On the recordJanuary 3, 1995
And cotton was a big crop here, but closer to the river, going back before the Civil War, but back here all the way up to the point. But that land, most of that land we saw today, we drove across was hardwood forest until the twenties. The timber companies came in and tore all the hardwood down. But because the topsoil was so thick, because the water was so great, it became great agriculturally. Fifty- three percent of this State is still covered with timberland. You couldn't tell that from today. It's a very different place. But anyway, that's----
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