PROGRESS Tli AGRiriTLTURAL EDUCATION. 



263 



farms owned and operated by prosperous white farmers. The geological (Piedmont) 

 and soil conditions indicated for the fourth district apply here also. 



NINTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located near Clarksville and about 3 miles from railroad. 



The same geological province (Piedmont) and the same conditions of soil as found 

 in the fourth district occur in the ninth district, but the interests here differ consider- 

 ably from those that surround the farms of the other districts. 



In the ninth district cotton is not so much in the ascendancy, while orchard fruits, 

 poultry, and live stock are more important, the rather frequent hilly and rugged 

 features of north Georgia being peciiliarly well adapted to produce apples and peaches, 

 the developments along these lines having l^een quite marked during the last few 

 years. 



TENTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located on railroad, 3 miles east of Sparta, at a station called Granite 

 Hill. Gift of 270 acres of land, valued at about §30 an acre. Land nearly all 

 chared and ready for plow. Cash donation, §48,000. 



The district includes many small farms owned and operated by prosperous white 

 farmers. There are a few large holdings. The geological province (Coastal Plaint 

 and the soil conditions of the third district are in a large measure found here. The 

 farm, however, lies near the line between the region of Coastal Plain sediments and 

 that of the weathered granite rocks of the Piedmont. 



ELEVENTH DISTRICT. 



School to be located near Douglas, on line of railroad. Gifts include 300 acres of 

 good land, valued at about $50 an acre; cash, $55,000; electric lights and water free for 

 ten years; sewerage to be installed free. 



The same geological province (Coastal Plain) and the same soil (wire-grass belt) 

 conditions as found in the first district obtain here. 



This school is located in a section which at one time had extensive lumber and tur- 

 pentine interests, but where now there is progressing a considerable development of 

 small farms operated by whites. 



The donations made by the citizens of the different Congressional districts are 

 summarized in the following table: 



Donations for Georgia agricultural schools. 



SUMMARY. 



Land values $137, 500 



Cash donations 470, 000 



Approximate value of electric light, water, and sewerage, gift 200, 000 



Total gift to State 807, 500 



