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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
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ds; corn fodder, 100 pounds; sorghum syrup, 200 gallons; sugar-cane, 150 gallons of syrup. For winter pasturage arctic grass, rye andbarley are used and the native grass for summer. There are four dairy farms making fair profits. The total numberof milch-cows in the county in 1890 was 1,325, about 500 of which areon the dairy farms. The butter produced in 1890 was 66,200 pounds,but is now estimated at 79,400 pounds, and the milk at 275,000 gallons.The county produced 7,483 pounds of honey in 1890. The total of allkinds of poultry was 65,204, and the eggs numbered 103,801 dozens.All the cattle of the county number 3,600. There were 848 horses,2,984 mules, 4 donkeys, 15,143 hogs and 266 sheep, with a wool-clip of502 pounds. There were also 160 working oxen. There is great im-provement in the breeds of cattle, both for the dairy and for beef. Considerable attention is paid to trucking. About $15,000 worth ofvegetables and berries are sold from the gardens. About 2,500 acres were c 2 CG K
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GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD IXDl ATRIAL. 715 deroted to melons during the past season, the average net profit on whichvaried from $25 to $50 per acre. Houston is the hirgest peach-growing county in the United States.There were shipped from Fort Valley, during the season of 1S9S, 850carloads of peaches, or about 450,000 crates. This at an average of$2.25 a crate would mean more than $1,000,000. There are 3,000,000peach trees in this county, 35,744 apple trees, 13,592 pear trees and 43,-745 plum trees. There are 8 vineyards, covering in all 1,000 acres. The timber products are small; a little yellow pine and some hardwood sawed. There are 8 saA\niiills whose amiual output is worth about$10,000. The average price of timber is $8 a thousand feet. The utilized water-powers are on the tributaries of the Ocmulgee, run-ning 14 mills altogether, some of them flour and grist-mills. The mineral products are marl and limestone. There are some finekaolin beds. Among the manufactories aie: a cotton-mil

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