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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
THE IMPROVEMENT OF SHEEP.

Few know how much Spanish sheep
have been improved in this country
since their first Importation during the
administration of Mr.. Jefferson. Every
five pounds of weight of carcass yields
the owner of the sheep a'pound of fine
wool as the product of twelve months
growth. An animal that weighs one
hundred pounds, exclusive of fleece,
shears twenty pounds of wool a year;
and the merino is a hardy sheep that
lives to be as old as any other. After
it has attained maturity, all the food
consumed goes to form wool and sup
port life. Every one who has wit
enough to think may proftably
consider a machine that SO read
lily transforms grass and other
heritage into valuable wool. I'm
proved sheep husbandry is not only
a science, but a fine art. The finest
arts are those in which man goes far
therest in exploring and developing
natural laws. Wool grows on the SKIN
of a sheep by the force of a vital law;
and while an adult animal gains not
an ounce Of flesh in II months, nature
is made to give the intelligent flock
master 20 pounds of fine wool that be-
fore had no existence. This operation
is not the manufacture of wool into
cloth, but of grass into wool. 1t is
precisely that kind of productive in
dustry to which the soil, climate and
labor of the South are best adapted.
We can easily raise grass and many
other plants eaten by sheep, and null
tiply all of the improved breeds by the
million.
Thirty years ago the writer, as
chairman Of the Committee on Agri-
culture in the New York Legislature,
drew up a bill which became law to
retrun the number of feeces shorn, as
well as the weight of wool, in the State
census, that all might learn what coun-
ty and township produced the most
wool to the fleece. As the number of
lambs not subjected to the shears va
ries, nothing but counting heeces viii
tell the true story. In all cases of test,
and competition, the shearing is done
in the presence of disinterested wit
nesses, who weigh the wool and see
that it is dry and clear of
artificial impurities to increase weight.
1t is impossible that sheep which great
ly excel in making superior wool
should not have a high
value for breeding purposes.
So long as there shall be any demand
for wool, the business of raising such
sheep is sure to pay a large profit.
With few good males and females to
start with, one may pick up the COM
mon ewes of the country and breed
them to his blooded rams, and soon OBJ
tain crosses nearly as productive in
wool as his pure bloods of either sex.
1t requires less labor to raise a pound
of fine wool worth forty cents than a
pound of cotton worth one third of that
sum; while in wOOl-growing there will
be no gullies, and few needless briers
and bushes on a plantation. Sheep
husbandry viii give the farmer too
staples, wool and meat to sell, and an
other, manure, to improve all his cult
waited fields.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
TENNESSEE CROP NOTES.

Wheat now looks much more vigorous
than few days ago. The prospect for
large crop is again becoming apparent
Lebanon Herald.
There is an unusual quantity of German
millet being sown in the county this spring.
-NigfreeSboro Monitor.
The wheat crop in this county is said to
be improving. The rainy season came very
near running it. Our farmers are through
planting corn. The farmers are sowing
large area of land in German millet. The
fruit crop in our county is a full average
with former years.-SprinIietd Record.
The crops in general will be good.
Wheat, on some lew grounds, has been
damaged badly by water, and the hail storm
a few weeks since literally ruined the
wheat in a. few localities. Fruit of all
kinds in our county seems to be doing well.
Manchester Home Journal.
We are informed that the wheat crop in
Giles county gives better promise than
usual for good Weld. The stand of cot
ton is generally good, where It is up. The
entire prospect is very ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Citizen.
A gentleman who has just returned from
a trip to the eastern and western portions
of the county, informs us that wheat is
looking splendid. The general crop pros
poets are more cheering, and, if we could
only have little rain, the farmers would
soon recover from their dependency
Fayetteville Express.
A gentle shower is needed now to soften
the ground. Ploughing has stopped in
some places, waiting for rain. Cotton is
coming up finely. Wheat has well nigh
recovered from the effects of overflow, and
now promises good yield. OF fruit, the
frosts spared enough to supply reasonable
demands Observer.
Since the recent rains we have met a
large number of farmers from Knox and
adjoining counties, and have made 1t a
point to inquire of them as to the prospects
for good crop this season. From what we
have been able to learn, the wheat crop re-
mains very promising. A better yield was
never promised at this season. Corn plant
ing has been retarded greatly by the wet
weather. When the rains ceased the
ground dried out quickly and was left in
bad condition. Corn looks unpromising
now. For the same reasons, the oat crop
looks badly. Clover and other grasses
promise an abundant yield in most locali-
ties. The fruit crop is also abundant.
Peaches and pears were somewhat damaged
by the late frosts, but apples bid fair to be
abundant and of good quality.-KnorriiIe
Chronicle.
The wheat in this county on the up
lands is looking well, while that in the
bottoms is ruined. The corn crop is unu-
sually backward. Indeed, the prospect for
the present year is gloomy enough. 1t is
becoming a serious time with our farmers.
Money is scarcer than it was ever known to
be in this country, while the prospects for
good crops were never more unfayOrable.-
Wdcerly Journal.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
COUNTRY PRODUCE

