Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-03-04
The Table and- of tennessee.

Mr.. III. HEYDERMAN. Of Morgan county in
journal published at College Hill, Ohio,
says " alta aEA %s
This county Morgan = Fentress. Scott,
Campbell. Cumberland, and portions of
Bledsoe and White, are situated on hat is
termed the table lands. lying between the
Cumberland and tennessee rivers; the eleYa-
ton is about eight hundred feet above these
rivers After reaching these uplands, which
is done by a gradual ascent up large ravines,
Won behold a plateau of table lands une-
oualed in the world. extending in width from
twenty to sixty miles, and from forty to
eighty miles in length. Next 10 the bluffs.
the timber is mostly pitch-pine. cedar and
chestnut, while further in. the oak ard chest
nut prevail with mixture of all kinds. such
as poplar. ash, beech, pawpaw. hickory, elm
Eastwood, etc. A great portion of the timber
land is what you, perhaps, would term coax
openings from the fact that the timber is
very thin on the ground and the underground
is kept down by burning the grass once
year. which grows to the blight of about three
feet and makes excellent pasturage for herds.
In many places there is scarcely any thinner,
where we find what we call natural meadows.
The land surface is nearly level. but sufficient
ly rolling to carry off all water. The soil is
sandy loan, with a subsoil of red clay aud
sand Perhaps the western farmer would
call il a second rate soil; but for myself. MS
live for health, comfort and enjoyment with
nv feliOw-man. | would call it M. l soil.
Although on some of the rich. black loamy
soils Of the western parts of this State, and
in Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas
and Arkansas, they may raise more corn per
acre.yet they are infected with bilious dis
eases originating from the heavy, impure at
mosphere that naturally belongs to regions
where such rich soil with its immense decay
of vegetable matter abounds.
We have but few good farmers here, owing
to gross neglect in agriculture. Our hest
farmers, however, raise. by good tillage, from
thirty to fifty bushels of corn per acre. and
the boasted rich soils don't often beat this
Oats, rye, sweet potatoes. and | think Chi
nese sugar cane, will prove an exc llent crop.
As vet we have had the trial of only ore of
the latter, and il proved most excellent. Our
soil is pretty fair for wheat, rhe quality is
good; and none of the States or Territories,
south offMichigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota,
can beat this soil and innate for raising Irish
potatoes. But when we come TO fruit, we
can safely challenge the world. for this local
ity seems p culiarly adapted TO every variety,
from a strawberry TO II mammoth pippin. Oae
great advantage we have over other sections
is. that we get full crops every year; the
grapes, strawberries, etc, nor does The mil
dew harm our vineyards. In this neighbor-
hood there are several good orchards aud Ca
tawba vineyards, which have CLOSELY
observed since my stay here, and they have
never failed TO hiring forth good crops; the
wine made from the vineyards is most deli
cious There is also an abundance Of the
wild grape here. from the small wiuter to the
large or fox grape.
{ The climate is almost perpetual spring.
In the extreme beat of summer the elevation |
is so high that We get almost continual re-
freshing bre,zes. The winters are short and |
mild scarcely ever SHOWS, and when it does
IL never lies on the ground more than one or
two days. The grass grows nearly all the year
round, making il f1e grazing country 1t |
l. mol here as IL Is further north. where the \
farmer has 90 work hard all summer To raise |
provender to winter his stock, and is pat to
trouble and expense of feeding for at least |
bali of the year, through mud, snow, cold or
windy weather. Sometimes, TOO, the winters \
prove too long for the qsaatily of his feed, /
aud the loss in d sh, IL not IN d-aih. often /
proves fatal TO one years toll, taking at least /
one year 10 replace what was lost Sach 1
need not be the case here, where farmers pro-
vide blue grass pastures and sow rye early,
" ich, growing nearly all winter, furnishes /
good pasturage during the winter months,
au0 pgNtfstCEr u HtE NfSp III us rt-rou. Hence
we save the usual trouble aud expense OF |
FEEDING. raising aud gathering the same. You
wili easily perceive thai We can sell our /
stock at q god price and make money. But /
some of your Indiana and Illinois corn aud /
hog raisers wiii say, ours eau never le hog
raising country II IL h neE god corn conn.,
.ry. Tha, may be aud what II q q! they 1
may have the pleasure Of raising their corn
and feeding their hogs by thousands. and eat /
them and shake with the agse. IL they prefer
such localities for the sake 81 being boggish I
but 80 long rs | can get good heef and fat |
mutton. aud healthy aPpe,ite TO relish the
same, | will not envy thcir position nor 1
gr4mhle, even IL should uot hear the pigs |
qlral ai,oal m. We can RAISE the kind u /
liock here that Il easily provided for. aad
, hsps make more moaey than the pork rails
n. with eli bis toll.
really beiiese II = mao can't enjoy him
sslf la such a gaFdea spot OF the werld as
Ihls, with the advantages u health and the
mild climate |. affogds. especially the farmer
Ia country Astounding wilh green herbage
for bis herds. nelriy the year rouad. AID
other facilities Tor The harliealtariss; I say /
he man that ean's eajoy himself here sisb