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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 193
CRAWFORD County, 9,417; Knoxville, 300; area, square miles,
334; taxable property, $1,545,971. Farm products: Cotton, corn,
oats, wheat, potatoes, sugarcane, hay, peaches, apples, pears, ber
ries, melons, vegetables. Minerals: Clay products. Average
altitude, 375 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $14.
CRISP County, 18,500; Cordele, 7,000; area, 269 square miles;
taxable property, $4,910,999. Farm products: * Cotton, corn,
Manufactures: Cotton, oil mills and general manufactures. Aver
age altitude, 1,500 feet. Average value farm lands per acre, $25.
BADE County, 4,360; Trenton, 222; area, 188 square miles;
taxable property, $2,168,147. Farm products: Corn, wheat, oats,
hay, sweet and Irish potatoes. Minerals: Coal and iron. Aver
age altitude, 1,500 feet. Average value farm lands per acre, $25.
DAWSON County, 5> I2S> Dawsonville, 213; area, square miles,
209; taxable property, $949,581. Farm products: Cotton, corn,
wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, sorghum, apples, peaches, vegetables,
hardwoods. Minerals: Gold. Average altitude, 1,700 feet.
Average value farm land per acre, $10.
DECATUR County, 35,000; Bainbridge, 6,ooO; area, 823 square
miles; taxable property, $9,076,000. Farm products: Cotton,
tobacco, corn, cane, oats, hay, pecans, pears and peaches, 35,000
head of cattle, also horses and mules, swine 95,000 head, also
sheep and goats and poultry, bees. Manufactures: Oil mills,
lumber, turpentine, crate factory, foundry, railroad shops, tobacco
warehouses. Average altitude, 250 feet. Average farm land
value, $17.80 per acre.
DEKALB County, 35,000; Decatur, 5,300; taxable property,
$11,735,170. Farm products: Dairying, poultry, truck, fruit, cat
tle. Manufactures: Big granite qarries at Stone Mountain, cot
ton and flour mills, foundries, machine shops, oil mills. Average
altitude, 1,050 feet. Average value farm land per acre, $35.
DODGE County, 26,350; Eastman, 3,750; area, 495 square miles;
taxable property, $5,907,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, pota
toes, grain, hay, melons, peaches, pears, pecans, live stock. Manu
facturers: Oil mill, cotton mill, fertilizer plants. Average alti
tude, 350 feet. Average vaue farm land per acre, $20.
DOOLY County, 20,000; Vienna, 2,500; area, 432 square miles;
taxable property, $1,000,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, grain,
cane, potatoes, peaches, apples, grapes and pecans, horses, mules,
hogs, cattle, goats. Manufactures: Cotton mills, oil mills, planing
mills. Average altitude, 250 feet. Average value farm land per
acre, $25.
DOUGHERTY County, 16,035; Albany, 12,000; area, 343 square
miles; taxable property, $8,500,000. Farm products: Cotton,
corn, oats, hay, potatoes, pecans, melons, hogs, cattle. Manu
factures: 43 manufacturing plants, including lumber, feed, cot-
The foundry, ma-
cMne and general re
pair shops in Georgia
on December 31, 1915,
including work in iron,
steel, brass, copper and
tin, were 185, with cap
ital of $10,410,488, value
of raw material to the
amount of $3,083,000,
and turning out manu
factured products
worth $6,203,106. Their
employees numbered
5,000, of whom 56 per
cent, were white. In
1860 there were 69 such
establishments with
combined capital of $1,-
901,900, and manufac
tured products to the
value of $1,478,182.
The establishments
that manufacture clay
products number 130,
with capital of $3,951,-
891, and products of
$1,571,700.