New-York tribune., 1871-11-09
NORTH GEORGIA.

ROME FAIR GROUNDS, Oct. 16!-The Fair of
The Cherokee Agricultural Association had acquired On
unusual notoriey nom the fact that its managers posi-
tvey forbid any racing is grounds This is the more
worthy Of note they have the best grounds have
seen Georgia Ia live State, and her people have more
vigor than those Of any Southern sate they rapidly
improving in the right way, and while desiring new set
Oers they not waiting for them to regenerae their
soil teach them ideas The first object which met
eye entered the grounds three bales OF nrst
clsss clover and timothy hay. And further progress
only added proof that this section is rapidly and pena-
nCuty improving Among the cattle herd OF S1 Jer'
Seys ~ be seen few ShortHorns, aud NUMBER OF
very superior native CATTLE Mr. c. H. Rochester Of Ken
tucky brought 20 head Of shOrt-Horns and fonnd
sale for all Of them. The cattle for this REGION however
the Ayreshire and Jersey is dairy country not
adapted specially TO bcefraisng though nearness 10
arket may enable them to compete with better grass
regions by selection Of easily kept animal ike the
Devon There was q very good exhibition Of poultry,
hogs and sheep The avOre breed OF hogs IN this SEC
ton appears to be the Berkshire Essex and Chester arc
nlso raised.
Talking with Mr.. Asbury OF Cave Springs Ala, owner
Of the Jerseys among which was pretty hefer named
Alice Cary learned that he sold from his oldest cow
an average pounds OF butter per week at IS cents
ponnd The cost paSuraGe he considered nothing
hut frequently fed branmash, costing about cente
day In Winter feed costs him about % cents day for
1ho Selma Rome and Dalton Railroad ~ miles south "t
rather mountainous and the SOIL limestone.
Leaving the cattle passed handsome and substantial
wagon, supposing OF Indiana make, as all had seen
last year hut learned that It home manufacture, and
that within the last year factory for their construction
had been erected near by were Carwhecs and aXes In
the buildings stoves of various patterns and every
variety OF hoiow-ware castings from TWO 1Ounueres IN
the city. Arwar learned that these were not merely
samples; in the warehouse Of the Rome HOllow-Ware
Commny saw large numbers Hf as handsome cooking
AMI other stoves as any III the North In tact the cast
uCS tougher than usual in Northern stoves. Hand
tomc furniture Of home manufacture fron native walnut
ON exhibition also specimens OF IS different varte-
and white walnut Eastwood, ash, and very beautiful ma
o , tc ne liz SAID iasf Xear tbat he grew COT
ton which cost him ST. GOO and brought in only Il 400 He
Hernnsd 10 IIy asS, ana SO"Go IoO acres ~ % SUHJG ~
he had this cut 81 tuns OF hay which he had
sold for $620 The same land in cotton, II sold at cents
per pound would have brought him only $780, The rest
Hf the $50 he il pasurng He buys all the stock OF
e value, poor and weak from scanty feed that he cap
Bnd He also raises cotton corn. and wheat. Another
Rciclan who exhibited one or two Ayrcshires said he
was In the dairy business near RoIne that nc Ernt 80
snd g"t Of O gallons OF milk per year
from each one Ts he sold in Rome at about 40 cents
Winter, costing him about 20 to Is cents per day ne
white clover y feet iCh He calculates that Is acres IN
c0Jd grass will pasture Sc head Of cattle except during
tue two severe months Of Winter He believes that the
KcnUc blue grass may he grown ou any OF their lime
Lands by sowing the seed, and once in the soil II
nav pa of cn he sold at the rate OF 5000 for the
whole The Fair Grounds are owned by Mr. Cohen, who
kc them in clover and timothy. He cut from them
90 first crop this year. O. bales Of hay, which he
In ae near by he now has clover three feet high He
cut from one acre $40 pounds and has pasture
which would cut more the second time viewing these
facts admit that Georgia is making progress.
