Georgia, historical and industrial . d every farmer has plenty of peaches for home use. Most of thechestnuts found in the markets of our Georgia cities and towns in thefall of the year come from Towns and other counties of this section. At Osbom there is a small vineyard producing the best varietiesof grapes. There are no dairy fanns in the county, but there is a considerableamount of butter made on the farms. The people raise some cattle forbeef, and there is considerable improvement in the breeds of bolhdairy and beef cattle. Some pure breeds, especially bulls, have beenlately
Georgia, historical and industrial . d every farmer has plenty of peaches for home use. Most of thechestnuts found in the markets of our Georgia cities and towns in thefall of the year come from Towns and other counties of this section. At Osbom there is a small vineyard producing the best varietiesof grapes. There are no dairy fanns in the county, but there is a considerableamount of butter made on the farms. The people raise some cattle forbeef, and there is considerable improvement in the breeds of bolhdairy and beef cattle. Some pure breeds, especially bulls, have beenlately brought into the county. The poultry and egg industry is de-cidedly on the increase. The stubble fields and meadows give excellent pasturage, and thereis good mountain range for cattle, sheep and horses, and a fair supplyof mast for hogs, which grow fat on acorns, hickory-nuts and 1890 Towns county hacl 4,242 sheep with a wool-clip of 7,093 pounds,2,998 cattle, 504 woridng oxen, 980 milch-cows, 406 horses, 292 mules, 6. YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Of Russian origin, but now largely planted East, West, North and South, and succeedseverywhere as a very hardy, early ripening, excellent variety. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 849 donkejs, 4,731 swine and 37,374 domestic fowls of various the products were 268,033 gallons of milk, 61,673 pounds ofbutter, 2U,91-1 dozens of eggs and 9,590 pounds of liouej. There isabimdance of mountain trout in the streams, and in the mountains somegame, such as bear, deer, turkey, wolves and panthers. There are about 75,000 acres of forest land, mostly in most valuable species are oak, hickoiy, poplar, walnut, chestnut,cherry, Lynn birch, maple, ash and locust. The urice of the timber isfrom $8 to $10 a thousand feet. There m-e 3 sawmills getting out tim-ber for the home supply. The mountain streams afford abundance of water-power, varying atdifferent points from 1 to 1,000 hoi-se-powers. There ai*e some few small
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