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elevated, rounded hills. The region has few springs and there were no streams nearer than two miles. Originally, this country was covered with a heavy stand of [[underlined]]Pinus taeda[[/underlined]] with occasional growths of [[underlined]]Pinus pectinatus[[/underlined]] diversified by hard wood growths of oaks, tulip and sweet gums. The pine timber has been cut off leaving large areas covered with straggling pines, dead stubs and a low deciduous second growth in which are many wood roads and small openings. Sour wood and dogwood were common. No cane was seen.

Many areas varying in sizes from one to a hundred or more acres have been cleared and are cultivated. Most of the fields are surrounded by the slashings described above and all are bordered by narrow lines of tree growth. The principal crops are cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco, wheat, oats, and sweet potatoes. Some of the farmers grow melons and a few are experimenting with soy beans. Mr. Hunter had one field of Abrussi rye.

Damage by mourning doves to growing crops.

The principal damage attributed to mourning doves (Zenaidura m. carolinensis) was to the soy beans. Some time early in May, Mr. Hunter with whom I was staying planted an acre or more in soy beans (Glycine hispida). Because of cold, wet weather these beans were slow in germinating. When they did come up, mourning doves frequented the field in some numbers and picked off the cotyledons of the sprouting plants