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on the west side of the Alabama River, oppo- site Wilcox's Island, which is near the mouth of Pussley's Creeks. On the east side of the Alabama River, Joseph Morgan, jr., son of George Morgan, cleared several acres opposite Clifton and made a crop of corn that year which he sold to some flatboats going down to Mobile. Thomas Rhodes settled near Pine Island on the road leading from Camden and Clifton. Rhodes' Creek in the vicinity per- petuates his name.
After peace was declared in 1815, the peo- ple of the Mississippi Territory were still subject to militia duty. The squatters in the county, many of whom had served in the Indian War, were not exempt from this duty and every three months were required to ren- dezvous at Fort Claiborne for drill and inspec- tion by the proper officers. As the county was infested with roving bands of Indians who were bitter over their defeat and ready for any act of violence, the trips of the militia down to Fort Claiborne were always attended with danger. They would travel in squads of three and four, always on foot, and armed with rifles and hunting knives. They usually crossed the Alabama River at Yellow Bluff, as most of them lived on the west side of the river. To baffle the Indians and to avoid being ambushed they seldom traveled the same road twice. On several occasions they were followed by Indians but they usually suc- ceeded in throwing them off the track. Dur- ing the absence of the men at the militia muster at Fort Claiborne their families would concentrate at one place for better protection. These precautions were kept up until the In- dian troubles were closed by General Jack- son's Seminole campaign.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Census
Farms and Farmers.
Number of all farms, 6,66I.
Color and nativity of farmers:
. Native white, 1,079. Foreign-born white, 7.
Negro and other nonwhite, 5,575.
Number of farms, classified by size:
Under 3 acres, 11.
3 to 9 acres, 888.
10 to 19 acres, 1,248
20 to 49 acres, 3,110.
50 to 99 acres, 695.
100 to 174 acres, 369.
175 to 259 acres, 137.
260 to 499 acres, 118.
500 to 999 acres, 48.
1,000 acres and over, 37.
Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 573,440 acres.
Land in farms, 378,130 acres.
Improved land in farms, 215,131 acres.
Woodland in farms, 124,833 acres.
Other unimproved land in farms, 38,166 acres.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $6,494,208. Land, $3,378,805.
Buildings, $1,391,654.
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Implements and machinery, $314,508.
Domestic animals, poultry, and bees, $1,- 409,241. Average values: All property per farm, $975. Land and buildings per farm, $716. Land per acre, $8.94.
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges).
Farms reporting domestic animals, 5,947. Domestic animals, value, $1,367,694. Cattle: total, 27,848; value, $377,399. Dairy cows only, 11,633.
Horses: total, 3,937; value, $428,856. Mules: total, 3,644; value, $448,692. Asses and borros: total, 20; value, $2,850. Swine: total, 29,394; value, $106,738.
Sheep: total, 1,200; value, $2,498. Goats: total, 721; value, $661.
Poultry and Bees.
All poultry, 113,007; value, $39,283. Bee colonies, 1,486; value, $2,264.
Farms Operated by Owners.
Number of farms, 1,099. Per cent of all farms, 16.5.
Land in farms, 198,858 acres.
Improved land in farms, 81,166 acres.
Land and buildings, $2,410,615.
Farms of owned land only, 996. Farms of owned and hired land, 103. Native white owners, 685.
Foreign-born white, 5.
Negro and other nonwhite, 409.
Farms Operated by Tenants.
Number of farms, 5,550. Per cent of all farms, 83.3.
Land in farms, 172,487 acres.
Improved land in farms, 131,320
acres.
Land and buildings, $2,270,264.
Share tenants, 918.
Share cash-tenants, 10. Cash tenants, 4,478. Tenure not specified, 144. -
Native white tenants, 384.
Foreign-born white, 2.
Negro and other nonwhite, 5,164.
Farms Operated by Managers.
Number of farms, 12. Land in farms, 6,785 acres.
Improved land in farms, 2,645 acres.
Value of land and buildings, $89,580.
