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Not only this, but a stranger appears in the country desi- 

 rous of investing in land, and while he would turn from 

 the cotton plantation at ten or twelve dollars per acre, he 

 would gladly invest in the grass farm at forty or fifty dol- 

 lars per acre. 



Land that will yield ten or fifteen dollars per acre clear 

 of the expense of cultivation, cannot be supposed, and is 

 not entitled, to the same value with land that will produce 

 thirty or forty dollars on the same breadth. And yet the 

 farmers of Tennessee hesitate to pursue this course. Gulli- 

 ver, in the midst of his extravaganzas, uttered a truism 

 that will go down to all ages, when he said " the man who 

 makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before, is 

 a great public benefactor ; " and when the citizens of Ten- 

 nessee look at their own interest in a proper light, they will 

 realize this truth, and then by acting upon it, double or 

 even quadruple the intrinsic value of the lands of the State. 



Grass means less labor, less worry, fewer hands, more 

 enjoyment, finer stock and more charming homes, and as a 

 consequence, happier families, more education, more taste 

 and refinement, and a higher elevation of the moral char- 

 acter. Let grasses be sown and our homes beautified, and 

 there will be more contentment, more satisfaction, less 

 gloom and despondency, less carping and discontent. 



