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It is well suited to rice, sugar cane, cabbage, celery, okra, Irish 

 potatoes, sweet potatoes, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and possibly 

 other vegetables. The Wilcox, a large variety of sweet potato, is 

 grown to a considerable extent for canning. Yields of 210 bushels 

 of Irish potatoes per acre are reported. Corn, cowpeas, and velvet 

 beans would do well. 



This soil should be used more extensively for the production of 

 vegetables. Strips of considerable extent were seen in the rice fields 

 of Hofwyl, Evelyn, and Altama plantations. 



PEAT. 



Several strips of Peat occur near the foot of the bluif bordering 

 the Altamaha River bottoms. It consists of black mucky material, 

 underlain at a depth of a few inches by brownish peaty vegetable 

 matter. On boring into this material, as in case of the other rice 

 lands, decayed cypress logs were encountered. 



This is an ideal celery soil, and is well adapted to onions, cabbage, 

 peppers, okra, squash, and tomatoes. Rice also does well. Situated 

 so that drainage and irrigation can be effected at will, excellent 

 opportunities are here offered for growing the crops named. 



HUGH H. BENNETT, 



In charge Eastern Division of Soil Survey. 

 Approved : 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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