Live Stock Products. Dairy Products.
Milk: Produced, 1,026,459; sold, 4,777 gal- lons.
Cream sold,
Butter fat sold, 70 pounds.
Butter: Produced, 359,408; sold, 13.467 pounds. Cheese: Produced,
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $76,135. Sale of dairy products, $3,722.
Poultry Products.
Poultry: Number raised, 219,521; sold 43,- 533.
Eggs: Produced, 258,674; sold, 49,079 dozens.
Poultry and eggs produced, $94,010. Sale of poultry and eggs, $19,752.
Honey and Wax.
Honey produced, 9,381 pounds. Wax produced, 1,333 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $1,360.
Wool, Mohair and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 487. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, -. Wool and mohair produced, $446.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 631. Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 6,244. Horses, mules, and asses and burros- Sold, 165. Swine-Sold or slaughtered, 7,302. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 225. Sale of animals, $102,051. Value of animals slaughtered, $70,293.
Value of All Crops.
Total, $3,215,735.
Cereals, $521,444.
Other grains and seeds, $27,965.
Hay and forage, $49,601.
Vegetables, $175,051.
Fruits and nuts, $23,141.
All other crops, $2,418,533.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity).
Cereals: total, 37,079 acres; 562,102 bushels. Corn, 35,173 acres; 533,998 busheis. Oats, 1,906 acres; 28,099 bushels.
Wheat, -
Rye, . - Kaffir corn and milo maize, Rice, 5 bushels.
Other grains: Dry peas, 1,703 acres; 10,173 bushels. Dry edible beans, 33 acres; 294 bushels. Peanuts, 366 acres; 8,116 bushels.
Hay and forage: - total, 3,107 acres; 4,423 tons.
All tame or cultivated grasses, 2,732 acres; 3,956 tons.
Wild. salt, and prairie grasses, 275 acres; 355 tons.
Grains cut green, 75 acres; 87 tons. Coarse forage, 25 acres; 25 tons.
Special crops: Potatoes, 360 acres: 19.306 bushels. Sweet potatoes and yams, 1,768 acres; 112,432 bushels.
Tobacco, 15 pounds .. Cotton, 107,480 acres; 30,562 bales.
Cane sugar, 1,269 acres; 9,578 tons. Sirup made, 81,038 gallons.
Cane-sorghum, 175 acres; 820 tons. Sirup made, 3,520 gallons. Fruits and Nuts.
Orchard fruits: total, 33,377 trees; 21,141 bushels.
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Apples, 3,329 trees; 3,805 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 26,641 trees; 13,- 720 bushels.
Pears, 1,359 trees; 2,779 bushels.
Plums and prunes, 1,888 trees; 823 bush- els.
Cherries, 11 trees; 3 bushels. Quinces, 35 trees; 6 bushels.
Grapes, 148 vines; 2,959 pounds. Tropical fruits: total, 1,711 trees. Figs, 1,683 trees; 61,186 pounds. Oranges,
Small fruits: total, 2 acres; 1,843 quarts. Strawberries, 2 acres; 1,763 quarts. Nuts: total, 958 trees; 7,386 pounds. Pecans, 882 trees; 6,565 pounds.
Labor, Fertilizer and Feed.
Labor-Farms reporting, 2,216. Cash expended, $169,988. Rent and board furnished, $30,801. Fertilizer-Farms reporting, 2,167. Amount expended, $96,275. Feed-Farms reporting, 2,703. Amount expended, $140,717.
Receipts from sale of feedable crops, $4,889.
Domestic Animals Not on Farms.
Inclosures reporting domestic animals, 100. Value of domestic animals, $36,043. Cattle: total, 594; value, $11,125. Number of dairy cows, 140. Horses: total, 119; value, $15,262.
Mules, and asses and burros: total, 56; value, $9,085. Swine: total, 129; value, $545.
