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Georgia cane syrup,
pure and unadulterated,
needs no enconiums to
popularise it with the
initiated. Home crush
ed, from home grown
cane, it rivals the
maple syrup of Ver
mont among epicureans.
Commercial producers
can not supply the pres
ent demand. Q-rady
county ma Tees 50,000
barrels a year, from
about 4,000 acres of
cane. The planter nets
from $23 to $75 an acre.
All over South Georgia
are opportunities for
establishing commercial
mills, which by organ
ised effort, including
proper advertising could
make such a name and
fame for Georgia cane
syrup among the sweet-
toothed multitude, as
would bring untold
profits to their opera
tors.
ISO FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
Sneed, Greensboro, Carman, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Chinese
Cling, White English, King Solomon and Stinson's October,
though we have some other varieties, so we are scarcely without
peaches from the middle of May to the last of October. We also
enjoy the pears. Of these, we like best the Garber for eating, as
it is very tender and juicy, but the Kieffer is best for pickling and
preserving. Other varieties are the Bartlett, LeConte and Golden
Russet. We have a number of apple trees, the best being the
All Summer, York Imperial, Terry, Shockley and Yates. These
are especially fine for keeping during the winter. The Early Rich
mond is our best cherry, as it does better here than the black
cherries.
"Besides our fruit trees, we also have a number of pecan trees,
and I wish every farmer would try to have a few of these. They
make beautiful shade trees to have near the house as well as giving
such a valuable harvest of nuts. The best varieties are the Mo
bile, Stuart, Van Deman and Moneymaker. Our trees are young,
but we get plenty of nuts for all the year."
Beef Production in tke Mountains
Northeast Georgia is rapidly developing into a stock raising
district. Rabun county has a well-organized live stock associa
tion, the members of which are interesting themselves in building
up the cattle, hog and sheep industry. They are paying especial
attention to grading up beef breeds, using Durham bulls. By the
middle of November, 1915, 35 carloads of beef cattle had been
shipped from that county alone. The railroad agents are antici
pating a movement of several hundred cars of cattle out of Rabun
in 1916.
Pluck and Truck are inners
Pluck will generally be rewarded. A. R. Morris bought a 16-
acre farm—ten in woods and six in cultivation—near Stone Moun
tain, a few years ago, and started to grow cotton, but not having
acquired the hang of it in advance, he sunk his bank roll, got dis
gusted, rented his place and went back to city life. A year later
he returned to the farm and this time planted to truck, which is
the more profitable from being near Atlanta. He had no horse—
just garden tools—but he went at it alone. The following sum
mer he said:
"To-day, from hard work and a stiff upper lip, I have this much
to the good, and a beautiful sight to see: 17 rows Irish potatoes,
30 rows sweet potatoes, 30 rows sweet corn, 10 rows Kentucky
Wonder beans, 10 rows Red Valentine beans, 4 rows beets, 14