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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
GLOVER HULLER.

Sullivan, Brothers & Co., have re-
ceiyed their Victor Clover Huller and
will be ready to hull all the clover seed
the farmers may haYe. There is no
product of the farm that will pay the
farmer better, or be of more real value
to the people per acre, than clover
seed. Every farmer should make tia
point to have as many acres as possible
of good clover for hay and seed. The
beauty of clover crop is, it not only
improves the land, and destroys the
growth of weeds, but the first crop
fills your barn with hay, and the Sec
ond crop makes more clear money than
the same number of acres in wheat.
Seed never goes below S5.OOper bushel.
Those who have clover seed to hull
will find Sullivan, Brothers & Co.,
well prepared with new Victor, said
to be the best huller made. The usu-
al toll, or part charged for hulling, is
one>third of the seed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
NASHVILLE MARKET REPORT.

Corrected from the daily american every
Thursday evening.
Business was quietin all departments.
Flour continues steady but unchang-
ed. Wheat was quiet. but with fair
inquiry for the better grades. Corn
was weak and dull ; the tendency is
downward.
Provisions were firm and a shade
higher with good demand.
Groceries were steady and unchang-
ed.
Country produce was in good de-
mand, Butter was steady. Eggs were
firm and in some instances a shade
over quotations was paid, Poultry un-
changed. Potatoes we're frmer and
fractionally higher. Ginseng was in
good request at outside prices.
Wheat from wagons, good dry, 5000.
Corn-from wagons, 60 to 20
Corn Meal 70to75
Oats-36 to 49,
Rye-from wagons, to
Hay, prime timothy, per ton, S13.50to $14,5C
Feathers-prime, As to 40.
Beeswax-choice, 26 to
Rags-well assorted, 81 so to 81 rs.
Genseng-dry, 80 to 1 Go.
Butter 10 to 20
Eggs-10to
C6ickens-frying 1O@15c; hens, 1920.
Tallow-choice, 6.
Wool--unwashed, 16 to 10.
" tub washed, "a to %.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16

those already in operation; all may
have a tendency to improve the price
and hence encourage the growth of
wool in every State in the Union that
is well adapted to the growth of that
article.
My flock is at present small, but l
have had eight hundred head; they
were very healthy and prosper well in
this country; | now keep entirely ewes,
and they average about five pounds of
wool each per annum | do not wash
it on the sleeps back because from my
experiments it loses about oue.third. |
do not think they degenerate in this
country when taken good care of either
in size Or fleece | have now samples
of wool taken from sheep l purchased
in 1914. Yours respectfully,
MARK r. CoCKRILL.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
Wheat Prices in Great Britain.

Nashville American.
The London Economist publishes a
very interesting table showing the
average price of British wheat for
each year since 1880, In that year
the average price was at the very low
figure of 36s. per quarter,* and at no
time since has it been so low. Yet in
the first six months of 1884 the aver
age price was only 37s. 3d., against
Ais. I'd. in 1883, 45s. Id. in 1882,
45s. 4d. in 1881, AS. 4d. in 1880, ABS.
1Od. in 1879, 46s. Sd. in 1878, and
56s. Cd. 1877. The highest average
price in any year since 1880 was in
1872, when 126s. Cd. was the average.
In 1885 it was as low as 39s. 4d. and
In 1851. 38s. Cd. per quarter, but with
these exceptions the average price has
never been below 40s. The highest
price in the past twenty years was in
1867, when Gas. sd. was the average
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
A Point for the Pig.

