BIENNIAL REPORT
OF
Georgia Department of Agriculture
FOR 1925-1926
J. J. BROWN, Commissioner
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
STATE BUREAU OF MARKETS STATE CHEMIST CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR STATE VETERINARIAN OIL AND GAS INSPECTOR DRUG INSPECTOR CHIEF CLERK SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS STATE STATISTICIAN
SERIAL NUMBER 103
Quarterly Bulletin of the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
of 1927 First Quarter--January, February and March
Entered at Atlanta, Ga., as second-class matter, Oct. 7. 1900, under Act June 6, 1900. Accepted for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act, of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized on June 29, 1918.
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF
Georgia Department of Agriculture
FOR 1925-1926
J. J. BROWN, Commissioner
INCLUDING REPORTS OF
STATE BUREAU OF MARKETS STATE CHEMIST CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR STATE VETERINARIAN OIL AND GAS INSPECTOR DRUG INSPECTOR CHIEF CLERK SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS STATE STATISTICIAN
SERIAL NUMBER 103
Quarterly Bulletin of the GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
of 1927 First Quarter--January, February and March
Entered at Atlanta, Ga., as second-class matter, Oct. 7, 1900, under Act June 6, 1900. Accepted for mailing at a special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act. of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized on June 29, 1918.
Let thefarmerforevermore be honored in his calling;
for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people
of God.
--Thomas Jefferson.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
J. J. BROWN, Commissioner
JAMES D. WEAVER Assistant Commissioner
T. J. R. JOHNSON Chief Clerk
J. W. SETZE Bookkeeper
FELIX E. BOSWELL
B. A. HANCOCK,
Director Bureau of Markets Assistant Director Bureau of Markets
S. H. WILSON, State Chemist
L. W. BRADLEY, Assistant Chemist
PETER F. BAHNSEN, *0. S. LEE,
State Veterinarian
Chief Food Inspector
L. H. GLENN, General Oil Inspector
P. H. MELL, Assistant General Oil Inspector
T. A. CHEATHAM, Chief Drug Inspector
MARTIN V. CALVIN, Specialist in Agricultural Economics
PETER V. RICE Statistician
Resigned December 31,1926. Succeeded by J. E. BODENHAMER
Deceased March 6, 1927. Succeeded by MARTIN F. AMOROUS
Laws administered or enforced by the Commissioner ofAgriculture:
Bureau of Markets
Pure Food
Fertilizer
Concentrated Commercial
State Veterinary
Feeding Stuff
Oil
Drug
Commissioner of Agriculture is ex-officio: Commissioner of Immigration. Member Board of Trustees State College of Agriculture. Chairman State Board of Entomology. Chairman Board of Directors Georgia Experiment Station. Member Board of Trustees Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station. Member State Board of Geology.
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Letter of Transmittal
March I, 1927.
Hon. Clifford Walker, Governor, State of Georgia.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with an Act of the General Assembly, I am sub-^ mitting herewith the first biennial report of the Department of Agriculture, covering the period from January 1, 1925, to December 31, 1926.
Respectfully submitted, J. J. BROWN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Report of J. J. Brown, Commissioner.
In submitting this my last report as Commissioner of Agricul ture,--for, with the closing of my present term next June, I shall again resume my life's chosen work, a Georgia farmer--I deem it proper to review some of the important matters pertaining to Geor gia's Agriculture, for which I have fought since taking upon myself the duties incumbent on the Commissioner.
After filling out the last five months of Hon. J. D. Price's term as Commissioner of Agriculture in 1917, I issued a special report to the Governor and General Assembly, dated June 20 of that year. These five months preceded my regular term of office which began with the opening of the legislature. In this special report, under the head of "Correlation and Harmony," I urged the General Assem bly of Georgia to frame agricultural laws which would make clear and distinct the respective duties of Georgia's two great agricul tural agencies, namely, the State Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture. I clearly stated that the functions of the State Department of Agriculture were administrative and regulatory, and just as emphatically that the functions of the State College of Agriculture were educational and research work.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture properly renders splendid service to the states in extension and research work through the state colleges of agriculture. It was my desire then to administer the affairs of the State Department of Agriculture in such a way as to co-operate whenever possible, with both the State College of Agriculture and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in all lines of agricultural activity where greater efficiency could be secured by co-operation than by acting independently. / am still of the opinion that the wisest course which these two great agricultui al agencies can pursue, is to co-operate heartily with each other and with the U. S. Department of Agriculture whenever necessary for the best interest of Georgia's agriculture, and to avoid all duplications and transfer of administrative, police and regulatory work from the State Depart ment to the College and of educational and research work from the College to the State Department. My observation and experience as Commissioner convince me, beyond a doubt, that all regulatory police work such as is now done by the fertilizer inspectors, chemical labora tories, the gas and oil inspectors, the Market Bureau, the Board of Entomology, the State Veternarian, and the Pure Food Division should remain in the Department of Agriculture; while the educational, exexperimental, research and extension work should remain with the State College of Agriculture. ~
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One of the planks in my first successful campaign was the estab lishment of the Market Division in the State Department of Agri culture. On this basis, soon after becoming Commissioner, I did establish a Market Bureau. The growth of this Market Bureau and its publication, the Market Bulletin, from that day until this, has proved unquestionably the urgent need for such an activity in the State Department of Agriculture. Thousands of letters are on file in the Bureau of Markets bearing strongest testimonials to the valuable service rendered by this Bureau and the Market Bulletin. As sufficient proof of the existence of these testimonials, a few of them have been published in the Market Bulletin from time to time. I think Georgia should take pride in the fact that we were the first State to publish a Market Bulletin, and although today practically all the southern states have followed Georgia's lead in this pioneer marketing work, our Market Bulletin in make-up and service still excels all others.
The Market Bulletin is a medium carrying "For Sale" and "Want" Ads for agricultural products free of charge. It is supported entirely by agricultural funds, with but one object in view, namely, TO SECURE BETTER SALE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. This object is so eminently fair, that all persons, interested in the welfare of Georgia's agriculture, rally to the support of the Market Bureau and Market Bulletin.
Ifeel sure that the Georgia legislature will continue its liberal policy to this, one of the most important divisions in the Department of Agi iculture, which my successor has already announced on the platfoim that he will actively support and to which he will give his personal attention.
The full report of the Market Bureau Division is in this biennial report.
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In my 1917 special report, I heartily endorsed the work of the Georgia Experiment Station, at Experiment, Georgia, and recom mended the establishment of other experiment stations in different regions of our State. The apparent need of such stations exists on account of the differences in soil and products of north Georgia and south Georgia. The General Assembly approved this position, and the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, at Tifton, Georgia, was formally opened January 1,1920. This station in a way co-operating with the Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment, Georgia, is rendering a wonderful service to the coastal plain region of our State. Many of our Georgia farmers find each year a solu tion for a portion of their agricultural problems by taking advantages either in person or from bulletins, of the information given out from the experimental and research courses of these stations, as well as
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from additional information given out by the State College of Agri culture.
/ stand foursquare for the legislative support of all these agricul tural institutions, and trust that a rapidly increasing number of our farmers, from year to year, may find it possible and convenient to avail themselves of the valuable agricultural aids rendered by these agencies through courses of instructions and bulletins published.
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The State Veterinarian in his annual report, which, on account of its volume will be published in a separate booklet within the next three weeks, reviews the work of tick eradication from its be ginning to date. When, in 1917,1 assumed charge as Commissioner of Agriculture more than half of the State was still infested with cattle fever ticks and under State and Federal quarantine. It is a source of great pleasure to me to see the work practically com pleted during my administration.
Though without special appropriation for this work, the Veterinary Department has for the past several years done an enormous amount of tuberculin testing of cattle--especially dairy cows. Tuberculosis in cattle has assumed a position of extraordinary economic impor tance. The Federal Government appropriates several million dollars annually to eradicate this dreadful disease,--which is transmissible to man,--and under co-operative agreements with the various states partly reimburses the owner of tubercular cattle for animals condemned as reactors to the tuberculin test. Since Georgia has failed to provide an appropriation for this work, Georgia cattle owners who had cattle condemned as tubercular reactors have not shared in this federal appropriation.
I believe a suitable Act should be passed and adequate appro priation provided to put Georgia farmers and cattle owners on a par with those of other states whose losses from bovine tubercu
losis are mitigated by State and Federal appropriation.
Contagious abortion in cattle, cholera among hogs and the con trol of other contagious diseases are extensively discussed in this
report which, on account of its volume and its general public interest, will be published separately.
The system of gathering accurate statistics on meats and meat food products shipped into the State of Georgia, as inaugurated by the State Veterinarian, has been continued. As will be pointed out by Dr. Bahnsen, State Veterinarian, Georgia's opportunity for profitable pork production is great. We have a market for all we can and will produce within our own border, and unexcelled railway facilities make the large Eastern markets exceedingly accessible to us.
This report emphasizes the splendid topographical advantages for growing sheep, both for wool and mutton, on the mountain
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ranges of North Georgia. In years gone by North and South Geor gia had many flocks of sheep, but during the past twenty years the interest in sheep has been reduced almost to the vanishing point. Shall we again re-establish our former interest in the sheep industry, or shall we pass up this opportunity of agricultural develop
ment?
All interested in live stock conservation and production are urged to apply for a copy of the State Veterinarian's report.
At this time, the distressing low price of cotton and the correspond ingly high price of beef cattle, dairy products, and all kinds of meats, justify whatever reasonable thing may be done to assist the livestock industry. Our State should pass a law giving reasonable reimburse ment to owners of cattle destroyed for tuberculosis, thus making avail
able the U. S. appropriation.
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In my special report of 1917, I "urged that the Georgia legis lature consider most carefully the matter of providing for a pro gressive land tax in this State. Under the present arrangement there are many large tracts of land being held for speculative pur poses, in a state of idleness, that are not bearing their just share of taxation, while industry and thrift, as represented by the land holdings of small farmers, are being taxed unduly by comparison." This system of taxation, which exists largely until today, seems to penalize the honest, energetic, intelligent small farmer, who by the "sweat of his face" succeeds in improving his small holdings and providing a comfortable home for himself, wife and children.
We know that the happiest citizens and the most prosperous sections of any State are to be found where the small independent farmers are most numerous. So, why discourage the backbone of our great Com
monwealth by a burdensome system of taxation? ***
Knowing that the health of all our people, both rural and urban, depends largely upon the quality of the food which they consume, I have all during my administration laid great stress upon the activ ities of the Pure Food Division. This Division not only protects our citizens in the food they eat, but protects them, by its an ade quate system of inspection, from being defrauded by the purchase of commercial concentrated stock feeds which fail to come up to the guaranteed standard. All of this is classed as police regulatory work.
In 1918 this Division of our Department made 6,000 inspections
and found it necessary to direct that 347 articles be withheld from sale. Last year1 we made 15,844 similar inspections and found only 304 withholds. For the same two years, there was a reduction in the number of food violations also. This is a fine record for our Pure
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Food Division, because we all know that a city or state is best policed when there are few or no violations of law. Furthermore, we have discovered in recent years that the increased use of arsenic preparations to control the insect pests on commercial peaches and apples has, also, made some of our fruit dangerous to use as food unless subjected to a process of purification before marketing. Consequently, in co-operation with the U. S. government, we are inspecting fruit shipments, rushing samples taken to our labora tories for the arsenic test, condemning those unfit for food,--thus protecting both the producer and consumer of Georgia's excellent fruit. Likewise, in co-operation with the U. S. Department of Agri culture, the Georgia State Board of Health and the State Fish and Game Commissioner, we have corrected unsanitary conditions in the oyster shucking houses of our coast, and today Georgia's oysters, just as fine and succulent as any Blue Point oysters, are as sanitary and wholesome as any to be found on the market. This inspection of the oyster industry adds to Georgia's potential resources another great industry that is sure to grow by leaps and bounds.
Ifeel that this material reduction in the purefood violations, together with the inspection offruit shipments and the development of the oyster industry will justify a continuation of vigorous legislative support to this vital division of our Department.
The full report of the Pure Food division appears as a part of this bulletin.
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The report of Dr. T. A. Cheatham, State Drug Inspector, appears later on in this bulletin. Some vital needs are enumerated by Dr. Cheatham and should receive the careful consideration of the Gen eral Assembly. Pure drugs and modern drug laws will go far toward the conservation of the general public health. A suitable committee should be appointed by the legislature to redraft and enlarge our drug laws, bringing them up to date technically and generally. With the rapid changes and discoveries that are being made con tinually in all sciences, it is preposterous to contend that Georgia's drug laws enacted in 1881 are adequate for the protection of the public health today.
I commend Dr. Cheatham's appealfor a revision of our drug laws.
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From my report of June 20, 1917, in a section discussing LONG TERM FERTILIZER INSPECTORS, I quote the following:
"I would recommend that, beginning with my regular term of office, the Commissioner of Agriculture be authorized to select in every case the men who serve under him as fertilizer and oil in spectors, and that in no case shall the appointment of any such inspector be valid beyond the time when a new Commissioner of
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Agriculture shall cause the appointment and qualification of a successor to any such appointee of a previous administration, and that all Commissions be held subject to the discretion and pleasure of the Commissioner of Agriculture."
As the law was then, so it is now, that the two-year term of these inspectors shall be made in October previous to the beginning of a new administration the next June.
If the appointment and jurisdiction of these fertilizer and oil inspec tors is still to remain in the hands of the Commissioner of Agriculture, their term should be concurrent with his administration.
A comprehensive report of the State Chemist is published in this bulletin. He calls attention to other publications, extant, which together with this report give a full account of this important Divi sion of the State Department of Agriculture.
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I have consistently, continously, and emphatically, from the beginning of my administration, advocated the enactment of a PURE SEEDS LAW for the State of Georgia.
So many violations of what would be the provisions in a PURE SEEDS LAW have been reported to me, from time to time, that I con sider this legislation absolutely necessary. Thirty-eight states of the Union now have a PURE SEEDS LAW.
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In the inspection of illuminating oils, gases, and motor fuels, I have placed an inspector at each receiving tank throughout the State, with specific instructions to inspect, in accordance with our law, every car and container coming into our State with these com modities. Our tests at present are the flash and gravity tests. For a number of years I have been convinced that these should be supplemented by the distillation test recommended by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
In my report for 1917, under the head of "Oil Inspection," I used the following:
"I also deem it highly in order for the General Assembly of Georgia to enact a measure that will protect the people of the State against fraud in the sale of lubricants and paints."
No law providing for the distillation test and the inspection of lubricants and paints has been enacted.
I strongly recommend that the distillation test be added to the tests employed by the Oil Division of our Department, and that each car and container bringing these commodities into our State be inspected, as heretofore, and that the oil inspectors be authorized to inspect all local Filling Stations to determine the purity of the commodity and the cor rectness of the measure. In addition, let the Act give the inspectors similar jurisdiction over paints, lubricating oils, and like commodities.
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If the work, herein mentioned, can be done with less inspectors or less cost, I am for that; but I am unalterably opposed to endangering the lives of our citizens by lack of inspection or careless inspection, or that will allow bootleg gasoline to come into our State. The law says each car tank must be inspected.
The report of the State Oil Inspector, L. H. Glenn, is found farther on in this bulletin.
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In my annual reports, I have called attention repeatedly to the fact that the Department of Agriculture turns into the state treas ury, annually, a sum of money, ranging sometimes as high as a halfmilllion dollars, from the funds paid into it for police regulatory work, after having deducted from these funds all the money allowed the Department through the various appropriations fixed by the legislature and having covered all expenses incident thereto. This money paid into the state treasury, and referred to in my reports as "net income," is a surplus from the revenues collected principally through the sales of fertilizer and pure food tax tags and stamps and inspection fees on illuminating and motor gases and oils. This is strictly a revenue measure created for the purpose of defraying the expenses of doing our police regulatory work. Consequently, it becomes definitely an agricultural fund and should not be diverted into the state treasury for general tax purposes. These fees are paid quite largely by individuals and corporations doing interstate commerce business. Such fees collected purely as revenue are pro hibited by the Constitution of the United States from being turned into any state treasury for general tax purposes^--especially if these fees are collected grossly in excess of the actual amounts required to do this police work.
_ I have recommended increased appropriations for different divi sions of our work during my administration, the funds for these increases to be taken from this "net income" turned into the state treasury. The legislature has responded in past years more or less liberally to these recommendations,--the largest being $100,000 appropriated to the Market Bureau for the publication of the Market Bulletin and other work. However, other equally important recom mendations have been turned down, although the available funds were adequate to care for them.
I want to go on record now as being unalterably in favor of using agri culturalfunds for agricultural purposes. Acting on this principle, I urged the legislature at its last session to increase the maintenance fund of the Department of Agriculture. I trust that the coming legis lature will make the maintenance fund of the- Department of Agricul ture sufficientfor its requirements. Also, I hope that allfuture legisla tures will see that AGRICULTURAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE APPROPRIATED FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK.
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I have attempted to comply with the provisions included in the Act'of 1874 creating the State Department of Agriculture, which stated that one of the Commissioner's duties was to collect agri cultural statistics showing, by counties, the acreage, average yield per acre and the total production of all the principal crops grown in this State. I have been more or less successful in this attempt, issuing (including the statistics in the back of this report) five such bulletins during my administration. They are: "ANNUAL RE PORT FOR 1917," "GEORGIA INVITES YOU," "AGRICUL TURAL AIDS AND FACTS," "GEORGIA AGRICULTURESTATE AND COUNTY," and this BIENNIAL REPORT.
This statistical work, although authorized in 1874, had received but little attention, comparatively speaking, until taken up by me in 1917. It was impossible to accomplish anything worthwhile with the very small appropriation available. Consequently, we have entered into co-operation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture, thus laying the foundation since 1923 for approximately correct, valuable and up-to-date state and county agricultural statistics, provided the Georgia legislature will appropriate sufficient funds to defray our part of the expenses occasioned by this co-operative work. It is only through co-opera tion that the State Department of Agriculture can be able, without the expenditure of a large appropriation of agricultural funds, to collect and publish county statistics of any value. By co-operating with the U. S. Government, we have the advantage of their statis tical Bureau, which has been operating for a long time and which is permitted to use the franked or penalty envelope in all of its large and voluminous correspondence necessary to secure data and com pile reliable statistics.
The appropriation for this statistical work needs to be increasedfrom the agriculturalfund referred to above. This fund should total $10,000 annually {North Carolina has $15,000) to carry out present work and cover the initial cost of a partial census now proposed in some states, notably, our sister state, Alabama, and which we would like to inau gurate in Georgia. This census would determine statistics, by a uni
form system of samples taken from year to year. See the report of Peter V. Rice, State Statistician, appearing in
the last section of this report.
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When I first became Commissioner of Agriculture, an existing
law prohibited the use of fertilizer tags for any other year except
the one designated on their face. The operation of this law caused
the Department to have a greater or less number of tags left over
each year because it was impossible, in giving an order for the print
ing or these tags, for theCommissioner to definitely determine the
number that would be taken by the fertilizer companies. These
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excess tags became junk, although they represented an outlay of agricultural funds. I advocated the passage of a law permitting the fertilizer tags to be used year after year, just as the feed stamps were used. When this law was enacted, we found there had accumulated over a period of years, beginning long before my administration, something like ten million fertilizer tags. A record of these was made and they were destroyed as junk, as they could not be of any further use.
Looking further towards the improvement of our fertilizer in spection laws, I prepared a bill increasing the fertilizer tax from xoc to 30c per ton. This was done only after ample investigation was made to ascertain whether or not the increased tax per ton would increase the price of fertilizer to the farmer. We were reliably in formed by the fertilizer companies that their prices were made each year to cover approximately a tax of 30c per ton, as most states charged about that amount, and some states even more. This in crease in fertilizer inspection fees made possible the $100,000 ap propriation for the Market Bureau, and did not increase the cost of a ton of fertilizer by a single penny to any Georgia farmer. The users of fertilizer in out State were already paying this amount, and the new law returned a part of it to them through the increased facilities of the Market Bureau.
The appropriation committee of the last legislature appropriated only $75,000 of the $100,000 allocated by law from fertilizer inspec tion fees for the support of the Market Bureau and Market Bulletin. I contend that the $100,000 should have been available during 1926, the same as in 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925. I have conferred with some of the most eminent legal authorities of our State and find that they agree entirely with me in this view that the $100,000 is now and should have been available all along since the passage of the Act setting aside that amount for the Market Bureau. Our attorneygeneral has concurred in this view throughout.
The services of our Market Bureau and its publication, the Market Bulletin, were seriously impaired during the year 1926, on account of the $25,000 shortage from the amount allowed by law. I was unable to convince your Excellency, as Governor, that we were entitled to this $25,000, or to secure from you a friendly consent to allow legal action to be taken against the State to recover this $25,000. All of which resulted in suspending the publication of the Market Bulletin for several months and otherwise handicapping the activities of the Market Bureau.
I do not believe that the failure of the legislative committee to make an appropriation specifically provided for by the law, as it stands on our statute books, did in any way nullify the law, not withstanding the action of your Excellency to the contrary.
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In the letter of transmittal submitting my 1921 report to the Governor, I expressed the sincere hope that the General Assembly would establish a State Auditing Department. Since that time an Auditing Department has been established, and the efficient and valu able service which it has rendered more than justifies its creation. I gladly refer you to the Auditor's Report of the Department of Agricul ture.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, in Georgia, is by virtue of his office, also, the Commissioner of Immigration.
From my first annual report, issued in 1917, under the head of "Immigration," I quote the following:
"The State of Georgia could better afford to legislate in favor of its own landless citizenship, with a view to making them farm owners while much of our best lands can still be had at a reasonably low price, than to expend large sums in an effort to induce people from other parts of our Union to come and develop our resources along agricultural lines."
Today I stand for the same principles and more. I am unquestion ably opposed to Georgia being made the dumping ground for sur plus foreigners, especially the undesirable riff-raff from southern Europe and other sections of the Old World, with their pauperized labor and low standards of living. California's experience should be a sufficient warning to the other States of our Union.
Our membership in the sisterhood of States throws open our doors to the U. S. citizen, who desires to make his home within our borders, to take upon himself a part of our responsibilities and to participate in the wonderfulfuture that is now looming up in Georgia.
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The preceding paragraphs may be summarized as follows:
1. An Act clearly defining work of Department of Agriculture. (No law yet enacted.)
2. Establishment of Market Bureau. (Law enacted.)
3. Additional Experiment Stations. (Law enacted.)
4. Remuneration to owners for condemned diseased livestock. (No law yet enacted.)
5. A Progressive Land Tax. (No law yet enacted.)
6. Inspectors terms to be concurrent with Commissioner. (No law enacted.)
7. Pure Seeds Law. (No law enacted.)
8. Distillation test for illuminating gases and oils. (No law enacted.)
9. Inspections to cover local filling stations. (No law enacted.)
10. Inspection of lubricating oils, paints, etc. (No law enacted.)
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11. Increase Maintenance Fund of Department. (No law enacted.)
