. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . ie veryliijjhest develojinient. Cotton is still the prin-cipal money crop, but farm products are morediversified each year, and the progressive farmersuf the entire section make their farms self-sus-taining first, and the cotton a surplus from all the fruits, including berries andgrapes, which grow to great perfection, one hun-dred and twenty bushels of corn have beengathered from ■■■ ■ MM - ivMnr,,; bales of cotton. Sugar-cane, wheat, rye, barley,clover, and all the grasses
. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . ie veryliijjhest develojinient. Cotton is still the prin-cipal money crop, but farm products are morediversified each year, and the progressive farmersuf the entire section make their farms self-sus-taining first, and the cotton a surplus from all the fruits, including berries andgrapes, which grow to great perfection, one hun-dred and twenty bushels of corn have beengathered from ■■■ ■ MM - ivMnr,,; bales of cotton. Sugar-cane, wheat, rye, barley,clover, and all the grasses are successfullygrown; clover and Bermuda grass give threegood cuttings a season, and yield as high as sixtons to the acre of the very finest high classhaj. There is abundance of pasturage for cat-tle, making this a profitable country for cattleand sheep growers. Hogs are cheaply and suc-cessfully raised and make rapid growth, givingfarmers cheap and abundant meat and mild climate makes this a favoralile sectionfor poultry and egg farms,^j . the unexcelled railroad facilities ixwe quick. access to all the markets of the countrj. Landsare sold at remarkably low prices, consideringtheir great productiveness, the admirable railroadand market facilities, equable climate, theexcellence and plentifulness of water,and abundant rainfall. More people are needed, andthe stranger making hisreceives the most come and kind treatment. For farmer, fruit grower, dairyman, , poultryman, stock raiser or truck farmer, no other section can offer so many or so good in - ducements.
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