The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . altemperature. Rain Fall.—The average rain fall is about forty-eightinches per year. The winds come from the south-east andsouth-west, and distribute the rains so as to prevent muchdrought and receive good crops. Soils.—In the northern portion of the State, the soil iscomposed of disintegrated lime-stones and shales of the Silu-rian and carboniferous formations, decomposed granites,gneiss, and schists. Alluvium is found in the valleys. In
The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . altemperature. Rain Fall.—The average rain fall is about forty-eightinches per year. The winds come from the south-east andsouth-west, and distribute the rains so as to prevent muchdrought and receive good crops. Soils.—In the northern portion of the State, the soil iscomposed of disintegrated lime-stones and shales of the Silu-rian and carboniferous formations, decomposed granites,gneiss, and schists. Alluvium is found in the valleys. Inthe central portion of the State the red clays and gray soilsare composed of disintegrated feldspar, with potash. InSouthern Georgia, lime-stone, marl, rich alluvium, andsandy tracts. These soils are all productive, and yield largecrops. 332 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1883. Minerals.—The principal minerals are coal, iron, cop-per, gold, lead, manganese. Granite, marble and lime-stonerocks are found; also kaolin, asbestos, mica, and diamond, ruby, amethyst, opal, and other stones havebeen found in the upper portion of the PRESENT CONDITION OF ST A TE. CHAPTER LXIV. 1883. Agricultural Products.—Fruit.—Woodlands.—Pasturage.—Mining.—Manu-factures.—Commerce.—Railroads. Agricultural Products.—There is no state in theUnion with such a variety of products as Georgia. There is nothing grown in any State thatcan not be successfully grownhere. Cotton is the great agricul-tural product of the State. Be-fore the civil war one-sixth (700,-000 bales) of the total cotton crop ofthe United States was produced byGeorgia. In 1883, there was produced824,250 bales, valued at $33,000,000,and using 2,873,000 acres in its cultiva-tion. Georgia stands third among theeight cotton States. The following table shows the otherproducts of the State (1882).
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