The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-06-08
Ihe following SHOWS the average
in corn and lint, cotton to the acre

be among the very foremost. She
couId~ ~equal any Of the northwest;
ern states with the same cultivation
which they have. oi sFaa ilfF .shA
Tennessee is removed from the
malarial. diseases of the extreme
south and the bitter cold of the
extreme north. iEE In climate, % IN
health and sim beauty of scenery,
Tennessee cannot be surpassed. Ev-
cry variety of agricultural .producj
ton except the sugar cane, and all
fruits, except the tropical, can be
grown to perfection in Tennessee.
We have the bluegrass, which
grows so luxuriantly in Kentucky
and other states north of us, and
the cotton plant, which is the lead
ing production of more southern
states. We can have evergreen
pastures of. bluegrass, rye, wheat
and barley in the winter and spring,
and of clover and the grasses in the
summer and fall. 1t requires q
much less amount of provender to
sustain live. stock in Tennessee than
in more northern states, and on ac
count Of climate or something else
they do much better than IN the
more southern states. That we
need immigration is apparent, from
the fact that out of $4,000, ,00(
acres of land in Tennessee only
about 100000 are classed las i'm
proved, while in Ohios Indiana ant
Illinois they have two acres of i'm
proved to one of uhimproved land
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are al
Younger and newer states. than Ten
nessee. The population of those
states is also much greater thar
that of Tennessee, and so are bthell
productions, whether we consider
farm products or manufactures
For this there is no natural cause
but it is owing to accidental circum
stances, which may be changed.
y 4Ai-. MANUFACTURING.
No state in the Union has more
advantages for manufacturing anC
mining than Tennessee; so far al
these are concerted she is a new
country. IF our streams that nov
90 ripping to the sea were utilized
and the iron-bound gates Of ou
mountains were unlocked and theli
| hidden treasures brought to light
our state would rapidly increase II
wealth and take rank with, the fore
most of the nation as she now head
the south.
! What we especially need is tn
utilization. of our immense waite
power and manufacturing resources
1t is truly astonishing when W
estimate the vast sums of none
that are drawn from our peopl
| each year in the transportation {
| their farm products to market. Th
amount that would be saved b
manufacturing 9iour cotton an
wheat and by making our agricu
tural implements would enable ui
in a few years, to utilize all th
available water power we have an
to put in successful operation ii
mines of coal and deposits of or
To be satisfied of this, we have oil
llv to look at what Missouri Indian
/, and Illinois are doing, and we woul
Z see why they are growing so rapit
" in wealth and improving in ever
: respect. As manufactures inereas
agriculture will improve. Men WI
/, can find a market, at home for eyel
I bushel of apples, of peaches, of p
tatoes, and small fruits, which the
NAV raise, as we'll as their cor
their wheat and their cotton, al
their animals for slaughter, wi
make efforts to improve their lane
. and increase their productions.
To show the beneficial effects
man ufacturing, the fact may ]
: mentioned that Hamilton coun'
: has increased proportionately mo
: than any county in the staten A
: though it itproduced only l437 bal
of cotton, and 46l, ,070 bushels
corn, and Giles prodneed more th'
L,5OO. 600 bushels of corn and 13, ,0t
!, bales of cotton; yet Hamilton con
!, ty lands were assessed only 81;
: lower than Giles lands. The tot
|. valuation of property in Hamiltc
: was 3,255, ,26g in 1871, 81, /, ,G95, S9S
1880, whilst during the same time Il
: total valuation in Giles decrease
! and so it did in Davidson and She
: tby; each Of which has q large cit
These facts show what manufactu
> ing does,in Tennessee, as HaIniltc
> county owes IT'S prosperity TO j
manufacturing interests. I, g..
The improvements of any cou
! try depends upon the enterprise
8 its people. Tennessee improvs
q more from $50 to, 1860. when. 81
: was making her improvement
: than She had ever done either b
II fore or since. In 1850 the value
2 land was Ss4, ,fIOI74, and in fS'
q it was $209, j 70, $50, being moreth
: doubled in ten years. The val
!. Of town lots Rin 1850 was si2,sl
iFf, and IN 1850 $41, 1925, 500, a ga