Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-15
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE,
secon., naz,n Proceedings.


The Board met pursuant to adjournment
at 9 O'Clock in the east room OF the LII
brary.
The report of the committee appointed
10 prepare a list of questions and blanks to
furnish the several agricultural societies,
with view of collecting statistical informa-
ton. was called for. Questions were pre-
pared on the following leading subjects:
Lands-Their value; amounts cleared;
size of farms; number OF renters and terms
of renting; number OF acres turned out,
and why?
Crops-The leading ones; acres in corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckWheat; mead
ow-yield per acre of these crops; also OF to-
bacco, cotton, peanuts, Irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes, orchards, etc., etc.
Stock-Number and quality OF horses,
cows, sheep, mules, ETC., etc.
Labor-Whether white or black, or both,
and the relative proportion of each, Wheth-
er native or foreign; average wages, with
and without board, by the year, month or
day, in harvest, etc. Also the average share
of crops, when part of crop is given, etc.
Also wages for house servants, cooks, etc
Farm implements-What plows are used,
cast or wrought, what number OF double
plows, single plows and plows for three or
more horses, subsoil plows, hillside, and
what proportion of these is made in the
State, number Of cultivators, harroWs,
rollers, and buggy plows used?
Farm enthusiastically and quantity
of buildings, whether brick, stone, frame or
log, number of barns, stables, gin houses;
the kind of fences, height and prevailing
mode of construction of each, the cost OF
fences and he average size OF enclosures,
amount of hedges, also the number and
value of the stock running at large, what is
the current opinion about the propriety or
necessity of providing stock law I?
Mechanical Observation-Disclosures OF car
penter shops, hands employed; number OF
wagon-shops, number Of wagons made In
each, number of buggy manufactures and
quantity made, lumber and average price,
number of blacksmith shops, price OF me-
chanical labor in the several vacations
above mentioned, number of grist mills,
wooden and cotton factories, iron manu-
facture, ETC., and the manner in which the
work is performed, whether by the job or
on time, what is the number OF hand looms
and spinning wheels?
Religious, Social and Educational-Num-
Der of churches, Sunday-schools, neWspa-
pers, schools, whether free or otherwise,
| colleges, etc.
Smaller Economies.-How many dried
apples are sold in and out Of the county,
peaches, chestnuts, ginseng, beesWax, etc.
General QueStions.-When was your
county settled? What il. the size of your
county in acres; number of the streams;
character of water, whether free or lime
stone: extent of river bottoms, mountain
ranges; prevailing rocks; character OF SOIL
! color of subsoil and character, whether por-
GUS or retentive; for what crop is it best
suited; what is the natural growth OF tim.
her: how MANY families have immigrated
and how many have emigrated, and why
is the disposition Of your citizens toward:
new corners kindly or otherwise; what oil
the roads, etc?
The questions under this head are Of 6
nature to call forth physical history OF the
county, such an one as will give true ides
to an outsider Of the advantages or disad
vantages of the county. The idea is to gel
competent men to prepare such descrip
ton, and in case no one is found, the Sec
retary is intrusted with that duty.
A motion was made by Mr.. Killebrew to
adopt the report, which prevailed.
II was suggested that each agricultural
society REQUIRE those exhibiting articles a
the fairs to give brief description and his
tory of the same before it shall be entitled
to a premium.
II was suggested and afterwards adopted
that the Commissioners should place them
selves in communication with the farmers
climbs and agricultural societies in their re
spectiye divisions; also shall solicit the Dis
trict School Commissioners in each count!
to act as agents when taking the scholasti.
population, for the bureau, and collect al
statistics for which blanks may be fur
nished.
Adjourned until 10 O'Clock to-day.