The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

Biue-t:rass Kentucky.
"Going TO the bluegrass region?'
asked the then proprietor of the Gait
House at Louisville, of the writer of
these notes, ono fine summer morning,
some years ago. "No? Then, sir,
with marked emphasis, and IN tone of
solemnity not unmixed with ccnsure,
"then, sir, do you know what YOU are
doing? You are within sixty miles of
the most beautiful country on the face
of the earth!" We smiled at our
friends enthusiasm, and his remark
illustrates, no doubt, a well known
Kentucky trait of somewhat marked
partially for the advantages and natur-
nj beauties of the state; but so for rs
the special feature then referred to is
concerned, il must be allowed that the
people who possess il have some rea-
son for their pride. Entering the state
by the Kentucky Central from Cincin-
natl, and passing first, for distance of
about fifty miles through very rough
and broken region, agriculturally con-
sidered, though not without its pictur-
esque features of great beauty, one
energies in the vicinity of Cynthiana,
sn.y-nVe hriies so",,, ci .i'e o,ho, il,"
district OF very uiiiereht charac'cr'
Here the rugged ana urtahaoie ap-
pearance OF the landscape Is gone
WINE enough OF unui'a.loh anu va,
riety reinains 10 rei'cve .he VISION anu
the mhu IRON, 'he i'e,l'Ipie 1eulous-
largely predominant over every kind of
cuiiivateu ground ana these pastures
peside thelr even maj OF sou green
grass, are NOT oniy altractive 10 .he eye
ny the graceful sweep Oh the roiIhg sur
Iace' Dut are uotIeu mere anu ineIe
WIN grahu olu 'reesLoak, piaCk s, waiilu',
nickory, sugar nnap,c' asi,1"I.n sis'as
between inem hol Do,lnuea ny laI-oil
chains Oh iiiiis, us we i,iiu ,iie''i 80 o''e''
III the Eastern STATES, o,'. eNlcnulnS ;ih-
i,.erruPleu 10 'l,c 'oli1om, Saass i riice.'ns
SKY sohicilnies ~ ,o srcay' us'anIc'
anu giVi.g u'' eileI' y, luz" lo,.'9l VIZ
Vat,oh 'lan 'l,e oH ,li' s,;nul'ofh n..
realiy pos.ssescS iin III. 'oo'.lons ~
s'esun' IcsH'o"ocI ,.S oppo, i",,.y
~. ne uisp,,. ~ n''t,sU'pu ue,nms
ski,i III sui'oui,"inS licln WIZ nav us
anu S!oScs ",''. l''i'oiio' vi nD". y, =
ana winning uriNeWnss an" MaiHs' 'ie
ooun''! "ocS no, p'uoaoi! ano.u anu .,.a
when we ao" ~ 'nesc ic".uIcs' 'hc
,lorc Pr"c'ic'' a.'."c,,oi III sic"' iiem-
ness vi so,'' cNe. ", l,,,.'"ps wiel9
iilucll ueP.h Wo,,'u ,u'iu,y uc loohe''
;or, we .i'ai '',.ton Wy ',o.o 1 c ue
IAeIs VI .ii.s "eU.c" I"'," ~. '"ci, !,
eNal.eu op'.'o'' vi '''c soo" 'o''""e vi
Possessing IT, A. H.,
inc i,,i"s vi .ne 1'"e 81, rus les"''
can ilarui! DC ue,'neo WIN eAac','ess,
put IL ma! DC say 10 i,ici''ue Ut ,eas'
I'VE OF SIN countlrs-Eiark' D""Tpoh'
fayette, scout, Woodiord ana Jessa-
mihe-Wlth parts Oh seNerai o'hers.
Inc system Oh farming pursued so lar
as we nave hao opportunity Oh eXalhlh-
ing IL In the vicihlty OF l"rls ana Lex
ington, is oi the simplest charcter; m
ueeu 'iic ruiai INDUSTRY vi 'nis Wnoie
agrlcultura,, strlc.ly 50 calleu. ne
ureu "cres oitel', All" sohie'i,iles hi''ch
more anu III soulc cuscs ucvoteu III
great part 10 uhe omhiPresent D'uc-
grass, wmch grows petler tne longer IL
Is leil unproken, ana whicn FURNISHES
succulen' pasture 'hc year AROUND, Du'
rarel! vi never urieu ior nay. Inen
'here Is usuaiiy IL certain area occupied
WIN tiIhoth! anu Grover, OF hungarian
grass anu iiiiiiet lior winter iorage), IL,
rotaIion win Inuiah corh' wheat ana
Sinai gram anu on some farms mere
arc proaa heius Oh hehhp' now partly
stacked LOT inc swearing process, ana
partly spread out in even layers to re-
ceive the decomposlng influences of the
autumn rains: This crop grows ten or
twelve feet high when cut for its fibre,
ana sometimes twenty rect whe"
allowed 10 ripeh SEED. IL not permit
ted 10 90 TINS, II does wei on these
limestone SOILS Tor long series OF
years, ana may thch pe followed by
corn, winch taxes hola as II nothing
had been grown before IL. WIN ques-
tiohs Oh drainage, ler'iiila'i0h, thc
management OF manure, ana me IKE,
con fo, tronhl;nu tbe;r heads onJ tho
,,,;,,tor ooro 20 I;,,o etoo,. 90 or,o,, 1;f
win,oi o'ie vi NV 9'och' S"ci'ch u,i-
1lcult problem III the moro rigorous eli
mate of the Northern States, is greatly