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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-09
KEAsoNIC DIRECTORY.



sorru MEMPHIS, No. 11s-meets I'd Friday
IN each month-hall corner Madison ana sec
opd. Ben. X. Pullen. W. NJ. Al. "neeler'
ee ITaTRoSA. No. 16s-meets 1st Monday in
.verv month. at Odd Follows Hall, corner
Cont and Main. G. @. Locke. W. M; b.
Richmond, Secretary.
LEILA SCorT, No. 2S9-meets LIST Thursday
&c each morth--hall corner Madison and sec
.sond. A. f. Davis, W. M; Z. GOLDSMITH
oe nTSoTo. No. 2ee-meets Sd Friday. Of each
,0onth1 odd Fellows Hall. Bun. 4. Price,
w. M: r. W. Shelton, Secretary;
KITwrNErgG. No. M-meets 4th Friday OF
.scb month-at South Memphis Hall. corner
NJ Madison and Second. Richard Creighton,
W. NJ; Louis CEapski, Secretary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PENN CHAPTER. No. H-meets "a MONDAY OF
aanh month-0dd Fellows Hall. u. Il. FORSTER,
E.H.P.; A. J. Wheeler, Secretary;
MEMPHIS CHAPTER, No. 9o-meets az Odd
elloWs' Hall, Sd Monday Of each month. W.
Matthews, N. Z. II. P; r. W. Shelton,
ecretary.
FuREKA COUNCIL, No. 6-meets Sd Thurs
Aev ~ each month-0dd Fellows Hall. q.
Reder, III. ILL.,; G. II. Myers, Rec.
TEHPL1Rs.
CyPEyE COMNANDERY, No, 4-meets 9Th Mon
day of,each month. Geo. Mellersh, Com. I.
c1IyIRY CHAPTER OF RosE CRoTx, 18th. No.
1. Charles W. Adams. 32d, M. W.; Ii.
Tomlinson, 32d, Sec.'.
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mo. 4O7. R. d.
NOn.Residenf Notice.

In the Second Chancery Court Of Shelby
County, Tennessee. 1896
r. C. Brinkley
VS..
j. NJ. TOmeny ct al.
AN ORDER HAVING BEEN MADE IN
n This cause on the 18th Of April, 1873. sug-
costing the death Of w. S. Huntington, and
an order Of revivor. made by scire faciass
against Fanny A. Huntington, widow, and
residents Of the State Of Tennesseei. 1t is
therefore ordered by the Clerk and Master
that they make their appearance herein. at
the court-house of the Second Chancery
Court in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee. on
or before the first Monday in January. 1874.
and show cause. if any they have; why this
suit should not be revived against them; and
that a copy Of this order be published once a
week, for four successive weeks, in the PUB-
Lie LRDGER. This December 2, 1873.
M. D. L. STEWART. G. and M.
By 0Ro. MAILERY. Deputy c. and NJ.
Humes q Poston, Solicitors. 79-S0-gl-Y
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o. n. n. DIRECTORY.

brsrucf GR1NB Lopez Eo.7-A Z. Prank
land. q. ~. A.: Lewis Me1ler. q. =. General
Committee meets az the call Of the o.. n. A.
EUPHRtTEs LODGE. No. s. Daniel hchloss.
President; Isaac sehWab. Secretary. Meets
every sunday 81 an. al its ball, northwest
corner Second and Adams streets.
President; yos- Doernberg Secretary. Meets
ever Tuesday evening At hail. northwest cor
nar krr1nd and Adams streets.
srrnr IusEA LoD6E, No. la2-S. l.. Lee.
pnridsnt kdvard Goldsmith. Secretary.
go ,,orncr Second and Adams streets.
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the 30 Of January, 1874,
AdmlnIstrator.s NotIee.

