142 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTUSE. 



A two-horse farm in Macon yielded 22 bales of 480 pounds from 56 

 acres, or xevy r.aarly 190 pounds per acre. Gross proceeds, $1,050, with 

 food for stock and food for a family of seven person !<,■ expenses for fer- 

 tilizerb ai:d labor, $050. 



In the red lands of Madison, somewhat reduced in fertility, 800 pounds 

 seed (240 lint) is an average yield of best farms. 



Our Marion coiTespondent, Mr. Kemp, claims, for an acre cultivated 

 by Mr. B. T. Peacock, with fertilizers costin^j $10, 2,700 pounds of seed- 

 cotton. 



A farm of 90 acres (two mules) in Meriwether yielding a net profit of 

 $500, with a product of 35 bales of cotton and 200 bushels of corn. 



The farm said to be the best equipped and most profitable in Bibb 

 County is that of Messrs. A. J. Lane and J. G. Evans, having 500 acres 

 in cultivation, with equal areas of corn and cotton and 50 acres in small 

 grain and "trucks patches." The soil is a red loam, its natural growth 

 black-jack and pine ; and its mode of culture is the '' Dickson plan." 

 The annual product is 150 to 175 bales of cotton and 3,000 to 4,000 

 bushels of corn. 



A rather uncommon result in Milt&n is a product of 1,900 pounds seed 

 cotton per acre, on a light, gray soil, in stubble deeply turned under in 

 January, with 200 pounds superphosphate in bedding. This gave $30 

 per acre. 



In Mitchell, the best averages are 400 pounds of lint per acre, 5,000 to 

 each mule, and a net profit of $5 per acre. 



C^. David S. Johnston, of Morgan, gets 400 pounds per acre, at a cost 

 of 7 cents, (sold at 10,) making a profit of $12 per acre. His land is sandy 

 clay, originally growing oak and hickory, fertilized with 450 pounds 

 compost horse-manure with 50 pounds acid phosphate and 300 of cotton- 

 seed. 



A farmer in Murray gets 400 pounds per acre on 100 acres of black 

 sandy loam, but cannot tell what profit he makes. 



The greatest yield in l*ike was 12 bales on 18 acres, gray surface with 

 mulatto subsoil, fertilized with 100 pounds compost per acre. 



Mr. Lucius llumber, of Steicart, got 84 bales from 120 acres creek- 

 bottoms, with six mules, at a covst ot 6 cents per pound, with an aggre- 

 gate profit of $1,680. 



In Talbot, the best yields are 250 pounds per acre. 



In Taliaferro, the best yield reported is 105 bales on 300 acres. Profit, 

 $450. Mr. Aretus Turner, from 50 acres of ordinary upland, got 13,390 

 pounds, and a profit of 25 per cent. 



In Jefferson, 70 bales on 140 acres, fertilized, with common culture. 



In Wilcox, 340 pounds per acre on 20 acres. 



The largest yield in Whitfield is 1,500 pounds seed per acre, without 

 fertilizers. 



From 45 acres in Walton 10 bales were obtained. 



Small lots in Thomas have yielded a bale per acre, at great expense 

 for fertilizers and cultivation. Similar results are returned from Terrell. 



With three plows, 52 bales were produced on 75 acres of pine-land in 

 Balcer by the Dickson mode. 



Florida. — In Clay County, 4 bales to 8 acres is the largest yield on 

 sandy soil with clay subsoil. 



In Gadsden, instances are reported of 600 pounds of lint per acre with 

 liberal home-made manure and ordinary culture. 



In Hernando, Mr. John B. Gould, white, with labor of his own family, 

 made 1,200 pounds seed per acre on 5 acres sandy upland, manured by 