12. Increase Statistical Fund for Co-operative Work. (No law enacted.)
13. Remove date from Fertilizer Tags. (Law enacted.)
14. Raise Fertilizer Inspection Tax from 10c to 30c per ton. (Law enacted.)
15. Use of agricultural funds for agricultural work. (Law enacted covering this in part.)
16. Recommended--State Auditor. (Law enacted.)
17. Weights and Measures Act. (Law not enacted.)
18. A comprehensive Agricultural Code for Georgia. (Yet to be enacted.)
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The above is a brief review and summary of some of the vital
matters to which I have called attention, and for which I have
worked to see enacted into law during the terms of my administra
tion of the agricultural department. As stated in the beginning,
they have been and are matters of vast concern to me and I am
grateful to the legislators who have fought for the same principles
and succeeded in securing the enactment of much legislation cover
ing these policies. There are yet outstanding some important mat
ters which must be enacted into law, if we are to serve the best in
terest of Georgia's agriculture. I have fought for these things and
am, today, ready to join all who have Georgia's agricultural interest
at heart, in one concerted movement to place upon our statute
books one comprehensive law, which will give our State an up-to-date
agricultural code. Our neighbor, the great State of Alabama, which,
in soil and products, has much in common with our own beloved
Commonwealth, has recently adopted an Agricultural Code, which
might well be taken as a basis for Georgia. However, this is a
matter which must be decided by the Legislature, and it is my
recommendation that a committee be appointed from both the Sen
ate and the House to make thorough investigations of the laws of
other states as well as our own laws, and report back to the Legis
lature, making such recommendations as they think would be of
material benefit to Georgia's Agricultural Department.
My first breath was taken from the pure air of Georgia's South
ern Clime; for fifty years I have lived upon her soil and observed her
marvelous growth and development. Today, with a vision tutored
by the changing business cycles of the past half century, there
stretches out before me another half century of Georgia's history,
fraught with cycles grander and far more marvelous than those
which bestowed upon us the name, "EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH."
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Today, says Mr. Gould, of the Manufacturers' Record, "The industry of the nation is gravitating southward at a rate never before equaled in the history of any section." This statement from one so well informed on general business conditions, is not startling, when we stop and consider that the water-falls on a thou sand streams, the timber on many thousands of hills and broad ex tended plains, the green grass and growing crops on every hill and vale made immortal by our own Sidney Lanier, all make a magni ficent setting for our nation's most prosperous industrial center growing and pulsating in the very midst of great old Georgia. As, each contingent of the nation's migratory industry takes its flight from the bleak and rigid northern clime to Georgia's twelve months outdoor life, they will open up for our farmers a nearby market for the bountiful yields of their fields, their orchards, and their herds. This is no Elysian dream; it is seen; unmistakably, in the signs of the times. Men of my age will not live to see the fulfillment of it all, but we can, like Moses of old, stand on the hills of time and see the glorious day that is now dawning upon Georgia.
Respectfully submitted, J. J. BROWN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
MARKET BUREAU
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
Dear Sir:
As Director of the Bureau of Markets, I hereby hand you its report for the years 1925 and 1926.
Knowing that you are the originator of the Bureau of Markets, and the work that is now being done through it, I am glad to report to you, that for the years of 1925 and 1926 the circulation of the Market Bulletin was around eighty thousand. At the present time we are forced to actively purge the mailing list through a system that we have, so as to keep the circulation from growing much larger. We are not handling the large mail that is coming into our office each day as rapidly as we wish, for the lack of funds to pay another stenographer and to print a full sixteen page bulletin each week.
I am sure that the people of the State are realizing the worth of this department more than ever. I wish space would permit me to give to you in this report copies of the large numbers of letters coming to us each day, praising and thanking us for our aid to them in sell ing their produce.
I wish it were possible, for us to give the number of sales made
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through the advertisements in the Bulletin, but we cannot, since we have no way of getting that record, though we know it is very large.
Below you will find a full list of the sales made directly through this department for the year 1925; also the year 1926.
List of sales for 1925 and approximate value thereof:
Poultry___________________ 79 Cars Hogs______________________ 384 Cars Cattle_____________________ 78 Cars Sheep and Goats____________ 6 Cars Corn, Wheat and Oats_______ 650 Cars Hay, Straw and Shucks______- 35 Cars Peas and Beans_____________ 30 Cars Melons and Cantaloupes_____ 550 Cars All kinds Vegetable, Irish Po-
212 Cars
50 Cars
612 Cars
$ 237,000.00 576,000.00 62,000.00 2,700.00 487,500.00 7,000.00 63,000.00 68,000.00
169,000.00 72,500.00 342,720.00
_ 2,686 Cars
$2,089,170.00
List of sales for 1926 and approximate value thereof:
Poultry.. __ Hogs_________
__ _ . in Cars 436 Cars
$ 349,650.00 707,500.00
Cattle____________ .
63 Cars
54,495.00
Sheep and Goats............... ____ 8 Cars
4,080.00
Corn, Wheat and Oats. _
725 Cars
345,250.00
Hay, Straw and Shucks .
30 Cars
5,130.00
Peas, Soy and V Beans.. _ ------ 35 Cars
28,175.00
Watermelon, Cantaloupe. . . 675 Cars
74,250.00
Vegetables and Potatoes
. 190 Cars
140,560.00
Peanuts _ . . _ _
45 Cars
67,500.00
Sweet Potatoes..
305 Cars
160,125.00
Total___________
2,623 Cars
? G936,7 ^-oo
You will please notice the increase in the number of cars of poultry sold through this division in 1926 over 1925. The sale of poultry in car shipments is still increasing during the spring months of 1927. The poultry industry in Georgia is growing very rapidly.
You can see from this report that we have been connected with four hundred and thirty-six co-operative hog sales, bringing to those who participated the large sum of $707,500.00 for the year 1926. I am sure this work has been very profitable to them. At this time, when we are getting up this report (March 1, 1927) the price has declined to about nine and one-half cents per pound , though we hope it will soon rally.
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The number of cars of cattle is small, because of the fact that the people in Georgia have so few cattle for sale. They are realizing right at this time that cattle are scarce, and the price is advancing rapidly. We hope that the higher price will encourage the farmers to raise and ship more cattle.
The shipments of peas, soy and velvet beans show small number of cars for 1925 and 1926. In the year 1925 this crop was very small in Georgia on account of extremely dry weather. The crop was much larger in 1926, but you will remember that the Bureau of Markets was not doing much work during the months of October and November of 1926 due to a misunderstanding between the Department of Agriculture and the Governor as to the amount of the appropriation for 1926. At this time (March 1, 1927) peas and beans from the 1926 crop are moving in large quantities and bring ing fairly good prices, due to the activities of this division.
You will see that the sweet potato shipments are less in 1926 than in 1925, which was caused by the small crop of 1925 with light supplies available after January 1926. The farmers believing they could get a better price for the 1926 crop in the spring of 1927, carried them over. The total number of cars from the 1926 crop will be about the same as from the crop of 1925.
Looking back over the records of the Bureau since its organiza tion by you in the year 1917, when you began by the mailing of a single sheet of small size, printed here in the office on a mimeograph machine, and seeing this division today as a great, big clearing house for the sale of the farm produce of Georgia, mailing eighty thousand bulletins each week (from eight to sixteen pages each), and selling annually thousands of carloads of farm produce, I cer tainly can see that this Division is a great blessing to the farming people of Georgia.
As we think of those days before the beginning of the Bureau of Markets, when the poultry, eggs, hogs, cattle, peas, corn, sweet potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, Irish potatoes, and other vegetable crops brought to the people very little money, and now see the large sum derived from these crops annually, we must admit that the Bureau of Markets with the Market Bulletin have been of the greatest aid.
F. E. BOSWELL,
Director.
CHEMICAL LABORATORIES
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture,
Dear Sir:
Permit me to submit the following report which represents a brief resume of the work done in the various chemical laboratories of the
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Department during the years 1925 and 1926. This report would, if given in detail, occupy a space many times larger than that allotted me. However, since all the work has been published in detail in bulletin form, and this report is simply a review of the two years' activity, I shall only give an outline of the work of each laboratory, and then refer you to the various published reports for that par ticular laboratory. We have made careful analyses of all samples submitted to us by the various inspection forces of the Department during the two years, and have drawn conclusions as to whether the goods they represent were adulterated or misbranded, or both, within the meaning of the particular regulatory law under which the sample was taken.
FERTILIZER
The records show that during the years 1925 and 1926, 1,556,810 tons of commercial fertilizer were sold in this State. In carrying out our inspection work, we inspected 115,521 tons. This means that we inspected one ton to every thirteen tons sold in the State. We analyzed 10,532 samples, each sample representing approxi mately eleven tons. The sampling of one of every thirteen tons sold in the State, using our very accurate method of sampling, that is, taking a core of the sample through the entire bag with the Indiana sampler, and sampling ten per cent of all bags represented, constitutes a very accurate and thorough inspection of the com mercial fertilizer sold in this State. 46% of this fertilizer met its guarantee in every particular. 41% of the amount contained plant food sufficient to meet the commercial value placed on them, but failed to meet the guarantee. 13% of the entire amount inspected failed to comply with the requirements of the law, and were subject to the penalty prescribed, which is twenty-five per cent of the pur chase price plus the shortage shown by the analysis, this amount of money going back into the pockets of the farmer who purchased this particular lot of goods.
In compliance with the provisions of the law, as amended in 1924, we have determined and published for the first time the water soluble nitrogen in all goods offered for sale in this State. These deter minations are shown in the bulletin as the percentage of the total nitrogen which is soluble in water, for instance, 60% or 50%, which means that 60% of the total nitrogen in the first instance is soluble in water, 40% being insoluble, and half in the second instance being soluble. This information may not be of great value to the lay mind, but to those who have studied the various fertilizer materials or to those who care to take the time to study these various materials, it will mean a great deal in the intelligent purchasing of commer cial fertilizers. Speaking in general terms, when one glances at an analysis showing 60% of the total nitrogen soluble in water the
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first thought is that 60% of the total nitrogen in that particular sample is derived from either Nitrate or Sulphate of Ammonia, the other 40% being derived from some organic source, or sources and in most instances this is true. However, there are organic materials, or materials classed as organic, which show anywhere from 5% to 50% water soluble nitrogen. It is necessary, therefore, in studying and interpreting the results, as given in our water soluble analyses to know something of the character of the particular nitrogenous material under consideration.
In carrying out the above outlined inspection work, which we choose to call the routine analyses, the purpose of which is to show whether or not the particular goods under consideration meet the guarantee claimed by the manufacturers, a tremendous amount of analytical work is necessary, this work requiring anywhere from five to six months for its completion. You, of course, appreciate the fact that fertilizer moves very rapidly in the spring of the year. The sampling must be done in a short period of time, which throws into the laboratory a tremendous volume of analytical work within that short period. This work cannot be completed as rapidly as it reaches the laboratory, but, as stated above, requires about six months of our time. This routine work is reported directly to the farmer, the original certificate going to him and a duplicate to the manufacturer.
Immediately after finishing the routine work each season, the laboratory takes up and devotes the rest of the year to analytical work on the activity of the nitrogen in the various nitrogenous materials going into the different brands of fertilizer sold in the State. This work is very important, but owing to the fact that it could not be completed until late in the year, it has not been published in detail heretofore. We published it in 1925 for the first time, and I invite your attention to this part of the bulletin. Here again, the results which we are giving very probably will not mean much to the lay mind, but will mean a great deal to those who have been trained along agricultural lines, or to those who care to take the time to study the information given in these tables. Nitrogen is the element of plant food in the average commercial fertilizer which costs the farmer the most money; for instance, organic nitrogen is worth approximately $5.00 per unit, mineral nitrogen approximately $3.50 per unit, while phosphoric acid costs only $0.80 per unit, and potash $0.70 per unit. Again, most of the phosphoric acid is derived from Acid Phosphate, a standard product, and Bone Meal, which is also well known and does not permit of very much manipulation. The potash is derived mainly from the various potash salts, which are also well known, and do not permit of manipulation. Nitrogen is derived from any number of miscellaneous materials, some of which are good and some bad, in that the nitrogen in some is avail
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able to growing plants within a reasonable length of time, while
in others it is not. It is very important, then, that work should be
done on the activity of the nitrogen in the various materials which
are used. That is why we devote as much of our time to this work
as we have after the routine analyses have been made. You will note by referring to the table beginning on page 102 of bulletin No. 100, just how this table is made up. We give first the name of manufacturer, and the name of the brand of fertilizer, and laboratory number; then the total nitrogen guaranteed by the company and as found by analysis. We then give the percentage of water in soluble nitrogen found, which represents mainly the organic nitro gen content of the goods. We then give the percentage of the total nitrogen that is soluble in water, and finally the percentage activity of the total nitrogen. The water soluble nitrogen in the various materials is considered available, so the thing that is important from the farmer's standpoint is the activity of the water insoluble organic nitrogen contained in his goods. The activity of this water insoluble organic is what we determine, which added to the water soluble content gives the total activity for that particular brand of goods. In reporting the activity work done in 1926, we have again changed the form of the table somewhat. A glance at the table marked^ "Nitrogen Activity" in the latter part of bulletin No. 102 will show the following: The name of the manufacturer, the brand of the fertilizer, the total nitrogen guarantee by the manufacturer, the total nitrogen found by analysis, the water soluble nitrogen, (Which includes all of the mineral nitrogen and in some instances a small percentage of the organic), the active water insoluble organic, and the inactive water insoluble organic. The sum of the water soluble, the active water insoluble organic, and the inactive water insoluble organic is equal to the total nitrogen found. The sum of the water soluble and the active water insoluble organic is the total amount of nitrogen that can be expected to become available to plants during any ordinary growing season. This is expressed in percentage of the total nitrogen found, and constitutes the last column of the table. The inactive water insoluble organic is that part of the nitrogen which cannot be expected to become avail able to growing plants during any particular season. To anyone wishing to know the character of the nitrogen in the fertilizer which he is using, I would invite a careful inspection of this table. The present day tendency in agriculture is toward a scientific study and understanding of the various phases of our farming problems. This information is therefore given with the hope that it will be of value in the intelligent purchasing of commercial fertilizer. We have in this State a splendid fertilizer law, but it has been amended so many times in the past twenty years that its various provisions! are difficult of interpretation. I believe a law embodying the im-'
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portant features of the original law and these various amendments should be written.
The following table gives a summary of the work, for details of which I refer you to bulletin No. 100, entitled "Commercial Fer tilizer for the Season of 1925," and bulletin No. 10a, entitled "Com
mercial Fertilizer for the season of 1926:"
Complete Fertilizer... .
Acid and Nitrogen__ Acid and Potash........ Acid Phosphate_____ Potash Salt________ Nitrate of Soda_____
Sulphate of Ammonia Cotton Seed Meal___ Tankage__________ Fish Scrap_________ Bone Meal_________ Blood_____________ Soda Ash__________ Nitrate and Potash..
Nitrate of Lime_____
8,738 126
119
545 265 510 116
73 26 2
1 1
1
7 2
Grand Total
io,532
FOOD
One of the most important acts of legislation ever placed on the statute books, in so far as benefit to all the people is concerned, is the Food and Drugs Act, the purpose of which is to prevent adulter ation, misbranding, and imitation of food for man or beast, of beverages, condiments, candies, medicines, drugs, etc. In our direction of this work, we have adopted the project system of in spection, which means that the work is planned before it is under taken, and when the project is taken up, it is finished before taking ,on something else; for instance, if it were our purpose to take up the inspection of flavoring extracts, we would inspect all flavoring ex tracts sold throughout the State, examine all labels, and get an idea of what was going on throughout the State in regard to flavor ing extracts. This then would be our project until we had cleaned up the question of extracts. This is a much better plan than making a miscellaneous inspection of food products without being able to follow up the results of our work very successfully. Under the project plan, follow up inspections are made until all manufacturers and dealers are familiar with the provisions of the law in so far as their particular product is concerned, all adulteration is eliminated, and all labelling has been corrected.
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One of the greatest difficulties we have found in the enforcement of this law in the past has been that as soon as one particular manu facturer is straightened out, in so far as his product is concerned, he goes out and meets the trade and finds some other manufacturer, who has not been straightened out and who is selling the same line of goods, and in order to meet his competition, the man whom we have straightened out immediately falls back into the old trail from which we have just taken him. Under the project plan, where all manufacturers and dealers in any particular food product are straight ened out pretty much at the same time, and follow up inspections are made before the project is finished, we find that a great deal of permanent good can be accomplished.
Some of the major projects handled during the past two years are: Beverages, syrups, (including preserves, jams, and jellies) canned goods, sausage factories and their products, oysters, bakery products, fruits and vegetables of all kinds, and investigational and regulatory work on spray residues on fruits and vegetables. Food officials have been given considerable concern during the past few years over the fact that there was some danger of the health of the consumer being impaired by unwittingly consuming fruits and vegetables containing an appreciable amount of poisonous spray residue. Our State holds prominence as a peach producing State. Last year we produced an excess of 20,000 cars, and our growing areas are being rapidly extended. In order to produce marketable peaches, we are compelled to fight insect infestation, and give constant care to our orchards both in dormant and growing seasons. In combating the ravages of these insect pests, we make use of a stomach poison, lead arsenate, which is applied either as a dust or as a spray. This laboratory undertook in 1925 an investiga tion which was two-fold in its purpose. We wanted to determine, first, working under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act and in the light of such information as was obtainable at that time, whether or not the public health was in danger from eating peaches that had been sprayed or dusted with lead arsenate as late as four weeks before harvesting, as is the practice in this State. The other reason was to obtain accurate analytical data as to the conditions existing, which data we wished to place in the hands of our growers for their guidance in the development of their industry along scien tific lines, and perhaps to give them information which would pre vent them from unwittingly falling into the trap of having their fruit embargoed by Federal or State officials on account of excessive spray residue.
The work in 1925 was not extensive enough to enable us to draw definite conclusions. However, in 1926 we covered thoroughly the entire growing area of our State, both in apples and peaches. We have published some of this work in two small pamphlets, one en titled "Arsenical Spray and Dust Residue on Peaches," and the
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other "Spray Residue on Georgia Apples." You have these bul letins before you. In undertaking the work on peaches, we were fearful lest the investigation show excessive arsenic, which in the absence of any known means of cleaning, might prove fatal to the industry. We were much gratified to learn that the problem was not nearly so serious as we had anticipated, in so far as our peaches were concerned. The maximum amount of arsenic found upon peaches, when expressed as As,o3 in grains per pound, was .0046, well within the limit set by medical opinion. However, this fact must not be lost sight of. This work covers only one season, and that season was not one which could be deemed a very satisfactory or conclusive one on which to base an opinion. In other words, applications were not as heavy last year, as have been put on in the past, or that may be put on subsequently. At some time in the future, we may have a heavy infestation, necessitating heavier and more frequent spraying, and then conditions at the time of harvest may be entirely different. Our work seems to indicate that dust is more readily and completely removed by the agencies that are at work in the removal of these residues, and it might prove prac tical to make the last application on peaches one of dust instead of spray. Another thing shown by the work done so far is that there is more danger of having an excess of residue on small fruit than on the large. When this work, as it pertains to apples, was taken up, we were again surprised. It was thought that the apple, having a comparatively smooth surface, would readily lend itself to the cleaning processes of nature, but this was not true. Some varieties seemed to hold to the spray and dusting material very tenaciously. The apple, also, is so shaped that it holds considerable residue in the stem and calyx ends. Preliminary work on apples showed that, in many instances, the fruit, before leaving the orchard, was carrying excessive residue. Upon investigation, it was found that nearly all boxed apples were handled through packing houses, and that these houses had some form of brushing or cleaning machinery, which was used to polish the fruit, and thus improve its appearance before being offered for sale. The problem undertaken was to determine the amount of residue on the apples as they came from the orchard, and the amount left on the fruit after passing over the brushes, in other words, to determine the efficiency of these brush ing machines. This, as you can imagine, entailed a tremendous amount of inspection and laboratory work. This work was done, and the growers given the benefit of what we found. We were happy to find that in most instances, where the co-operation of those con cerned was given, and it was freely given in most instances, the brushes already installed cleaned this heavily sprayed fruit to a point where it was entirely satisfactory. In a few instances, one where they were operating a brush with gummed bristles, and another or two, where the speed of the brush and the angle at which
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it was operated wasn't exactly right, the cleaning was not satisfac tory. However, upon correcting these minor troubles, the machines were made to operate successfully. The variety of apple being cleaned has something to do with the efficiency of the machine. Some apples have a rougher skin than others, and some varieties are flat, and thus are hard to make turn while going over the brush. All of these minor troubles were studied, and with the co-operation of the packing house officials, were eliminated. Where apples were not being sent to packing houses for conditioning, they were re quired to be wiped by hand. We found, in many instances, apples coming into the packing houses with four or five times the amount of residue which, according to medical opinion, should be classed as safe. These apples were cleaned before being placed on the market.
Another project on which we have devoted quite a bit of time is the oyster industry along our coast. Strict sanitary regulations pertaining to the construction, equipment and operation of oyster shucking houses, have been prepared, and strict supervision through a full time inspector is being maintained during the entire shucking season. Samples are drawn from each shucking house, before and after washing and packing, from time to time, submitting to the laboratory for bacteriological examination for contamination. As a result of these strict sanitary inspections, and the checking up afforded by bacteriological examination of the output of the plant from time to time, we have been able to establish a very high standard under which Georgia shellfish are being produced. This standard will be maintained, and will be made even more rigid as the work is carried on. Suffice it to say that a great deal of progress has been made in connection with this particular industry, and I think I can safely say that there is only the remotest possibility of there being an outbreak of typhoid fever as a result of eating Georgia oysters.
Quite a bit could be said regarding work which has been done along these various projects, but, as outlined at the beginning of this report, it would consume too much space, and I am, therefore, going to conclude the matter by calling your attention to the various publications which we have issued covering this work.
Below you will find an itemized list of the various food products, which we have worked on during the past two years, for details of which I refer you to our monthly bulletin entitled "Food, Drug, and Feeding Stuffs," Volume 12, Nos. 1-12, inclusive, and Volume 13, Nos. 1-12, inclusive.
Beverages__________________________ 296 Candy_____________________________ 208 Vinegar___________________________ 151 Meats______________________________ 61 Canned Goods______________________ 78
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Tea and Coffee____________________ - 48
Preserves and Jellies_________
- 34
Cocoa_____________________________ 13
Honey and Syrups__________________ 43
Soda Fount Syrups__________________ 12
Macaroni and Spagetti______________ 10
Corn Meal_________________________ 9
Salt (Sodium Chloride)______________ 5
Extracts___________________________ 22
Cheese__________________
2
Bakers Bread_____ _______________ 94
Mushroom_________________________ 1
Pickles and Relish_____________ -___ 33
Corn Starch_______________________ 1
Oysters__ _________________________ 2
Bakers Cake______________
16
Salted Peanuts___ __________________ 1
Butter____________________________ 2
Flour_____________________________ 1
Eggs--------------
2
Rat Poison___ ______
1
Apples_______________
178
Peaches_______________
105
Miscellaneous________________
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Total_________ _______________ Ij447
Number *of samples Misbranded___________________ 336 or 29% " " " Adulterated---------------------------- 24 or 2% " " " both Adulterated and Misbranded 145 or 12%
` Deficient____________________ 505 or 43% These figures do not include the investigational work on apples
and peaches.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
All samples of dairy products are submitted to the bacteriological laboratory for a complete examination, showing bacterial count, percentage of butter fat, dirt, and an examination to show whether or not any water has been added. Below you will find an itemized list of the analyses made during the two years covered by this report, for details of which I refer you to our monthly bulletin entitled "Food, Drugs, and Feeding Stuffs," Volume 12, Nos. 1-12, inclusive, and Volume 13, Nos. 1-12, inclusive.
Sweet Milks..__ __________________ IceCreams__________ ____ ________ 118
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Chocolate and Vanilla Milks.................. 4
Sweet Cream______________________ 25
Sour Cream___________________
1
Skimmed Milk.... ............................. 1__ 3
Goat Milk________________________ 3
Oysters___________________________ 29
Water from oyster beds____ _________ 7
Total____________ ____ _______ 1,778 Miscellaneous samples _____ ______ 11
Grand Total..................... .................1*789
High Bacterial Count________________ 406 or 22.7%
Low Fat___________________________ 170 or 9.5%
Dirty--------------------------------
1,055 r 59-%
High Temperature___________________ 574 or 32.0%
Watered___________________________ 36 or 2.0%
B. Coli tested for on 521 samples of this number, 192 or
36.0% showed a positive reaction.
