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by their healthy appearance and abundant crops of fruit, the complete adapta- 

 tion of the soil on these uplands to the cultivation of fruit. A good many vine- 

 yards have been planted in this county, and have generally produced abundantly, 

 yielding most satisfactory returns for the capital and labor expended. 



The bottom lands in this county are exceedingly productive, and yield annu- 

 ally large crops of corn, wheat, oats, barley and grass, and may be fairly ranked 

 among the most valuable and fertile lands in the State. Calhoun county has 

 been entirely under-estimated as to its value as an agricultural region, and when 

 its uplands are planted with orchards and vineyards, and its rich alluvial bot- 

 toms are covered with the cereals to which they are adapted, it will compare 

 favorably, in the amount and variety of its annual productions, with the most 

 favored portions of the State. 



In closing my report on this county. I^desire to express my acknowledgments 

 to Capt. Wm. H. Reed, of Reed's Landing, and his excellent lady, for the cor- 

 dial hospitality of their pleasant home, which they so kindly extended to me 

 while engaged in prosecuting my examinations in the northern part of this 

 county, and also, in behalf of the State, to acknowledge the receipt of valuable 

 specimens of minerals, fossils and Indian antiquities, contributed by them to 

 the State cabinet. To their little daughter, Miss Eliza Reed, the State collec- 

 tion is also indebted for a beautiful fossil crinoid, found by her in the Burling- 

 ton limestone, in the vicinity of their residence. 



