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REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION.
Headquarsers Second Militant ^
District, Charleston, S. C., V
August 1. 1SG7. J
General Orders J\To. Go.
I. Registration shall commence immediately
upon the promulgation of
this order.
II. Post Commanders will be Superintendents
of registration within
their respective commands, exercising,
in addition to the functions hereinafter
specially conferred, a general supervisory
authority, looking to the
faithful execution of the several Reconstruction
Acts, the maintenance of
order and protection of political rights.
Tlicy will suspend registrars for malfeasance
in ofllcc, neglect of duty, or
incompetency, promptly reporting
their action, with the reasons therefor,
to these headquarters.
III. The Boards of Registration
arc empowered and required to suppress
all disorders interfering with
the execution of their duties, to cause
the arrest and confinement of all per
sons falsely taking the oath prescribed,
all persons committing any
Breach of the peace or conducting
themsclevs in a manner tending thereto,
and all persons who shall threaten
or otherwise attempt to intimidate,- or
corruptly or improperly influence any
citizen, offering to register; and for
this purpose they may apply for aid
to the Post Commander, and may require
the a ttendance and service of
sheriffs, their deputies, constables,
policemen, and also of any citizen;
and all State, district, county and
town officers charged with the preservation
of the public peace, as well as
all citizens, are required to obey the
orders of said Boards, given in pursuance
to the authority aforesaid and
to perform all such acts and duties as
may be requisite therefor.
All arrests made as herein provided
will be promptly reported to the Post
Commander, to whom also the prisoners
will be turned over with charges
if? i,,T n Pnef: Court, to be or
1U1 tliiirl UJ t?# A V^V ? ,
ganizcd as provided in Circular of
May 15, 18b7, from these headquarters
and any civil officer 01* citizen
failing to respond to the call of the
Board for assistance will be dealt
with in like manner.
_ TV. Whenever anyr citizen shall suffur
injury in person, family or property,
while exercising or seeking to
exercise the right of registration, in
ltifr 101" tnu miL'ncivhx.tiiKfgrg-yiVjd
be awardad to the injured party
against the perpetrator, upon his conviction;
and in case of default in payment
of the same, or of the escape of
the offender, if it shall appear that
the wrong was countenanced, or the
offender harboured or concealed by
the neighborhood, or that the civil authorities
failed to employ proper
measures to preserve the peace the
damages shall be assessed against and
paid by the town, county or district.
V. Offences, perpetrated by white
persons disguised as blacks, being of
frequent occurrene, the attention of
all authorities, civil ?and military, is
directed to the device, as one adopted
to escape detection, and to cast
unmerited obloquy upon the colored
people. In all cases, when resort
thereto shallbc shown, the fact will be
taken into consideration as a<r"rava.
rr co
mng tneoncnce.
VI. Depriving a citizen of any
right, benefit or advantage of hire or
on account of his having registered,
or having sought to register, shall be
deemed an offence punishab'e by the
Post Court, and shall entitle the injured
party to damages against the
offender, any clause in any contract
or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
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VII. The Act of Congress entitled
"An Act for the more efficient
government of the rebel States," and
the several acts supplementary thereto,
will be carefully observed by all
Hoards of Registration.
VIII. Each Board shall, after having
taken the oath prescribed by the
act of Congress of July 2d, 18G2, entitled
"An Act to prescribe an oath
of office (see Appendix, form 1,) choose
one of its members as chairman, who
shall preside at all sessions of the Board
preserve order at its meetings for registration,
and represent the Board,
and announce its action in all matters
coming before it.
IX. The places of session of the
Boards shall he the voting places established
by law or custom in each
election precinct, unless for good
cause otherwise directed by the Post
. Commander.
X. Each Board shall determine the
order in which the registration shall
take place in the several election pre
cincts, that may be assigned to it by.
the Post Commander, and the time
which shall be allotted to each?
. heaving in mind that the whole work
is to be finished before the first day
of October.
