Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-16
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
Our Agricultural Advantages.
30, Xxx.

FACEo AbUuT EAbf IENNEoSEEs I.f
Our Agricultural AAvantages.-
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We are daily in receipt of letters from
every part Of the country that show very
plainly that the mass Of people looking to
East Tennessee for homes, would be in
terested in knowing something of our
towns and cities and the vast agricultural
interests upon which they depend. East
Tennessee Is known far and widecas a
healthful region, principally dependent
upon its mineral wealth and manufactur-
ing interests to be founded thereon, for ia
growth and prosperity. We do not get
credit for our desirable farming lands, for
our rich valleys, well watered and con-
stantly enriched from the overflow of riv-
ers and creeks, for knobs and ridges pecu
liarly fitted for the cultivation of fruit and
the vineyard. All these advantages are
overlooked, and people who come here to
and marble, are thoroughly surprised at
our splendid agricultural interests, web
advanced and constantly multiplying.
Now, while NE do not wish to be under
stood rs undertaking our mineral wealth
or the vast interest 1t will one day create,
we do wish to be understood as putting
forward, earnestly and sincerely, our adj
vantages as a stock, fruit and grain coun-
try. We believe one Of the greatest needs
of this section just now is o larger and
more active farming class. We can not
for the present hope for that development
of eur industrial interests which is neces-
sary to give N the population and wealth
we need, for we can not give to manufac-
turers those facilities for transporta-
ton which are the first great essential
to sustain manufacturing communities.
Cheap freights will build up vast industrial
enterprises here, but until We can offer this
lower than at present our mines of ore and
coal will lie idle, save as they are needed
operation. When we say this we do not
desire to be understood IS saying thatywe
have any higher freights than other points
similarly situated, but simply as meaning
that when the cross railroads from Cincin-
natl and Charleston and our river naviga-
ton is improved we shall then be able to
offer such unusually log freights that it will
give us advantages very few interior places
enjoy. But even with these advantages a
populous, industrious and rich agricultural
region will only add to and aid US in build
ing up these other interests. sE - =
Our present aim is, therefore, to remove
this impression that we are not an agricul-
tural region, and, on the contrary, urge
upon our readers everywhere the fact that
though not blessed with the rich virgin
soils Of some of the Western States, we
have yet in our milder climate many adj
vsntages that money cannot there afford
the deficiencies in our soil, as they will
now fnd it. We cannot offer fine lands at
one and two dollars per acre, but we can
offer very fair lands in the center of old
established communities, near good profit
able markets, in climate where One-half
the farmers profits are not needed to pro-
tect his family or stock from the
inclemencies of six or four
months winter. at very reasonable
hundred dollars per acre. We do not fix
the quality and price Of our lands as the
sole standard for comparing East Tonnes
see with the Western States. We know
lands can be bought cheap there, but all
things taken in consideration we offer ad-
vantages well worth the serious attention
OF every farmer. We have frequently
presented some of these considerations,
but, as we are daily gaining new readers
and as good points bear repetition we feel
like again calling attention to them. We
claim that our short and mild winters, Of
ten not extending over four weeks, give to
farmers advantages for outdoor work for
raising stock worth to them sc veral hum
dred dollars annually. This is consider
alton relating not only to the pocket, but
to the hedth and comfort of the family,
and one which is daily bringing Us some of
the best citizens ever settling in any neigh
borhsod. People do not now look to rich
lands alone as the basis for successful farme
ing, for poor lands on good sub-soil can
by labor and fertilizers be easily made rich
enough for all practical purposes. Ifthese
poorer lands can be found in climate
naturally healthful where water, climate
and good Observation-Disclosures money can
not add to the good soil in the frozen reig-
ion of the far North-are at hand, they
make up all the soil lacks and weigh down
the balance In favor of this section. Add to
all these advantages perfect tranquility and
protection to life and property everywhere
to befound in East Tennessee, and we do
not see why we should not have our due
of immigration from that large
class Of people now looking for health and
comfort in filling lands, in climate free
from all the aches and fatal diseases which
the busy life and cold winters of New
and the Northwest inevitably
entail; we invite this class to come during
these months, when they imagine us
roasting under the scorching Southern
skies, and see for themselves our valleys
green and fresh from the dews of summer
morning; our hills thickly shaded with
Irult and forest trees our clear, sparkling
streams; experience, too, our cool nights,
Ireshened with never-failing breezes, and
ENJOY themselves in our watering places,
putt In cool coves and quiet retreats with
nealtniul mineral waters, and be persuade
ee ny their own eyes and ears that we can
Onsr them pleasant homes, good farms,
ana perfect protection. Tsiizs ass,rs ~
We shall In our next have something to
say of eur towns and cities. -'.7T q ia
distressing Accident ss.7 81
SVn SUNDAY evening, little four year old son