The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-28
Maurr County Farmers,s club.

nearly week before TIA expiration of the
month, only few members were present
President Ledbetter was in the char The
minutes OF the last meeting we're read and ap
proved.
The discussion OF the propriety OF estab-
| fishing a produce store under the auspices OF
the Club, was postponed.
The thanks of the Club were returned 10
| Commissioner Watts, for large supply OF
seed.
Mr. Ed. Kuhn said he wished he could say
| something calculated TO induce the mem
| beers Of the Club to attend the meetings reSn
i larIy He said every member says 70 hlmseII,
| al will STAY at home to- day as my presence
would do no good, and my absence VIII DO On. no
| harm. If only one member would talk
! tbrs mo harm would be done, but the trouble
! IA large majority do go, and the con sequence
| ia small meetings. Farmers are very much
! mistaken in supposing that their attendance
or non-attendance is matter OF small cOnse
oueuce. In various ways, We have had evil
dencs that the outside world has taken deep in
terest in our proceedings. Maj. Hunter Nichol-
sor Professor Of Agriculture IN the University
of East Tennessee, ii will aforementioned, sent
~ a letter last year, Congratulatiug us upon
tbe cool work the Club was performing and
entreatiT z us to keep up a lively interest in
its proceedings. Even If there be no benefits
derived fl ON the Club other than those CON
ferred hy social Intercourse, II would more
than pay for the trouble OF attending the
me things once month. Certainly there IS no
class Of citiz ms who stand more in need of
COMPARING views and experiences Than farmers.
Lawyers, doctors, mechanics, and other dis
tinct classes of citizens, agree with their pro-
frssional brethren on all important and car
diDal po' and only differ on minor and
non -eSsential things. But farmers all differ as
widely as the poles on nearly everything con-
nected with farming. He was very DESTROYS
for a Ia.ge number Of farmers to be present
at this meeting so that they might take some
action n reference to prevalent ruTnOr which
is calculated TO injure, and doubtless does IN
iure. the prosperity al the CIuO. great
MANY fairness good citizens among them
doubtless. have p~ejudice against the MaurY
County EdTmerss Club, because they think Il
is gotten up in the interests OF the land-OW-
nars and against the interests OF the renters |
and Iaborers To those who belong to the !
Club ana have heard and read the utterances of
every member who has said anything upon |
auy important subject, il is hard to believe |
thai su n a preposterous idea could have been !
lneStlv entertained by anyb)d y; but there |
are many people who read but little, |
and they believe what is told them. Now, we |
all know that the rumor is false and it is /
enough to make 'suS ieel indignant, but the |
more reasonable and sensible way for US to 60 !
is, 10 euleayOr 10 eradicate the impression pro- /
duceA on the minds of those who honestly be- |
lieve the report, and leave those who do not |
believe it and vet circulate 1t, no further excuse
Tor so DONG. lie interests OF tle laDu-OA- !
neT and the r-uter and labnrer are the same, |
aud whatever i beneficial TO one is beneficial /
TO the OtheI. IL is for the landowner to i'm |
prove the fertility Of his land, aud it is like
wise good for those who cultivate it, and reap |
treir reward ia ITS fruits. 1t is good for both |
alike that the horses, cattle, hogs, stock of all |
kinds, be improved; fences, barns, houses, |
roads, all be made better All these things |
can be done RAPIDLY, If not alone, by meeting |
together and having mutual interchange OF |
thought, md then acting a bOIy in carry /
ing out d well devised programme and for !
this purpose the E-rIners's Club was estab-
iished.
The President said the negroes OF the coun-
ty were very much prejudiced against the Club, |
because they believed it was established and |
carried on in the interest of the landowner |
and against the interest of the laborer. This is
the result of ignorance, of course on the part /
Of the COlOred men, bat We should show them /
and every body else. such are not the objects |
1f the Club.
On motion of MIR. Kuhn, committee
appointed - prepare resolutions for presenta
ZION at the next regular meeting of the Club, |
defining The objects of the CLUB, and denying |
the false rumors that have been circulated to
las prejudice. The President appointed Mr.. |
Kuhn and Mr.. d. J. Estes; and on motion,
the President was added to the committee.
