REPORT ON THE COTTON PRODUCTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL AGRICULTURAL FEATURES OF THE STATE. BY R. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PH. D., LATE ASSISTANT IN THE GEORGIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL AGENT. [NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY A. R. MCCUTCHEN, SPECIAL AGENT.] i 259 Page. PHYSICO-GEOGRAPHICAL AND Agricultural Features of the State of GEORGIA-Continued. Metamorphic Region-Continued. Gray Sandy Lands .... Area.... Topography and Character of the Land.: Red Lands... Red Belts.... Topography and Character of the Soils Granitic Lands Topography and Soils... Localities.... Granite with Pink Feldspar Flatwoods Cultivated Lands of the Metamorphic Region The Central Cotton Belt. Sand and Pine Hills Red Hills.... Oak, Hickory, and Long-leaf Pine Hills or Yellow-loam Region.. Eastern Division Western Division Southern Oak, Hickory, and Pine Region. Lowlands of the Central Cotton Belt Marls and Limestones.. Long-leaf Pine and Wire-grass Region.... The Lime-sink Region..... Pine Barrens or Sandy Wire-grass Region..... Pine and Palmetto Flats Okefenokee Swamp.... Coast Region Savannas.. Live Oak and Coast Lands. The Coast Tide Swamp Land. Marsh Land The Sea Islands.. ✓ REMARKS ON COTTON PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA. Early History. Cotton Production in 1880... TABLE III.-Population and Cotton Production in each Agricultural Region of the State Comparison of Acreage and Production by Regions........... Productiveness or Product Per Acre in Regions Banner Counties... Laborers.... Methods of Cultivation Intense Culture.. Transportation.. Fertilizers.. Soil Exhaustion Natural Fertilizers Marls... Black Muck Pine Straw GENERAL COMPARISON OF THE SOILS OF THE STATE Table of Analyses of Soils and Subsoils.... Table of Humus Determinations.... 32, 33 32 32, 33 33-35 34 34,35 35-37 35, 36 36 36 37 37,38 38-46 38, 39 39-41 41 41 41-43 43 44 44-46 46-51 47-49 49,50 50,51 51 51-53 51 52 52, 53 53 53 53-63 53,54 54 54 55 55, 56 56 56,57 57 57,58 58,59 59 59,60 60, 61 61, 62 61 61 62 62, 63 64, 65 66 |