Sheep and goats: total, 10; value, $26.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1919, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Fig- ures indicate the number of rural routes from that office. Ackerville
Alberta
Lamison
Allenton
Lower Peach Tree-2
Annemanie
McWilliams-2
Arlington
Millers Ferry
Bellview
Neenah
Burl
Nyland
Caledonia-1
Oakhill
Camden (ch)-3
Pine Apple-1
Catherine
Pine Hill-1
1896-7-John Young Kilpatrick.
1898-9-Samuel Calhoun Jenkins.
1899 (Spec.)-Samuel Calhoun Jenkins.
1900-01-S. C. Jenkins. 1903-William Clarence Jones.
1907-William Clarence Jones.
1907 (Spec.)-William Clarence Jones. 1909 (Spec.) William Clarence Jones.
1911-Norman D. Godbold.
1915-J. Miller Bonner. 1919-John Miller.
White
Negro
Total
1820
1,556
1,361
2,917
1830
5,442
4,106
9,548
1840
5,960
9,318
15,278
1850
5,517
11,835
17,352
1860
6,795
17,823
24,618
1870
6,767
21,610
28,377
1880
6,711
25,117
31,828
1890
6,794.
24,022
30,816
6,979
28,652
35,631
1910
6,208
27,602
33,810
1920
....
31,080
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .- 1861-Franklin K. Beck.
1865-Aaron Burr Cooper. 1867-Robert M. Reynolds; John H. Bur- dick; Andrew L. Morgan. 1875-George S. Gullett; A. H. Gullett.
1901-S. C. Jenkins; R. C. Jones; J. N. Miller; Lee McMillan,
Senators .-
1822-3-Neil Smith.
1825-6-Arthur P. Bagby.
1827-8-Thomas Evans.
1830-1-John W. Bridges. 1833-4-Francis S. Lyon.
1834-5-John McNeil Burke. 1835-6-John McNeil Burke.
1838-9-Walter R. Ross.
1841-2-Walter R. Ross.
1844-5-Calvin C. Sellers. 1847-8-A. R. Manning. 1851-2-James T. Johnson. 1853-4-Samuel R. Blake.
1855-6-Robert S. Hatcher.
1857-8-James M. Calhoun.
1859-60-James M. Calhoun.
1861-2-James M. Calhoun. 1863-4-R. bert H. Ervin. 1865-6-Aaron Burr Cooper.
1867-8-J. deF. Richards.
1869-70-J. deF. Richards.
1871-2-J. deF. Richards.
1872-3-R. H. Ervin.
1873-R. H. Ervin.
1874-5-Robert H. Ervin.
1875-6-Felix Tate.
1876-7-Felix Tate.
1878-9-P. D. Burford.
1880-1-J. H. Malone.
1882-3-Richard C. Jones.
1884-5-R. C. Jones.
1886-7-Thomas L. Cochran.
1888-9-A. L. Pope.
1890-1-Sol. D. Block.
1892-3-Sol. D. Block.
1894-5-John Young Kilpatrick.
Coy-1
Prairie
Darlington
Primrose
Flatwood
Rehoboth
Furman
Snow Hill-1
Gastonburg
Sunny South-1
Yellow Bluff.
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
Representatives .- 1822-3-Edwin L. Harris.
1823-4-John Beck.
1824-5-John Beck.
1825-6-John W. Bridges.
1826-7-John W. Bridges.
1827-8- John W. Bridges.
1828-9-John W. Bridges; Allen Robinson.
Kimbrough
1900
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1829-30-W. R. Ross; Allen Robinson.
1830-1-W. R. Ross; Allen Moore.
1831-2-W. R. Ross; Allen Moore.
1832 (called)-W. R. Ross; Thomas K. Beck.
1832-3-W. R. Ross; Thomas K. Beck.
1833-4-Simeon S. Bonham; Claudius M. Pegues.
1834-5-Henry E. Curtis; Claudius M. Peg- ues.
1835-6-Henry E. Curtis; J. W. Bridges. 1836-7-William H. Pledger; Duncan E. Smith.
1837 (called)-William H. Pledger; Dun- can E. Smith.