Examination for preservatives showed one milk plant in
Atlanta to be preserving pasteurized milk with for
maldehyde.
FEEDING STUFFS
Commercial feeding stuff samples are submitted to the feed
laboratory for complete analysis, including moisture, protein, fat,
fibre, ash, and carbohydrates. A tremendous amount of inspec
tion and analytical work is necessary each year to prevent lowering
of our feeding stuffs standards, particularly the by-product feeds,
and to prevent damaged grains, such as bin-burnt wheat and oats,
from coming into the State and being mixed in our commercial
feeds. The following table will show the work done along this line
during the two years covered by this report, details of which may be
found in our monthly bulletin entitled "Food, Drugs, and Feeding
Stuffs," Volume 12, Nos. 1-12, inclusive, and Volume 13, Nos. 1-12,
inclusive:
Cotton Seed Meal____________________291
Horse and Mule Feeds____ ___________ 220
Wheat Feeds_______________________ 135
Poultry Feeds______________________ 122
Dairy Feeds_______________________ 115
Corn Feeds______________
29
Oat Feeds_________________________ 13
Rice Feeds_________________________ 46
Beet Pulp____ ____________________ 8
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Linseed Feed______________________ 2 Peanut Feed_______________________ 1 Miscellaneous Feeds_________________ 19
Total_________________________1,001 Samples showing irregularities 287 or 28.6%
DRUGS
Our law provides that all drugs sold or offered for sale in this State must comply with the standards promulgated by the United States Pharmacopoeia or the National Formulary. The following samples were submitted and analyzed during the past two years, details of which may be found in our monthly bulletin entitled "Food, Drugs, and Feeding Stuffs," Volume 12, Nos. 1-12, inclu
sive, and Volume 13, Nos. 1-12, inclusive.
Tincture of Iodine___________________ 14
Castor Oil_______________________
7
Tincture of Chloride Iron_____________ 16
Tincture of Ginger___________________ 1
Spirits of Camphor___________________ 8
Aro. Spirits of Ammonia__ ____________ 9
Olive Oil___________________________ 10
Balsam Copaiba_____ '_______________ 4
Carbolic Acid_______________________ 2
Haynes Stock Tonic__________________ 1
Lime Water________________________ 1
Glycerin____________________________ 4
Boric Acid__________________________ 1
Tincture Opium Camphorated_________ 1
Syrup of Wild Cherry_______________ 1
Potassium Permanganate_____________ 1
Strychnine Sulphate__________________ 5
Tincture Nux Vomica________________ 1
Iodide of Iron_______________________ 2
Tincture of Iron_____________________ 1
Extract of Witch Hazel_______________ 1
Morphine__________________________ 1
Miscellaneous_______________________ 3
Total___________________________ 95 9.50% of total samples are below Standard U. S. P.
INSECTICIDES
Almost every crop which our farmers undertake to grow at the present time is subject to depreciations by various insect pests
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The laboratory is well equipped for work on insecticides, and stands ready and willing at all times to assist in every way possible to meet the various emergencies which might arise along this line. During the seasons just passed, the laboratory was called on to make quite a few analyses of insecticides and fungicides. For details, I call your attention to Bulletin No. ioi, entitled "Insecticides
and Fungicides." The following list of samples were examined during the past two years:
Calcium Arsenates_________________ _ 307
Solutions of Arsenic_________________ 10
Hills Mixture______________________ 5
Lead Arsenates_____________________ 12
Weevil Nip________________________ 5
Dust Mixtures_____________________ 5
Dry Lime Sulphurs_________________ 1
Farmers' Joy______________________ 1
Oil Emulsions______________________ 2
Sulphur___________________________ 2
Wee-vo___ __
1
Barium Sulphate___________________ 1
Total__________________________ 352
5.3% of the Calcium Arsenates showed a low total arsenic con tent, 7.6% showed a high density, 2% a low density, and .8% a high water soluble content.
MISCELLANEOUS SAMPLES
1. FERTILIZERS:
Cotton Seed________________________ 2 Manure Salt________________________ 1 Nitrogenous Material_________________ 1 Acid Phosphate_____________________ 1 Stable Manure______________________ 1 Tankage___________________________ 10 Fertilizer___________________________ 2 Fish Scrap__________________________ 2 Blood______________________________ 2 Bone Meal_________________________ 4 Hoof Meal__________________________ 1 Sewage Sludge______________________ 1 Sulphate of Potash___________________ 2 Soil________________________________ 5
Total------------------------------------------------------ 35
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2. INSECTICIDES:
Sulphur Solution____________________ i
Arseno_____________________________ i
Kerosene and Gasoline_______________ 16
Farmers' Joy_______________________ i
Calcium Arsenate______________
33
Spray Poison_______________________ 2
Arsenic Ore_________________________ 1
Hog's Stomach (Poison)______________ 2
Carbide Residue_____________________ 1
Lard (Poison)_______________________ 1
Salt (Mineral)_______________________ 1
Beans (Poison)______________________ 1
Powder (Poison)__ __________________ 1
Total______________
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NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA
We prepared for distribution to farmers 13,202 acres of nitrogen fixing bacteria.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CHEMICAL FUND OF STATE CHEMIST, FROM JANUARY 1, 1925, TO DECEMBER 31, 1925.
Debit
Balance, December 31, 1924-------------------------------------- $ 477-88
Received from State Treasurer, 1925---------------------------- 5,493.60
Check Refunded No. 4568 (error)--------------------------------
.78
$5,972.26
Credit
By amount paid, Salaries___________________________ $4,822.50 By amount paid, General Expense------------------------------- 900.60
$5,723.10 249.16
Balance December 31, 1925------------------------- -................ $5,972.26
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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CHEMICAL FUND OF STATE CHEMIST, FROM JANUARY i, 1926, TO DECEMBER 31, 1926.
Debit Balance December 31, 1925___________ ______________ $ 249.16 Received from State Treasurer, 1926__________________ 5,607.83
?5>856.99 Credit By amount paid, Salaries____________________________$4,595.00 By amount paid, General Expense____________________ 1,012.83
$5,607.83 Balance December 31, 1926___________ ______________ 249.16
$5,856.99 Respectfully submitted,
S. H. WILSON, State Chemist.
OIL AND GASOLINE DIVISION
Hon. J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture. Dear Sir:
I beg to submit for your careful consideration this my biennial report as State Oil Inspector for the years 1925 and 1926.
I herewith attach statement showing number of gallons of gasoline and kerosene that have been inspected each month during these years, and amount of money retained as fees by local inspectors, also the amount remitted by local inspectors to State Treasurer, for which I hold receipt.
From this statement you will see that there were 194,146,375 gallons of gasoline and kerosene inspected in 1926 as against 168,022,835 gallons in 1925, and 146,648,527 in 1924. In 1926 $819,277.46 was turned into the Treasurer as against $686,351.14 in 1925, and $604,463.23 in 1924. As compared with figures of 1917, the first year of your administration, in which 59,138,647 gallons of gasoline and kerosene were inspected, and $217,378.39 turned in to State Treasurer, it will be noted that figures for 1926 show an increase over 1917 of 135,007,728 gallons and $601,899.07 turned in to Treasurer.
All reports have been received and checked by this office on receipt of same, and will advise that all money with few exceptions
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due the State has been paid into the Treasury. These exceptions are being adjusted.
There have been approximately 30,000 gallons of kerosene re jected and handled as required by law.
Respectfully,
L. H. GLENN,
General Oil Inspector.
1925
Month
Gasoline Kerosene Total
Fees
Treasurer
January___ _ _
February____ _
March.
April.. _. ___
May ..... .
June
._ _ _
July------------------
August
September .
October .
November. _ _
December. .
10,331,469 10,719,660 10,357,877 11,264,574
12,226,339 11,528,486 12,807,767 12,655,266 13,909,647 13,637,902
12,720,453 13,917,771
2,124,831 12,456,300 $ 9,858.65 $ 49,886.08 1,866,411 12,586,071 10,223.80 48,582.63 1,996,910 12,354,787 10,607.89 52,768.13 1,901,650 13,166,224 10.983.66 53,315.25 1,791,784 14,018,123 11,172.91 54,651.32 1,406,457 12,934,943 11,345.98 53,963.24 1,685,073 14,492,840 11,462.61 60,026.09 1,437,734 14,093,000 11,606.57 56,573.86 1,681,156 15,590,803 12,040.96 65,147.65 2,302,725 15,940,627 12,615.84 65,698.38 2,193,100 14,913,553 12.211.67 62,037.44 1,561,793 15,479,564 11,950.05 63,701.07
Totals ... __ 146,077,211 21,949,624 168,022,835 1136,080.59 $686,351.14
1926
Month
Gasoline Kerosene Total
Fees
Treasurer
January. February _ _ _ March _ _ _ April __ _ _ _ _ May ... June _ _ July___________ August September _ _ October . . . . November _ _ _ _ December- -
13,433,222
11,498,045 12,221,488 13,733,852 14,962,190 13,639,475 13,839,732 16,129,917 15,549,745 15,151,429 15,225,928 14,819,692
2,826,487 16,259,709 $ 11,916.00 $ 63,309.92 2,163,210 13,661,255 11,129.82 56,634.93 2,029,643 14,251,131 11,039.78 63,921.29 2,158,261 15,892,113 11,925.54 63,104.26 2,243,694 17,205,884 12,170.60 71,736.00 1,598,755 15,238,230 11,756.90 60,803.39 1,222,023 15,061,755 11,440.67 68,141.77 1,479,444 17,609,361 12,676.62 66,824.18 1,650,763 17,200,508 12,401.49 69,744.02 2,169,364 17,320,793 12,520.45 82,511.72 2,169,150 17,395,078 12,225.12 73,807.23 2,230,866 17,050,558 13,007.30 78,738.75
Totals___ ____ 170,204,715 23,941,660 194,146,375 $144,210,29 $819,277.46
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PURE FOOD DIVISION
Hon. J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:--
I beg to hand you herewith for your consideration my report as Chief Food Inspector for the State of Georgia, covering the scope of work done by your Food Inspectors for the years 1925 and 1926.
The records in the office of the Pure Food Division show that during the year 1925 your Food Inspectors visited 16,540 establish ments, and in 1926 15,844 where food was being handled. In some instances they found food being offered for sale under insanitary conditions, but in each instance the inspector pointed out to the party in charge wherein he was violating the Sanitary Laws of Georgia, and such conditions were remedied immediately. How ever, in a few cases it was necessary to issue abatement notices, and in still further instances where our inspectors were working with the inspectors of the various cities, cases were made against such violators and they were tried and fined in the Municipal Courts. As a whole we find the Sanitary conditions have greatly improved, but there is still room for further improvement.
During the year 1925 the inspectors of this Division collected and forwarded to the Laboratory for analysis 671 samples of food, 253 of which were found being offered for sale in violation of the Pure Food Laws of Georgia. In 1926 768 samples of food were collected, 192 of which were found to be in violation of Law. A large per cent of these violations was due to misbranding, and where such was the case the party was permitted to properly label the goods.
Your Food Inspectors also procured in 1925 538 samples of feedstuffs, 144 of which were found to be in violation of Law, and in 1926 they procured 465 feed samples, 143 of which were found to be in violation of Law. In some instances it was necessary to can cel the registrations of some of the feeds, and in other instances where feed was found being offered for sale that did not come up to the standard, such feeds were permitted to be shipped out of the State.
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During the year 1925 your Food Inspectors issued 59 withholds from sale notices covering various food and feed products being offered for sale in violation of Law, and 304 withholds from sale notices in 1926. These notices cover various violations, such as misbranding, adulteration, damaged food or feed, no inspection tax stamps, etc.; in many instances the product was released as soon as the same was made to conform with the'Law. However, in some instances where the product could not be made to con form to the Law, the same was either permitted to be destroyed, or shipped out of the State.
This Division had encouraged co-operation between our inspectors and the inspectors of the various municipalities, and in this way much good is being done, as the city inspectors can do the follow up work in the absence of our inspectors; also in like manner we have accomplished a great deal towards better sanitation. We also did considerable work in co-operation with the Federal Food Inspectors, in handling interstate shipments, the articles being manufactured in other States, and in this way we were able to give the people of this State protection they could not receive otherwise.
I beg to attach herewith itemized list showing the various products withheld from sale during the year 1925 and 1926 as follows:
1925 Acetic Acid______________
50 gallons
Alfalfa Meal______________ 47 bags
Beet Pulp________________ 77j3S6 bags
Beef (Sliced)_____________ 31 cases
Barley (Ground)...... ............... 10 bags
Corn Meal______________________ 431bushels
Corn___________________________ 230bushels
Candy___________________ 17 boxes
Cherries______________
75 cases
Coffee___________________ 115 bags
Corn Chops______________ 60 bags
Corn Gluten Feed_________ L005 bags
Cotton Seed Meal__________ 5>268 bags
Egg Powder______________ 1,000 boxes
Extracts_________________ 20 cases
Flour____________________ 10 barrels
Hominy_________________ 21 cases
Kraut___________________ 475 cases
Lard___________________________ 30pounds
Linseed Meal_____________ 88 bags
Malt, Ground_____________ LI49 bags
Mixed Feed______________ 6,156 bags
Mixed Grains______________ IJ895 bags
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Oysters__________________ 5 gallons Oats____________.________4,366 bags Sardines_________________ 20 cases Rice Bran_________________ 4,781 bags Salmon__________________ 1)385 bags Syrup___________________ 60 quarts Tomatoes________________ I)8o7 cases Vinegar__________________ 22 quarts Velvet Bean Feed_________ 55 bags Wheat Feed_______________ 9,041 bags
1926
Alfalfa Meal_____________ 481 bags Apples__________________ 2,792 bushels Beet Pulp________________ 141 bags Corn____________________ 357 bushels Corn Meal_______________ 60 bushels Cotton Seed Meal__________ 2>859 bags Chocolate Cordial Cherries __ 100 boxes Cottonseed Hulls__________ 1,000 bags Coffee___________________ 12 bags Corn Gluten Feed_________ 26 bags Extracts_________________ 489 bottles Fish____________________ 160 kits Flour___________________ 32 barrels Hominy Feed_____________ 81 bags Kraut___________________ 1,446 cans Lima Beans______________ 14 bags Linseed Meal_____________ 12 bags Mixed Feed______________ iA5^ bags Malt, Ground____________ 939 bags Potatoes, Irish____________ 700 pounds Oats____________________ 505 bags Oat Hulls________________ 150 bags Rice Bran_________________6,527 bags Rye Middlings____________ 540 bags Salmon__________________ 1,008 cases Sardines_________________ 18 cases Syrup___________________ 153 gallons Soft Drink Syrup__________ 115 gallons Soft Drinks________________2>952 bottles Tomatoes________________ 205 cases Wheat Feeds_____________ 3,639 bags
During the years 1925 and 1926 the Pure Food Division engaged in several specific projects along Food and Feed Inspection, viz:
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Oysters, Bakeries, Sausage Manufacturers, etc., which we deemed to be the most important work that we could follow, and the results of our investigation and work have been most satisfactory.
OYSTERS
Owing to a rumor that oysters were a carrier of typhoid germs we made a special trip to the Georgia coast in December 1924 and looked thoroughly over the situation of handling oysters, with a view of establishing rules and regulations governing the handling of oysters in Georgia. We found the system of "Bank" shucking which had been in vogue for many, many years, and which we had tried to regulate from time to time was not satisfactory at all, so in January of 1925 we made a special trip to the eastern oyster terri tory, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia to learn how they handled Shell Fish in that section. Upon our return we called a meeting of all people who were interested in the oyster industry from a production standpoint. Also we got into communication with the U. S. Public Health Service, which had already been at work trying to correct the conditions of shucking and handling oysters, but had not succeeded to any great extent. The State Board of Health rendered us a great deal of assistance in this work, as well as did the Tide Water Commission. After a general survey and conference with all parties concerned we requested yourself as Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr. S. H. Wilson, State Chemist, and Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, State Veterinarian, who have the au thority to issue rules and regulations in regard to sanitation in the handling of food, to issue the rules and regulations that we thought best, this being done we placed Mr. J. F. Seegers, in charge of the oyster work on the coast, who in conjunction with Mr. O. C. Hop kins, of the U. S. Public Health Service, and Mr. J. T. Clancey, Tide Water Commissioner of Georgia, succeeded in bringing up to a high standard all of the oyster shucking, washing and packing plants. We now have in the State of Georgia 39 oyster concerns which are certified under the State and Federal regulations, and all of the oysters that are being shipped from Georgia points, either intrastate or interstate are certified oysters.
We do not hesitate to say that the Georgia oyster now being shipped is as pure, wholesome and delicious as any oyster produced anywhere.
BAKERIES
We have been especially active throughout the State in bringing the Bakeries up to the highest possible standard of cleanliness and sanitation, as well as using in their products wholesome ingredients. We have issued rules and regulations in regard to the conduct of this business from a sanitary standpoint, also as to the proper
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labeling, showing on the label the name of the product, the name and address of the manufacturer, as well as the net contents. This applies to cakes as well as bread. All of which under the rules and regulations must be wrapped in a manner in which flies, dust and dirt cannot reach them while in course of transit from the bakery to the consumer; we have received splendid co-operation along this line, and we are frank to say that the bakeries themselves find it more profitable and more pleasant in their work than they did be fore we started this project.
SAUSAGE
The making of sausage has always been a mooted question. For several years your Pure Food Division has been working to stop adulteration and misbranding, to see that the product was made in a clean and wholesome way and under proper sanitary conditions, and that same be packed in cartons with proper labeling, showing whether it was a straight meat product, or contained cereal and added water, thereby placing the consumer on notice of what he was buying. The manufacturers of Sausage in this State seem to welcome the work that we are doing, and have responded readily to assist us in our efforts to elevate the conditions; we have a number of evidences from them in which they say they would not return to the old unsanitary way under any circumstances.
There are many other projects that we could mention but we are frank to say that in our judgment there is no work being carried on in the State today which does benefit the people to a greater extent, than the strict adherence to rules and regulations of the Pure Food Laws. You cannot estimate its worth in dollars and cents. Pure Food has a great bearing on the health of our people, especially little children. We have only had one aim, and that is to improve food and sanitary conditions of food manufacturers and food dis tributors, because we know that the health of our people is the wealth of our State.
We take this opportunity to express our appreciation of your interest in this work as you have realized at all times the impor tance of the Pure Food Division and have given us every assistance that was within your power. Each member of the force of this Division appreciates your sincerety and desires to assure you of our best wishes for your future welfare.
Respectfully, J. E. BODENHAMER, Chief Food Inspector.
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DRUG INSPECTOR'S REPORT
Hon. J. J. Brown,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Dear Sir:
On separate sheets I submit my reports in detail as State Drug In spector for 1926 and 1927. A comparison with previous years reports, you will find that my 1927 Report does not contain as many inspections, places visited, and violations found as they did. This is explained in part by ill health during the year, and the further fact that I was compelled to travel by rail, instead of by auto as in previous years. On account of poor rail road schedules, I was unable to do more than half I otherwise would have done. As you know I have never been supplied with an auto, as the other inspectors have. However, I believe that you will concede that the report is commendable, when you consider the "handicaps" I labored under. Again permit me to call your-attention to the "inefficient" Drug laws, under which I work and which afford but little protection to the retail druggist who endeavors to obey the law. Our present Drug laws, were enacted in 1881, or forty-six years ago, and at a time when the Drug business (wholesale, retail and manufacturing) were in their "infancy" and conditions and protective laws, were entirely different to those existing today. The entire Drug laws of the State, ought to be redrafted, so worded, as to meet, and control conditions as they exist today. This work ought to be done by a specially appointed committee from the Georgia Pharmaceu tical Association, which would be fully informed as to the necessary laws.
The Druggists of Georgia as a profession, is composed of the highest class of men from an intellectual, social, moral, and pro gressive standpoint, as well as respect for, and obedience to law, that can be found in the State. I am sure they would appreciate any assistance you might give them in the enactment of better, and more protective laws. In conclusion permit to thank you for the hearty co-operation, and assistance that you have always given me in the discharge of my official duties. You have at all times given me the "Glad Hand," which I most highly appreciate. I also wish to thank Mr. Oscar S. Lee, who was chief inspector and the entire force of inspectors, for the kind, courteous and valuable assistance they have given me at all times when called on. I also wish to thank that "Real American," and highly qualified State Chemist of yours, Dr. Sam H. Wilson, and his corps of competent assistants, for valuable assistance they have given me. With assurances of high personal regard, and best wishes for you, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
T. A. CHEATHAM, State Drug Inspector.
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STATE DRUG INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1925
Cities, Towns, Villages, P. O. and R. F. D. Routes visited....... 686
Number of Retail Drug Stores visited, and Licenses inspected 1,876
Number of Wholesale Drug Stores visited, and Stocks inspected. 42
Number of Retail Drug Stores found being conducted legally__ 1,736
Number of Druggists who had their License recorded with
Ordinary_______ ___ ______________________________
Number of Retail Drug Stores found without licensed men in
charge___ ___ ___________________________________ 200
Number of Retail Drug Stores not required to have licensed men 198
Number of Druggists who had not had their License recorded. 24
Number of Druggists who have since recorded their License__ 24
Number of Retail Druggists not required to keep Poison Reg
isters____________________________________________ 203
Number of Unlicensed Druggists found selling Narcotic Prepa
rations______________________________
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Number of Retail Druggists reported for violating the law........ 5
Number of Retail Druggists since reported complying with law 3
Number of Retail Grocers visited and Stocks inspected______ 167
Number of Retail Grocers found selling Tinct. of Iodine, Bi
Chloride of Mercury Tablets, and Pat. Meds. in viola
tion of law_______________________________________ 5
Number of Wholesale Grocers visited and Stocks inspected___ 101
Number of Wholesale Grocers found selling Patent Medicines,
Tinct. of Iodine, Aspirin Tablets, etc., in violation of law. _ 6
Number of General Dealers visited, and Stocks inspected____ 860
Number of General Dealers found selling Patent Medicines in
violation of Pure Foods and Drug Laws, Veterinary Reme
dies (containing Narcots) in violation of Narcotic Law,
Tinct. of Iodine, Fly-Killers, (containing Arsenic) Carbolic
Acid, Powdered Nux-Vomica, Strychnia Tablets, in viola
tion of the Poison Law, Calomel and Soda Tablets, C. C.
Pills, Aspirin Tablets, C. R. & C. Tablets, Quinine Tab
lets (from bulk packages) Chloroform Liniment, Salicylic
Acid, Permanganate of Potash, in violation of the License Law____________________________
Total number of inspections made in 1925_________________3*046
Number of Samples taken in 1925________________________ 135
STATE DRUG INSPECTORS REPORT FOR 1926
Number of Cities, Towns, Villages and R. F. D. Routes visited.. 355 Number of Retail Drug Stores visited and inspected_________ 960 Number of Retail Drug Stores found with Licensed men in
charge____ _______________________________________ 825
Number of Retail Drug Stores found without Licensed men in charge_________________________________________ 185
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Number of Retail Drug Stores found which did not require Licensed men_____________________________________ 180
Number of Retail Druggists found with License recorded....... 780 Number of Drug Stores who did not require License recorded..- 180 Number of Retail Drug Stores without Licensed men in charge _ _ 5 The number of Retail Druggists reported for violating License
Law_____________________________________________ 5 Number of Retail Druggists found keeping Poison Registers-- 780 Number of Wholesale Drug Stores visited and inspected........... 27 Number of Wholesale Druggists found selling U-S-P and N-F,
preparations not up to standard of Strength____________ 1 Number of Wholesale Druggists not complying with License
Number of General Dealers visited and stocks inspected-------- 355 Number of General Dealers found selling Drugs, Medicines,
Chemicals, Poisons, Narcotics, etc., etc., in violation of law 15 Number of General Dealers found selling such Drugs as C. C.
