113 
a ridge as is in the county; depth, nine inches; vegetation, long-leaf pine, post oak, Spanish 
red and common red oak; color of soil, yellowish “puff—somewhat ashy : 
Insoluble matter, chiefly fine sand ..-... ------ -----+---+ 2+-- +--+ ----+------- 89. 801 
Potash ..-.2. 22 --------- ---------3-- Jacob eae Gaeinn> seals aot eis = rere ao & "OF218 
EU ORE he Bombe atic ieee am ee eke at Ape. 6 nce ae a MS Oe eae 0. 076 
Aaa pepe Ae AR ee ge. San ae oe ee 0. 034 
Macnesia..-<------+---->--------------- Bote bee Sty cdeoceese ESE E Goce Saas 0. 806 
Biswaeeatemmambatiesg i 22 a Oe to | 0. G72 
Deen. 2 ty RS aR ep a Gk CAR ofl yh NES, Sa el Al a 2. 402 
PWiicen7s * oe AER AR | ae eas aes ss See Be SG Se eS oe SB ee 3. 783 
Phiqsnleme gogo. 2 os . - n PPL 6 eR oe lak AP ete 6 eae 0: 036 
PSR a A il # nie ee ee sain mime = 0. 038 
Organic matter and water ....-...--..---------+ Ce ao acid ad hen ee ade ae a 3. 446 
400. 712 
The following was taken directly under the preceding analysis of pine upland eel: 
depth, nine to twenty inches; vegetation, same as preceding; soil, rather sandy loam ; 
color, orange yellow : 
Insoluble matter, clay and fine sand .----...---.-- EL sees css aaerintoeted #9772981 
see lS nn St a ee See Cae re the Se twit ae at ye. BOO 
Sodw ee. RS... seeks ae oe eo) ae ot i Te RES os Sie Mee nae [05072 
eight e S Ec e  s te tes i. te aioe pike ccs te secte Ondo 
Magnesia.----- -- SERS SE ee Se Ee Se ee ee Se ae Pee eee - 0.352 
Brown oxide of MIBWPANGSE 2 = seo’ sas os Soot Ghose Sea Se Seo aces aS aa ene Bees  OUORL 
Herexide Gn irom. = te. Mpebeee soon ce Be omnia nttite oie nse a ele ate elena <cit os456 
ARH soe oe Se aera Se ots comical ceaieers . Sau elt es elie. Sa Be 5 Oh! Ae tae 11.870 
Bhogohorie acid 2-92 tas s4y aa = ss see - Beppe at aS Se aie 0.043 
SSPE [OT Na RT Te Es RR a = aE ee eee ie a4 a See ee ee ee cee 0. 035 
Water and oreanic matter-..+.....2.. .2...2...- Ness te ae. aaah euieaaisc ashes 3. 261 
7 99. 529 
This analysis shows the subsoil to be well adapted to retain moisture and manures. In 
consequence of the sparse population that was in the county until the construction of the 
New Orleans and Jackson railroad, the woods were burnt once or twice a year, aud all the 
vegetable matter was consumed. Since the practice of burning the woods has ceased the 
lands are rapidly improving. While these lands, under deep culture and proper. manage- 
ment, become average farming lands, they are at all times admirably ao to the produc- 
tion of peaches and grapes.’ , 
3. The southern portion of the State, west of Pearl river, is. very similar in 
character of soil to western Tennessee. ‘The surface is a loam, enriched with 
humus, underlaid with a stiff clay intermixed with loam, beneath which is a 
stratum of sand and gravel. Numerous water-courses drain bottom lands, vary- 
ing from a few rods to a mile in width, still richer in plant food, and enduringly 
productive. This region, like that east of Pearl river, is well wooded with sev- 
eral species of oaks, hickory, beech, poplar, cypress, magnolia, &c., from whieh 
considerable lumber has been profitably manufactured. The soil in Hinds, 
Warren, and Madison contains limestone and marls,’'and is exceedingly produc- 
tive. Much of the soil in the northern counties is very productive, and from 
Vicksburg to: Memphis its fertility is unsurpassed, and its timber of enormous 
growth. Some of these counties report no minerals, ‘ not even a grain of sand,” 
the soil being an unmixed alluvial deposit of alanis depth. 
Our correspondent in Pike county says: 
The altitude of this place and some of the adjoining hills being 500 feet above the gulf, 
gives the pine a closeness of texture that makes it very valuable. These forests will atford 
an average of 10,000 feet of lumber to the acre. Saw-mills in the range of transportation 
were doing well until the prostration of the country. Now, as the lumber cannot be sold for 
cash, there is not enough capital in the country to run the ‘mills, and most of them are idle. 
4. Cotton is the only specialty of agricultural production. Mississippi has 
taken the lead as a cotton-growing State, and at one time produced one-fourth: of 
the cotton of the United States. Our correspondent in De Soto county, in giving 
the local production of cotton for the years subsequent to and preceding the war, 