1837-8-W. R. Ross; John W. Daniel.
1838-9-John M. Burke; Allen Moore.
1839-40-Benjamin Williamson; A. Moore. 1840-1-Claudius M. Pegues; Kinchen R. Womack.
1841 (called)-Claudius M. Pegues; Kin- chen R. Womack.
1841-2-Littleberry W. Mason; Thomas Jefferson.
1842-3-J. W. Bridges; Charles Dear.
1843-4-J. W. Brdiges; Charles Dear.
1844-5-L. W. Mason; T. K. Beck.
1845-6-L. W. Mason; T. K. Beck.
1847-8-Joseph D. Jenkins; James T. John- son.
1849-50-J. W. Bridges; Thomas E. Irby. 1851-2-David W. Sterrett; Franklin K. Beck.
1853-4- Robert H. Ervin; D. J. Fox.
1855-6-George Lynch; Franklin K. Beck. 1857-8-Felix Tate.
1859-60-Felix Tate.
1861 (1st called)-Felix Tate.
1861 (2d called)-George S. Gullett.
1861-2-George S. Gullett.
1862 (called)-George S. Gullett.
1862-3-George S. Gullett.
1863 (called)-John Moore.
1863-4-John Moore.
1864 (called) -John Moore.
1864-5-John Moore.
1865-6-J. Richard Hawthorn.
1866-7-J. Richard Hawthorn.
1868-A. G. Richardson; M. G. Candee.
1869-70-William Henderson; A. G. Rich- ardson.
1870-1-William Henderson; T. D. McCas- key; J. S. Perrin.
1871-2-William Henderson; Thomas D. McCaskey; J. S. Perrin.
1872-3-John Bruce; T. D. McCaskey; Wil- lis Merriwether.
1873- John Bruce; T. D. McCaskey; Wil- lis Merriwether.
1874-5-Elijah Baldwin; John Bruce; W. Merriwether.
1875-6-Elijah Baldwin; L. W. Jenkins; E. W. Locke.
1876-7-Elijah Baldwin; George S. Gul- lett.
1878-9-George English; J. W. Purifoy.
1880-1-J. T. Beck; E. R. Morrissette.
1882-3-J. T. Beck; J. W. Purifoy.
1884-5-E. Burson; S. A. Fowlkes.
1886-7-D. F. Gaston; J. T. Dale.
1888-9-William A. George; B. M. Miller.
1890-1-John Purifoy; W. T. Burford.
1892-3-W. F. Fountain; J. P. Speir.
1894-5-J. T. Dale; Dan Cook.
1896-7-S. C. Jenkins; J. T. Dale. 1898-9-N. D. Godbold; W. L. Jones.
1899 (Spec.)-N. D. Godbold; W. L. Jones.
1900-01-W. L. Jones; Lee McMillan.
1903-Samuel Calvin Cook; Benjamin Franklin Watts, Jr.
1907-Sol. D. Block; Lee McMillan.
1907 (Spec.)-Sol. D. Bloch; Lee McMillan.
1909 (Spec.)-Sol. D. Bloch; Lee McMillan.
1911-J. B. Lloyd; J. R. Pharr.
1915-Ross Speir; R. J. Goode, Jr.
1919-W. A. McDowell; E. F. Oakley.
REFERENCES .- Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Acts of Ala .; Brewer, Alabama, p. 577; Berney, Handbook (1892), p. 336; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 155; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 223; Alabama, (1909) (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 217; U. S. Soil Survey, with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 161; Ala. Official and Statistical Register, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Handbook (1910) ; Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricultural fea- tures of the State (1883) ; The Valley regions of Alabama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Under- ground Water Resources of Alabama (1907).