Pills, Aspirin Tablets, Calomel and Soda Tablets, A-S-A Tablets, and other prohibited articles from broken pack ages-------- -------------- ------------------------------------------- 5 Number of Retail Grocers visited and Stocks inspected______ 105 Number of Retail Grocers found selling Calomel and Soda Tablets, C. C. Pills, Aspirin Tablets, Quinine Capsules, Veterinary Remedies, Tinct. of Iodine, Headache Tablets, etc., etc., in violation of law_________________________ 5 Number of Wholesale Grocers visited and stocks inspected----- 63 Number of Wholesale Grocers found selling Drugs, Medicines, Poisons, Veterinary Remedies, Tinct. of Iodine, etc., in violation of law___________________________________ S Total number of Inspections as follows--Retail Drug Stores-- 960
Wholesale Drug Stores 27 General Dealers____ 355 Retail Grocers______ 105 Wholesale Grocers__ 63 Drug Manufacturers _ 30
Total___________ Number of Samples taken______________________________ no
Respectfully submitted,
T. A. CHEATHAM, State Drug Inspector.
State Veterinarian s Report will appear soon in separate Bulletin.
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FINANCIAL REPORT MAINTENANCE FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts:
From State Treasurer- _
$ 14,922.24 $ 15,077.76
From Refund of Advances-----
200.00
$ 30,000.00 200.00
Disbursements:
Salaries- ______ __________
Travel___ ________ ____
Printing, Stationery, Office
Supplies ____ __
Telephone and Telegraph . -
Postage.- _______
.-
Books, Newspapers, Publica-
tions. . _____
Autos, Supplies, Repairs and
Insurance _. . _
Freight, Express and Drayage.
Garage Rent.................... - -
Water, Ice and Towels _ _ .
State Maps. .. ___ ___
Gasoline and Oils
____
Miscellaneous- _________
S 14,922.24 $ 15,277.76
$ 30,200.00
$ 8,915.00 $ 8,205.24 $ 17,120.24
423.54
676.31 1,099.85
835.56 1,124.56
200.00
2,449.00 1,672.80
119.70
3,284.56 2,797.36
319.70
491.90
447.90
939.80
1,816.14 63.64 67.50 118.90
818.00
47.50
464.73 22.03 49.82 86.40
879.10 204.73
2,280.87 85.67 117.32
205.30 818.00
879.10 252.23 f30,200.00
$ 14,922.24 $ 15,277.76 % 30,200.00 * 30,200.00
FOOD AND DRUG FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: From State Treasurer _____ $ 10,890.28 $ 11,466.86
$ 22,357.14
Disbursements: Salaries___ Travel____ _ . _ . . Postage.. _ Laboratory Supplies and
Equipment. . ________ Water, Ice and Towels _____ Publications Printing and Stationery ___ Telephone and Telegraph __ _ Printing, Laboratory______ _ Freight and Express ______
$ 10,890.28 S 11,466.86
$ 22,357.14
S 8,724.22 $ 10,169.85 1 18,894.07
735.81
369.66 1,105.47
125.00
125.00
938.46 23.75
13.39 201.05
69.60 59.00
780.20
58.75 83.77 4.63
1,718.66 23.75 13.39 259.80
153.37 59.00
4.63
S 10,890.28 S 11,466.86 $ 22,357.14 $ 22,357.14
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STATISTICS FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: From State Treasurer.. ____ $ 3,278.24 1 3,000.00
$ 6,278.24
Disbursements:
Salaries______
Travel____ _ _ .
Stationery, Printing, Office
Supplies
__
Postage ..__ _____
$ 3,278.24 1 3,000.00
$ 6,278.24
$ 3,123.55 $ 2,827.71 1 5,951.26
130.88
170.29
301.17
17.54 6.27
2.00
19.54
6.27
$ 3,278.24 % 3,000.00 $ 6,278.24 $ 6,278.24
INSECTICIDE FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts:
Balance on hand Jan. 1925.__ $ 39.78 $ 39.78
From State Treasurer. . ____
4,014.03 3,012.10
$ 39.78 7,026.13
Disbursements: Salaries - ______________ Cleaning Laboratory Equip__ Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1926
$ 4,053.81 $ 3,051.88
$ 7,065.91
$ 4,000.03 $ 3,041.55 $ 7,041.58
14.00
14.00
39.78
10.33
10.33
$ 4,053.81 $ 3,051.88 $ 7,065.91 $ 7,065.91
FERTILIZER INSPECTORS' FEES
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: (Remitted to State Treasurer)
From Insecticide and Stamp Sales___ __________
From Cotton Seed Meal Tag Sales _ . _____________
From Fertilizer Tag Sales___ From Bulk Tax on Fert. Ma
terial______________ __
Refunds on Advances & Mdse..
$ 2,237.46 $ 858.26 $ 3,095.72
160.00
936.80 1,096.80
233,642.70 234,090.93 467,733.63
4,645.32 4,321.05 8,966.37
367.23
100.00
467.23
$241,052.71 $240,307.04 $481,359.75 $481,359.75
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Disbursements:
Salaries--Office, Laboratory and Inspectors_____ ___
General Expenses__________ Inspectors Expenses_________ Purchase of Tags ________ Freight and Drayage_____ _
| 45,285.15 $ 54,354.86 $ 99,640.01
10,125.18 11,462.82 21,588.00
16,165.59 16,883.13 33,048.72
4,470.00 4,606.31 9,076.31
44.92
633.69
678.61
Total Expenses Paid by Treas. Net Income...--------------------
$ 76,090.84 $ 87,940.81 $164,031.65 $164,031.65 164,961.87 152,366.23 317,328.10 317,328.10
$241,052.71 $240,307.04 $481,359.75j$481,359.75
FEED INSPECTION FEES
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: (Remitted to Treas.) From sale of Feed Insp. Stamps Disbursements: Salaries _____ ________ Inspectors Expenses ______ Stationery, Office Supplies and
Equipment ---------------Other Supplies__ __________ Postage ........................ ........ Books and Publications -----Water, Ice and Towels__ _ Freight, Express and Drayage. Autos--Supplies, Repairs and
Insurance ............ ....... .... Bulletins. ........................... Telephone and Telegraph__ _ Printing._______ _ _______ Feed Stamps___ _____ Advances--Travel Expenses... Gasoline and Oil____________ Laboratory Equipment____ __ Miscellaneous.. ________ ._
$ 62,650.59 $ 66,875.05
$129,525.64
$ 35,032.50 $ 41,535.00 $ 76,567.50 12,930.73 12,873.37 25,804.10
444.56 165.21
60.00 35.89 66.55 89.32
399.02 103.65 383.40 25.25 68.65 80.09
843.58 268.86 443.40
61.14 135.20 169.41
2,864.46 2,118.42
90.28 805.45 992.20
76.25
2,632.84 1,250.75
202.76 218.00 1,189.60 200.00 1,661.00
54.56 225.25
5,497.30 3,369.17
293.04 1,023.45 2,181.80
200.00 1,661.00
54.56 301.50
Total Expenses Paid by Treas. _ $ 55,771.82 $ 63,103.19 $118,875.01
Net Income............................ ..
6,878.77 3,771.86 10,650.63
$ 62,650.59 $ 66,875.05 $129,525.64 $129,525.64
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NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA FEES
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: Balance on hand Jan. 1st____ From Sale of Bacteria____ - .
$ 1,812.47 $ 3,067.84
891.70 839.40
*
|*t
$ 1,812.47
3,907.24
Disbursements: Salaries___________________ Travel___ __________ _____ Printing and Office Supplies--, Laboratory Supplies________ Postage__________ ________ Express and Drayage________ Auto Supplies and Insurance,. Garage Rent_______________ Refund, Bacteria____ _______ Balance on hand Dec. 31st___
$ 4,880.31 $ 1,731.10
i 5,719.71
$ 2,958.33 $ 1,313.45 $ 4,271.78
43.53
13.55
57.08
179.02
11.51
190.53
607.08
270.47 '877.55
94.90
60.00
154.90
38.68
38.68
58.97
58.97
6.00
6.00
2.10
2.10
891.70
62.12
62.12
$ 4,880.31 $ 1,731.10 $ 5,719.71 $ 5,719.71
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OF CATTLE
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: From State Treasurer_______ Disbursements: Salaries___________________ Travel of Veterinarians______ Printing and Office Supplies,,, Books and Publications______ Veterinary Supplies and EquipTelephone and Telegraph____ Water, Ice and Towels______ Freight, Express and Drayage. Membership Dues, ________ Auto Supplies, Repairs and
Insurance___________ Postage_______ _________ Painting Office_____________
S 4,549.57 $ 5,416.59
$ 9,966.16
$ 2,125.00 $ 2,375.00 $ 4,500.00
1,591.21 1,402.70 2,993.91
183.79
6.50 190.29
20.50 51.50 72.00
487.40 283.85 771.25
98.06 91.36 189.42
4.35 13.90 18.25
14.26
.70 14.96
25.00
25.00
1,031.08 1,031.08 30.00 30.00 130.00 130.00
$ 4,549.57 $ 5,416.59 $ 9,966.16 $ 9,966.16
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TICK ERADICATION
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts:
From State Treasurer_______ Disbursements: Salaries--Official_____ ___ __
Salaries--Inspectors___ __ Travel __ ___ __ Office Supplies and Equip.. _ _ Printing.. ____ _ _______
Water, Ice and Towels.. . _ Attorney Fees and Legal Exp. Postage. _ _ _______
Telephone and Telegraph. _ _ Freight, Express and Drayage. Autos, Supplies, Repairs and
Insurance_______ _______ Boat____________ Vats__ ____________ . Cattle Dip______________ Miscellaneous_______
$ 49,702.35 $ 53,437.03
** 9
ai fc. osr
$103,139.38
$ 2,340.00 $ 1,802.00 $ 4,142.00
44,056.20 42,166.50 86,222.70
1,960.37 1,460.56 3,420.93
204.18
143.35
347.53
260.9 8 437.63
698.61
56.15
39.45
95.60
292.18
738.30 1,030.48
150.40
155.40
305.80
163.93
244.44
408.37
4.17
4.17
213.79
3,073.75 325.50 600.28
1,992.81 257.06
3,073.75 325.50 600.28
1,992.81 470.85
$ 49,702.35 $ 53,437.03 $103,139.38 $103,139.38
HOG CHOLERA SERUM FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts:
From State Treasurer. _ _ . $ 10,308.97 $ 9,980.67
Refunds--Overpayment, Mdse.
10.00
$ 20,289.64 10.00
Disbursements: Salaries--Office. ____ _ _ Salaries--V eterinarians_____ Travel____________________ Office Supplies and Equipment Veterinary Equipment.. ___ Telephone & Telegraph______
Books and Publications______ Water, Ice and Towels___ . Automobile Repairs____ _____
$ 10,308.97 $ $ 1,250.00 $
6,025.00 2,836.31
87.53 60.94 39.34 4.00 5.85
9,990.67
$ 20,299.64
1,200.00 $ 2,450.00
5,525.00 11,550.00
3,173.80 6,010.11
5.50 93.03
52.23 113.17
17.14 56.48
4.00
3.35
9.20
13.65 13.65
$ 10,308.97 $ 9,990.67 $ 20,299.64 $ 20,299.64
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LABORATORY FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: From Treasurer____________ $ 5,131.96 $ 7,500.00
$ 12,631.96
Disbursements:
Salaries____ _______________ $ 5,131.96 $ 7,482.47 $ 12,614.43
Laboratory Supplies_________
17.53
17.53 $ 12,631.96
S 5,131.96 $ 7,500.00 $ 12,631.96 $ 12,631.96
MARKET BUREAU FUND
1925
1926
1925-26 Combined
Receipts: From State Treasurer_______ Refund of Salary and Adv___
$100,008.80 $ 75,750.00 16.00 1,008.33
$175,758.80 1,024.33
Disbursements:
Salaries__ _________________
Travel_________ _____ - -
Telephone and Telegraph____
Newspaper Clippings and Ser..
Auto, Ins., Supplies and Rep.. _
Stationery and Office Supplies
Printing Bulletin___________
Publications__
Postage--Bulletin__ _______
Postage--Regular Mail.____
Freight, Express and Drayage.
Multigraph and Add'graph
Supplies__ __ ____
Commercial Agencies, Subs___
Paper____ . _______ _
Water, Ice and Towels..___
Printing .....
..
Premiums on Surety Bonds__
Wages_______ _ . . _____
Car Fare . .. ________
Advertising____ ____ ____
Office Repairs_____ ____ .
Garage___ _ _____ _______
Gasoline and Oil____ _____
Miscellaneous__ ___ ________
$100,024.80 $ 76,758.33
$176,783.13
$ 44,196.19 $ 29,583.45 $ 73,779.64
11,738.14 8,016.97 19,755.11
8,181.16 4,678.31 12,859.47
137.50
137.50
2,292.58
760.32 3,052.90
731.18
290.28 1,021.46
26,027.91 28,321.34 54,349.25
75.40
46.50
121.90
2,826.79 2,479.34 5,306.13
655.97
418.98 1,074.95
243.05
248.83
491.88
189.33 586.50 673.45 157.40
46.50 12.50 694.06 11.40 14.19 281.88 8.50
243.22
122.28 77.00 354.97 68.80
17.50 537.81
6.86
26.25 524.38 178.16
311.61 663.50 1,028.42 226.20
46.50 30.00 1,231.87 18.26 14.19 281.88 34.75 524.38 421.38
$100,024.80 $ 76,758.33 $176,783.13 $176,783.13
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REPORT OF SPECIALIST IN AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMICS
State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.,
Hon. J. J. Brown,
January 5, 1927.
Commissioner of Agriculture. Dear Sir:
I find pleasure in submitting the customary report of the work in which I have been engaged, regularly and systematically since my report of May 5, 1925.
As Specialist in Agriculture and Economics, I have a wide field of endeavor--combined possibilities and actualities--in which to operate. Letters, which come to my desk from what I term "The
Central Office," are full of pertinent inquiries that touch quite every agricultural and economic topic.
A considerable number of such letters reach my desk from the outside--from North Carolina to California; from Florida to Maine. Usually, they are searching inquiries; some of them, at first blush, seemingly difficult of reply in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. However, each such letter has been pleasingly disposed of; answered
in full. Reduced to its last analysis, each letter, no matter how verbose, is practical in character; therefore, easy of reply. During the process necessary to a suitable answer to many letters, one is constantly adding to his stock of knowledge. I have found it so.
One may ask: "Why economics in agricultural affairs? What have they to do with work a-field?" The answer is: Because economics and agriculture are inter-changeable terms. They are inseparable. A lack of economics, so far-reaching in point of ap plicability, means the non-practice of true economy, that is, a vigorous use of money.
In replying to inquiries, I draw on my individual experience a-field from the first days of 1878 up to a few years ago when sum moned to work such as I have been doing since January 1, 1919.
I have religiously abstained from specific advice, I have preferred to make what I deemed to be thoughtful suggestions which could be utilized if one should care to follow them. I clung to facts and figures rather than luminous estimates. Theories and estimates have their place, but not in my work; I know that to be true.
During the eight years I have been in this work, I have not known an idle hour in my office. When routine business had been prop erly disposed of, I turned to work which frequently required re search far reaching in letter and spirit. Research, pursued in the right spirit, is like strolling in pastures new, and walking beside the
still waters.
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I have laid under contribution to my work several of the great Sunday newspapers, and, through the deservedly popular Gilreath News Syndicate, I have been enabled to speak briefly on farm topics through fifty of the best weekly newspapers in the State.
At my own expense, I have had re-prints made of a number of my newspaper articles for gratuitous distribution. My articles, in every instance, have been free to the newspapers.
I desire heartily to thank you for your oft-repeated kindnesses which greatly strengthened me in my work.
Respectfully, MARTIN V. CALVIN, S. A. and E.
STATISTICIAN'S REPORT
Hon. J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your direction, I am handing you, herewith, my biennial agricultural statistical report for the years 1925 and 1926.
This report includes: (a) Tobacco warehouse statistics, which have been recorded and compiled according to the tobacco warehouse law. (b) Annual summary of the principal crops and livestock for each year. (c) County agricultural and livestock statistics for 1926, with comparative figures for previous years. This is our first attempt to give complete county statistics since 1923. There is an ever increasing demand for these statistics. This demand will be more and more pressing as we transform our agriculture to the diversified, livestock and dairy plan. Our fund is entirely inadequate for the work we are trying to do. We should have $10,000.00 appropriated for this statistical work, instead of $2,000.00. North Carolina has $15,000.00.
Respectfully submitted, PETER V. RICE, State Statistician.
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GEORGIA TOBACCO--1925--WAREHOUSE SALES, OFFICIAL, FINAL, CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO WAREHOUSE REPORT
Location and Name of Warehouse
Pounds Sold First-
Hand
Average Price Per
Lb.
Pounds Sold
for
Dealers
Pounds Sold for own or
other
Whses.
Albany:
Albany Whse._ ..........................
Alma:
Tobacco Sales Whse. .
.
Bainbridge:
Bainbridge Tobacco Whse__
Baxley:
Piedmont Whse.__
Planters Whse. __ ___ ...
25,052
1,114,428
1,054,081
793,116 566,698
Baxley Market ____ Blackshear:
The Big "Z" Whse___________ Farmers Whse. Morgan's Brick Whse., Planters Whse. _ ,
1,359,814
_ 1,103,222 2,488,658 1,040,298 1,404,400
Blackshear Market,, __ Cairo: Planters Whse. Camilla: Camilla Tobacco Whse._ __ Planters Whse.-
,,, 6,036,578
907,752
218,056 975,752
Camilla Market____ Douglas: The Big 0. K. Tobacco Whse. Farmers New Brick Whse__________ Growers Whse. __ _ . _ _
The Red Whse................
1,193,808
1,618,702 1,488,758 2,568,378 2,150,096
Douglas Market____ _______ 7,825,934
Dublin:
Carter's Whse., . .....
............. 377,812
13.39
16.37
10.67
14.04 13.52
13.82
15.58 16.33 14.62 15.52
15.71
12.70
14.34 12.21
12.59
15.24 13.48 15.01 15.11
14.79
16.70
39,054 16,992
72,024 124,558 29,474 135,458 361,514
622
85,000
49,303
76,044 67^416
143,460
65,375 155,248 56,342 229,065
506,030
133,270
148,456 181,116 117,626 185,902 66,850 . 280,384 117,430 145,204
450,362 792,606
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GEORGIA TOBACCO--1925--WAREHOUSE SALES, OFFICIAL, FINAL, CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO WAREHOUSE REPORT
Location and Name of Warehouse
Pounds Sold FirstHand
Average Price
Per Lb.
Fitzgerald: Central Whse______ _
Lon Dickey Tobacco Whse..__ _
393,600 12.85 623;834 13.97
Fitzgerald Market__________ Hahira:
Farmers Independent Whse. Gold Leaf Whse... Hahira Whse.
1,017,434
822,094 646,246 785,496
13.53
11.89 12.65 14.02
Hahira Market .. Hazlehurst: Gravely's Whse___ Planters Whse.
2,253,836
707,814 769,376
12.79
15.81 15.35
Hazlehurst Market________ Lyons: Farmers WTise. Planters Whse.
1,477,190
298,408 66,232
15.57
12.92 15.67
Lyons Market_________ Metier:
Central Tobacco Whse____ Moultrie: Farmers Whse. Nashville: Farmers Whse. Planters Whse. Star Whse.___ Union Whse.
364,640
683,769
1,101,596
1,861,836 1,278,541 1,479,433 1,752,035
13.42
13.97
14.17
13.90 14.13 14.17 14.55
Nashville Market__________ Pelham:
Smith's Whse____ Quitman:
Fenner's WTise_____ __ Thomasville:
Thomas Co. Tobacco Whse..._____ Tifton: Banners Whse_________________
Fenner's Whse_______ ____ New Brick Whse_____________ _
6,371,845
1,650,795
1,121,038
1,041,082
1,802,777 1,353,368 1,454,898
14.19
12.39
14.69
13.21
14.43 13.90 13.55
Tifton Market_____________ 4,611,243
Valdosta:
Alliance Tobacco Whse
754,016
14.00 14.36
Pounds Sold
for
Dealers
Pounds Sold for own or
other Whses.
4,826 11,516
35,406 58,672
16,342 94,078
6,764 9,668 12,160
33,304 66,960 72,432
28,592 172,696
8,926 94,714
74,330 64,890
103,640 139,220
3,704
26,588 2,970
3,704 29,558
108 29,750
6,962 131,298
235,074 88,276 52i950 76,840
127,052 147,419 111,888 99,080
453,140 485,439
394 . 122,850
23,652 101,032
57,664 13,412
125,450 277,288
62,666
178,378 146,022 139,522
465,404 463,922
47,161 47,756
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GEORGIA TOBACCO--1925-WAREHOUSE SALES, OFFICIAL, FINAL, CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO WAREHOUSE REPORT
Location and Name of Warehouse
Pounds Sold FirstHand
Average Price Per
Lb.
Farmers Tobacco Whse____ B. B. Saunders Whse. _ __ _
1,174,626 14.89 2,302,902 15.82
Valdosta Market___________ 4,231,544 Vidalia: Georgia Tobacco Whse. _ _____ 231,938 Vidalia Whse.. ___________ _____ 2,292,030
15.30
12.91 14.36
Vidalia Market__________ 2,524,008
Waycross:
Waycross Tobacco Whse...
___ 1,220,552
14.23 14.57
Total.. _ _ ______
49,565,841 14.37
Less Tobacco from Florida and S. C._ 2,019,181 14.37
fiargia Tnharrn
47,546,660 14.37
Pounds Sold for
Dealers
Pounds Sold for own or
other
Whses.
29,736 214,454
12,982
291,351 60,738
22,100 40,138 168,494 134,638
190,594 174,776
64,980 67,438
2,574,449 3,796,498
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GEORGIA TOBACCO--1926--WAREHOUSE SALES, OFFICIAL, FINAL, CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO WAREHOUSE REPORT
Location and Name of Warehouse
Pounds Sold FirstHand
Average Price Per Lb.
Alma: Tobacco Sales Whse. ______ Bainbridge:
Bainbridge Tobacco WTise._______ Baxley: Piedmont Whse... _____ _ __ __ Planters Whse._ _____ ____ _
421,680
504,686
495,714 640,466
22.36
18.99
20.60 21.15
Baxley Market_____________
Blackshear:
The Big "Z" Whse.............. __
Brantley Whse.. __ _ .. .........
Farmers Whse..
. ..
Planters Whse. ___ ____ __
1,136,180
1,821,564 640,170
1,540,742 1,543,772
20.91
25.11 25.73 26.06 25.86
Blackshear Market_________ Cairo:
Planters Whse_____ .... .. __ Camilla: New Camilla Whse. ... Douglas: The Big 0. K. Tob. Whse_________
Farmers New Brick Whse. .. _ . Growers Whse. The Red Whse.
