Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-06-28

reported une IN tennessee no uOuDC
they are, but we will venture that our
volunteer crops will over,average with
them. We may not have such crops
again soon. Now is our busy time
here. Harvest time is at hand, and
great is the cry for hands; not enough
to harvest the crop in good time.
wrote Albert to send us hand,
/ received notice that Tom Smith
would start Sd inst, so we will look
for him next Wednesday. We will be.
gin to head about that day or the next,
End he will get here at the right time,
We have been putting up grain hay,
have fine lot of it up now, and two
days more hauling. If | was to tell
you how much we put up to the acre,
your readers would hardly believe me.
1t is barley. We had a rain storm
which blew it down SO that we could
not get it all up. We have a neigh
Dor, who could not get hands to save
his hay. He said to his wife that he
would have to loose it. She said, "No
John; lean take that span of horses
and run the mower, and you can
haul in" So she took the mower
and run it, and did good work. She
is stout, energetic woman, and can
drive span Of mustang horses equal
to man. She is a lady of fine sense
and we'll educated--a help,mete indeed.
They have no children. Mr.. Hope
has a brother rather on the bachelor
list, He said he was going to have
him cook by harvest.
Three or four weeks ago he left for
Kentucky. On yesterday, his good
mother received a dispatch that he
would be at home in day or two with
his wife. He never had seen her un
til he went to marry her. She has
done well. He ia a clever fellow and
has good home for her. want
your brother to write you what the
Huffman wheat makes per acre. But
hear that the storm blowed the best
of it down. Cage says in letter
that Mr.. Huffman estimated the dam
age by storm at $4,000.
Some reader of the STANDARD
wants to know if we can grow any
thing but wheat and barley here. We
invite him to come cut and see. If
had the time, and it would not b.
trespassing on your space, l could tel
him of many things in the way o.
vegetables that grow splendidly here
Nearly all kinds of vegetables, especi
ally the root crops grow well. l an
afraid to tell you how large some o
them grow, lest some of your reader
might think we we're telling Callfor
mia fib. We have large white headed
cabbage, peas, beans, onions, potatoes
beets, melons, and nearly anything
else that you can grow in Tennessee
We have the finest Irish potatoes
ever saw. We have had them for tn
last five weeks. No potato bugs here
nothing of the kind to bother the gar
dens. Generally gardens have to b
irrigated here. This year we hav
had nearly enough rain to make then
without irrigation. People here sa
they never saw the rains continue s
late before. The weather is yer,
pleasant so far, the nights and morn
ings are cool enough to sleep unde
TWO or three covers. If it remains q
cool as at present, l think l can stan
TO harvest.
At some future time will try
give you the objections to this country
: This is perhaps as free from objection
as any country, but still it has some
to be fair, we must try to give bot
sides as they are. Wade and job
say tell grandpa they have caugf
two young mule-eared rabbits and
they can get them to eat they wi
, send them to him. l will send Mar
some flower seed, they are the Califo
} mia Peppit. Plant in the spring, an
, put one or two seed in a place. The
f have yellow orange colored blool
, and grow on the plains, and need I