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One <strong>of</strong> Bulloch (bounty's many Farm Homes<br />

OUL-LOCH<br />

THE BANNER COUNTY OJP GEORGIA<br />

Ike PLACE THAT ADAM LOST<br />

Ihe PLACE THAT DeSOTO FOUND<br />

Bullocb County led all counties in tbe State in 1910 in number <strong>of</strong> cattle, 26,457. It<br />

led all counties in tbe number <strong>of</strong> bogs, 65,428. It led all counties in bogs slaughtered, 35,954.<br />

I he total value or all domestic animals in tbe county tbat year, including poultry, was<br />

$1,352,890—second largest in tbe State.<br />

Bullocb county made in 1914, 48,061 bales <strong>of</strong> Short Staple Cotton, and 2,164 bales <strong>of</strong><br />

Sea Island Cotton, tbe highest in value and tbe fourth highest in quantity in tbe State.<br />

In 1915 tbe merchants <strong>of</strong> Bullocb county did not buy a bushel <strong>of</strong> \Vestern corn, or a<br />

pound <strong>of</strong> \Vestern meat, but bought 400,000 pounds <strong>of</strong> borne-raised bacon.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor M. L. Dugan, Rural School Agent <strong>of</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong>, says: "If every acre <strong>of</strong> ara<br />

ble land in Bullocb county -was in cultivation and intelligently tilled, it could feed tbe<br />

State <strong>of</strong> <strong>Georgia</strong>."<br />

Bullocb county can show more fine School Buildings and country Church Buildings<br />

than any o<strong>the</strong>r county in tbe State.<br />

Cattle and Hogs may be grazed in tbe open in Bullocb county 365 days in tbe year.<br />

STATESBORO BOARD OF1 TRADE<br />

STATESBORO, :-: GEORGIA<br />

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