HAVING TAKEN oUTLETTKRs OF ADJ
IL miniatratiun On the estate ~ Michael
fiirrsrald. deceased. hereby noiify and -
guest al pcrscns indebted % said estate n
cone forward Immediately ald settle TIE
1ama; and thuge harinr claims araintt ne
estate sil present then 10 Michael Dalys daiy
nlffeutiratcd. within the time prescribed ~
laa. or the Eaue Hill he tarrgi.
MICHAEL DAILY.
si-s0-s-l0zI Adm'rof NJ. Fiirrsraid, dse'd.
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unIted Ancient order of Druids,

TKxEKssEE Crow, No. I, u. A. o. D.
meets at the Druid Hall, No. 81 South Court
street, on the LIST and % Tuesday evenings in
each mouth. j. 5; Heiligers. n. A.; J..
tary; John l.. Richberg. Treasurer.
MEMPHIS GROVE. No. 2-meets at the Druid
Ball, 81 Court street. every Thursday evening.
Wm. NJ. Loeb, N. A.; II. Oertel. v. A.; j..
p. Shide, Secretary; Barney Gray. Treasurer.
CLEANTHK GRovE, No. 3-meets at the Druid
Hall, 81 Court street, on the LIST and Sd Mon
fay evenings in each menth. A. y. Davis.
N. A; George W. Baxter. v. A; M. Bren,
secretary; Martin Cohen, Treasurer.
the Druid Hall. on the ID and 9Th Tuesday
evenings in each month. J. Boehler. X. s. A. (;
A. HitEfeld. Secretary.
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rxu..EEAECE SOCIETY.

49,. r, vFLr o. II. lEp T.. No. 1-nests
svsry Tue.iay nifnt y nAl y, 81 fesFene Cen
Il - 49,. {, W. u. Jo1 III. eher-
Ssrt.f. VI. CT ,. p. hiik. jr-' w. \.
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wednesday, January 9TH, 1874.


within legal hours, sell to the highest bidder
for cash, at the southeast corner Of Cc1rt
Souare, in the city Of Memphis, the proper ty
therein described, as follows: Lying and
being in shelby county Tennessee q thus Td De
Fort Pickering, and beginning at q stake IN
the south line Of Georgia street g fec feet Tsst q
McNamee TO S. Caro-, by deed dated 18th dJy
Of May 1857 registered in .I book ~ page S IA
west with Georgia street. lis feet more or les,
to the cast line of the property of the Missls
sippi and Tennessee railroad company; thence
south with said railroad property u. a stake.
10 feet; thence east, on a line which ic the
continuation of the south line of said Caro- lot.
to said Caro- lot and with its south line 40 feet
to a stake; thence north 40 feet, TO the begin
ming. This is the description Of the whole lot.
and the whole thereof, except the north 40 ioef
with depth of lis feet, more or less, is to be
sold hereunder. To such trust deed reference
is made for greater certainty. Terms Of sale,
cash. Equity of redemption barred. Title
believed TO be good. but will sell and convey
7s-i2 D. II. POsT0N. Trustee
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r o. o. F. DIRECTORY.

Odd Fellows. I.HalI. corner Main and North
Court streets.
MEMPHIS LODGE, No. 6-meets every Tues
day. A, w. Newsom, N. g.. Geo. W.. smith,
We; E.0. Milton, Secretaryi Z. 4. hisk,
Treasurer.
CHIoTGsAw LoDeE. No. s-meets every Mon
day night Geo. W. L. Crook, N. u; John
Garrow, V. g.; r. N. Holt, r. s.; Thomas
Bacon, P. s.; II. D. Cornell. Treasurer.
SoHIi,LER LODGE. No. 140-meets every Wed-
nesday night. John P. Hoffman, N. O.; Jos.
Achtman. V. g.; II. Shilling, Secretary; Ph.
Naurer, Treasurer.
BANEER Lopez, No. 14T-meets every Friday
oight. VIM. Henry, N. g.; G. Gross: ". g.;
II. Starr. P. and R. s.; George A. Waring,
Treasurer.
MEMPHIS DEGREE LODGE No. 3-mees lst
Saturday Of each month. Chas. NJ. carroll,
D.M.: b. q. Trader, D. D. NJ; George W.
Matthews, A. D. NJ; 7. S. Bingham, Seere-
tary; Z. r. Jack. Treasurer.
ENcANPMENTs.
gIYoso EEcAMPMENT, No. 3-meets on the
LIST and Sd Thursday nights Of each month.
RE-. Alexander. G. P; Geo. W. Mathews,
HIP; John Garr0w. S. W.; Thomas Bacon,
S.;H. ID. COnnel. T.. Dan'l Shloss, J. W.
MEMPHIs REoANPNRST. No. 3s-meets ID and
ltN Thursday nighE Of each month; q; W.
Em 9Th, c, P; G. II. Plisehke. IL. p; p. !.
Will,lrd. s. W.; 7. S. Jukes. Treasurer; W.
4. Moth, Scribe; Z. X. Jack. j. W.
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Trust Sale.

