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1860, though not nearly so uniform. Well-improved lands seil higher than in 1860, 
while poor, unimproved, sell cheaper. 
GrorGIA.— Hart : Good farms, since 1865, have, in many instances, doubled their 
value. Poor lands, thousands of acres of which are turned out, have not increased 
much in value since that time. Marion: In 1860 farm-lands were worth from $10 to 
$20 per acre; at present, from $7 to $15. Forsythe: Worth 60 per cent. more than in 
1860, and 25 per cent. more than four years ago, and still are low, ranging from $2 to 
$20 per acre. Brooks: Lands that sold freely, in 1860, at $20 per acre, are upon the 
market now in large quantities, at low prices, say $3 to $5 per acre. Wilkes: Cer- 
tainly decreasing in real value, and, under the present system, their becoming entirely 
worn out and worthless is only a question of time. From tightness in money matters, 
mostly, lands generally will not command as good prices as two or three years ago; 
but within a few miles of town or railroad communications, they are much higher than 
in 1860. Franklin: Farm-lands worth $10 per acre; wild lands, $1 to $3. Douglas: 
Increasing; 20 per cent. higher than 1860; but timber-lands 20 per cent. cheaper. 
Effingham : Not improving in value; worth from $1 to $3 per acre. Cobb: Increasing; 
average value equal to that of 1860, or $10 per acre. In some cases land that sold in 
1867 and 1868 for $5 per acre would now sell for $20. Barton: Increasing; notwith- 
standing the ravages of war and consequent impoverishing of our people, their lands 
are all 10 per cent. higher than in 1860, and very much higher than in 1866. Gwin- 
nett: Increasing rapidly; one-third higher. Carroll: Increasing on account of new 
railroads running through the county; 100 per cent. more valuable than in 1860. 
Pickens : Have decreased in value, uplands at least 100 per cent. compared with 1860. 
Know of nothing that will remedy us.except a railroad. We have one of the finest 
counties in the State, abounding in iron ore, marble, and inexhaustible, never-failing 
water-power. All we need is to have our resources developed. 
Friorma.—Madison: Have decreased in value astonishingly. Plantations which in 
1860 sold for $10 to $15 per acre could not now be sold for $5; indeed there is no demand. 
A man will pay for the rent of an acre for one year more than he will agree to give 
per acre for the whole farm. Lands worth in 1860 $5 to $10 per acre are now a “drug” 
in the market at $1 to $2 per acre. Hamilton: A farm valued in 1860 at $5,000 would 
not sell now for $500. There has been no immigration to this county, and there are 
none to buy; yet we have as good lands as can be found in the State, and far better 
than some counties in which lands are valued at much higher figures than ours, be- 
cause there happens to be some immigration. 
ALABAMA.—Conecuh: About as low as they can get. Lands that would sell for $10 
to $15 per acre in 1860 will not sell now for more than $3 per acre. Good lands can be 
purchased cheaper in this county than in any other place in the Union. Causes: 
taxes, emigration to Texas, and want of money. Dallas: Many farms here can now 
be purchased for $5 per acre that could not have been bought for $30 per acre in 1860. 
Macon: The average market-price is now about $3 per acre; in 1860, $8 per acre. 
Perry: Farms worth $30 to $50 per acre in 1850 are now worth $5 to $10. Clarke: 
Have decreased; average price about $5 per acre. Wilcox: Nearly valueless. ‘There 
is really no market-value. Well-improved plantations can be had from $5 to $10 per 
acre. Lauderdale: Had increased in value since the depressed prices of 1865 and 1866 
up to 1870. Many northern farmers had come in, bought, and made a demand, and 
land went up. But they have nearly all failed to succeed with the labor, and many of 
them have left, and there being no demand land is down. There is a German settle- 
ment forming, and as they use their own labor, and buy cheap lands and manure, we 
hope they will succeed. The best improved river places, with bottom-lands in part, 
are rated about $25 per acre; uplands, with good improvements, from that all the way 
down to $1 per acre; average about $8. 
MississipPi.—Noxubee : Increasing ; prairie lands worth about 60 per cent. of what 
they were before the war, (present value $12.50 per acre;) sandy land, being in small 
bodies, admitting of small settlements, and giving wood and water, is worth nearly as 
much as before the war; (present value, $10 per acre.) 
Lovuis1ana.—Richland : Everything is depressed in this county. Farms that would 
readily have brought $40 per acre in 1860, can now be purchased for $10. Jefferson : 
There is no sale for farms. I attended the forced sale of a plantation a few weeks ago ; 
the property was worth $300,000 in 1860; it sold for $50,000. Tensas: Farm-lands are 
decreasing in productiveness ; but the market-value is increasing just in proportion to 
amount of available labor in the parish. This increase of labor comes from the poor 
hills of Mississippi, and from Virginia and the Carolinas. Concordia: The price of 
Jand is nominal; there is very little capital to invest; a desirable plantation can be 
bought for 430 per acre, that being about the highest price. Franklin: Compared 
with their value in 1860, prices range at about 25 per cent.; for example, lands which 
commanded $10 and $20 per acre at that time, cannot now be sold. 
Trxas.— Freestone : Increasing constantly. From the great decrease in value caused 
by the recent war, they areabout recovered. Victoria: Lands that will produce from 30 
to 80 bushels of corn per acre can be bought at from 50 cents to $20 per acre, the location 
