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190 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA CAEEOLL County, 33,855; Carrollton, 4,500; area, 486 square miles; taxable property, $7,327,081. Farm products: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, hay, peas, alfalfa, clover, potatoes, cane, sor ghum, nuts, pecans, cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, poultry, bees. Manufactures: Cotton mills, cotton oil mills, fertilizer plants, mining company, gold and pyrites. Average altitude, 1,100 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $9.74. CATOOSA County, 7,993; Ringgold, 500; area, square miles, 171; taxable property, $1,478,753. Farm products: Corn, cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes, hay, peaches, apples, grapes, berries. Min erals : Sand, limestone, iron, gold. Average altitude, 1,500 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $10. CHARLTON County, 6,500; Folkston, 500; area, 300 square miles; taxable property, $1,500,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, hay, melons, peaches, pears, fruits, pecans, 10,000 hogs, 6,000 cattle, 4,500 sheep and 1,000 goats. Manufactures: Saw mills, turpentine stills, grist mills, bottling works. Average alti tude, 80 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $20. CHATHAM County, 71,000; Savannah, 65,100; area, 427 square miles; taxable property, $43,669,811. Farm products: Truck for market, figs, pears, pecans. Manufactures: 150 plants, capital IN A FIFTY ACRE FIELD OF COWPBA HAY, NEAR AMERICUS

FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 191 invested, $18,000,000, annual value products, $37,000,000. Aver age altitude, 25 feet. Average land values, $30 per acre. CHATTAHOOCHEE County, 5,700; Cusseta, 350; area, 180 square miles; taxable property, $1,139,225. Farm products: Corn, cot ton, oats, peas, cane, peaches, pecans, cattle and hogs. Average altitude, 500 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $6. CHATTOOGA County, 15,119; Summerville, 789; area, square miles, 326; taxable property, $3,558,874. Farm products: Cot ton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, hay, vegetables, ber ries, peaches, apples. Minerals: Iron, bauxite, clay, manganese, coal, slate, talc, sandstone. Manufactures: Cotton mills. Alti tude, 2,000 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $12. CHEROKEE County, 16,661 ; Canton, 2,500; taxable property, $3,846,000. Farm products: Corn, cotton, oats, wheat, peaches, apples, peanuts, live stock. Manufactures: Cotton mill, oil mills, marble plants, gold and pyrites. Average altitude, 1,000 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $10. CLARKE County, 23,273; Athens, 20,500; area, 120 square miles ; taxable property, $13,034,000. Farm products: Cotton, grain, apples, peaches, pecans, live stock. Manufactures: Lumber, cot ton mills, oil mills, fertilizer, knitting, plows. Average altitude, 800 feet. Average land value, $40 per acre. COWPEA AND CRAB GRASS HAT, GEOKGK rKACOCK, COCHBAN

190 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA<br />

CAEEOLL County, 33,855; Carrollton, 4,500; area, 486 square<br />

miles; taxable property, $7,327,081. Farm products: Cotton,<br />

corn, wheat, oats, hay, peas, alfalfa, clover, potatoes, cane, sor<br />

ghum, nuts, pecans, cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, poultry,<br />

bees. Manufactures: Cotton mills, cotton oil mills, fertilizer<br />

plants, mining company, gold and pyrites. Average altitude, 1,100<br />

feet. Average value farm land per acre, $9.74.<br />

CATOOSA County, 7,993; Ringgold, 500; area, square miles, 171;<br />

taxable property, $1,478,753. Farm products: Corn, cotton,<br />

wheat, oats, potatoes, hay, peaches, apples, grapes, berries. Min<br />

erals : Sand, limestone, iron, gold. Average altitude, 1,500 feet.<br />

Average value farm land per acre, $10.<br />

CHARLTON County, 6,500; Folkston, 500; area, 300 square<br />

miles; taxable property, $1,500,000. Farm products: Cotton,<br />

corn, hay, melons, peaches, pears, fruits, pecans, 10,000 hogs,<br />

6,000 cattle, 4,500 sheep and 1,000 goats. Manufactures: Saw<br />

mills, turpentine stills, grist mills, bottling works. Average alti<br />

tude, 80 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $20.<br />

CHATHAM County, 71,000; Savannah, 65,100; area, 427 square<br />

miles; taxable property, $43,669,811. Farm products: Truck for<br />

market, figs, pears, pecans. Manufactures: 150 plants, capital<br />

IN A FIFTY ACRE FIELD OF COWPBA HAY, NEAR AMERICUS

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