. The City of Albany and Dougherty County . d more toward sup-plying the armies of the Confederate Stateswith food than four times any similar areaof the State of Georgia—so much so that itwas given the name of the Egypt of theConfederacy. The close of the civil war with its at-tendant disasters entirely changed the systemof agriculture as then practiced, which wasself-supporting, and in its stead was substituteda system of reliance entirely upon the growthof cotton to sustain all other farm expenses,which, added to the great decline in the price of the grea t staple, caused widespread disaste
. The City of Albany and Dougherty County . d more toward sup-plying the armies of the Confederate Stateswith food than four times any similar areaof the State of Georgia—so much so that itwas given the name of the Egypt of theConfederacy. The close of the civil war with its at-tendant disasters entirely changed the systemof agriculture as then practiced, which wasself-supporting, and in its stead was substituteda system of reliance entirely upon the growthof cotton to sustain all other farm expenses,which, added to the great decline in the price of the grea t staple, caused widespread disaster to the farming interests inthis fertile country. The planter, finding that he was losing money farming under the changed condition of affairs,leased to his laborers, forming a class of ignorant tenantry, who cultivated the land in the worst manner possible, causingthe lands in this entire section to deteriorate in value by reason of their improvident and thriftless lives, together with theirwant of intelligence in cultivating the nout OF THE GEORCI.\ CHAtTn.\UOLA—\RGEST AlDlTORllM IN THE MONUMENT IN THE EOKEGROUND. Tlloto bv llollnntl The New Regime. A new order of things has succeeded the farming methods which came into being as the result of conditions fol-lowing the Civil War. The close of the war found the former opulent planters of this section land poor. Theirbroad acres remained, but their slaves were gone, their strong-boxes were empty, and their farm equipment was ruined. 54 Brought face-to-face with these conditions, the ruinous system of cropping was resorted to—a system under whichignorant negroes operated small farms in an aimless, shiftless fashion, paying the rent in cotton, and as the result of whichthe land was allowed to sadly deteriorate. Then came the all-cotton craze. Farmers, white and black, gave full rein to this agricultural /;;«/.? fiitinis. Corn,meat and hay were bought from the West, and all else gave way before t
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