Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-30

breeding, &c.
THIRD DAY-MORNING SESSION.
The Convention net at 81 o'clock. Mr..
r. p. Rbea, of Sullivan, was called to the
chair, while President Judge Temple Of
fered the following resolution:
.Resolred, That our common school sys-
tenn should be, as soon as practicable, so
perfected and extended as to embrace in
addition to the primary branches, the ele-
mentary principles of agricultural chem
istry, geology, mineralOgy, engineering,
undertaking, &C., &C., in all the COM
mou schools of the State, whenever the
male schools are sufficiently advanced for
such branches of farmers education.
Remarks were made by DIR. Lea, Messrs.
Burnett, of Cooke, and several others, all
of whom thought it highly important that
the principles of the resolution be carried
out as soon as practicable, if not at once.
Mr.. Williams, of Hamblen, and Rev. G.
B. Lord, of Blount, also favored the reso-
luton.
The resolution was then adopted.
Secretary Charlton then moved that Il
committee of five be appointed, to whom
this resolution be referred, with view to
obtaining Legislative action, and to report
at the next annual meeting of the Conven-
ton. Carried. N
President Temple then resumed the
chair.
Mr.. J.. A. West, of Washington, offered
the following resolution
WHEBEAS, The farmers are required to
support the burden of taxation in the State,
and wherever an unjust law is enacted by
the General Assembly, they are the princi-
pal sufferers ; = ~ SO = 80 =
Therefore, BE it resoiced, That we, the
representatives of the Farmers of East
Tennessee, in convention assembled, do
enter our earnest and solemn protest
against the so called assessment law, passed
by the 3Sth General Assembly of this State,
believing it to be the most Ubiquitous and
tyrannical law ever imposed by any law
making power upon an honest, tax-ridden
people. s ..}h sg SEtH
I'd. Be it further rcsotved That we look
upon said assessment law as uncOnstitu
tional and retrospective and in every
respect the most unjust law ever imposed
upon the people of Tennessee. g q 9
T Sd. ResOtUed further, Thatif there should
be an extra session of the present Legisla-
quest Gov. Brown to include in his message
converting said Legislature the privilege Of
either repeating or amending this most
OdiOuS law.
Several delegates spoke in favor of the
resolution, but upon the previous question
being called it was lost-not upon the
principles of the resolution, but upon the
ground of it not being the suitable place
for its introduction, as was shown by a
number of those voting in the negative,
expressing themselves in favor Of. it in
the proper place. 81
Rev. G. w. Charlton then addressed The
convention on the question of labor. He
spoke of the change from slave to free Ia
Dor in consequence of the late war. The
fact of so many young men leaving the
farm for other pursuits was noticed and
the reasons for it discussed. Home was
not made pleasant, farming was made on
erous and not looked upon with proper re-
spect, fathers were often mOrose and un-
pleasant. With regard to the negro, he
thought it mistake of the southern peo-
pie to have thrown off the negro
at the close of the war and treated
him in any way unjustly. His peeuliari.
ties should be borne with, and he allowed
an equal chance with others. On this queS-
ton, the enlarged and liberal views of the
speaker, exhibited a high regard for truth
and Justice. ~ +-aA' = d ~ = - So
The President announced the following
as the committee on the resolution to ex-
tend and perfect our school system: DIR.
Daniel Lea, G Lord, Prof. III Nicholson,
G. w Charlton, and r p Rhea.
Rev. c b Lord then addressed the Con-
vention on the Dairy Business. We need
ed grass to make our hills beautiful. There
is money in it, Three gallons of milk
from grass fed cow will make one pound
of cheese. A good COW will give $50 gal
Ions of milk in one year. AT Is cents per
pound this will give $50, or at 20 cents, 800
a year. One thousand dollars can be made
from a one hundred acre farm, granting
that each cow only yields $50 worth of
cheese. 7
Mr.. j. l.. Raht, of Bradley gave his ex-
perience in successful dairy business in
East Tennessee. He sold about $1,000
worth Of cheese from farm of 10 acres.
He also explained his rotation of crops.
He followed corn with oats. In sowing
his oats he mixed grass seed with it so
that the grass took root with the oats. He
followed oats with grass one year he cut
it for hay and the next followed it with
meadow. He followed the grass with
wheat and then into corn again. After
harvest he sowed cow peas. They were
splendid for cows and grew better here
than in Europe or the North. He made
cheese all winter here-another thing they
can't do North, where they stop about two
or three months. He sowed corn for feed
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of his little finger he cut it and shocked it
for winter. He planted rutabaga turnips
and steamed them for stock. He used
scrub stock but after getting larger cows by
crossing with Durhams, would breed to
Ayershlres. He knew this was a capital
dairy country, and that there was plenty
of money in cheese.
DR.. Lea again said he could handle ton
of corn hay with less trouble than ton of
anything else.
Col: Doughty, of Anderson, gave his
experience in raising clover.
Mr.. S. ID. Williams, of Jefferson, thought
that much time had been wasted in |
buncombe speeches and resolutions and was
glad that they had now come to something
of real interest to the farmer Il A3i7 |
DIR. A. Maupin, of Campbell, was called on
and addressed the convention on the me-
cessity of educating the farmers. Educa-
ton should be made practical. The lower |
branches should be more thoroughly |
taught. Our Agricultural College should |
make speciality of preparing teachers to |