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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 27
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Advantages in Temperature and
Climate
It is not hotter in Georgia in summer than it is in the North
ern and Western states and Georgia©s summer days are shorter.
In proof of this, and for the benefit of many living in those sec
tions, by whom this statement may possibly be questioned, and
who, without having really investigated the matter, may have held
the contrary opinion, the accompanying tables are published.
They were prepared at our request by the United States Weather
Bureau, from official data.
These figures show that the average annual highest temperature
during the last five years was actually lower in Georgia by a frac
tion of a degree, than in the Northern states. The difference be
tween the average lowest temperature in Georgia, and that of the
North, was 35 degrees in favor of this State. There were 50 days
in Georgia when the maximum average was 90 or above against
21 days in the North, but the small fraction of a day when the
highest was 32 or below here, as compared to the 44 days there,
is a fair offset.
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston says: "In point
of climate and in length
of growing season, the
South has a material
advantage over the rest
of the nation."
Farm buildings in Geor
gia do not have to be
constructed to withstand
zero weather and bliz
zards, and with much
cheaper lumber the cost
of such buildings is con
siderably below that of
the Northern States.
Cattle and hogs can
graze in the open 365
days in the year in Cen
tral and South Georgia
in luxuriant meadows of
Alfalfa and Glover, and
other growing crops,
and without expense of
gathering and feeding,
be made into prime
meat.