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raising might be made profitable. Field labor is paid fifty cents a day, 

 two-thirds of it performed by whites. There are no prevailing diseases. 



Keowcc Township {E. D. 12.3) : Southern portion nearly level, western 

 portion hilly ; Smeltzer's mountain in northeast corner. Soils chiefly 

 gray, sandy soils ; the bottoms of the Keowee river, averaging two 

 hundred yards in width, and extending eighteen miles through the 

 township, are very fertile ; the subsoil is red, sometimes white clay. 

 Growth, pine, oak, ash, hickory, chestnut, beech, blackjack, dogwood. 

 Crops, corn, thirty bushels per acre in bottoms, twelve bushels on uplands ; " 

 sweet and Irish potatoes, one hundred bushels per acre; tobacco does 

 well, is grown only for home use ; cotton was not planted before 1879 ; 

 the average yield is six huntlred pounds seed cotton per acre. Improved 

 lands, with river or creek bottoms, would sell for ten dollars an acre ; 

 improved uplands at three dollars to five dollars an acre ; forest lands at 

 two dollars ; a large pine forest recently sold at less than one dollar per 

 acre. Not more than one-tenth of the lands under cultivation ; about 

 one-third of the farming lands for rent, at from one-third to one-fourth 

 the crops, or where stock and tools are furnished, at one-half. There are 

 fourteen fine water powers in the township. There are four tanyards. 

 Most of the farm lands, hitherto neglected, are well suited for cotton cul- 

 ture, under the present method, with the use of fertilizers. 



Pulaski Township (E. D. 124): The Stump House mountain belt crosses 

 the southern portion ; on the north, along the Chatuga river, and on the 

 west along Tugaloo river, the river hills and cliffs make it mountainous ; 

 through the centre a belt three to four miles wide of well-watered rolling 

 land is found. The numerous crreeks and branches crossing it have bot- 

 toms, fifty yards to two hundred yards in width, of great fertility, yield- 

 ing, with good culture, twenty -five bushels to eighty bushels of corn, and 

 abundant grass crops. Fruits do well ; apples, from the early June to 

 the late winter produce well, grapes grow well also. The soil is mostly 

 a sand}'^ loam, with red, sometimes with yellow clay subsoil. Limestone 

 is found and there is a lime-kiln in operation. Soapstone of excellent 

 quality occurs. Not more than one-twelfth to one-fifteenth of the land is 

 under cultivation. There are numerous water-powers, there being on- four 

 streams twelve falls, varying from thirty feet to one hundred feet fall per- 

 pendicular. TJiere are indications of gold, silver and copper ores, but no 

 regular mining is done. Lands sell for fifty cents to ten dollars an acre. 

 Parties clearing have tlie use of it free of charge for two to four 3'ears. 

 Rent is one-third of the crop, or one-half if stock and tools are furnished. 

 Fine stock ranges are found among the mountains, the large droves of 

 sheep, however, destroy the grass for the cattle. 



