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Apples, 1,429 trees; 1,259 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 9,710 trees; 5,168 bushels. Pears, 464 trees; 827 bushels.
Plums and prunes, 1,344 trees; 1,172
bushels.
Cherries, 55 trees; 36 bushels.
Quinces,
Grapes, 2,399 vines; 17,496 pounds. Tropical fruits: total, 234 trees. Figs. 232 trees; 6,901 pounds. Oranges, Small fruits: total, 15 acres; 19,574 quarts. Strawberries, 12 acres; 16,310 quarts. Nuts: total, 88 trees; 2,213 pounds. Pecans, 66 trees; 575 pounds.
Labor, Fertilizer and Feed. Labor-Farms reporting, 1,821. Cash expended, $141,296. Rent and board furnished, $89,176.
Fertilizer-Farms reporting, 1,976. Amount expended, $159,898.
Feed-Farms reporting, 1,900. Amount expended, $94,646.
Receipts from sale of feedable crops, $6,159.
Domestic Animals Not on Farms.
Inclosures reporting domestic animals, 237. Value of domestic animals, $37,201. Cattle: total, 601; value, $10,848. Number of dairy cows, 150.
Horses: total, 148; value, $17,980. Mules and asses and burros: total, 62; value, $6,835. Swine: total, 299; value, $1,476. Sheep and goats: total, 27; value, $62. Honey and War.
Honey produced, 5,063 pounds. Wax produced, 460 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $626. Wool, Mohair, and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 85. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, -. Wool and mohair produced, $34.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered. Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 207. Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 1,588. Horses, mules, and asses and burros-Sold, 78. Swine-Sold or slaughtered, 6,404. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 83. Sale of animals, $29,262. Value of animals slaughtered, $71,125.
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Value of All Crops.
Total, $2,144,207. Cereals, $313,768.
Other grains and seeds, $31,753.
Hay and forage, $16,184.
Vegetables, $112,697.
Fruits and nuts, $11,207.
All other crops, $1,658,598.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity).
Cereals: total, 39,703 acres; 345,525 bushels. Corn, 35,889 acres; 276,587 bushels. Oats, 3,804 acres; 68,834 bushels.
Wheat, 9 acres; 83 bushels.
Rye, 1 acre; 13 bushels.
Kafir corn and milo maize,
Rice, 8 bushels.
Other grains:
Dry peas, 3,222 acres; 14,709 bushels. Dry edible beans, 17 acres; 172 bushels. Peanuts, 294 acres; 6,558 bushels.
Hay and forage: total, 1,481 acres; 1,141 tons.
All tame or cultivated grasses, 821 acres; 640 tons.
Wild, salt, and prairie grasses, 270 acres; 194 tons.
Grains cut green, 352 acres; 285 tons.
Coarse forage, 38 acres; 22 tons.
Post. Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1919, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Figures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.
Armstrong Liverpool
Chesson
Millstead-1
Creek Stand
Notasulga-3
Cubahatchie Roba
Downs
Shorter-1
Fort Davis
Tuskegee (ch.)-3
Gabbett Tuskegee Institute
Hannon
Tysonville
Hardaway
Warriorstand
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White.
Negro.
Total
1840
5,369
5,878
11,247
1850
11,286
15,612
26,898
1860
8,624
18,177
26,802
1870
5,103
12,620
17,727
1880
4,587
12,784
17,371
1890
4,251
14,188
18,439
1900
4,252
18,874
23,126
1910
4,007
22,039
26,049
1920
23,561
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .--
1861-Samuel Henderson, O. R. Blue, J. H. Foster.
1865-Linn B. Sanders, J. T. Crawford, R. H. Howard.
1867-Littleberry Strange, John J. Martin. 1875-Cullen A. Battle, B. F. Johnston. 1901-James E. Cobb.
Sentaors .-
1834-5-James Larkins.
1836-7-John W. Devereux.
1839-40-Solomon Washburn.
1840-1-Samuel C. Dailey.
1843-4-Robert Dougherty.
1845-6-Nathaniel J. Scott.
1849-50-George W. Gunn.
1853-4-Nathaniel Holt Clanton.
1855-6-George W. Gunn. 1857-8-George W. Carter.
1859-60-William P. Chilton. , 1861-2-Robert F. Ligon. 1865-6-Richard H. Powell.
1868-W. W. Glass.
1871-2-W. W. Glass.
