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Aimwell Magnolia Alfalfa Marengo
Allenville-1
ยท Miller
Consul
Myrtlewood-1
Corley
Nanafalia
Coxheath
Nicholsville
Dayton Octagon
Demopolis-1
Old Spring Hill
Dixons Mills
Prentice
Exmoor
Putnam
Faunsdale-1
Rembert
Hampden
Shiloh
Hugo
Shortleaf
Jefferson
Surginer
Knoxwood
Sweet Water
Lasca
Thomaston-1
Linden (ch.)
Vangale
McKinley
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
White.
Negro.
Total.
1820
2,052
881
2,933
1830
4,540
3,151
7,700
1840
5,350
11,914
17,264
1850
7,101
20,730
27,831
1860
6,761
24,410
31,171
1870
6,090
20,058
26,151
1880
7,277
23,612
30,689
1890
7,946
25,149
33,095
1900
8,841
29,473
38,315
1910
9,070
30,846
39,916
1920
36,065
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .-
1819-Washington Thompson.
1861-William E. Clarke.
1865-James Taylor Jones. 1867-Pierce Burton; Brig. Gen. Charles W. Dustan; J. Wright McLeod (colored). 1875-Francis S. Lyon; Henry A. Woolf. 1901-Charles H. Miller; John J. King; Gesner Williams.
Senators .-
1819-20-Thomas Ringgold.
1821-2-Patrick May.
1822-3-John Coats.
1825-6-George S. Gaines.
1827-8-Joseph B. Earle.
1828-9-Thomas Evans.
1830-1-John W. Bridges.
1833-4-Francis S. Lyon.
1835-6-John Rains.
1836-7-John Rains. 1839-40-William J. Alston. 1842-3-William B. Moores. 1845-6-Calvin C. Sellers.
1847-8-Amos R. Manning.
1851-2-James T. Johnson.
1853-4-James D. Webb.
1855-6-Joseph W.' Taylor.
1857-8-Allen C. Jones. 1861-2-William E. Clarke.
1865-6-C. C. Huckabee. 1868-W. B. Jones. 1871-2-W. B. Jones.
1872-3-J. W. Dereen. 1873-J. W. Dereen.
1874-5-J. W. Dereen. 1875-6-J. W. Dereen. 1876-7-F. S. Lyons.
1878-9-W. E. Clarke.
1880-1-W. E. Clarke.
1882-3-J. F. Griffin.
1884-5-J. F. Griffin.
1886-7-William H. Tayloe.
1888-9-W. H. Tayloe.
1890-1-John H. Minge.
1892-3-J. H. Minge.
1894-5-Mims Walker.
1896-7-Mims Walker.
1898-9-D. J. Meador.
1899 (Spec.)-D. J. Meador.
1900-01-D. J. Meador. 1903-Samuel Golson Woolf. 1907-J. J. King.
1907 (Spec.)-J. J. King.
1909 (Spec.)-J. J. King. 1911-C. H. Miller.
1915-C. H. Miller.
1919-T. J. Carlton.
Representatives .-
1819-20-John Coats.
1820-1-John Coats.
1821 (called)-John Coats.
1821-2-Nathaniel Norwood.
1822-3-Nathaniel Norwood.
1823-4-William Fluker.
1824-5-William Fluker.
1825-6-William Fluker.
1826-7-William Fluker.
1827-8-William Anderson.
1828-9-William Anderson. 1829-30 -Charles D. Conner.
1830-1-Charles D. Conner.
1831-2-John Lockhart.
1832 (called)-John Lockhart.
1832-3-John Lockhart.
1833-4-John Rains.
1834-5-John Rains; Benjamin Shields.
1835-6-John M. Cooper; Benjamin G. Shields.
1836-7-William J. Alston; Benjamin G. Shields.
1837 (called)-William J. Alston; Ben- jamin Shields.
1837-8-William J. Alston; Benjamin G. Shields.
1838-9-William B. Moores; Benjamin G. Shields. 1839-40-William B. Moores; J. M. Dav- enport. 1840-41-William B. Moores; J. M. Dav- enport.
1841 (called)-William B. Moores; J. M. Davenport. 1841-2-William B. Moores; James M. Davenport.
1842-3-John W. Henley; Joseph Pickett. 1843-4-William J. Alston; D. C. Ander- son. 1844-5-Washington M. Smith; s. J.
