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number of plantations a home-made compost is used. A few apply guano, 200 pounds 

 per acre ; cost $550 per ton. Wake : Grange fertilizer and acid phosphate, 200 pounds 

 per acre ; cost from $34 to $40 per ton. JFarren : Various kinds used ; 200 pounds per 

 acre. Wayne : A small part of the farmers use guano ; cost $50 per ton cash ; $55 on 

 time, or a 450-pound bale of cotton. Wilson : All kinds ; about 200 pounds per acre , 

 average cost $55 per ton. Yadkin : None, except stable-manure made on the place. 



South Cakolina.— UannoeH : From 100 to 200 pounds per acre of phosphates (chiefly 

 prepared in the State) are used ; cost from $40 to $55 per ton. Beaufort : From 150 to 

 200 pounds per acre of gua,uo or phosphates applied ; price from $40 to $60 per ton. 

 Chester : A dozen different qualities of fertilizers used, at an average cost of $56 per ton. 

 Clarendon : Fertilizers ar» generally used ; 150 to 300 pounds per acre ; prices from $50 

 to $75 per ton. Colleton : 200 pounds of commercial fertilizers per acre ; cost $45 per 

 ton cash, $65 on time. Edgefield : Fertilizers are used at the rate of 100 pounds per 

 acre ; average cost $60 per ton. Fairfield : 100 pounds of supoq^hosphate are applied to 

 the acre ; price from $35 to $60 per ton. Georgetown : A compost made of forest debris, 

 cow-pen and stable manure is chiefly used. Greenville : On cotton-lands, from 100 to 

 200 pounds per acre applied; some farmers use a compost of cotton-sood, stable-manure, 

 and woods' earth. Horry ; Fertilizers are used ; 200 pounds per acre. Laurens : 100 

 pounds per acre of Charleston phosphates ; cost $45 per ton. They are so much adul- 

 terated, that farmers are rejecting them, and using more home-made fertilizers. Lex- 

 ington : 100 pounds per acre of phosphate ; price per ton from $30 to $60. _ Marion : 

 Guano and acid phosphate are the most popular ; 125 pounds per acre applied ; cost, 

 guano $75 per ton, phosphate $33. Marlborough : Various kinds of fertilizers applied ; 

 about 200 pounds per acre ; price from $50 to $60 per ton. Orangehurgh : All kinds used ; 

 150 pounds average per acre ; $G0 to $60 per ton. Spartanburgh : From 100 to 250 

 pounds of fertilizer to the acre ; $35 to $65 per ton. Union : Phosphate used ; 200 

 pounds per acre ; cost $35 to $55 per ton. 



Georgia. — Banks: Bone and super phosphate, about 100 pounds per acre, costing 

 $75 per ton. Bartoro : Principally acid phosphate composted with cotton-seed and 

 barn-yard manure, from 200 to 300 pounds per acre; cost from $12 to $15 per ton. 

 Bibb: 100 pounds of commercial fertilizers to the acre ; price, 400 pounds of lint-cotton 

 per ton and $3 per ton freight. Brooks : All kinds .used ; cost $50 per ton. Butts: 

 20 different brands used ; 120 pounds per acre ; price from $60 to $70 per ton, on time, 

 with cotton option. Calhoun: A compost of chemical and home-made manures most 

 popular ; cost about $20 per ton. Commercial fertilizers are used ; 150 to 200 pounds 

 per aero. Campbell : 100 pounds per acre of phosphates and superphosphates ; cost, 

 cash, from $35 to $50, on time, $45 to $70. Catoosa : 150 to 300 pounds per acre of fer- 

 tilizers applied, costing from ^5 to $65 per ton. Carroll : Nearly all kinds used, 100 

 to 300 pounds per acre ; price from $60 to $80 per ton. Black's compound is likely to 

 supersede all other fertilizers ; cost $6 per ton and labor of preparing. Clayton : 

 From 100 to 200 pounds per acre used ; price $30 to $60 per ton. Clay : Extensively 

 used, and very expensive. Cobb : About 200 pounds per acre on nearly all cotton-lands ; 

 average cost $50 per ton. Coffee: Home-made fertiliziera are almost exclusively used. 

 Columbia: All kinds used, at the rate of 200 pounds per acre, at a cost of $5 per acre 

 Dawson : 70 per cent, of the farmers use home-made fertilizers. Dooly : 200 pounds per 

 acre, costing from $50 to $80 per ton. Early : All kinds used ; cost from $40 to $60 per 

 ton, or from 400 to 430 pounds of lint-cotton. Elbert: From 100 to 250 pounds per 

 acre, costing from $60 to $80 per ton. Emanuel : 150 to 200 i)0unds applied per aero ; 

 price $60 per ton cash, or $70 credit, with cotton option at 15 cents per pound. Fayette : 

 Superphosphates are used, 100 pounds j)er acre ; cost $50 per ton. Floyd: Nearly all 

 kinds used, principally on cotton, 250 pounds to the acre. Forsyth : 150 pounds per 

 acre. Franklin : Extensively used. Gordon : 150 pounds per acre. Gwinnette : 150 

 pounds per acre, costing from $20 to $60 per ton, Habersham : Crops will not pay un- 

 less fertilizers are used. Harris : A mixture of guano, phosphate, bone, and plaster is 

 used ; 150 to 250 pounds per acre. A cheap compost of iihosphate, bone, and cotton is 

 used by many. Heard : From 100 to 200 pounds per acre ; cost $50 per ton cash, $70 

 on time. Jackson : 200 to 400 pounds per acre of home-made fertilizer and 100 to 

 200 commercial. Liberty : Used by a few farmers on tobacco-crop ; cost from $50 to 

 $75 per ton. Lincoln : A compost of guano, phosphate, and cotton-seed is most poiju- 

 lar; 150 jiounds per aero ; cost from $55 to $65. Macon: 100 to 300 pounds per acre; 

 price $35 to $60. Madison : All use an average of 150 pounds per acre, at a cost 

 of $4.50 per acre. Marion : Used to a limited extent ; 150 pounds per acre ; price 

 $60 per ton. Meriwether: 100 pounds per acre; cost from $55 to $60 per ton. 

 Milton : Superphosphate and home-made manures are used ; 150 pounds per acre of 

 phosphate and 500 pounds of domestic. Mitchell : Dissolved bone and guano. Mor- 

 gan : Extensively used ; 150 to 200 pounds per acre of commercial fertilizers and from 

 200 to 300 pounds of compost. Murray : 150 to 200 pounds per aero. ALuscogco : 150 to 

 v;UO pounds per acre. Oglcihorpe: Largely used; 90 per cent, of it on the cotton crop; 

 150 pounds per acre. Fike : About 75 pounds per acre for cotton and 40 to 50 pounds 

 for corn. Schley: All kinds used. Steward: 125 pounds per acre. TaWot: Special fer- 



