330 



The productions of San Augustine are worthy of I'emark. Nearly a bale and 

 a half per acre is averaged for the entire area, with 144,246 bushels of corn in 

 addition, 5,122 bushels of wheat, 7,370 of oats, 5,666 of peas, 1,322 of Irish 

 potatoes, 17,328 of sweet potatoes, besides a little tobacco, rice, rye, and other 

 products. And yet this land (one-sixth improved) was taxed in 1860 on a 

 valuation of less than four dollars ! This county, on the authority of the last 

 census, stands first among all the cotton-yielding counties of the States for 

 quantity, in proportion to acreage, of improved land. 



ARKANSAS. 



Arkansas contains land unsurpassed for cotton culture, mainly on the Missis- 

 sippi and Red rivers. The plantations are comparatively new, and a large part 

 of the western and northern portions of the State produce as yet comparatively 

 little. Of 55 counties, but 15 yielded more than ten thousand bales each in 

 1860. The following table gives ten of the principal of these counties: 



Counties. 



Chicot 



Jefferson . . 

 Phillips-.-. 

 Marion. ... 

 Arkansas . . 

 Lafayette . . 



Union 



Hempstead 

 Columbia.. 

 Desha 



Acres im- 

 proved. 



Bales of 

 cotton. 



66, 423 



65, 387 

 83, 737 

 19, 436 

 45, 41)3 

 47, 390 

 10], 424 

 65, 548 

 87,446 

 42, 264 



40, 948 

 28, 586 

 26, 993 

 21 , 063 

 20, 178 

 17,653 

 17,261 

 16,548 

 13,911 

 12, 261 



Bushels of 

 corn. 



329, 941 

 490, 765 

 .578, 137 

 292, 158 

 364,632 

 310, 430 

 452, 553 

 563, 093 

 4.56, 360 

 239, 923 



These ten counties produced about two-thirds of the crop of the State, the 

 total product of the State for 1860 being 367,393 bales. 



TENNESSEE. 



This State has hitherto made a small show in cotton production. The cul- 

 ture has been mainly confined to the Tennessee valley and the section between 

 the Tennessee and the Mississippi. Its accessibility at the close of the war 

 induced extraordinary eftbrts to extend the culture. There are 88 counties in 

 the State, 25 of which reported no cotton Avhatever in 1860. These ten 

 counties jDroduced about four-fifths of the crop of the State : 



Counties. 



Acres im- 

 proved. 



Bales of 

 cotton. 



Bushels of 

 corn. 



Lawrence 



Fayette . . . 



Haywood . 



Madison... 



Shelby... 



Hardeman 



Rutherford 



Tipton 



Giles 



40, 862 

 184,624 

 138,026 

 160,401 

 134,430 

 111,888 

 184, 468 



65, 570 

 190, 238 



68, 441 

 35, 281 

 26, 537 

 24,187 

 23,179 

 19,237 

 12, 229 

 11,717 

 11,602 



339, 990 

 852, 980 

 822, 871 

 941,645 

 769, 484 

 636, 621 

 561,185 

 485, 478 

 129, 129 



Six of these counties lie together east of Memphis and north of Mississippi, 

 and two of the others are in the valley of the Tennessee. Lawrence and 

 Fayette alone yielded more than a third of the crop of 1860. Yet there is 

 opportunity for a considerable extension of cotton culture in Tennessee. 



