The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-07-23

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real facts Of this most misleading trans
action.
Now we have had an exceptionally
good season, and what is the result ?
Passing through the successful farmers"
land twice lately, and having each time a
practical farmer with me, both declared
that not more if as mnch as half ton of
hay to the acre would be the crop, the
corn being worse than the hay. Arriving
at Rugby we came to some potatoes which
had not the advantage as the small Rugby
garden of having the manure from the
Stables where some 40 to 80 horses are
constantly kept, but planted on what is
called virgin soil, and were described by
an experienced farmer as not worth
hoeing up. Now people were told that
potatoes yielded an averaged crop of $50
bushels to the acre.
Both Mr.. Il. Hughes and Mr.. Boyle
assured my friend who now stays with me
that the pamphlet was under rather than
over written.
Now am not the only one that feels
he has been shamefully deceived, and has
been induced to buy land that all prac-
tical southern men will not hold as gift,
knowing that it will not hold manure
more than year, is worn out after the
second or third crop, and cannot but be
of loss to the cultivator. Both Northerners
and English with capital have tried, and
entirely failed after trying all sorts of
farming. So disappointing were the re-
suits, that after spending large sums of
money, they ran awayaeavmg the land to
anyone who liked to take it. Not only
these but others have tried. The Welsh,
the Boston people, and the Germans at
Wartburg have all run away who could
find the means to do so.
You have only to go through the
mountain, and not only the wretchedness,
but the number of remains of what were
once homes, proving by the orchards,
fences, &C., that there has at least been
an attempt made to make the land
answer.
Why one man gave Mr.. Bright more
money for the timber on some lands he
had to sell, than he would for the land,
timber and all, as he would not be
bothered with it after the timber was
removed.
Surely someone out OF the whole would
have succeeded, they cannot all have been
so lazy, or ignorant, as set forth by the
Board of Aid in their inducements to
drag men here to lose their ALL which
some are fast doing.
The Natives laugh, and the respectable
part of the community who live within
thirty or forty miles who know the land
we'll, are ashamed of their countrymen
who, to use their own words, should
enter into a scheme for the purpose OF
swindling the unwary out of their money"
they we'll knowing the worthlessness of the
land.
Lastly, Is it not disgrace for the Board
to recommend young men not only to come
out here but send them tomen tolearnfarm-
ING who can know little or nothing Of it
themselves? Are the Board Of Aid aware
they are taking large premiums to teach
that which I have before said they can
know practically nothing about. Surely
there must be some mistake, for should
this get to England it would not do much
to the renown of the new settlement or its
promoters.
am, my dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT W. MORTON.
P.S.-To prove the sincerity of my
letter am now leaving my land. after