Harris,
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1845-6-Amos R. Manning; J. B. Williams. 1847-8-John T. Walton; Elijah Young.
1849-50-M. W. Creagh; Caleb Williams.
1851-2-William M. Byrd; Benjamin N. Glover.
1853-4-M. W. Creagh; F. F. Foscue.
1855-6-William J. Alston; James R.
Jones.
1857-8-N. B. Leseur.
1859-60-N. B. Leseur.
1861 (1st called)-N. B. Leseur.
1861 (2d called)-Francis S. Lyon (re- signed ).
1861-2-James R. Jones.
1862 (called)-James R. Jones.
1862-3-James R. Jones.
1863 (called)-William B. Modawell. 1863-4-William B. Modawell.
1864 (called)-William B. Modawell.
1864-5-William B. Modawell.
1865-6-James R. Jones (resigned).
1866-7-H. Ashby Woolf.
1868-Pierce Burton; John W. Dereen; E. R. Rose.
1869-70-Pierce Burton; John W. Dereen; E. R. Rose.
1870-1-C. W. Dustan; L. C. Carlin; Levi Wells. 1871-2-L. C. Carlin; C. W. Dustan; Levi Wells.
1872-3-C. W. Dustan; F. H. Threat; B. R. Thomas.
1873-C. W. Dustan; F. H. Threat; B. R. Thomas.
1874-5-D. M. Prowell; C. S. Wood; H. A. Woolf.
1875-6-D. M. Prowell; C. S. Wood; H. A. Woolf
1876-7-J. H. George; D. M. Prowell.
1878-9-T. H. Bradford; H. A. Woolf.
1880-1-T. H. Bradford; M. Walker.
1882-3-Mims Walker; F. H. Kimbrough.
1884-5-Mims Walker; J. J. King.
1886-7-W. H. Herron.
1888-9-D. J. Meador; S. G. Woolf.
1890-1-D. J. Meador; J. A. Steele.
1892-3-D. J. Meador; James A. Steele.
1894-5-D. J. Meador; D. M. Prowell.
1896-7-D. J. Meadow; D. M. Prowell. 1898-9-R. R. Poole; J. M. Miller.
1899 (Spec.)-R. R. Poole; J. M. Miller. 1900-01-J. B. Williams; S. G. Woolf.
1903-John Henry Minge; Jacob B. Wil- liams.
1907-W. B. Doyle; S. G. Woolf.
1907 (Spec.)-W. B. Doyle; S. G. Woolf. 1909 (Spec.)-W. B. Doyle; S. G. Woolf. 1911-Geo. Pegram; S. L. Strickland.
1915-W. B. Cooper; G. G. Griffin.
1919-W. G. Allen; J. D. Jones.
REFERENCES .- Toulmin, Digest (1823), index; Brewer, Alabama, p. 372; Berney, Handbook, (1892), p. 312; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 150; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 207; Ala- bama, 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bul- letin 27), p. 162; Alabama land book (1916), p. 110; Ala: Official and Statistical Regis- ter, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Handbook (1910) ; Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricultural features of the State (1883) ; The
Valley regions of Alabama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Underground Water resources of Ala- bama (1907).
MARGARET ALLEN SCHOOL. Private institution for the education of girls, located in Birmingham. Founded in 1903 by the Misses W. M., B. A., and Ruth L. Allen, all of whom teach, and who continue as the sole proprietors. In 1904 ground was broken for the new building, at 2144 Highland Avenue. It is a commodious two story structure of pleasing architectural plan. Primary, inter- mediate and college entrance courses are of- fered. There are separate studios of art, in- strumental music, interpretation and expres- sion.
REFERENCES .- Catalogues, 1903-1912; leaf- lets, announcements and report cards. The Marguerite, student publication, 1st issue, May, 1909, and 2nd issue May, 1911.
MARINE HOSPITAL (U. S.) AT MOBILE. This is the oldest building now in use as a Marine Hospital, having been occupied since about 1837. Its construction was commenced as early as 1834 and finished at the end of 1837. It was owned by the City of Mobile and purchased by the United States Government in 1841. From 1841 to the outbreak of the War of Secession, the building was used for the treatment of patients of the merchant marine, and from that time until the surrender of Mobile in 1865, it was used for hospital pur- poses by the Confederates. After the surren- der it was used by the Federal forces for the same purpose. When it was given up by army officials at the close of the war, the building was leased by the Secretary of the Treasury to private parties, and conducted as a Marine Hospital on the contract system until September 1, 1875, when it reverted to the Marine Hospital Service and has continued under its management since that time.
