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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

III Vic Clty IueSVdy,
Clerk and Master Hudson adver-
tises some land for sale in another
column.
Simon Mobiles, of Big Sandy, was
one Of our host of pleasant callers
Monday.
Mr.. G. B. Holiday, Of Coxbprah.
called and paid us friendly visit
Tuesday.
School opened Monday at Ben
ton Seminary with very good at
tendance.
Have you read our Miscellan-
neous Advertising" in another'col-
umn this week.
Mr.. G. f. Woods, of Waverly,
was over short while the lattey
part of last week.
Mr.. Lee Fry, of Coxburgh, was
a very pleasant caller Wednesday
at The CHROnICLE Office.
Mr. B. G. Rushing, of Box, was
over the first of the week circulat-
ing among his Camden friends.
Messrs. III. G. Alden and John
Vickrey, of Holiday, were pleasant
callers at The CHRONICLE Office
Tuesday.
Mr.. W. G. Barker has gone to
Holiday topursue course of stud
les at the Holiday Independent
Normal School. -
Mr.. Polk Cowell has become &
citizen of Camden since our last is
sue. We bid him and family
hearty welcome.
Mr.. John H. WHY has raturned
from an extended stay at Reelfoot
Lake, where he passed the time
hunting and fishing.
The following taxes were levied
by the county court Monday; For
school purposes, Is cents on 500;
road, 5 cents; poll, 81 for schoolpur-
: poses.
Mr.. Commodore Hawley lost his
gold watch, chain and locket very
mysteriously Tuesday night, and a
liberal reward is offered for its re-
covery.
We congratulate Mr.. w. L. Nc.
Rae, cashier of the Camden Bank
and Trust Company, upon the ar
rival of son at his home Sunday.
Master Frederic Edward McRae is
his name.
: The business before the honora-
bic county court was disposed of
) with a whoop this session, and one
: day was sufficient where it has re.
u quired two days heretofore to trans.
/ act the business of quarterly court
We acknowledge very pleasant
/ call from Mr.. j. A, Hubbs, of West
l. Fork, Ark, Wednesday, who hat
been here on an extened visit tC
Is his Benton County relatives. He
II leaves for his western home to-mor
y row.
u We received a very pleasant cal
% from our old friend, d. H. Van
~ Huss, of the ninth district, Tues
day. We are glad to learn that hi
health is improving, and wish hin
* many years of good health and pros
L. perity.
ic Elsewhere will be found the an
,e nouncement of j. G. Robins, esq
,e candidate for county register Tn
IN announcement is receWedtoo late +
IF make editorial mention of, in thi
an issue, and it will receive our after
es ton next week.
H. One of the most enjoyable event
If. of the present season was the entel
,e- tainment given at the hospitabl
70 home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. WY
nd Tuesday evening, A large numb'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05

I OSr-An oval bOodstone setting for gold FIN
| ] ger ring with engraved German initials "N.
T.. IT, Finder win berewarded 10y returning the
same tn iHE CHGoNICLF office
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
On Saturday, January 20, 1894,

at noon in front OF the east door of the
courthouse at Camden, Tenn sell to the
highest bidder the tract Of land in said
decree described it being the land owned
by G. B. Howe at the time of his death,
in the third civil district OF Benton Coun-
ty, Tenn, range % one, section (3) three
containing by estimation 1863 acres
A description of said land will be given
on day OF sale.
Said sale will be or a credit of 8 and is
months, equal installments, except $50
which will be required paid down to pay
cost, attorneys fee, etc, Notes with good
personal security, drawing interest from
day Of sale at per cent, will be required
for the deferred payments, and lien will
be retained on said land as further Sc
curity.
This December 10, 1898.
w. A. STEELE, JR.,
"A Clerk and Commissioner
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
still later Kelsey is generally the latest

still later. Kelsey is generally the latest
of all the varieties.
8. Most of the Japanese plums keep for
several days, and some of them even for
two weeks, after they are RE. Satsuma
is one of the best keepers known in the
north
10. The largest part of the varieties are
red, with deep yellow flesh and the Satsu-
ma and few varities less known have deep
red flesh. There are only four well known
yellow varieties. There are eight free
stones as follows; Ogon, Willard Kelsey,
Berger, Maru, Munson, Normand, Yosebe.
L. The varieties which can be most con-
fidently recommended at the present time
are Abundance, Burbank, Willard, Kerr,
Berckmans, Maru, Red Nagate, Satsuma
and perhaps Ogon; Kelsey is recommended
for the south.
r. The chief weaknesses of the Japanese
plums are too early to bloom of some va
rieties and liability to the fruit rot fungus.
Among their advantages are partial i'm
munity from black knot and leaf blight,
and often partial freedom from curculio
injury.
13 Altogether, the Japanese plums con-
stitute the most important type of fruit
introduced into North America during the
last quarter of a century, and they should
receive careful tests in ell parts of the
country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
arape NotAa.

