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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 137
Stock Farming in Polk County
Near Cedartown, S. C. Bailey has a large farm where he raises
horses, mules, colts, Jersey cows, sheep and hogs. A short time
ago he wrote:
"In regard to my farming here, would say, that when I came
to Polk county, Georgia, seventeen years ago, I was in debt about
$1,000. I purchased my home place on time payments and have
not only paid for the same, but have added to my original invest
ment other farms, two of which I have bought since you were
here, making in all 1,630 acres, and fed that I have made a
success. This, every farmer, with thrift and energy and careful
management can do with the splendid resources a kind Providence
has so bountifully bestowed upon our Southland.
"During the last two and one-half years I have added stock
raising in a small way and find that it pays handsomely, as our
lands are well adapted to that industry. Besides the natural
grasses, we can raise Bermuda, clover, alfalfa, etc., which make
splendid pastures for all kinds of stock raising, and best of all
we have an abundance of pure water. We can raise mules and
horses very cheaply, which are worth in the markets to-day from
$175 to $250 at three and four years old. I have no fancy breeds,
but simply raise the native stock."
ALFALFA HAY AND DAIRY HERD, DR. F. M. CARSON, GRIFFIN