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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-16
AN rsfpoarANT ENTERPRISES.

During the past week the following
articles of incorporation of the 'Farm-
ers' and Mechanics Manufacturing
Company" were fled in the County
Clerks office:
We, the undersigned, A. +. Cherry,
Nimrod Price, William Peters, Martin
Payne and Martin Luper, desiring to
Incorporate ourselves in the manner
provided for in the act of the legisla-
tive assembly of the State of Oregon,
entitled an act providing for private
incorporation, passed and approved
October II, 1872, and the amend
ments thereto, do hereby make arti-
cles of incorporation for the purposes
herein after set forth, TO wit:
ARTICLE /. The name assumed by
this corporation, and by which it shall
be known, is "The Farmers and Me-
chanics' Manufacturing Company.
ART. =, The enterprise, business,
pursuit and occupation in which this
corporation proposes TO engage is the
manufacturing, building, making and
repairing all kinds of agricultural,
horticultural and mechanical imple-
ments and machinery. and mill and
steam machinery, wagons and car
riages, and to sell and dispose of the
same.
ART. 3. The place where this COR
poration proposes to have its princi-
pal office and place of business is IN
the City of Albany in Linn County,
State of Oregon.
ART. 4. The amount of the capital
stock of this corporation shall be
fifty thousand dollars. consisting OF
five hundred shares.
ART. 5. The amount of each share
of such capital stock shall be one hun
dred dollars.
In witness whereof we have here.
unto subscribed our names land 10
triplicate hereo0 this the 18th day OF
May, A. d. 1878.
MARTIN LUPER.
A. I. CHERRY.
y. PRICE.
WIN, PETERS.
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
CROP PROSPECTS.
from our Exchanges.

On the morning of the Goth ult., this
section was visited by a killing frost,
which closed out the peach, cherry, grape
and pear crops, killing the beans, Irish po-
tato tops, and all other tender vegetation.
We hardly think the wheat crop was for
ward enough to be injured by the frost.
Some of our farmers say that the drought
of the past three weeks has cut short the
oat and hay crops considerably. The out
look at present, for good crops, is anything
but ffattering. The result of our observa-
tions leads us to the belief that the yield
this season will fall far below an average
crop. While occasionally good field may
be seen, the great bulk of it is too thin
upon the ground, and it has a sickly and
unthrifty appearance. We are of opinion
that not more than a half crop will be
made in this portion of the State.-Ctere-
land Banner.
This section was visited by another
heavy frost last Friday night. Ice formed
to some thickness, and the damage to veg
citation is considerable. The young fruit
peaches and apples-was entirely cooked.
The frost, we learn, was general and equal
ly severe throughout East Tennessee. TAX
ing McNinn county as an average fruit
producing county, the loss in this division
of the State alone will fall but a fraction
below 81 000, 000.-AHeHS Post.
y COrreSp OnueQJ OF tDe BrlSIOl courier,
writing from Blountville says: Last week
l reported the prospect good for a fine crop
of peaches but from later information re-
ceived from Jack Frost, who is a very re-
liable gentleman, 1 take it all back. There
will be but very little in Sullivan county"
The same paper says: Capt. Jack, not
the Modoc who assassinated Gen. Candy,
but sir-named Frost visited this section
last Saturday morning, and cut the pros
poets for a fruit crop short. Apples,
peaches, cherries, pears, are all generally
gone up. There may be some exceptions,
but they are few and far between. Corn
ard Potatoes, where they were up, were cut
down to the ground. We have heard OF
no injury to the growing wheat-presume
it was not far enough advanced to be dam
aged.
Our farmers are the great sufferers in
East Tennessee. The late season has great
ly retarded their farming operations, while
the growing crops have been materially in
iured by the frost.-JOnesbOrO Rag.
The frost, last Friday night, killed near
~ all the fruit in this section, which will
be loss of at least fifty thousand dollars
to the citizens of the county, besides the
many luXures that are prepared every
good fruit year for home consumption
Herald and Iri6nne
While the reports of damage done by
frost are certainly discouraging, yet we are
still hopeful that they will not turn out as
disastrously as is now feared.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Legal Advertisements
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Tax sale.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, Jefferson county.
C;.,,,;+ Caurt nj Dandridoe Anril Term ID

