Wealthy Georgia planters and crop totals in state note
The article lists affluent Georgia planters by county with several acreage figures. L A Jordan of Lee county cultivates cotton on thousands of acres and corn and oats on hundreds. David Dickson of Hancock county farms hundreds of cotton acres and with large wheat and oats. It cites Coffee county as a leading sheep county with notable flocks, names Henry Patterson and Henry Vickers. mentions James Hinson with 80 head of cattle. It notes Dougherty and Coweta counties’ large cotton and corn plantings and lists Walters and Willingham as wealthy Dougherty growers. It concludes Hancock county has 32 984 names in lottery and 25 765 acres in corn, with Dougherty county shown as wealthy in cotton and corn.
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Hancock
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Coffee County
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Henry Vickers
James Hinson
Hotton
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T. H.willingham
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Georgia
Aenead
King Cotton and Arkansas Economic Woes Highlight Import Reliance
A Mobile Register correspondent in Arkansas argues cotton alone cannot sustain the state. He notes heavy imports of corn, flour, potatoes, fruit, and other goods, with prices high on the levee and rail, urging local production to avert ruin. He cites labor costs and suggests manufactur ing and varied goods could grow locally to reduce dependence.
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