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Here©s Georgia! LIBRARIES - the Digital Library of Georgia

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IOO FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA<br />

Wkat <strong>Georgia</strong> Soil Can Produce<br />

Just how many agricultural products <strong>the</strong> kindly soil and vary<br />

ing climates <strong>of</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> will permit to be raised successfully and<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>itably may never be accurately known. In a prize contest<br />

held recently by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong> Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce, in connec<br />

tion with <strong>the</strong> observance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> annual <strong>Georgia</strong> Products Dav<br />

John S. Stockbridge, R. F. D. 3, Atlanta, was declared <strong>the</strong> win<br />

ner. He submitted a list <strong>of</strong> 234 separate products, classifying<br />

<strong>the</strong>m under headings <strong>of</strong> 21 grain crops, 64 vegetable crops, 32<br />

hay and pasture crops, 46 fruit crops, 14 nut crops, 6 sugar and<br />

oil crops, 25 aromatic and herb crops. It looks like <strong>the</strong> index<br />

to a national seed catalog. This semi-<strong>of</strong>ficially declared list <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Georgia</strong> products is as follows:<br />

Grain Crops—Barley, bean (horse), bean (Lyon), bean (soy)<br />

bean (velvet), bean (Yokahama), buckwheat, corn (Indian)'<br />

corn (chicken), corn (Jerusalem), conn (Kaffir), corn (pop)'<br />

corn (sweet), cowpeas, millet (pearl), oats, peas (Canadian<br />

held), rice (lowland), rice (upland), rye, wheat—21.<br />

Fiber Crops— Basket willow, broom corn, cotton, flax (win-<br />

HASTINGS' FARM, TROUP COUNTY

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