174 THE PIEDMONT REGION. 



lands for sale at six dollars to seven dollars an acre ; rent for about one 

 dollar and fifty cents. 



Greenville County. 



Greenville Township {E. D. 82) : Land rolling. Soil, gray sandy loam, 

 four inches to subsoil of fine red clay, underlaid by soft gray rock. 

 Growth, red, white, black and chestnut oaks, hickory, ash, walnut, dog- 

 wood and pine. Crops, about eight hundred pounds seed cotton, and 

 twenty bushels of the various grains per acre. Lands sell for ten dollars 

 to forty dollars an acre. There is good brick clay and abundant water 

 power on Reedy and Saluda rivers. About one-fourth of the field work 

 is performed by whites. 



Gant Toivnship {E. D. 83) : From level to rolling ; more or less hilly 

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

 six inches to sixteen inches to subsoil of red or brown clay, underlaid by 

 sound and rotten granite, sometimes coarse and fine gravel. Growth, as in 

 last, with the addition of long leaf pine. Crop, one-half bale of cotton per 

 acre. Clover and the grasses do well, when attended to. Attention is being 

 directed to fruit culture, especially apples. Price of land from ten 

 dollars to fifteen dollars an acre. A large proportion rented for one- 

 third the crop, or where stock, tools, seed, provisions and feed are ad- 

 vanced, for one-half the crop. Cost of fertilizer divided by renter and 

 owner. Iron ores occur. Abundant water powers on Reedy and Saluda 

 rivers. No climatic disease. One-twelfth or more of the farm w^ork per- 

 formed by white men, women and children. 



Bates Township {E. I). 96): Land rolling. Soil, coarse, dark, sandy 

 loam, six inches to eight inches to subsoil of deep red, sometimes of dark, 

 mulatto clay, underlaid by clay and dark gravelly sand. Growth, oak, 

 hickory and chestnut. Crops,*six hundred pounds to seven hundred 

 pounds seed cotton, twelve bushels to forty bushels corn, eight bushels 

 wheat, fifteen bushels oats per acre. Lands sell from six dollars to ten 

 dollars an acre ; improved bottoms at forty dollars to fifty dollars ; rent, 

 from two dollars and fifty cents to five dollars per acre, or for one-third 

 the grain and one-fourth the cotton crop. Granite and red soapstone, 

 with other good building materials found. Gold found in the branches. 

 Wild clover, grasses and cane furnish forage. Three-fourths of the 

 labor performed by whites. 



Dunklin's Township {E. D. 85) : Mostly rolling, some parts level and some 

 flat. Soil, a gray sandy loam, and a red clay loam, both with red clay 

 subsoil, underlaid by coarse gray gravel ; sometimes by gray rock mixed 

 with flint Growth, oak, hickory and pine. Crops, one-half to one and 



