Download or read book Report on the Commencement and Progress of the Agricultural Survey of South-Carolina, for 1843 written by Agricultural Survey of South-Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series consists of a report to the General Assembly by Edmund Ruffin, Agricultural Surveyor of the state, on the commencement and progress of his agricultural survey of South Carolina. Information includes the character, position, and extent of marl in the regions of the state; type and extent of shell deposits; action of calcareous manures along with practical application and effects; a report on the primitive limestone bed; inland and river swamp lands and drainage; remarks on the granitic region; the rice culture of Georgetown District; and an appendix collecting papers referred in, or connected with, the report.