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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... streams . The soil of this division is of varying fertility , but altogether it is a region of great agricultural importance and wealth . Its area is 9,300 square miles . In the center of these Highlands , and surrounded by them , is ...
... streams . The soil of this division is of varying fertility , but altogether it is a region of great agricultural importance and wealth . Its area is 9,300 square miles . In the center of these Highlands , and surrounded by them , is ...
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... stream flows . On many of the streams are terraces , elevated high above the stream - beds and not subject to overflow , which have all the characteristic features of the low alluvial soils . There are places of this kind on the ...
... stream flows . On many of the streams are terraces , elevated high above the stream - beds and not subject to overflow , which have all the characteristic features of the low alluvial soils . There are places of this kind on the ...
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... streams of the State . The Mississippi River flows upon the top of a ridge , the margins of the stream being higher than the country a short distance back . Immediately upon the banks and running back for half a mile or more the soil is ...
... streams of the State . The Mississippi River flows upon the top of a ridge , the margins of the stream being higher than the country a short distance back . Immediately upon the banks and running back for half a mile or more the soil is ...
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... streams in East Tennes- see , and especially on Clinch River . Rafts have been shipped out of that stream to Knoxville and Chattanooga and sold at good prices . It is but little appreciated as a lumber tree . BUCKEYE . ( Aesculus Flava ...
... streams in East Tennes- see , and especially on Clinch River . Rafts have been shipped out of that stream to Knoxville and Chattanooga and sold at good prices . It is but little appreciated as a lumber tree . BUCKEYE . ( Aesculus Flava ...
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... streams through- out the State . Referring to the different counties , it will be seen that no state is more abundantly supplied with water - courses , and the hay crop of the State might be made to rival that of the great states of New ...
... streams through- out the State . Referring to the different counties , it will be seen that no state is more abundantly supplied with water - courses , and the hay crop of the State might be made to rival that of the great states of New ...
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