The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-07

East Tennessee are some of the
finest specimens of the equine race.
She probably produces more
and better mules than any
other State in the Union. Carroll
mas finest horses, mules and cattle
are from Tennessee. And perhaps
there is no country in the world
better adapted to the growth of
swine than Tennessee. The num-
Der of hogs reported in 1880 was
1,15S,169. Tennessee offers induce
ments for sheep growing superior
to Texas or any of the Northwest
ern States. AS early as 1S49-5O,
through the fundamentally Of
Mark R. Cockrill, Tennessee Sc
cured the grand medal at the
Worlds Fair at London for the
production of the finest grades of
wool. Since that date her reputa-
ton in this respect has been fully
sustained. All varieties of domes-
tic fowls do we'll in Tennessee, and
it is also well adapted to bee cult
ure.
The fields of Tennessee yield in
greater or less abundance nearly
every agricultural product known
to the temperate zones. They pro-
duce all that North Carolina can,
and corn, wheat, oats, clover and a
great variety of grasses in much
greater abundance. Irish potatoes
will grow from 100 to 800 bushels
per acre and of good quality. Sweet
potatoes are equally productive
and unsurpassed as to quality. You
could scarcely find a better fruit
growing country; all fruits common
to the Middle States are
successfully grown in Tennessee.
at is urged by those who from ex-
perience and study are best ac-
quainted with the industry, that
East Tennessee is the finest grape
region on the continent, California
not excepted. 1t has been truth
fully said that were the state sur
rounded by an impossible barrier
she could produce within her own
borders every essential to dense
population.
Tennessee is rich in water power.
1t is bounded on the west by the
great Mississippi, twice crossed by
the river whose name it bears, and
the Cumberland, the longest navi-
igable river to its width in the
world, traverses the northern part
of the State. These, navigable
nearly their entire length in Ten
nessee, with their tributaries, some
of which are equal to and even sur
pass the main rivers of North. Car
DINA, constitute three distinct riv-
er systems, whose waters ultimate
ly reach the Gulf.
l shall not attempt to give justice
to the mineral resources of Tennes.
see. The coal seams of the state
all placed together would make a
bed eight feet thick all over the
coal field. This would give S,OOO,.
900 tons to the square mile, or 49,.
OOO,O00,OOO tons to the state, worth
at least $l2O,OOO,OOO,OO0, and at the
the present rate Of consumption il
would require 100000 years to ex.
haust our coal supply. The state
of Tennessee contains in abund.
ance almost every variety of iron
ore known to commercial use. And
the advantages she offers to the
manufacture OF iron are scarcely
equaled by any other. The ores
are generally free from damaging
impurities, exist in great variety
and by properly mixing them al.
most any grade of iron can be made
They occur in abundance near
: railroads and navigable streams
lie near limestone and stone-coal
} in regions where heavy forests
abound and abundant water pow.
er. Tennessee has very valuable
and productive copper mines. And
many hundreds of dollars of gold
are gotten from Tennessee every
year of which no record is kept.
She also produces a deal of zinc
lead and manganese. Her marble