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Georgia has a bird popu
lation of about seventy-
five million, all the year
round. About seventy
per cent, of them are in
sectivorous, and all of
them eat insects at some
time of the year.
It is estimated that the
above bird population
eats daily an average of
sixty thousand bushels
of insects.
In Maine or California,
you may be sitting in a
Georgia ch»ir, as chairs
made from native woods
are shipped from one
factory in Dalton to
nearly every state in
the Union, to the value
of over -$200,000 an
nually.
FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
ning water on every square mile, and the country within fifty
miles of the coast and around Okefinokee Swamp is essentially
flat. Throughout the long-leaf pine region lumbering and turpen
tining were more important than agriculture until near .the end
of the nineteenth century. The islands along the coast and a
belt of rich soil along the Southern border of the State have more
hardwoods than long-leaf pine.
The forty commonest trees in Georgia at the present time,
arranged as nearly as possible in order of abundance, with
approximate percentage, common and technical names, and gen
eral distribution of each, are listed below. The accuracy of the
VIRGIN FOREST OF LONG LEAF PINE, SUMTER COUNTY