In 1873 a severe yellow fever epidemic oc- curred in the Gulf states and those on the Mississippi River. Mobile was probably the only infected place in Alabama, and there is record of but 50 cases there. Only 8 cases were treated at the Marine Hospital, then in charge of Surgeon O. L. Crampton, who also contracted the disease but recovered.
Brewton, Alabama, was visited by an epi- demic of yellow fever in the fall of 1883 and Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Stone, with Dr. W. H. Carson, of New Orleans, was detailed by the Service to investigate and to assist Dr. Jerome Cochrane, then the Alabama state health officer.
Surgeon R. D. Murray investigated and reported on an epidemic of smallpox which occurred in Mobile, Wallace, Stevenson, Tus- cumbia and Montgomery, as well as many towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, in the spring and summer of 1896.
An epidemic of yellow fever having broken out in the adjacent states in 1897, Past As- sistant Surgeon (later Assistant Surgeon Gen- eral) A. H. Glennan was detailed to assist State Health Officer Dr. W. H. Sanders and Dr. Rhett Goode, Health Officer of Mobile County,
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to institute quarantine measures to prevent its introduction into Mobile and the state of Alabama. A few cases occurred in Whistler, a suburb of Mobile, but this appears to be the only place in the state that was afflicted.
At the request of the mayor of Birming- ham, the State Health Officer and the Gov- ernor, Past Assistant Surgeon G. M. Ma- gruder was on December 31, 1897, detailed to investigate and make recommendations looking to the control of an epidemic of small- pox which had existed since May of that year, in Birmingham and vicinity.
In the summer of 1905, yellow fever ap- peared in New Orleans, some of the small towns in Mississippi, and Tampa and Pensa- cola, Florida. Surgeon Eugene Wasdin was sent to investigate conditions in Mobile and other places in Alabama and render assist- ance. No yellow fever was discovered in Ala- bama but a rigid quarantine against the neighboring states was instituted and main- tained by the City of Mobile and the state health authorities. Dr. Charles Mohr, later City Health Officer of Mobile was actively en- gaged in this campaign. Dr. William H. Sanders was state health officer.
On March 18, 1907, the National Govern- ment assumed charge of the quarantine sta- tion at Fort Morgan, Alabama, at the mouth of Mobile Bay. This station had previously been conducted by the state authorities but since the above date it has been operated by the Public Health Service.
Upon request of the member of congress, the city authorities and the Business Men's Club of Huntsville, Alabama, Past Assist- ant Surgeon L. L. Lumsden was, on October 7, 1910, sent to that city to make an investi- gation of the water supply. Typhoid fever had been prevalent. After investigation rec- ommendations were made for improvement.
To obtain a better understanding of the disease and how to combat it, Surgeon R. H. von Ezdorf, then in charge of the Marine Hospital in Mobile, was directed by the Sur- geon General of the U. S. Public Health Service, to undertake epidemiological studies of malaria in Alabama, as a preliminary to more extensive studies to be conducted in all the Southern states. This work was begun early in the year 1912, and was continuously conducted by Surgeon von Ezdorf, in Alabama and other states, until the time of his death, which occurred in Lincolnton, N. C., on September 8, 1916.
On April 23, 1914, Surgeon von Ezdorf was ordered to Vera Cruz, Mexico, for temporary duty and Assistant Surgeon General H. R. Carter was sent to relieve him in the malaria investigation work and in charge of the hos- pital at Mobile. Assistant Surgeon General Carter continued these studies until the re- turn of Surgeon von Ezdorf on August 1, 1914. In November, 1914, Surgeon von Ezdorf was assigned to take charge of the U. S. Marine Hospital in New Orleans, La., and was ordered to make that place the head- quarters of the malaria investigation.
Surgeon John T. Burkhalter relieved Sur-
geon von Ezdorf at the Marine Hospital in Mobile on November 9, 1914.