\ resolution was introduced by Mr.. Joshua
J.. Williams, and passed. requesting every |
member of the Club 10 write an essay on what |
ever subject be desires, and either real it to /
the Cub or give II 10 the Secretary TO read. /
his * a very important resolution, and if the /
members WI comply, much good wilt result. /
Every farmer has, by long and undivided at
tention to some special branch of farming /
gained knowledge that will benefit some one,
and all such farmers should write essays for .
the Club.
On motion Of W. Il. Timmons, the Secreta-
ry requested to inform each member of /
. lr,h ln-l Of fL. Fav-
DAYS beforehand.
Mr. Kuhn said some Of the very best peoI 10 |
take up prejudice against good thing, He |
remembered well on incident, illustrative Of |
this, which occurred in the Fall of 1868. The /
Maury County Agricultural Society was poor, |
and not able TO give large premiums, and !
made arrar gemei IS with the proprietor of the I
Dixie Farmer, published here, by which they
we're enabled to give that paper as premium.
Many farmers grew indignant at this, and no
one more 50 than II Ajor Jackie Fleming-and /
we all know re If one of the very best men il
the county. Uncle Jackie said lie never knew
a farmer that welt by books, in farming, that
dId not fail Many years ago, Allen A. Hall, |
of Nashville, published an agricultural jour |
Al, aud = number of the farmers in the Zion |
neigh6orhood took il and followed its teach /
Ings, tie 1.-THE Major did not t Ike it and !
while he made lv ng, those who took the
agricultural paper failed. Mr.. Kuhn replied,
90 es, ncte IEckie, that is %; papers must |
not be read by tarm-rs=--it will lin them all.
And likewise. Every man that reads religious !
paper, and is govern by its teachings, /
IS certain T. 90 10 the DEVIL 1t won I /
do To read papers. Uncle JACKIE" Uncle /
Jackie cried out at this, for he il a very good 4
man, aud loves his religious papers. He |
ldu gLed heartily ut the turn which he, Mr.. |
Kuhn, had given u tie argument. Mr. uhn /
said he only told this anccdote to illustrate |
what he had said about some Of the very best I
men sometimes being preiUdced against
a good measure.
Capt Black said he felt sure If we could |
only once induce the farmers of MaurY cOun-
ty 10 attend the meetings of our Club a few
times, that enough of them would become in
terested 10 insure u ooodly number at each |
Club meeting.
As it would be TOO la'e to plant many of the
Eaeds after the next Meeting, they were distrI- !
hqted as follows:
wi;hams.-Field Pumpkin, Turkish Lettuce, |
Amber Globe TurnIp Il Jund Podded Valentine
Bean.
Kuhu.-Round Purple Egg Plant; Brussels
Sprouts Improved Extra; Broccoli.
y. j. Estes:-HoPetOn Oats; Pennsylvania |
Yellow Field Corn.
Horace Rainev.-Cooley Early White /
Field Corn, Hopeion Oats; Adams Early !
Corn; Mclean'S Advance Peas; Half Long |
Scarlet Nantes Carrot; Cashaw Pumpkins; Early /
7 srge Red Tomato, imported from France; |
RounG Spinach.
1lmmOpS.--a etiO-s tlcld Corn, grown III !
Pa, Hopeton Oats, imported !.om Canada; |
Champion English Peas BacCa alan LARRY Cab .
bage, imported from France, Dwarf Okr"; !
White Solid 0ele.y.
Black. Yellow Field Cora; DarlinG's harry |
Sugar Corn; PhiladelE hia Extra Early Peas;
Iiayal OF White Summer Lettuce.
Lcdbetter.-- White Mustard; Endine, I'M /
ported from France; Co0iey's Early White !
Field Corn; lf"peton Oats, imported from Can
ada |
4. =, Observation-Disclosures Sprouts, imported |
from France; Bale; Yellow Field Corn.
The following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the seeds from the Agricul-
iYral department be equally divided between |
the members present and that the Secretary be |
required make yneneraGda Of the kind OF !
seeds received BY each member, l1t that they /
DC required 70 make report at the regular |
meeting September &c the result produced |
by such seeds, the Kind OF E5Cund, &c, In |
which the same we've planted
Nj. J. l.. Williams remarked that a mer- /
chant said t. hin that the Fdrmers'S Club had |
injured Naury county 20 the extent of $4,000 !
% advising Farmers not tn plant cotton; ana /
added Ib.t Le 1Qu.d not show him man that |
had ever made anything BY raising stock, etc, |
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