5,546,248
507,496
608,380
1,451,340 1,253,700 2,188,130 1,815,911
25.66
21.78
18.96
22.87 22.96 22.45 23.75
Douglas Market. _______ Fitzgerald: Central Whse.................
Lon Dickey Tobacco Whse. __
6,709,081
275,034 370,596
23.38
20.45 20.57
Fitzgerald Market_________
Hahira:
Farmers Ind. Whse,...
___ _
Gold Leaf Whse. ___ _
Hahira Whse. .
_
645,630
933,044 368,974 673,870
20.52
24.39 24.62 24.17
Hahira Market___ Hazlehurst:
Graveley's Whse............ ................
Planters Whse.... . . .
1,975,888
685,160 751,220
24.35
25.35 24.02
Hazlehurst Market________ Metter:
Central Tobacco Whse.______ . _ Moultrie: Farmers Whse
1,436,380 737,006
1,173,328
24.65 20.83 22.77
Pounds Sold for Dealers
Pounds Sold for own or
other
Whses.
3,654
9,612
5,274 7,486
12,760
53,838 22,242 95,456 180,810
352,346
13,222
30,636
76,462
82,324 96,228
178,552
189,159 93,556 103,714 139,390
525,819
60,314
94,642 89,464 69,970 108,828
362,904
654 13,449
14,103
15,692 9,892 36,196
61,774
59,510 63,476
122,986
23,756
61,258
139,244 176,298 183,744 121,719
621,005
21,072 14,408
35,480
49,230 25,874 59,638
134,742
48,454 11,384
59,838
33,540
56,496
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GEORGIA TOBACCO--1926--WAREHOUSE SALES, OFFICIAL, FINAL, CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO WAREHOUSE REPORT
Location and Name of Warehouse
Pounds Sold
FirstHand
Average Price Per
Lb.
Nashville: Farmers Whse._ . Planters Whse. .
Star Warehouse Union Whse. __
_
__
.................... ..
_ .........
-
___
1,777,526 1,302,304
722,022 859,356
24.96 25.83 23.91 23.72
Nashville Market___________ Pelham:
Smith's Whse..... ............. .. _ __ _ Quitman:
Fenner's Whse.,-............................... Thomasville: Thomas Co. Tobacco Whse.___ _ Tifton: Banner Whse................................... Fenner's W'hse.. - .................. .. New Brick Whse. - __ ______
4,661,208
872,168
561,110
763,486
1,355,522 1,282,828 1,349,248
24.81
21.02
20.95
25.22
22.49 22.70 22.80
Tifton Market___ _________
Valdosta:
Alliance Tobacco Whse.. _ _ _ .
Farmers Tobacco Whse,.
_,,
B. B. Saunders Whse. __ _
__
3,987,598
782,283 512,118 2,136,590
22.66
23.15 21.93 25.66
Valdosta Market-- _______ 3,430,991
Vidalia:
Georgia Tobacco Whse, . __
1,146,932
Vidalia Whse.
_ _ ................. 2,232,692
24.53
22.13 23.13
Vidalia Market-Waycross: Farmers Whse.. Waycross Tobacco Whse. .
3,379,624
523,352 - - 686,394
22.73
24.82 24.10
Waycross Market- ............ 1,209,746 24.41
Total Tobacco_______ _____ 40,267,914 23.57 Tobacco from other States___ 1,174,318 23.57
Georgia Tobacco. ..
39,093 596 23.57
Pounds Sold for
Dealers
Pounds Sold for own or
other
Whses.
163,452 144,438 72,592 151,968
102,458 101,948 45,820 65,208
532,450 315,434
6,778 66,778
36,338 63,978
6,802 85,510
51,036 186,550 82,604
103,822 84,640 138,090
320,190 326,552
57,934 19,500 82,886
96,181 32,078 170,728
160,320 298,987
63,392 75,330 174,490 135,068
237,892 210,398
26,978 59,552
24,268 43,432
86,530 67,700
2,425,675 3,248,221
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The urfhamed shaded county in this map is Houston, and the unnamed while county is Peach. 54
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
1924-1925-1926
Prepared By
GEORGIA CO-OPERATIVE CROP REPORTING SERVICE Atlanta, Georgia
V. C. Childs, Agricultural Statistician (Federal) D. L. Floyd, Assistant Agricultural Statistician (Federal)
Peter V. Rice, State Statistician
Co-operating Agencies
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Lloyd S. Tenny, Chief Washington, D. C.
GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE J. J. Brown, Commissioner Atlanta, Georgia
STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE A. M. Soule, President Athens, Georgia
1710-14 Citizens and Southern Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia
ACREAGE Planted Picked
COTTON
PRODUCTION
Yield Lbs.
Lint Pounds
500 Lb. Bales
Farm Price Dec. 1
Farm Value Dec. 1
1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
1881 1882
1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
1,069,167 1,197,467
1,053,771 1,243,450 1,330,491 1,170,832
1,311,331 1,455,577
1,678,856 1,611,702
1,515,000
1,530,150 1,560,753
2,617,138
2,878,851
2,994,005
2,844,305
2,872,748 2,958,930
3,047,698 2,956,267
2,941,486
2,970,901 3,345,104
2,969,713
2,821,227
2,369,831 3,050,000
3,610,968 3,069,323
3,468,335 3,537,702
3,535,205 3,698,000 3,550,760 3,342,000 4,122,309 3,762,000 3,957,417 4,129,000 4,131,543 3,834,000 4,449,672 4,397,000 3,826,718 4,020,000 4,728,000 4,610,000 4,822,560 4,566,000 4,910,000 4,848,000 4,763,000 4,674,000 4,970,000 4,973,000 5,579,000 5,504,000 5,390,000 5,335,000 5,345,000 5,318,000 5,510,000 5,430,000 4,925,000 4,825,000
117 125,093,000 205,000 170 203,569,000 390,000 147 154,904,000 290,000 150 186,518,000 473,934 173 230,174,943 495,000 120 140,499,840 320,000 180 236,039,580 595,000 184 267,826,168 577,150 136 228,324,416 519,000 126 203,074,452 457,000 151 228,765,000 505,000 138 211,160,700 469,000 161 251,281,233 558,403 156 408,273,528 814,441 163 469,252,713 1,009,260 145 434,130,725 800,000 146 415,268,530 942,000 123 353,348,004 752,500 135 399,455,550 807,400 150 457,154,700 960,025 137 405,008,579 861,720 154 452,988,844 947,158 156 463,460,556 953,623 155 518,491,120 1,191,846 165 490,002,645 1,210,000 155 437,290,185 1,050,000 160 379,172,960 800,000 136 414,800,000 1,000,000 155 559,700,040 1,183,924 152 466,537,096 1,067,377 182 630,262,508 1,299,340 178 629,710,956 1,350,781 183 646,942,515 1,378,731 159 588,053,000 1,231,060 172 574,846,000 1,203,308 167 628,225,000 1,314,881 165 681,308,000 1,425,044 158 605,780,000 1,267,364 205 901,407,000 1,887,853 200 804,090,000 1,682,555 165 760,710,000 1,592,572 190 867,550,000 1,815,834 190 922,630,000 1,931,179 184 861,920,000 1,804,014 173 844,310,000 1,767,202 240 1,323,710,000 2,768,627 159 848,920,000 1,776,546 208 1,107,200,000 2,316,601 239 1,299,619,000 2,718,037 189 912,398,000 1,908,673
9.0 20,588,850
8.1 20,353,780 10.0 40,827,353 10.0 46,925,271
9.0 37,374,168 9.5 33,568,060 9.2 36,749,911 8.5 38,858,150 8.2 33,210,703 8.7 39,410,029 8.5 39,394,147 8.6 44,590,236 8.6 42,140,227 7.4 32,359,474 8.5 32,229,702 7.3 30,280,400 5.0 27,985,002 7.0 32,657,597 7.0 44,118,376 6.7 42,190,634 5.6 36,228,781 7.2 44,318,160 9.5 57,157,130 7.2 47,335,716 8.0 57,001,756 10.7 67,803,965 9.4 88,729,068 10.9 91,699,520 9.8 78,036,420 10.6 96,238,460 8.7 84,006,330 14.2 128,085,420 14.2 125,471,200 8.9 123,203,590 12.4 110,145,480 12.8 148,262,400 6.9 93,772,380 11.4 108,794,760
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ACREAGE Planted Picked
COTTON
PRODUCTION
Yield Lbs.
Lint Pounds
Farm 500 Lb. Price
Bales Dec. 1
Farm Value Dec. 1
1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 *1926
5,450,000 5,277,000 5,274,000 5,195,000 5,425,000 5,341,000 5,494,000 5,220,000 5,000,000 4,900,000
4,346,000 4,172,000 3,636,000 3,466,000 3,844,000 3,421,000 3,099,000 3,046,000 3,662,000 3,589,000 4,026,000 3,966,000
165 870,659,000 1,820,939 173 901,060,000 1,883,911 190 1,014,865,000 2,122,405 152 799,474,000 1,658,253 138 676,200,000 1,415,129 90 385,480,000 787,084 100 346,600,000 714,998 82 280,607,000 588,236 157 479,250,000 1,004,000 155 555,677,000 1,164,000 180 713,571,000 1,493,000
19.9 181,183,430 28.8 271,283,184 27.5 291,831,000 35.8 296,827,287 15.3 108,257,000 16.6 65,328,000 23.9 85,442,000 32.0 94,118,000 22.4 112,448,000 19.0 110,580,000 11.1 82,862,000
Dist.
COTTON YIELD PER ACRE, 1924^26--26.
Counties
Lbs. of Lint Cotton 1924 1925 1926
Dist.
Counties
Lbs. of Lint Cotton 1924 1925 1926
Northwestern Counties:
1 Bartow-------------- 162 138 160
Catoosa_______ 170 167
190
Chatooga---------- 188 164 188
Dade....................... 155 193 220
Floyd___________ 150 158 205
Gordon------------- 168 135 188
Murray-------------- 165 150 175
Paulding----------- 155 153
198
Polk____________ 150 150 195
Walker-.........-- 158 185 197
Whitfield............. 180 154 165
District Average-. 162 152 186
Northern Counties:
2 Barrow............ .
182 105
170
Cherokee_______ 166 137 180
Clarke................... 175
71
170
Cobb............ .......... 186 127 190
Dawson------------- 159 126 150
DeKalb________ 152
112
160
Forsyth...........
173
125
165
Fulton-------------- 170
125
185
Gilmer--------------- 140
165
180
Gwinnett--------- 173 100 168
Hall____________ 159 123
142
Jackson............-- 170
100
149
Lumpkin----------- 131
115
163
Milton--------------- 200
112
166
Oconee-------------- 172
91
160
Pickens----------- 149
145
163
Walton-------------- 194
92
185
White--........--. 161 120 115
District Average. - 175 110 167
Northeastern Countes:
3 Banks.................. - 177
130
155
Elbert.................... 170
85
150
Franklin_______ 179
94
130
Habersham------- 165 141
115
Hart------------------ 186
82
105
Lincoln------------- 178
122
177
Madison------------ 188
83
150
Oglethorpe----- 168 105
164
Stephens----------- 180 130 107
Wilkes............--- 168
no
185
District Average.. 177
99
143
`Subject to minor revision.
Western Counties:
4 Campbell______ 177 122 150
Carroll-------------- 205 171 210
Chattahoochee- 105 125 159
Clayton------------- 190 105 171
Coweta-------------- 206
156
185
Douglas........ .. 208 157 198
Fayette________ 200 109 160
Haralson_______ 177
168
175
Harris........... ..
135
125
177
Heard---------------- 203 140 192
Henry---------------- 183
113
180
Lamar--------------- 157
116
186
Macon--------------- 146
154
196
Marion-------------- 118 130 185
Meriwether-- 160 138 186
Muscogee---------- 135 180 166
Pike____________ 167
118
194
Schley-------------- 135 143 195
Spalding----------- 190
90 158
Talbot------------- 115
127
190
Taylor--..........- 150 163 209
Troup---------------- 140
120
194
Upson--------------- 140 112 169
District Average.. 169 137 187
Central Counties:
5 Baldwin------------ 153 170 211
Bibb------------------ 122 133 160
Bleckley------------ 148 139 185
Butts----------------- 156 105 174
Crawford______ 120 133 175
Dodge......... .......... 136 136 170
Greene------------- 156 105 160
Hancock............._ 140 151 175
Houston----------- 138 160 190
Jasper--------------- 145 114 180
Johnson_______ 145 141 200
Jones___________ no
125
175
Laurens------------ 143 150 189
Monroe................ 133
no
180
Montgomery-- 138
154
170
Morgan------------- 170 100 184
Newton--......... 197
122
166
Peach---------------- 150 151 207
Pulaski------------- 168
146
168
Putnam--......... 140 100 180
56
COTTON YIELD PER ACRE, 1924-26--26.
Dist, Counties
Lbs. of lint Cotton 1924 1925 1926
Rockdale.............. 175
95 144
Taliaferro............ 154 111 183
Treutlen............... 130 166 165
Twiggs-................. 132 128 177
Washington........ 145 151 199
Wheeler-............. 140
178
176
Wilkinson--------- 130 145 190
District Average-- 144 136 180
Eastern Counties:
6 Bulloch................. 164 220 168
Burke................... 188 207 265
Candler ............... 165 190 235
Columbia............. 134 143 188
Effingham_____ 150 197 170
Emanuel-............. 142 179 215
Glascock-............. 150 143 182
Jefferson-........... 156 159 215
Jenkins................. 160 175 216
McDuffie.............. 135 123 190
Richmond........... 148 139 200
Screven.................. 148 191 170
Warren.................. 166 164 190
District Average-- 158
181
208
7 Southwestern Counties: Baker--................ 128
181
152
Calhoun.........-- 137 206 194
Clay........................ 133 200 195
Decatur--............ 130 175 150
Dougherty-......... 120
181
188
Early....................... 115 175 180
Grady..................... 160 181 175
Lee.......................... 132 200 195
Miller-............ .
116
207
205
no Mitchell________ 180
Quitman.......... --
225 155
145 160
Randolph............ 145 164 195
120 Seminole........... 135
Stewart________
190 156
163 188
Sumter_________ 149 175 207
Terrell-............- 159 205 200
Thomas................ 137 213 195
Webster-............... 115 150 159
District Average. - 140 189 186
Dist. Counties
Lbs. of Lint Cotton 1924 1925 1926
Southern Counties:
8 Atkinson.............. 136 190 160
Ben Hill................ 149 187 138
Berrien--............. 136 210 185
Brooks................... 120 182 185
Clinch.................... 146 175 160
Coffee..................... 135 193 137
Colauitt--.......... 170 233 180
Cook....................... 122
199
166
Crisp....................... 168 235 195
Dooly-------------- 142
183
216
Echols.................... 100 170 130
Irwin...................... 115
192
IN)
Jeff Davis______ 139 175 170
Lanier.................... 141
185
160
Lowndes----------- 165
206
185
Telfair------- ------- 142 175 170
Tift.......................... 145
218
172
Turner................... 149 231 160
Wilcox..................... 155 198 160
Worth..................... 155 200 IN)
District Average-- 147 202 173
9 Southeastern Counties: Appling.........-- 149
196
155
Bacon..................... 131
189
145
Brantley............. 170 206 190
Bryan..................... 185
197
160
Camden--........... 200 135 190
Charlton............... 115
176
175
Chatham----------- 205 223 170
Evans---------------- 159 185 160
Glynn.................... 81 130 160
Liberty-------------- 132 188 INI
Long..................... 150 195 164
McIntosh______ 100 140 140
Pierce................... 159 203 160
Tattnall................ 159 198 165
Toombs.............. 155 195 185
Ware--------------- 143 180 140
Wayne--------------- 149 210 150
District Average.. 152
195
163
State Averages-- 157 155 *182
'Subject to minor revision.
COTTON 1924--26--26.
(Ginnings are in running bales, counting round as half bales, As shown by the Bureau of Census.)
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Picked
1924
Northwestern Counties:
1 Bartow.................... 'Catoosa-------- --------Chatooga...................
'Dade......................... Floyd---..................... Gordon-----------------Murray...................... Paulding--..........Polk.............--...........
Walker......................... Whitfield....................
41,900 5,600
16,300 300
36,600 26,500
13,300 19,000 30,600 9,400 12,500
District Total................ 212,000
Acreage Picked
1925
48,200 5,700
23,200 400
40,300 30,500 14,400 21,000 34,300 14,000 14,000
246,000
Acreage Running Running Running
Picked Bales
Bales
Bales
1926
1924
1925
1926
50,000 7,100
27,100 400
44,300 30,500 17,300 23,100 33,600 16,100 13,700
263,200
14,393
6,964
10,996 10,716 3,757 6,197 11,490 2,919 7,030
74,462
14,388
8,796
12,941 10,144 3,739 6,786 12,518 5,826 7,219
82,357
16,406
10,573
17,658 12,337 5,187 9,247 14,879 6,572 7,356
100,215
57
COTTON 1924--25--26.
(Ginnings are in running bales, counting round as half bales, As shown by the Bureau of Census.)
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Picked
1924
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow-.................... Cherokee.............. . Clarke.......................... Cobb...........................
Dawson...................... DeKalb....................... Forsyth___________
'Fulton...................... 'Gilmer______ _____
Gwinnett.._______ Hail_________ _____ Jackson___________ Lumpkin_____ ... Milton____________
Oconee_____ ______ Pickens___________ Walton........ ............... White......... ..............-
20,500 25,300 11,700 27,000 3,600
8,800 21,600
1,100 300
32,600 24,000 38,000
2,200
16,500 17,500 7,800 37,700 3,300
District Total________ 299,500
Northeastern Counties:
3 Banks______ ______ Elbert........................ . Franklin.............,, Habersham.........._. Hart............................. Lincoln___________ Madison..................... Oglethorpe.............. Stephens__________ Wilkes--....................
16,200 36,800 35,600 5,500 46,800
9,700 31,000 27,000 16,200
24,200
District Total................ 249,000
Western Counties:
4 Campbell------- ------Carroll------------------
Chattahoochee___ Clayton___________
Coweta___________ Douglas---------------Fayette....................... Haralson--. .. .. Harris-..................... Heard_____________ Henry_____________
Lamar........................ . Macon------ -------------
Marion....................... . Meriwether............... Muscogee................. . Pike____ __________ Schley............. ......... Spalding__________ Talbot........................ Taylor..........................
Troup_____________ Upson-------------------
7,800 73,000
8,200
10,600 26,500
12,900 20,300 18,600 21,200
23,100 28,000 12,800 49,800 15,000 43,600
5,700 31,500 13,500 19,600
11,600 22,300
38,500 15,000
District Total............... 529,100
Acreage Picked
1925
24,600 27,600 15,000 32,400 4,000 11,100 22,400 2,200
300 35,200 30,000 43,900
2,500 21,200 20,500
9,400 45,200
3,800
351,300
21,100 38,000 40,900
6,000 52,400 13,100 36,000 31,000 17,800 29,000
285,300
9,900 74,200
8,400 18,000 33,100 15,000 27,400 22,300 24,000 32,300 39,600 13,300 49,800 13,400 50,400 5,600 37,800 14,000 25,500 12,500 22,300 39,100 15,500
603,400
Acreage Eunning Eunning Eunning
Picked Bales
Bales
Bales
1926
1924
1925
1926
30,800 29,300 17,300 31,500 4,000 11,700 25,100
2,200 400
40,500 31,500 46,800
2,900 21,000 22,500 10,100 52,400
4,200
384,200
7,922 9,872 6,897 10,870
851 3,058 9,283
12,574 11,926 16,278
179 6,180 5,159 2,541 16,830
687
121,107
5,628 8,373 3,675 9,073
788 2,859 7,049
8,046 11,734 11,240
220 4,490 3,232 3,020 9,746
89,173
11,071 11,134 6,898 12,986
876 3,506 9,803
14,625 13,356 16,687
295 6,733 6,137 3,597 19,197
136,901
22,700 38,400 41,700
4,800 47,200 13,400 37,100 34,300 17,800 30,400
287,800
5,112 13,749 17,798
1,882 14,908 2,741 13,838 8,463
5,501 10,028
94,020
4,996 7,188 10,876 1,865 7,522 2,525 7,188 6,144 4,437 7,964
60,705
5,684 11,605 14,586
998 7,472 3,920 13,421 10,213 3,499 12,618
84,016
10,600 78,100
9,300 20,000 40,400 15,700 30,100 22,500 27,600 37,100 41,600 15,300 56,800 14,700 56,400 5,800 38,500 15,000 26,300 14,400 26,500 40,300 17,400
660,400
4,146 36,345
1,697 2,805 12,184 5,181 7,236 7,499 7,190 7,862 11,058 4,888 12,978 3,150 14,347 2,258 9,461 4,443 9,756 2,612 8,723 15,995 4,890
196,704
3,652 31,237
2,104 2,673 11,785 4,672 5,245 8,681 7,583 7,691 9,750 3,792 14,009 3,114 14,804 3,054 8,175 4,964 6,188 3,115 9,610 14,239 3,986
184,123
5,062 40,028
2,918 4,788 16,680 5,279 8,779 9,037 12,060 12,035 15,514 7,153 20,614 4,898 22,400 2,892 13,458 7,211 10,274 5,586 14,551 22,534 6,775
270,526
58
Cotton 1924--25--26*
(Ginnings are in running bales, counting round as half bales, As shown by the Bureau of Census.)
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Acreage Acreage Running Running Running
Picked Picked Picked Bales
Bales
Bales
1924
1925
1926
1924
1925
1926
Central Counties:
5 Baldwin...................... Bibb.'--....................... Bleckley.................... Butts________ -- Crawford...................
Dodge........ ................. Greene-------------------
Hancock--............. Houston__________ JasDer------ --------Johnson........... ......... Jones..................... . Laurens-.................. Monroe____________ Montgomery______ Morgan........... .......... Newton----------------Peach-.. ................. Pulaski-.............. . Putnam................. Rockdale.................. Taliaferro_________ Treutlen-................ Twiggs------------------Washington---------Wheeler___________ Wilkinson_________
8,100 10,600 18,700 16,900
14,300 52,000 13,800 19,500
21,500 8,900 28,000 6,100 78,200
11,500 22,000 16,300 15,000
11,500 19,600 8,200 9,300
11,500 25,700 9,800
40,900 21,200 9,200
9,400
12,400 21,000
20,300 17,900 65,000 22,700 24,400
21,400 17,500 39,700 10,000 94,300 12,800 25,300 27,700 26,700 9,500
27,900 11,700 11,200 14,100 29,100 12,700 49,700 25,300
12,000
11,200 16,000 24,200 20,700 24,100 68,300 24,500 31,900 25,700 21,200
45,600 12,000
103,600 13,100 26,600 31,000
33,400 31,000 10,700
12,000 11,700 11,500 32,500 15,400 57,700 29,100 12,000
3,813 3,418 5,031 5,733 1,503 16,727 4,368 5,665 5,647 1,896 8,437
22,094
4,300 6,887 5,445 6,077 5,575 5,367 1,910 3,677 4,214 5,341 2,277 10,358 4,177 2,036
5,026 4,399 5,477 4,684 2,167 21,461 4,894 7,860 6,589 3,056 11,825
28,292 4,153 9,036 5,749 6,018 4,862 6,773 2,269 2,506 3,751 7,831 2,938 13,291 6,423 2,994
7,880 6,416 8,091 7,519 3,674 25,890 6,749 11,375 9.730 5,603 18,953
38,506 6.702 9.658 9,715 9,719 7,391 10,022 3,857 3,817 5,090 8,440 4,824 20,114 7,525 3,876
District Total________ 528,300
671,700
756,700
151,973
184,324
261,136
Eastern Counties:
6 Bulloch-. -............. Burke_____________ Candler___________
Columbia--........... Effingham------------Emanuel---------------Glascock__________ Jefferson__________ Jenkins..................... McDuffie.... _____ Richmond________ Screven___________
Warren-------------------
61,700 73,500 29,000 21,000
5,800 60,300 11,800 46,600
30,200 20,600
16,500 51,700
24,400
61,700 86,600
30,700 22,000
10,000 66,300 12,700 54,100 35,600 22,100 18,200 57,900 26,300
77,100 97,300
33,800 20,500 8,000
67,600 14,100 56,900 39,500 23,400 19,700 66,300 32,000
22,447 30,480
7,393 4,943
1,207 21,228 3,125 17,280 9,027
7,004 6,351 17,561 7,238
31,138 40,086
9,148 5,695
2,817 29,194
3,236
20,712 11,911
6,953 6,695
26,162 7,773
29,084 58,102
12,243 6,765 1,899 35,967 4,875 29,870
16.888 10,324 9,584
25,000 11,206
District Total________ 453,100 504,200 556,200 155,284 201,520 251,807
Southwestern Counties: 7 `Baker-....................... Calhoun__________
Olay----------------------Decatur. -.............