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Jefferson county
Circuit Court ut cambridge, April Term, AID 1873.
IXTHEREAS, SAMUEL McSPADDEN, COLLECT
w OR of the public taxes for the county of Jeifer-
ports the following tracts of land town lots and parts
OF town lots to the court having been assessed for
shown which taxes are due and remain unpaid; and
that the respective owners or claimants thereof have
no goods or chates on which he can dstrain for said
taxes within said county of Jefferson to-wit;
One town lot OF about acre, lying in civil district
ton assessed as the property Of James Ficks heirs
adjoining the lands of n T. and j. R. Wooten on the
of VIM Bales on the east and the East Tennessee Vr-
gnia and Georgia Railroad on the north valued for
the year 1870 at S00 taxes for said year 1870 being
sO clerks fee $780, printers fee sl5O; collectors fee
SlO0-amOunt OF taxes and costs $500.
property of said JamesFck's heirs for the year lS7l
yglued for said year 1871 at sSo0O taxesor said year
printers fees s.5O-amount of taxes and costs SS65
Ill The town lot last above described, assessed for
9G year S ns n n at co. the M
said year 1872 being 81 u.s. clerks fees 81 SO printers
fees 81 5l collectors fees 81 OO-amount of taxes and
" One tract of land of ninety six acresyng in civil
district Of SAID county OF @ assessed Sdr Tor
said tract adoins the lands of Thomas A. Elmore on
Elmore the south; valued for the year 1870 at $500
taxes for the said year iSiE being % ~ fees
of taxes and costs SlO.
" The tract of land last described Tor
valued for said year 1s at sO0O taxes for said year
1871 being s. lo clerks fees 81 so; printers fees 81 50
And whereas, the said Samuel McSPadden, Collector
aforesaid on Thursday. the sh of April, 1873 moved
the Court for udgmen tof condemnation against said
town lots and tracts of land, described above
1t is therefore considered by the Court that JUDGMENT
be and the is hereby entered against the town
lots and tract of land aforesaid in the name Of the
State and county for the sum annexed to each being
the amount of the taxes together with all costs and
charges due severaly thereon for the years 1870 ISL
and 1872.
1t is further ordered by the Court that said town lot
and tract of land be sod much thereof will be
of value sufficient of each of them to satisfy said taxes
and costs and that the same be sold the law directs
in the sale of land for taxes,
You Samuel McSpadden, as Collector aforesaid, are
therefore hereby anded to sell said town lot and
tract of land the law diretcs much thereof
will be value sufficient to satisfy said taxes and costs
Herein fail not and make due return of this writ
corGing 10 law.
Witness S. s. McCuistion, Clerk of said Court, al
Office in cambridge the first Monday of April, 1873.
S. S. INCLUSION, Clerk.
ap3jw3t by J.JN0 b. NJ EEK, D. G.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Points of 4 Good Cow.

The Neg England Farmer enumerates
these as the points or qualities Of good
cow /:
l. Age.-A COW is at her best when from
4 to 6 years old. The best time to buy is
after her second or third calf.
.. Milk VeinS.-These run down the
sides toward the udder. When not visible
they can be felt with the hand, unless the
animal is very fat
3. The Udder.-It should be broad, pro-
jecting behind the legs and extend for
ward under the belly. Itshould be soft and
thin to the touch. freshness and thick
ness are not favorable signs. The full
number of four teats is important. One
less than this means a quarter less milk,
for the udder is divided into four separate
compartments or glands. In the best mill
kers the teats stand we'll apart, are uniform
in size, and point downward and outward.
4. Coat.-The skin should be soft and
the hair smooth.
5. Iemper.-Large clear eyes indicate a
quiet disposition, which is eminently fa-
vorable to the secretion and yield of milk.
The general appearance of contentnent
which thoroughly good milker has, is a
very strong point in her favor.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Can Hens be too Fat to Lay Wen.

