Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
THE FARMING INTEREST.
Crops and Oranges I'm East Tennessee
Notes by the Way From State Mas.
ter Maxwell While En- Route for the
Cotton Congress - Encouraging Re
ports from a Large Scope Of Country.

Cotton Congress - Encouraging Re
ports from a Large scope Of Country.
To the Union and American:
RALEIGH, y. c., July II, 1875, 9 4. NJ
The train came along, and l had TO drop
my pen burriedly, at Mouse creek, McMinn
county, Tenn, the morning Of the 10Th, be
fore | completed 4 review Of my work in
East Tennessee for last week.
Our review left us on our way from the
completion Of the organization of ROane
County Grange, where We were the 9th, to
jacksonville, Monroe county, where we
completed the organization for that county
on the Sth, which Brother Taylor had very
properly begun and completed, in good
form, as far as be could. There was a
good turnout Of the representatives and
number of interested citizens, all Of whom
gave clear proof Of the interest they had
on the subjects of the =. Of III. by the IN
divided attention they gave to a presenta-
ton of the object and purposes and pro-
gress of the Order. The County Deputy,
Brother Taylor, is an earnest, Jealous work
er. The County Agent, Brother NJ. G..
Wright, jacksonville, who is also Secre-
tary of the County Grange, knows no such
word as fail, and that is not all. He has,
by his confidence in the agency, pTac-
tically demonstrated its advantages to his
members. His bills foot up a saving Of
$500. His gains would have beeU greater
but for a little misplaced confidence.
Failures often teach to succeed next
time better than successes. His experience
demonstrates the importance Of cO-Operat-
ing with the schemes Of the careful and
Watchful Executive Committee Of the State
Grange, who are sOliCitOus for the good Of
the Order, and heartily endorse the wisdom
Of the State Grange IN the provisions IL
made 10 establish the system Of agencies.
They look upon it as the sure road 10 sue
cess in the business interests Of our Order.
Just so long as individual members or local
agents are following after or patrOnizing
self constituted agents, and acting in their
individual capacity, just that long are our
business interests divided, our pro-
gress retarded, and our success him
dnred. Cooperation must be secured
f We would succeed; whenever
that is gained the UictOTy is ours. To this
end let there be free interchange of eX-
perience between individuals and between
agents, and let each have the benefit Of the
others knowledge and let our individuality
be wholly absorbed in our concentration
for the good Of all.
The crOwning exhibition Of interest in
the work of our Order, if one county can
be said to give stronger proof Of its love
for the work and for the principles Of the
Order than another, was given by the Pat
rOns and nOn-PatTOns Of McAlinn county,
at Athens on the 9th, where We were met
by them in one Of the best rooms of their
pleasant town, and completed the organiza-
ton Of that County Grange, which bad
been begun and completed so far as they
could do the work.
They gave earnest heed TO a presentation
Of the origin and principles Of the order,
and to what it proposes to do and is doing.
They are all looking upward and have
taken hold in earnest Of the educational in
terests Of the county, with their men and
women, there, as il is everywhere else, who
are Of the best in the county, working with
a full conviction that they are right and
they have undertaken it to make a sue
cess, because it is right.
The growing interest in agricultural
pursuits and the rapid tending to the ele-
Walton of labor, are not the least encourage
ments we meet. They truly indicate
much needed reform and insure a good
time to come.
Crops throughout all the counties we
visited and passed through, and we passed
Though many not mentioned, are every
way promising. Besides the trips we made
across and through the counties, visiting
members at their homes and viewing their
farms, we passed along the entire line Of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad TO Bris,ol-gOOd promise every
where.
In all these visi atoms more respect
could not be shown by a cOnhding people
than was shown 10 the representative Of
the Order by its members throughout the
length and breadth Of the State, and nom
members are everywhere courteous, at
tentive and obliging, for whice they have
our sincere thanks.
The people are aroused, they are reading,