Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . 4,345 171,500 Neshoba 55,696 1,034 1,185 40,050 Newton 58,047 194 2,292 55,518 Oktibbeha 66,490 2,262 5,214 66,658 Pike 64,040 126 6,841 48,664 Panola 74,583 6,933 29,108 95,283 10,000 Perry- 44,980 270 6,428 16,000 150,000 230 Pontotoc 116,371 2,297 3,546 130,030 AGRICULTURE. 205 Agricultural Productions of Mississippi in 1849—Continued. COUNTY. Sweet Irish Peas and Butter Pounds Gallons of potatoes. potatoes. beans. and cheese. of sugar. molasses. Rankin 68,206 1,467 8,000
Report on the agriculture and geology of MississippiEmbracing a sketch of the social and natural history of the state . 4,345 171,500 Neshoba 55,696 1,034 1,185 40,050 Newton 58,047 194 2,292 55,518 Oktibbeha 66,490 2,262 5,214 66,658 Pike 64,040 126 6,841 48,664 Panola 74,583 6,933 29,108 95,283 10,000 Perry- 44,980 270 6,428 16,000 150,000 230 Pontotoc 116,371 2,297 3,546 130,030 AGRICULTURE. 205 Agricultural Productions of Mississippi in 1849—Continued. COUNTY. Sweet Irish Peas and Butter Pounds Gallons of potatoes. potatoes. beans. and cheese. of sugar. molasses. Rankin 68,206 1,467 8,000 54,034 Smith 46,450 660 3,527 25,620 100,000 508 Scott 34,367 35 808 14,008 Simpson 40,280 672 21,589 26,143 235 Sunflower 9,410 5,655 Tishemingo 73,990 9,566 8,578 132,900 Tunica 7,270 2,768 368 8,855 Tallahatchie 38,052 3,836 9,703 29,164 Tippah 125,675 7,915 9,484 216,464 Winston 87,173 2,213 8,901 100,869 Washington 22,315 10,000 13,433 17,710 Warren 71,374 20,630 23,319 88,664 Wilkinson 33,727 740 13,069 10,965 Wayne 37,605 7,510 Yazoo 128,272 10,014 41,140 59,633 Yellobusha 135,424 5,263 65,824 173,901 200. Plate IX GEOLOGICAL STRATA S^ L C. W»iiES atL lN Rcsentiials Crowo L lY. GEOLOGY. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Addressed, as the present report is, mainly to thoseengaged in agricultural pursuits—a class which, how-ever intelligent or educated, it is no disparagement tosuppose, in common with many others, not deeplyversed in the principles of geology, or conversant withits teachings—a familiar style, and an avoidance oftechnicalities as far as practicable, will obviously beregarded as most appropriate. Whilst scientific details will, therefore, in a greatmeasure, be omitted, explanations will, to some extent,be unavoidable, which, to the well-read and practisedgeologist, would seem commonplace and unnecessary. This earth is not composed, as some may suppose, ofa heterogeneous and chance agglomeration of rocks andminerals; but these are found distributed through thediff
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