ln fruits, fresh aud canned equally as much advance
exired q varieties of pears all of which would COM
pare favor,hv with those at any Northern exhibition
native pear called tho Cherokee and its graft into the
pear would attract attention in any hortcutura
sow. Tho aiIlas exhibit d by the sam" gentleman aud
"iicrs we're nCaHt!ii In appearance ana yer! superior
iu flavor. The large quantities. of cauned fruits were
wcIlput W, and cNi'cutlT from fruit OF good quality
MIR. ShcIu cXi tied dried figs a. good a. any foreign,
which he puts up in good style, and says he cali sell US
In lie section Of country from Dalton to Rome there is
seeming struggle between the metamorphc states and
the eTGn lin, stones, which is decided i'll favor of the
latter ty the shooting southward Of the lookout Noun
tain; hence III this uclghbOrhoOd the soil is almost ell
Tn usual yield is: $50 to 800 pounds of lint cotton,
bushels Of wheat, and 40 Of to the Land sells
rr,s the city; Int very good land, including Of
first quality, Oe bought within five miles or less OF
Ticro two cotton factories in the neighborhood,
only ore Of which had articles on & exhlSi0n dd0 is
and consumes 1000 pounds OF cotton per day makes
ncrhJornood OF Rome several fine waterpowers, un,
improved Fully 1900 horse might be derived derived
fIOn EtOwah; $50 from Silver creek.
Coal is now delivered here at 81 rs per tun for
lump. and dust Cr mt Tor steam purposes should be
chpr There is brought to this place annually an ay-
ca.cvf 100 .Ilcs Of cotton: IAe freight on tins to
fu ad OnC-svcntH cents i'm favor OF the manufac
turr Then add commissions, &c, and there is
rIo2r sso pounds OF 0Sma6ars Much Of this cloth will
Glda io!nc mrsct. Such as may he sent North can be
en- at less rats i~r pound than the cotton. The
i,i ION then comes in of steam against water-pOwcr
Frt.s point with the present supply Of cotton water
l., tan, aud other conyenicc'S in view it Is difficult to
% about be- Hd 'S .'' wha wo 20 fUiUH es SSoV0
E'1 the Et"wah, f onefouith as large as the MerTi
one of the interesting sections Of the Fair
t wherein was dlspayGi the Harlous & ORES from S .e
C"dHrN o which Rome Is tnc cctcr especaiY tn0Se
iron ard the product made from them In this section Of
In country three furnaces-One at PryOr's on
tHr la, Rome and Dalton r. r. called Etna has been
r''d m the last year. 1t Is cOldhlast and makes
NIcc,s Ore used Is brown hematte The other two are
At Cornwall on the COosa River is kept in blast all
The goes out the other in; they make
about eight ts day, aud use the red fussfcrous
inrsc two and other irons to make their wfGeis;
they make excellent wheels In number about 700 per
The RHINE S Rolling and Nail M NJ uses No. iron from
these aud the Shelby furnaces, costing about S d$s per
keys behind their orders. They intend to add 20
maChincS They hac 10 cents advantage nails
from Ncw.York, a. freight difference in the Macon,
Augusta, Atlanta and other markets, beside getting
h.hCr price for their nails They make five tuns OF
rtrodd spikes and seven and hat tuns OF merchant
iron day. Their capital is all Southern except $4,000
South FOrsovcs &c., the Rome Hollow Ware Company
iron costing them t42a$l4 per tun They make two
tfrm from d" Coal Creek near Knoxyilie at a. rs
T rr short T un, and they get Coke from ChStsS
Doog at IT cents PCT nnshel Chattanooga coal costs
field in Alabama not yet accessible, the steamboats,
Ouy run 10 GrcensPOrt; but, If the navigation OF the
river improved that coal bc delivered in Rome fer
O. 20 s. pr short tun Another fOundery has just
COLInC need manufacturing Stoves that the place is
Cninaii frrn boasts that they have sold over 5000
this part OF the South Many OF these stoves
SfCr made g sent from this region and there
adutrdted with scrap. The profit In making here,
st the cost Of transportation; this Is fTOm 81 to %
r stove aud fixtures from Baltimore, New'iOrk, or the
West
P viOus e69 Rome had but outlet to the world
and that poor one. The Rome Railroad to Kingston
Was previous To the war; strap railroad now II Is well
lid with rail- The route is in fertile SOIL along the
picturesque banks OF the EtOwah. 1t cost about 600
and, informed has paid its stockholders $4,000 OF
dividends since the In 1869 the Selma, Rome and
Dalton Road was COMPLETED through from Taladeea
the latter point II is the great route OF Southern
travel, and is owned in large part and managed by
Northern Its President II John Tucker, fOmcry Of
The Reading Railroad. This road gave start 10 Rome