r,o SATISFY PROVISION MADE IN
II trust deed dated July 81, 1873. b. Mary =.
Pope, q Hernand9. Mi,s.. II favor o. y Ban
meut Of tl9i 2, with interest, cost, ETC., viii
on the 10Th OF December Next,
In font Of Gospels music store. proceed %
SeIl for cash. % the highest bidder. one seyeu
orfare riano-forie. property 81 The raid nary
II Pore and will account for the sale accorl-
inr ID rroriEions q aid trust deed.
P. PHILIPS. Trustee.
oo-E AtPeab0ay Hotel.
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Saturday, January 8, 1874,

at 10 o'clock :. M. and defend the suit, or ths
seme viii be proceeded with "a paTte, and
that a copy Of this order DO published IN me
pnliie Ledger once week for four successive
,,eetS. This December 8. 1878.
si.e6S.iOS JOHN SPELMAN. j. II.
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MEMPHIS. December 8, 1873.
When at the request Of his Honor the
Mayor, the Board of Aldermen were invited
to take seats in joint council:
The Mayor nominated W.. S. Bruce Sinking
Fund Commissioner for the ensuing three
years. Unanimously confirmed BY General
Council December 3, 1873.
On motion the Council adjourned to Tues
day, December 8, 1873, at O. clock pm.
S. X. RICHARDS, City Register.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Mothers, Mothers, Mothers-Don't fail to
procure MRS. WINSL0W'S SOOTHING
SYRUP fos all diseases incident to the period
of teething in children. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bow
els, and by giving relief and health to the child
gives rest to the mother. Be sure and call for
MRS. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" For sale
by all druggists. l00-wsm -xvii-g9
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uNIe.UTs OF PYTHIAs.

TENNESSEE LoDCE No. 5-Meets w
every v ednesday niG hit over Adams
et~eet Engine House. cor. Second street. =.
M. Haley, c. c.; G. Z. Mclean, V: c.; j.
Balm. p; A. HUM, ~. o. 81 ". n; Lin,
gtedt, NJ. off,; J. +. Fisehsf'lf'' h. OF X. aud
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LEoAL.
Atlachmenf Notice.

Ay,hny Dwyer \ Before John spclsnan. jus
"a - tlco Of tho poaco for shelby
chas. MuliinsJ county. Stale Of Tennessee.
IN THE ABOyE-SfATED SUIT AffIpA-
i VII TOT attachment havinE boon maae ahs \,
sehmeni having been Issued and returned BY
he ,rener Officer, levied. etc.. on the property
M delendant; Il 10 therefore ordered that the
said defendant make his appearance before
me-. al my once, No. 40 Adams street, Mem
nhis Tennessco, on .I| .I.|
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MUNICIPAL.
Regular Meeting OF the General
Council.
CITY COUNCIL.

