Advantages of Georgia for those desiring homes in a genial climate1906-7 . saccharine matter of any plant that grows. The Georgia canesyru]) is already a favorite in many parts of the United States, and its manufacture andsale are steadily and rapidly growing. South Georgia produces the greater part ofthe crop of sea-island cotton, the finest in the markets of the world. Tobacco, too, is being extensively cultivated, and there is in Decatur county oneof the largest tobacco farms in the Unit d States. In addition to the millet, crabp;rass. antl crowfoot, sorghum forage and peavines of Middle Ge
Advantages of Georgia for those desiring homes in a genial climate1906-7 . saccharine matter of any plant that grows. The Georgia canesyru]) is already a favorite in many parts of the United States, and its manufacture andsale are steadily and rapidly growing. South Georgia produces the greater part ofthe crop of sea-island cotton, the finest in the markets of the world. Tobacco, too, is being extensively cultivated, and there is in Decatur county oneof the largest tobacco farms in the Unit d States. In addition to the millet, crabp;rass. antl crowfoot, sorghum forage and peavines of Middle Georgia are the soja andthe xehet bean, both splendid for stock and the Ijest of soil renovators. Cassava, alsoa fine feed for stock, ^•ields h:iuntifullv thrrughout this section and the lower countiesof Middle Georgia. Although but little wheat comparatively is grown in this sectinn. yet there aresplendid yields of oats. ]\Ir. R. S. Williams, of Sumter county, whose post-ofiice isSmithville, in Lee county, raised, in 1905, on each of 18 acres, 80 bushels of oats, mak-. STALK FROM BRODWELLS COTTON FIELD IN MILTON COUNTY—3>^ BALES TO THE ACRE. 58 Georgias Resources and Advantages. ing $ net profit to the acre. On each of 10 acres of sweet potatoes, he made 100bushels, and sold the crop for $, or at 75 cents a bushel. He also fattened andkilled 75 hogs, averaging 200 pounds each, which he sold at 10 cents a pound. The great peach orchards of Southern Georgia have a national reputation andtheir fame has even crossed the Atlantic. There are fine vineyards also in many places. In Southeast Georgia are some of the largest market gardens (truck farms) in theState, especially in the neighborhood of Brunswick and Savannah. All over the coastal plain from the Atlantic ocean to the Chattahoochee river onthe western border of the State are extensive forests of long-leaf pine, producing an-nually millions of feet of lumber and gallons of spirits of turpentine, giving employ-
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