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152 FACTS ABOUT .GEORGIA
Poultry
Dr. S. W. Smith, who resides five miles from Wellston, Ga.,
has been experimenting with the raising of poultry for eggs in
connection with the operation of his farm. Dr. Smith has 450
acres with 250 under cultivation, and is devoting a portion of
this to the raising of Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn
chickens. He now has about 5°° on hand, from which he gets
about 75 dozen eggs a week, which are disposed of in the local
markets for 30 cents a dozen. In addition to this he has sold
100 to 150 broilers at an average price of 40 cents. He uses
prepared feed and his chickens have a range on oats, vetch and
Bermuda, which supply sufficient green feed at all times. Dr.
Smith markets non-fertile eggs. He figures that he sold $800
worth of eggs and chickens in 1915. His expenses for feed were
about $300.
Peanuts Prove Profitable
Peanut farming is not to be sneezed at. The latest available
figures of peanut production in Georgia were for 1910, when
2,569,787 bushels were grown on 160,317 acres. There are many
extensive growers, but the experience of one of the little ones,
CATTLE GRAZING IN OPEN PINE WOODS OF JfOUTH GEORGIA