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The Covington County farmer knows, however, how to raise 

 cotton according to the bale to the acre plan. The bale vo 

 the acre farmer here is no rare individual. There is no prom- 

 inent citizen of Andalusia but who can on a moment's' notice 

 leel^off the names of half a dozen men who grow a bale or 

 very nearly a bale on every acre of their land. 



Such a farmer is Jesse Jones, a few miles out from Andalu- 

 sia and who came to Covington County from Montgomery 

 County, being of that sturdy and reliant family of Jones who 

 live about Pike Road. 



The possibilities of the Covington County lands are shown by 

 the farm of Sam Spicer, another independent farmer, who got 

 two bales from one acre last year. 



LANDS LIE WELL. 



The lands of Covington County, for the benefit of those who 

 are or who should be interested in them, are similar to the 

 lands of other Southeast Alabama counties. "They lie well," 

 is the every-day expression used to describe them, which means 

 that they are rolling, with no sharp hills and no pronounced 

 valleys and level enough to hold and store up the fertilizers 

 that may be entrusted to them. 



J. M. Snead, one of the original settlers and builders of 

 Dothan. but now a citizen of Andalusia, is a great admirer 

 of these same lands. He thinks highly of their possibilities. 

 Having been identified with Andalusia and with Covington 

 County for the past six years Mr. Snead is thoroughly con- 

 versant not only with the merits of the soil, but with the remark- 

 able development of his town and county. 



The county is peculiarly adapted to the lumber business. It 

 was not only naturally rich in virgin timber but it is well 

 equipped with convenient running streams for the rafting of 

 logs and the transportation of timber. Considered as helpers to 

 the lumber industry are Conecuh River, Yellow River and 

 Five Runs — all free running- streams. 



