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any other the freedmen preferring to do so-

The rates usually given are from 1/4 to 1/2 of the crops the farmer furnishing teams and feeding the same- Implements &c also furnishing House rent & fire wood free with privileges such as a garden spot & of keeping hogs and fowls &c-

The rates of wages by the year have thus far averaged from ($10) ten dollars to fifteen, a month- for good hands-

Many of the freedmen I know have done remarkably well the past year working land on shares-

For instance the two following named men viz Nelson Turner & Henry Washington each worked for 1/2 of all they raised and will clear over $400, each for their year's work there are others cases I could name of less importance where the parties have done well considering the conditions of their contract- One reason of this success is owing to the excellent quaity of the land in this region of country "The Piedmont section" 

In reference to Educational Subjects please see enclosed reports—

I am General
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W A Mac Nulty A.S.A.C.

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