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.