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The pecan tree shown
on this page is on the
Home premises of George
McDonald a t C'uth-
bert. It grew from a
nut planted in 18>/8 by
a returned Texas pio
neer. It is of the soft
shelled variety, and
bears proliflcally every
year. Measurements
made in 1916 for "Facts
About Georgia" showed
the tree to be 51 feet
high, and with a spread
of limbs extending 75
feet. At a distance of
four feet from the
ground the circumfer
ence of the trunk was
nine feet. Scattered
throughout Georgia are
many such old pecan
trees, some of which
may be older than the
McDonald tree, and in
formation of such trees
is invited.
170 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
Cattle Ranch on a Mountain Top
A unique mountain-top farm is being developed in Floyd
county by John M. Graham and H. A. Dean, business men of
Rome. There are eight hundred acres in the tract, five hundred
of it cleared since 1910. This farm lies entirely upon the top of
Roek Mountain, at an altitude of 1,500 feet above the sea level,
and rising 800 feet above the surrounding country. Only one
road reaches it, this having been built at considerable expense, it
having been necessary to blast out several bluffs in the process.
The entire farm is surrounded by cliffs, the distancejiround being
about five miles. The land slopes generally from the cliffs to
ward the center, but with four outlets for water.
It is being developed for stock raising, and is planted in con
siderable part in bermuda. Fifteen acres are in alfalfa. The
land is extremely productive, having yielded 140 bales of cotton
on 125 acres in 1914. It is anticipated that this mountain farm
will soon become one of the show places of North Georgia—
partly on account of its unusual location. The owners have
started operations with a herd of fifty registered Hereford cattle,
and intend raising that breed exclusively.