A correspondent writes to the RirdL
Home as follows: Old folks used to say: If
your hens are neglected and run down
poor, then you may get them too fat to lay,
but if you raise a lot of pullets and feed
them all they want to eat, of corn, buck
wheat, ashes, burned bone, etc, lime in the
winter, and keep doing so as long as you
want them to lay, then you will find out
as well as did that you cannot have them
too fat to lay.
am about sixty two years old, and have
experimental with hens more or less for
twenty-five years. 1 raise lot of pullets
every summer for layers, and dispose of the
older ones. / make net profit on every
hen of about S1.50, and not counting the
manure anything get 20 cents per dozen
for eggs; on an average 20 to % cents for
chickens when they are two months old.
/ could give you a list of particulars OF
debtor and creditor, for a number of years,
but don't think it necessary. / will say
however, that 1 have had from twenty
four hens, in one year, 257 dozen eggs, and
raised 20 chickens. That year l had net
profit of a little overS2per hen, not reckon
ing the manure.
My hens are mixture or cross of differ
ent breeds--Hamburgs Polands and Pleas
ants-I have no blooded hens of any kind
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
POtafn Seed.

James Butter, Brookville, Penn, writes:
"This winter 1 heard three of my neigh
bors arguing about seed potatoes one said
he planted the eyes of his largest potatoes
the other said that he planted the smallest
potatoes he had, and he said he had as large
potatoes as the other dare have. The one
who planted the eyes of his largest pota-
toes said, to plant little potatoes they
would deteriorate, and | think so too.
Please answer through your valuable pa
per.
REMARKs.-This question has been dis
cussed with conflicting opinions for many
years, and it is most probable that there
will forever be difference of opinion. We
believe that it is best to plant the eyes of
large potatoes, and our observation teaches
us that the great weight of evidence is on
that side of the question. Atthe same time
we shall be pleased to publish the expert
ence of any of our readers on the subject.
We have an idea that almost any plant or
fruit or vegetable may be vastly improved,
in size at least, if highly MANFRED and
well cultivated, but under equal circum-
stances the rules of nature teach that large
seed produce large potatoes, and whatever
be the size of the potato, by all means
have it sound and healthy. There is prob
ably no vegetation so much benefited by
having the seed changed every two or
three years. Exchange from New York a
bushel or two with a Wisconsin or Ne
braska friend, and there will be seen a
great improvement in both. In no other
vegetable has there been so many new va
rieties, and it is really benefit, while it is
most likely that all are merely one or more
varieties changed by climate and soil-Er.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Chip Manure.

I" A New Subscriber" West Cheshire,
Connecticut, asks: How much unleached
wood ashes would you apply with chip
manure to the roots of young fruit trees,
and how would you do it?
Am correct in supposing chip manure
to mean the refuse bits of wood and bark
where wood pile has stood?
ANswER.-You are right in what you
suppose chip manure to mean. Its value
depends greatly upon how much bark there
may he mixed with it, and the character OF
the wood pine, it is of little value. 1t is
considered an excellent material to put on
potatoes. The ashes will assist in decom-
posing the chips and bits of bark, and you
must be guided by your own judgment as to
the quantity you mix with chip manure
One of ashes and two of chips, composted
with muck or rich earth, will, if allowed
time to decompose, make an excellent ma
nure for potatoes, and if applied around the
roots of fruit trees and spaded in a little
will certainly be of benefit. Say three tC
five bushels of the mixture, as may be the
size of the trees. Spread on surface under
the tree and around roots, and spade in oil
not, as you please.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Rust in Wheat.

r. NJ. NJ, Abingdon, Va, writes the
Southern Farm and Home: "While / do
not claim to have discovered an infallible
cure for rust in wheat, L believe L have
found the means of preventing rust i'll four
crops out of five, perhaps more. You re-
member how destructive rust was to the
last crop in nearly all the wheat-producing
sections of the South. / raised as fine a
crop as ever had in my life, and am an
old farmer, while all my neighbors' crops
were ruined by rust. 1 attribute my es-
cape to top-dressing my wheat in March
with wood ashes, putting on about twelve
bushels to the acre. got the idea from Il
forget the nance which recommended
ashes not only as n preventive of rust,
but as the best manure for growing wheat.
My experiment was so successful that
mean to top-dress my crop this year if /
have to buy and haul my ashes.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Destruction of Michigan Nurseries.

