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Hills, a piece of land of the size of 3,400,000 bouws lying on a 
height of from 500 — 800 ft. of which 66% is farm-land, five percent 
of it being planted with cotton. Its share of the cotton production 
is 1.6%. 
The Prairie Territory } includes the black prairie land of Alabama, 
Mississippi and Texas and further more the coast prairies of Ar- 
kansas and the red clay soils of the prairies of West Texas. This 
territory consists of an area of more than 37,000,000 bouvvs of which 
55% is farm-land with a contribution of 20 . 6 % to the total cotton 
production. One has to deal here with clay soils. The land has a 
value of from 24 to 53 guilders per bouw. In this part the most 
use of implements is made the planting year begins with the first 
of December, one month earlier than in the East. 1 he ploughing 
of the cotton land is done mechanically. The ploughs are chiefly 
drawn by two horses. The ground here is so much heavier than in 
the Pine levels. The more or less hard prairie soil is ploughed 
with 4—8 horses when 1—4 bouws are able to be ploughed to a 
depth of 5 — 20 c. m. in a day. 
The soil here is so fruitful that it is on the whole not necessary, 
to use manure. If the soil has been worked for some years, it be- 
comes easier to manage. 
The plucking requires a gre-t expenditure. 1 he best pluckers 
gather from 500-600 pounds of cotton per day. Children from 6-9 
years pluck on the average 100 lbs. per diem. 
The cost of production amounts to from 12-16 cents per lb. The 
field labourers’ wages are high, in Texas. 
On the 250,844 farms, there are about 57 , 04 ? labourers. These 
get on an average including food and housing fi 3 per mensem. 
The Oak and Hickory Territories , lie on the Eastern border of 
the Black Prairie lands of 'Texas having an area of 24,600,000 bouvvs 
of which about 52% are farmed yielding 14.4% of the whole cotton 
harvest. 
Of its farms, 31-34% consist of less than 30 bouvvs. tor 20 
bouws, one draught animal is considered sufficient, 1 he value of 
the ground is / 25 per bouw. 
The Bluff and Brown Loam Table Lands, lie towards the East 
of the Mississippi river, with an area of 6,300,000 bouvvs and a pro- 
duct of 6.8% of the total. The value of this ground is on the aver- 
age 40 guilders per bouw, and the average cost of production is 
estimated at 1 7 cents per lb. 
The Alluvial Strips , are met with in every southern State, gener- 
ally, the low lands along the Mississippi, the Red and Brazos rivers 
are meant with these. These consist of a total area of 17,000,000 
bouws, of which 34% is farm land. Six percent of this is cultivated 
with cotton giving 14.6% to the total 
The ground is chiefly let out at from 13 to 23 guilders per bouw, 
the while the average' value of the land is estimated at /64 per 
bouw. 
The Red-Loam Lands, lying on the east and west coists of the 
Mississippi River and the valleys cf the South East ot Tennessee 
and the North-west of Georgia, produce together 6.8% ot the 
