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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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fficient quantity for home use. The vege-tables and fruits sold annually amount to between $7,000 and $8,000. The timber products are small and are mainly hard woods in thenorthern part of the county, such as oak, hickory, ash, maple, etc. Insome sections there still remains a little yellow pine. The annual out-put of all the timbers is about $8,000 worth. The especial mineral product of this county is pottery clay. Ninemiles south of Milledgeville on the Gordon and Covington branch ofthe Central of Georgia Railroad is Stevens* Pottery, located on one ofthe finest clay deposits in America, which extends from Augusta south-westerly through Baldwin county, past Macon, in Bibb county, to Co-lumbus, in Muscogee county. The clays of this belt are very pure, of abeautiful white color and capable of standing a greater degree of heatthan any other clays of the United States. At Stevens Pottery brick,sewer-pipe, jars, vases and many kinds of ornamental work are turnedout in large quantities. c
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GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD IXDUSTRIAL. 533 The United States census of 1890 showed that there were in BaldwincOimty 2S3 sheep, with a wool-clip of ol-i pounds; 3,502 cattle, of which200 were working oxen and 1,364 milch cows; 6,304 hogs, 34,985 do-mestic fowls of all kinds, 507 horses, 1,205 mules and 1 donkey. Amongfarm products were 262,179 gallons of milk, 59,677 pounds of butter,46,169 dozens of eggs and 0,296 pounds of honey. j\lilledgeville, the county site, was the capital of Georgia from 1807,when the legislature held it3 first session there, until 1668, when thecapital was moved to Atlanta by the reconstruction government. Thisaction was sustained by a vote of the State in 1877. Since then Mil-legeville has become a great educational center. The old capitol, abuilding in the gothic style of architecture, is now a well-equipped schoolknown as the Georgia Military and Agricultural College. The GeorgiaNormal and Industrial College for young ladies is also located in Mil-ledgeville,

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