Savannah morning news., 1886-06-19
NEW BREED OF CUTwORMs.
"A Tennessee Mans Discovery "A
Fortune in Raising Worms.

From the NashUilIe Union.
GAINESVILLE, June 16.-Mr. John X.
smith, OF New Providence, who is a pillar
In the Christian church, and can't exag.
gerate-not allowed to tell windy stories,
and would not if he was-has discovered
new breed of cutworms on his place,
which are likely to cause a sensation In
the agricultural world, cutting figure
in the labor question. A patch
OF these worms was found in his
meadow, all along a raYine VIII ere
only briars and weeds grow. They cut a
patch OF dock in the meadow, cutting il
down into the root, killing the dock, clean.
ed on the weeds and young briars along
the ravine and cleared out the fence cor
ners, cutting elder bushes as large as a
mans finger. Mr.. Smith has up 100 OF
these worms to train and breed from. II
any interested gentleman doubts this
statement, he may write to the pastor OF
the Christian church, Mr.. Ed. Turnly, Mr..
James +. Gill, Hon. Pate Keesee, Capt.
Tom Smith, Capt. Frank Gracev, Bell Gill,
or any other man in Clarksville, to learn
Mr.. Smiths character for veracity, or
come and see the worms and work per-
formed.
Mr.. John K. Smith is an old tobacco
dealer, one OF the early, leading. enter
prising spirits about Clarksville, and ex-
tensively known, aud his manv friends
will be gratitied to learn that he has
struck the greatest bonanza of his life.
Such worms as these, if they breed fast.
as worms are generally known to do, will
surely bring quick fortune, for there is
nothing in this world that farmers are so
much IN need OF as cut worms that will
clean out the fence corners. Add
to this accomplishment their ability
to eat out the burd0ck, uproot
sage grass, trim out the white weed,
NOW down the dog fennel and clear out
the brar thickets, and, withal, if the labor
question is not solved there is no use in
talking about solving 1t. The only diff
Guilty to reconcile will be the opposition
of the cOloTed brother to this worm. If
Mr.. Smith can only educate his worms to
let alone the blackberry briars. then there
will be no strike or collision between the
c0lored laborer and the cut-wOrms, but TO
the contrary they will become co-laborers
aud bosom friends, and this is what friend
Smith is working at, ana thinks he will
succeed.
However this may be, the blackberry
darkey must not stand in the way OF agri-
cultural progress. Ii ne must have black
berries, let him plant the briars on his
and stand guard, business which he is
best qualified for. But these worms are
too valuable-wiil out sell Jersey COWS
to turn loose to roam at large. Moreover,
it will not be good policy to turn them
loose in the woods on young trees; tim
Der is getting too scarce.
A fact worthy of notice: Mr.. Smith
has four and four-tifths acres in the
meadow where these worms were
found, and there is not sprig
OF n0Xious weed of any kind to be
found in the meadow. and the grass is the
finest in the country, but just on the 9TH
er side of the fence Mr. Dan Gold has a
meadow, seeded at the same time with
Smiths, just as good land, and the weeds
have literally taken it, while neighbor
Smiths grass is growing finely since the
rains. Maj. Gold spent three days sitting
on the dividing fence trying to tole Smiths
worms over to eat out his weeds, but they
were too smart TO go. Maj. Gold was so
thin and pale when he returned to the
city that his best friends hardly knew
him