The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-04-11
GRAINGER COINTY
Jews. Stock and sedge GFass
sKrNFoor, Grainger CO., April 8

SKrSFooT, Granger CO., April e.
To the Editor of the MOrristown Gazette:
1t seems there is a literary fever raging
in these parts, and yon know the disease
is contagious and when il attacks . fel7
low it puts him in a jabbering way, and
causes himzto show a little. of his Mi6-
dem u If he should be so fortunate as
TO dwell near an Agricultural Editor and
such fellow as Snider lie needs to make
no other apology for literary ambition.
Well, as for news: I must first say to
those preachers, ~ D, Is and s'Puncher's'
that if they will come round / think !
can tell them who .Snider is. He does
not live faroff from that fellow whom the
missionary ladies call in to fix their sew
ing machines. We are a wonderful peo-
pie in old Granger. If we cant be cleo
ted to the legislature we can sell tooth
ache balls, revarnish old furniture, etc.
If we can't raise sheep, we can have just
as many dogs as we want. If we have
big farm and plenty to eat, We don't
want any dogs. IL we have neither, we
want six or eight hounds and three or
four ours. We don't want any of your
upstart cattle you write about, Mr.. Ag-
ricultural Editor We want our fine cat
tie that can crawIthrough the ''chinkey
pint bushes to get rattle-weeds, they are
good for them, makes their horns and
necks grow, their tails long and bushy,
and gives them such a good countenance
little mill boy has TO switch around from
them, but then men folks ought to 60 10
mill, anyhow. We don't want any OF
your new-fangled hogs. tell you,
grandpap usedlto raise more hogs, and
he said his were descendants of hogs his
grandpap used to raise, and we have yet
some of the same stock They can root
in the Skinfoot graveIs, have such long
large noses, can root them eight or ten
inches in the ground and look you square
in the face; besides their tails are so very
large, how our children love to roast
them when we kill our fattening hogs.
You don't have to kill them at eight or
ten months old because they are SO fat
that they can't breathe-like these new
stock Berkshires, Poland China, etc,
Talk about your grasses permanent
pastures-making two punches grow in
stead of one Who wants any better
grass pasture than-BRooM sEDeE? 1t
is so easy raisedl Talk about perman-
ent" pastures! Who in thunder wants
any pasture more'permanent than broom
sedge2 But You say that on good ground
you can raise eighteen or twenty bushels
of seed per acre. Who wants to raise
any seeds while simply gentle breeze
will watt us an abundanceof good sedge
grass seed? Why uncle John Phillips
will give you as many permanent grass
seed as you want! Well, you say you
want to raise orchard grass seeds and sell
them. You can get So 90 per bushel, and
a yield of say eighteen bushels per acre
would bring you $45. Hold on with your
argument Look what nice yellow but
ter our cows, pastured on broom sedge,
gives US And we can get from 10c. to
1e1c. pound for it. Ugh A few more
sedge grass seeds, uncle Phillips, by the
next breeze4 Now, Billy, don't you
want some sedge mixed with that seven
ty-five acres of permanent" grass of
yours Excuse my style, dear GAZETTE,
know 1 started out with /" news" but
stock and sedge grass got into my head.
ua Yours truly asll SAGE GRASS.