Dougherty-----------Early---------------------Grady........................... Lee-----------------------Miller______________ Mitchell--............ Quitman____ ______
Randolph-- ____ Seminole.................... Stewart---------- ------Sumter--................. Terrell_____________ Thomas_____ ______ Webster.......................
12,300 15,000
24,500 8,100 7,600
30,300 6.600
8,000 13,200
33,800 11,300 44,200 8,900 18,700 63,500
50,000 8,000 8,300
15,400 18,000
25,000 10,100 10,600
31,100 8,600 11,200 15,400 45,600 / 11,800 50,200 10,600 18,500
62,200 56,100 10,900
8,500
18,500 21,600 28,800 11,100
11,000 33,000 11,200 14,000 18,900 54,700
12,400 48,700 11,100 22,200 71,500 69,100
11,900 9,800
1,359 6,589 4,263 2,248 2,906 7,725
1,582 2,112 9,926 1,697 15,793 3,300 4,965 20,841 16,671 3,793
2,432 11,996 6,713 3,818 6,137 12,247
3,389 4,469 20,055 2,516 20,628 5,617 6,251 25,112 25,054 8.024
12,837 7,406 3,593 5,497 13,482 1,628 5,233
14,726 1,541 23,337 5,031 8,809 32,661 29,740 7,944
District Total............. . 372,300 419,800 479,500 105,770 164,458 173,465
59
COTTON 1924--26--26.
(Ginnings are in running bales, counting round as half bales. As shown by the Bureau of Census.)
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Picked
1924
Acreage
Picked 1925
Acreage Running Running Running
Picked
Bales
Bales
Bales
1926
1924
1925
1926
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson________
Ben Hill-------------Berrien.................... Brooks__________ Clinch___________ Coffee.................. .. Colquitt------------Cook.........................
Crisp____________ Dooly..-................ Echols___________ Irwin____________
*Jeff Davis.............. Lanier___________
Lowndes________ Telfair____ ___
Tift--------------------Turner---------------Wilcox..................... Worth__________
2,500 12,800
6,300 12,700
300
14,900 32,600 4,700 17,100
42,800 500
21,600 6,500
300 5,700
25,900 15,400 14,400 29,000 28,700
2,500 17,300 9,500
14,000 300
22,700 39,000
5,300 23,900 48,400
500 22,500 7,200
600 10,300 34,600 19,400
17,300 37,700
45,900
3,800 18,000 13,300
14,400 400
24,500 44,400 6,600 39,400 58,100
600 24,100 7,900
800 12,500 35,600 22,000 20,700
39,600 50,500
754 4,397 1,042 2,482
4,411 11,868
1,670 4,874 12,980
4,850 1,471
1,136 8,271 6,753 6,287 10,676 6,718
1,105 7,523 2,515 4,172
9,759 20,162 3,097 9,702 19,250
8,632 2,055
2,771 13,736 12,846 11,628 18,021 14,009
1,568 5,431 2,778 4,398
7,443 17,114 3,162 14,705 26,772
6,494
3,423 13,803 11,104 9,322 15,115 11,923
District Total____ - 294,700 378,900 437,200
90,647
160,983
154,555
Southeastern Counties 9 `Appling............ Bacon................. . Brantley------------Bryan.................... Camden______ -. Charlton________ Chatham____ __
Evans______ ____ Glynn___________
Liberty--------------Long------------------McIntosh_______
Pierce.-............. Tattnall.............. . Toombs.-............. Ware.......... ............
Wayne.......... ...........
11,200 5,500
600 2,000
100 200 300 13,200 100 1,400 1,900 100 7,500 21,000 26,200
3,700 13,000
12,300 8,500
700 3,200
100 200 400 16,500 200 1,600 2,100 100 10,900
26,400 26,800
4,100 14,300
15,700 9,100
800
3,200 100 200 500
17,000 200
1,600 2,300
100
12,000 27,000
30,000 5,100
15,900
1,040 5,135
1,991 ,
7,531
4,627 1,207 5,924
3,357 6,579 9,535
4,697
6,232
10,721 12,456 1,834
7,430
3,787 8,699
12,908 1,513 5,840
District Total------------ 108,000 128,400 140,800 All other Counties--- State Total----............. 3,046,000 3,589,000 *3,966,000 Eauivalent 500 lb. bales
30,343 9,892 1,030,202 1,004,000
48,195 17,114 1,192,952 1,164,000
44,505 18,202 1,495,328 1,493,000
-Fannin, Towns, Rabun, Glynn and Union are non-cotton counties. Other coun ties not specified have gin returns included under ` ` all others.' '
-Subject to minor revision.
ist.
Counties
orthwestern Counties: 1 Bartow_____ _______ Catoosa____________ Chatooga... ______ Dade. --..................... Floyd............................. Gordon--................. Murray_____________ Paulding.......... ............
Polk................-............ Walker.-....................... Whitfield.................
CORN AND HAY
CORN
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
27,300 9,100
22,000 5,500 31,000 23,200 14,600 20,300
22,200 24,800 14,100
24,200 10,200 20,300 5,000 35,300 21,600 12,100 20,700
21,600 24,800 14,400
23,100 9,200
20,200 5,100 33,100 21,300 12,000
20,300 20,500 26,700 14.500
ALL HAY
(Including Peanut Hay)
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
8,800 7,600 5,000
3,800 9,700
4,700 8,100 2,600 2,800
11,700 10,700
4,800 6,600 3,000 4,000 4,400 2,100 6,800 2,000
1,800 9,500
8,500
8,300 6,200
3,700 3,900 7,400 3,300 7,100 2,400 2,700 10,800 10,400
District Total............... 214,100 210,200 206,000
75,500
53,500
66,200
60
CORN AND HAY
Dist.
Counties
Acres 1924
hem Counties: Barrow...................... . Cherokee........ ........... Clarke.......... ............ Cobb............................ Dawson_____ ______ DeKalb_____ _____ Fannin___________ Forsyth- -------------Fulton........................
Gilmer.-. ................
Gwinnett-................ Hall..............................-
Jackson..................... Lumpkin--...........
Milton....................... Oconee.......... ..........
Pickens..................... . Towns...................... Union........ .............. . Walton........................White............-.............
17,800 26,700 11,000 30,900
9,900 22,500 14,800 21,400
5,800 14,700 42,600 31,100 27,500 11,300
13,500 15,900 10,900 8,200 14,700 31,800 10,600
District Total-.......... - 393,600
Northeastern Counties:
l. 3 Banks-----------------------------Elbert-------------------Franklin--------------- Habersham----------- -
Hart______________ Lincoln___________ Madison__________
Oglethorpe----------Rabun....................... .
Stephens--------------Wilkes--............. --.
14,400 25,400 26,100 15,000 22,800 13,600 26,600 29,800
7,000 10,400
28,300
District Total---------- - 219,400
Western Counties:
i Campbell------------Carroll-----------------Chattahoochee- - Clayton....................- -
Coweta___________ Douglas.......... ......... Fayette___________ Haralson_________ Harris.............. .......... Heard------------------- -
Henry........................ Lamar................ -- Macon-----------------Marion----------------- . Meriwether---------- Muscogee-------------
Pike.-------- -----------Schley-.......... .......... Spalding_________
Talbot------- ---------Taylor-----------------Troup------------------Upson------------------ -
14,600 51,200
9,700 15,400
34,800 15,200 20,000 20,100 22,000 25,700 30,400 12,500 41,700 22,300 43,800
6,000 23,200 14,100 18,000 15,600 21,300 28,300
21,200
District Total--------- - 527,100
CORN
Acres 1925
16,900 21,700 13,200 27,800 10,000 22,500 14,800 20,300
4,600 15,400 39,200 32,300 25,800 10,400 13,000 16,200 12,000
7,800 13,900 31,800 11,500
381,100
12,200 23,300 26,600 15,600 21,000 14,200 24,500 27,400
8,000 11,200 32,300
216,300
15,200 43,500
9,300 10,300 37,700 14,400 19,400 19,100 22,000 23,600 32,200 13,000 45,000 20,500 41,100 5,000 26,200 13,200 17,800 14,200 19,400 26,800 23,300
512,200
Acres 1926
16,100 21,000 12,100 28,900
9,800 22,100 14,400 19,800
4,500 15,300 43,100 32,500 24,800
9,900 11,500 14,800 11,800 7,600 13,600 28,800 12,000
374,400
11,700 24,700 26,100 14,900 19,900 13,000 23,200 26,100
7,900 10,300 31,300
209,100
14,100 43,900
9,300 10,400 38,500 13,700 18,600 17,300 21,500 24,100 29,700 13,500 38,200 20,800 39,100 4,800 24,900 11,500 16,900 14,300 18,900 25,700 21,900
491,600
ALL HAY
(Including Peanut Hay)
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
2,500 1,500 5,500 5,300
600 2,500 4,100 1,100 1,100 1,600 6,300 1,500 4,600 1,900 1,000 3,400
900 1,600 2,200 5,900 1,500
56,600
700 800 1,800 2,400 600 700 2,700 400 300 600 1,500 500 600 800 200 400 500 1,000 1,500 1,700 800
20,500
1,600 1,400 3,500 4,800
600 2,100 3,400
700 700 1,500 4,400 1,100 2,100 1,200 500 1,400 700 1,300 2,100 4,300 1,100
40,500
1,600 7,000 3,300 2,400 3,400 1,900 4,900 8,500 1,700 1,900 4,500
41,100
200 1,400
400 700 400 200 900 2,000 500 200 1,200
8,100
900 4,800 2,000 1,800 2,000 1,100 3,100 5,600 1,400 1,100 2,900
26,700
3,200 3,400
500 4,500 12,700 1,100 2,200 1,800 1,400 1,100 4,000 6,700 3,900 2,900 4,900 1,000 1,600 1,000 3,500 1,400 2,200 3,300 2,100
70,400
1,000 900 400 900
7,600 400 900
1,000 800 600
1,200 900
2,400 2,200 2,800
600 600 700 1,000 700 1,600 1,900 400
31,500
1,600 2,900
400 3,100 7,000 1,000 1,800 1,500 1,000
900 3,300 3,300 2,800 2,600 3,400
900 1,400 1,100 2,400 1,300 2,100 2,600 2,000
50,400
61
CORN AND HAY
CORN
Dist.
Counties
P
ral Counties:
Baldwin........................
Bibb................................
Bleckley........................
Butts-..........................
Crawford.....................
Dodge........ ...................
Greene..........................
Hancock.......................
Houston______ _____
Jasper_____ ________
Johnson_____ ______
Jones..............................
Laurens........................
Monroe........ .................
Montgomery-----------
Morgan.........................
Newton............... .........
Peach....................... .
Pulaski______ ______
Putnam.........................
Rockdale.......... ...........
Tahaferro__________
Treutlen............... ........
Twiggs.................. ........
W ashington________
Wheeler................. ...
Wilkinson........... --.
Acres 1924
17,800 16,600 26,600 16,900 17,200 63,700 23,700 32,100 29,400 22,900 34,300 17,400 94,200 17,300 27,800 24,000 25,200 14,000 28,100 15,900 12,400 10,400 23,900 21,100 68,200 29,000 29,600
Acres 1925
12,800 19,400 27,400 19,100 19,300 66,300 23,000 29,200 29,400 21,000 34,300 20,400 91,000 18,000 30,000 24,300 25,000 14,700 25,800 15,400 13,900 10,100 23,200 17,800 73,200 29.300 26,400
Acres 1926
13,400 19,600 28,800 17,200 18,300 68,300 24,400 30,700 28,900 21,800 34,500 19,400 83,700 17,200 27,900 24,500 24,100 14,200 22,300 14,600 12,900 8,800 22,900 19,200 72,900 28,100 28,900
District Total------ ..
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch------------Burke__________ Candler________ Colun Effing Emanu. Glascock__________ Jefferson--------------Jenkins................. McDuffie...... ......... .. Richmond________ Screven___________ Warren____________
759,700
64,000 64,500 28,300 20,400 16,300 64,600 13,500 50,400 30,500 17,900 19,500 52,200 19,100
759,700
69,000 66,200 27,000 20,100 15,400 74,000 13,100 51,000 32,000 17,800 18,600 56,000 19,700
747,500
66,100 60,900 24,300 19,500 14,800 70,600 12,900 48,500 33,600 17,600 20,900 54,300 17,700
District Total______ . 461,200
Southwestern Counties
7 Baker--------------------Calhoun....... .............
Clay----------- -----------Decatur______ ____ Dougherty-----------Early---------------------Grady..----------------Lee.-------- --------------- . Miller_____________ Mitchell___________
Quitman__________ Randolph--------------
Seminole__________ Stewart___________ Sumter____________ Terrell____________ Thomas___________ Webster___________
24,600 19,300 19,400 46,100 17,100 39,800 47,400 22,100
23,400 56,900
9,700
35,100 21,500 22,500 49,700 36,900 53,800 13,700
District Total 559,000
479,900
22,400 18,000 17,900 42,400 17,500 33,800 47,500 21,200 25,000 53,500 9,400 29,700 22,000 22,600 51,700 34,200 47,400 14,000
530,200
461,700
22,500 17,500 17,000 41,000 15,800 34,500 46,000 19,300 24,200 54,600 9,300 30,300 21,100 21,200 52,200 32,500 50,100 14,700
523,800
ALL HAY
(Including Peanut Hay)
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
7,100 4,600 3,200 2,500 1,800 3,800 6,400 3,700 5,900 15,400 1,600 2,000 6,300 2,900 1,100 10,500 8,000 4,600 5,200 1,900 1,600
800 2,800 9,100 1,700 2,900 4,200
121,600
3,700 2,800 2,500 1,400 1,200 1,600 2,000 1,500 3,700 8,000 1,000 1,400 6,000 1,200
900 5,000 4,000 2,800 2,600 3,500
700 900 700 1,900 6,400 1,200 2,200
70,800
2,900 4,400 3,700 2,400 1,300 3,700 3,500 2,700 4,900 4,400 1,400 1,900 5,900 2,100 1,100 4,100 3,400 3,500 4,700 2,900 1,300 1,600
900 2,300 5,400 1,400 2,400
80,200
4,600 3,800 4,500 2,100 1,900 3,900
300 7,100 1,200 1,500 4,900 2,500 1,000
39,300
3,500 2,000 3,300
800 1,400 2,500
200 2,000
600 600 3,200 1,900 600
22,600
4,800 2,600 2,900 2,000 2,100 3,200
300 2,100
700 900 3,900 2,800 700
29,000
9,800 12,200 12,000 9,800 9,700 20,100 11,700 20,200 8,300 18,600 2,400 11,000 7,800 7,800 7,900 13,000 10,400 6,500
199,200
7,800 10,900 10,900 8,000 5,000 15,900 11,000 14,500
7,300 14,500 2,300 4,700 7,500 7,100 6,500 9,000 9,300 6,000
158,200
6,100 9,400 8,100 5,500 3,900 14,100 8,900 11,300 6,600 13,800 1,500 4,500 5,500 4,500 4,800 6,900 8,700 5,600
129,700
62
st.
Counties
CORN AND HAY
COEN
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
ALL HAY
(Including Peanut Hay)
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
luthern Counties: 8 Atkinson---------------
Ben Hill---------------Berrien-----------------Brooks____________
Clinch------ ----------Coffee-------------------Colquitt---------------Cook______________
Crisp______________ Dooly----------- --------Echols_____________ Irwin---------------------
Jeff Davis-------------Lanier-------------------Lowndes__________
Telfair____________ Tift-----------------------Turner-. _________ Wilcox_____________ Worth__________ .-
12,700 19,500 25,300 49,300 5,300 54,900 52,700 22,300 27,000 48,700 5,300 46,200
24,400 10,900 29,900 39,900 25,100 22,600 32,600 49,700
14,500 15,800 26,300 41,400 4,800 57,300 53,200 19,500 24,900 42,300 4,800 42,500 21,700
7,600
30,000 41,000 23,500 21,100 33,500 45,700
13,300 16,400 24,700 42,500 5,000 51,600 49,200 19,100 25,800 39,800 4,900 43,600
21,800 7,900
27,500 38,200 24,600 32,200 31,800 48,000
2,500 3,000 3,600 12,000
700 6,200 12,100 5,600
15,800 21,000 1,800
6,900 1,100 1,400 8,500 7,400 7,900 13,000 7,100 18,600
3,000 2,200 3,000 7,800
700
5,700 11,900 4,800 13,500 18,900 1,500 6,000
900 1,000
8,500 2,900
7,600 13,200
6,900 14,100
2,400 2,200 2,000 7,100
600 3,900 7,000 3,200 9,300 13,000 1,100 3,500
800 900
5,400 4,300 6,400 7,900 6,400
11,800
District Total- -. 604,300 571,400 567,900 156,200 134,100
99,200
Southeastern Counties:
9 Appling--------
1.
Bacon-----------
Brantley------
Bryan-----------
Camden--------
Charlton____
Chatham____
Evans-----------
Glynn----------
Liberty---------
Long-------------
McIntosh___
Pierce_______
Tattnall_____
Toombs--------
Ware_________
Wayne----------
26,100
15,600 6,700 9,600 2,000 4,600 4,900 16,900 1,800 11,800 8,100 2,300 16,500 39,300 34,800 14,600 21,000
23,500
16,200 7,400 10,100 2,200
5,100 5,200 17,200
2,000 11,800
8,400 2,500 15,200 35,400 36,500 14,300 21,000
27,400 16,800 7,500
9,900 2,100
5,000 5,300 17,300 2,100 11,700 8,500 2,400 14,400 34,600 35,100 14,100 20,800
1,800
2,200 1,400 1,000
600
1,000 2,900
600
600 600 600 500 2,700 2,000 1,500 1,800 1,300
1,000 1,500 1,100
900 600 900 2,400 500 700
600 500 500
2,300 1,400 1,200 1,500 1,100
1,100 1,200 1,100
800 500
900 2,200
500 600 600 500 500 2,100
1,500 1,400 1,400 1,200
District TotalState Total
- 236,600 234,000 235,000 -- 3,975,000 3,895,000 3,817,000
23,100 783,000
18,700 518,000
18,100 540,000
WHEAT AND OATS
WHEAT
OATS
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage
Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested
1924
1925
1926
1924
1925
1926
Northwestern Counties 1 Bartow........ ..... Catoosa..........
Ohatooga_____ Dade---------------Floyd--------------Gordon-----------
Murray-----------Paulding........... Polk......................
Walker........... .. Whitfield______
670
970
1,600
600
2,550
2,295
210
315
360
100
350
275
110
370
200
250
700
615
160
260
265
250
400
345
200
365
435
900
2,300
2,415
670
1,200
1,800
250
1,400
1,400
820
1,190
1,380
150
200
240
385
580
910
700
1,900
1,995
920
1,325
2,280
1,050
1,600
1,760
465
1,160
965
450
1,900
1,995
300
425
495
300
950
970
District Total-
4,910
8,160
10,690
5,000
14,250
14,305
63
WHEAT AND OATS
WHEAT
OATS
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage
Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested
1924
1925
1926
.1924
1925
1926
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow___________ Cherokee________ Clarke___________ Cobb_____________ Dawson_____ ____ DeKalb____ _____ Fannin__________
Forsyth.._______ Fulton____ _____ Gilmer___________
Gwinnett___ .-Hall________ _____ Jackson.................... Lumpkin................. Milton___________ Oconee___________ Pickens..................... Towns___________ Union____________ Walton......................
White.........................
1,900 995 800
980 500
650 135 2,065
50 60 3,005 2,240 1,970
200 450 2,065 305 1,995 775 4,335 155
2,145 1,245 1,120 1,200
760 990 250 2,585
70 95 3,750
2,910 3,455
270 555 2,580 460 2,795 1,290 5,235 235
2,200 1,620 1,280 1,500
790 1,200
250 2,330
90 150 5,000 4,030 3,400 285 670 2,990 530 3,330 1,300 5,100 220
2,450 750
1,600 1,200
100 1,600
100 800 300
100 1,000 1,600 4,200
150 400
2,700 200 150 200
4,300 250
4,150 1,300 3,500 3,600
150 2,100
100 950 500 150 4,250 3,600 5,800
150 750 4,000 400 200 200 8,450 500
4,650 1,390 5,260
3,845 225
2,570 155
1,510 695 220
4,955 3,845 8,565
230 1,110 5,180
655 310 290 11,860 730
District Total................ 25,630
33,995
38,265
24,150
44,800
58,250
Northeastern Counties:
3 Banks______________ Elbert____________ . Franklin___________
Habersham-..............
Hart______ ____ ____ Lincoln____________ Madison--..............
Oglethorpe______ . Rabun........................... Stephens___ _____
Wilkes______ _____
890 1,775 3,090
365 2,685
325 3,965 3,480
30 750
1,470
1,090 1,750 3,250
700 2,700
455 4,200
4,315 70
850 2,200
1,000 2,200 3,250
650
3,000 540
5,200 3,900
60
940 2,140
1,500 5,200 6,800
500 6,500 4,300 6,800 3,700
50
1,750 4,200
3,100 5,200 9,800
550 8,000 6,000 7,800 5,700
100
2,750 8,500
2,795
7,785 12,135
890 11,700 8,820 11,675 7,525
80 3,005 10,970
District Total________ 18,825
21,580
22,880
41,300
57,500
77,380
Western Counties: 4 Campbell__________
Carroll_____________
Chattahoochee____ Clayton------------------Coweta-- ................. Douglas____________ Fayette_____________ Haralson......................
Harris----------- ------Heard---------------------Henry---------------------Lamar---------------------Macon............................ Marion..........................
Meriwether------------Muscogee__________ Pike________________ Schley____ _______ Spalding_____ ______ Talbot--........ ......... Taylor---------------------
Troup---------------------Upson____ _________
65 850
595 530 330 270 210
20 185 1,850 585
20 25 620 30 710 25 1,175 120 125 80 230
120 850 410
605 555 380 320 250
25 200 2,600
735 30 35 810 30
1,140 25
1,700 165
175 225
525
130 760 420 790 690 475 350 265
30
360 3,420 1,020
35 40 810 40 1,800 30 2,400 185
195 250
550
650 3,050
50 900 2,300 450 800 600 900 850 1,500 850 2,000 1,700 2,600 350 1,450 350 1,700 750
850 900
1,200
1,400 5,250
100 1,550 4,850
950 1,250 1,900
2,350 2,100 5,050 2,450 3,400 1,900 7,100
500 4,250 1,100 4,650
1,750 2,450 2,450
2,650
1,370 5,305
115 1,955 5,770 1,110
1,465 1,6702,185 2,060 6,260 2,915 4,385 1,975 8,660
495
4,295 1,190
6,565 1,875 2,840 2,965 3,205
District Total
8,650
11,910
15,045
26,750
61,400
70,630
64
WHEAT AND OATS
WHEAT
OATS
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage
Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested
1924
1925
1926
1924
1925
1926
Central Counties: 5 Baldwin............ . Bibb.......................