No notable change in this department.
PEANUTs-From wagon, S1.jO per
bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples and quarter
peaches, SaGSsc; half peaches, 103d11c.
EGGs-FTOm wagon, lie per dozen; in
store, BE.
PoTATOEs-Peachblow $500 per BUSH
ell and S4.25 per Dbl, from store.
FEATHERs-Strictly choice, SOC.
BEEswAX-ChOice, 29c.
RAGS-Well assorted, Sc.
GINsENG-Old crop, S1.00.
WooL-Unwashed, 25633c; washed ST3
disc. BURY 56l0c less.
BROOM CoRN-Prime to choice, 5d7c.
BUTTER-COuntry, from wagon, 14dISc;
from store, 20G2jc.
CHICKENs-Selling at 15d20c for young;
23c for hens.
TALLOw-ChOice, &c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
wINTERING cows ON MEAL.

Mr.. Linus W. Miller, of Stockton, n.
Y, whose experiment in wintering COWS
on three quarts of meal each day, and
no other food, has been heretofore no.
ticed, has made his report to the Chdu-
tauqua Farmer, from which we condense
the following extract:
They had their three quarts Of meal
Der day for nine weeks, and if it went
straight into the fourth stomach, as the
theorizers so persistently claim, sup
pose three of their stomachs had rest
ALSO sort of Sabbath, IN which to
rest and recuperate. and worship the
miller for kindly doing their work for
them.
For the benefit of those who have so
generously sympathized with the COWS, l
will say, that after three or four days
meal feeding, they took the matter
very cool, and didn't balUl as COWS are
wont to do when hungry, and fed on
coarse feed. Also, that when, at the
end of the nine weeks, l placed fod-
dering of good early cut hay before
them, they all shook their heads. and
looked (the poor creatures cOuIu not
talk, you know; for had not their jaws
been still nine weeks take this stuff
away and give us something to eat
This was at night, and IN the morning
part of the hay lay before them I'M
touched. My cows are now coming
in" all right, and if they had been
treated unnatWraIIy they certainly do
not show it, and viii not suffer by COM
parison with COWS wintered exclusively
on hay. This makes four seasons within
fifteen years, that have fed my cows
when dry, upon three quarts of meal
per day. They have always done nell
when so fed, and if they fail to make
good returns this year it shall be faith
fully reported.
If Mr.. Miller's COWS can get into the
woods and about for the deep snow
they will do first rate on three quarts Of
meal a day, and no hay, straw, or
shucks. He feeds meal because 1t is
cheaper than good hay, and he probably
raises no other.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
ANTI.GRANGE THEOLOGY.
A Michigan Bibie-Banger Announces
the Antagonism of the Gospel to the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
'OOICIaII' AIINH'' correspondence VI
cago Times.


