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warm and wet seasons the cotton sometimes grows too much to weed, when 

 heavily manured. Topping is tried as a remedy, but it is thought that un- 

 der-drainage would be more eflfective. " Sore shin " is supposed to result 

 from bruising the plant from careless hoeing, and is not a trouble of 

 much consequence here. Shedding occurs in extremes of heat and cold. 

 Rust and blight make their appearance late in Jul}^ and August ; they 

 are attributed to the exhaustion of some elements of the soil, and potash 

 is very popular as a remedy ; they are likely to occur on coarse, sandy, 

 ill-drained soil. Caterpillar is seldom hurtful, and Paris green has been 

 used successfully for its destruction. 



ABSTRACT OF THE REPORTS OF TOWNSHIP CORRESPOND- 

 ENTS IN THE LOWER PINE BELT. 



HAMPTON COUNTY. 



Coosawhatchie Township: Pine uplands — light, porous, gray, sandy 

 loam, with yellow sand, sometimes with yellow and red clay subsoil. 

 Swamp lands — vegetable mould or fine alluvial deposits, resting on blue 

 mud. About one per cent, under cultivation. Land for sale at from two 

 to ten dollars per acre ; improved land rents at from one dollar to three 

 dollars per acre. Phosphate rocks found, but not developed. Clay of 

 good quality for brick making. Summer pasturage of native grasses 

 good ; fine growth of cane in swamps for winter pasturage. Little at- 

 tention paid to stock. Very little white labor in the lower, but a good 

 deal in the upper portion of the township. — H. D. Burnett, Grahamville, 

 S. C. 



Peeples Township: Uplands — light, sandy loam, with clay in some 

 sections ; subsoil generally a coarse, 3'ellow sand, under which is found 

 red clay, with strata of coarse, white gravel and quicksand. Price of 

 land, one dollar to five dollars. Rents, one dollar per acre. Wages of 

 labor, fifty cents to one dollar per day. One-half of field labor performed 

 by whites. — J. H. Steimage, Jr., Early Branch, S. C. 



COLLETON COUNTY. 



AdarrCs Run : Level, light, sandy loam, on dark sandy subsoil. Depth 

 to water in wells, five to ten feet. Price of land, three dollars to five 

 dollars per acre. Wages of day labor, seventy-five cents for men, fifty 

 cents for women. One twentieth of field work is done by whites. Marl 

 in abundance. 

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