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The City of Dawson and
County of Terrell
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produced. It is iilled with most progressive farmers,
who are already taking steps to discontinue the so-
called "one crop system". It will be a surprise to
many to know that its possibilities in grain production
are scarcely surpassed in the State. During the last
half dozen years quite a number of its farmers have
raised from 50 to 163 bushels of corn on a single acre,
and but few fail to produce all needed for home con
sumption. One farmer produced in 1915 about 400
bushels of Fulghum oats on three acres, and 135 measur
ed bushels on a single acre, and an average of 73 bushels
on 23 acres. The county is now producing a great deal
of Wheat, the production of which is increasing each
year. An excellent Flour mill is located just out of
the limits of Dawson, and makes most superior flour.
Peanuts are rapidly becoming a most important product
of the county. A single peanut picking machine, having
picked in the surrounding country during the recent
fall 7,500 bushels, which were sold at good prices. A
great quantity of hay is being made from native grasses,
field pea vines, peanut vines, clover and alfalfa, hence
the farmers no longer go to the fields of the West for such products. On the other
hand Hay, Oats, Peanuts and Flour are being shipped to other points not so for
tunate. Many of the farmers have gone into the live stock business, and there are
now many of the finest registered cows and hogs in the county, and some of the
farmers have begun to raise their mules. Many of these live stock have recently been
sold and shipped to other points, both for meat and breeding purposes. Nor does
the county confine itself to Agriculture only, but much attention is beginning to be
paid to horticulture. Several hundred acres of the finest paper shell Pecans have
been set during the last few years, and are growing to perfection. Many trees are
already bearing and nuts are being shipped to all sections of the country. 50,000
Peach trees have recently been set and several thousand are already producing the
finest of fruit. This last departure is but the beginning of what will in a very few
years become a great industry here as the section is highly adapted to the raising of
many kinds of fruits and nuts, far superior to that section just a few miles south of
it which has been so extensively advertised in this regard. Dawson, the county seat,
has a population of about 5,000 souls, the county itself has a population of 25,000.
There are in the bounds of Terrell county three other towns of no small importance,
each having a population of about 800. They are Parrott, Bronwood, and Sasser.
There are also several other hamlets, or smaller trading centers.
In the several towns of the county there are four banks of $25,000.00 capital, one of
$50,000.00, capital, and three of $100,000.00 capital. All have large reserves and good
deposit accounts.
This section will produce almost any known product of the temperate zone, rarely suffers
from material droughts, henee rarely experiences a crop failure. A network of up-to-date, modern
roads traverses the entire county, making travel a delight and the movement of field products
easy and rapid.
Terrell county can sustain a population far greater than that at present within its bounds,
and invites progressive agriculturists and manufacturers from other less favored localities to
come and become a part of it, with assurance of no regrets.