The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-11-10
MILAN EXCHANGE
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1888.
CREAMERIES.
4 Convention of Farmers and Dairy
men Proposed Mt Jackson.
Nashville World. It'll

Tie following letter from Gen j..
+. Merry, general passenger agent
-,r the Illinois Central Railway, to
T. pt McWkirter, was received yes
trr,lay:
Capt. A. j. New hirter. Commissioner. etc:
Dedr Sir. am more than de-
lighted at the outlook for the "s0uth-
ern land excursion No q" that leaves
Sioux City, Ia, on the 26th of No
vemher. My morning mail brings
letters from Magnolia, H., informing
me that party of twelve will jnii
The excursion for Chattanooga; an
other party for Sherwood, Tenn; ans
other for Jackson and still another
for Durant, Miss. One gentleman
who accompanied us on our last ex-
cursioi', and went from Martin to
Chattanooga, returLs enthusiastic
over the outlook for business in That
new and euterprising city. am con,
tideut, my lear Captain, that what
West tennessee needs above anvthing
else ut present is few creameries,
such as Iowa boasts Of to-day. Not
only for the profit there is in lhe d,i
ry products under this system, hut II
will be ii wonderful stimulus tOwart
the seeding down Of those hundreds
of thousands If acres in " est Ten
nessee that are today nm expense
rather than profit To their owners.
| remember we'll, aud it was only a
few years ago, when Northern Iowa
by Il continuous seedino to wheat
nearly and i'll many il stances quite
bankrupte! the farmers # this sec
ton, and it was theh T. at ,'eDple be-
gan 10 look aOout them for some other
means and methods Of farming The
result was the introductiJ; III Il very
small! and primitive way indeed of the
creamery system. Farms were seed
eel down aud IN two or three years we
find, instead of worn out farms, fine
fields of clover and timothy, inert
cages paid off; elegant houses and
spacious barns being erected, and to-
day Northern Iowa occupies no sec
ord place among all the dairy sec
tons Of the country. | apprehend
what was true of Iowa in reference
to the continuous and Improbable
raising of wheat is true to certain
extent of Tennessee in the raising Of
cotton. Little attentioi has been
paid to grasses, and the low price of
your dairy products has not tended to
interest your farmers u.'ol tie sub
ject Of dairying, but when they I'M
derstand they can get f ON IS cents
to Sl.25 per hu,drel for milk, and
that at ,th>ir very loors, they will
not be slow in 10 king up the grasses
best adapted to your soil. Seed down
your old plantations, stock them with
COWS, and thus introduce a system Of
farming that requires much less labor
than the raising of cotton and gives
a much greater profit. 1t is not
strange that L am favorable to the
creamery and dairy system. Man
CuSoeSl, OhC Oiet All hhlSu l. navy i've
ed for twenty years, carried off both
the prizes for creamery butter at the
Philadelphia centennial, and the
flourishing and prosperous condition
of the farmers in this section is the
best evidence of the practicability of
this system of farming, and now, sir,
want grand farmers and dairy
mems convention to be called at Jack
son, Tenn, during the month of Feb
ruary next, and should be pleased to
bring with me not only crowd of
excursionists and land seekers, but a
number Of our practical creamery
men, who will give to the convention
thoughts that cannot help but result
in good to your great state. | have
written you this letter upon this subs
iect, that if, in your judgmentit is
practical, you may begin to agitate
the question throughout the state,
and bring together such crowd of
people at jackson as will assure the
success of such a meeting.
Your energy and enterprise in
bringing to the front your state COM
mands the admiration of the whole
Northwest. and l assure you, my
dear Captain, you will find us ready