Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-27
UNION AND AMERICAN
SIGHTS BY RAILROAD.

SIGHTS BY RAILROAD.
Farmers Of RatherfOrsI-Their Con.
tempt for Fertility Of sOfI-Their
Love for BED IEiII-ssdes-Their Ad.
hesiOn to Zone Horse Flowing
Action OF the County Court in regard
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -EEigIi
school in MurTreesbOrO-SchOOI IN
COunty-BueIket FactOry-Tennessee
Central Fair AssOciatiOn-AnOun Of
Gotten Grown In EsufsEerrord.
Special Correspondence Union and American:
OK THE RAIL, April 2G, 1ST2.-W hirling
along at the rate Of twenty-five miles
per hour is not a very propitious time to
write letter. Nevertheless the fields on
each side suggest a trushfu3 theme for praise
to the Creator AID for Censure to man.
Level, and in its wild state as fertile rs the
heart Of man could wish. The land has In
many places been literally exhausted by
the slOvenly cultivators Of cotton. Indeed
the farmers Of Rutherford are yet in the
primary period. During the whole ride we
saw no plOws running except single ones.
They were turning up the fields about two
inches deep, the same two inches doubtless
in level spots having been cultivated for
the last fifty years. We say in
level spots, for or billsides and on slight in
Clinations the whole amount OF loose soil
pouTs down iuto the lower places after every
hard rain. The fields are spotted all over.
with red patches to the disgrace Of the
agriculture Of Tennessee. These places
produce nothing. They stand in the way.
1t is equally troublesome and expensive 10
plow around them as to plow through them.
They sta4d there silent witnesses and an
UnerTing index Of the progress made to-
wards converting the faiTest portions Of the
State into a region barren, Iifeless and hide
Gus. It is high time two or three, or four
horses we're put to the plOW. Let these
farmers ascend to the secondary OF tertiary
or qUarternary age Of agriculture. As these
periods in the formation Ofthe earth marks
an advance IN the fertility F the sell, SD
viii the amount Of force addedSO The plow
produce precisely the same effect upon an
increase Of the crops as an a3d.tign TO the
fertility Of The soil. We are informed, how
ever, that such iSnot the case all Oycr tie
country; that in many districts the best
plOws and subscribers are used WIZ
manifest advantage TO the crops. Tie
bare inspection Of the fields broken
up or listed by one-horse plow5 VIII
convince any practical farmer that the yield
Of produce cannot Be great The land is
not half pulverized. The trash Of last
years growth lies in great heaps upon the
surface. The green grass or clover sod IS
not reversed, bat turned On the edge, and
the crop really needs work as soon IS IL is
planted.
Rutherford needs farm clubs. A COM
psEison Of the yield per -g 10y tie farmers
who do good blowing and hose who Go not
I u,
Of the county as anything else. Men like
20 be paid in prop Jrti0u 90 the work they
do. That system OF farming then that
gives the greatest results for the least work
should be the one sought for by all iutell-
gent husbandmen. The farmers should re-
member that the ownership Of thai- lands
extend to the center Of the earth, and Is
not confined to the three inches of surface,
We fear the disposition CT the farmers is to
surrender the management Of the farm too
much to the ignorant labCrer, when it
should be directed by the most intelligent
man on the farm. Ignorance cannot make
large crops and at the same time TAX care
of the soil.
The County Court has recently levied q tax
for the support Of common schools and the
sentiment in their favor is rapidly growing.
In the city Of MUTfreesb0To, there IS I'm
operation one free school for v hite children
with 10 pupils aud four teachers, well sup
ported by the corporation, Two cglUrgd
schools are also kept up. The Aldermen
have agreed TO surrender their salaries In
aid Of the white school, and the citizens
are justly proud Of this most suspicious be
ginning. The languages and mathematics
are taught, and the school combines all tic
advantages Of primary, informed Hate aud
high school.
In the couuty, schools are srriagiug uo
and giving satisfaction. Could Ee people
be assured tina. the amOuu. Low aup-orri-
ated by the county would be constant, they
would rally 10 the support If schools and
make private enterprises uuuec5ssEv.
The Bucket Factory, situated ia Eu-
freesbOro, is doing an immense business /
and is q step by or people towards lair-
psndence. Could we york Up all oar wool /
and cotton, Tennessee would rank with The .
first in wealth rs well as wbl The first in /
natural resources.
The Tennessee Central Fair Association .
viii have an exhibition OF stock or the 81 I
and 4th Of May. The premiums me LIBERAL |
aud under the energetic supervision Of F..
Maj, Spence, the President, The occasion I
cannot tail being one Of great interest 20 al I
stock men, No grounds L. the slate are /
more handsomely improved or more va- /
yeucn'ly situated.
Mr. Budd and Mr.. Henderson, of the /
Ne1rS, have recently made an estimate ur /
the amount Of cotton grown ia the counts, .
which f0Ots up about o. 200 bales, which sill
yield a million and quarter Of dollars TO
the county. The high prices are stimuli
ting the farmers to eNlr3ordilarw eEal.in-s
i'm the planting IF this staple, aud .le crop
for the present year viii doubtless De large
~ increased. BUSY