24 THE GRASSES 



is given to them, in England and Holland, reaching, for farming pur- 

 poses, $1,000 per acre. Holland is almost a continuous meadow. 

 This land value culminates in Lombardy, where irrigated meadow 

 lands rent for $60 to $100 per acre. Without exception, in Europe 

 and America, where a large portion of land is in grass or forage 

 crops, the price of the land is high, reaching the figure as above men- 

 tioned. On the other hand, without exception, wherever in either con- 

 tinent the grasses do not receive this attention, landed estate is compar- 

 ative of low value. 



These remarks are more applicable to Tennessee than to 

 Georgia, for the latter State is strictly within the cotton 

 belt, while Tennessee belongs strictly to the great grain 

 and grass-growing region of America. Her natural destiny 

 is to feed the population of the Cotton States, and supply 

 them with domestic animals, and she will never realize the 

 full wealth of her real estate and climate until grass and 

 stock take the place of cotton and corn. 