cago Times.
Rev. A. E ketchum, of the Methodist
Church. took a bold stand against the
Granger movement on yesterday, much to
the astonishment of his audience, largely
composed of Patrons, among them ). r.
Brown, Master of the State Grange. He
pronounced the movement as uuchristian-
like, and gave many reasons why church
members could not conscieLtiOusly belong
to the order. He said that all institutions
should, by their principles and policy, re-
spect Christianity; and the interests of our
country, the business of merchants and
mechanics, is acknowledged by both human
and divine government to be lawful and
right, and no organization is justified in
doing anything to injure that business.
The policy of the Changers, if successful,
would disorganize the entire trade of the
country, and utterly ruin the local trades
in every part of the United States. The
Grange was at first organized to do away
with the great railroad monopolies; 1t
now has become a greater monopoly, or
will, if successful, than the world has ever
seen; it will break down the entire law Of
competition, which is the only safeguard of
the poor, and pour the profits of trade into
the hands of the few instead of the many;
it will injure the farmers themselves by in
juring the commercial interests of the
towns; it lessons the value of surrounding
lands. The preacher urged that the MEM
bers should withdraw from the order, as its
principles are not in accordance with the
golden rule; that, if carried out, society
would be divided against itself He urged
his hearers to patronize home interests,
spend Their money in building up home
trade, and enriching the section wherein
they reside. He quoted from a confidential
circular of the Changers, about to be issued,
advising and requiring every member to
purchase no article except through their
Grange agent, he buying of foreign dealers
at wholesale, thus entirely ignoring the
tradeSmen Of their own villages.
The Changers in and out of the Church
are much incensed at the position he has
taken, and will probably reply to his re-
| marks.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
LICE ON CATTLE.

DIR. William Horne, of GAINESVILLE,
Wisconsin, writes to the Country Gen
fEenan: 1 have been much perplexed
and grieved by reading the recon-
mendation of the various preparations
of mercury. There is no knowing how
much injury and suffering may be
caused by such blind, foolhardy recon-
nendations. Such drugs should not
be kept upon the premises of the
farmer, much less upon the backs of
his poor suffering cattle.
A. NJ. Smith, Louisville, Pa, writes
me that he has seriously injured his
cattle by using the calOmel remedy
given on page l39 of the current vol
ume. Another cannot cure his horses
of the mango by using unguentum,
unless in large quantities. Another
man has lost a COW by using unguen-
tum to kill lice. OF course this drug
will kill lice; who doubts the fact? Ker-
osene applied to the shelves Of cup
boards infested with cockroaches and
other vermin, and then fired, will kill
off all insects; but a new house is a so
required. This Is the case IN using
calomel or urguentum. In conclusion
/ affirm that no true professional would
for a moment dare to recommend such
deleterious drugs for such a purpose;
nor would he dare to put such poisons
into the hands of the ignorant. One
man says as to the unguentum-''they
fatten upon !" l suppose he means
the cattle. Such a remark shows
clearly the total ignorance regarding
the ointment alluded to. l have upon
INV note book records of some
seven COWS which have died at
the East from the effects of this
very application. How many
more have died since do not know. as
/ was rather sharp in my replies t.
some two or three of them, and very
shame prevents them from communi
eating all the disasters they have me
with. Finally, advise leaving sucl
stuff for the so-called doctors.
One of the best cures for lice upol
cattle or anything elseis, II drachms o
,orse,,ic to l quart of cold water. Thi
Is a deadly poison, but the cattle can
NOT lick enough to do them any injury
Snonoe the parts most distant iron
licking spots, and where most of tn
lice are.
DIR Horne condemns mercury ali,
calomel and prescribes a solution O
arsenic to kill lice on cattle. Plenty G
road dust will do the job quite as vel
with no danger Whatever. Instinc
teaches many quadrupeds to cove
themselves with dirt and mud.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
FARM LABORERs.

