574 UPSON COUNTY. 



Double Bridges is 1 1 miles from Thomaston, on the road 

 leading to Columbus. ' 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The face 

 of the country is undulating and broken. The best lands are 

 in the south and southeast parts of the county, on Flint river, 

 Potato, and Tobler's creeks. The soil is of a dark gray colour, 

 peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of cotton and corn. The 

 red lands are adapted to grains particularly. The pine lands 

 are inferior. 



Value of Land. — The best lands are M^orth f 8 per acre ; 

 red lands, $7 ; chestnut lands, $3 ; pine lands, $2. 



Value of Town Lots. — The value of town lots is 

 $26,370. Value of stock in trade, $27,030. Money at inte- 

 rest, $138,109. Capital invested in manufactures, 880,000. 



Productions, Product per Acre. — Cotton, corn, wheat, 

 and oats are the chief productions. Ten thousand bags of cot- 

 ton are annually produced, twenty-five hundred of which are 

 taken by the factories. Cotton averages 500 pounds per acre, 

 corn, 3| barrels, wheat, 10 bushels. Apples and peaches 

 succeed, as well as vegetables of every description. 



Manufactures, Mills, — The water power in this county 

 is very fine. At the Thomaston factory, there is a succession 

 of natural dams or water-falls, which could be rendered valu- 

 able by a few hours' labour. From various sources we have 

 derived the following statistics of the factories in this county. 



The Franklin factory and Wayman factory are on Tob- 

 ler's creek, 7 miles S. E. of Thomaston, owned and managed 

 by the same persons. 



The Franklin factory was first put into operation, April, 

 1833. Spindles, 1,320. Cards, 16. 



The Wayman factory was first put into operation in 1841. 

 Spindles, 1,664. Looms, for weaving heavy osnaburgs weigh- 

 ing half a pound per yard, 26. 



Amount of cotton consumed in both 



factories per annum, . . 1,100 bales. 

 Number of operatives, . . . 125 

 Amount paid operatives each month, 900 dollars. 

 Hours of work, per day, . . 12 



Bacon used per week, . . . 500 pounds. 



