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Georgia-made farm im
plements, the wood of
which is native yellow
pine and mountain oak,
are used in Illinois and
Indiana. Six carloads
were shipped to those
states in one month in
1915 from Tifton, which
also ships implements
and tool handles to all
parts of the South.
Scientists have recently
demonstrated that twen
ty gallons of OS per
cent, ethyl alcohol may
be obtained from a cord
of yellow pine sawdust,
or hogged waste. What
a chance in Georgia for
producing a cheap in
dustrial alcohol for mo
tors, fuel, lighting, heat
ing and the miscellane
ous arts f
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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
DENSE GROWTH OF SLASH PINE IN OKEFINOKEE SWAMP
2% Black gum (Nyssa biflora). Swamps and ponds in coastal plain.
i% Chestnut (Castanea dentata). Mostly in mountains. *
i% Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana). Commonest in Northwest Geor
gia.
i% Hickory (Hicoria alba). Rich uplands, mostly in northern half.
i% Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica). Mostly in northern half.
i% Birch (Betula nigra). Along creeks and rivers.
i% (Pignut) hickory (Hicoria glabra). Widely distributed.
i% Persimmon (Diospyros Virginiana). Old fields mostly.
i% Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). Hammocks in coastal plain.
i% Spanish oak (Quercus coccinea). Dry wot>ds, northward.
i% Spruce pine (Pinus glabra). Hammocks in coastal plain.
i% Black oak (Quercus velutina). Mostly in northern half.
i% Turkey oak (Quercus cinerea). Long-leaf pine forests.
i% Chestnut oak (Quercus Prinus). Mostly in mountains.
i% Tupelo gum (Nyssa uniflora). Swamps, mostly in coastal plain.
i% Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus Michauxii). Mostly in southern
half.
i% Water oak (Quercus laurifolia). Cgastal plain hammocks.
There are about loo other trees in the State, making less than
i per cent. each. Georgia probably has more different species of
trees than any other State in the Union except Florida. (Even
Texas and California, with their much larger area and more
diversified climates, do not surpass it in this respect).
The pines make up about 40 per cent, of our forests, other ever
greens 6 per cent, and oaks 20 per cent. All our trees grow also
in one or more of the adjoining states, with one exception, the
Georgia oak, which is confined to a few counties in Middle
Georgia.