WILLS CREEK. A tributary of the Coosa River. It rises in Dekalb County and flows southwest in the valley between Lookout and Sand Mountains until it reaches Attalla, where it turns abruptly to the southeast around the southern point of Lookout Moun- tain, and empties into the Coosa about 11/2 miles below Gadsden. Its length is about 73 miles. It is fed principally by short growth of giant white oak trees that covered the land for hundreds of acres in the vicinity. The woods were so open that deer and tur- mountain streams, the largest tributaries being Black Creek and Little Wills Creek. The bed of the stream above Attalla is rocky and gravelly, and the slope is steep, reaching as much as 5 feet per mile. Below Attalla it lies within the valley of the Coosa River, and has a slope of from 21/2 to 3 feet per mile. Its bed here is formed of clay and gravel, and its course is confined to the limits of Dekalb and Etowah Counties.
Owing to the steep slope of the stream and to its small low-water discharge, it is not ordinarily navigable. In 1912-13 an exami- nation of the creek was made by United States Government engineers to determine the feasibility of making it navigable from its mouth to Attalla, 712 miles. Their report was adverse to improvement.
About 13 miles from its mouth the creek is obstructed by the dam of the Alabama Interstate Power Co., which is 18 feet high and 185 feet long, the power from which is used to generate electricity. Further water power development on this stream is feasible, but has not been undertaken.
REFERENCE .- U. S. Chlef of Engineers Re- port on examination of Wills Creek, Ala., 1913 (H. Doc. 101, 63d Cong., 1st sess.).
WILL'S TOWN A Cherokee town, founded about 1770, situated on Big Will's
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Creek, just above the present village of Le- banon, in DeKalb County. It was named for a half breed chief called Red-Headed Will. It was a place of importance in Cherokee history. Here before and during the Revo- lution resided Col. Alexander Campbell, the famous British agent for the Cherokees.
REFERENCES .- Pickett, History of Alabama (Owen's ed., 1900), pp. 146, 415, 436; O. D. Street, in Alabama History Commission, Report (190I), vol. I, p. 420; Bureau of American Ethnology, Nineteenth annual report (1900), p. 546; Handbook of American Indians (1910), vol. 2, p. 956.
WILLS VALLEY. The double valley sepa- rating Raccoon Mountain, on the northwest, from Lookout and Chandler Mountains, on the southeast. It consists of two parts-one called Big Wills Valley, which is much the larger and includes all the valley drained by Big Wills Creek; the other called Little Wills Valley, being that part between East Red Mountain and Lookout Mountain, drained by Little Wills Creek. Together the valleys ex- tend from the Georgia line southwestward through DeKalb and Etowah Counties for a distance of about 70 miles, and have an aver- age width of nearly 5 miles, making their combined area approximately 350 square miles. The central portion of Wills Valley is composed of a broken belt of cherty hills and ridges. Its geological formations are the lower Silurian, Pelham ( Trenton) limestones and siliceous (Knox) dolomite and chert; the Devonian black shale; the lower Subcar- boniferous, Fort Payne chert; and the upper Subcarboniferous, Bangor limestones and Hartselle sandstones. The principal farm lands of the valley are along Big and Little Wills Creeks. Besides red iron ore there are pottery and fire-brick clays, building stones, both limestone and sandstone, and numer- ous mineral springs. Alabama White Sul- phur Springs, a popular summer resort, is in the valley, situated in a gap of West Red Mountain.
Wills Valley is associated with some of the earliest historical events in northern Alabama. Will's Town, a famous Indian trading post, named for Red-Headed Will, a half-breed Cherokee chief, was founded about 1770 on Big Wills Creek, just above the present village of Lebanon, and was a place of importance in Cherokee history. Here Col. Alexander Campbell, British Agent for the Cherokees, resided before and during the Revolution. One of the earliest railroads projected in the State traversed practically the entire length of the valley. It was called the North-east & South-west Railroad, and was the nucleus of the Alabama & Chatta- nooga Railway, now a part of the Alabama Great Southern.
REFERENCES .- McCalley, Valley regions of Alabama, pt. I, Coosa Valley (Geol. Survey of Ala., Special report 9, 1897), pp. 9-10, 29, 115; Alabama History Commission, Report (1901), vol. 1, p. 420; Pickett, History of Alabama, (Owen's ed., 1900), pp. 146, 415, 436.