Living within twenty miles of New
York. and having given some attention
to grown grapes for my own use Tor
several years past, it may interest some
Of your readers who have room to put
out a few vines 70 know the result Of
my experiments growing the following
varities, which ripen with me about in
the order in which / name them: Brlgh-
ton. red diamond, white; red Wyoming
red; Meyer, red Worden. balck; Mag
ara, white; Delaware, red; Eaton large
black; empire state, white: Concord
black; Salam, red: Poclxlingtom, white.
Agawam, red; Isabella, red.
After carefully comparing these as eat
en- from the vines my choice for a small
garden or yard would be: Brighton. red
Wyoming, Meyer, Worden Niagara. Sa
lam, Concord; ripening from Aug. 10 20
oct. /. To-day (Oct. p / have beautiful
punches Of the three last named on the
vines still, though VIC generally have
frost before this. The Brighton 81 very
sweet and delicious when well rlpened
but must be used at once un-
less baggcd. II must be plant
ed between the Meyer and red Wyo-
ming or some other red grape 70 in
sure good punches. The red Wyoming
is a very profu8c bearer Of larger grapes
than the Delaware. nearly as good.
while tho growth iH very rapid The
Delaware if TOO slow for mo- The
Meyer is better than the red Wyoming.
bat not 90 prolific. Tho Worden b. very
large and better than the Concord The
Niagara be- only fair except when bagged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
FeedinR tho Cows.


Ihere is a great deal being said and
written nowadays about standard ra-
lions for cows. and much science is
brought into requisition to make those
rauons correctly balanced to fit the ply
seal requirements of the COWS, says the
american Agriculturist Every young
farmer who hopes to become successful
!" aalrying should study such tables and
become accustomed to the technical terms
20 mat he will know just what they mean
Wherever he sees them. Having done
inns, he should learn the cost Of different
,-lile foods delivered on his farm, wheth-
ct raised or purchased. Knowing this, he
.nouH then make his own standard ra-
non ana whenever he cannot get the ma
lerials for making that standard without
Iaylng too much, he must look for sub
Fllutes In kind and quality.
ne ration, as estimated is most con-
leniently the food for twonty-four hours
i'' COW Weighing between eight hum
urea ana one thousand pounds. This
WI'h can be done with books and o. a
very useful part Of the lesson. The real
vest OF merit iu this work comes from the
H'Iual feeding Of the COWS. The rations
may b" most scientifically correct, and
I.4 Do exact proportions. and yet fail no
produce on return the first cost, which
HHlld not have exceeded from i5 90 ~
Gents o. dnY per COW The best dairymen
'I'lm 10 make butter worth 60 cents "a
I'un1 ~ ration not exceeding l8 cents
9at But o. viii be Focn that when tie
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
Flowing.

