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The once despised
groundnut, goober, pin-
der, peanut—as you will
—has become the Icing
crop of the Southern
farmer. A Georgia
farmer had only one
hundred acres of pea
nuts in his fields to
show Ms banker, to
whom he owed $1,900.
It looked good to the
banker, who had some
idea of values, and said
tie would not only can
cel the farmer's note,
but would give him
$5,000 in cash to boot
for the field of peanuts
as it stood. The banker
netted $6800 on the pea
nuts and $1,800 in addi
tion on the peavine hay.
Good night, cotton.
i88 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
BALDWIN County, 19,672; Milledgeville, 5,119; area, 250
square miles; taxable property, $3,489,950. Farm products:
Corn, cotton, wheat, _oats, hay, sugarcane, peaches, apples. Min
erals: Pottery clay. Manufactures: Cotton oil mill. Seat of
Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Girls; State Sanita
rium and other State institutions. Altitude, 375 feet. Average
value farm land per acre, $18.
BANKS County, 14,000; Homer, 225; area, 400 square miles;
taxable property, $1,775,147. Farm products: Cotton, corn,
wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, peas, peaches, apples, pecans, dairies,
5,000 cattle. Manufactures: Asbestos mines. Average altitude,
1,700 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $20.
BARROW County, 11,850; Winder, 3,500; area, 190 square miles;
taxable property, $2,200,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, peas,
hay, wheat, oats, cane, apples, peaches, pears, pecans. Manufac
tures : Cotton mill, cotton cloth, overall, shirts, pants, etc. Aver
age altitude, 1,000 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $40.
BARTOW County, 27,483; Cartersville, 4,826; area, 485 square
miles; taxable property, $7,135,548. Farm products: Corn, wheat,
oats, cotton, potatoes, hay, peaches, apples and small fruits. Min
erals : Iron, manganese, ochre, bauxite, limestone. Average alti
tude, i,loo feet. - Average value farm land per acre, $15.
BEN HILL County, 15,000; Fitzgerald, 7,500; area, 350 square
miles; taxable property, $3,500,000. Farm products: Cotton,
corn, hay, pecans, pears and peaches. Manufactures: Cotton
mills, oil mills, railroad shops, art stone plants, cigars and imple
ment factories. Average altitude, 500 feet. Average land value
per acre, $25.
BERRIEN County, 23,609; Nashville, 1,180; taxable property,
$8,000,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, oats, peanuts, potatoes,
fruits, strawberries, nuts, live stock. Manufactures: Lumber,
turpentine, canneries. Average altitude, 180 feet. Average value
farm land per acre, $20.
BIBB County, 70,000; Macon, 55,440; area, 200 square miles;
taxable property, $34,000,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn,
wheat, oats, watermelons, canteloupes, potatoes, truck, peaches,
pecans, pears, figs, live stock. Manufactures: Cotton mills, fire
brick, terra cotta pipes, clay products, oil mills, fertilizers, and
numerous varied plants. Average altitude, 373 feet. Average
value farm land per acre, $10 to $25.
BLECKLEY County, 10,623; Cochran, 1,632; area, 225 square
miles; taxable property, $2,107,605. Farm products: Cotton,
grain, hay, potatoes, cane, live stock. Manufactures: Cotton
mills, oil mills, lumber and planing mills, fullers earth and mining.
Average altitude, 350 feet. Average value farm land per acre,
$25.00.