A Battle Creek correspondent of the
Chicago Journal says:
Mr.. Chilson, a large nurseyman at this
place Battle Creek) is now cutting down
to the ground 10000 young nursery apple
trees, which the cold weather last winter
froze and killed to the ground. The roots
are not killed, and they will grow up again
This ruins his nursery trade in apple trees
this winter. Mr.. Chilson also tells me
that all the nursery trees in the large Grand
River nursery (of the Husteds), at Lowell
Mich, are killed-many of them roots anG
all So much for what know about farm
ing. If this is true of these nursery trees
it is probably true of the larger portion o.
trees are not killed to any extent.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Coal Ashes and Potatoes.

1 want to relate a little piece of personal
experience in regard to both, which may
be OF value to those who live in districts
where the bituminous Goals are burned,
and where they have rich prairie, corn
bearing soil. have found the ashes of the
soft Goals (but it may be true also of the
ashes of the hard ones one of the best ma
nures for potatoes. Country Gentleman.
All Tennessee coal yields ashes for pota-
toes and other vegetables. Probably not
half of these ashes are ever applied to any
useful purpose more than to fill up like sc
much earth some hole or low place. Cities
are notorious for wasting fertilizers.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Helpful Hints for Housewives.

Potato Puf-Two cups cold mashed po-
tatoes stir in it two tablespoons of melted
butter, beating to a cream ; add two we'll
beaten eggs, one cup cream or milk; pour
into deep dish bake in quick oven.
To Waterproof Boots and MOeS.-Before
applying warm the boots little, but take
care not to hold them in the fire. Melt to-
gether halfa pint of boiled linseed oil, two
ounces of suet, half an ounce of beeswax
and half an ounce of resin.
BldcE Paint for IrOnlCoTE.-A Varnish
for ironwork can be made as follows OBJ
tain some good clean gas tar and boil for
four or five hours, until it runs as fine rs
water; then add one quart of turpentine to
gallon of tar, and boil another half hour.
Apply hot.
QuillSey.-A simple preventive for
quinsey is to wear string of amber beads
around the neck they may be worn a lit
tie loose and out of sight with the present
style of dress. You that are afflicted with
the quinsey try it. Do not let them de-
ceive you with amber-colored glass beads.
COchinodL COIoring.-The following is a
good recipe: Cochineal, alum, cream tar
tar, carb. potassa, each three drachms
water, eight ounces. Rub the cochineal,
alum, and cream tartar with eight ounces
of boiling water, and when cold gradually
add carb. pOtassa, and strain pour water
on the strainer sufficient to measure eight
fluid ounces.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
SheriH,s Sale.

By virtue of an execution, issued from the
circuit court of Anderson county, Tennessee,
and to me directed, | will on Saturday, the
3lst day of May, 1873, within legal hours in
front of the court house in the city of Knox
ville sell for cash in hand to the highest bid
der at public cutlery, all the right, title, claim,
interest, and demand that S. ID. Leinart has in
and TO a certain tract or parcel of land, situated
and lying in the 10 civil district of Knox coun-
ty, adjoining the lands of Joseph Detwiller,
James Galbreath, and others, being the same
farm where S. d. Lenart now resides contain
ing two hundred acres, more or less. Levied
on as the property of s. ID. Leinart to satisfy a
judgment in the circuit court of Anderson
county in favor of Henry Farmer for costs, VS.
5. ID. Leinart ct al. Said sale will be made subs
ject TO homestead TO be carried out of the same.
V. +. GOSSETT, Sheriff
By virtue of two orders of sale issued from
the supreme court of Errors and Appeals, Mt
Knoxville Tennessee, and to me directed,
will on Saturday, the 3lst day of May, 1878,
within legal hours in front of the court house
in the city of Knoxville, sell for cash in hand
TO the highest bidder, at public cutlery all the
right, title, claim, interest, and demand that
Isaac W. Alexander has in and to a certain
tract or parcel of land, lying and situated in
the 18th civil district of Knox county, Tennes-
see, adjoining the lands Of James Luttrell,
Aaron Armstrong. and others, containing one
hundred and seventy two acres, more or less
Levied on as the property of Isaac w. Alexander
20 satisfy judgment in the supreme court OF
Errors and Appeals at Knoxville, in favor Of
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Sailing Butter.

