Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-07-19
handling new ground.
HEDGECOTH BRO HERS

We also visited the nome OF ueuSs-
| Goth Brothers, where we 1oTnd three
active and bright young men who are
doing good farming but they feel that
they are tar from the goal they are
seeking and are very eager to learn OF
better farming methods. They are
| going in for lime, clovers and legume
crops IN connection with live stock.
When one listens to the eagerness
with which they discuss farming
methods and understands how they are
grasping at the most scientific meth
ods known there is ample evidence that
they are bound to win rouslng sue
cess by building up one OF the most
valuable farms in the county.
JOHN A. FREY FARM.
Of the several farms around Pleas
ant Hill we saw none that presented
quite such splendid opportunities tor
rapid Improvement as the farm owned
by ESQ. John A. Frey. He has 60
acres cleared and free from stumI
and is rapidly getting it into clover.
Adjoining his cleared land ne has sew
eral hundred acres in timber that lays
equal to any prairie land, which means
that the size of his farm need only be
limited by his ability to subdue the
forest growth. We know of no place
In the county that quite equals 1T, all
things considered. While Mr.. Frey IS
doing good farming he diu not seem to
be fully conscious of the wonderful ad
vantages that his farm presents.
THE ACADEMY.
Pleasant Hill Academy usually has
an enrolment of $40 to 400 students.
The work it has done in pas. years is
worthy OF the highest commendation.
1t is easy to see that it has done much
for the people OF that section for you
find them intelligent, well.behaved and
in sympathy with every movement
that makes for better homes, better
farms, higher living IN Its truest sense
and a desire to encourage the develop
ment of this wonderful section where
land is so cheap and homes can 30 easi-
Iy be obtained.
To feed the large body of students
that attend the Academy it requires
fully 400 bushels of Irish potatoes, 100
bushels or more sweet potatoes and
fruits and garden products IN like pro-
portion. Last year enough IrisL and
sweet potatoes were grown on the
Academy farm to furnish the lnstltu-
| ton and sell 100 bushels Irish and
about half as many sweet potatoes.
Fully 200 gallons of truit and vege-
| tables are canned each year at very
much less expense than 1T could be
bought for and practically all OF which
is grown on the Academy farm. Five
cows are kept besides several head OF
young cattle and many hundred pounds
of good beef is furnished the school at
small cost. Two teams of mules are
also kept for farming and hauling sup
plies OF wood, coal and other things.
Even a hurried survey of the situation
as was taken by the writer shows
clearly that the Academy farm IS
large factor IN reducing the cost of
running the school. @
Plans are being considered for add
ing to the institution an agricultural
department whereby young man
may enter Pleasant Hill Academy and
after few years of close application
come out not only well equipped with
a fair general education, but prepared
to take charge of a farm and conduct
same successfully. Many persons who
have watched the work of the lnstitu-
tlon feel that the time is now at hand
when the greatest work the school has
ever done lies before 1t through an
agricultural department that will fit
young men to till the soil after the
most modern methods. With many
thousand acres of idle land that can
surely be converted into valuable
farms and happy homes there should
be a determined effort put forth by
PIasant Hill Academy and similar in
stitutrons to encourage agriculture as
one of the surest and safest ways to
make useful citizens of our young
, people.
ALBERT RAMSAY.
} The story of our visit would not bt
, complete if we should omit to speak o1
> the farm of Albert Ramsay. He na!