The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-23
STOCK AND STOCK MEN.
The Coming Change in Tennessee


The Coming Change in Tennessee.
EDIToBs CITIZEN Among the
many portions of Tennessee which
lay claims to superior attractions
on account of fertility Of soil and
other advantages, that portion "
ing between Beech Grove, in Coffee
county, and Pulaski, in Giles, pre-
scrts many and varied sources of
interest And to the practiced eye
Of one who is familiar with the va
rious advantages Of climate, soil,
DC, essential to the full develop
meHt Of all the useful domestic
animals, no section in this or any
other country can present attrac-
lions superior to the portion of Ten
nessee referred to. The rich lime
stone soils, so favorable to the
growth of all the grasses, and more
especially the blue grass, (Which
crops out spontaneously wherever
it has "half q chance;") the fresh,
living streams which wind among
the hills and vallies, proclaim this
one OF the great nurseries in which
man might bring to perfection that
noble animal, the horse, as well as
other domestic animals which con
duce 10 his comfort or his pleasure.
And yet, strange to say, the idea
that they possess one of the very
best stock-growing regions in A
merica, seems never to have enter
ed the minds Of over halfa-dozen
persons in ali that broad and beau
t ful section o. country. It equals
i every respect the famous "bluo
grass region" Of Kentucky, and
surpasses it in the mildness and
short duration ofthe winters, which
in itselG is an incalculable advant
age, as tcaablcs the farmer to come
through the winter with a compar-
ativeIy triding expense for grain,
dc. With the proper cultivation
and management of grasses, we
could raise in this favored section
OF Tennessee vast herds of horses
and cattle almost as easily and
cheaply as those that multiply with
50 little care from their owners up
on the steppes ofTartary, the pam
pas of South America or the rich
prairies Of Texas. If the people
OF this section can ever cease to re
gard Cotton as King, and turn their
attention to the more general rails
ing of fruit, stock, and the grasses
and cereals, they viii then under
stand and appreciate the sources of
wealth by which they are surround
ed, and it requires no prophets
voice to predict that they viii then
be a thousand times mere prosper
Gus, intelligent and happy as
people. am aware tbat when
whole communities become welded
% q pursuit, (it matters not how
ruinous,) they ,oW cling to it, blind
ly disregarding al the comforts,
conveniences and advantages avis
ing from change. But, I am hap
Ply TO say, a few of the best, practi-
cal and wide-awabe farmers OF this
section are now discussing the ne
cessity OF this change. They see
and feel that the present system of
growing cotton under the changed
condition OF labor won't pays
that it is destructive 70 the land, ex-
haustive TO energy and muscle, and
moreover ruinous to the pocket.
They win find It the true policy to
grow more wool and less cotton.
and wheat win, to g great extent,
cupy Che place of corn Fruit
and grass VIII come i'm for large
share Of their attention stock fol-
low ia due course Of time and
can imagine no finer sight (agri-
culHral.y spcakiug) thap to see
tAQse vast cotton fields waving with
Yerdant grass, with thousands OF
fat cattle, &e., grazing ON them.-
These thoeshta haye been suggest
81 by q recent teW through this