XI. Each Board shall, forthwith
upon notice of publication of this or
dcr, and at least five days before
commencing-\rqgistrationsgive notice
thereof to the Post Commander, and'
the sheriff, and the Mayor of the city
or the intendant of the town, and
shall cause written or printed notices
to be posted in five of the most of
public places in each election precinct
anrioucing the time when
and the the place where its sessions
will be held, the number of days
(in no ease less than two), and the hours
of tho day the Board will remain in
session at each place for the purpose !
of registration; and inviting all persons
qualified to vote under the provisions
of the act of Congress passed
March 2d, 1867, entitled'"An Act
to provide for the more efficient government
of the rebel States," and the
several acts supplementary thereto,
appear before the Board of registration.
XII. On the day and at the hour
designated in the notices, for commencing
registration, the Board shall
at the place announced,- convene and
enter upon its duties, and shall then
and there also post notices of the
time of final sessions provided for in
Paragraph XIX.
XIII. The room used for registration,
which the chairman shall previously
provide for the purpose, shall
he so,arranged that the Board shall
be separated by a bar from all other
persons who may bo assembled, and
those to be registered shall be admitted
within the bar, one by one, and
their ingress and egress so arranged
as to avoid confusion.
XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted
within the bar as challengers, whose
duty it shall be to challenge the right
of any citizen offering to register, upon
any of the grounds of disqualification
enumerated in the act of Congress
before cited; but the general
right of challenge shall be conceded
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to all citizens present.
XV. If any challenge be made,
the Board shall, before final decision,
examine the person presenting himself
for registration, in reference to
the cause of disqualification alleged,
and shall hear any evidence that may
he offered, to substantiate or disprove
the cause of challenge, and shall have
power to summon and compel the attendance
of witnesses and administer
ycini^ in CHIJ tiiav; ui xu^iowtiiJUiu
XVI. In registering, the names of
white and colored citizens shall be
entered alphabetically, in separate
columns of the list.
XVII. The following shall be the
process of registering^ .
rx-uvll tl Ji^ UUJi"
self for registry shall take and subscribe
the oath prescribed by law (see
Appendix form 2), which shall beadministered
by a member of the Board,
and such oaths shall be preserved with
the lists.
Second. His name shall then be
entered in the proper column of the
list, and called out by the chairman.
Third. Any challenge made shall
be noted in the proper column, oppo
sin; uic iiuuiti, wun xnc cause thereof.
Fourth. It is recommended to
Boards to* defer ihc hearing and decision
of contested cases until the session
for revision provided for in Paragraph
XIX.
Fifth. Whether or not there be a^y
challenge, the Board must ascertain
upon such facts or information as can
be obtained, that the applicant is entitled
to be registered bcfor&marking
his name as " accepted,"?the oath
not being conclusive.
Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July
19th, 1867, declares that no citizen
shall be entitled to be registered by
reason of any executive pardon or
amnesty for any act or thing which
without such pardon or amnesty would
disqualify him from registration.
Seventh. Boards will take notice
that it is enacted by Section 6 of the
Act of July 19th, 1867, that the true
intent and meaning of the oath prescribe
in said Supplementary Act is
(among other things), that no person
who has been a member of the Legis-.
lature of any State, or who has held
n.nv fkYnrmtivn nu i/Ii
...y v?vvwwi ? v Ui I UUiV/J (ii Ullit'U III tll\y
State, whether lie has taken an oath
to support the Constitution of the
United States or not, and whether
he was holding such office at the commcncement
of the rebellion, or had
held it before, and who has afterwards
engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or given
aid or comfort to the enimics thereof,
is entitled to be registered or to vote;
and the words "executive or judicial
office in any State" in said oath mentioned,
shall be construed to include
all civil offices created by law for the
administration of justice.
Eighth. If there be no challenge,
or if the challenge be finally overruled,
and the Board determine that
the applicant is entitled to be regis tercd,
the Board shall mark opposite
the name?of the applicant, in the
proper column, "Accepted," and he
shall thereupon be deemed legally registered.
Ninth. If the final decision of the
Board be that the applicant is not
entitled to be registered, the Board
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shall mark in the proper column, opposite
his name,"Rejected." >
Tenth. In "every case of rejection,
the Board shall make a note or memorandum,
setting forth the ground of
such rejection, and return it, with the
registration list, mentioned in Paragraph
XX.