1872-3-W. W. Glass.
1873-W. W. Glass.
1874-5-W. W. Glass.
1875-6-R. J. Thornton.
1876-7-H. C. Armstrong.
1878-9-G. R. Banks.
1880-1-G. R. Banks.
1882-3-A. L. Brooks.
1884-5-A. L. Brooks.
1886-7-Thomas L. Bulger. 1888-9-Thomas L. Bulger. 1890-1-J. H. Reynolds.
1892-3-J. H. Reynolds.
1894-5-I. F. Culver.
1896-7-D. S. Bethune.
1898-9-C. W. Thompson.
1899 (Spec.)-C. W. Thompson.
1900-01-C. W. Thompson.
1903-Thomas Sidney Frazer.
1907-H. P. Merritt.
1907 (Spec.)-H. P. Merritt.
1909 (Spec.)-H. P. Merritt.
1911-T. S. Frazer.
1915-O S. Lewis.
1919-S. C. Cowan.
Representatives .- 1834-5-Joseph Clough.
1835-6-Joseph Clough.
1837 (called)-Joseph Clough.
1837-8-Joseph Clough.
1838-9- Nathaniel Holt Clanton.
1839-40-Raney Fitzpatrick. 1840-1-Raney Fitzpatrick.
1841 (called)-Raney Fitzpatrick.
1841-2- Nathaniel J. Scott.
1842-3-Whiting Oliver.
1843-4-Whiting Oliver.
1844-5-Nathaniel J. Scott.
1845-6-Joseph V. Bates; Milton J. Tar- ver.
1847-8-Howell Peebles; Philip H. Rai- ford.
1849-50-Robert F. Ligon; B. W. Walker. 1851-2- John Smith; Seaborn Williams. 1853-4-Charles A. Abercrombie; T. V. Rutherford; Sidney B. Paine.
1855-6-N. G. Owen; J. W. Echols; J. H. Cunningham.
1857-8-Thomas F. Flournoy; J. w. Echols; Benjamin Thompson.
1859-60-Thomas S. Tate; Charles J. Bryan; William R. Cunningham. 1861 (1st called)-Thomas S. Tate; Charles J. Bryan; William R. Cunningham. 1861 (2d called)-Wylie W. Mason; John C. Judkins; Benjamin Tompkins.
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1861-2-Wylie W. Mason; John C. Jud- kins; Benjamin Tompkins.
1862 (called)-Wylie W. Mason; John C. Judkins; Benjamin Tompkins.
1862-3-Wylie W. Mason; John C. Jud- kins; Benjamin Tompkins.
1863 (called) - Augustus B. Fannin; Charles J: Bryan; J. C. Head.
1863-4-Augustus B. Fannin; Charles J. Bryan; J. C. Head.
1864 (called) - Augustus B. Fannin; Charles J. Bryan; J. C. Head.
1864-5-Augustus B. Fannin; Charles J. Bryan; J. C. Head.
1865-6-J. W. Echols; J. C. Judkins; Alex- ander Frazier.
1866-7 -- F. S. Ferguson (vice J. C. Jud- kins).
1868-William Alley; J. H. Alston.
1869-70-William Alley; J. H. Alston.
1870-1-William Alley; Henry St. Clair. 1871-2-William Alley; Henry St. Clair. 1872-3-George Patterson; Henry St. Clair. 1873-George Patterson; Henry St. Clair. 1874-5-A. W. Johnson; George Patterson. 1875-6-A. W. Johnson; George Patterson. 1876-7-E. S. McWhorter; L. C. Ramsey. 1878-9-A. L. Brooks; W. F. Foster.
1880-1-A. L. Brooks; W. F. Foster.
1882-3-W. F. Foster.
1884-5-J. A. Bilbro.
1886-7-B. W. Walker.
1888-9-S. B. Paine.
1890-1-J. C. Simmons.
1892-3-P. S. Holt.
1894-5-P. S. Holt; J. R. Wood (to succeed P. S. Holt, deceased) .
1896-7- J. R. Wood.
1898-9-W. H. Hurt.
1899 (Spec.)-W. H. Hurt.
1900-01-John B. Breedlove.
1903-John Richard Wood.
1907-E. W. Thompson.
1907 (Spec.)-E. W. Thompson.
1909 (Spec.)-E. W. Thompson.
1911-H. P. Merritt.
1915-H. P. Merritt.