Bleckley--------------Butts-------------------
Crawford-----------Dodge__________ Greene..................... Hancock.............. Houston________ Jasper.............. ........ Johnson............
Jones............... ........ Laurens_________ Monroe---------------Montgomery____ Morgan--------------Newton_________ Peach ..................... Pulaski.................... Putnam_________
Rockdale________ Taliaferro----------Treutlen-------------
Twiggs---------------Washington------Wheeler ________
Wilkinson_______
190 40 65 1,335 325 100 665 295 210 755 210
35 690 440
200 575 1,230 190 65 200 970 180 160 155 655 260 115
300 55 90 1,200 450 150 775 405 295 900 220 50 650 605 275 795 1,460 265 90 275 1,340 250 225 220 895 360 160
310 65
110 1,440
520 175 930 475 330
1,180 270 55 850 695 320
1,065 1,680
280 95
390 1,540
295 265 230 905 425
170
750 1,300 1,450 1,600
350 1,550
700 1,000 1,800
600 800 600 6,400
1,350 2,050 2,150 1,600 1,950 1,300
800 1,050
700 700
600 3,150 3,100
400
1,500
1,550 1,600 3,000
600 2,600 1,550 1,900
3,400 2,250 1,350 1,450 7,300 2,250 2,600 3,900 3,650 3,300 2,500
1,900 2,400 1,600 1,400 1,050 3,500 3,700
1,050
2,115 2,290 2,395 3,840
890 2,835 2,980 2,375 4,490 2,995 1,055 1,405 7,020 3,395 4,030 6,955 4,105 3,830 2,425 2,360 2,450 1,630 2,620 1,135
7,000 4,025 1,400
District Total................ 10,310
12,755
15,065
39,800
64,850
84,045
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch.................... Burke................. ............ Candler......................... Columbia................... Effingham-------------Emanuel............ .-. Glascock___ ______ Jefferson___________ Jenkins____________ McDuffie...................... Richmond................... Screven..................... Warren...........................
445 265
90 100 180 215 1,045 ISO 160 355
10 130
580 330 335 130 125 225 410 1,245
250 210 460
30 165
660 560
325 160 135 250
450 1,380
290 235 515
30
240
9,100 4,100 3,400 2,100 1,500 3,450
550 3,700 2,350 1,800 2,200 4,500
700
9,300
4,800 3,000
3,000 1,850 2,900
700 4,500
2,300 1,700 3,400 5,500
850
10,230 4,840 3,630 3,750 2,200 2,900
825 6,300 3,175 2,585 3,230
5,335 1,055
District Total................ 3,175
4,495
5,230
39,450
43,800
50,055
Southwestern Counties:
7 Baker------------------- -
20
650
1,200
1,450
Calhoun.----------------
15
20
25
750
1,400
1,260
Clay--...........................
40
700
1,000
1,300
Decatur........................
15
1,760
2,200
2,490
Dougherty------ -------
10
15
15
1,650
2,000
1,760
Early............................
100
125
135
900
2,600
3,250
Grady............................
10
1,000
1,300
1,870
Lee........................ ..........
5
10
10
2,850
3,000
2,850
Wilier..............................
15
600
1,700
2,465
Mitchell........................
5
10
10
1,800
2,400
2,160
Quitman......................
15
150
300
450
Randolph....................
20
35
40
1,400
2,100
1,850
Seminole. ...................
180
200
1.400
1,400
1,750
Stewart....... .................
170
205
225
1,250
1,750
2,295
Sumter..........................
405
520
570
8,200
9,100
13,650
Terrell............................
120
250
185
3,800
4,400
5,630
Thomas........... .............
175
230
235
900
3,000
2,980
Webster........................
15
25
25
550
600
600
District Total................ 1,040
1,625
1,790
30,300
41,450
50,060
65
WHEAT AND OATS
WHEAT
OATS
Dist.
Counties
Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage
Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvested Harvestfid
1924
1925
1926
1924
1925
1926
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson...................... Ben Hill-- _...........
Berrien.......................... Brooks........................... Clinch........................... Ooflee.............................
Colquitt___ ________ Cook...............................
Crisp.---------------------Dooly- ------------------Echols______________ Irwin..............................
Jeff Davis--............. Lanier............................
Lowndes. .................. Telfair........--...........
Tift--____ _________ Turner.......................... Wilcox.-------------------Worth _____________
10 95 10 110 10 115 25 15 105 1,015 35 10
50 10
500 265 375
15 140
15 145
15 165 35 20 140 1,090 50 20
75 15 15 660 360 475
20 140
15 160 15 200 40 25 170 1,180 50 25
85 10 15 595 380 500
1,250 1,700 2,750 2,150
350 8.300 4,100 3,100 1,900 4,700
350 4,500 1,900
800 1,000 1,750 3,000 2,000 3,100
2,900
2,000 2,300 3,000 3,500
500 8,700 6,500 3,400 2,700 5,100
400 4,850 2,000
800 1,400 2,700 3,500 3,000 4,400
3,500
2,080 2,185 3,330 2,415
500 10,300 7,760 2,175 2,945 4,295
455 6,500 2,880
870 1,875 3,050 3,325 2,670
3,915 2,590
District Total------------
2,755
3,450
3,625
51,600
64,250
66,115
Southeastern Counties:
9 Appling ...................
30
30
1,350
2,000
2,700
Bacon ... _________
15
25
25
1,000
1,350
1,960
Brantley___________
10
600
1,200
2,160
Bryan----------------------
70
85
80
700
1,200
1,680
Camden........................
10
100
100
125
Charlton___________
5
450
400
490
Chatham___________
95
110
100
450
450
540
Evans______________
45
70
65
1,250
1,450
1,755
Glynn----------------------
5
10
10
200
300
370
Liberty_____________
15
25
25
500
650
795
Long------------------- ---
20
25
25
1,200
1,200
1,465
McIntosh___ _______
50
50
60
Pierce-----------------------
1,250
1,800
2,305
Tattnall------------------
165
205
200
2,300
2,400
2,280
Toombs............. ............
130
160
145
2,500
2,300
2,875
Ware-------- -------------
125
155
125
1,350
1,350
1,270
Wayne---------------------
105
130
125
1,400
2,500
2,250
District Total..........-- State Total 76,085
790
1,030
980
16,650
20,700
25,080
99,000 113,570 275,000 413,000 495,920
WATERMELONS TOBACCO ACREAGE
Carload Shipments of Watermelons 1925--26
1924--26--26
Dist.
Counties
Oars 1925
Cars 1926
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
.Acres ' 1926
Northwestern Counties: 1 Chatooga.....................................................
23
29
District Total................................................
23
29
Northern Counties
2 Barrow...................................................
1
7
Jackson................................................
2
District Total.........................................
19
66
Dist.
Counties
Western Counties: 4 Campbell_____ ______ Clayton-------------------Coweta--------------------Fayette_____________
Harris_______________ Henry-------------- --------Macon----------------------Marion---------------------Meriwether---------------
Pike-------------------------Schley----------------------Spalding--..............
Talbot---------------------Taylor----------------------Troup-----------------------
District Total--------------
Central Counties: 5 Baldwin____________
Bibb-------------------------Bleckley_____________
Crawford-----------------Dodge----------------------Greene----------------------
Houston------------------Johnson...........-......... Jones-----------------------Laurens________ ____ Monroe______ ____ -- Montgomery-------------
Peach----------------------Pulaski_____________ Taliaferro----------------Treutlen-----------------Twiggs--------------------Washington________
Wheeler ____________ Wilkinson-----------------
District Total-------------
Eastern Counties 6 Bulloch-------------------Burke-----------------------
Candler-------------------Columbia----------------Effingham__________ Emanuel____________ Glascock-----------------Jefferson______ ____ _
Jenkins..................... McDuffie-----------------Richmond__________ Screven_____________ Warren---------------------
District Total-------------
WATERMELONS
TOBACCO ACREAGE
Carload Shipments of Watermelons 1926--26
1924--26--26
Cars 1925
Cars 1926
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
30
14 5 79 196 116 5
636 1 1
67
1,150
72 174
13 76
6 113 250 NO 25
1 746
9
77 2
1,754
229
330
227
210
7
26
112
39
116
301
1
1,612
646
3
285
354
194
460
30
75
800
200
2
"2
300
250
150
534
73
50
4
35
175
30
9
39.
100
5
10
13
41
75
250
250
337
571
3,222
3,611
410
1,690
630
330
338
30
350
240
2
12
12
47
127
450
1,150
690
61
44
26
42
15
25
10
2
8
75
300
180
9
25
25
15
15
19
20
25
225
40
74
26
53
98
30
113
133
35
200
30
9
12
745
910
645
2,307
1,190
67
Dist.
Counties
Southwestern Counties: 7 BaUef---------------------Calhoun-----------------
Decatur-----------------Dougherty--------------
Early.............................. Grady---------------------Lee--------------------------Miller--------- -----------Mitchell-----------------Randolph---------------
Seminole___________ Stewart------------------Sumter..-----------------
Terrell--------------------Thomas........................ Webster-------- ------- -
District Total------------
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson-.................
Ben Hill-----------------Berrien_____________
Brooks------------------Clinch_____________ Coffee-------------------Colauitt---------------Cook----------------------
Crisp---------------------Dooly---------------------Echols-----------------Irwin---------------------Jeff Davis---------------
Lanier--------------------Lowndes___________ Telfair--------------------
Tift________________ Turner------------------Wilcox--------------------
Worth--------------------
District Total-----------
Southeastern Counties:
9 Appling----------------Bacon......................... Brantley............... .. Bryan......................... Camden----------------Charlton.................... Chatham...................
Evans--------------------Liberty-----------------Long----------------------Pierce---------------------
Tattnall----------------Toombs-----------------Ware-----------------------Wayne_____________
District Total............. . All Other Counties.. State Total---------------
WATERMELONS Carload Shipments of Watermelons 1925--26
Cars 1925
Cars 1926
TOBACCO ACREAGE 1924--25--26
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
633 5
258 65
248 33 6
402 115 1,191
1
- 2.957
1 56 19 348 143
387 29 26
502 228 2,081 20
3,840
10 10 1,400
5 1,000
1,600
10 10 5 300
4,350
300 25
1,500 150 250
1,500 300 300
3,000 35 100 10 200 150
1,200
9,020
60 10 1,500 20 75 1,300 20 150 2,100 10 50 10 50 50 1,320
6,725
38 14 154 1,558
40 1,343
362 107 524
6 64
317 145 527 317 101 409
6,026
38 21 84 2,349
51 2,175
368 183 1,083
3 130
10
567 143 575 178 145 510
8,613
700 100 3,500 1,000 30 3,400 950 2,000
135 75 600 1,900 800 2,900 50 950 10 125 300
19,525
1,100 800
5,000 2,300
350 5,300 2,500 2,500
200 150 900 3,200 950 3,700 100 1,800
10 200 550
31,610
900 625 4,250 1,650 200 4,000 1,600 1,900
100 650 2,400 820 2,950
50 1,500
10 120 450
24,175
24 12 47
i 13 191
124 1 1
414 14,538
8 6 2 51
15 227
93
1 403 19,169
2,500 1,300 1,600
95 405
275 30 85 3,900 2,500 600 950 300
14,540 300
39,770
3,100 2,200 2,300
350 250 450
600 50 300
5,000 3,600 2,200 1,500
500
22,400 300
67,327
2,900 2,000 1,900
100 100 400
500 50 250
4,500 3,250 1,600 1,000
330
18,880 300
51,900
68
PEANUTS
Peanuts Grown Alone.
Peanuts grown alone Acres Acres Acres
Dist. Counties
1924 1925 1926
NorthwestemCounties:
1 Bartow-------------- 550 530
50
Catoosa------------- 10
10
10
Chatooga.......... 300 100
80
Dade----------------- 20
10
10
Floyd----------------- 150
80
70
Gordon------------- 50
30
20
Murray________ 10
10
10
Paulding----------- 450 500
50
Polk____________ 50
20
30
Walker-...........
30
10
10
Whitfield_______ 10
10
10
District Total------ 1,630 1,310 350
Northern Counties:
2 Barrow.......... .... 650 550 100
Cherokee----------- 50
50
30
Clarke--------------- 300 350
20
Cohb.____ ______ 700 490 200
Dawson________ 10 DeKalb________ 210
n1o0
20 30
Fannin-------------- 20
10
10
Forsyth________ 50
40
40
Fulton-------------- 80
70
60
Gilmer........... -- 10
10
10
Gwinnett------- - 450 140
40
Hall____________ 180 230 140
Jackson.......... - - 1,270 160
20
Lumpkin_______ 10
10
10
Milton--............ 20
10
10
Oconee .......... -- 1,250 240 300
Pickens............ .
10
10
10
Union__________ 10
10
10
Walton................. 2,200 760
70
White---------------- 10
10
10
District Total------ 7,490
Northeastern Counties
3 Banks..................... 100
Elbert---------------- 1,000
Franklin_______ 50
Habersham.___ 10
Hart........................ 30
Lincoln........... . . 150
Madison-.. -- 550
Ogethorpe___ 1,510
Rabun............. .
10
Stephens.............. 30
Wilkes.................... 1,120
3,270
30 150 30
10 30 120 110 780 10 10 600
1,140
10 20 30 10 20 20 10 70 10 10 70
Dist.
Counties
Peanuts grown alone
Acres Acres Acres 1924 1960 1926
Taylor.......... - 1,420 1,400
800
.. no Troup------------- .. 800 390 100
Upson------------
-JiL-- 100
District Total...--35,540 22,520 5,890
Central Counties:
5 Baldwin______ - 7,850
Bibb.................... .. 500 Bleckley--------- .. 2,000
Butts.................. - 600 Crawford......... .. 250 Dodge ----------- .. 3,000
Greene............... .. 4,200
Hancock-------- .. 1,650 Houston------- .. 3,350
Jasper------------ ..13,700
Johnson -- .. 1,000 Jones ----------- .. 860 Laurens______ .. 4,200 Monroe----------- 1,250
Montgomery., .. 600 Morgan---------- .. 8,600 Newton......... . .. 4,200
Peach------------- .. 400 Pulaski---------- .. 6,600
Putnam............ - 2,700
Rockdale.......... .. 400
Taliaferro____ .. 400
Treutlen......... .. 230
Twiggs............ -- 1,200 Washington--... 8,000 Wheeler---------- - 1,400
Wilkinson........ ,, 1,800
3,380 500
1,800 250 220
1,500 550
1,260 2,150 12,340
210 420 4,300 150 600 6,500 2,700 300
2,580 1,730
200 260 250 800 5,300 910 1,440
1,000 400 600 50 200
1,7Q0
160 400 1,720 980 200 210 2,400
30 300 850 400 240 650 210
50 30 180 440 800 540 790
District Total----80,940
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch---------- - 2,750 Burke------------- .. 2,150 Candler______ .. 3,500 Columbia------- .. 550 Effingham-- .. 550 Emanuel........... .. 730 Glascock_____ .. 420 Jefferson.......... .. 8,600 Jenkins............ .. 500 McDuffie-------- - 180 Richmond .. - 1,800 Screven.............. - 280 Warren............. .. 720
52,600
3,500 1,460 2,380
310 280 580 240 1,550 130 130 1,150 280 130
15,530
3,200 440 360 100 350 350 110 390 20 20 350 250 30
District Total------ 4,560 1,880 280
Western Counties:
4 Campbell____ - 1,150 1,050 100
Carroll ............... 150
60
70
Chattahoochee^ 140 110 .100
Clayton ............... 1,220 1,050 150
Coweta.................. 11,700 9,500 900
Douglas-............... 100 100
30
Fayette---------- . 1,600 960 120
Haralson.............. 40
60
30
Harris..................... 500 600 200
Heard..................... 300 340
70
Henry..................... 2,300 300
80
Lamar.................... 6,600 800 300
Macon.................... 1,200 1,280 700
Marion................... 1,200 1,500 900
Meriwether......... 2,800 1,600 320
Muscogee............. 150 190 140
Pike......................... 410 300
90
Schley.--............. 200 400 240
Spalding............ .. 900 130 130
Talbot................... 550 280 220
District Total-- -22,730
Southwestern Counties: 7 Baker................. -11,800 Calhoun........... ..14,800 Olay.................... -14,100 Decatur............ -. 9,900 Dougherty--- - 7,800 Early................... -22,600 Grady................ -13,000
Lee....................... -23,800 Miller.................. -10,200 Mitchell............ -23,700 Quitman........... - 2,200 Randolph........ -10,400
Seminole........... - 7,700 Stewart............. - 6,900 Sumter............... - 4,300 Terrell................ -14,300
Thomas............. -13,600
Webster............. - 6,100
12,120
9,400 14,000 14,500 9,800 4,800 18,500 14,000 18,500 9,200 18,500 2,200 3,600 10,000 6,900 5,400 10,700 14,200 6,700
5,970
7,500 9,000 10,200 5,900 3,300 16,670 14,100 15,200 8,300 19,500 1,300 3,800 7,500 4,100 3,200 9,100 13,000 6,000
District Total-.-217,200 190,900 157,670
69
PEANUTS Peanuts Grown Alone.
Dist.
Counties
Peanuts grown alone Acres Acres Acrhs 1924 1925 1926
Southern Counties:
8 Atkinson------------ 1,450 2,170 1,400 Ben Hill--......... 1,450 1,600 950 Berrien--------------- 3,200 2,250 1,350 Brooks----------------12,100 7,300 6,000 Clinch---------------- 300 300 200 Coffee----------------- 3,700 4,100 2,800
Colauitt------------- 9,100 7,300 4,700 Cook------------------- 6,400 5,900 2,400
Crisp-------------------19,100 15,700 11,500 Dooly-------- ------- 21,600 23,800 9,000 Echols----------------- 2,200 2,200 700 Irwin------------------ 5,500 5,000 4,000 Jeff Davis_______ 400 400 400
Lanier---------------- 2,200 1,800 1,620 Lowndes.......... 9,600 9,800 5,100 Telfair.......... . 1,200 1,200 420
Tift--------------------- 5,600 7,000 2,100 Turner---------------- 13,700 13,600 8,100 Wilcox----------------- 7,000 7,500 5,200 Worth----------------- 20,200 14,500 15,200
District Total....146,000 133,420 83,140
Peanuts grown alone
Dist.
Counties
Acres Acres Acres 1924 1925 1926
Southeastern Counttiieess:
9 Appling.. Bacon-- Brantley. Bryan___ Camden..
Charlton. Chatham Evans___ Glynn--
LibertyLong____
McIntosh Pierce___ Tattnall-
Toombs..
- 560 - 1,000 ~ 840 - 600 - 10 - 250 - 30 - 230
- 40 -- 50
- 250 - 60 -- 3,200 - 400 - 400
390 750 740 460
10 210 20 180 40 40 200 50 4,000 320 440
250 370 590 140
10 200
20 150 10 40 180 50 3,000 350 390
- 540
540
170
-- 450
430
110
.. 8,910 8,820 6,030 .525,000 426,840 276,000
Dist.
Counties
Northwestern Counties: 1 Bartow.......... ............... Catoosa........................ Chatooga-.................. Dade............................. Floyd.............. .............. Gordon........................
Murray........ ................ Paulding___________ Polk____ ___________ Walker_____________
Whitfield-........ ............
District Total--.
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow------------
Cherokee............ Clarke_________ Cobb__________ Dawson_______
DeKalb-----------Fannin.............. .
Forsyth............... Fulton................. Gilmer-------------
Gwinnett........... Hall____ ______ Jackson_______
Lumpkin______ Milton_________
Oconee------------Pickens_______ Towns-------------Union...................
Walton------------White....................
District Total.
POTATOES
IRISH POTATOES
Acres Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
380 170 245 225 300 140 155 205 180 320 245
2,565
290 100 125 180 240 130 115 160 160 340 200
2,040
310 no 135 195 255 125 115 175 170 335 210
2,135
115 235 80 390 170 255 710 255 170 425 250 465 145 330 70 75 120 245 440 95 155
5,195
110 240 90 400 150 360 780 200 150 425 260 410 175 340 70 75 170 240 420 95 155
5,315
105 235 90 405 145 350 775 190 155 410 245 405 180 335
65 70 165 235 415 90 145
5,210
SWEET POTATOES
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
230 450 320 80 380 170 160 510 180 700 290
3,470
200 400 350 80 420 160' 150 405 210 725 250
3,350
175 365 360 75 385 170 145 325 180 690 220
3,090
260 540 440 1,500 100 720 230 270 480 220 575 450 400 110 150 150 120 140 210 630 90
7,785
190 450 400 1,600
90 900 200 230 500 200 300 520 290 110
90 90 100 110 180 540 80
7,170
190 375 360 1,360 80 780 195 230 500 190 290 460 300 105 85 13d 115 125 190 675 60
6.800
70
POTATOES
Dist.
Counties
IRISH POTATOES
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
Northeastern Counties:
3 Banks----------------------
150
130
135
Elbert----------------------
100
70
80
Franklin .. --------
85
85
90
Habersham-----------
305
250
260
Hart------------------------
40
40
45
Lincoln----------- --
115
100
105
Madison____ _______
100
80
80
Oglethorpe________
100
50
60
Rabun_____________
435
350
355
Stephens... -----------
no
70
75
Wilkes______________
145
125
135
District Total------------
1.685
1,350
1,420
Western Counties:
4 Campbell___ ____
55
35
40
Carroll---------------------
130
65
80
Chattahoochee____
20
15
20
Clayton-------------------
65
40
55
Coweta--------- --------
65
60
70
Douglas-----------------
55
30
40
Fayette -------------
40
30
35
Haralson.......... ............
65
50
60
Harris_____________
55
25
35
Heard..........................
40
30
40
Henry_____________
55
40
50
Lamar_____________
15
20
20
Macon______________
45
15
25
Marion--------------------
30
10
15
Meriwether... ____
90
80
95
Muscogee......... ............
50
20
25
Pike-----------------------
50
30
40
Schley............ .............
15
15
15
Spalding__________
45
30
40
Talbot______________
20
15
20
Taylor______________
45
30
35
Troup----------------------
55
55
60
Upson----------------------
45
20
30
District Total--____
1,150
760
945
Central Counties:
5 Baldwin____________
25
20
20
Bibb______ __________
80
70
80
Bleckley------ ------- .
20
15
20
Butts.............. ......... .
10
15
15
Crawford-----------------
10
5
10
Dodge______________
35
30
40
Greene- ___________
60
45
55
Hancock.......................
15
15
20
Houston___________
15
10
15
Jasper................ ............
15
10
15
Johnson___________
10
10
10
Jones_______ ________
30
5
15
Laurens-------------------
100
80
90
Monroe--------------------
15
15
20
Montgomery_______
5
5
10
Morgan---------- ---------
30
25
30
Newton-------------------
20
30
30
Peach...........................
10
10
10
Pulaski_____________
35
30
35
Putnam-------- ----------
15
10
15
Rockdale......................
10
20
20
Taliaferro_____ _____
15
15
20
Treutlen............... ........
20
25
30
Twiggs-................. ..
