Yes, sir.
Q.Do you think a plantation is more productive where, under a general supervision by the planter or the owner, it is let out in small sections to the negroes to cultivate, or is it better to cultivate the plantation as a whole?
-- A.

It is better to let it out, as I stated in my written answers.

The cotton crop of this country is being raised to such an extent by the small white farmers that the large planter can no longer afford to hire and compete with that class of labor who only expend their own energy; consequently the tendency is to make farmers of the negroes.
Q.What chance is there of the planter securing white labor to carry on these plantations?
-- A.

There is such a small proportion of white labor in the South that it would be difficult for him to find them, and the tide of foreign immigration is just beginning to be turned in that direction.

There has been a prejudice against white emigrants going to the South, on account of going among the negroes.
Q.Do you think that is diminishing?
-- A.