1919-H. P. Merritt.
REFERENCES .- Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Acts of Ala., Brewer, Alabama, p. 336; Berney, Handbook (1892), p. 309; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 186; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 205; Alabama 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 155; U. S. Soil Survey (1905), with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 101; Ala. Official and Statistical Register, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Hand- book (1910); Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricul- tural Features of the State (1883) ; The Valley Regions of Alabama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Underground Water Resources of Alabama (1907).
MAD STONES. See Health, State Board of.
MADISON. Post office and incorporated town, in the western part of Madison County, in NW. 14 of sec. 16 and NE. 14 of sec. 17, T. 4, R. 2 W., and on the Southern Railway,
10 miles south west of Huntsville. Altitude:
673 feet. Population: 1880-410; 1888- 350; 1912-426. It has the Bank of Madi- son, a State institution, and the Madison Training School. It has a volunteer fire de- partment. Its industries are a sawmill, 2 cotton ginneries, and 2 gristmills.
It was settled in 1818. Among its early settlers and prominent residents have been the Walker, Clemens, Patton, Stevens, Martin, Lewis, and Wiggins families. Hon. Jere Clemens and C. C. Clay were born there.
REFERENCES .- Brewer, Alabama (1872), p. 348; Northern Alabama (1888), pp. 60, 249; Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 482; Taylor, "Madison County," in Huntsville Independent, circa 1879.
MADISON COUNTY. Created by proclama- tion of Gov. Robert Williams, of the Missis- sippi Territory, December 13, 1808. The territory originally included in the county, the Indian titles of which had been extinguished, began on the north bank of the Tennessee River, on the Cherokee boundary line, thence northly along this boundary to the southern boundary of Tennessee, thence west with this boundary until it struck the Chickasaw boun- dary, then southward along the Chickasaw line, crossing the Tennessee river twice, to its beginning. By act of the Territorial leg- islature of Alabama, February 8, 1818, the dimensions of the county were enlarged by its being bounded on the west by the western boundary of range number two, west of the basis meridian of the county, extending from the southern part of the boundary of the state of Tennessee to the Tennessee River and bounded on the south by the river. By act of the Alabama legislature December 13, 1819, all the tract of country lying between the east Madison County line, and Flint River were added to the county. The terri- tory east of Flint River, belonging to Decatur County was added to Madison County on the abolition of Decatur in 1824, thus giving Madison its final shape and dimensions.
The total area of the county is 512,000 acres, or about 800 square miles.
It was named in honor of James Madison who at the time of the county's creation was secretary of state, later becoming President of the United States.
Location and Physical Description .-- Situ- ated in the north central part of the state, it is bounded on the north by Giles and Lincoln Counties, Tenn., on the east by Jack- son County, on the south by Marshall and Morgan Counties, and on the west by Lime- stone County.
Elevations vary from 200 to 1,600 feet. The mean annual temperature is 61ºF, and the mean annual precipitation is 40.1 inches.
The topographic features of the county are varied and may be classed as river and stream bottoms, general uplands, and the mountain spurs and knobs of the Cumber- land plateau.
Eighteen soil types appear in the county, thirteen are included in the Uplands, and
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five in the alluvial or bottom lands. The Decatur, Clarksville, Colbert, Hagerstown and DeKalb are mapped as upland series, while the Elk, Holly and Huntington series are found in the alluvial areas.
Drainage is southward into the Tennessee river through Limestone Creek, Indian Creek, Aldridges Creek, and Flint and Pain Rivers. The tributaries of these streams also aid materially in supplying drainage. Madi- son County has exceptionally good water. Many springs are found in the area seeping from bluffs or bubbling up through fissues in the lime rock. Water may be secured in wells from 12 to 100 feet.
The principal crops are: cotton, corn, wheat, hay, oats, sorghum, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, clover, peanuts, fruits and alfalfa. Livestock raising, such as cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats is a growing industry. Nursery stock has also become an important industry.
Forest growth consists of post, black, white, spanish and blackjack oaks, beech, poplar and sugar maple.
The Southern Railway using the right of way of the old Memphis and Charleston road, traverses the county from east to west. The Gadsden and Decherd Branch of the Nash- ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, crosses the county from north to south. The Fayetteville and Harvest branch of the same system cuts the northwest corner of the county.
