Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-08-25
McMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, ADJUST Is 1881

thrown together at odd times, was not
intended for more serious occasion
than barbecue or some social gather
ing, and he had consented to accommo-
date Capt. John w. Morton, who had
heard it at Jackson, by remaining over
to deliver it to the Davidson county
farmers. He said that as variety is the
spice Of life so diversity is the poetry of
farming, and insisted that the idea of
diversity might be properly carried
into the matter of agricultural ad-
dresses. He discussed in an entertain.
ing manner the suburban agriculturist
and his Partially for rye, and especi-
ally his Partially for the best methods
for consumption at the expense of the
best methods of production. Wheat
culture was treated from suburban
standpoint as to the best methods of
getting quick return and satisfactory
yield. He discussed fully the subject
of corn raising, and said our first
knowledge of corn dated back to the
time when Columbus discovered that
the Indians raised it, but with the as
sistance of an aggressive civilization we
had developed this product to point
where it raises more of them than they
do of it. AS to cotton, that should be
planted in the dark Of the moon, or
anywhere in the moon if relied on as a
profitable crop for exclusive cultiva-
ton. The Irish potato holds undispu.
ted sway over the popular heart. One
of the chief charms of its cultivation is
the delightful uncertainty about it. Il
will always produce a good crop of pc
tatoes or bugs one, and the beauty
about it is that you never can tel
which. Potatoes are good for bugs
but bugs are not good for potatoes. Il
is very illogical vegetable, anyway
While it will bring double the amount
of bugs to the acre it will not bring
potatoes. Everybody raises grass
Some people raise it because it is easiel
to let it grow than to prevent it. The
blackberry heads the spontaneous pro.
duction of the soil. It,with the water
melon, has done more to promote in
dividual liberty and summer recreation
among our colored population than the
Fifteenth amendment. He suggested
the growth of the cucumber as mean
of defensive warfare, and said it would
inhict more punishment upon the
enemy at short range than the Gatlins
gun. He said that watermelons wer,
raised most successfully at night ant
were generally planted in boys. HI
discussed the relative merits of tn
sheep and dog in humorous veil
which it. would be impossible to ex
press in less space than the speake
filled. The goat, the mule and tn
negro, as the other part Of our labo
system, were fully discussed, much t
the satisfaction of the audience. H
referred to the trade on the Chicag'
board of trade and the New York COT
ton exchange as the most successful
farmers in the country, and advised hi
audience to stick todiversiGed farming
Col. Thos. Claiborne addressed th
meeting and urged that the exchang
take definite business shape.
The chair appointed, under the resc
r luton to work up members in tn
various districts, three members fror
> each civil district.
The meeting adjourned to NEE
again next Saturday morning at l
. o'clock when report from the CON
3 mittee is expected and other bushes
! will be had World.