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Here©s Georgia! LIBRARIES - the Digital Library of Georgia

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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA<br />

G. C. Adams. It touched a heret<strong>of</strong>ore neglected phase <strong>of</strong> edu<br />

cation, and <strong>the</strong> State College took it up <strong>the</strong> following year. Geor<br />

gia was also first in <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> newspaper plate, by which a large<br />

proportion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> farmers are reached weekly.<br />

Increasing Average Yield •per Acre<br />

As one result <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> boys© corn clubs and .county agents© work,<br />

<strong>the</strong> total corn crop <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State has been increased one hundred<br />

per cent, in ten years. The average yield per acre has been more<br />

than doubled. Nearly 10,000 boys were enrolled in <strong>the</strong> corn<br />

FULL COTTON BOLLS<br />

The total exports <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Georgia</strong>, products from<br />

<strong>the</strong> port <strong>of</strong> Savannah<br />

to foreign ports in 1915<br />

amounted to seventeen<br />

million dollars. Coun<br />

tries to which <strong>the</strong>se<br />

were shipped include<br />

Denmark, France, Ger<br />

many, Greece, Italy,<br />

Holland, Norway, Por<br />

tugal, Russia, Spain,<br />

Sweden, England, Can<br />

ada, Australia, New<br />

Zealand, 3outh Africa,<br />

West Indies, Chile, Ar<br />

gentine, Brazil, South<br />

Africa, China and Japan.<br />

Savannah's 'bank clear-<br />

' ings in 1915 exceeded a<br />

quarter <strong>of</strong> a billion dol<br />

lars, <strong>the</strong>se per capita<br />

clearings "being $2,831,<br />

which is far above <strong>the</strong><br />

average city <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same<br />

sine. The keen world-<br />

visioning business spirit<br />

<strong>of</strong> its people predicates<br />

Savannah's glorious fu<br />

ture.

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