New England Farmer.
Prof. j. w. Sanborn of the Missouri
State Agricultural College, is constants
ly making experiments in feeding ami
mails and gives the public the results,
as far as determined, in the form of
bulletins. Bulletin No. 10 shows the
value of shipstuf as compared with
corn and corn meal for feeding pigs.
His experiments show that, although
corn meal is a better food than whole
corn for pigs, yet when the cost of car
rying to mill and paying toll is reck-
oned in, there is very little if any gain
to the western farmer from grinding
his corn. He also finds that shipstuff
(the wastes of the Touring milD is
worth far more as pig food than most
western farmers have been willing to
believe. In a late trial, about ga
pounds of shipstuff gave the same gain
in growth that was made from 100
pounds of corn meal, and Professor
says that this accords with the expert
ments made by him fol- the past six
years. He advises western farmers to
feed more of their wheat wastes, in
stead of sending it off to eastern feed.
ers who find it one of the cheapest
forms in which to purchase fertility for
their farms.
The Professor further finds that corn
fed to steers will not produce more
than half the meat that it will when
fed to pigs. But as our people are not
grease eaters, we must learn to feed
our swine in way that will give more
muscle and less lard. By exposing
sections Of the carcasses Of the pigs
fed upon corn and upon shipstuff, he
found that the latter showed very
much better quality of meat. The
conclusion to be drawn is that mix
ture of corn or corn meal and wheat
wastes is far better for pig feeding than
corn or corn meal alone, the exclusive
use Of which is detrimental to a vigor-
Gus and healthy muscular develop.
ment, producing pig easily subject to
disease, distasteful to our patrons and
more costly than is necessary. We
might add to this that another expert.
menter has found that the same
amount of feed given to poultry will
produce twice as much meat and egg;
in weight as if given to swine. This
would make poultry four times more
profitable as consumers OF grain thar
steers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
"A quarter of wheat is eight bushels
Old Times. dogs VS.. Sheep Fifty Years
Ago.

Nashville World.
The following letter, written by
Mark r. Cockrill, one of the leading
farmers nearly sixty years ago, is not
without interest even at this late day.
The sheep industry is at present ex-
citing more than usual interestin many
parts of the State, but its growth is
now, as it was in old times, retarded
by the inroads made in the focks by
dogs:
To the Editor of the American Farmer:
NEAR NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. "a,
1S24.-Dear Sir: The sample Of Sax
on wool you sent me was very thank
fully received; and agreeably to your
request, will try and answer your sew
eral queries in the Farmer, page 275.
1t is much to be deplored that this
State Legislature has not as yet thought
the matter of protecting the sheep from
dogs worth legislation. Yet l think it
a matter of very great Importance to
the community at large, and more es-
pecially the agricultural part; for it is
most certainly high time that the
United States should grow at least as
much wool as they consume, and it
will not be done in many years unless
the several States in the Union make
use of some means to protect their
sheep from dogs.
We boast of independence, but we
cannot do it with propriety, even when
we fail in raising as much wool as we
consume. Every State ought to use
every available means to protect her
focks, so that her citizens might at
least raise suficiency of wool for do
mestic purposes, which would encour.
age industry and economy.
To show further the Importance of a
dog law, I, thinking it likely that thi;
fall the called session of our Legisla,
ture would give the matter due consid
GRAFTON, went round to ten or twelve Of
my neighbors, none more than two and
one-half miles from me, and got each
one to state what number of sheep they
had lost by dogs within two or three
years past, and the amount was abou
six hundred, and did not see severa
that to my knowledge had Loot con
siderable number. Extend this to eacE
State, and think of the enormous loss
and all too for the useless within O
keeping too many dogs.
Another reason why we should have
a law to tax and lessen the number is
as the number of dogs is lessened, 81
the damage done by mad dogs in tn,
like proportion will be lessened.
AS respects the Improvement of tn,
price of wool in this country am at {
loss to determine, but l am inclined t.
think that the increase of population
and the new tariff perhaps may Civ
rise to new manufactures and improv,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
Commercial
MGMINNVILLE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly BY Mead & Ritchey.

Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICE SOUTHERN STANDARD,
McMinnville, Aug. 10, 1884
Very little change in the market re-
port since last week. Corn is in less
demand, and fully one cent lower in
Southern markets than a week ago.
Eggs are in better demand at an
advance. Other produce remains about
the same. Very little dried fruit COM
ing in. Sun dried apples are still
quoted at 3 cents in Nashville, the
same as paid by merchants here.
WHEAT 65@7O y bu.
CoRN-white so to,
FLoUR-new, s2.75to @sS p 100 TBS.
MEAL 20 blu. 60@55c.
OATs-R bu ESQ
CHICKENs-Hen sc p 10
BUTTER-R ID, II to 16
EGGs-59 dOz 6to C.
GINsENG-R ID. $1.00 to $1.25.
BEEswAX-S8 ID. 22c.
FEATHERs-B III. 40to
TALLow-R ib. DC.
Green hides 5@6c. Grubby u of
LARD-B ID. 10c.
BACON
Shoulders TX
Hams 10
Sides @10
Hog round
Wool, unwashed, 15@1Sc
tub washed, % to 2Sc
Turkeys, &c per pound
Stock peas, to
DRIED APPLEs-59 ID. to Sc.
Peaches to
Blacberries to SIC.
Homestead Fertilizer, 50 25to$2.50 p 100
Irish potatoes cts. q bu.
Green Apples, s. per bushel.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16

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Masonic.

HNHIS is to notify the public that at the
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j. II. SMITH, Secy.
July 80, 1884.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-16
ESTABLISHED 1882.
The SMITHVILLE NURSERIES.
SmithViIle, Tenn.

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We the undersigned citizens of Smithville
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21
A $4,000 depot is being built at the
Charlottesville junction Of the e. & o. and
Midland railroads.

A $4,000 depot is being built at the
charlottesville junction Of the G. & o. and
Midland railroads.
John johnson (col.) cow let in the
Virginia penitentlary, must have keen
sense of practical joke. He confessed"
to one Of the guards that he had hidden
the S1 800 he was convicted of stealing in
Cnlpeprr. somewhere in the county of
Orange, The legislature passed a bill per-
uniting the officers to.take him to Orange
and show the place the treasure was hid,
After a long walk through Orange be
AGAIN .scOnfessed" that he didn't know
anything about it.
The ladies of the Catholic church at
Roapoke CITY, Va. realized the large sum
of So 500 by their fair.
Rollie Coleman, aged ten years, of
Newark, N. j., died Saturday. from sit
ting on a lead pencil which a school mate
in fun had held up light on the des6 seat.
Ex-Judge J. b Crockett, of the Califor
MIA Supreme Court, native of Wythe
county, Va, Is dead. i1ta
IT is reported that Congressman Nc
Adoo. of New Jersey, will soon lead to the
marriage altar Miss Tardy, of Pittsylvania
county.
Mrs. Lydia Shank. of Dayton, Rocking
ham, died few days ago from blood
poisoning, brought on by coal gas from
stove. the damper of which had been
turned down in close room.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21

Ii the opinions of respectable Republican news
papers are to be regarded, there is a strong and
growing current in favor of the nomination of Pres
ident Arthur at Chicago. on the 3rd of June. From
every portion of the Union come words of COM
mendation for his wise, conservative, clean admi-
nistration- Valley Virginian.
These opinions of respecta BILE Republi-
cans newspapers would be better, prob.
ably, if compared with the views of Mr..
Arthur, entertained by some prominent
as we'll as respectable Republicans. Ex-
Attorney General cVeagh thinks that
the President is chiefly 6t for making
deals with political bosses, and for prais-
ing star reuter- Dorsey for the adrolt use
of ''soap" in elections. Honest John Sher-
man and r. B. Hayes thought, in '7S, that
President Arthur was noticeable only be-
cause of his fitness to be removed from
the Office of Collector of Customs of New
YORK, in ''order that the affairs of the Of
flee might be honestly administered. Ex-
Postmaster General James not only thinks
but swears that President Arthur's admi-
nistration was to be feared because the
political influence of thieves in it would
be too great to admit of the convection of
those thieves. Snch marked contradic-
ton of opinion between respectable Re-
publican newspapers and respectable Re-
publicans would, we think, somewhat con-
fuse the party.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21

