THE PIEDMONT REGION. 1G5 



Whitehall Toimishij) {E. D. 15) : Level and undulating lands. The post- 

 oak and hickory land is a coarse, gray, sandy soil, resting on red clay, the 

 red bottom lands are on the creeks and branches. Growth, oak, hickory 

 and pine. Wild clover and native grasses abound. Crops, the best fresh 

 land will make a bale of cotton, without manure ; a bale to two acres is a 

 good average ; ten bushels to sixty bushels of corn ; ten bushels of wheat ; 

 twenty bushels to one hundred and twelve bushels of oats an acre. Par- 

 ticles of gold found in all the small streams. Traces of manganese occur. 

 Most of the lands are rented for eight hundred pounds to one thousand 

 pounds of lint cotton for twenty-five acres. Price of land from eight 

 dollars to ten dollars per acre, and advancing. Very little field work 

 done by whites. No climatic disease ; locality very healthy. 



Bordeaux Township {E. D. 5) : Ridge lands elevated and rolling. Soil, 

 a sandy loam, with spots of gravel and rock, with a subsoil of yellow- 

 clay, mixed with sand, underlaid by a stiff red clay. Growth, oak, 

 hickory, gum and pine, with some chestnut. There are extensive river 

 bottoms, also creek and branch bottoms, which are very fertile. Crops, 

 five hundred pounds to one thousand pounds seed cotton ; ten bushels to 

 forty bushels corn ; twenty bushels oats per acre. Land can be bought at 

 five dollars an acre ; rents for two bales of four hundred pounds of cotton 

 for a one mule farm, or one-fourth of all crops. More than a million 

 dollars in gold has been taken from the Dorn mine ; and several new 

 mines have been recently discovered. The Savannah river. Reedy river 

 and Longcane afford numerous water powers. One-fifth of the farm work 

 performed by whites. 



Ninety-Six Township {E. D. 14) : Lands undulating, very little hilly. 

 Soil, a gray sandy loam, and a deep red soil, subsoil generally clay, under- 

 laid by clay. Soft rock and white chalk. Growth, oak and hickory, 

 with some pine. Crops, half a bale of cotton ; fifteen bushels of corn ; 

 twenty bushels of oats per acre. Very little land for sale ; most of it 

 worked on shares ; little worked by hired labor. 



Cedar Springs Townshij) (E. D. 3) : High rolling ridges, broken and hilly 

 on the streams. Soils, a gray sandy loam, and mulatto and red clay 

 loams. Sandy soils coarser than in the low country ; these are consid- 

 ered, since the introduction of fertilizers, as the most paying lands. 

 Subsoils clay, underlaid at eighteen feet to twenty feet, by granite slates 

 and an ash colored earth that has some fertilizing qualities. Growth, 

 oaks of all kinds, short leaf pine, walnut, hickory, sugar-maple, cucum- 

 ber tree and white gum. Crops, six hundred pounds seed cotton ; ten 

 bushels of corn; twenty-five bushels to seventy-five bushels of oats; 

 ten bushels to fifty bushels wheat. A little land for sale at three dollars 

 to ten dollars an acre for some ; but not the best. Rent from three dollars 