WILLS VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. Sce Alabama, Great Southern Rallroad Com- pany.
WILSONVILLE. Post office and Incorpo- rated town on the Southern Railway, in the eastern part of Shelby County, 1 mile from the Coosa River, about equidistant between Columbiana and Childersburg, and 9 mlles northeast of Columbiana. Altitude: 421 feet. Population: 1888-300; 1900-1,095; 1910 -933. It has the Wilsonville State Bank. The town was named for the oldest settler, Dr. Elisha Wilson. Among the early settlers were Henry Brasher, Thomas Hawkins, Dan- iel McLeod, and Benjamin Hawkins. It is situated in a fine agricultural section of country.
REFERENCES .- Northern Alabama (1888), pp. 160-161; Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 815; Lippincott's gazetteer, 1913, p. 2009; Co- lumbiana Sentinel, circa 1905; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
WINCHESTER & ALABAMA RAILROAD COMPANY. See Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company.
WINFIELD. Post office and station on the "Frisco" Railway and the Illinois Central Railroad, in the southern part of Marion County, sec. 17, T. 13, R. 12, on the line between Marion and Fayette Counties, about 20 miles south of Hamilton. Altitude: 469 feet. Population: 1900-316; 1910-419; 1916-600. The Winfield State Bank is its only banking institution. The Winfield Watchman, a weekly newspaper established in 1914, is published there. The settlement was first called Luxapalila, then Needmore, and finally Winfield. Among the original settlers were the Aston, Vickery, Moss, Dick- inson, Russell, Ward, Weeks, Berryhill, and Musgrove families.
REFERENCE .- Manuscript data in the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
WINSTON COUNTY. Created by an act, February 12, 1850. Its territory was taken almost entirely from Walker County. It has an area of 630 square miles, or 478,990 acres.
It was first named Hancock in memory of Gov. John Hancock, of Massachusetts, but the name was changed by an act passed January 22, 1858, to honor Gov. John A. Winston (q. v.)
Location and Physical Description .- It is situated in the northwestern section of the state and is bounded on the north by Frank- lin and Lawrence Counties, on the south by Walker, on the east by Cullman, and on the west by Marion. It has an elevation rang- ing from 500 to 1,500 feet above sea level. It belongs to the Coal Measures region and its topography ranges from rolling and hilly to rough and mountainous. It is rich in min- eral deposits and coal mining is one of the important industries. The soils of the county are characteristic of the Appalachian moun-
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tain province, the DeKalb and Hanceville series being the most extensive in the up- lands and the higher valley lands. The al- luvial lands are not very extensive. Many creeks whose waters flow into the Black Warrior, water the county. The forests abound with the post, red and Spanish oaks, poplar, beech, holly, chestnut, sour gum, and hickory.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Census 1910:
Farms and Farmers
Number of all farms, 2,163.
Color and nativity of farmers: Native white, 2,154. Foreign-born white, 7. Negro and other nonwhite, 2. Number of farms, classified by size: Under 3 acres, -
3 to 9 acres, 47.
10 to 19 acres, 186.
29 to 49 acres, 388.
50 to 99 acres, 469.
100 to 174 acres, 736.
175 to 259 acres, 191.
260 to 499 acres, 119. 500 to 999 acres, 25.
1,000 acres and over, 2.
Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 403,200 acres. Land in farms, 255,394 acres. Improved land in farms, 63,233 acres. Woodland in farms, 181,158 acres. Other unimproved land in farms, 11,003 acres.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $2,037,910. Land, $1,082,194. Buildings, $429,438.
Implements and machinery, $119,293. Domestic animals, poultry, and bees, $406,- 985. Average values: All property per farm, $942. Land and buildings per farm, $699. Land per acre, $4.24.
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges). Farms reporting domestic animals, 2,089. Domestic animals, value, $395,220. Cattle: total, 7,389; value, $107,627. Dairy cows only, 3,211.