Aboriginal History .- According to the tra- ditional mustory of the Cherokees they were the first inhabitants of the Tennessee val- ley. About 1650, from some cause they with- drew from the region to the east of the Cumberland and Sand Mountains, reserving the valley as a hunting ground.
Some years after their withdrawal bands of Shawnees moved southward from Cum- berland river and took possession of the Tennessee River country in Alabama. This action angered the Cherokees and they were soon at war with the intruders. Finally after some forty years of warfare, with the aid of the Chickasaws, about 1721, the Shaw- nees were driven from the country and forced to seek a new home beyond the Ohio. After this long war the Tennessee valley remained without occupants for many years.
About 1765 the Chickasaws moved into the country and formed a settlement in the great bend of the Tennessee River in Marshall County. The founding of this settlement aroused the resentment of the Cherokees, who were soon at war with their former allies. In 1769 a great battle was fought between the two tribes at the Chickasaw village. The Chickasaws were the victors, but their victory was won at such a great loss that they with- drew from the country. This abandoned set- tlement was thenceforth known as the Chicka- saw Old Fields, and a Cherokee settlement was finally made in it. The Chickasaws con- tinued to claim lands on both sides of the Tennessee River. As the first occupants, the Cherokees never ceased to claim a full title
to lands on both sides of the river as far west as Big Bear Creek. In view perhaps of their former occupancy of the great bend, the Chickasaws claimed that their boundary line on the north side of the river ran from the Chickasaw Old Fields northwardly to the great ridge dividing the waters of the Tennes- see and Cumberland rivers.
In spite of the overlapping of these two tribal claims, both were recognized by the United States. By the Chickasaw treaty of July 23, 1805, that part of the country in- cluded between this Chickasaw boundary line on the east and a line on the west, running from the Chickasaw Old Fields northwest to the ridge near the main source of Buffalo River, was ceded to the United States.
By the Cherokee treaty of January 7, 1806, all their territory north of the Tennessee River and west of a line drawn from the upper part of the Chickasaw Old Fields, at the upper end of an island, called Chickasaw Island, northerly so as most directly to in- tersect the first waters of Elk River, was ceded to the United States.
This triangular tract of country, acquired by these two treaties, became the original Madison County of 1808.
By the treaty of September 20, 1816, the Chickasaws ceded to the United States, with the exception of three reservations, all right or title to lands north of the Tennessee River. This brought about the western enlargement of the county in accordance with the act of the legislature of 1818. By the treaty of February 27, 1819, Alabama acquired all the remaining Cherokee lands within her borders north of the Tennessee river. In this treaty the Cherokees also ceded to the United States, in trust, to be sold for the benefit of the Cherokee school fund, a tract of land twelve miles square. From this treaty with the Cherokees, Madison County ultimately ac- quired its last territory, giving it its present shape and dimensions.
The old Cherokee Reservation lay for the most part in the county and evidences of its former occupancy are found in a number of places. Along the Tennessee river and in the extreme northern section further indications are met with. Mounds are found on the Jones' plantation, near Newmarket; on the old Jeffries place at Hazel Green; and Shell- mounds or heaps are seen at Huntsville and on the north bank of the Tennessee near Whitesburg. Huntsville Cave, a short dis- tance from the Spring, "a great natural curi- osity and affords the mineralogical student a rich harvest in limestone formations and fos- sil remains." On Hobbs Island, on property of Mrs. F. M. Henderson of Natchez, Miss., are two mounds on a town site. At the mouth of Flint river is a town site. Opposite Bluff City on the property of W. M. Hopper is a large town site which unlike other loca- tions in this section, shows no evidence of burials.
There is some doubt as to who was the first settler in Madison County. If Ditto, a Pennsylvanian, was not the first settler, as
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it is said that he was, living among the In- dians in the Chickasaw Old Fields in 1804, then the honor must be conceded to Joseph and Isaac Criner. These two men with Stephen McBroom explored the northern part of the county in 1804. In the early part of 1805, the two Criners erected cabins for them- selves, near Criner's Big Spring on Mountain Fork. While engaged in this work, they were visited by John Hunt and a man named Blan, who stated that they were in search of the big spring. After spending the night, the two visitors continued their journey. About a week afterward Blan returned stating that he was going to return to Tennessee to live, but that Hunt would locate at the big spring, which had been found, and that he would go back to East Tennessee for his family. But apart from the Criners and Hunt, other fam- ilies came from Tennessee during 1805 and a number of settlements were made. These early settlers, and those who came in the next few years were typical pioneers, used to all the dangers, toils and privations of pio- neer life. Their lives were peaceful and they had no trouble with the Indians.