The subject of blowing viii always
interest farmers as long as the world
lasts, because all practical farmers know
that good blowing lies at the very founda-
ton of successful farming. A man may
have good land, but unless it is properly
plowed and prepared for seed. he will
not be likely to obtain the best crops
which it's soil is capable of producing.
As d rule, the poorer the soil, the more
pains must be taken to pulver2e and make
it fine TO a certain depth
A deep, rich soil will usually produce a
fair crop when only half plowed, but it will
do better when plowed better 1t is said
that on the fat, virgin prairies Of the
west, considerable crop Of corn has
been raise merely by chopping through
the sod with an ak, and placing the seed
in the incision with no other tillage what
ever.
The proper depth to plow has always
been a subject of debate, probably because
soils Of different depths and composition
require different depths of blowing, and
one mans experience on one kind of soil
does not coincide with another mans on
a different kind.
The consensus of opinion-and my ez-
perience agrees with it's that deep soil
viii bear deep blowing, and the crops be
the better for IT in the long run, says the
Country Gentleman. Ii keeps a larger
amount of earth aired, warmed and sweet
ened,it makes it easier for the roots of
plants to strike down deeper to obtain
moisture in dry weather, and like dry
sponge it holds more of the rainfall and
holds it longer
1t was easy for Dr. Franklin to believe
in blowing deep while sluggards Sleep
Had he been a farmer instead of d printer,
H.
quired shallow blowing, and is nearly
ruined by deep blowing, unless the sur
face is coated with good stable manure.
The stereotyped direction of the farm pa
pers (and the correct one) is to deepen
a thin soil gradually by turning up a
little more every time it is plowed and
manuring the surface.
There is no doubt that on soina
soils which are naturally fine and porous,
as good crops can be raised by merely
mellowing q few inches of the surface.
with out turning it over. This is the
general practice in India, where the av-
erage yield of wheat is nearly as much as
it is in this country.
Mr.. Waldo +. Brown says: 1T is a
fact certainly that oats make a better
yield and withstand drought better with
three inches of very mellow earth on
a hard foundation" ! have no doubt
that he is correct about the better yield,
but think he may be mistaken in regard
to the withstanding of drought better.
He also says that he has met men at the
Institutes who were sure that a shallow,
fine-seed bed gave best results in corn
culture" I think the soil on these mems
farms was good, but not deep,and that the
subsoil was not very compact.
Horace Greeley was a first, like DR..
Franklin, an advocate of deep blowing,
but afterwards modified his opinion and
favored a deep stirring instead of a deep
turning of the soil.
" abb ew etao etao etaoi tao taoietaoita
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
Barnyard Manure VS.. Chemical Fer
tilizers.

Cornell University has been carefully ex-
perimenting on the value of the manures
produced per head by the several domes-
tic animals. and the conclusions drawn
from the experiments are certainly de-
serving careful consideration. 1t should
be borne in mind, however, that Prof.
Roberts is high feeder. and few farmers
would get as valuable manurial results
as shown by these experiments.
The calculations are made on ], 200 pounds
Of live weight Of animal. Few farmers
have cows that will average 750 pounds
live weight This must be considered in
estimating the value of the manure by
the Cornell University standard. From
the statement made in the table, seventy
four pounds of COW manure per day, there
would be in 1865 days 27,Oi6 pounds, contain
ing 1l5 pounds nitrogen at 10 cents, 1923;
seven-eight and one-half pounds phos-
phoric acid a cents, $4.7l, and 1l9 pounds
of potash at Az cents, $3.50; total value
per year, $2z25 from loo pounds live
weight of animal; valuing nitrogen at 10
cents pound, phosphoric acid at 6 cents
and potash at AZ cents a pound. The
Massachusetts state board of agricul-
ture estimates the value of the manure
from a well-fed cow for twelve months
at over $45, while the Cornell University
says it is worth but S27.35 even at the ex-
orbitant prices NEARLY double) they put
upon the fertlizing constituents.
German chemists state that the solid
eXcrements Of a COW for one year are
20,0G0 pounds, containing sixty pounds Of
nitrogen at seven cents, S4.20; potash
and soda, twenty pounds at AZ cents
90 cents. phosphoric acid, 45 pounds at
, cents, 30 cents; total value In solids
Sc. The liquid cXcrements at 5000 pounds
per year. containing sixty-four pounds
nitrogen at cents. $.4s potash and soda,
1l2 pounds, $5.0i mo phosphoric acid /;
total of liquids, 1852 or a total of solids
and liquids of $15.52 as the value Of manure
from COW in one year. This is rela-
lively a higher estimate than that made
by Cornell University, but they include
the value of the soda as well as Of the
potash, or per day for the solids IL
cents, the liquids 81 cents per day; total
of both per day, a. cents, a total value
per year of $15.69 all Is saved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12

