First and Second Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture for the State of Tennessee: Introduction to the Resources of TennesseeTavel, Eastman & Howell, 1874 - 1193 pages |
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... Railroad , as well as to those of the Nashville , Chat- tanooga and St. Louis Railway , my obligations are eminently due , not only for facilities afforded , but for valuable assistance rendered in procuring facts . These railroads ...
... Railroad , as well as to those of the Nashville , Chat- tanooga and St. Louis Railway , my obligations are eminently due , not only for facilities afforded , but for valuable assistance rendered in procuring facts . These railroads ...
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... railroads , this timber has its chief value as fence rails . A good fence of White Oak , with the rails four inches square ... railroad ties . It is found in every part of the State . CHESTNUT OAK . ( Quercus Castanea . ) This tree 84 ...
... railroads , this timber has its chief value as fence rails . A good fence of White Oak , with the rails four inches square ... railroad ties . It is found in every part of the State . CHESTNUT OAK . ( Quercus Castanea . ) This tree 84 ...
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... Railroad will probably bring all of this excellent timber into market and make it a source of profit to the owners . Stumps and crotches of the walnut when worked up into veneering slabs were once very valuable on account of the ...
... Railroad will probably bring all of this excellent timber into market and make it a source of profit to the owners . Stumps and crotches of the walnut when worked up into veneering slabs were once very valuable on account of the ...
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... rail- road which connects with the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad , and on which it uses five locomotives . The whole force employed at the mines , including 156 convicts , is about 450 men . This is the regular minimum force at the ...
... rail- road which connects with the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad , and on which it uses five locomotives . The whole force employed at the mines , including 156 convicts , is about 450 men . This is the regular minimum force at the ...
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... railroad eight miles , it would strike Lane Coal Bank , which is the commencement of a bed of coal extending about thirty miles . This coal has not been worked , but it is probably one of the most extensive bodies of coal to be found in ...
... railroad eight miles , it would strike Lane Coal Bank , which is the commencement of a bed of coal extending about thirty miles . This coal has not been worked , but it is probably one of the most extensive bodies of coal to be found in ...
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abundant agricultural amount annually average barren better blue-grass bottoms bushels cattle Central Basin cents Chattanooga chert Clarksville clay climate clover coal colored corn cotton county seat coves Creek crops cultivation Cumberland River Cumberland Table Land district dollars per acre Duck River East Tennessee farmers farms feet fertile fifty Fork fruit furnaces grape grass grow Hawkins county hematite Highland Rim Highlands hills hogs horses hundred improved iron Kentucky Knoxville labor limestone manufacture Maury county McMinn county Memphis mills mineral mountain mules Nashville nearly oats plows poplar population portion pounds profitable quantity Railroad raised region rich road rocks runs sandstone schools Shale sheep shipped Shoals side soil spring square miles streams supply surface Tennessee River thickness timber tion tobacco tons town trees Valley valuable variety Virginia Walden's Ridge water-power wheat yield
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