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is no reason why a much higher price should not be obtained for
them here as an offset to the difference in freightage. In addition
to the fruit trees these Georgia lands may be made self-sustaining
by planting in part in other crops and raising hogs and other
livestock. ,
At Fayetteville in Fayette County, A. O. Blalock, who is the
United States Internal Revenue Collector for the Atlanta District,
has a ten-acre orchard set out about 1898 in Yates apples, a va
riety originated in that county. Up to 1912 it had not received
much attention, when he began spraying. The first year, with
one spraying, the yield showed improvement. The next year,
with two sprayings, the results were marked. In 1915, with
three sprayings, he produced an enormous crop of beautiful, clean
red apples, the four hundred trees averaging at least ten bushels
each, worth a dollar a bushel. But that was not all Mr. Blalock
got from his ten acres. Every year since he purchased the land
J:e has raised a paying crop of cotton between the trees,, fertilizing
heavily and cultivating right up to the tree roots, and spreading
plenty of cow manure. Some years he has made as much as a
bale an acre. In 1915 he made seven bales on the ten acres,
which, with the seed, brought $700. Added to his apple crop it
amounted to quite a handsome sum.
Picture shows field of 52
acres of siceet potatoes.
averaging 180 bushels
an acre when dug in
August, and more later.
These were grown by
8. D. Reiael & Sons,
near Griffin, who have
made as many as 280
bushels an acre on same
ground.
Sheep can be raised
profitably all over Geor
gia, and every farmer
in the state may have at
least a small fiock.
They graze in the open
the year around, and
large areas of hills and
mountain ranges pro
vide unusual opportuni
ties for sheep raising on
a large scale. Gvod
prices prevail for both
wool and meat.