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Two of Georgia's pres
ent great manufactur
ing industries are of
post-bellum date, viz.:
the cotton seed oil
mills and the fertiliser
factories. There was
one cotton oil mill in
Georgia in 1880. Ao
cording to reports to
December 31, 1915.
there were then 180 oil
mills, with capital and
investment of $14,120,-
000, and produced man
ufactured material that
year to the value of
$28,149,598. Oil mill
employees numbered
3,800. The fertiliser
factories and mixing
plants on the same
date numbered 260.
with capital and invest
ment of $41,200,000,
and products to the
worth of $20,950,680.
194 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
ton seed products and cotton mills. Average altitude, 200 feet.
Average value farm land per acre, $22.
DOUGLAS County, 9,438; Douglasville, 1,623; area, square miles,
212; taxable property, $2,157,386. Hardwoods. Farm products:
Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, hay, peaches, apples,
melons, berries, vegetables. Average altitude, 1,000 feet. Aver
age value farnf land per acre, $10.
EARLY County, 20,000; Blakely, 2,250; area, 515 square miles;
taxable property, $5,500,000. Farm products: Cotton, corn, oats,
hay (1914 cotton crop approximate 28,000 bales), hogs and cattle
limited. Manufactures: One cotton seed oil mill, lumber.mills.
Average altitude, 350 feet. Average value farm land per acre,
$15 to $20.
ECHOLS County, 3,309; Statenville, 350; area, 365 square miles;
taxable property, $814,614. Farm products: Corn, cotton, cane,
potatoes, pecans, peaches, apples, pears, live stock, cattle, hogs.
Manufactures: Turpentine, sawmills. Average altitude, 123
feet. Average value, $5 per acre.
EFFINGHAM County, 9,971; Springfield, 525; area, 419 square
miles; taxable property, $2,564,726. Farm products: Cotton,
corn, peaches, apples, pecans, peas. Average altitude, 45 feet.
Average value farm land per acre, $10.
ELBERT County, 24,125; Elberton, 6,485; area, 364 square
miles; taxable property, $4,167,000. Farm products: Cotton,
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