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Bureau R. F and A. Lands
Lebanon May 3rd 1866

Maj Genl Fisk

Asst Comr. Yours of the 27 ult is to hand and in reply to the question: What portion of my county is in Cultivation this year as compared with 1860? I think from the report of the farmers generally that there is nearly as much in cultivation this year as then, less wheat - by one half - about an equal quantity of oats and nearly twice as much corn, less tobacco, and probably ten times as much cotton. We raised scarcely any cotton in this county prior to the war, only a small patch now and then. This year many of those who used to be large stock raisers and feeders are planting cotton on an extensive scale. These farms will for this climate probably yield well as they are generally managed by experienced farmers.  The corn crop will not I guess be an average yield. Much of that is planted and managed by the Freedmen exclusively: and it is not to be expected that they can manage a crop with as much skill as those who have heretofore had the necessary experience. And then they are not so well furnished with plows, hoes &c and stock as we used to be. In fact the want of strong able stock is the most material drawback on farming operations in this county. Many of the farmers have declined to employ