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 . 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
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 . 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).. Name. Amount. No. Acres Used. Corn, Oats, Wheat, Rice, Rye, 36,963,940 bushels,21,643,482 4,186,01625,369,687 pounds,130,610 bushels. 796*,252. 34,973. 27,920, Besides these there is raised wool, flax, hemp, jute, silk,sugar-cane, tobacco, peas, beans, all kinds of garden vegeta- 334 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1883. bles, tea, and indigo. In the southern portion of the State,vegetables can be gathered during the whole winter. Fruits.—Fruits of all kinds known in the temperate zonegrow in Georgia. The apple, peach, pear, grape, fig, pome-granate, cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry, olive, grow inlarge quantities. Oranges, bananas, lemons, and pecans,grow on the coast. Watermelons and cantaloupes grow inMiddle Georgia, and are famous over the world for their kindand quality. About two-thirds of the area of the State is de-voted to farms, employing the attention of one-third of theStates population. Georgia is the tenth agricultural State inthe Union. The following table exh
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