XVIII. The registration, conducted
as provided in Paragraph XVII,
shall be made in triplicate lists, two
of which shall, after the conclusion of
the first session, be exposed for public
inspection at convenient places,
for five days; and the third shall be
retained in possession of the Board
till after the completion of registration
at the meeting provided for in.
Paragraph XIX, when the three
having been compared, and verified,
shall be certified in the form prcscibcd
and printed at the end of the
blank registration lists.
XIX. Sessions for revising the
licfc clioll liplrl in each election
precinct, after said five days exposure
of the lists, upon notice as provided
in Paragraph XII, and the
Boards of Registration shall have pdw.er,
and it shall be their duty, to revise
the same for a period of two days;
and upon being satisfied that any
person not entitled thereto has been
registered, to strike the name of such
person from the list. And the Boards
shall also, during the same period,
add to such registry the names of all
persons who at that time, possess thj
qualifications required by said Act,
who have not been already registered
and who shall then apply to be registered.
XX. One of the said lists shall, then
be immediately delivered to the Post
Commander, who will forward the
same to headquarters.
XXL Each Board shall, at or before
the conclusion of Registration
forward through the Post Commander,
to these headquarters, a recommendation
of three suitable persons
for Inspectors of Elections in each
election precinct, stating the name,
occupation and postofficc address of
each person recommended.
XXII. It is enjoined upon all
Boards of Registration to explain,
carefully, to ail citizens who have
not hitherto enjoyed the right ot suffrage,
the nature of the privileges
which have been extended to them,
and the importance of exercising with
intelligence,'the new and honourable
franchise with which they have been
invested by the Congress of the United
States.
XXTIL Boards will take, notice
?um * to uuuuiimi en?rrrc
Act of July ly, 1867, they arc not
to be bound in their action by any
opinion of any civil officer of the
United States.
XXIY. Boards are instructed that
all the provisions of the several Acts
of Congress cited, arc to be liberally
construed, to the end that all the
intents thereof be fully and perfectly
carried out.
XXY. The attention of all concerned
is directed to the require
ments of Section 4'of the said Act of
July 19, 1867, by which it is made
the duty of the Commanding General
to remove from office all persons
who are disloyal to the Government
of the United States or who use their
official influence m any manner to
hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct
the due and perfect administration
of the Reconstruction acts. The
names of all such offenders will be reported
through the Post Commanders;
and all persons in this Military
District are called upon to aid and
facilitate the execution in good faith
of the said Acts and the orders issued
in pursuance thereof.
XXVI. The Major General Commanding,
in the exercise of an ultimate
revisory authority, will, in due
season, before the holding of any elec
tion, entertain and determine questions
assigning errors in the registry,
and "will, upon inspection of the complied
lists, cause corrections of the
same, that the true design and purpose
of the laws be faithfully answered,
and that all the rights thereby
guaranteed be fully and fairly enjoyed.
By command of Major General
*D. E. Sickles.
J. W. CLOUS,
Capt. 38th U. S. I., A. D. C and
A. A. A.G.
APPENDIX.
(form 1.)
I, of County of and
State of , do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that I have never voluntarily j
borne arms against the United States j
since I have been a citizen thereof;
that I have voluntarily given no aid,
countenance, counsel, or encouragement
to persons engaged in armed
hostility thereto; that I have neither
sought. nor accepted, nor attempted
to exercise the functions of any office
whatever under any authority or pretended
authority in * hostility to the
United States; that I have not yielded
a voluntary support to any pretended
government, authority, power, i
or constitution within the United
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States; hostile or inimical thereto.
And I do further swear, (or affirm) .
that, to the best of my knowledge
and ability, I will support and defend :
the Constitution of the United States,
against all enemies, foreign or domestic;
that I will bear true faith and al- 1
legiancc to the same; that I take this 1
obligation freely, without any men- 1
tal reservation or purpose of evasion;
and that I will well and faithfully
discharge the duties of the office on
which I am about to enter. So help
me God."
Carolina, )
Subscribed ana sworn to before me,
a , this day of??.one thousand
eight hundred as sixty seven.
