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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.
FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 189 BROOKS County, 25,000; Quitman, 5,000; area, 514 square miles; taxable property, $10,000,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, hay, hogs, cattle, cane, oats, fruits, pecans, other nuts. Manufactures: Cotton mills, cooperage plants, saw mills, ice, soft drinks, variety works. Average altitude, 300 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $30. BRYAN County, 7,500; Clyde, 200; taxable property, $1,500,600. Farm products: Cotton, corn, cane and potatoes. Manufactures: Lumber mills. Average altitude, 32 feet. Value of average farm land per acre, $6. BULLOCH County, 27,000; Statesboro, 3,500; area, 724 square miles; taxable property, $4,500,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, beans, peanuts, hay, oats, cane, potatoes, pecans, peas, peaches, apples, hogs, cattle. Manufactures: Fertilizer, cotton seed oil mills, sawmills, tile plants. Average altitude, 200 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $25. BURKE County, 29,000; Waynesboro, 3,000; area, 740 square miles; taxable property, $4,900,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, grain, hay, potatoes, cane, melons, pecans, horses, cattle and hogs. Manufactures: Wagons, oil mills, iron. Average altitude, 350 feet. Average value farm land, $25 per acre. BUTTS County, 15,106; Jackson, 1,975; area, square miles, 179; taxable property, $2,364,697. Farm products: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, hay, potatoes, peaches, apples, watermelons, canta loupes, figs. Manufactures: Cotton mills, oil mills and others. Altitude, 850 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $15. CALHOUN County, 12,518; Morgan, 375; area, square miles, 276; taxable property, $2,571,195. Farm products: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, hay, sugarcane, potatoes, peaches, grapes, water melons, cantaloupes. Altitude, 200 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $12. CAMDEN County, 8,700; St. Marys, 743; area, square miles, 718; taxable property, $2,070,005. Farm products: Corn, sugarcane, cotton, rice, oats, potatoes, hay, vegetables, grapes, berries, melons. Average altitude, 25 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $10. CAMPBELL County, 12,000; Fairburn, 1,000; area, 205; taxable property, $3,009,868. Farm products: Cotton, corn, apples, peaches, cattle and dairying. Manufactures: Cotton mills, har ness, brick, agricultural implements, fertilizer and general manu factures. Ayerage altitude, 1,000 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $30. CANDLER County, 11,000; Metter, 500; area, 350 square miles; taxable property, $2,500,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, live stock small but increasing. Average altitude, 250 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $30. Bank clearings of a large city do not neces sarily indicate the money in the farmers' hands, yet it shows the general condition of the whole section, including the farmers. Atlanta is a typical representa tive of the larger and progressive cities of the South, and the bank clearings o f Atlanta, Saturday, September 16, 1916, were over 3 1-2 million dollars—a gain of nearly 11-4 million dollars over the same day the previous year. The clearings of Atlanta for the week ending Sep tember 16 were a little over SI 1-2 millions, and for the same week in 1915 only IS 1-2 millions. An era of prosperity is at hand all through the South.
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Augusta's Plaza—A civic center co
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At Lela, in Decatur County, is the
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Exhibit of Boys' Corn Clubs at Sout
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A unique plan for popu lating Decat
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Georgia Cantaloupes are rapidly gai
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