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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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med flow numerous creeks and smaller, limpid streams. From the hill-sides burst numerous springs, from which flow branches of clear water.In every part of the county wells of good freestone water are easily dug.In many sections the surface is level, in others undulating. Some partsof the county are rather hilly. The soil varies greatly and some closeobservers say that no fifty acres are exactly alike. The greater part ofit is a gray, sandy loam, with a red clay subsoil, while some of it is of ayellow, sandy clay formation. There are lands of black muck, veryfertile, as well as lands of pure sand, that are nearly useless for agricul-tural purposes. The prices vary from $2 to $10 an acre, according tolocation, quality and improvements. An average farm can be purchasedat from $5 to $6 an acre. The principal crops are cotton, both long andshort-staple, sugar-cane, sweet and Irish potatoes, peas of every variety,all the common vegetal3les, and many kinds of grasses. Crab is almost r: Q C o
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GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 845 the only grass cultivated in Thomas county for hay, being cut afterother crops, especially after melons. AVhen cultivated for hay exclu-sively it produces from 4,000 to 8,000 pounds to the acre. On some landsthe yield to the acre under ordinary methods of cultivation is as follows:corn, 9 bushels; oats, 10 to 12 bushels; rye, 10 bushels; sorghum-syrup,100 gallons; sugar-cane syrup, 300 gallons; Irish potatoes 100 bushels;sweet potatoes, 150 bushels; seed cotton, 400 pounds. On other landsunder a proper system of cultivation the )deld to the acre is as follows:com, 20 to 30 bushels; oats, 20 bushels; rye, 20 bushels; barley, 40bushels; Irish and sweet potatoes, 200 bushels each; field-peas, 25 bush-els; groimd-peas, 40 bushels; upland seed cotton, 600 pounds; sorghumsyrup, 250 gallons; sugar-cane cyrup, 400 gallons. The native grasses (w4re and sedge), burned off in spring and growingup luxuriantly form the principal summer pasturage, which is su

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