Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-05-22


Mr.. Williams offered the following query
'What arc the best vegetable ingredients to be
mixed in composing lime rs a fertilizer p
Prof Atwater gave his views of commercial
manures or fertilizers. He said there were
many adulterations practiced, and stated that
he had analysed many which soled alta high
price, which were not worth as much as muck. |
DIR. j. Frazier asked If there WAS any way in
determining whether they were pure or not.
Prof A. stated that they could only be de-
tccted by chemical analysis, and stated that in
many of the Northern States the farmers assoc
ciated themselves together and had their fer
tilizors analysed before applying to the soil.
Col. Crozier, of Knoxville, asked the expert
ence of the farmers in regard to the use OF lime
as fertilizer.
DIR. Frazier, of Knox, stated that on DIR. Lud-
lows farm he applied lime on clover planted on
land full of shalc, and produced good crop.
Major Mckinney, of Hawkins, said il was
not good to compost lime, but to apply it di-
rcctly to the soil-in some instances ms high ms
100 bushels per acre. 1t acted ms stimulant
but was not ms good ms barn yard manure.
Col Hubbard said that he knew field on
which lime had been applied about thirty years
ago and its effects were yet valuable.
Mr. Newman, of Messy Creek, and Mr. Rhea
gave their experience in lime, which was all
that could be desired
Mr. Lord had great confidence in compost
mixed with manure and lime
Judge Temple exhibited "A specimen of mari
from Greene county, which Prof Atwater said
contained carbonate OF hlhe anu phOsPhoTiC
acid.
The chair stated that mari was extensively
used rs fertilizer in Sullivan county.
FRUIT GROWING.
The chair announced that five minutes
speeches would be in order.
Judge Temple stated that of late years he had
been growing fruits and invited the convention
out to witness his mode of culture.
Mr. Lord asked for a preventive to rot in APP
piles
Judge Temple recommended ashes applied
TO the roots
Mr. Newman had used lime and prevented
Colonel Hubbard stated that Northern grown
trees were subject 10 rot, while trees of native
growth were exempt
Mr. David Lee stated that the fruit of trees of
Northern growth ripcncd much earlier here
than there but the flavor was ms good. With
care, East Tennessee WINS fine fruit growing
section.
Judge Temple urged the eople to stop buy
ing trees from Northern pcddlers, when they
had no guarantee of getting what they had con-
tracted for. Spoke ofthe nurseries of Captain
Bell. Gaines IL Ward and Gun & French, where
the native growth could be procured from re-
liable men.
Dr. Frazier was interested in peach growing
his experience was that on ridges peaches did
well while on the low lands they did not.
Captain JONES Boyd differed in regard to the
| bitter rot lie did not believe there was n cure,
and recommended the cutting down of all such
trees. Farmers should inform themselves of
| the kind of fruit adapted to the locality before
planting orchards.
Mr. Schell, of McMinn, had been experiment.
| ing in fruit for twenty-five years. He thought
| the chief loss was in late fruit, He believed
native fruit trees only adapted to this climate.
| Col Hubbard's experience vas against North
| crn fruit trees. He thought the fine fruit OF
| Western North Carolina was what we should
| grow.
| Judge Temple stated that thousands OF dol
! lars were expended every year for fruit and
urged the importance of saving our fruit
Mr. Schell put his fruit in house built with
q double wall above ground, and kept them
| sound until spring.
Mr. Rhea had treated dry rot by boring
| hole in the trunk of one of his apple trees at
| ficted with rot and applied calomcl and flowers
of sulphur He recommended coal tar or
| peach trees for the borcr
| regard to fruit culture and packing and also II
regard to parasites, which he thought arose from
n sterile soil.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATIONS.
The hour having arrived the following .repor
of the Committee on Permanent Organization
| was read
Your committee appointed to prepare a re
port with regard to the permanent organizatio:
of the Farmers Convention of East Tennessee
beg leave to submit the following
For Presidcnt-Hon O = Temple.
For Secretary-C w Charlton.
For Tiee PresideutS-Thos Crutchfeld, Ham
ilton county; Jos Mathews, McMinn county; i
IL Hubbard, Jefferson county; Ephraim Link
Greene county; Il Z Rhea, Sullivan county i
| ID Wheeler Campbell county; Major BENZ
Cunningham, Blount county Richie Kincaid
Anderson county; { j Mckinney, Hawkin
county and W a Lenox, Loudon county.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
| & w CHARLTON, Chairman.
Some discussion took place as to the time ant
place of holding the next convention, but tina
was finally left TO the discretion of the com
adopted.
Judge Temple made few remarks, thanking
the convention for the honor conferred. ii,
had put his hand to the pillow and would no
now look back.
The following resolutions were adopted:
| WHEREAS, We recognize in East Tennesse
the fact that our section is but sparsely popu
lated compared to lite great agricultural anC
mineral resources, that much Of our lands ar
unproductive TO the owners and to the materia
wealth of the country, and
WHEREAS, We recognize the great and i'm
portant benefits to be derived from immigra
ton therefore,
BE IL Resolved LIST, That we, the Farmers
Convention of East Tennessee, do heartily ant
emphatically endorse the objects of immigra
ton, and we invite all good citizens to com
amongst us
Resotred ID. That in the judgment of tn
convention it would be wise and eminent,
proper fer action to be taken and money up
propriated by our State, county and municipal
| governments, for the fostering and promoting
of the objects of immigration BY the publica
ton Of facts concerning the great agriculture
and mineral resources OF our State, and that W
recommend such action TO be taken.
| The third and fourth resolutions rccomment
| I ,f