Congressional Edition Volume 3536 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...not be thoroughly cleaned by the hoe. The hoe also necessarily removes some dirt from the plant and should be followed by the plow to return it. Few farmers are able to plow only one-half inch, or even 1 inch deep, as Mr. Dickson did, although it would be very desirable to do so. If carefully measured, the depth of the cultivating furrow will be found to exceed 2 inches more frequently than it falls below it. The counties leading in cotton production are Mecklenburg, N. C.; Abbeville, S. C. (which stood third among the counties of the cotton belt in the annual production in 1890); Coweta, Ga., and Chambers, Ala. The value per acre of lands in farms increased during the eleventh decade from $6.07 per acre to $8.42. It stood as follows in the different States: North Carolina, $6.75 to $8.70; South Carolina, $5.91 to $8.75; Georgia, $6.01 to $8.38; Alabama, $4.17 to $5.43. The cost of producing a pound of cotton lint in the Piedmont region is stated as follows: North Carolina, 1880, four estimates, varying from 4.6 to 10 cents, average 6.2 cents; 1892, six estimates, varying from 5 to 8 cents, average 6.3 cents; South Carolina, eight estimates in 1880, varying from 5.71 to 8.25 cents, average 6.91 cents; 1893, eight estimates, from 5 to 8 cetns, average 5.7 cents; Georgia, 1893, six estimates, varying from 5 to 8 cents, average 6.76 cents; Alabama, 1893, one estimate, 8 cents, which is the same as the cost given by Professor Smith for the whole State in 1880. SAND-HILLS REGION. The Piedmont region only touches the pine hills at certain points. Between them lies a belt of sand hills 500 to 800 feet in height, being often higher than the Piedmont counties immediately north of them. The sand-hills region extends through North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia...