Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-05

g. address
70 REGULAR SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION.
10 Inc club then discussed the question
n selected at the last meeting, namely
70 Inc cultivation of the grasses adapted to
g the soil of Tennessee.
Inc ascension was opened BY Col
y Ihomas b. Johnson, who said that he an
= Pfeciated very highly the address delivered
" M; RAINING, but begged leave to differ
WIN nun In some respects He Thought
snA', !or blue grass the surface OF the
} 6lound should be clean. If the ground
= vas naked and the seed came in contact
It with it; if the stock could nas0 go a.
!, ground and tramp the ground verv hard
+ MS experience was that the grass wonld he
9 much better o-'' "0Aiu 20
on the subject of labor, the speaker said
, THAI he endorsed the views of Mr.. Fannino
u ~ regard to cultivated and intelligent Is9
oof. Inc speaker further said that tba
young men OF Tennessee ought to labor for
themselves at the pillow, the hammer and
: the anvil. He was in favor of intellicant
Lather than ignorant labor At the present
Gay, men who labored with their own hands
were rather looked down upon, because the
: Idea prevailed that this manual and aori1
cultural labor could be as we'll performed
Dy persons OF small intelligence He
a
considered more honorable than beooine,
In the city for clerkships. He boned tbo
day would soon pass away when If would
be thought not very respectable to labor At
manual occupations.
Zen. Harding. when his name WAS csIJad
SAID have had my say, will. however
reply to some remarks made by nv friend |
Col johnson. l appreciate the sentiments
OF my friend Col. johnson very much. but
cannot believe that we have vet reached
the period, and perhaps never will when
the drudgery Of plantation and household
work Will require intelligent and educated
MINDS think that if we have To wait
tIll our rails can be split and our bitches
| dug by intelligent and highly cultivated
minds, we Will have to wait a lono time
Educated men expect to make some use of
their education. For digging bitches and
sphtung rails, the chief ingredient in the !
klnd OF cultivation most needed is the ed !
ucston OF the muscles. But intelEeenca |
aud cultivation can be advantageousIv
used in directing all manner Of drudperv
therefore, L believe that the sons of |
Japheth are to rule and direct this world:
the sons OF Ham are to do the drudperv !
and to be directed in their labor by The
sons of Japheth, who have more lutelG-
gence. In other words, will repeat what
l said IN my essay, that where Ignorance
Is bliss, It's folly to be wise. There can
be no great use for education in splitting
rails orin making bitches. To direct this
labor, some cultivation of mind is re- {
CURED: but to throw out the dirt reouires
muscle, and muscle alone. s
l approve of the gentlemans remarks (
in favor of approaching labor and making
it honorable. No man, no matter how in G
telhgent he may be, should esteem il q s
disgrace to perform usefuI labor. and he Z
should be commended for it: but that all L
this drudgery should be left to highly in s
telllgent men, l do not believe. This has a
never been the case, and in my opinion b
never will be; and hence l take the ground 6
that education IS not necessary for all men. Z
We see this exempifed in the organization
of armies, where the common soldiers are s
not required even to understand the I
higher branches of military tactics: all 4
they have to do is to obey orders, and that
is chiefly what is required in the drudperv O
of farm. No highly educated man can L
perform the drudgery of life with content. r
He becomes disconnected, unhappy NOR a
tai. 1t Is necessary to have educated S
minds, to direct labor, but not necessary e
to have educated minds to perform ali ?
manner of labor g
DR.. Fostsr said that on the subiect of 4
grass his experience had been limited. He t
had however paid some attention to this T
subject, and had always wondered why farm u
ers did not clean up their woodland more
He then made some remarks about the ! b
practice Of farmers in Kentucky where u
the custom of alternating pastures prevail II
ed; that is, of having one field for a sum- N
mer pasture and another for winter pas Sc
In hat, L.
ures in Kentucky than anywhere else. It
Mr.. Obenchain continued the discussion
'ud said that, in his opinion, the practice
II mixing blue grass and timothy was the nj
)est plan for Middle Tennessee. de
Mr.. B. F. Cockrill thought it was not a in
god plan to put open fields in blue grass. of
There was but one alternative left, and | m
hat was to SOW orchArd-gress, which was til
ar superior to blue grass on open lands As
t furnished the first bite and the last. In | ca
Eoods and in the shade the orchard grass As
rev as well as in the sun. Blue grass re
yould not stand a light soil; it required a tn
oil having substratum of clay to hold re-
he water. He did not approve of keep to
ng stock off grass for a couple of years sal
few years ago ne saw prsture in Ken of
ucky having heavy stand of gaass; and, rel
pon asking the owner the secret of his dis
uccess, the reply was made: ''All that is
Necessary is to drop one seed in the mid DO
lie of the field and tread it down we'll with
attle." He approved of putting orchard NJ
,rsss in old fields, but not blue grass. CO
Mr.. t. Claiborne said he endorsed Mr..
)ockrill's views, and thought that orchard I'M
rass was the grass for this country. tn
On motion Of Mr.. Hicks, the further dis Lar
ussion of this subject was postponed till to
he next meeting, when the discussion is sti
xpected to be confined to the best grazing tn
ra5 ses. to
DR.. Foster offered the following: &c
Resolved, That a committee of five be It's
ppointed to report, at our next meeting. Nv
uitable regulations for the protection of Oh
md owners and labOrers, both tenantsaud ! up
irelings
The resolution was rejected, no one hav- m,
lg voted in the affirmative. sp,
Mr.. Hicks offered the following resolu- WI
on, which was adopted; As
Resolved, That a committee of five be pas
0pointed to report st the next meeting,
J to the most certain plan of securing Ia
Orers competent for the service of the
1untry.
The chair appointed on said committee Or
rem Harding, Dr.. Foster, Mr.. II. Cockrill a.,
nd DR.. Williams. u,
Mr.. B. F. Cockrill suggested the pro- az az
rety of having an ANIMAL ste TX sale, and la a.
bought that in this way gentlemen might WI
9 induced to come here from other States lou
nd this might tend in great measure to an'
Dive the question of immigration and the
.bor. There was only about one acre in aEC
very twenty-five cultivated in Tennessee, cit,
nd the:e was a large amount of land for in
he at as cheap rates as in any State in the mu
nion. citi
Dr.. Foster wrote out a resolution en-
racing Mr.. CockrilPs idea, as follows
Resolved, That we heartily approve, and 7
i'll cooperate with the Tennessee Agri- day
1ltural and Mechanical Association in {
aving annual stock sales at the fair -.
rounds: and that a committee of three nm
9 appointed to carry into effect the OBJ o-i
cts of this resolution. an
The resolution was adopted, and Mr.. DuI
Gilbert Tanning, Ben. CockriLl and Gen. nea
arding named as said committee, the last
hair Mr. Fanning) having been reques, stal
d by members to serve. tIOI
The club then adjourned till next Sstur-
Il. l.