 | Geological Survey of Alabama - Agriculture - 1883 - 664 pages
...much better quality than the average soil of the Barrens, is of limited occurrence. Tfie Red or V<dlcy Lands. — Under this head are included the Valley...too rocky for easy cultivation, ' are often chosen sites for the dwelling-houses of the planters. Where the flaggy limestones, either of the Saint Louis... | |
 | Geological Survey of Alabama - Geology - 1883 - 668 pages
...spurs the surface is more broken. On account of the fertile nature of the soil most of these lauds are cleared and under cultivation, but the monotony...being too rocky for easy cultivation, are often chosen sites for the dwelling-houses of the planters. Where the flaggy limestones, either of the Saint Louis... | |
 | M. B. Hillyard - Southern States - 1887 - 516 pages
...in this division — thc Tennessee Valley. The valley lands are nearly level or gently undulating, but in the gaps between the mountain spurs the surface...of these lands are cleared and under cultivation. SOUTHERN DIVISION. — This includes all that portion of the State south and west of the Middle and... | |
 | Saffold Berney - Alabama - 1892 - 592 pages
...division, which are all closely related in their agricultural and topographical features. These lands are nearly level or gently undulating, especially...but the monotony is agreeably relieved by the low, rocky knolls, which are covered with a luxuriant growth of oaks. Where the flaggy limestones lie very... | |
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In this estimate are included also those calcareous lands derived from the limestones of the Mountain Limestone formation where they occur in the valleys and not upon the mountain slopes. The general character of the valley lands has already been alluded... 