In view of the considerable prevalence of typhoid fever in Decatur, New Decatur and Florence. Alabama, and on the request of the local health officer and the state health officer, Past Assistant Surgeon Paul Preble was detailed to make investigation and rec- ommendations as appeared necessary for its control. The work extended from February 14 to February 26, 1915, in the Decaturs, and from April 27 to 30, 1915, in Florence.
During the year 1915 work on the malaria investigation continued under Surgeon von Ezdorf, survey being made at the following places in Alabama: Mobile, Fulton, Lanett, Tuscaloosa, Kaulton, Holt and a camp at Lock 12 on the Coosa River. Assistant Surgeon General H. R. Carter, directed by the Sur- geon General to investigate the effect of im- pounded waters on the incidence of malaria, made surveys of the following places in Alabama during the year 1915; the pool at Lock 12 on the Coosa River, pool at Lock 17 of the Black Warrior River, and two pools of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Rail- road Company, near Birmingham.
At the request of the Alabama State Board of Health, Past Assistant Surgeon J. R. Ridlon was detailed to temporarily fill the vacancy of state bacteriologist and patholo- gist and director of the Pasteur Institute at Birmingham, Alabama. 'He served in this capacity from May 1, 1916, to June 8, 1916.
The work of making a study of the water supply system of Florence, Alabama, was done by Sanitary Engineer R. E. Tarbett, of the U. S. Public Health Service, during the year 1916, at the request of the City Commissioners.
In September, 1897, Past Assistant Sur- geon A. H. Glennan established a deten- tion camp for refugees from yellow fever districts in the Mount Vernon Barracks, an old abandoned army post north of Mobile. No cases of yellow fever ever spread from this camp.
MARION. County seat of Perry County, situated in the center of the county, on the Southern Railway, about 5 miles west of Cahaba River, about 16 miles north of Marion Junction, 28 miles northwest of Selma, and about 18 miles northeast of Uniontown. Al- titude: 263 feet. Population: 1850 -- 1,544; 1860-1,708; 1870-2,646; 1880-2,000; 1890-1,982; 1900-1,698; 1910-1,834. It was incorporated by the legislature January 2, 1835, and its charter amended January 16, 1844, and February 3, 1854. Its banks are the Marion Central Bank (State), and the Peoples' Bank (State). The Marion Standard, a semiweekly established in 1879, The Ma- rion Times, a weekly established in 1911, both Democratic newspapers; the Bulletin of Ma- rion Institute, and the Bulletin of Judson Col- lege, quarterlies, the first established in 1904, the second in 1913, are published there. It is the location of the Perry County High School, Marion Institute, Judson College, and
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Marion Female Seminary. Its industries are cotton ginneries and warehouses, grist- mills, and a sawmill.
The locality was settled in 1817 by Michael Muckle, who was shortly followed by A. West, Warner Young, John Johnson, and John Dur- den. The settlement was first known as Muckle's Ridge. In 1822 it was made the county seat, and a log-cabin was erected in 1823 which was used as the courthouse until 1837, when a brick building was erected. The latter continued in use until the construction of the present courthouse in 1855.
In 1824 the first schoolhouse, a log-cabin, was built by Thomas Billingslea on the site of the present Second Baptist Church. In 1837 the Baptists built a $7,000 church, and the Masons erected their hall. In 1836-37, the different denominations united in build- ing the female seminary, which was the prin- cipal educational institution until the found- ing of Judson College in 1839. In 1844 Howard College, for young men, was founded by the Baptists. In 1886 the institution was moved to Birmingham, and its plant at Ma- rion was secured by the founder of the mili- tary school known as Marion Institute.
See Howard College; Judson College; Ma- rion Institute; Marion Seminary.
REFERENCES .- Acts, 1835-36, pp. 58-60; 1844- 45, p. 57; 1853-54, p. 284; Brewer, Alabama (1872), p. 489; Northern Alabama (1888), pp. 701-717; Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 486; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
MARION COUNTY. Created by an act of the Territorial Legislature, December 13, 1818. It originally comprised a large tract of country lying west of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, its southern boun- dary being a line run northward from the mouth of the Sipsey Fork. The geographical ignorance displayed in the wording of the act of creation, was rectified by an act of December 19, 1820, in which the boundaries were better defined, and described as "be- ginning on the line which separates the states of Mississippi and Alabama, at a point where the line dividing townships fourteen and fifteen cuts the same, thence east on said line, to the southeast corner of township fourteen, range eleven, thence north on the line, divid- ing ranges ten and eleven, to the line which divides townships eight and nine, thence west on said line to its intersection with the state line, thence south on the state line, to the beginning." On January 1, 1823, an act was passed which added all the country lying west of Blount County, south of the southern boun- dary of township eight and north of the southern boundary of township twelve, west of the meridian line from Huntsville, to the county. The northeast corner of the county was acquired from the Chickasaw cession of Pontotoc Creek, October 20, 1832. The county was reduced to its present dimensions by the creation of Lamar County in 1866.
