Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-03
AGRICULTURE.
Better Modes aud Higher Cultivation
tor Large Crops.
MADIsoNvfLLE, Oct. -, 1915.

Tor Large crops.
MADIsoNvrLLE, Oct. -, 1876.
TO the Editors Of the Chronicle:
The people of Monroe will most
fully appreciate your desire to advance
the agricultural interests of East Ten.
utssee, and your kind offer soliciting
communications upon such subjects
will greatly advance and infuse u more
vigorous action on this important
branch Of our wealth.
We of Monroe are modest people,
but are making every effort to advance
in the science of agriculture. Our one
horse bul.ltongue oprators are being
awaked from their error and will soon
conclude that one nag, a chunk Of a
boy and a bull-tongue are not the
proper outfit for successful farming.
Their eyes were opened when our
modest Tom Henderson made the re-
quired proof Of the production, on the
Tellico lands, Of l4T bushels AMI ten
pounds Of corn to the acre without the
application of fertilisers, and when the
Messrs. Lees and McSpaddin and
other farmers had on an average of
their crops from SO To 100 bushels to
the acre. They came TO the conclu-
sion there was something wrong
and well they may do so, as a large
number OF our men renting land VINO
call themselves farmers, and who nav
the one third in rent at gathering
| time, assume TO the landlord the sea-
/ haR anI tho, l..
the third. Now see an article in the
Chattanooga papers that Tom Crutch-
/ field, of Hamilton, Ia number one
firmer) raised ll9 bushels of corn to
the acre. Hamilton county must try
again, as We he r OF another modest
man John Griffith who reached $50
bushels of corn To the acre Monroe
Is hard To beat in productions, a. she
has the soil, and only lacks the appIi-
cation of science to excel any county
in East Tennessee.
Our Fair was q success, and has
infused new enterest ia our
people. They are going to
and have resolved upon new de
parture-to pay all premiums in good
money, AMI induce the producer to
more efficient effOrts to excel, and fos-
ter every element we have for an in
creased production. The object of
Fairs is not to produce a show like
" John Robiuson's," but to furnish an
improved class of stock above the
Scrub-more grain to the acre-more
and gilt-edged butter-larger pump
klns and potatoes, and drsught stock
that can pull pillow that will accom-
pllsh the absolute essential, of such a
proportion of the soil, that with the
sun, rain, and dews the seed that NAV
be planted will flourish aud produce
an HUNDRED fold. Without labor of the
muscle and the brain there is no ex-
ctllency. The Fairs invite the INQUIRY.
How is it done? 1t is an easy matter To
produce an increased product
when you know how. The Fairs il
the place 10 find it out, and to know
what fertilisers are used, and what
kind of pillow and what class of stock
to pull it, and whether a man held
the plough handles, or a chunk of a
boy. The success of ESQUIRE Blount
OF Bradley county in the production
OF wheat, 50 bushels to the acre. is a
sure evidence there is science In farm
ing. Monroe county possesses in an
eminent degree the elements if our
farmers Will only apply the proper
means and The mode that, by practical
tests, is found the most productive.
The Improvement in butter was most
clearly shown by the exhibition at
Knoxville, and the bread would have
done credit to the most skilful French
cooks.
The ladies can do much to develop
the latent industries of the men as
they FULLY demonstrated at the Eastern
Division Fair, and God bless them: as
Andrew Johnson well said, there Is a
power behind the Throne greater than
the Throne itself. Our praiseworthy
citizen, Mr.. Kefauver, has demonstra-
ted that we have the genius for practi-
cal invention, rs his hay baler ia a
complete success. Now let our farmers
raise more grass and use this baler, and
they will find it much more profitable
than the exhaustion of their lands
with corn, made by bull tongueing the
SOIL just deep enough to aid In the de-
parture for the Della Of the Mississip-
pi. Instead of peace pean, let our hus.
bandmen make war upon our old
modes Of farming. Get better tools, |
drive the sage grass, persimmOn and
sassafras from their fields, put In sus-
tanning grasses and put sheep upon the
thousand hills, and greenbacks in the
Savings Banks. am a poor scribler,
my ability weak, still / can not sit still
aud do nothing. j must say some
thing. hope others will speak out
and the balance work. MONROE.