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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... given five to seven acres for two days ' work in the week , and as this two days ' work per week does not suffice for the cultivation of more than four acres , to cultivate thirty acres of cotton under this system requires seventy ...
... given five to seven acres for two days ' work in the week , and as this two days ' work per week does not suffice for the cultivation of more than four acres , to cultivate thirty acres of cotton under this system requires seventy ...
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... given , as it is not charged as interest , but is included in an increased price asked for supplies purchased on credit . It varies from twenty to one hundred per cent . above the market value of the goods , according to the amount of ...
... given , as it is not charged as interest , but is included in an increased price asked for supplies purchased on credit . It varies from twenty to one hundred per cent . above the market value of the goods , according to the amount of ...
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... given one hundred and fifty pounds of seed cotton as a day's task , which he thoroughly overhauled , picked out all specks , stained cotton , fragments of leaf , etc. At present , however , this is usually done by two hands , who ...
... given one hundred and fifty pounds of seed cotton as a day's task , which he thoroughly overhauled , picked out all specks , stained cotton , fragments of leaf , etc. At present , however , this is usually done by two hands , who ...
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... given why the Carolina long sta- ples are superior to those of Florida and Georgia . Cotton samplers say that the same is true of uplands , and the staple grown near the moun- tains are finer , stronger , and more even than the crops ...
... given why the Carolina long sta- ples are superior to those of Florida and Georgia . Cotton samplers say that the same is true of uplands , and the staple grown near the moun- tains are finer , stronger , and more even than the crops ...
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... given by the census of 1870 . There are 1.6 farms and 35 acres of tilled land per square mile , or 20 acres of tilled and 400 acres of untilled land to the farm . Something less than 1 per cent . of the total area , or 6.4 acres per ...
... given by the census of 1870 . There are 1.6 farms and 35 acres of tilled land per square mile , or 20 acres of tilled and 400 acres of untilled land to the farm . Something less than 1 per cent . of the total area , or 6.4 acres per ...
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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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Page 434 - AN ACT FOR THE FOUNDING AND ERECTING OF A FREE SCHOOL, FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF SoUTH CAROLINA, 1710 WHEREAS, it is necessary that a Free School be erected, for the instruction of the youth of this Province in grammar and other arts and sciences and useful learning, and also in the principles of the christian religion...
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