Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-04-23
GOOD COPY DOWN
AT NORTH TAzEWELL
Talk is Cheap and Plentiful
Packing House Making "TanlS-
age The Stores and the
Other Enterprises.

anu like 10 uTOp GOWN tnefe, ana shake
hands with the "boys," old and young,
and talk.-As talk is cheap, l generally
get all this l am looking for, espec-
tally if | run up on certain good citi-
zens of that little city on the Cinch.
There is brother Campbell, the lime
kiln Hermit" always genial, and
however busy, has time to talk to the
editor, and says something every time
he talks, too. They say down there
"he's all right" and North Tazewell
man means whole lot when he says
that about man. And then, there is
Captain Whitley, and his brother, two
old Vets and quiet citizens, enjoying
the evenings of their lives quietly and
at peace with everybody and every
thing, except now and then that "dad-
fetched rheumatism" which yanks
them. and Reuben Harnan, the mer-
chant, who Stands higher" (about 6-3)
than any other merchant in town, and
moves in an atmosphere of quiet Sc
renity and security, and n man who
they say, is as straight as n shingle
These mentioned are not the ."whoe
push" of course. There are others,
sunny VI WhOiIi Il Oiu llOI SGC. DOD
Ireson, of the Tazewell Supply Com
pany, is something of a veteran mer-
chant himself. The "boss," II. G..
Peery. had just returned from the
sanitarium and, while feeling better,
was not at the store. His son, Char
ley, who is said to be "good bust
ness boy" and r. II. Ireson, have had
the exclusive management of the big
store recently.
| saw "Pat" Beavers at distance.
He was reported "foundered" soon
after the Hampton dinner, and stood,
they said, three hours in the mill
pond, in water above his knees. Any
way he was doing business as usual
on Wednesday-that is, he was stand
ing looking on "bossin'" and the other
fellow doing the work. didn't have
time to go into either of the big whole
sale houses, or into Wilk Peery's,
Moore's or Jack Whitley's stores, for
want of time.
THE PACKING HOUSE
My objective point was the packing
house, and here there is Something
doin'" all the time. Understand, this
was not sightseeing" excursion |
was on Wednesday, but l saw some
things, and one was more bacon,
hams and midlins' than l ever saw
before in one lot. How many or how
much have no idea, but there was, l
should say,-well, | wont guess.
There was meat everywhere, and they
were still piling in more of it. John
Peery and Joe Rosenbaum seemed to
be, along with the inspector, DR..
Houth, Charles Mccoy, who has left
the carpenters bench, and Gillenwa-
ters, and young Nelson, and one or
two executioners, seemed to be run
ming things just about right.
A colored individual with a ham
mer and big knife, was knocking
'em down and sticking them and dump
ing them into the scalding box, at one
end of the building, and Nelson was
wrapping and tying the cured hams
for shipment, in another end of the
building, and as the minister said
about the Chapel services, there was
something going on at both ends.
FRESH JERSEY COWS
Henry Peery is running the farm of
about 1000 acres, and everybody
seemed to fit in exactly. Henry has
just gotten in a car load of Jersey
cows from the Tennessee pastures,
all government inspected, and free of
disease. Some of these cows looked
like they needed grass, as most cattle
do this spring. counted about 20
young calves, and they are still COM
ing. Henry wants to sell Jersey
cows, fresh to the pail, and coming
fresh every few days.
l went to the packing house to talk
"tankage," as wanted sack or two
for new alfalfa patch. | found that
every pound of tankage is sold really
before it is made. The demand is
greater than the supply.
WHAT is TANKAGE?
1t is not generally known that the
packing house people are manufac-
turing tankage, but they are, and
could sell twice as much as they are
making. Tankage is a by-product.
1t is made of blood, bones, refuse, ETC.
of the slaughtered animals. After
going through proper treatment, a
ury, rlch 1ertlilZer is the result.
RICH IN NITROGEN.
The analysis of this tankage, made
by experts at two different times,
shows about IL per cent phosphoric
acid, and about per cent available
nitrogen. This is rich fertilizer
one of the very best for this section.
Other sections would require that
there be some potash in the mixture,
but it is generally conceded that the
soil of this section contains potash
sufficient.
Mr.. Peery has in mind the manufac-
ture of fertilizer containing per-
centage of potash, and otherwise en-
larging this department of the al
ready complete and splendid plant al
ready established and which has al