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Bandy loam with clay subsoil ; more heavily manured and thoroughly 

 cultivated thau usual. No profit in 187G. 



In the red soil of Chester^ 500 pounds lint per acre were made at a 

 clear profit of 40 per cent. 



On 125 acres in Colleton^ 50 bales were made on sandy land, and sold 

 for 11 cents per pound. 



Small areas in Fairfield produced 300 pounds lint per acre. 



In Gcorgetoion, two-thirds of a bale per acre on 20 acres. 



One acre in Horry yielded 1,347 pounds lint. The seed planted was 

 the " Cheatham." 



In Marion^ 10 bales were grown on 4 acres by a man who does his own 

 work and makes his own supplies. Cost of fertilizers used, $40 per 

 acre. 



Our correspondent in Marlborough, Mr. T. C. "Weatherby, made 56 

 bales of 450 pounds on 47 acres light sandy loam on stiff red clay sub- 

 soil. 



In Ifewhemj, a planter produced 400 pounds lint per acre on gray 

 sandy soil, manured principally with acid phosphate, stable, and com- 

 post manure. Profit, 33 per cent. His negro-croppers got 106 bales 

 from 120 acres. Profits of the farm, $3,500. 



Georgia. — The best product in Brooks, on hummock-land, broken 

 deeply, with shallow cultivation, is a half-bale to the acre. 



In Campbell, the yearly application of home-made manure produces 

 1,400 pounds seed-cotton, or about one bale per acre. 



Mr. J. Eice, in Calhoun, obtained 35 bales from 65 acres, fertilized by 

 chemicals and cotton-seed. * 



A freedman in Catoosa got 452 pounds from an acre, fertilized with 

 300 pounds of guano, at a cost for production of 5 cents per pound. 



In Coll), the best farms average 250 pounds per acre, though highly 

 fertilized patches make a bale per acre. 



Pive acres of pine-land in Decatur, with stable-manure and 200 pounds 

 per acre of Logan's compound, averaged 500 pounds per acre of lint. 



Thirty acres in Early, with the aid of 3 tons of guano and 200 bushels 

 of cotton-seed, yielded 9,000 pounds of cotton. 



In Elbert, 1,000 pounds of seed-cotton per acre on 50 acres of gray 

 sandy loam, after subsoiling and thorough preparation. 



Two farmers in Emanuel got 8 bales from 8, acres with 200 pounds 

 per acre of a compost containing Bradley's superphosphate of lime. 



A farmer in Floyd, on Coosa Eiver bottoms, realized 70,000 pounds from 

 200 acres, or 350 pounds per acre. 



A neighbor of our Forsyth correspondent has a farm of 820 acres, 

 produced 35 bales from 80 acres of " mulatto " land, and realized $600 

 profit on his farm aperations. 



The crop of Mr. J. M. Ambrose, of Gwinnett, averages 300 pounds 

 per acre. 



Mr. Keuben M. Mobley is said to have made the best crop in Sarris— 

 about a half-bale per acre — with 150 pounds of compost made of raw bone, 

 plaster, cotton-seed, and stable-manure. 



The best result in Heard is 800 pounds seed-cotton per acre. 



The best yield in Houston is 250 pounds lint. 



In JacJcson, half a bale is the best average. 



Our Liberty correspondent refers to estimates by " grangers " in his 

 county, for farms of 10 to 20 acres, of 500 to 600 pounds of ginned cot- 

 ton per acre, when the land is highly manured. 



In Lincoln, the best average for a farm is half a bale, though a few 

 patches of 1 to 4 acres, highly fertilized, have yielded a bale per acre. 