The first great inconvenience was the lack of mills. The settlers were forced to carry their corn to the mills near Winchester, Tenn., causing them to be absent from home for several days. Some of the people obviated this necessity by the use of a mortor and pestle. In the lack of meal lye hominy was extensively used.
The first cotton gin, the year unknown was put up by Charles Cabaness on Barren Fork. By 1809 settlements had been found along Flint River, at Huntsville, Hazel Green, Me- ridianville, and many other places in the county. During 1809 and the years following many wealthy families from Virginia and Georgia came to the county with their slaves and opened large plantations. They in time outnumbered the pioneers and became the dominant element in the county.
The second capital of the state located at Huntsville (q. v.).
Among the principal towns of the county are: Huntsville, the county seat, Gurley, New Hope, New Market, and Madison.
Churches and school houses are located at convenient points throughout the county, while the population has rural free delivery mail service, and local and long distance tele- phone service.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Census 1910:
Farms and Farmers.
Number of all farms, 5,854.
Color and nativity of farmers: Native white, 3,244. Foreign-born white, 15.
Negro and other nonwhite, 2,595.
Number of farms, classified by size: Under 3 acres, 1.
3 to 9 acres, 113.
10 to 19 acres, 497.
20 to 49 acres, 2,831.
50 to 99 acres, 1,328.
100 to 174 acres, 659.
175 to 259 acres, 215.
260 to 499 acres, 150. 500 to 999 acres, 54.
1,000 acres and over, 6. Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 519,040 acres. Land in farms, 408,781 acres. Improved land in farms, 245,056 acres. Woodland in farms, 141,899 acres. Other unimproved land in farms, 21,826 acres.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $10,947,142. Land, $6,679,591. Buildings, $2,074,182. Implements and machinery, $432,107. Domestic animals, poultry, and bees, $1,- 761,262.
Average values: All property per farm, $1,870. Land and buildings per farm, $1,495.
Land per acre, $16.34.
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges).
Farms reporting domestic animals, 5,534. Domestic animals, value, $1,708,895.
Cattle: total, 19,181; value, $282,628. Dairy cows only, 8,362.
Horses: total, 4,840; value, $482,029.
Mules: total, 7,259; value, $828,416.
Asses and burros: total, 50; value, $6,077. Swine: total, 20,810; value, $96,096.
Sheep: total, 3,588; value, $11,151.
Goats: total, 1,576; value, $2,498.
Poultry and Bees.
All poultry, 129,203; value, $49,728. Bee colonies, 1,363; value, $2,639.
Farms Operated by Owners.
Number of farms, 1,933.
Per cent of all farms, 33.0.
Land in farms, 238,690 acres. Improved land in farms, 111,551 acres.
Land and buildings, $4,637,384.
Farms of owned land only, 1,403.
Farms of owned and hired land, 530.
Native white owners, 1,496.
Foreign-born white, 12.
Negro and other nonwhite, 425.
Farms Operated by Tenants.
Number of farms, 3,899.
Per cent of all farms, 66.6. Land in farms, 162,624 acres. Improved land in farms, 129,831 acres.
Land and buildings, $3,843,016. Share tenants, 2,381.
Share-cash tenants, 53. Cash tenants, 1,424.
Tenure not specified, 41. Native white tenants, 1,728. Foreign-born white, 3. Negro and other nonwhite, 2,168.
Farms Operated by Managers. Number of farms, 22.
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Land in farms, 7,467 acres. Improved land in farms, 3,674 acres. Value of land and buildings, $273,373.
Live Stock Products. Dairy Products.
Milk: Produced, 1,970, 687; sold, 67,646 gallons.
Cream sold, 95 gallons. Butter fat sold, -.
Butter: Produced, 681,933; sold, 104,617 pounds.
Cheese: Produced,
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $141,540. Sale of dairy products, $33,995.
Poultry Products.
Poultry : Number raised, 220,458; sold, 50,830.
Eggs: Produced, 661,306; sold, 333,851 dozens.
Poultry and eggs produced, $169,325. Sale of poultry and eggs, $72,638.
Honey and War.
