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Identifier: georgiahistorica00geor (find matches)
Title: Georgia, historical and industrial
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture Stevens, O. B. (Obediah B.) Wright, R. F. (Robert F.)
Subjects: Georgia -- History Georgia -- Economic conditions
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : G.W. Harrison, State Printer
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ia. During each of the last threeyears yields of twenty-five to forty bushels of wheat to the acre havenot been unusual. The same soils would produce 75 to 100 bushels of oats, or 1^ bales of cotton, or 50 bushels of corn The common crab-grass, the inveterate foe of the old-time Georgia cottonfarmer, would be considered a very great boon in any northern State, ifit would spring up in the corn fields and small grain fields after har-vesting and produce 1 to 1^ tons of good hay (much better than Tim-othy), as it will do in any good soil in Georgia, without any expense ex-cept the harvesting Cottonseed-meal and hulls afford an unfailing resource for feeding and fattening, being especially and ad-mirably adapted to beef-cattle. Mr John Wallace of GriflSn, Georgia, to whose Conclusions of aNorthern Creameryman we are indebted for some excellent points, de-clares: I have been extensively engaged in dairying in the North, es-pecially in Northwest Iowa, where I operated several creameries and
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i GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 255 cheese factories, and have now been operating a creamery in Georgia forthe last six months, and am highly gratified with results. . . . Cheaplands, climatic conditions, variety of grasses, etc., offer inducements toyoung dairymen that can be found nowhere in the northwest. Of course, after the questions of climate, soil, healthfulness, and foodfor man and beast have been considered, the selection of the proper breedof cattle for the dairy farm is of the highest importance. The questionis what kind of cattle will pay best, and how much attention should bebestowed upon them. If milk is the object of the proprietor, special at-tention should be given to providing suitable and abundant food, andproper care should be bestowed upon the cattle themselves. Of course,each individual must make his own choice of breed to suit his soil, cli-mate and pasturage. At present in Georgia the Jerseys are the mostpopular and fashionable. Mrs. B. W. Hunt of Eatont

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