Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-27
SARDEs, MISS.
A Glorious md Encouraging Crop
FrGsDecf-HiddIe Tennessee Crops
The CuIIeoka Institute.
from an Occasional Correspondent.

From an Occasional Correspondent
SARDIs, Miss, June 23.-Your read
ers are more interested in the 8gricultu-
raj than in the political outlook just
low, for in cur section Of the country
the crops are the "main chance" an Il
the staff Of life the most important in
gredienS in that. For the first time
since the war our farmers are sending
wheat to market. For the psst nine or
ten years, instead of being sellers, they
have been buyers, and dependent alto
gether upon raising good crops Of cotton
and selling il at round prices; and fail
ure to do either has forced them to carry
q balance Of debt over on the next sue
ceeding crop. Experience is said to be
the hest Of teachers, and our people seem
at least to be prOfiting by the lessons she
inculcates in relation to farming. The
wheat crop has been very encouraging
one. and / doubt not it will be repeated
this fall, and perhaps on q more extern
sive scale. The corn all around about,
az far as l can gather infOrmati IN, is
highly promising, and the cotton
though | believe less was planted this
usst spring than in any preceding year
since the warts doing finely, and
the seasons, go far, have been
all that the farmers could desire.
| was in Middle Tennessee 3 short while
ago and fairly Toasted my eyes on the
splendid wheat crops that met my gaze
on every side. In Giles, Maury, Will
hanson, Henry and other counties
through which l passed, and which
visited for the first time at this season Of
the year, / was not a little surprised to
see such magnificent wheat crops as !
did gee, and though | have been, years
sgone, among the finest wheat fields Of
old North Carolina aid Virginia, don't
think l ever saw finer wheat anywhere,
except in Oregon and California last
summer. And then, besides being re.
muneratively productive in the cereals
land producing also just about enough
cottOn), il is, / can well imagine, 3
chaTmIngly pleasant country to live in,
and almost equal to southern California
I'm producing honey of very superior
quality, for which the linn and maple Of
the forests afford an abundance OF the
choicest material. Last winters extreme
cold weather diminished the amount OF
honey-yieldisg matter by freezing out
many Of the trees, but still, l was in
formed, there was an abundance left TO
insure a full crop OF honey, though it
will not be as clear and beautifully
white as heretofore, owing to
the absence OF the mspls bud,
which impsrts this quality. Besides be.
ing a beautiful, healthy and fertile
country, Middle Tennessee is remsrka-
bic for its educational advantages and
facilities. It has more and better schools
than any section OF country that have
any knowledge of; and il one may form
en- opinion from the appearance Of
things, and the tone and character Of
the people to be met with in brief So
iOurn, il is settled by one Of the most
high-t0ntd moral populations to be
found anywhere. Verify, | am not as
t1nished now, when | hear an old Giles
OF Maury county man wish he were back
there: nor was ! in tue least surprised
while in those counties to hear the citi.
zens say they 'd!dn't want TO swap" for
homes in any other locality. | JCdS sur
prisei, hOWeveT-cOnsidering the fact
that the whole Of this country wEs c.
cupied and ravaged during the war by
both arnlieg-tO find so much wealth
there st this time. Outside Of the cities
there is little or no display; but there Is
comfort and abundance, based upon sub
stqatidl lUeqlh, in almost every town,
village and neighbOrhOCd Middle Ten
nessee is what / should demonstrate
thriving region; and don't know when
or where l ever came up with more
kind and hOspitable community, or one
in which education is more justly APP
preciated. l may, among other institu
Of learning, give my most cordial and
unqualified Aforementioned upon
observation and eEperience-tO the Gull
leoka institute, conducted by Messrs. w.
r and J. II. Webb, two highly accom-.
plished scholars, and the senior an expe-
rienced and popular educator before he
emigrsted from North Carolina. And
here. by the way, l may be excused
for suggesting to Mr. Geddey or Mr..
Fink, the propriety exchanging the nam
Of the railroad station from pheasant
Grove" to "Culleoka." 1t is all essen
tally one place, and no one could tell
he precisely where the dividing line
was. The postofiice at the southern end
is called "Culleoks,n while the depot,
half mile above, is called Pheasant
Grove" and the whole Of the interven-