The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-18

eldest son from generation to generation with legal stricmess which the o~ners themselves canno, avoid even II they de sired to. the farms cannot be divided. CT sold. as rule. ard the farmers themselves have little interes, n the soil they ull. Rents van from five 10 forty dollars per acre, and the conditions are usually 50 strict that hay. straw or any other produce of this kind, which would enr,ch the soil by being used upon II. canno, be removed from the farm under any circumstances. The crops are rotated systematically. the terms ei the lease laying down the order m which this IS to be done with great care. IL must be said 10 the credit of the land lords that large part of the income IS expended Tn improving the land and build ings. and that m most instances there IS very warm attachment between the land lord and his tenants. although the land agitation. arising from what seems to me Ascry pardonable desire on the part oi thesfarmcrs to bc allowed 10 buy the land they cultivate. Is growing Tn force every year. and IS not only disturbing this mutual confidence. bu, IS threatening the very foundations of the landed system. Notwithstanding the high ren, and other great disadvantages. the farming class m EnglShd IS a prosperous one. They arc generally we'll educated. and having pride m their avocation. make business matter of i, jus, as a lawyer, doctor of merchant does. They have houses for their stock and farming utensils as few of our best farmers have. and do not think Il necessary to spend their Saturdays and Mondays m town, where many of them having no business would get so aeous- toned to doing nothing that they would keep II up during the balance of the week. Of course We have many prosperous and few almost model farmers; but when the enormous rents. high church tithcs and other taxes which the farmers here have to pay are considered, II IS easy to sec how every man who owns Il small piccc of land Tn kentuek, has enl, himself to blame fl he does not make fortune. Some per sons will think these comparisons offens- i've. no doubt. bu, am too much interest ed in the people of my section to fat,cr them, and only fear that the points will not bc made full enough and clear enough 10 have the desired effect.
 Much of the .eii ef this eountr. is damp and heavy. but underdraining with tile pipes IS so generally prao,ieed that such sections are often the mos, fertile. the clay basin which originally produced the bog. forming an excellent receptacle for the fertilizers. which arc used more abund- antly here than mos, of our farmers would think necessary on their gardens. The fencing is chiefly of hedge but one is oe- casionally seen of stone or plank. Trees are much more abundant than had eN- pcoted. The, dol the farms over and linc the numerous brooks. and inc TOW oi them is always found on each side oi every country road. The roads are all macadamizcd. and most of them have a gravel path on one side for the Use ef foot passengers. They are all owned by the state and are all free from ,oll. The whole English country IS beautiful on ar- i count of the great care taken in laying ou, and olltivaring the farms, but the appear ance of these winding. cool. shady. grass lined hedge-bound country roads can hardly be imagined by persons aoens,om- ed to our hot. straight. dusty plkes. Think I sf what fine d.tses- could be made of the Cemetery, Sco,tvilic and other pikes abou, ! Bowling Green. by putting trees m each side of them and of how much Ii would beautify and increase the value of the i farms. IL would take little strip oi i ground il IS true. but ,ha, could be easily compensated for by clearing out some briar patch on the back par, of the farm Why even m France. where they make nc ! pretensions hardly to Christianity. a,d keep their saloons open in pubic m Sun ! day as regularly as we do ours in prvate they not only have all their roads shaded in this way but provide watering ~sroughS at short intervals for the use of the tray cling public. Are these little things to write about from London. Certainly bu'
 profession and elsewhere. have become se chiefly because the, learned ,a attend vel
 ,o little things. s.------------
 4 large part of tho plosghing IS done
 by steam. and the ground IS broken deep
 but in most respects the farming utcnsil- do not seem so perfect as ours. The,
 grow carrots, turnips and other roots o
 this kind as one of their regular crops. de
 pending on them for feeding purpose. ! fully as much as we do on corn. l have
 met with many farmers on the trains and
 at the hotels. bu; have never seen any one
 who knew anything of the cultivation o i com. and have never seen a stalk of Il
 growing. They are so unoivilized AS never 10 have heard of roastln ears or "corr
 and beans" and have never been able 1T
 ge, piece of corn bread. although have
 called for it time after tune al the hotels ! Jus, think of man living 10 old age and
 never tasting roasting ears. corn and beans and corn bread
 l, must be remembcredtha, although the
 English people are very kind and hospl,a-
 table. are usually well educated. and con. s,i,ute one of the greates, of the great
 nations of the earth. that even the better class of people travel but little. and con- sequen,ly are extremely ignarant of the history and customs of other countries
 IL IS said ,ha, all people who inhabi' islands are very tenacious of their owr customs and traditions. and suspicious oi all innovations. especially if they come from a foreign country. and i, certainly Seems to be true of the English