Note.?Registrars will be required
to take the oath prescribed by the
a a* af pnnmwsi nnnrnved 2d Julv.
1862. Blank forms of this oath will
he furnished to Post Commanders, and
when duly subscribed and sworn, will
be returned to the Post Commander,
who will forward them to District
Headquarters. ** And if any person
shall falsely take and subscribe such
oath or affirmation, such person
so offending and being duly convicted
thereof, shall be subject to the pains,
penalties and disabilities which, by
law, are provided for the punishment
of the cyimc of wilful and corrupt
, perjury.
[form 2.]
I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm),
in the presence of Almighty
God, that I am a citizen of the State
of?-; that I have resided in said
State for months next preceding
this day, and now reside in the county
of , or the parish of , in-said
State (as the case may be); that I am
twenty-one years old; that I have not
been disfranchised for participation
in any rebellion or civil wai* against
the United States, nor for felony committed'against
the laws of any State
or of the United States; that I have
never been a member of any State
Legislature, nor held any executive
or judicial office in any State, and
afterwards engaged iri insurrection or
rebellion against the United States,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies.
timvAA?. flint. T hn.vfi never taken an
Ui^l V/Ui) ? ? ? ?
oath as a member of Congress of the
United States, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member 'of
any State Legislature, or as an executive
or judicial officer of any State,
to support the Constitution of the
United States, and afterwards eno"b^r
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against the United'States or given
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof;
that I will faithfully support the Constitution
and obey the laws of the
United States, and will, to the best
of my ability, encourage others so to
do. So help me God. .
Sworn to and subscribed before \
me, this?day of?y 1307. - J
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Coolie Labor.?The States of
Mississippi and Louisiana have moved
in the matter of Coolie labor. Ah
You, a Commissioner from the Chinese
Government,- has introduced a goodly
number into *these States, and has
contracts from Alabama and Texas
planters for 1 5,000 more, to arrive
within a few months. We learn from
the New York Times that planters
"expect to profit greatly by the introduction
of this class of labor, to supply
the place of the Avomen and children
of the freedmen who are now
supported by their husbands and
fathers, attending schools instead of
working as field hands, as they did
when slaves:"
A Vienna paper gives a most melancholy
account of the Empress Charlotta.
Her insanity has become so
confirmed and so violent that she
cannot be left alone for a moment.?
She is constantly endeavoring to destroy
herself. At rare intervals she
has sane moments, in which she de
aT ,i j. A A- i: T
ciares, j. uu nut mint uu live. x prefer
death to such a life as this.?
Where is,my husband ? Shall I never
see him again? No, no; he is dead,
and yet I still live." Not a quarter
of an hour passes but what the unhappy
Princess demands news of her
husband. Her bodily health has
suffered severely, ard it is very doubtful
if she will survive her husband
long.
A Man Eats a Pound of Tobacco.?Last
Thursday one of our ohl
country friends came to town with
an arm full of woollen rags to sell.?
lie took them to the rag depot, but
the agent refused to buy them because
they were yarn. The gentleman said
he wanted to sell them to buy some
tobacco, saying, "I cat tobacco."?
Finally he took them to one of our
merchants who gave him a pound of;
tobacco for the rags. - After he got j
it he sat down on the door step of the j
storehouse and did actually eat the i
whole of it without chewing. We !
have authority for this statement.
Fredericksburg (Fh.) News, July 30. 1
THE JOURXAfc |
. Thursday, Aug 11 si 8, 1867.
; (
. ' Registration.
We publish in another column^ the order 1
of Gen. Sicki.es on the subject or registra- 1
tion, and nlson communication from "Caution'' {
on the same subject to which the reader's at- j
tenf ion is called. ^
We arc not informed when the registration
will bo commenced in this District, but
presume due and timely notice will be given.
The Weather and Crops. (
Jicarly every part, of our Distrct has been
blest with good rains during the past ten
days?the prospect of fair corn crops have
improved and many sad countenances have
been hrightoned. From what we hear, notwithstanding
the injury sustained from
drought by some, nud from overflows by
others, an ample supply of corn for the wants
of the District will be raised.