ration cost % cents, the COW must give
at least one pound of butter a day in order
to pay her board bill and do much better
than this, if any money is TO be made out
of her.
With a COW in good condition, fat and
fresh, and the ration properly mixed, the
test may be said to have just begun. The
individual characteristics of each COW are
not TO be studied. One will find big eaters
and small eaters, big mixers and small
mixers, rich mixers and those that give
thin, poor milk. All the virtues. or all the
Iaults are not to be found in any single
cow A general average must be reached.
For this do as little guessing about them
as possible. Weigh the milk of each cow
at every milking, and test the butter fat
IN the milk often enough to learn what
her standing is. Now comes the vital
point Of how much to feed her. Having
learned this, the work will not have to be
repeated during her life.
When ration is made to suit the stan
GARD, then apply it to each cow in turn.
Note the cows weight, and start with a
small quantity of feed, daily increasing il
up to the full amount that she can be in
duced to eat up clean. Hold her at this
heavy feed for a few days and see at what
point in the increase of feed she returned
the greatest profit. If you can get no sat
lstactory results, then change the proper
lions of ration If she is very thin in flesh.
increase the fat-forming parts of the ra-
ton. Keep experimenting with the COW
until satisfied that she cannot be made
profitable, then put her out of the herd
One good way to determine what part of
the ration to increase. is to first feed the
COW about all she will eat and then try
and tempt her with handfuls of bran. corn
meal, oil meal, or whatever makes up the
ration, to see which she seems to need the
most. Such tests are never conclusive, but
they often lead to good results The point
Is to study the cows. Each one has a diff
terent nature from the other, and the only
way to make money with them is to get a
thorough knowledge of each one and then
treat each in such manner that she can re-
turn all that she is capable of doing. To
make money one must good COWS, well fed
up to their extreme limit of profit, and then
make good article of milk, butter or
cheese.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
Irish Potatoes.

In the southern states interest in the
Irish potato has been constantly on the
increase since the great discovery that
second-crop potatoes, even If not half
grown at digging time make the best of
seed. When the south was dependent
on the north for seed potatoes, good seed
potatoes could not be procured, and when
this could be done they were expensive.
Now it is possible for every farmer in
the south to raise his own seed potatoes,
and better seed than he could get from
the far north. The result of this, is, more
land in every part OF the south is devoted
to the Irish potato and the acreage is in
creasing from year to year. The north,
the only part of our country before 1860
we thought we could raise potatoes, is
now dependent for many months in the
year on the south for potatoes Where
ever there are good shipping facilities in
the south, potato raising Is profitable.
We are asked to tell the best kind Of
potato to plant in the south, ana we re-
regret we can only answer in a general
way. The kind Of potato best for q GER
tain locality In the south is 20 be de-
termined only by actual experiment. In
the north the variety OF Irish potato that
is suited 20 one section can be recon-
mended for any locality In the north
where Il has not been tried, with a feeling
or commence thdt IL VIII 90 well bul TINS
we cannot do so far as the south Is con-
cerned The potato that does well In
Louisiana may be unsulted 10 the climate
and soil Of Tennessee.
What is called late potato IN Ken
lucky and Tennessee and other southern
states I'm the same latitude, would not do
90 plant for an early crop in those states;
but. % seems from the testimony Of many
correspondents and potatoes shipped north
rarItt iu tho sen SON. az far rUufh rH Mobile.
owing 10 some peculiarly OF climate or
soil there iH not as much difference u
late and early kinds of potatoes ns in Ten
nefsco ana states north Of Tennessee The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
Psanl,es- PIums. Granes.

Now is the time to think about starting
en orchard or perhaps charging one al
ready started. It pays to set new trees
every winter. Then you are bound to
have some fruit every year. You are not
likely to have too large an orchard of
peaches and plums. If you have nc or
chard at all start now, anyway with 100
trees more if you can, of course0 Sew
cnty-fve peaches and twenty-five plums,
OF make it "half and half
For 100 trees, how much land would it
take, you ask. Well, just one acre if you
wish to give plenty of distance. For
peaches 20X20 is about right but the Japan
plums, the kind that you should plant,
distance of 15x15 feet is ample. Without
Injurious crowding you could set $50 of
peaches and plums mixed on an acre.
What kind of peaches?
These are five good ones: Early Tillot-
son, Mountain Rose, Oil Nixon, liberia,
Late Crawford.
There are many others, and you might
add Early Crawford, Thurber and Chinese.
Start with at least five kinds.
As 10 plums, these three are perhaps
good enough: Abundance. Satsuma, Kel-
sey. There are other good ones.
Cost of Trees.-First-class peach trees,
from 4 to feet high, can be had right
'i'-V III GeOESld lot &IU per luO. luInS,
such as we have named, $13 to SIS per
l00
1t costs very little in the way of blowing
10 start an acre, and it win not cost much
10 manure it. After you set the trees you
can sow the land down to Vetch, or Bur, or
crimson clover, simply keeping the soil
ABOUT the trees clean and worked.
and Then Grapes.-W lille you are con-
Siderlng fruit it will not require much
n lnnHnrfG In
81 and 100 Delawares, costing Sc or ST. a
lew hundred pounds Of bone meal and
some ashes and q little judicous working
ana before very long you will have fruit
10 eat and to sell.
u is worthy your attention. we believe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12

