The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-07-30

of the rather wild statements made by
Mr.. Morton in the letter which appeared
in our last issue. 1t is of vital importance
to many here that the question of the
possibility of farming these lands, should
be fully ventilated, and if practical men
will give the result Of their experience in
these columns, we shall soon have the
matter satisfactorily cleared up. We
recommend all our farmer friends to
study the following letter with the atten-
ton it deserves - 4
"East Rugby,
Scott Co., Tenn,
July 26th, 1881.
EDITOR "RUGBEIAN.
Dear Sir,-I noticed to-day in The
Rugbeian letter from Mr.. Morton,
which seems to me TO be unjust, both to
the Plateau and to Mr.. Hughes. When
he makes the extraordinary statement Of
Mr.. Hills, it makes me think that if Mr..
Hill did make it he must have taken him
for ga flat (" and proceeded to "stuff
him." and, from his own statement, he
swallowed it.
Now, no one will accuse me of being
very fond of the Boardiof Aid, for have
yet to receive my first favour from it, and
have never done but one piece of work
for it, and then had to wait nearly three
months for my pay. E
Now, l have heard people accuse the
Board, and especially Mr.. Hughes, Of
misrepresenting things to them, but
have generally found that they come here
thinking they were going to paradise by a
short cut, and were going to pick up un-
limited wealth on the way, and that with
little effort or self denial. And then when
they get their eyes open they try to throw
the blame on someone else.
When 1 came here I had talk with
Mr.. Hughes, and he advised me, as l
have every reason to believe that he
advised others, to "go slow, look around,
take plenty of time to make up your
mind where to buy, and then make sure
of your title before you pay" then
went and had talk with Mr.. Hill. He
said, "The land here is not rich by any
means, for it has been burnt off so much
that there has been no chance for mould
to accumulate, but if you work hard and
in the right way you can soon make il
rich and then you can grow almost any
thing"
Another thing, Mr.. Morton repeats the
, old story that "the land is leaky and will
not hold manure" Now, you will scarcely
find more sandy soil than in southeast
, tern Massachusetts yet the farmers make
, it pay well to use, not only stable manures
but concentrated fertilizers; and, in my
, own County of Middlesex the surface sol
is thin, and underlaid with clear sand
or gravel. Now clay subsoil two inches
|, thick is just as good as two feet for hold
ing manure from leaking through and
) have gone down three feet on my lane
through clay, and it is no better lane
than three -forths Of the land on thu
} Plateau.
, Now, will make any man this offer
/ If he will put me on fifty, or hundred
5 acres, that lay right, and put in all tn
3 capital I need, at the end of five years
: will guarantee him to have received inter
9 est at the rate of 10 per cent. on hi
: investment, wih this condition, that if
fail, am to be paid nothing but m,
board; but, if l succeed, he is to pay m
what the farm and crop are worth, afte
: taking out the amount of his investmen
with interest at 10 per cent.
r Waiting for some doubter to take m
s Nd