South Carolina: Resources and Population. Institutions and IndustriesTables document meteorological records, 1782-1880; statistics re agricultural regions of S.C. at large and for each township; debt and taxation compared across U.S.; etc. |
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... twelve quarts . In consequence of the higher prices of cotton the corn crop was reduced in 1850 by one million of bushels ; in 1870 it had gone down one half , having fallen to seven and a half million bushels . COTTON . Cotton is ...
... twelve quarts . In consequence of the higher prices of cotton the corn crop was reduced in 1850 by one million of bushels ; in 1870 it had gone down one half , having fallen to seven and a half million bushels . COTTON . Cotton is ...
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... twelve and one - half people to the farm , while in the sand hills it reaches fourteen - hundredths of a farm per capita , or seven people to the farm . This shows that here the population is in excess even of the small farms ; and ...
... twelve and one - half people to the farm , while in the sand hills it reaches fourteen - hundredths of a farm per capita , or seven people to the farm . This shows that here the population is in excess even of the small farms ; and ...
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... twelve feet , a native of Mexico , and varying as an annual , biennial or perennial , according to the climate in which it is grown ; the white seed , with gossypium herbaceum , or herbaceous cotton , an annual , attaining a height of ...
... twelve feet , a native of Mexico , and varying as an annual , biennial or perennial , according to the climate in which it is grown ; the white seed , with gossypium herbaceum , or herbaceous cotton , an annual , attaining a height of ...
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... twelve hundred acres . Thus there is no proportion between the size of the farm actually culti- vated and the land holdings - the first being quite small and the last large . This state of things is owing to absence of capital and the ...
... twelve hundred acres . Thus there is no proportion between the size of the farm actually culti- vated and the land holdings - the first being quite small and the last large . This state of things is owing to absence of capital and the ...
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... twelve to eighteen inches ; another hand drops eight or ten seed in each hole , and the third follows and covers carefully with the hoe . Three to four pecks of seed are used to the acre . The seed makes its appearance above ground in ...
... twelve to eighteen inches ; another hand drops eight or ten seed in each hole , and the third follows and covers carefully with the hoe . Three to four pecks of seed are used to the acre . The seed makes its appearance above ground in ...
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Abbeville acre amount annual average Baird bales of cotton bushels bushels corn capital census Charleston Cheraw churches coast colored Columbia cost cotton seed creek crop cultivation dollars an acre Edgefield eight estimated FAMILY farm feet females fifty cents five four furnished gneiss granite GRASS gray Greenville growth Hentz hickory hundred pounds seed inches increase land Lea N. C. Linné loam manufactures manure marl mills negroes North one-half Orangeburg county ORDER Pee Dee performed by whites Piedmont pine belt planted population pounds seed cotton railroad red clay RED HILL REGION region rent river rock Saluda Saluda river sand hills sandy loam Santee Santee Canal Santee river Savannah Savannah river sea islands Shoal soil South Carolina Spartanburg species square mile subsoil swamps thirty tion Total town Township E. D. twelve twenty United uplands Wages Winyaw yellow
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