IOFTICIAL hEFUhI'T
CRY HALL. MEMPHIS, December 3. 1873.
COMMITTEE on ACCOUNTS.
Your Joint Board Of Aldermen and Council
on Accounts report fay Ors5iy hpen
and recommend the allowance and payment
of the following duly authenticated accounts
for the month of November. 1873:
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ATTORNEYS.
LEGAL.
Attachment Notice.

James Houeh1 Before John spelman, Justice
- Of the Peace for Shelby
John Leney.J county. State Of Tennessee.
TNTHE ABOVE MENTIONED SUITAffI-
i davit for attachment having been made IN
der section 3i55 Of the Code Of Tennessee. that
me defendant Il a nonresident and is Justly
Indebted 10 the plaintiffs in the sum Of one
hundred aud ninety-seren dollars and forty
cents, due By account, and attachment nstins
been Issued and levied By the proper ohlcer,
ETC.. on the property Of defendant. and nav 4;
ing been returned; Il l. Therefore ordered
that the said defendant make his appearance
in the city Of Memphis. Tennessee, on
Saturday, the Sd OF January, 1874,
n 10 o'clock an. and defend this suit. OF the
same will be proceeded with cN parte, and
that q cory Of this order be published once a
week for four c1uEecutiFe weeks % the fublle
-s.l-.r Thia sth Of December. ls7J.
u -isll1e-f01 JOHN bPkLMAN. J. p.
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ono aOlh cd DecembeF, Is7s

nj the southeast corner Of Court Square. in the
city OF Memphis. Tennessee. fell to the highest
bidder. for cash, the property therein con.
veyed being in Shelby county, Tennessee, and
being lot number Eve (5l Of the subdivision Of
that portion of tho tract assigned 10 the Harris
heirs in the division between said heirs and
Van Dyke; said lot containing IS " 100 acres,
and beinR IS 59-l0O chains on tho north, TO
in chains on the east, 40 14-100 chains on the
south. and 1910 chains on the west.
Terms Of sale cash. Equity Of redemption
barred. Title believed to be good. but will
sell and convey emily as trustee
h, lnS u. III. POSITION. Trustee.
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saturday. the 10Th Of January. 1871,

al u o'clock m, at the southwest corner Of
Second and Madison streets. in the city Of
Memphis. all the following described tract Of
land containing 40 acres. more or less, sit
uaie in the county Of Shelby and State Of Ten
nessee, being the eastern part Of the tract Of
land owned and occupied by GeorgeL. Holmes
al the time Of his death. lying about Eve miles
east Of the city Of Memphis. by the German
town road or Poplar street extended. formerly
known as the old State Line road, and being
the lots numbered II. y. Is. "a. IS. l6,l7 Is
and -, between kembert avenue and High,
by a map or plat Of said land attached to and
made 4 part Of tn said Deed Of Trust. in
Guiding therein the land lying between said
lots. designated as Holmes avenue. and all
the land belonging 10 the said tract lying east
Of said Rembert avenue.
Right OF redemption waived and title be-
lieyed 70 he perfect. but / sell only such title
az Il vested IN me as trustee. Ten per cent. Of
the purchase money will be reauired In cash
when the property j. bid Oh. and the remain
II. 7. RLLETT. Trustee.
December 6, 1g73. S-ll3
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Trustees Sale.

v1yyIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A TRUST
Is deed to me executed by John G.. Saint, Oh
the lat day OF March, 1873, duly registered in
the REGISTERS Office Of this county, in deed
book No. go. page us, / will on
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Balance on hand.................''"S ITO Oh
The bonds have all been cancelled according
to law, also the coupons attached, and are now
in the possession of your Commissioners.
The average cost of the s9I 800 bonds
bought, including the coupons attached at
time of purchase. has been .5O6S per dollar.
Respectfully submitted.
WIN. A. GOODWIN,
VS. BRUCE.
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Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DEED
OF trust 10 me executed by VIM. X, Harris,
on HE 9th day Of February. 1870, duly regis
tered In the Registers office Of Shelby county;
Tennessee. in deed book No. "a. page 2s6. |
will on I."I. ....... "....H
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SBROBBINS.
Chairman Aldermen Committee.
W J CHASE,