Horses: total, 1,005; value, $93,390. Mules: total, 1,422; value, $165,087. Asses and burros: total, 14; value, $1,175. Swine: total, 6,996; value, $23,732. Sheep: total, 2,224; value, $3,738. Goats: total, 478; value, $471.
Poultry and Bees. All poultry, 34,043; value, $10,102. Bee colonies, 921; value, $1,663.
Farms Operated by Owners. Number of farms, 1,650. Per cent of all farms, 76.3. Land in farms, 230,020 acres. Improved land in farms, 51,929 acres.
Land and buildings, $1,310,435.
Farms of owned land only, 1,450.
Farms of owned and hired land, 200.
Native white owners, 1,643. Foreign-born white, 6.
Negro and other nonwhite, 1.
Farms Operated by Tenants. Number of farms, 512.
Per cent of all farms, 23.7.
Land in farms, 25,262 acres.
Improved land in farms, 11,264 acres.
Land and buildings, $199,997.
Share tenants, 466.
Share-cash tenants, 1.
Cash tenants, 41.
Tenure not specified, 4.
Native white tenants, 510.
Foreign-horn white, 1.
Negro and other nonwhite, 1.
Farms Operated by Managers.
Number of farms, 1.
Land in farms, 112 acres.
Improved land in farms, 40 acres.
Value of land and buildings, $1,200.
Live Stock Products. Dairy Products.
Milk: Produced, 890,190; sold, 24,287 gal- lons.
Cream sold, 500 gallons.
Butter fat sold,
Butter: Produced, 351,934; sold, 6,187 lbs.
Cheese: Produced,
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $65,274.
Sale of dairy products, $3,974.
Poultry Products.
Poultry: Number raised, 79,878; sold, 29,915. Eggs: Produced, 197,718 doz .; sold, 82,513 doz Poultry and eggs produced, $50,607. Sale of poultry and eggs, $20,481.
Honey and Wax.
Honey produced, 5,389 pounds. Wax produced, 223 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $647.
Wool, Mohair and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 2,045. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, Wool and mohair produced, $1,136.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 339.
Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 3,020.
Horses, mules, and asses and burros- sold, 310.
Swine-Sold or slaughtered, 6,289. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 1,052. Sale of animals, $63,295.
Value of animals slaughtered, $70,221.
Value of All Crops.
Total, $894,234. Cereals, $267,083. Other grains and seeds, $10,230. Hay and forage, $4,131.
HISTORY OF ALABAMA
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Vegetables, $108,107. Fruits and nuts, $45,942. All other crops, $458,741.
Selected Crops ( Acres and Quantity).
Cereals: total, 26,089 acres; 277, 391 bushels. Corn, 23,547 acres; 257,666 bushels. Oats, 2,507 acres; 19,581 bushels. Wheat, 12 acres; 57 bushels.
Rye, 23 acres; 87 bushels.
Kafir corn and milo maize, -. Rice, -.
Other grains:
Dry peas, 1,370 acres; 5,958 bushels. Dry edible beans, 1 acre; 6 bushels. Peanuts, 67 acres; 837 bushels.
Hay and forage: total, 613 acres; 456 tons. All tame or cultivated grasses, 38 acres; 51 tons.
Wild, salt, and prairie grasses, 91 acres; 119 tons.
Grains cut green, 323 acres; 163 tons Coarse forage, 161 acres; 123 tons
Special crops: Potatoes, 186 acres; 15,999 bushels. Sweet potatoes and yams, 497 acres; 43,856 bushels.
Tobacco, 4 acres; 1,294 pounds.
Cotton, 15,097 acres; 5,004 hales.
Cane-sugar, 37 acres; 179 tons.
Sirup made, 1,721 gallons.
Cane-sorghum, 538 acres; 2,419 tons. Sirup made, 22,036 gallons.
Fruits and Nuts. Orchard fruits: total, 111,185 trees; 57,763 bushels.
Apples, 29,002 trees; 23,927 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 61,594 trees: 28,- 731 bushels. Pears, 1,028 trees; 71 bushels.
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