Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-08-14
ATTENTION, CHANGERS.
Practical Work for the Centennial.
Opportune Suggestions from Master
Maxwell and Col.
Killebrew.
How the Varied Fertility Of Teanes.
see Soils may be Represented Mt PhH'
adeluhfa.


adelphia.
To the Union and American:
3 HUMBOLDT, Tenn, July 30.-Pa-
irons: The importance of having Ten
nessee represented in her agricultural
products at Philadelphia, and also that
there may ever be representation of
the same in her State Capitol, and it
being within the power of the Subor-
dinate Oranges of the State to make
the collection and do the work more
readily and in a shorter time than any
others, and inasmuch as there is 10
time u spare if the work would be
State, ana az Coz. j. b. Kille6TeW-
one of your Order and one Off the Cen.
tehnial Commission of the State. has
kindly offered the benefit of his skill
and ability and experience in arrang-
ing aud classifying, and, in fact. has
come up the right man In the right
place and offered his services in that
work, we feel the greater freedom in
calling on the Order through the Sub
ordinate Oranges to aid in that work.
IN fact, TO do the work. Then will
every Grange at once act and do it's
partE We ask you to do so. and as
guide, will give you herewith copy ofa
communication received from him this
day. This was received at the time of
closing report We are making to the
Executive Committee of the State
Grange, and follows up the thoughts
therein brought to the notice of the
committee: Col. Killebrew says, ad-
dressing bis letter to me, and sutbor.
ICES me to make any use of it / see
proper:
Gov, Porter having appointed ME
one of the State Centennial COMMITS.
sioners, am exceedingly DESTROYS of
working IN such way to be most
efficient. ft.E
ldesire first of all to collect the |
best specimens of agricultural pro. |
ducts, not only for exhibition at PHI |
adelphls. but to place in the State Cap
ltol to show the world what Tennes-
see can raise. j want specimens of
wheat, barley, buckwheat, rye, clover,
timothy, herds grass, orchard grass
German millet, Dutch millet, TeDnes.
see miiiet, Missouri miilet. HUNGARIAN
grass. corn on the stalk with fodder
tobacco on stalk and stripped. An
these L want rs they grew, and with
each specimen half pint of seed 10
place with the specimen and immedi-
ately under it when hung up. SO that
the observer may be able at y glance
to zee the plant as it grows aud the
seed. A goOd-sized bundle. say eight
inches IN diameter, of each will do for
a county. Let it be the best.
L should also be glad to get speci-
mems Of all the nuts. beans, peas, and
corn on the ear, wheat cleaoed saw
hall ga Hon of the latter, of each kind
put IN jars or bottles. 1 want also
specimens of the various woods thai
grow IN the county. The best way to !
pet these IS to take tree and saw off a
section foot long One side of this
could be dressed and vanished and
The bark left on the remainder. This 7
much OF the work necessary to make /
my collection one of the best in the ).
onlted States, can be done by the
,UO oranges IN the State. The por-
fion OF my work relating to minerals
ana manufactures, L shall accomplish v
through other agencies.
Now, my dear friend, issue your
PROCLAMATION right away, for we have )
rot one minute 20 lose, and let us get ?
he Oranges throughout the State to i
make their nOblest exertion in behalf ST
II their State. Nothing can. do us a
more good than to show the world
What we have got and what we can
row. Let US set to work and make @
he grandest display of agricultural
PRODUCTS to be found anywhere. The
objection can be divided, one half 10
e sent TO Philadelphia and the other
ranged in the State Capitol. Vege-
ables need not be sent, as they will not {.
eep. Let all collections be directed Il
D me at Nashville, and | will turn 81
hem over to the Executive Committee 81
.et each bundle have a paper attached s.
howing where it is from, etc. 81
Yours truly,
j. b. KILLEBREw."
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