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tions are cotton, corn, wheat, sugar cane, &c. Cotton aver- 

 ages about 400 pounds per acre ; corn from 8 to 12 bushels 

 per acre. Between 5 and 6000 bags of cotton are annually 

 produced. 



Roads and Bridges. — Sufficient attention is not given to 

 the roads and bridges. 



Religious Sects, Education. — Episcopalians, Metho- 

 dists, Baptists, Presbyterians, The schools of this county were 

 formerly considered equal to any in Georgia. Those in Mil- 

 ledgeville, Midway, and Scottsborough, are now under the su- 

 pervision of able teachers ; and public report speaks highly of 

 the improvement of the pupils. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Milledgeville Manufacturing Co., 

 situated in Milledgeville. Capital, $83,000. Main building 

 four stories high, built of brick. Engine 45 horse power ; cost 

 $4000 ; made at Novelty Works, New- York. 

 3136 spindles. 



53 looms. 

 1000 yards of cloth made per day (osnaburghs). 

 1000 do. No. 14 sheetings, per day. 

 135 bundles of yarns, do. 



110 operatives (whites). 

 4 bales of cotton used per day, 

 * 500 mattresses made per year. 



Wages of operatives from $3 to $26 per month. 



Great efforts made to secure the good conduct of the ope- 

 ratives. Their condition greatly improved. 



Goods sent to New- York, New-Orleans, Charleston, and 

 Savannah. Demand greater than ability to respond. This 

 factory took three honours at the fair at the Stone Mountain. 



There are also three or four saw-mills, four or five grist- 

 mills, and one flour-mill on the Oconee. 



Early Settlers. — Among the early settlers were S. Holt, 

 A. Greene, R. White, Thomas Napier, David Fluker, and others. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is decided- 

 ly healthy. Dr. Fort, an eminent physician of Milledgeville, 

 considers the county more healthy at this time than at any 

 former period. At one time, the deaths by bilious fever were 

 as high as five per cent. ; but the doctor says, the terrors of bi- 

 lious fever have been much diminished. The instances of 