The struggle between English farm
laborers and their employers continues.
In one district in England about $500
laberers refuse to work, and are sup
ported by the funds of the National
Agricultural Laborers' Union, at a
cost of $1,000 per week. En-
igration agents are active among these
disaffected laborers, and considerable
emigration is anticipated IN conse-
quence, The employers have an or
ganization antagonistic to the laborers.
The conflict between labor and its
employers in Europe is widening and
deepening every year and month; and
very important results must be the out
come in sending field operatives to
this country by the million. In
considering this question, we are
apt to overlook the excess of
births over deaths among the labor
ing classes of the Caucasian races.
This compels emigration, or the swarm
ing of all full or nearly full old hives.
1t increases the power of landhOlders
and capital locally, and keeps mankind
moving from one continent to another.
Land does not extend in area, while
the number to be fed and clothed in
creases from year to year. A compar-
atively few families own the soil Of
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
and the number of proprietors is stead
lily diminishing. Society and laws can
no more be stationary than the life of
a newborn babe. To live it must
grow, and change as it grows; and no
generation or century repeats itself.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION IN COL
0RADO.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer,
writing from Denver, thus speaks of
irrigation there and its effects:
All farming here has to be done by
system of irrigation, as no rain ever
falls during the whole spring, summer
and autumn months of the year; bat
pure mountain streams that are never
failing are plenty, and the work of irri-
CATION is not so much or as expensive
as many think, and then its advant-
ages are great. The farmer who has
his farm well irrigated never is delayed
with wet OF dry weather, but has it In
his own hands to prepare his ground
for cultivation Just to suit, and to give
his crops Just the exact amount of
dampness necessary, and then nothing
while being harvested is damaged by
RAIN. Larger yields have been pro-
duced by irrigation than were ever
known in a country watered by rain
To give your readers some idea of the
immense yield of crops obtained In this
territory, / take the following extracts
from the last report of the Colorado
Agricultural Annual Fair:
"Mr. Magnus, whose farm is ten
miles from Denver, exhibited ninety
bushels of wheat raised on one acre of
ground, and five hundred and fifty
bushels raised on ten acres. Mr.. T. s.
Anderson exhibited ninety bushels of
oats from one acre. Mr.. W. Hawning,
six hundred and forty bushels of oats
raised on eight acres. Mr.. Rankin,
two hundred and fifty bushels of on
ions from one-haf an acre, ninety
three bushels Of wheat from one acre,
one hundred and sixty-six bushels of
oats from two acres, one thousand
bushels of potatoes (ifty-four of which
made a measured busheD from three
acres; and one thousand bushels of
onions from one acre were exhibited by
sundry persons"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
Nom Resident NOtice-COunty Court at
Nashville.

A. F. Whitman, Admir-, rs. j. s. SAWYER anu
others.
A T THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF
Il the County Court at Nashville, on the 18th
day OF May, 1874, on motion OF complainant
by counsel in the above cause, and il appearing
70 the satisfaction of the Clerk that the said de-
PENDANT, Samuel d. Bryant, OF the State of Mis-
souri,, Is a nonresident Of the State OF Ten
neSsee, and therefore the ordinary process of
this Court cannot be served upon him: II is
therefore ordered BY the Clerk that publication
be made for four weeks in succession in the
Nashville Union and American, a newspaper
published in the city of Nashville, requiring the
the County Court to be holden for the county OF
Davidson, at the Courthouse thereof, in the city
Of Nashville, on the first Monday in July
next, and answer said bill, or the same viii be
taken for confessed as 10 him and set for hear
ing ex parte. ". G. EWIS, Clerk.
A F. Whitman, Solicitor for self
mvI7 dIt1Sw3t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
HYMEN's DOINGs IN GAINESVILLE

Last Thursday Mr.. L. F. Kimbrough,
one of our most industrious and prom
ising young business men, was married
at the Episcopal Church, by Rev. Sam
uel Ringgold, to Miss Katie Stacker,
one of the loveliest of Clarksville's
young ladies. In the evening a num-
Der Of friends and acxuaintances made
merry with the happy couple at the
residence of the brides mother, Mrs.
Maria R. Stacker.
They have our wishes for a voyage
of success and happiness, and both they
are well fitted to have, and we conf
IDENTIFY predict both for them.
The young men of the city give a re-
ception at the Southern Hotel to-mor-
row evening. If they are compelled to
lose Land. from their sad single circle,
they are determined to show that they
rejoice in his good fortune, and bear
him no malice for leaving them in the
vale of bachelordom.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
CELEsTIALs IN A MEMPHIS COURT.


