Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-08

One man in Davidson county made 6
crop OF ten acres, averaging 100 bar
rels per acre, and sold them at S3 pei
barrel, fair price to get from ten acres
| anywhere.
This esculent is becoming standard
| crop in Tennessee, and the farmers
should never cease their efforts until
they can stop the shipments from the
North, except for seed. Our farmers
can certainly compete with farmers
900 miles away. The crop is far be-
low the average. say rs per cent. It is
demonstrated that home raised seed
are as good if not superior to the
Northern seed potato.
GARDEN PRODUCTS.
The season has well nigh passed for
this product, and the reports are gen.
orally bad. They nearly all matured
in the dryest time, and consequently
suffered great deal. The quality is
good OF those now maturing, but there
is general scarcity.
This is another crop that is exciting
very geneal interest. The shipments
North are large and increasing, and
the time is not far distant when the
Northern early market will be mainly
supplied from Tennessee. AS an av-
erage, we might place garden products
at IS.
SMALL FRUITS
This is another new industry in
Tennessee, and is destined to take high
rank as a factor in farming. There
are a great many hills In Tennessee,
with nothing on them that could not
q i'm n
fruits, aud nothing pays the farmer
larger income for the labor bestowed.
The crops on these hills are certain,
and the prices are always good. There
are no peaches, except in few isolated
spots. Apples are destroyed in the
same localities. But grapes and the
berries are, or rather were, unexcep-
tionally good. The plateau of the
Cumberland Mountains are well set
with vines of grape, and the yield
will be enormous. From 10000 to
Is 600 pounds per acre are expected.
More vineyards should be set in such
localities 90 are favorable to them, as
nothing pays better.
MELONS.
The stand of melons is rather bad,
owing to the general depreciation of
insects during the early part of the
season. The vines, though, are very
healthy, and promise large yield
The prospects are, too, that the fruit
will be of superior quality, as the
dry weather is very favorable to the
maturity of this fruit. Much atten-
ton is paid to raising melons in this
State, especially near the towns and
cities.
This industry is fast gaining favor
in Tennessee, and we can see no reason
why our farmers do not pay even
more attention than they have been
doing to raising honey. We have
State we'll adapted to the bee, and the
honey made is of q very rich quality.
By having large colonies of bees there
is never any danger of moth. This
has been an exceptional season the
bees are working much better and
longer than usual. Bees require little
attention, but it should be given at
the proper time. twenty-five stands
of bees are exempt from execution.
SHEEP HUsBANDRY.
One thing will add no little to this
industry, and that is the exemption Of
Nv hCt5u IiOL4 CASCutIOus LIS is d
wise law, and will add millions to the
wealth of the State. There is such a
vast number of acres of natural pas
turage in Tennessee that can be con-
verted into good mutton, if only the
sheep existed. 1t is to be hoped every
farmer, large and small, will engage
in the raising of sheep. 1t is much to
be regretted that we have not some
law looking to the determination of
the many useless ours in the State,
HOGS.
The hog crop will be small, COM
pared with previous years. 1t has de-
creased on account OF low prices paid
for pork.
Some cholera is eported-more than
last month. Respectfully,
J. B. KILLEBREW,
Com 10 issiOner.