Chairman Council Committee.
The resolution by Councilman Toof. regu-
lating the salaries of city officers for the ensu-
ing corporate year, was referred to the Com
mittee on Salaries by Council December 3,lSi5.
By Councilman Clouston:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be m
structed 10 grade and curb Wellington street
and repair the bridges from Union street TO
fernando road.
Referred to Improvement Committee BY
Council November u, and concurred IN by
Board Of Aldermen November IL. 1913.
Your Joint Board Of Aldermen and Council
improvement Committee report that the work
be done. -,
Report adopted by Council. December 4.1s7S.
SINKING FUND REPORT.
To the Honorable Mayor. Aldermen and Com
mon Council of the City Of Memphis;
The undersigned, appointed your Sinking
Fund Commissioners, have the honor 70 make
the following report of operations for the
year 1873:
Amt received from Tax Collector on
account Of moneys belonging to =.
the Sinking Fund for the year....sl4 ,6S3 Oh
Amt received for coupons
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Trustee's sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AIDED OF TRUST Exc
d cuted BY tieorge G. Holmes and William
X. Holmes, and by their respective wives.
dated November %, 1871, TO secure note for
s52l4 10, the undersigned. surviving trustee,
will sell AZ public sale, for cash, on
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~m oOnnunis.iiOn' shOuid be d
dressed to
EWHITHOKE, Publisher and Props
n nsSissn 81. Hs~phis.
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2. WHITHORE, Publisher and Prop

~ nsalson e.. Hsnphis.
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s2psr Annum, Invariably in Advance
sr Specimen copies mailed free.
Rates of Advertising

q 90 per Square for FIRST Insertion.
SOcs :" Rash Subsequent Insertion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
A Business Fact.

A good advertisement in 8 widely
circulated newspaper is the best of all
possible statesmen. It is salesman
who never sleeps, and is never weary /;
who goes after business early and late
who accoBts the merchant in his shop,
the scholar in his study, the lawyer in
his Office, the lady at her breakfast
table; who can be in thousand places
at once, and speak to million people
every morning, saying to each one the
best thing in the best manner.
A good advertisement insures bust
ness connection on the most permanent
and independent basis, and it is in a
certain sense q guarantee to the custo-
mer of fair and moderate prices. Ex-
perience has shown that the dealer
whose wares have obtained public &C.
lebrity is not only able to sell, but can
afford to sell at small profit, because
he sells largely. The seller of wares
with celebrity is compelled to keep and
offer good wares to maintain their repu-
tation. It is therefore to the interest
of the purchaser to buy from the mer-
chant who advertises literally, both on
the score of economy and the merit of
the articles. A worthless article was
never made good by advertising; but
good articles are always extensively
sold by making the public acquainted
with their value and the place of sale
through the widely circulated newspa-
nor
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Old Clothes Market.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
American thus describes the marche de
Vieux Linge in Paris It is q market
for old clothes, and stuffs, shoes and
tools, and is very extensive affair. It
is about seven hundred feet long by
two hundred feet broad, built in iron
pavillions, and contains two thousand
four hundred places for dealers, each of
about thirteen square feet, and all
these stalls are filed with dealers,
from which some idea can be ohtaaained
OF the scene here presented. This was
built as a SPECULATION, the city grant
ing the contractor the right to build it
and receive the rents for fifty years, at
the same time paying the city two hun
dred thousand francs per annum, and
the whole to revert to the city at the
expiration of fifty years. It cost the
contractor three million five hundred
thousand frances. The new stalls set
up for the dealers are 30 elegant, and
the articles Offer ed for sale 80 cleverly
renovated, that the visitor can scarce
ly believe himself to be in an "old
clothes" mart. It has been a very sue
cessful speculation, and the poor man
can here procure very respectable out
fit for a very small outlay. These
dealers are constantly on the lookout
for the contents of rubbish rooms, old
cloths, and all the odds and ends hat
accumulate in an easy living household.
The space occupied by this structure is
two entire blocks, the street passing
through it being rooted with iron, glass
and zinc 1t is a very elee ant str1:ct-
ure, built on the model of the Grand
Central market, entirely of iron. The
roof is about forty feet high, with a
great elevation in the center, whore
there is an immense open gallery,
reached by two flights of iron sta rs.
Seeing that there was crowd of peo-
pie up there, we assembled, and found
doOr-keeper, who required one sou adj
mission. This proved to be place for
the sale of old clothes too far gone for
and, the articles were piled
up in lines along the floor, through
which the purchasers, to the number of
probably thousand, were circulating.
Both buyer and seller pay one sou ad-
which defrays the expense of
this branch of the establishment. NJ u.s.
Unlocking old shoes by the cart load
were here, shocking old hats, and all
manner of woman's apparel. They
were dom an extensives business, how
ever, and during our ramble we We're
frequently invited to purchase some
garment, from which it may
be judged how shabby the European
gets in his outward appearance
by the time he reaches Paris. The
goods displayed in the two thousand
four hundred stalls below looked as
bright and new, almost, as the display
in the windows on the boulvards, though
many of them were slightly out of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-07
Fall Flowing.

