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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 99
COLLEGE METHOD OF CORN GROWING DEMONSTRATED
was created and grew rapidly. There are now 170 cotton oil
mills in Georgia, with an annual production of more than
$20,000,000. Cotton seed oil possesses peculiar dietetic and
hygienic properties. It is used extensively for lard compounds
and for soaps, and as a substitute for the olive oil of Italy. And
still more. The residue of the seed after crushing, in the form
of meal and hulls, is a superior fattening food for cattle and
hogs, and also possesses valuable fertilizing properties.
Sea Island Cotton
Sea Island cotton—cotton de luxe—is grown only on the islands
along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and at a
distance inland varying according to soil conditions, from 25 to
loo miles from the sea. It is of a rich, long-staple variety, the
rarest cotton in the world, and brings about .25 cents a pound. It
is used for making fine laces, thin fabrics and imitation silks. In
1911, the banner cotton year, Georgia produced 72,904 bales of
Sea Island cotton, against a total world's crop of 119,293 bales.
High-class cattle for
breeding purposes can
be obtained in Georgia
from a number of ex
perienced breeders, and
the stock of the average
farmer is being improv
ed rapidly. R. F. Shed-
den, of Atlanta, has a
big Shorthorn cattle
farm in Coweta County,
and is supplied with ad
ditional stock in carload
lots by the American
Shorthorn Breeders' As
sociation. The Georgia
Chamber of Commerce is
co-operating with state
and railroad officials in
the establishment of a
centarl market for thor
oughbred cattle, where
farmers may select
stock without travelling
to other states. Geor
gia's natural advan
tages for beef produc
tion are attracting
country-wide attention.