Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-24
WHAT WE CAN DO.
A Minnesota View Of Tennessee's
wealth Of Nature.

/ A Minnesota View Of Tennessee's
wealth Of Nature.
As lesson for home folks, at once
cheering and instructive, We copy the fol
| lowing from one Of the circulars now be-
| ing scattered over the Northwest by W. T..
Hatch, of Minneapolis as a means for di-
verting to Tennessee emigrauts c0ntem-
plating removal to the Pacific Coast.
The location and capacity Of Tennessee
as a producing State, cannot be equaIed by
any State in the Union. It is so centrally
located that its products eau find a choice
Of markets, with less expense Of tTauspOr-
tatiOn than anyCther locality. The average
Of soil for the great range Of farming is
unequaled, and its excellent water powers.
and superior and ineXhaustable supply Of
coal, so well distributed over the State,
with its great supply Of timber for fuel, 10
make steam, Will make it the cheapest loCa-
tiOn that can be found TO manufacture its
products.
Tennessee raises considerable cotton,
and lies on the border Of the cotton produ-
cling States. This cotton should be mainly
worked up there, thus saving the freight on
the raw material to the New England fac
tories, and that Of the manufactured article
back 10 the South.
At the present time, nearly all the farm
machinery, wagons, carriages, and, in fact,
every other article YOU find in the stores,
warehouses, and in use, bear the imprint Of
some Northern manufacturer. There is
no good reason, with her great resources,
why Tennessee should not be the greatest
place on earth for agriculture and manufac-
turing. With all these advantages, and as
IL. IL
there is removed, and her citizens being
more than willing TO receive them, it is
only a question Of time, and that a very
short time, when she will step to the front
as producing State.
1 have before spoken Of the advantages
Tennessee possesses as a vegetable and
fruit growing State. The peach and apple
crop seldom fails there. They are a far
surer crop there than in New jersey. A
peach orchard could be set out there this
fall, and one year from next summer, 1877,
it would bear considerably. The next year
quite a full crop-the year following it
would be in its prime. Apple trees come
into bearing very rapidly. It would be a
fortune to any man 70 60 there-seCure a
good location for an orchard, put out 100
acres OF more, in apples, peaches, pears,
grapes, etc, taking good care Ot them. The
second year he would begin to realize some
returns and after that more. Within ten
years he would become wealthy.
While he is doing this, 25 to so acres put
into gardeny vegetables would clear him from
500 to $500 per acre each year.
This is what a friend Of mine is doing
near Nashville now. This year he has 40
acres in wateruelOns, 20 in muskmelons,
10 in cucumbeTs, and 6 in OniOns-76
acres. From this, taking his former sue
cess as a criterion, he expects TO clear 500
per acre. These products he Can put into
the Northern market from two to four
weeks earlier than the North can produce
them. Last year he found sale for all he
raised in Nashville. His cucumbers he
will put up for pickles. If they do well
he will make from 800 to 500 per acre on
them.
There are but few vegetables but can be
prOftably cultivated there, and any amount
Of this produce could find a ready market