Honey produced, 8,688 pounds. Wax produced, 418 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $1,093. Wool, Mohair, and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 1,576. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, 6. Wool and mohair produced, $1,294.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered. Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 1,144. Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 8,380. Horses, mules, and asses and burros-Sold, 710. Swine-Sold or slaughtered, 17,036. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 1,309. Sale of animals, $246,276. Value of animals slaughtered, $189,080.
Value of All Crops.
Total, $3,378,691. Cereals, $938,974. Other grains and seeds, $7,987.
Hay and forage, $194,150. Vegetables, $165,834. Fruit and nuts, $54,351. All other crops, $2,017,395.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity). Cereals: total, 83,615 acres; 1,130,540 bushels. Corn, 75,192 acres; 1,016,151 bushels. Oats, 5,979 acres; 88,639 hushels. Wheat, 2,422 acres; 25,460 bushels. Rye, 10 acres; 150 bushels. Kafir corn and milo maize, Rice, -
Other grains: Dry peas, 414 acres; 4,450 bushels. Dry edible beans, 24 acres; 278 bushels. Peanuts, 55 acres; 1,662 bushels.
Hay and forage: total, 15,359 acres; 13,099 tons.
All tame or cultivated grasses, 5,986 acres; 5,415 tons.
Wild, salt, and prairie grasses, 982 acres; 854 tons.
Grains cut green, 7,906 acres; 6,338 tons. Coarse forage, 485 acres; 492 tons.
Special crops: Potatoes, 444 acres; 36,377 bushels. Sweet potatoes and yams, 614 acres; 60,864 bushels. Tobacco, 9 acres; 2,235 pounds. Cotton, 75,627 acres; 19,882 bales. Cane-sugar, 351 acres; 1,087 tons. Syrup made, 13,380 gallons. Cane-sorghum, 537 acres; 1,501 tons. Syrup made, 18,954 gallons.
Fruits and Nuts.
Orchard fruits: total, 121,561 trees; 66,226 bushels.
Apples, 55,082 trees; 28,894 bushels.
Peaches and nectarines, 50,730 33,262 bushels.
trees;
Pears, 9,145; trees, 2,328 bushels. Plums and prunes, 4,164 trees; bushels.
1,312
Cherries, 2,164 trees; 237 bushels. Quinces, 236 trees; 153 bushels. Grapes, 10,802 vines; 23,124 pounds. Tropical fruits: total, 115 trees. Figs, 115 trees; 2,471 pounds. Oranges,
Small fruits: total, 36 acres; 40,709 quarts. Strawberries, 22 acres; 37,437 quarts. Nuts: total, 120 trees; 631 pounds. Pecans, 17 trees; 480 pounds.
Labor, Fertilizer and Feed.
Labor-Farms reporting, 1,357. Cash expended, $162,666. Rent and board furnished, $28,983.
Fertilizer-Farms reporting, 2,241. Amount expended, $62,274. Feed-Farms reporting, 1,099. Amount expended, $64,533. Receipts from sale of feedable crops, $79,635.
Domestic Animals Not on Farms.
Inclosures reporting domestic animals, 1,226. Value of domestic animals, $176,408. Cattle: total, 1,931; value, $42,726. Number of dairy cows, 1,149.
Horses: total, 962; value, $111,711. Mules and asses and burros: total, 164; value, $19,270.
Swine: total, 472; value, $2,540.
Sheep and goats: total, 57; value, $161.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1919, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Figures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.
Bloomfield Gurley-1
Brownsboro-1 Harvest-2
Chase-1 Huntsville (ch.)-5
Deposit Jeff
Elkwood-1 Madison-3
Elon Maysville
Farley Meridianville-1
Gladstone
New Hope-1
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HISTORY OF ALABAMA
New Market-3
Normal
Ryland Taylorsville
Owens Cross Roads-1Toney-2 . Plevna
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White.
Negro.
Total.
1820
8,813
8,668
17,481
1830
13,855
14,135
27,990
1840
12,297
13,409
25,706
1850
11,937
14,490
26,427
1860
11,685
14,765
26,451
1870
15,527
15,740
31,267
1880
18,591
19,034
37,625
1890
19,345
18,769
38,119
1900
. 23,827
19,875
43,702
1910
28,146
18,894
47,040
1920
51,268
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .- 1819 - Clement C. Clay, John Leigh Townes, Henry Chambers, Samuel Mead, Hen- ry Minor, Gabriel Moore, John Williams Wal- ker, John M. Taylor.
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