Two Cinnamon were brought into the
Criminal Court yesterday to be sworn,
preparatory to going before the grand jury
to testify in regard to a robbery which one
Walsh, hackman, is charged with having
committed upon the two Cinnamon. Their
names are All Sin and Wah Lee. When
they appeared with heads uncovered, the
Judge asked Ali Sin if he understood the
nature of an oath, and the consequence
which might follow false swearing. All
Sin said: "Mee know-ee very well-ee.
lice mean-ee / notice tell-ee lie. l tell-ee
lie. die-ee and the Great God break-ee
my-ee spirit-ee and scatter it-ee all round-ee.
1t mean-ee dat-ee no damfoolishness about
it." The oath was then administered,
while the two Celestials raised both Of their
hands and eyes towards heaven, and in the
place of kissing the book, like Christian,
one of them pulled china saucer out of
his pocket, and smashed it upon the floor,
in token of what they believed God would
do with their spirits if they swore falsely.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
LEGAL NOTICES,
NONRESIDENT Notice.

State of Tennessee, Davidson cOunty-AIfred
Dunn vs.. j. ;. Ryall-Original Attachment.
IN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM
IL affidavit filed that the defendant, VIM Ryan
is a nonresident of the State of Tennessee, 50
that the ordinary process of law cannot be served
upon him; and attachment having been
issued upon the complaint Of the plain
tit that the defendant was indebted
u him by two several prOmissOry notes,
under 500, ami said attachment having been
returned levied upon one jack as the property
OF saidJ. Ryall: IL is therefore ordered that
publication be made in the Union and Ameri-
can for four consecutive weeks, requiring said
defendant to appear before me, on the 10th day
May, 1874, at my Office in the CITY of Nashville
TO defend SAID suit, otherwise the same win be
heard ex paIte.
MAY I, ia. JNO. H. BASKETTE.
IN Oav4f .Tusfica Of tha peaea
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
MAY.


To al, particularly invalds, Spring is a trying
season Indications of sickness should az once
be attended to. Fatal diseases may be caused
by allowing the bowels TO become eOnstipated,
and the system to remain in a disordered eOndi-
ton, until the disorder has time todevelop itsel
An ounce Of prevention is worth pound T
cure, is an old and truthful saying. Therefore,
we advise all who are troubled with the com
plants now very prevalent-headaehe, indiges-
ton, disOrdered liver, want of appetite, nausea,
or feverish skin, 70 take, without delay,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills. We know of no
remedy 50 harmless and decisive in its action.
II at once strikes at the root of the disease and
produces a healthy tone TO the system. People
never need suffer from any disease arising from
disOrdered condition of the liver il they would
take this excellent medicine when they feel the
first indications of the malady. Families. leav-
ing home for the summer months, should take
three or four boxes of these pills with them.
They have an almost instantaneous effect. They
will relieve the patient OF headache in one or
two hours, and viii rapidly cleanse the liver of
surrounding bile, and will effectually prevent
bilious attack. They are sold by all druggists.
my1 deOd&w1m
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
Original Attachment.

GTATE OF TENNESSEE, DAVIDSON
- COUNTN-DennisM cCarty ". George ".
Williams--In this cause il appearing 20 the sat-
isfactOn OF the Court, from affidavit Of plaintiff,
that the defendant is a nonresident Of the State
of Tennessee, 80 that the ordinary process OF
law cannot be served on him, and that said de.
due by account, il is therefore ordered that pub
LEGATION be made in the Union and American, a
newspaper published in the city of Nashville.
for four consecutive weeks, 50 as 70 compel said
defendant TO appear before me. at my Office in
the city of Nashville, on Monday. 18th day OF
June, 1874, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, 70 plead, answer
parfe.
Given under my hand this 18th dav Of Nav,
1874 JAS. EVERETT,
mv1Q OaV4r .Tuzrfea of the Peace
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-22
PROVISIONS.

The provision market seems to be
strengthening, though prices are, as yet,
unchanged.
BULK MEATs-Shoulders &c; clear rib
sides 9sc; clear sides l0c.
BACoN--Shoulders sc; clear rib sides
10Ic; clear sides 103c; country hams 125c.
COUNTRY BACoN-FrOm wagons, SIC for
shoulders, l0.c for sides and 113c for hams.
From store &c more.
CHOICE HAMs-Hart & Hensley's c. C..
c. brand 1870.
rels, 12c; pressed in tierces, 12c; in kegs,
12ic; in buckets, 13c.
BREAKFAST BACoN-Choice, 11ac.
BEEF TONGUES-Per dozen, $500.
DRIED BEEF-New, lie.
SMOKED PIG ToNGUEs-Per doz., soc.