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"State the kind of crops raised and the condition of the same; whether the freed people work for monthly wages or a portion of the crop and the customary amount of either."

Corn and cotton are the principal productions of this section. Of the former there will be an abundant crop but with regard to the latter it is a partial failure in consequence of the ravages of the cotton worm. Freed people generally work for a portion of the crop, usually for a 1/2 or 1/3 according as they supply themselves with provisions or not

"Include in your Report the operations of the State laws as applied to freed people, with special reference to the Apprentice Law, Vagrant Law, and Law regulating labor." 
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"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."

Among the difficulties attendant upon the performance of my duties at this Post is a want of cavalry. A squad is essentially necessary for the prompt making of arrests of criminals & others complained of by freedmen. Those usually have a considerable distance from this place & as they very frequently refuse to answer the summons sent them, the absence of a small force of cavalry is severely felt. 

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