Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-03-29

Z. AS to the best manner Of pro-
noting organization among farmers,
and the benefits to be derived there
from.
s. AS to the best mode of protect
ing domestic animals from disease, and
its arrest and cure.
8. AS to the best mode of impart-
ing to aud distributing among farmers
such technical and scientific knowledge
as is important for them to possess.
10. As to experimental farms and
general agricultural knowledge.
IL. AS to storm and weather s!g-
nal stations throughout the State, etc.
u. As to whether it is best to have
the interest of farmers represented in
our State Legislative affairs by ma
jority of farmers or by men of other
professions?
Farmers of Tennessee! for the
second time you are called and earnest
ly requested to meet in annual conven-
ton for the purpose of reunion, a gen.
eral expression of views, and together
taking council as regards what may be
best for your interest, and the interest
of your children, now and in the fu-
ture.
You may continue to act Indifferent
as regards your own interest by impos|
ing upon yourselves the belief that
others will watch over and guard it
for you, but in this, as many proofs go
to show, you are certainly mistaken.
You may claim that you are entitled
to certain equities, and demand them,
but unless you possess the power me-
cesSary to enforce these demands they
will be made in vain. Union and or
ganized cooperation is the only true
source of that coveted power, and a
united action in convention must be
our mode of enforcing it. With or
ganized union, cooperation, and unity
of action wecan accomplish everything;
without it, nothing:
With it we can become the most
powerful and independent of all class
es; without it we must remain, as here
tofore, the most dependent, without
the ability to control in any manner
the enactment of single law in our
favor.
1t is not only for the power of OBJ
tanning our just dues through legisla>
tive councils, nor for the public indie
pendence otherwise given us, that we
desire organized union, but we also de-
sire it for the general intelligence and
enlightenment to be gained by it, as
: regards all matters connected with our
interest as farmers.
The intelligence to be gained by
| discussion in conventions, including
J the various experiences of each that
may thus be impaired to all, will ena-
BILE US to obtain much valuable and
+ useful information yet unknown to a
great majority of the farming classes.
. In truth, it may be said that union
, and cooperation, with proper cOnven
! tional discussions is the main and prin'
cipal basis of power, wealth, and in,
telligence of the great agricultural
! classes of the Union.
1t will not only give them power tC
, obtain their just and lOng,deferreC
t rights through Legislative enactmeats
e but it will also add wealth, intelligence
= and comforts to their homes.
, 1t will enrich their lands, increase
the yield of all crops, give luxurianc,
: and beauty to their fields of waving
y grain, clothe with nutritious grasse
d their waste and worn out lands, anC
: make more valuable by ten-fOld thu
y stock that feeds thereon.
# And last but by no means least,
l. will make the fruits of our orchard
y more delicious and better favored
Is the flowers Of our gardens more fra
grant and beautiful, our homes more
= attractive and cheerful, and bring in
l. telligence, peace and happiness to al
who dwell therein.
J. Whilst union and cooperation
# among farmers will do all this, ant
d even more, as is well-known by all in
. telligent persons, why should it b