Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04

perience in successful dairy business i'm !
East Tennessee. He sold about $1,000
worth of cheese from a farm of ITO 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 wear he cut
it for hay and the next followed IL 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
for stock. When it grew TO the thickness
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
Ayershires. He knew this was capital
dairy country, and that there was plenty
of money in cheese.
DIR. Lea again said he could handle ton
of corn hay with less trouble than a 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
of real interest to the farmer.
DR.. 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
teach in the common schools. He insisted
strongly on this point.
| DR.. j. II. Ludlow, of Knox, rose to eX-
plain on behalf of the East Tennessee Uni
versity, that an agricultural course was
provided, which required none of the an
cient languages.
Mr.. Caldwell, of Knox, offered resolu-
Ktion providing that farmers report, at the
next annual meeting, statistics of the farm
products, acres in cultivation and state of
growing crops.
Rev. c. b. Lord regretted the tendency
of our young men to leave the farms, To
prevent this, we must elevate our standard
of farming
The resolution by Mr.. Coldwell was
adopted.
The subject of army and cut worms was
generally discussed by Messrs. Doughty,
Dickinson, Williams, Frazier and others
The necessity of inquiring into the laws of
their existence and the means to prevent
their ravages was strongly urged.
Mr.. Brakebill, of Blount, was troubled
land. He could not explain the cause of
with them-most especially in his clover
their existence. He said he was not much
of farmer, but on being questioned said
he got five and a quarter cents for his cat
tie in the market of Knoxville, and sold
S2,3S7 worth this year. The salable pro-
ducts from his entire farm of 365 acres I'm
der cultivation last year, brought about
II 800. On five steers, which he bought to
fatten, he got gain of about two pounds
per day for three months or 100 pounds
| nal, = 100 4
fraction pounds. He bought them for y
cents and sold them for 81 cents. The cat
tie went to the Richmond market. 1t was
evident that cattle raising was the most
profitable business for East Tennessee. He
thought farmers were to blame for the
young men going to the city, Homes should
De made more pleasant. For his own part
, he would not change his place for that of
any place which the world calls great. To
return to farming, he was in favor of grass
and clover and letting the land rest Last
, season he and two other hands made over
200 bushels of corn.
Mr., Leinhart, of Anderson had tried
super-phosphate in the fall, but did not
find it to pay.
: Rev. G. b. Lord, of Blount, was of the
! opinion that vermin was peculiar to poor
, lands just as to poor cattle.
t Mr.. Leinhart got rid of them by break
ing his ground in winter.
The following resolution was offered by
| DR.. b. Frazier.
Resolved, That committee of three he
Lappointed by the President, whose duty il
shall be to inquire into the insects that in
, fest our crops, especially the army and cut
worm and collect specimens and transmit
them to the entomologist at Washington
| City for his investigation, and report to the
next annual meeting of the Convention
| Adopted.
The President appointed DIR. Frazier
DR.. Curtis, Prof. Nicholson DIR. Ludlow
2 and Rev. G. b. Lord, as the committee.
f The following resolution was offered by
t Secretary Charlton:
ReSoLUed, That this Convention return
9 THEM thanks to the Daily Press and Herald
andthe CHRONICLE, of this city, for theil
e faithful and correct reports of the proceed
2 ings of this body.
3 The name of Robert Gillespie was re-
4 ported as delegate from Monroe county
I, The following Vice Presidents were
/ elected: S. X. N. Patton, of Washington
for the First Congressional District A
e Caldwell, for the Second, and i. NJ. Dug
e giles for the Third.
On motion, the Convention adjourned
e sine die.