its merits, did not like to take it
bottle. When Jour agent called on me told him
could not sell medicine knew nothing about.
He urged me to try it myself. 1 did SO and to my
grateful surprise the first bottle stopped my
lungs were healed and well, and can now spesk
knowingly to my friends and customers Of the
qualities Of Aliens Lung Balsam.
remain respectfully,
Z @. COrTRRLL, Druggist.
II is harmless TO tie most delicate c1tSldi
1t contains no opium in any form!
CAUTION.
Do not be deceived by unprinCipled dealers
who may offer you other remedies offered for
sale on the great merits OF Aliens Lung Balsam.
Call for and be sure you receive Aliens Lung
Balsam-
J. N. HARRIS q CO., Projectors,
CINCINNATI, Oh
Sold by BERRY, DEMOVILLE & co., Nashville
EWIN, PENDLETON Il co., do
LITTERER CABLER, do
z. J. SANFORD CO., Knoxville
r A ROBINSON & CO., Louisville.
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KY. LOTTERY

Chartered by the Legislature Of Kentucky.
100000 distributed distributed every Mondsy,
Price of whole tickets, SO; halves, $, quarters
S25O. Smaller schemes draw daily. ALL PRIz o.
PAYABLE IN MONEY. Write for Circular. Address
GEO. WEBSTER, Manager, No. 65 Third street,
Louisville, KY. feb7 d&w3m
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THE CULTURE OF TOBACCO-NO. 1
How to Make PIant-Beds.

So many methods have been recon-
mcndgd, all of which have, under favor
able circumstances, succeeded so well
that it would appear to be the simplest
thing in the world to raise good plants,
and that the most inexperienced could
not miss; but there are, nevertheless,
thousands of failures every year, and in
estimable loss and trouble are brought
upoa tobacco planters by q failure to
raise good plants. To secure an abun-
dance of good, strong and early plants is
the first and most important thing in
raising tobacco, and TO make good beds
is always a hard, rough job, and requires
good Judgment both in the selection of a
site and in the preparation of the soil.
While there are many circumstances
which may require the farmer to modify
his plans according to season, soil or eX-
posure, yet there are some things which
are imperative on him if he wishes to
. succeed, and to these we wish especially
10 direct attention. An important item
is in the proper selection of
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
HARTFORD FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
On the 3lst Day of December, 1870.
Made 70 the Comptroller of the State
of Tennessee, In COnTOr NIFTY
with the Laws of Said state.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
CAPITAL.
ASSETS.

The amount Of Capital Stock is. -. 81 200, 600
The amount Of Capital Stock paid
up B............ .................. lsOOUyUOO
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READ THE TESTIMONY

NASHVILLE, Feb. l, 1s7O.-M @. Ootton-Sir: In
running IS Engineer on the Nashville and DecS-
tur Rosd, ana in tho South during the late war
was much exposed to malaria, and my health be-
came very bad. About eighteen months ago had
to stop work. commenced taking your "South-
ern Star Stomach Bitters, from which 1 found
almost immediate relief. 1 resumed work, con-
tinued to take your Btters, and have been in per-
feet health for more than twelve months, while
many Of the employees have lost time from having
chills and fever. recommend these Bitters as q
preventive Of fever and sgue and the best stomach
preparation have ever used.
s. J. BRAOKEN,
Engineer n. & D. Z. r
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STATE OF TENNESSEE,
.. CoMPTRoLI ER's OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Jan !, 1871.
7 ED. K. PENNEBAKER, COMPTROLLER OF
i i. the Treasury, do hereby certify that the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
located at Hartford, In the State of Connecticut,
has produced to me satisfactory evidence that
said Company has complied with all the require
ments Of the laws Of the State Of Tennessee, i'm
posed on insurance companies; aud further GER
tify that Ross & Gale, Agents of Eaid Company
have also complied with the requirements Of the
Laws Of the State made and provided in such cases
Wherefore, said Insurance Company has authOri-
ty to take risks and transact the business Of in
surance in this state, at Nashville, Tenn.
ED X. PENNEBAKER,
Comptroller of Tennessee.
GEO. L CHASE, Pres't. J. D. BROWNE, Sec'y.
G. F. BIssELL, General Agent, Chicago.
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For sale by druggists generally.
Wholesale by EWIN, PENDLRTON b CO., and
LITTERER CABLER
Principal depot and mandatory, 299 South
Cherry street, Nashville, Tenn.
NJ O. COTTON,
feb20eodn Sole Proprietor.
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NASHVILLE, Jan. Is, 1S7O.-I have used " Cot
toms Southern Star Stomach Bitters, and as S
tonic and gentle purgstive, have never found
anything better. w. R DALE,
Capt. Fire 90. No. 3.
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This should always be in the best rich
est, and lightest virgin soil, convenient to
wood and brush. The lowest, well-drsined
land generally the best, with a southern
or southeastern exposure, and an under
growth of hazle, blsckgum or dog|ood.
LIT the sprouts be cut off with an axe,
not dug up, and all the leaves and trash
raked from the land. Then lay down
some skids and upon them pile wood and
brush in sufficient quantity to burn
hard. A small piece of land well burned
will make more plants than three times
the amount badly burned. The land
will have a reddish hue when 1t has
been sufficiently burned. The
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NASHVILLE, Feb. 2, 1891 hsd been suffering
severely for about 3 week, with painters cholic,
when got bottle of "Cotton's Southern Star
stomach Bitters," which entirely relieved me-
unhesitatingy pronounce the bitters the best med
icine for the stomach and bowels that have ever
taken. VIM. I. AUTEN, Painter.