A paragraph in the Bucks County, Pa,
Agricultural Society's report on the above
subject, is suggestive;
A short essay by Miss Kate Craven, of
Newtown, was read, in response to the
question, "Can butter be packed to adj
vantage in June or July for winter" Miss
Craven was decidedly in favor of packing
butter in early summer, when the price is
usually so low as to be improbable. If
properly put up then it can not be sur
passed. Ii must be fresh and good, or it
will not keep well. Her receipt is for
twenty pounds of butter, take one and a
fourth pounds of salt, one ounce pulverized
saltpeter, and small quantity of white
sugar which should be worked into the
butter, and left over night. Next day work
again, make into Jumps, put into stone
vessel and cover with brine strong enough
to bear an egg. Lay bag filled with salt
in the vessel, and replenish when empty.
Do not remove the butter long before it is
needed
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
A Heavy Frost.

This section of country was visited yes
terday morning with heavy frost, which
ii is feared has been very damaging TO ear
ly vegetation and fruit. The mercury at
daylight was down to 20 degrees, and we
hear of ice formations in some localities
nearly an eighth of an inch thick. We
conversed with persons from different por-
tions of the county and ascertain that no
one spot has been favored, the frost being
general, In one location we hear of adj
yanced wheat being very materially dam
aged, and from another quarter We hear
that all the fruit is killed, and then again
we are told that beans, potatoes and other
early vegetables have been ruined, but the
foliage on the trees protected the fruit. The
strawberry beds in the vicinity OF Nash
vile we are told have been greatly injured,
and in some places plums, peaches and APP.
Piles have been destroyed. The accounts
received from this frost are rather gloomy,
but we hope not as bad as anticipated
Union and american.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Pumpkins for Cows.

From a pack of seed dropped and cover
ed in the gaps of corn field dairy OF nine
cows has been kept up to summer milk
ing, and the quality Of the butter is super
excellent, and siXheifer calves raised from
the above are fat as moles. The cows are
fatter, too, than a majority of the cattle
slaughtered. These cows have been max
ing about six pounds of butter per week,
besides supplying new milk and cream for
gentleman's house with sixteen inmates.
gers with a spade, morning, noon and
night, about half bushel each time when
cut inta pieces. They eat while being
MIXED morning and night, and they come
to the yard and go into the stable for half
an hour at noon. Beets, carrots, and some
other roots and small ears of corn will fol-
low, so as &c keep up the milk during win
ter Correspondent Of Country Gentleman,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
A Knee-Sprung Horse.

J. J. W., Lander, Penn, writes
EirSt-I have heavy business horse, the
value of which is somewhat impaired by
being what is usually called knee-sprung.
What can be done?
iSecond-A fine mare has the habit of
switching her tail, and frequently getting
the line fast under her tail and holding it,
to the great annoyance of the driver. Can
this habit be broken up or avoided by re
sorting to the operation usually termed
nicking, and if so will you explain the pro-
cess
ANSWER. horse of cold blood
becomes knee-sprung it must be regarded
as a case very likely to become gradually
worse. The only preventive will be to use
the Good-enough horse shoe, and to have
it applied in a truly scientific manner.
That will be to shorten the toes, to rasp
down the heels, to open the back of the
hoof, so as to allow the frog to strike the
| This mode of shoeing will greatly decrease
also will sensibly relieve the back tendons,
thereby causing less wear and tear of the
| forelegs. AS to the much-to-be-valued
switching in your mares tail nothing can
! be done to prevent it, The habit is GER
| tain indication of a vigorous constitution
and of a strong back. When you drive
her, hold your reins steadily in your left
hand, and if she gets her tail over them
slack on strain, speak gently and encour'
agingly to the animal, and free the rein'
with your right hand. Nicking is bar
barous operation, which frequently termi-
mates in lockjaw, even when the incision:
have healed, and the animal has, TO all ap
pearance, quite recovered.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-05-07
Garden GleaningS.

CarbOic soap and water is recommended
to destroy mildew on roses, to be applied
by sprinkling.
A correspondent of the Gardeners
Chronicle says that he has found gas-tar
water, diluted to the color of weak coffee,
to be the best preventive to the ravages of
slugs on all garden crops, and also an ex-
cellent manure, applying it by night from
an ordinary watering pot and half the
slugs will be killed, and the rest much
weakened. A second dose, after the inter-
val of week, is generally sufficient to
Danish them altogether.