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dense growth of wood, such as red, white and live oak, mastic, wild fig, magnolia &c. The soil upon these is extremely fertile, producing sugar cane, cotton, tobacco of superior quality, vegetables of nearly all kinds and fruits of superior flavor. The Hammocks are so small in proportion of this Country that unless the Low Prairies are brought under cultivation, the County would support but a small population from its products.

Production of Dade Co. 
Kountee. [[Coontie]].
The productions of this county are very limited, but sufficient experiments have been made to indicate its adaption to the culture of all the tropical fruits and plants. Here is found a root called by the Indians Kountee resembling somewhat in shape the Mangel Wortzel or Ruta Baga. It contains a large amount of starch and formerly large quantities were manufactured for the Northern Market. The process of manufacture is very similar to that of Potato Starch.

At one time it had a high reputation among many of the manufacturers of cotton goods and was eargerly sought for. The Indian war's however, broke up the establishments where it was made, and the uncertainty of supply led the cotton manufacturers to abandon its use. There are several small establishments however, on the Miami and other freshwater streams where it is made to great profit. It readily commands from 

Transcription Notes:
Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold,[1] mangel beet,[1] field beet,[2] fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity,[3][4][5] is a cultivated root vegetable. It is a variety of Beta vulgaris,[5] the same species that also contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar beet varieties. The cultivar group is named Crassa Group.[6] Their large white, yellow or orange-yellow swollen roots were developed in the 18th century as a fodder crop for feeding livestock.