Identifier: georgiahistorica00geor (find matches)
Title: Georgia, historical and industrial
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture Stevens, O. B. (Obediah B.) Wright, R. F. (Robert F.)
Subjects: Georgia -- History Georgia -- Economic conditions
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : G.W. Harrison, State Printer
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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shippingin one season from Marshallville alone 450 car-loads or 240,000 crates.At this town is the home of Mr. Samuel B. Eumph, the originator of thecelebrated Elberta peach. In easy sight of the veranda of his home are80,000 peach trees. He also raises grapes and makes wine of fine quality.The whole number of peach-trees in the county is 1,500,000. There arealso in Macon county 11,330 plum-trees, 9,800 apple-trees and 6,000pear-trees. Macon county produces also large melons of excellent flavor. Hay is made to only a small extent. Some farmers have thorough-bred cattle, but the great majority have only the ordinary stock. In 1890 there were in the county 173 sheep, with a wool-clip of 306pounds; 3,624 cattle, 176 working oxen, 1,469 milch-cows producing226,683 gallons of milk, from which were made 51,152 pounds of butter.The eggs from 31,236 poultry of all kinds amounted to 55,473 dozens.The honey produced was 7,563 pounds. There were 572 horses, 1,512mules, 1 donkey and 11,280 swine.
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GEORGIA: HhSToRICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. 751 The timber products are slight, being a little long-leaf pine and someiardwoods, mainly used in making crates and boxes for shipping fruit.Six grist-mills on tributaries of the Flint utilize 132 horse-powers. The output of all the manufactories of the county is about $70,000.These are mostly canning and packing factories. Six grist-mills on tributaries of the Flint river, utilize 132 horse-powers. Oglethorpe, the county seat, is located on the west side of the Flintriver. The court-houi« is ralued at $20,000. Montezuma, on the right side of the same river and only a few milesfrom Oglethoi-pe, is the largest town. There is abundance of hardwoodnear the town. Marshallville, not far from the line which divides Macon and Houstoncounties, is another prosperous toMTi. At each of these towns is a well-conducted bank. Each of them is located on one of the arms of theCentral of Georgia system. iNo other railroad passes through the county. There is a hig

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