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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
years he had saved $1,000, which, with $500 borrowed from a
bank, paid for an eighty-acre farm adjoining his father's lands.
His milk sales average $100 a month. He grows alfalfa, clover
and Bermuda grass for feed, and plants a few acres in cotton.
Some boy, that!
Eighty-Seven Bushels of Oats
Oats followed by sweet potatoes proved a winning proposition
in 1915 for E. L. Wade of Laurens County. His net profits from
15 acres were $1,672.50. In the fall of 1914 he planted oats, the
fertilizer, preparation and seeding costing $15.50 an acre. In
the spring of 1915 he gathered 87 measured bushels of oats an
acre, which at a dollar a bushel netted him $1,072.50. Sweet
potatoes were then planted, at a cost for fertilizer and cultiva
tion of $10.00 an acre. He got 100 bushels of potatoes an acre,
selling for 50 cents a bushel, and netting $600.
Bees and Honey in Georgia
Many busy little bees improve each shining hour for J. J.
Wilder of Cordele, who is considered to be the largest producer
of bees and honey in the South. Bees recognize no fence, county
or state lines, and gather honey where they may, so their product
IN A NINETY-ACRE FIELD OF PEANUTS, W. R. TERRY, SHELLMAN