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164 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
In his home orchard Mr. Smithwick has a famous old hickory
tree, on which he has successfully budded fourteen separate va
rieties of pecans. It is of great interest to naturalists and pecan
experts.
Mr. Smithwick also has charge of the National Pecan Groves
Company's property at Flint Side, Ga., which contain ten thou
sand acres, of which one thousand five hundred, acres are already
planted.
Georgia Bread From Georgia Milled Flour
Georgia, whose source of supply of flour has hitherto been the
Western States, has turned to home mills for this commodity.
Before the civil war the old-fashioned mills were numerous in
the State; but they gradually dwindled to twenty-five or thirty
mills up to eight or ten years ago. Then the "Live at Home and
Board at the Same Place" slogan was born and with it came thou
sands of new acres seeded to wheat.
GEORGIA MARBLE QUARRY. INDICATING HOW BLOCKS ARE SAWN OUT.