Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-03-20
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE
Answers to Correspondents.
NO. LXII.

LII way 10 give lHIorHlaCIOH 10 ali lHIeI-
ested. The following letter will afford us
occasion to give that replies will apply to
several others:
WAUToMA, WIS, March 6, 1872.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Enclosed [ send
one dollar for your paper, Is mOnths). You
reply to inquiries. Why are your lands
held, some quite cheap, some very high !?
Does the soil vary very much in quality
where the land is level enough for cultiva-
ton, and is the timber generally large
enough for good saving timber? Also,
what is the highest temperature generally
in summer and lowest in winter? We are
now having a cold spell, several degrees
! below zero, and several times this winter
from twenty-five to thirty degrees below
zero was shown by the thermometer.
Yours truly
SAM'L G. JENNINGS.
In reply we have to say: 1st. Our lands
vary so much in price because they vary
very much in quality. On the Western
praries the land is more uniform than with
US. We have rich bottom lands that are as
fertile as can be found any where. They
are enriched from the overfiows of the riv-
er and are we'll situated for cultivation.
There are many rivers in East Tennessee
one or more in almost every county-so
that there is much more of this valuable
bottom land than our readers generally
would suppose. AS it needs but little if
any enriching, and yields largely, it COM
mands a large price and is eagerly sought
for. 1t varies in price according to locality
from fifty to one hundred dollars, and i'll
;,,Ir 8,
asked for it.
I'd. Does your soil vary much where lev
ell enough for cultivation?
Our lands may be divided into three
classes bottom, valley and ridge lands.
The second is rolling and the third what
might be expected from its name-levela and
rolling both. The upland, or valley land,
is fair farming soil, generally rolling but
not so much so as most of our correspon-
dents suppose. In our principal valleys,
these lands are comparatively level and
capable under proper cultivation of being
very productive. Our country, our cor
respondent must remember, is cut up into
many valleys by prominent ridges. These
valleys are all exceedingly we'll watered by
clear flowing streams that add to our
healthfulness, to our scenery, to the value
of our lands for farming and to the advan-
tages of our country for manufacturing
purposes. These valleys afford lands of
fair fertility and they furnish healthful
homes with all inviting surroundings
Such lands can be bought at prices rang
ing from twelve to fifty dollars, with fair
improvements.
Sd. Is your timber large enough for saw
ing?
We have very fine timber i'll East Ten
nessee of almost every variety and good
for saving lumber. By the large quanti
ties, lumber is worth from So to S15; in
smaller lots, assorted, Sl5 to $40. Our riv
eYs and creeks make the lumber business
good one, and it affords good field for
investment and trade.
4th. What is your coolest and what your
warmest weather.
Our warmest weather rarely exceeds 80
degrees. Our average temperature in the
summer is Il degrees. Our winters are not
severe. The past one was one of our hard
est. The coolest we had was a mean for
the day of , degrees above zero. The very
coolest we had during the winter was 3
degrees below zero, at in the morning.
Our mean temperature for the winter is
about 80 degrees. Our mean for January
was 81 degrees, for February was 80 de-
grees and for the first half of March 40 de-
grees.
We have before us letters written from
| the North where the writers speak of the
| thermometer as at Is to - degrees below
zero. The coolest weather we had in Feb
ruary was u degrees above zero. The
coolest we have had this month was $50
above. But we prefer that disinterested
persons shall speak of our climate Here
is what gentleman from New York
| writes to his friends about East Tennes-
see:
! "When | see the thermometer standing
at 20 degrees below zero at the North,
whilst it is forty above here, and the peo-
pie are out blowing in their shlrt-sleeYes
and attending to their domestic duties
without inconvenience, / realize some OF
the great benefits of your country. Here L
see stock of all kinds out i'll the fields,
while at the North they must be Kept
closely in barns. have come to the con-
clusion that if the people of the North
could once recognize this difference III ell
mate, they would emigrate here instead OF
going to the cold Northwest"
! A "Young Subscriber of the CHRoN-
IcLE from Pittston, Pennsylvania, informs
us he is coming, and wants to know the
route and fare, &c. AS we have several
other inquiries about this, we will answer
thus: Persons coming here from the East
should come via Washington, Lynchburg
and Bristol or by steamer to Norfolk, Nir-
ginia, thence via Lynchburg and Bristol.
The fare from Washington is$21.60. Those
living West can come via Louisville, Nash
vile and Chattanooga The fare from Lou
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