The Bar Room Rebellion.
The remark often made by students that
history repeats itself, has been recently
signally verified in the city of Columbia.
The "whiskey rebellion" ;of Washington's
administration, has found its parallel in the
following circumstances^
Two emissaries of the dominant party of
the North having visited Columbia, the one
to speak to the Convention in the cause of
Republicanism, and the other to record its
proceedings in letters to some Newspaper,
yclept respectively, Akmstroxu and Th&mvsox;
having suitably regaled themselves to
luxurious contentment with that bevernge
once so dear to the tastes of the young bloods
of our obsolete Southern aristocracy, iced
champagne, during a sultry summer evening
(a.sabbuth eve) sauntered into the bar room
of Kickereox's Hotel. There unfortunately
two cx re&j, radctirre and 2>aly, bad preceded
Jhetn, and having perhaps had the fur
rubbed the wrong way for some days by the
speeches and proceedings of the Convention,
sought a restoration to amiability through
the medium of sundry potations of bar-room
whiskey. From all accounts, they had nearly
reached the point where they would have
emerged from the quarrelsome, into the
sleepy stage of inebriety, when they would
have been harmless "as any sucking dove,"
but, unfortunately, had not reached that con
dition, wiien .Messrs. Armstrong nnu uiu-ursox
came upon the scene of action. Whether
it was that the champagne could not affiliate
with the whiskey, or lor whatever other
reason, we know not, but we are credibly in
formed, that one of the cx-rebs offered Armstroxg
a glass of grog, not with the usual
polite ceremonial, but by throwing it into his
face. This, Armstrong resented. Why, we
cannot say. We know men who would act as
target all day for such practice. But, perhaps
Armstrong did not like to take it
straight?perhaps he did not like whiskey
?> f"tmn?h? fnnlj nffcncc at
the manner in which the compound was pressed
to his lips! Be that as it may, the
fact is, he resented it. A general engagementtook
place between the four. Landlord,
assistants, clerks, waiters, cooks and scullions
intervened to restore peace. Couriers
were sent off for General Burton and Governor
Orr. Upon the arrival of the august officials,
hostilities ceased and order was re
stored. The ex-rcbs. were put in custody of
the so-called law and marched off to the Mag
( istrate. iiie engagement was snori, occupying,
in all, about seven minutes. The casualties
were few and unimportant. At the
time, it was supposed that this was a common
bar room fight, but snbseqaent events have
invested it with nn importance little dreamed
of by the actors and spectators. Thompson
and Armstrong were'visited by a number of
negroes at their room. Thompson sent for a
guard of soldiers, which was furnished.?
Thompson sent off dispatches and reports of
the engagement. RAncr.tvFE and D.u.r, released
on bail by Magistrate Zbat.y, in the
sum of three hundred Pollars each, were rearrested
on the application of Armstrong
and Thompson. Zeai.y the Magistrate was
removed from office for taking insufficient
bail. A Military Commisiion has been held for
the trial of the offenders for this assault upon
the majesty of the Nution, in the persons of
two political* emissaries and adventurers,
they have been condemned to Castle Pinckney
and the entire country placed in a state
of excitement and ferment, by nn event, which
in the North, would have led to a night- in
the station house and a fine of five to twenty
dollars. There has been nothing like it since
the famous "Battlo of the Kegs."
Tennessee Election.
Returns from Tennessee indicate the reelection
of Br.owNi.ow for Governor and the
entire radical ticket for Congress by large
majoritcs. Both branches of the Legislature
are almost unanimously radical.
We see it surmised that Bkownlow will
probably be elected U. S. Senator, to succeed
Patterson, the present incumbent.
Another Meteoric Shower is expected
during the present month, and
astronomers set down the exhibition
for the evenings of August 9th and
10th. It is not expected to be a very
brilliant exhibition, however, as the
observer, it is said, cannot expect to
count more than three or four shooting
stars a minute.
