GEORGIA 



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GEORGIA 



THE FACTORY 



Cotton Goods 

 Lumber,~fimber 

 Cottonseed Oil,Cake 

 Fertilizers 

 Flour, Grist 

 Turpentine, Rosin 

 Printing, Publishing 

 Railroad-car Repairs 

 Fbundry,Machine-shops 

 Hosiery,Knit Goods 

 Marble.Stone 

 Carriages.Wagons 

 Confectionery 

 Leather Goods 

 FumitvreJWrigerator, 

 Men's Clothing 

 Brick,Tile 

 Bread etc. 

 Manufactured Gas 

 Patent Medicines 

 Leather 

 Sheet Metal 

 Manufactured Ice 

 FbperBoxes,etc. 

 Agricultural Implements 



GEORGIA PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports, 



Millions of Dollars Annually 

 10 20 30 40 50 



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THE QUARRY 



Granite 

 Marble 



THE FARM 



Horses sold 

 Milk 



Potatoes 

 Cultivated Hay 

 Dry Peas 

 Green Gram Hay 

 Cattle sold 

 Mules sold 

 Sugar Cane 

 Peanuts 

 Eggs 



Poultry raised 

 Wheat 



Sweet Potatoes 

 Peaches 

 GardenVegetables 

 Butter 



Hogs slaughtered 

 Oats 



Cotton Seed 

 Corn 

 Cotton 



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Georgia peaches are known everywhere, and 

 the state often stands second to California in 

 the number of bushels picked. In the present 

 century the annual yield has increased from 

 about a quarter of a million to over five mil- 

 lion bushels. Other fruits are of less impor- 

 tan<je, though one of them, the pomegranate, 

 grows in very few states. Pecans flourish both 

 on the coast and in the inland counties. 



In the mountainous portion of the state there 

 is an abundance of pasturage for sheep and 

 cattle, and hogs are numerous in the wooded 

 districts. 



In all, nearly three-fourths of the land of 

 Georgia is called farm land, but less than one- 

 third of this is actually cultivated, much of 

 it being in forests. Many of the smaller farms 

 are operated by negroes, either owners or ten- 

 ants, and there has been a really remarkable 

 development along agricultural lines of the 

 colored people of the state in recent years. 



Reference has been made above to the 

 extensive forests of Georgia. These are to be 

 found in every part of the state, but their 



composition differs in different localities. The 

 Song of the Chattahoochee, quoted here, de- 

 scribes accurately the northern forests: 



The hickory told me manifold 

 Fair tales of shade ; the poplar tall 

 Wrought me her shadowy self to hold ; 

 The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the pine, 

 Overleaning with flickering meaning and sign, 

 Said "Pass not, so cold, these manifold 

 Deep shades of the hills of Habersham, 

 These glades in the valleys of Hall. 



In the southern part, on the other hand, the 

 forests are chiefly of the famous Georgia pine, 

 the most important tree of the state. 



Transportation and Trade. Georgia has, as 

 stated above, a large number of navigable 

 rivers, but that it is not dependent upon these 

 is proved by the fact that its greatest city, 

 Atlanta, the "Gate City of the South," is not 

 on or near a waterway. Indeed, the rivers are 

 being less and less used for transportation 

 as the railroad mileage increases. There are 

 at present in the state over 7,300 miles of 

 excellent railway, the Central of Georgia, the 

 Southern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line and 