The term of Office of DR.. J. M. Rlanton.
Commissioner Of Agriculture, expired;
and the legislature passed an act making
that officer elective by iGself, instead of by
the Senate on the recommendation of the
Governor. DR.. BlanJon is the Coalition
Commissioner who Illegally put the five
cent tax on fertilizer tags, which would
have taken $50 600 out of the pockets of
the farmers of the State, but which the
Coalition Court of Appeals decided to be
beyond his power to impose. The ex-
Commissioner being out of office will have
more leisure to study the law regulating
the mower of ofic3 holders to levy taxes
on the people. Mr.. Martin N. Lakewood
a Coalition member of the House Is also
the clerk of the Commissioner of Agricul--
ture and will share his fate. The
s.National Republican" Gen. Mahone's
Washington organ says DR.. b. is ''proba-'
bly the best qualified man TOR the position
that can be found in the whole State of
Virginia." To levy illegal taxes he pro-
badly is, but as Commissioner the
Democracy promptly furnished his equal
Randolph Harrison, of Cumberland, who
was elected OH Wednesday last to the vac
ancy. Virginians don't want anybody to
tax them without their consent, given
through their representatives.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21
The Tariff Question.
MR.. RANDALL IS OPINIONS AND PURPOSES

MR.. RANDALL 8 OPINIONS AND PURPOSES
have marked out my course for the flu.
ture as far as my action ON the tariff in the
House is concerned. I do not wish to say
much about it now, as it is little early,
but when the time comes l shall make
myself heard on the floor of the House.
This tariff question has been ranking in
the Democratic party long enough, and l
think it is now about time to eliminate it
entirely as political issue, or else settle
it within the party one way or the other.
There are some Democrats who have an
idea that the masses of the people of this
country are Jealous for free trade. when
the lessons of the campaigns of the last six
years at least demonstrate the reverse.
For instance, in the last Presidential cam
paign the Democratic party started out on
a tariff-fOr-revenue platform, and
with what result? In the Gubarnatorial
election in Indiana. a State that was put
down as Democratic for certainty on that
issue we we're defeated. Some say the State
was carried by corrupt means, but the in
dustrial interests of that State were power
against US. Unheeding this lesson; the par
ty went on, and a month later we we're
U0dUSu Ill LILO l. lColuCuCys my upIu1O1 10
that public sea iment has not changed in
the past four years on this question. But
if we do not learn by the experience of the
past, how can we expect to gain by the
opportunities of the future? I think it
very unfortun ate that this divergence of
views on the tariff question should occur
at this time, but am not wiling to sac
rifice the convictions of my better judg-
meut on measure of presumed expedien-
CIV, and particularly When the misfortunes
of the party are the sad reminders of the
correctness of my position then and now,
and of the misguided action of those of
the other way of thinking. [ want the
Democratic party to win, and propose TO
do all in my power to that end, and as the
voice of the people from all sections of the
country swells upip opposition to the ag-
ltation of this question, or in favor of
home enterprise and labor first. am more
convinced than ever that the Democratic
party has more to expect before the people
from conservative course, than from a
repetition of the mistakes of former years.
[ am beginning to think that this tariff
agitation in the House will expend its
force before it goes much further. But,
as far as am concerned, [ will oppose
any policy presented to the House in the
form of bill that is not for the hest in
terests of the Democratic party and sue
cess. ~
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-03-21


Madame Anna Bishop, the once famous
singer, died at her home. IN New York.
Wednesday. She was seventy-five years
old.
Rev. G. W. Finley, of Romney, W. Va.
has received a unanimous call to the Pres
byterian church of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
''Ah - sighed Mrs. Fogg, ''this life is
full of disappointments." "Yes," replied
Fogg, glancing significantly at Mrs. F. D..
land some disappointments are full of
life.
Mrs. Sarah A. Green. living in Craig
county, Va. on the 3rd inst, celebrated
her one hundred and third birth day.
J.W. Rawlings, living near Rectortown,
Fauouier. beat the record this winter by
raising hog weighing seven hundred
and fifteen pounds.
Peaches sell at 81 dozen at Waco,
Tsxas. sa 3.4Fs ass.-sa. sa. ~ 3