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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 crops and the customary amount of either."

Crops raised in 1867 principally was corn and cotton

Freedmen work for part of crop. When they furnish all of the implements teams &c. they receive three fourths of the cotton raised and two thirds of the corn

"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."

The operation of the State law is but partially enforced.   

"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."

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