262 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



THIRD DISTRICT. 



School to be located near Americus. Gifts include 300 acres of land, valued at $50 

 an acre; cash, $40,000; electric light and water free for ten years. 



This tract lies toward the upper edge of the "wire-grass belt" of the Coastal Plain. 

 The soils comprise what is locally known as "gray land," "mulatto land," and "red 

 land." This farm includes some of the most productive upland of the Coastal Plain 

 region. 



FOURTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located near Carrollton. Gifts include 250 acres of land, valued at 

 about $50 an acre; cash, $30,000; electric light, water, and telephone free for ten years. 



\\liile geographically the school is located near one side of the district, it is nearly 

 in the center of the white school population. Most of the farms are small (100 to 200 

 acres in size), and owned and operated by prosperous white farmers, while the 

 remainder of the district contains large farms operated by many negro tenants. 



This school farm lies within the old metamorphic (Piedmont) region of Georgia, the 

 soils being derived from the granites, gneisses, and hornblende schists. The soils 

 are locally known as "gray land," "mulatto land," and "n-d land." The school 

 farm includes hilly and gently rolling areas of the soils mentioned, and doulitless 

 will represent very well the average soil and surface conditions of this Congressional 

 district. 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located on a railroad, 3 miles nortli of Monroe. Gift of 250 acres of 

 land, valued at about §30 an acre, and almost all cleared and ready for cultivation; 

 cash donation, $31,000; electric light, water, and telephone service free for ten years. 

 Grading of the grounds is to be done with county convict labor free of charge to the 

 school. 



The district as a whole includes many small farms, with white owners and operators. 

 Some important cities are included in this district, among them Atlanta. The farm 

 has the same geological (Piedmont) and soil conditions as that in the fourth district. 



SIXTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located near Barnesville, witli good railroad facilities. Gift of 250 acres 

 of land, mostly all cleart'd and ready for cultivation. The land is valued at about 

 $50 an acre. Cash donation, $51,000. Electric light, water, and telephone free for 

 ten years; also sewerage to be installed. 



The district includes many small farms owned and opc^rated l)y prosperous white 

 farmers. The geological and soil conditions noted for tlie fourth district ajjply here 

 also. 



SEVENTH DISTRICT. 



School lo l)c located 3 mil(>s noilli of Powder Springs. Gift of 240 acres of good land, 

 valued at aboiit .$35 an acre, nearly all of which is cleared and ready for cultivation. 

 The donors have agreed to put up free to the State the main building and the boys' 

 dormitory, which, it is estimated, will cost Ihem about $25,000. 



The farm lies in the same geological province (Piedmont i and has the same soil 

 condilions as the fourth district. These ronditioTis ai)j>ly, liowcvir, only to about 

 lhes()Utheri\ one-third or one-half of the .'Seventh dislrid. 



Kicirru DisTijicr. 



School to 1)0 located near Madi.'^on and near railroad. Gifts include 257 acres of good 

 land, valued at about $!J0 an acre; ca,sh, $10,000; ilectric light and water free for ten 

 years, and teleplione service free for three years. The district includes many small 



