Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-19

TIE DAIbY GHR9NIeLE
TERMS OF DAILY PAPER.

RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
sras RssfTs 1t M sa a''e atFss It B r. III
30 Pm.
Leaves Bristol at So An. Arrives at Knoxville
Leaves Knoxville at Tia Pm. Arrives at Chattanoo
l,-ares CnastazoOea at AIS al Arrives at Knox
lie li:tZ An.
- RI. WILSON President.
knoxville aud IkentucEy. Railroad.
Leaves Knexv1lelEa c0a acreek.at Pm. Arrives
Al knoxville 1870 An.
CM. McGHRE, President.
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Knoxville and Charleston Railroad.
Leaves Knoxville for Little RiEer, and MaEyviIle at
T. o-CoxNKR, President
1851 Stop the ehiIlss.W UUHI y
Millions of dollars worth of soil is an
nually carried to the gulf from the Mississip-
pi Valley for want of alittle attention from
farn1erz Scarcely farm Of any size ican
be found upon which there are not great
deep washes through which the very life
blood Of The soil IS trfckling away drop by
drop. Such places are not only leaks to
the farmers capital, but are eyesores that
destrpy the beauty e thefaxm. They can
be eashy cheeked BY frst making aAdam
near the end offheFn sothatthe soil may
find a lodgnref4. u pom This let herds
of grass be sown and some plum bushes
planted. Then let second dam be built
higher UP and the grass sown and bushes
planted. Let this be fcontinued until the
beginning Of the gully L Teached>
An oHneesf preyentive. howevek is bet
! - - ho kand
well Ind deeply pIoNed sEsd palms, taken
to check the Hfst begfHning Of washes
there viii never be any necessity for con-
strueting daIns or fIant ing pushes. We
know feds that have been csIlti1zted for
half 4 cdnturs, and allhoueh fIty are very
rolling, vet not sign e washk discover
able in them. They have been SUBSIDIZED
from time to time, and ploYed deeply
every year when IN cultivation, 30 THAI the
topsoil was not washed away with every
heavy rain Qccasiopaliy one Of these de-
amount amour ts 81 damage 81 esrfyii away the
soil, but such STORMS can AoAhere be guard
ed against in taking sfepsfor the preserypf
ton Of our lands than the great hurricanes
that sWeep away houses and cities, can be.
guarded AGAINST In the const ructiofl of
houses. We were painfully impressed
with the necessity of checking little wash
es, in walking, a few days since, over q
field tisat we knew twenty years. ago. AT
that time, there were a few small gullies
making through it to a large pond. They
did not exceed two or three feet in depth.
The leading ones are now from ten 10
fifteen feet deep, and from twenty to twen-
ty-five wide, and great numbers of smaller
ones make into these of a depth so great,
that the work required to stop them would
be worth five or SIX times the land From
twenty acres or more the soil has been
sweptsdownthese wasfes1ntea place that
it can leEer De of any benefit And Ehe
amount of damage does not stop here. A
large amount Of stock was running on these
twenty acres, and their Gropings sreta ken
bvfeyerr rain to the pend to eontani1ae
ia wa en-, aud to lesson the products Of
the farm Now the owner Of this farm
is prosperous man. Hiscrops Ane large
and income great, and in justice to him, it
must be said that this field -was past res
demption when he came into possession of
the property. But the thought suggested
itself whether it would not add greatly to
the salne9of Tthe propgEl 90 skfnd "a
field as far gone as even this one. The
saving in manure would more than pay
the interest on the expenditure, and the
implnverne ut in tI 3 appsarznce of his
would be worth The amount expended.
Our farmers do not pay attention enough
to the pRseTyatioR Of their real estate.
TIE low price Of land in the early settf1ng
of the tate,induced the pernicieus habit
of cleariRgsand Eezring outthe lands, and
custom has been transmitted from father
to son. The time is al hand when such at
system must be abandoned, If not from
prfheifle, at least from policy. Coed
lands aud timbered- lands are becoming
too scare for suefss system TO be longer
practiced. Take care of the land and fight
the gullies. zss -1s-.s u baz Hss aazaI--sE