Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
Education for Farmers-the Dairy-StOeII
Breeding, &c.
THIRD DAY-MoRNING SESSION.

Third DAN-MORNlNNt SESSION.
The Convention met at s! o'clock. Mr..
r. p Rhea, of Sullivan was called to the
chair, while President Judge Temple Of
fered the following resolution:
ReSOLUed, 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
mon schools of the State, whenever the
male schools are sufficiently advanced for
such branches of a farmers education.
Remarks were made by DIR. Lea Messrs.
Meek, of Jefferson, Edwards, of Anderson,
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. c.
b. Lord, of Blount, also favored the reso-
luton.
The resolution was then adopted.
Secretary Charlton then moved that a
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.
President Temple then resumed the
chair.
Mr.. j. A. West, of Washington, offered
the following resolution
WHEREAS, 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;
Therefore, BE 1t rcSOZUed, 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 38th 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,
I'd. BE IL further resOlred, 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.
Sd. Resolved further, lThati if there should
be an extra session of the present Legsla-
ture, we most earnestly and respectfully re-
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 q
number of those voting in the negative,
expressing themselves in favor of it in
the proper place.
Rev. c. w. Charlton then addressed the
convention on the question of labor. He
spoke of the change from slave to free la
Dor in consequence of the late war The
fact of 50 many young men leaving the
farm for other pursuits was noticed and
the reasons for il discussed. Home was
not made pleasant, farming was made on
erous and not looked upon with proper re-
spect, fathers were often morose and I'M
pleasant. With regard to the negro, he
thought it mistake of the southern peo-
pie to have thrown off the negro
ut the close of the war and treated
him in any way unjustly. His peculiari-
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 high regard for truth
and Justice.
The President announced the following
as the committee on the resolution to ex,
tend and perfect our school system DIR.
Daniel Lea, G b Lord, Prof II Nicholson
@ w Charlton, and r. p Rhea.
Rev. G 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 PEI
pound this will give $50, or at 20 cents, 500
II year. One thousand dollars can be made
from one hundred acre farm, granting
that each COW only yields $50 worth o.
cheese.