The Colorado Tribune of the 9th
says, notwithstanding the grasshop
pers had damaged the crop in the vicinity
of Denver considerably, in some 1
cases destroying entire fields, farmers '
are now generally confident that no
more damage will be sustained. The 1
wheat crops look well, though suffer- 1
ing in some localities from drouth. \
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'\{C FOB THE CAMBEH JOURSAC.
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"Our Native Land."
Imtreat'ng of the agricultural resources
of Kershaw District, it will be
iece3sa*y to divide the subject, viewingt
from two stand points. One, in the
general aspect relating to us as a comnunity.
The other, in relation te us.
is individuals. The one applicable to
an increased population. The other te
us as individuals of a sparse and impoverished
population. The latter ia
af more immediate and pressing importance
to us, but as the former is theweightier
subject, more comprehensive*
and to some extent includes the latter,
I will first present the general view.
Kershaw District lies on both sides
^ *
of the Watcreo Diver, which flows
through its wliolo length from North
to South, while its tributaries, Single
ton, Beaver, Wliito Oak, Granney's
Quarter, Sanders, Pine Tree, Swifts
Sawneys, Speers, Twenty-five mile
Creeks and Lynches Creeks, and the
head wators of Black River, furnish
abundant supplies of water for all con- . ..
ceivable uses and add their fructifying
influences to our soiL r
Within the district, there are three
hundred and sixty thousand acres of
land, of which only sevonty-thousand are
improved, one fifth part, supporting a
population of fifteen thousand, one third
white, two thirds colored, and produ
cing six thousand bushels wheat, twenty-four
thousand bushels of rye, oats
&c., three hundred and sixty thousand
busbelsof corn, filty-five thousand bushels
of potatoes, twenty-five thousand
bushels of peas, and nine thousand bales
of cotton. These figures are the approximate
round numbers deduced
from census reports and official estimates
made before the war. They suggest
important information and deductions
which are so patent, that I do not
purpose to dwell upon them, only recording
them as premises, justifying
conclusions^ which will be attained in
the course of this article.
The climate of this district"1 is most
propitious, being dry and healthful,
while the cold of winter, and the heat
of summer never reach such extremes
as to interfei'e with the safe, healthful
and profitable labor of the white man
in the fields, as has been abundantly
proven by the experience of six generations,
and our combined advantages
of soil and olimate enable us. success fttlly-n-nfl
pynfifnbly in prndiien wheat,
rye, oats, barley, rice, corn, potatoes,
peas, cotton, indigo &e., with all the
varieties of vegetables and fruits common
to the temperate zone, with many
which have their more congenial home
amid the tropics.
Political economy has, as the result
both of experience and logical deduct
tion, announced two propositions as essentials
to high agricultural success in
a national point of view. First, a variety
of agricultural products. Second,
a dense population. As to the first, it
is announced that "Nations which
thrive most by their agriculture are
thoso that cultivate the greatest variety
of products, for where one article fails,
another may succeed and make up the
deficiency ; a season may be uiffavora
bie for wheat or potatoes ana gooa lor
corn, or unsuitable for the three, and 4
yet good for fruits, vegetable and grass,"
and we may add, for cotton.
The soil and climate of Kershaw Distinct,
fnlly complies with the above requisitions,
and fits a greater variety: of
products than is common to the most
favored agricultural regions of the
world, and in addition, it has the great
advantage arising from an exception
which may be taken to the general
proposition, for it has in common with
the South, a somewhat monopoly of
the great staple, cotton- It is true,
cotton is largely grown in many portions
of the world, but no where so
cheaply and advantageously, as in the
Southern States. The greatly enhanced
price for the few years immediately
past shows this, for it resulted first from
the absence of our cotton from the markets
of the world, and more recently
from the diminution of our crops. The
unwilling labor of the freodmen in the
South, confirms this monopoly in the
hands of industrious southern laborers,
bo they white or colored.
As to the second proposition, i. e. that ^
a dense population develops all agricultural
resources, and as indeed it does
all other material resouroes, argument l
would easily demonstrate, but it is more "
simple and brief to produce the result
by experience, than to go through the
irgumcnt. China, with a population of
300,000,000?ten times greater than
that of the United States, supports m
them on a cultivated area, only three ^
times greater, thus producing more
han three times as much per acre.
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