The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-01
MAUk1 COUNTY FARAERs' GLIB
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Monthly Meeting, Saturday, Feb.
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"A large number Of members. Of the
Farmers Club were present at the
meeting on last Saturday, nOtwith.
standing the weather was very unfavor-
able and disagreeshie. President Cor
| don presided. 90 g -,.fs.Ilar ~ O.; 90 :
Major John Bacon Anderson and
Major Hunter Nicholson were elected
honorary members OF the Club; and
James Galloway was elec'ed regular
| member,
The Treasurer brought up large
basket of seeds, sent from Washington
| by our Representative in Congress, to
the members OF the club, and on motion
| OF skeesee, the thanks Of the Club
we're returned to Hon, ". C. Whit
| thorpe aud the Commissioner of Agri>
culture, for their Kindness loi .5e1i,..
The PRESIDENT-I have received d
letter from Prof. Hunter Nicholson, Of
the East Tennessee University, the con-
| tents Of which win no doubt interest
the members ofthe Club, as it in car
tain sense relates to them, and will
have thread.
The letter & ', ssss 70 p y follows I
DEAR SIR;--I was much pleased in
reading the Hcrald's account Of the
Masry County Fsrmers' Clp6 naeeting,
| held on the 18th of November. You
will readily understand that I feel quite
as much interest in the club as il were
a member, and will therefore allow me
to offer a very decided but respert-
| full protest against the opinion expressed
by Mr.. Kuhn, and repeated by Col.
Wade. The club is not . failure; it has
done much good at home and abroad.
Its discussions have been reprinted,
and read all over the State; SO beg my
friends, Messrs. Kuhn and Wade, not
/ 10 feel discouraged. Rome was not
built in day. And that was but . lit
tie mission and of little worth that the
club could fill in oneyear. ND yetthese
gentlemen deserve thanks for their
speeches. Mutual admiration societies
are very pleasant for their members,
them with any great work accomplished.
| A little shaking up often makes men,
as well as medicine, work batter, 50 l
hope that Col. Wade and Mr.. Kuhn will
find that they have not spoken in vain.
But my main purpose in addressing
| you, is to offer Q suggestion as TO some
very useful WORK which the club may
| do more readily than u oanielse be done.
In the Same issue of the Herald, in
which find the club report, is an ex-
tract from Commodore Msury's address
to the Rockbridge tVs.) Agricultural
Society, in which the value Of accurate
crop statistics is elaborated and set forth
as only he can do it. What be aims to
Club may do for Naury County. Let
me illustrate. How many acres in in the
county have been sOwn in wheat this
fall No one can now answer, but, II the
club would take the matter In hand. II
could soon get an accurate answer for
the use of every farmer in the county.
This is a much needed work, and yet
by no means difficult. To Wheat iiIay
be added the number OF hogs killed,
beeyes fattened, &C., &c. But you twill
see how much might be done at once,
and howmuch moro in timc. One vi
the chief benefits TO grow out OF this
work would be- the training up of q
large corps of observers throughout the
county. A corps Of men to whom no
fact IN farming would be uninterosting,
ana whom no fact would escape. Out OF
the facts collected by such observers,
men Of genius Like Commodore Marry,
cSnld soon develop general laws upon
tire confidence. The sea. sonndinQs and
records OF winds and storms, on which
Maury founded his sailing charts of the
ocean, were far n0rV difficult d, make
than are the fccords that fafrners O,
farmers clubs are called upon to make.
And vet the work Of the latter is eyery
whit as important in itself, and touches
the interests of infinitely moro people.
1 In measure yours is the pioneer
club in the State, And so 1t should be
since it represents the FIRST county in
the State. Let it then begin this work
in earnest and systematically. Suppose
yOn appoin: q committeeman for each