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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 117
an Acre of Land Can Do
• BY PROF. T. H. MCHATTON,
Horticulturist, Georgia College of Agriculture.
About the middle of July it was our privilege to visit one of
the most progressive and up-to-date farmers of the State. This
gentleman belongs to the old school, but has taken up many of
the ideas of the present and is using them on his place. He is a
large landowner and follows improved methods on all of his
places, but has been especially attentive to two acres on his farm.
When we arrived he was fitting one of these acres for fall
potatoes. The land had been deeply plowed and worked to almost
a perfect bed. Some fine black material was noticed scattered
CORN SIXTY-EIGHT DAYS OLD—CARROLLTON, GA.
Grape growing is a
neglected industry in
Georgia, that only
awaits individual initi
ative and some organ
ised effort to 'become a
source of untold profit.
A thousand Georgia
Mils await the vinters'
labors. Grapes as large
and fine as any ever
produced in California,
are grown on Georgia
vines, but as yet in
quantities too small to
be a commercial item.
The famed scuppernong
grape, which flourishes
all over the South, is a
native of and grows
wild in South Georgia.
Many car loads of
grapes are shipped each
year to Atlanta from
California that could
just as well have been
grown in Georgia.