The total area of the county is 472,896 acres or 739 square miles.
The county was named in honor of Gen. Francis Marion, of South Carolina and of Revolutionary fame.
Location and Physical Description .- The county is situated in the northwestern part of Alabama, joining the Mississippi line. It is bounded on the north by Franklin County, on the east by Winston and Walker Counties, on the south by Fayette and Lamar Counties, and on the west by Lamar County and Mis- sissippi.
"The entire county is rough and hilly. In the southern and southwestern parts the hills are relatively low and rounded in out- line, but in the central and northern parts the surface is rough and broken, some por- tions being almost mountainous."
There are nine soil types found in the county, and are for the most part of sedimen- tary origin. Its substratum is formed of the sandstones, shales and conglomerates of the coal measures, which are covered with a cap- ping of pebbles, sands and other beds of stratified drift. Brown iron ore, red ochre, coal, china, pottery and fine clay are found in the county, hrown loam lands, black sandy lands, and the gray clayey loam lands of the marshes prevail.
The greater part of the county is watered by the Buttahatchee River and its tributaries. Among the other streams in the county are Bull Mountain Creek, Luxapalilla Creek, Lit- tle New River and New River. A small por- tion of the county in the northeastern part is drained by Bear Creek.
There are only two railroads which operate in the county, namely the Saint Louis and San Francisco, and the Northern Alabama Railroad.
Forest growth consists of short leaf pine, hickory, white, black and red oak, chestnut, sweet and black gum.
Cotton, corn, wheat, peas, potatoes, sorg- hum and forage crops are grown and supply local needs. Peaches, apples, grapes, berries and vegetables, are easily produced, but only a few are marketed.
Hamilton (q. v.) is the county seat and the location of the Sixth District Agricultural school (q. v.). Guin, Winfield, Hackleburg and Bear Creek, are the other leading towns.
Due to the fact that there is no navigable river in the county, and that so many of the towns are situated off railroads the prices in shipping are heavy and markets at a dis- tance do not receive much from the county.
Aboriginal and Later History .- The county is situated in what was once the domain of the Chickasaw Indians, though no settle- ments of this tribe are known to have ex- isted within its borders during the historic period. It seems to have been used largely as a hunting ground. With the exception of the north western corner, the county was embraced in the cession of the Chickasaw Council house, September 20, 1816. The northwest corner was in the cession of Pon- totoc Creek, October 20, 1832.
Along Buttahatchee River and the larger
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streams in the county are a few evidences of aboriginal contact. Near where the old mili- tary road crosses the Buttahatchee River about three miles south of Hamilton is a small mound 10 feet high. Village sites are located at other points.
The county was organized in 1818, but the first settlements were made a few years earlier. The original immigrants were from the states of Tennessee, North and South Carolina. During the last twenty years a number of people have moved into the county from the state of Georgia. By an act of the legislature of December 6, 1819, election precincts were established, and the temporary seat of justice was located at the house of Henry Grier near Buttahattchee. On Decem- ber 19, 1820 commissioners were appointed to select the permanent site of the seat of justice. Hamilton was selected.
During the early history of the county all supplies had to be hauled in from shipping points at some distance off. In 1887 the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, entered the county, and in 1907 another road, the Illinois Central, began construction of a road which now operates through the county.
The public roads are in fairly good condi- tion, and usually follow ridges. Washed out places are filled every year, and other neces- sary improvements made.
Birmingham and Memphis are the nearest cities. Most of the supplies received are shipped from these places, and they in turn receive most of the cotton grown in the county.
Agricultural Statistics .- From U. S. Census 1910:
Farms and Farmers.
Number of all farms, 2,916.
Color and nativity of farmers: Native white, 2,827. Foreign-born white, 4. Negro and other nonwhite, 85.