Suppose each acre of cotton produces
one bale, and that bale brings in the mar
ket $25. 1t costs $3.50 to gather It, The
bagging and ties are worth 81, which
makes $9.50 to gather and get it ready for
market. This leaves $3.50. not counting
anything for rent, of cultivation The
acre of land that will produce one bale Of
cotton will produce fifty bushels of corn.
Fifty bush els OF corn will feed and fatten
five hogs that viii average in weight 300
pounds. Say the five pigs cost 81 each, $40.
1t will cost s. TO slaughter them. The
five will make 800 pounds of pork. worth
say cents per pound, makes $75. De-
duct expenses, $15, leaves $50. From that
the net amount of proceeds of cotton,
and it leaves a balance of $4450 in favor
of the pig raising. Suppose you cut this
down one-third. and say you only get
600 pounds Of pork. deducting all ex-
penses, you still have a balance of $3.50
in favor of the pigs. Such being true,
then why not mix 1t a little more, raise
more corn, feed more pigs, and plant
less cotton2 It does not require a bit moro
labor to cultivate an acre in corn than
IL does in cotton-Bonham News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12
Sellers and Buyers - A Word to the
Wise.

There are doubtless hundreds of
farmers within the territory of the News,
especially the Weekly. who have at this
season and for several months following
something or other that many of their
fellow farmers stand in need Of and are
making inquiries for: The one wants to
sell and the other is wanting to buy. They
are mutually ignorant, however, as to
this state of affairs. Neither makes his
wants known in either of the ways that
must be resorted to to effect the purpose.
There are two ways by which a man want
ing to sell and another wanting to buy can
he brought into communication. He
must either go in person from place to
rlare and seek the trade he wishes to
make, or he must make it known through
the medium of an advertisement and in
some journal that circulates amongst
the class of people he wishes to sell to
or buy from. Either one way or the
other must be adopted.
We get frequent postal cards or let
ters asking where such and such ar
ticles can be procured 1t may be hogs,
sheep, poultry seed oats, rye clover,
grain seeds, improved seed corn of cot
ton. tobacco seeds, fruit trees, and per-
Eaps a dozen other things that might be
named.
Sometimes we are able to answer the
question quite satisfactory, and then,
again. cannot give any answer at all. We
are 10th always to direct an inquirer to
some person away off in New York or
Kentucky for the hogs, poultry, seeds,
etc. that he is seeking to buy. We would
always like to be in a position to name
some one who has these things for sale
in reasonable distance of the would
le purchaser, where expense of freight is
not likely to bar a trade. We cannot do
this unless we are in possession of the
name and localities of parties that wish
to buy or sell something.
There are, we repeat, many persons
who read this paper that have some thing
to sell and there are others wanting to
buy.
The economical way to do is to place
small card Gt does not cost much) on
this page of the paper and next TO the
agricultural matter-that is, if it is a
thing that you expect farmers, gardeners
and fruit growers to buy. The publishers
viii place it here if you so request. and
it will be our pleasure always to direct IN
ourers TO these advertisers.
We VIII do what we can to bring our
home people into a closer communication
than seems to exist. Especially in the
articles of live stock should we deal with
one another as far as practicable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-12

Peerless, that would not do in Tennessee
to plant for an early crop, answers every
purpose of an early potato in the southern
part of Alabama.
In Kentucky the Puritan, Early Rose,
Beauty of Hebron and Thorburn are all
favorites, and they are found to do well
in the south. OF this number the Early
Rose is the favorite. With many patoto
raisers in the south, from Tennessee to
Texas, the Triumph is preferred to all
other kinds 1t is productive, extra early
and grows well for second crop. The
Triumph seems to do well in all parts Of
the south. The only objection we have to
it is that it is not good potato to ship
to the north. on account of its quality not
suiting everybody.