Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-06-24
EAST TENNESSEE soiE'
Variety one of its Character
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81 Though soil aud climate may limit the
agricultural capacities of any given land
location aud facilities for Transportation
will!always directly shape the character
of crops grown as wefl ast'the style OF
cultivation. This truth is well illustrated !
in East Tennessee. Variety is the char
acteristic Of the soil as it is Of the geology
of this section ut is true that the great
body the soil is ola limestone character
as limestone is the apredeminating rock
but limestone soils varies more widely
than any other, aud there is sarcelyia
variety that is MOTTO be found in Fast
Tennessee. And all limestone soil, If
not rich and fertile, may be made. SO at
comparatively small cqsts7sTho sandstone
soils Of this section are ALSO quite varied
in character, and many 'os them possess
very valuable features. For farming
purposes, however, Q they are far ex
ceeded blythe limestone. The sandstone
soilis confh ed2a.most exclusively to the
high mountains, while the iimestone soil
makes up the lower hills and valleys.
How rich those valley and cove lands
have been, may be imagined from the
enormous size Of many Of the trees.
The fertility Of these soils warranted the
planting of any crop the farmer might
wish to grow, while. the equable climate
, favored any but purely tropical plants (;
: but East Tennessee. with all its fertility
! Of soil and 1salubtious climate, was
!, shu: in by moutains very difficult Of
crossing. There we're no near markets,
: and only one practicable reut to the dis
!, tant ones. The Tennessee River offered a
:, possible outlet for any produce that
the East Tennessee farmers might have
to send off, But this route, when opened
i was very long and tedious, and was
: practicable only for hatboats and'in high
:, water, owing to theto obstruction of the
: Muscle csboals.1S As a. consequence %
this isolation and lack Of Transportation
Indian corn was, for many years, The on
iy farm product shipped from East Ten
baesses. with the increase Of population
and the development Of the resources o
the section, roads multiplied aud wer,
. improved. and the facilities for trade
and commerce. were greatly extesded
bFarmers, too, learned To feed their cor
= to hogs and cattle instead of shipping !
Z of raw Stilb tie farm operations q
n. East Tennessee moyedi in a very narro'
al I~circle until the completion olthes liue o
Oh railroad from Virgiuiato to Georgia dopene
", the doors. to- markets north and hsSdtl
fc Corn and oats, and oatsband corn, Z WEI
W. the chief and only staples. On the mi
;Srity Of farms no other crops wer
ia. grown n. Of csGalrsss, it will be uupdefrrsttoo
Ter that this sscriptiG2yapplies to the ger
sst eral practice. aaa i.. BY NJ means appl
cable to tbe many ihdiy:dnai Sssaotion
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snl Eass tennessee ITS IT'S qi then more 9fet adm nj
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zen tbat u has las done he noted aad aekno'
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