Number of farms, classified by size: Under 3 acres,
3 to 9 acres, 61.
10 to 19 acres, 355.
20 to 49 acres, 616.
50 to 99 acres, 641.
100 to 174 acres, 754.
175 to 259 acres, 273.
260 to 499 acres, 191.
500 to 999 acres, 21.
1,000 acres and over, 4.
Land and Farm Area.
Approximate land area, 475,520 acres. Land in farms, 318,328 acres. Improved land in farms, 93,701 acres. Woodland in farms, 207,152 acres. Other unimproved land in farms, 17,475 acres.
Value of Farm Property.
All farm property, $3,287,497. Land, $1,734,466. Buildings, $672,400.
Implements and machinery, $183,630. Domestic animals, poultry, and bees, $697,- 001.
Average values: All property per farm, $1,127.
Land and huildings per farm, $825. Land per acre, $5.45.
Domestic Animals (Farms and Ranges).
Farms reporting domestic animals, 2,871. Domestic animals, value, $675,845.
Cattle: total, 8,179; value, $136,025. Dairy cows only, 3,877.
Horses: total, 1,721; value, $154,851.
Mules: total, 2,825; value, $332,143.
Asses and burros: total, 40; value, $3,626.
Swine: total, 10,362; value, $47,375.
Sheep: total, 1,023; value, $1,746.
Goats: total, 122; value, $79.
Poultry and Bees.
All poultry, 50,560; value, $16,958. Bee colonies, 1,677; value, $4,198.
Farms Operated by Owners.
Number of farms, 1,858.
Per cent of all farms, 63.7.
Land in farms, 260,996 acres.
Improved land in farms, 67,827 acres.
Land and buildings, $1,784,847.
Farms of owned land only, 1,675.
Farms of owned and hired land, 183.
Native white owners, 1,817.
Foreign-born write, 2.
Negro and other nonwhite, 39.
Farms Operated by Tenants.
Number of farms, 1,057.
Per cent of all farms, 36.2.
Land in farms, 57,252 acres.
Improved land in farms, 25,824 acres.
Land and buildings, $616,019.
Share tenants, 958.
Share-cash tenants, 22.
Cash tenants, 50.
Tenure not specified, 27.
Native white tenants, 1,009.
Foreign-born white, 2.
Negro and other nonwhite, 46.
Farms Operated by Managers.
Number of farms, 1.
Land in farms, 80 acres. Improved land in farms, 50 acres.
Value of land and buildings, $6,000.
Live Stock Products. Dairy Products.
Milk: Produced, 1,151,474; sold, 6,176 gal- lons.
Cream sold,
Butter fat sold,
Butter: Produced, 496,719; sold, 14,512 pounds.
Cheese: Produced,
Dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, $86,398. Sale of dairy products, $3,412.
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Poultry Products.
Poultry : Number raised, 162,669; sold,
64,402.
Eggs: Produced, 252,151; sold, 106,201 dozens.
Poultry and eggs produced, $76,477. Sale of poultry and eggs, $32,025.
Honey and Wax.
Honey produced, 11,270 pounds. Wax produced, 637 pounds. Value of honey and wax produced, $1,451.
Wool, Mohair, and Goat Hair.
Wool, fleeces shorn, 879. Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn,
Wool, and mohair produced, $478.
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
Calves-Sold or slaughtered, 648. Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered, 4,319.
Horses, mules, and asses and burros,-Sold, 523. Swine Sold or slaughtered, 10,804. Sheep and goats-Sold or slaughtered, 490. Sale of animals, $98,641.
Value of animals slaughtered, $129,933.
Value of All Crops.
Total, $1,358,319. Cereals, $422,886. Other grains and seeds, $11,460.
Hay and forage, $18,202.
Vegetables, $109,780.
Fruits and nuts, $28,731.
All other crops, $767,260.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity).
Cereals: total, 36,718 acres; 443,275 bushels. Corn, 33,261 acres; 412,745 bushels. Oats, 3,429 acres; 30,333 bushels.
.Wheat, 22 acres; 162 bushels.
Rye, 5 acres; 20 bushels.
Kafir corn and milo maize,
Rice,
Other grains:
Dry peas, 1,211 acres; 6,053 bushels.
Dry edible beans, 2 acres; 12 bushels. Peanuts, 37 acres; 1,263 bushels.
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