Georgia, historical and industrial . use of their water,instead of the rotten limestone, has brought about a great change for thebetter. The face of the county is level. Under the ordinary methods of cultivation the yield per acre is: Seedcotton, 600 to 800 pounds; com, 10 to 15 bushes; wheat, 15; oats, 20;rye, 8 to 10; upland rice, 25 bushels; sugar-cane, 300 gallons; sorghumcane, 50 to 75 gallons; Irish potatoes, 50 to 150 bushels; sweet pota-toes, 100 to 250; sorghum forage, 10,000 pounds. All grasses and for-age crops except clover do well. According to the United States census of 1900 the
Georgia, historical and industrial . use of their water,instead of the rotten limestone, has brought about a great change for thebetter. The face of the county is level. Under the ordinary methods of cultivation the yield per acre is: Seedcotton, 600 to 800 pounds; com, 10 to 15 bushes; wheat, 15; oats, 20;rye, 8 to 10; upland rice, 25 bushels; sugar-cane, 300 gallons; sorghumcane, 50 to 75 gallons; Irish potatoes, 50 to 150 bushels; sweet pota-toes, 100 to 250; sorghum forage, 10,000 pounds. All grasses and for-age crops except clover do well. According to the United States census of 1900 the cotton ginned inthe county for the season of 1899-1900 was 4,039 bales, all upland. According to the United States census of 1890 there were 1,510 sheep,vnth a wool-clip of 2,849 pounds; 7,859 cattle, 2,586 milch-cows, 675working oxen, 9,809 hogs, 30,527 poultry of all kinds, 567 horses, 724mules and 2 asses. Among the productions were 181,645 gallons ofmilk, 25,285 pounds of butter, 83,172 dozens of eggs, and 1,660 poundsof it(;iA kxiiiiut at xasiixilli:. ikw. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AXD INDUSTRIAL. 529 The people are beginning to pay considerable attention to the raisingof beef cattle and improvement of the breed. Within the last five yeai-sthere have been imported into the county 5 Hereford, 4 Polled Angusand 6 Shorthorn bulls. For dairy pui-poses the Jersey cow is preferred. About 1,500 acres are given to peach trees, 700 to plums, 110 tocherries, 500 to quinces and 300 to apples. About 100 acres are givento the raising of melons, and large watermelons of excellent flavor aregrown for the market. The chief industries of the piney woods section of the county arethose connected with turpentine and lumber. Six sawmills are keptbusy preparing lumber, 5 turpentine distilleries turn out large quanti-ties of naval stores and 5 gi-ist mills are kept in constant operation. Though no railroads traverse the county, the Central of Georgia has abranch road running near the county l
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