The object of all blowing is either to
kill weeds, cover manure, or the trash
of the previous crops, pulverize the soil
and render it open to the influences that
are continually working, by which it
may be disintegrated and made perne-
able to gases. Frost is one of the prime
agencies, in connection with moisture,
in breaking down the cohesion of stiff
soils, disintregating and rendering them
friable and perm cable to the air, the
oxygen of which is the great destroyer,
and, at the same time, the great regene-
rator. A soil, sour and infertile through
putrefaction or other agencies, is there
by oxygenated and rendered fertile !;
for when the putrefaction is changed to
an Oxidating process, carbonic acit, one
of the prime constituents of plants, is
rendered available; this is only one of the
chemical changes produced by the ac-
ton of the air upon soils. What we
call mechanical changes in the soil are
fully as important as the chemical ones,
although the mechanical changes are
but few in number. By mechanical
condition of soils" in nearly every case,
it is simply meant to convey the idea of
a want of, or locking up of, chemical
action; as for instance, a soil plowed
wet becomes baked through ther1nic
force, or heat, and drying winds, and is
thereby rendered infertile. The me-
chanical action connected Herewith is
simply the turning of the soil. If dry,
it is rendered permeable to the action of
the air, chemical force. Hwet, it bakes
through chemical force, and becomes
dry and infertile. But if plowed in the
fall, other action is again set up through
freezing and subsequent thawing, and
through chemical action, the soil is
again disintegrated and fitted for the
sustenance of crops. That system of
blowing which will leave the soil in the
toughest state will naturally suggest it
self t. the observing mind as the most
fit for winter exposure. Therefore
blowing into land, leaving the burrows
as rough as possible, has long been
adopted. Observation has shown it to
be best, it being the result of experience.
Man has been led on to other expert
ments which have resulted in the de-
monstration of facts that leave no doubt
of the great benefit of fall blowing on
heavy looms and stiff cl8ys. Cogent
conclusions have been drawn as to the
real cause of the benefits SO resulting.
In determining the depth of fall plOw
ing, every farmer must decide for him
self. The mistake most usually made
is that land may be plowed to an indef-
mite depth in the fall, when. in fact, there
is no question which will allow a
more study than the depth to which
soils may be plowed. One illustration
must suffice. If the surface soil be
light and spongy, as is sometimes the
case with our prairie soils, and clay lie
at such a distance under the surface
that it may be reached by the pillow, and
a thin slice can be thrown on top to give
cohesion to the surface, well and good;
but the indiscriminate blowing to a
great depth of our prairie land would
result in injury to the soil for many
years. Western Rural.