25
15
20
Washington________
30
25
30
Wheeler-------------------
10
10
15
Wilkinson_______ ._
5
5
5
District Total
670
570
695
SWEET POTATOES
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
130 610 360 230 260 370 310 350 2l0 170 700
3,730
100 630 410 230 300 320 190 270 230 x 160 670
3,500
130 600 355 240 225 290 155 270 195 130 535
3,125
720 770 160 1,200 730 290 370 240 980 390 460 270 410 660 700 390 175 210 310 390 190 710 300
11,025
780 830 170 1,600 840 330 420 340 1,040 330 690 130 270 550 900 610 250 220 390 540 220 560 340
12,350
665 750 165 1,395 840 315 410 305 1,015 330 670 155 340 600 1,140 525 220 200 345 485 215 590 315
11,990
620 990 570 270 210 1,130 490 860 500 280 480 400 2,320 350 400 280 500 230 530 290 180 280 430 640 1,150 550 360
15,290
680 1,100
660 450 240 1,470 320 800 570 380 550 420 2,450 410 660 320 630 260 650 330 180 250 550 670 980 630 360
16,970
755 1,265
725 360 215 1,530 330 800 540 360 530 525 2,255 410 695 290 580 255 635 315 200 240 605 615 880 725 415
17,050
71
Dist.
Counties
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch-------- --------Burke------------------ Candler____________ Columbia.. . ... Effingham-------------Emanuel__________ Glascock__________ Jefferson___________ Jenkins_______ _____ McDuffie,-- ...............
Richmond--------------Screven_____________ Warren..........................
District Total------------
Southwestern Counties; 7 Baker---------------------Calhoun___________
Clay------------------------Decatur.____________
Dougherty-------------Early------------------------
Grady---------------------Lee . ---------------------Miller----------------------Mitchell____________
Quitman___________ Randolph---------------
Seminole___________ Stewart____________ Sumter__________ .. Terrell---------- ----------
Thomas- __________ Webster-------------------
District Total------------
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson___________ Ben Hill-----------------Berrien-------------------Brooks....... ................... Clinch_____________
Coffee---------------------Colauitt___________ Cook.. ____________ Crisp_______________
Dooly---------------------Echols_____________ Irwin-----------------------
Jeff Davis-------------Lanier----------------------
Lowndes___ _____ Telfair_____________ Tift_________________ Turner____________ Wilcox______________ Worth______ _______
District Total----------
POTATOES
IRISH POTATOES
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
330 145 190 90 1,585 150 35 70 180 50 270 165 95
3,355
230 50
140 60
1,130 60 25 50 100 50
195 160
50
2,300
280 75 175 85
1,440 80 30 70 130 55
235 170
85
2,910
5
5
5
10
5
10
5
5
5
40
30
35
20
20
30
10
10
10
95
50
70
60
15
25
5
5
10
10
10
15
30
20
25
10
10
15
15
10
15
5
5
5
85
50
75
15
15
20
240
130
155
5
5
5
665
400
530
40
20
25
105
30
50
20
30
35
255
175
190
25
10
15
70
35
45
135
75
90
35
15
20
50
30
35
35
25
30
20
20
25
45
20
30
35
25
30
5
5
5
145
100
120
20
10
15
60
40
45
25
10
15
55
25
35
25
20
25
1,205
720
880
SWEET POTATOES
Acres 1924
Acres 1925
Acres 1926
1,450 650 420 570
1,640 1,540
180 960 490 450 980 920 380
10,630
1,810 570 480 590
1,750 1,850
160 860 380 340 930 830 320
10,870
2,045 700 555 710
1,645 1,480
120 730 330 230 940 790 235
10,510
220 190 200 1,440 600 620 2,210 490 560 1,100 300 400 490 330 740 470 2,710 220
13,290
220 170 230 1,300 510 730 1,470 280 510 1,890 270 410 440 430 750 400 2,710 190
12,910
240 205 240 1,365 560 625 1,660 310 460 2,060 270 280 395 355 890 380 2,575 240
13,110
570 730 910 3,060 400 1,800 2,210 920 810 1,270 170 1,830 420 590 1,430 840 1,080 700 990 1,400
22,130
730 860 1,180 3,800 420 2,200 2,650 1,100 730 1,820 200 2,090 470 590 1,640 1,100 1,400 900 1,180 1,600
26,660
745 865 1,120 4,080 425 2,155 2,600 1,120 840 1,765 220 2,065 480 560 1,800 1,120 1,470 675 1,205 1,520
26,830
72
Dist.
Counties
POTATOES
IRISH POTATOES
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
SWEET POTATOES
Acres
Acres
Acres
1924
1925
1926
Southeastern Counties: 9 Appling......................... Bacon............................. Brantley........... -.......... Bryan................. ............ Camden........................ Charlton.......... ............ Chatham......................
Evans................... .......... Glynn-------- -------------
Liberty-------- -----------Long------------- ----------
McIntosh----------------Pierce-- ...........-- Tattnall--------- ---------
Toombs.-..................... Ware-----------------------Wayne______________
95 55 70
310 55 45
1,740 65 175
130 50 25
145 165 125 100 150
District Total________ State Total.....................
3,500 20,000
40 50 70 300 65 15 1,650 70 300 130 60 20 150 165 130 100 240
3,545 17,000
70 50 75 365 70 25 2,065 75 355 150 75 25 165 175 145 115 275
4,275 19,000
1,360 800 530 450 440 340 550 500 450 310 340 260
1,330 1,070 1,310
940 1,670
12,650 100,000
2,000 1,120
540 730 470 420 800 700 610 330 450 360 1,350 1,220 1,940 1,180 2,000
16,220 110,000
2,100 1,300
605 720 505 450 865 755 660 355 485 390 1,460 1,315 2,095 1,275 2,160
17,495 110,000
NUMBERS OF APPLE, PEACH AND PECAN TREES , JAN. 1 . 1925,
Dist.
Counties
APPLE TREES
January 1. 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
PEACH TREES
January 1. 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
PECAN TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
Northwestern Counties: 1 Bartow........................... Catoosa.................. Chatooga_______ .. Dade.____ __________ Floyd_______________
Gordon_____________ Murray------ --------------
Paulding----------------Polk.................................
Walker-------- -----------Whitfield................ .
12,298 12,072 17,088 12,904 22,894
40,239 15,015 16,724
13,950 47,336 22,574
4,947 9,663 17,340
3,850 18,071
5,661 11,509 3,849 4,897
22,881 7,918
40,000 20,600
59,200 17,300 39,700 45,800 10,800 19,500 11,400 61,900
34,600
60,300 13,800 48,500
4,300 32,400 34,600
5,600 2,600 3,800 41,300
31,800
345 34
1,216
602 145 44 114 208 128
90
563 42
1,393
574 186 156 192 123 266 556
District Total------------
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow---------------- Cherokee.................. .. Clarke............ -.............. Cobb......... ...................... Dawson......................... DeKalb_____________ Fannin.............. ............ Forsyth... _______ Fulton_____________ Gilmer.--_________ Gwinnett_________ Hall...............--............ Jackson......................... Lumpkin----------------Milton.......... ................ Oconee.......................... Pickens- __________ Towns_______ _______ Union_________ _____ Walton_____________ White..............................
233,094
6,650 34,849 3,879 29,653 11,189 24,285 51,505 16,741 8,087 102,385 36,571 35,269 12,070 13,362 16,202 3,343 17,057 15,564 31,078 9,076 26,416
110,586
1,494 23,054
1,938 7,496 2,193 7,444 35,250 4,183 3,485 33,279 10,149 23,094 2,995 3,774 8,015 4,587 10,185 6,721 8,053 11,047 22,943
360,800
7,500 73,800 10,100 41,900
5,400 31,600 11,100 16,300
8,400 5,600 19,700 29,500 69,500 3,300 6,600 24,800 9,900 2,200 6,000 29,000 6,400
279,000
21,300 18,400 15,200 14,800
2,000 6,900 3,800 3,100 5,200 3,000 23,200 7,400 69,600
800 11,600 8,200 5,300
800 2,700 11,800 3,400
2,926
400 69
2,546 564 26
3,300
60 293
1,236 125
1,509
43 631
27 15
2,275 21
4,051
905 85
8,795 662 69 458
137 457
1,047 917 942
101 446
n 39
1,851 12
District Total------------ 505,231 231,379 418,600 238,500
13,140
16,934
73
NUMBERS OF APPLE, PEACH AND PECAN TREES, JAN. 1, 1926.
ist.
Counties
APPLE TREES
January 1.1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
ortheastem Countries: 3 Banks.............................
Elbert............................ Franklin....................... Habersham____ . Hart.......... ...................... Lincoln........................ Madison........................
Oglethorpe................. Rabun......... .................. Stephens...... ................ Wilkes.............................
13,222 8,739
17,516 293,938
10,552 5,420 7,663 6,832 36,333
16,698 5,276
14,210
4,414 7,380 157,837 4,403
1,407 3,479
3,458 15,245 7,959 3,099
PEACH TREES
January 1. 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
13,200 22,300 18,200 167,700 13,000 16,100
14,700 8,100
1,500 11,100 14,700
11,700 7,400 4,600 50,100 5,300 2,600 3,700 12,100 200 3,700
5,000
PECAN TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
43 715 1,574
13 1,588
361 442 697
327 3,938
124 1,434
356 112 4,243 439 350 650
337 1,180
District Total................ 422,189
222,891
300,600
106,400
9,698
9,225
estem Counties: 4 Campbell....... ..............
Carroll.......................... Chattahoochee......... Clayton.........................
Coweta.......................... Douglas........................ Fayette.......................... Haralson..................... Harris_______ _______ Heard_____ _________ Henry.............................
Lamar............................ Macon............................
Marion........................... Meriwether................ Muscogee-.................... Pike................................ Schley............................ Spalding.......................
Talbot................. .......... Taylor............................ Troup............................. Upson______________
10,578 33,949
239 8,695 9,922 11,814 19,646 45,125 3,092 12,207 4,776
835 417
12,942 45
4,095 20
4,811 1,929
452 6,125 2,901
3,598 12,724
160 6,029 16,594 7,044 3,269 12,307 1,685 5,065 1,615 1,646
899
17,438 80
4,512 40
10,772 8,516
260 3,839 4,603
14,700 36,000
1,300
17,600 103,100
11,800 18,000 14,200 22,800 27,500 38,600 20,400 1,376,700
16,100 401,500
1,800
188,500 40,500 106,300 108,500
263,500 23,100 406,100
5,700 36,100
300 11,800
229,600 2,300 35,100 15,900 12,400 9,600 57,900 22,100
446,800
10,800 141,000
1,900
110,700 10,100 98,000
137,000 113,000 73,000 332,300
281
1,046 870 480
2,100 230 230 183
1,869
167
518 13,026
21,432 1,676 3,524 1,406 1,656 150 1,825 1,922 847
1,752 3,461
653 2,053
1,174 4,208 7,876
54 551 471
5,137 1,269
310 19,975 35,458
5,122 20,816
1,020 24,854
1,868 6,816 2,230
2,868 9,421
20,906
District Total............ ~
mtral Counties: 5 Baldwin...............
Bibb_________ ____ Bleckley__________ Butts................ ......... Crawford........... . Dodge...................... Greene-.................... Hancock.................. Houston................. Jasper................ ....... Johnson................. Jones____________ Laurens__________ Monroe..................... Montgomery_____ Morgan.......... ......... Newton................... Peach... .. ____ Pulaski---------------Putnam__________ Rockdale-- _____ Taliaferro................ Treutlen.................. Twiggs..................... Washington-........ Wheeler.................... Wilkinson------------
194,615
1,078 247 34
3,909 343 504
7,189 2,374 6,349 8,235
828 917 1,457 687
84 1,942 9,518
231 181 1,750 6,118 2,595 219 3,381 2,603 163 860
122,695 3,258,600 1,913,400
584 849 146 1,993 1,381 883
9,200 1,262 4,055 13,557
463
1,717 3,113 1,727
157 928 1,867 417 293 711
822 1,155
277
384 1,567
142 1,454
27,700 275,900
46,400 42,100 357,100
7,700 13,000 53,500
1,014,500 262,000 5,200
1,165,400 30,000 132,800 3,800
50,600 33,400 1,201,700 52,300
74,100 12,000 30,200 2,300 73,500 25,800
9,000 12,900
21,700 92,000 11,600 28,000 106,700 3,300
3,400 22,900
112,800 141,100
3,200 215,700
6,600
74,800 1,500
35,200 46,100 228,900 13,100 47,300
4,000 16,400 1,600 17,400 5,000 1,200
1,800
60,651
5,937 5,675 2,388 1,071 1,820 3,996 2,599 8,190 8,796 1,901 1,379
576 5,743 1,437 2,721 1,216 1,733 16,681 4,222 1,420
967 1,630
920 1,026 3,712 5,926 1,960
175,110
8,625 20,958
6,787 2,869 3,136 59,374 1,026 7,700 25,464 10,085 2,180 8,746 13,440 3,025 9,325 1,905 1,195 15,881 38,256 3,186
389 1,678 1,293 4,155 24,818 10,541 2,049
District Total.
63,796
51,104 5.014,900 1,263,300
95,642
288,086
NUMBERS OP APPLE, PEACH AND PECAN TREES, JAN. 1, 1925.
Dist.
Counties
APPLE TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
PEACH TREES
January 1. 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
PECAN TREES
January 1,1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
Eastern Counties: Bulloch----------------
Burke............... .. Candler.. ----------
Columhia________ Effingham_______ Emanuel________
Glascock_________ Jefferson________ Jenkins...................
McDuffie................ Richmond______ Screven.. ______
Warren................. .
888 1,010
540 2,907
944 2,173
996 1,957
471 1,607
757
1,396 103
1,411 748 675
1,232 632
1,370 473
1,671
726 1,841 2,935
948 20
16,500 6,000 8,500
17,000 4,400 10,100 11,500 9,800 7,600
22,000 42,900
6,000
20,700
2,600 1,600 2,100 17,500
900 5,700 23,300
800 3,300 4,200 10,700
2,600
4,900
12,277
5,326 2,090 1,630 4,645 5,491 1,732
1,778 2,303 1,131
982 4,110 14,417
12,303 7,909 4,232
5,647 4,135 12,361 3,859 3,725 4,971 5,479 3,571
5,333 9,252
District Total________ 15,749
14,682 183,000
80,200
57,912
82,777
Southwestern Counties:
7 Baker-----------------------
20
Calhoun....................
34
Clay________________
32
Decatur____________
82
Dougherty_________
16
Early...............................
83
Grady.............................
104
Lee_____ ____________
41
Miller.............. ..............
19
Mitchell_____ _______
16
Quitman____ _______
126
Randolph----------------
28
Seminole.......................
32
Stewart-------------------
279
Sumter........................
205
Terrell.................. ........
113
Thomas____________
279
Webster-------------------
306
3,700
152
1,900
52
1,000
110
5,400
10 116,300
426
6,300
767
5,700
86
27,300
110
2,300
24
1,900
142
6,800
49 132,000
47
2,300
492
25,100
461 155,700
93
38,700
687
11,700
334
9,500
2,900 300
500 1,800 62,700 3,100 2,100 3,300 2,300
600 1,200
13,100 1,000 4,000 66,700 9,700 3,300
900
1,105
7,748 1,403 12,508 477,981
1,840 21,556 47,590
1,305 34,744
657 5,533 2,585 5,601
29,310 11,890 26,297 12,280
1,905 33,374 6,493 7,543
217,975 4,037
17,719 108,812
1,482 67,524 7,528 70,737
2,392 12,169
84,916 16,614 53,406 6,496
District Total------------
1,815
4,042 553,600 179,500 701,933 721,122
Southern Counties:
8 Atkinson___________
20
10
700
300
281
1,247
Ben Hill____________
320
216
15,200
6,500
9,407
5,293
Berrien--------------------
225
469
7,600
1,400
4,455
8,569
Brooks_____________
134
1,816
8,000
1,000
7,100
6,412
Clinch_____________
9
117
500
100
1,350
1,653
Coffee.............................
169
951
15,400
5,700
2,686
8,861
Colquitt____________
534
588
36,100
9,000
8,353
15,242
Cook.____ __________
41
28
1,600
600
1,612
7,122
Crisp_______________
65
6,112
14,700
3,500
15,248
38,399
Dooly______________
517
748 141,300
2,800
12,273
19,702
Echols______________
5
102
1,500
700
893
1,533
Irwin_______________
176
529
9,900
3,300
2,328
5,101
Jeff Davis__________
71
437
2,600
800
1,767
4,077
Lanier____ _________
129
151
2,200
300
1,002
906
Lowndes___________
194
225
4,500
2,200
5,224
3,855
Telfair______________
431
437
50,000
4,700
15,246
21,778
Tift.......... ........................
47
105
9,300
4,400
5,969
7,349
Turner---------------------
263
233
5,500
300
3,726
5,131
Wilcox_____ _________
137
190
16,400
2,700
2,904
6,473
Worth................. ............
91
943
5,600
1,500
3,831
9,314
District Total 3,578
14,407 348,600
51,800 105,655 178,017
75
NUMBERS OF APPLE, PEACH AND PECAN TREES, JAN. 1, 1926
ist.
Counties
mtheastern Counties: 9 Appling-................... Bacon........................... .
Brantley..................... . Bryan.................. ... Camden.................... Charlton......................
Chatham.................... . Evans............................. Glynn.......................... .
Liberty........................ . Long................... .........
McIntosh...................
Pierce-....................... .. Tattnall. ................. . Toombs........... ............. Ware............ ................ Wayne--......................
APPLE TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
127
577
191
414
151
396
295
459
5
11
22
70
18
94
191
135
194
152
10
58
6
23
5
14
164
114
179
578
125
64
59
339
313
399
PEACH TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
. PECAN TREES
January 1, 1925
Non-
Bearing Bearing
Age
Age
7,400 6,300
6,500 2,100
500 2,800
700 4,500 1,800 1,800 5,700
700 4,500 12,900 6,400 4,500 6,400
1,700
1,100 1,100
400 200 1,500 200 1,200 500 600
1,900 200
1,600 3,500 1,000 1,600
1,600
2,783 2,083
3,227 1,174 1,615 3,743 3,273 4,812 2,911
1,138 1,298 2,415 7,443
6,195 5,257
9,778 9,163
5,664 2,289 4,484
1,410 2,054 2,588 1,871 7,822
2,141 3,522 1,811 3,591
11,021 14,349
11,776 17,895 3,691
District Total.............. .
2,055
State Total... . ... 1,442,122
3,897
75,500
19,900
68,308
97,979
775,683 10,514,200 4,132,000 1,115,865 1,573,301
PEACHES
Carload Shipments Georgia Peaches--1920--26
Dist.
Counties
Northwestern Counties: 1 Bartow........................
Chatooga_____ _____ Dade .................... .......... Floyd---------- ------------Gordon------------- ....
Polk__________________ Whitfield.--.................
Oars 1920
66 41
5 25
Cars 1921
83 64
2 4 5 54
Cars 1922
45 15
5
3
24
Cars 1923
61 48
2 4 3 18
Cars 1924
101 57
5 12 2 70
Cars 1925
123 57
8 6 3 34
Cars 1926
193 90 1 12 32 5 84
District Total--..............
137
212
Northern Counties:
2 Cherokee.........................
49
19
Cobb_______ ______--.
2
Hall.............--...............
Jackson............................
21
120
Oconee............. ..........
92
136
247
231
417
19
19
14
63
103
36
54
86
77
119
280
17
District Total---------------
70
141
96
122
113
173
383
Northeastern Counties:
Elbert............. ...................
1
Habersham ..................
128
241
251
157
408
277
623
Stephens.......... ............
21
16
22
15
District Total...................
Western Counties: 4 Clayton............................ Coweta.............................. Fayette--____ ______ Harris- _______ ... Henry................................ Lamar-----------------------Macon------------------------ . Marion............................. . Meriwether.-................ Pike............. --............. Schley--------------- -------Spalding______ ______ Talbot --...................... Taylor............................... Troup................................ Upson................................
128
47
96
1,405 10
161 70 5
24
373
166
241
169
1 3 20 1,999 38 269 134 3 2 39 506
332
251
135
3 .4
7 1,442
8 209
96 12
46 465
257
178
107
5 10 20 1,361 27 309 184 15 3 54 443
324
424
309
8
16 20 1,272 25 492 449 79 14 123 543
2 888
299
3547 6168
35 1,587
26 821 518
99 81 165 578 43 953
639
1 477
35 11 150 49 1,464 12 1,221 842 107 153 231 472 144 1,358
District Total------ -------- . 2,258 3,515 2,684
2,862 4,240 5,351 6,727
76
PEACHES Carload Shipments Georgia Peaches--1920--26
Dist.
Counties
Central Counties: 5 Baldwin--............... Bibb........ ................
Bleckley.................... . Butts.......... .................. Crawford__________
Hancock................... . Houston....... ......... . -- Jasper_____________ Jones.......... ..................
Laurens................ Monroe.............. ........... Morgan...... ......... .........
Newton..................... Peach___ __________
Pulaski_____________ Putnam____________ Twiggs......................... Wilkinson-..................
Cars 1920
140 22
26 2,262
41 585 21
11
Cars 1921
275 32
93 4,254
99 834 60
21 3
Cars 1922
223 16
44 2,945
51 645 101
5 3
Cars 1923
406 17
70 3,468
92 909 81
33 33
Cars 1924
Cars 1925
556 95
5
96 5,315
155 1,035
3 266
4
26 87'
1
455 158
24
77 4,315
296 735
3 255
25 * 1 17 81
District Total________ -
Eastern Counties: 6 Glascock___________ McDuffie___________ Eichmond_________ Warren_____________
3,108
29 1 2
5,671
19 7 4 2
4,033
4 9 9
5,109
9 10 3
7,644
5 8 9
6,442
7 7 5 8
District Total________
32
32
22
22
22
27
Southwestern Counties: 7 Dougherty--............... Grady_____ ____ ___ Lee_________________
Mitchell____________ Quitman______ ____
Randolph-................ Stewart______ _____ Sumter..____ ______ Terrell______________ Webster....... .................
6
29
5
3
1
76
200
3
17
69
120
20
33
9
13
124
77
3
3
4
5
12
1
71
82
180
172
2
23
10
63
104
320
507
5
10
47
50
20
District Total________
177
405
153
212
711
841
Southern Counties: 8 Ben Hill....................... Colauitt...................... Crisp_______ ______ Dooly........... ................. Irwin........ .....................
Lowndes............ ......... Telfair________ ____
Tift__________ ______ Wilcox............................ Worth............................
77
68
39
4 1
40
4
9
2
12
57
95
63
2
1
1
1
24
1
16
District Total...............
77
113
State Total
,, 5,987 10,330
39 7,370
60
105
125
8,701 13,506 13,504
Cars 1926
10 463 174
19 154 80 915 652 1,262 23 380 42 129 3,697
34 86
8,120
9 6 16 16
47
89
45 5
284 13
720 85 15
1,256
17 5 25 73 3 8 58
29
218 17,807
77
HORSES AND MULES
Dist.
Counties
HORSES
MULES
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1. Jan. 1.
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
hwestem Comities: Baxtow........................... Catoosa......................... Chatooga..................... Dade............................... Floyd.............................. Gordon......................... Murray.......................... Paulding...................... Polk..--........................ Walker........................... Whitfield......................
650 500 900 300
850 1,000
600 350 500 1,200 700
640 380 840 280 750 910
570 310 460 1,170 680
610 350 800 270 710 850
560 300 420 1,110 660
'4,000 1,300 2,700
700 4,100
2,900 2,100 2,300 2,900 3,100 2,100
3,810
1,290 2,640
660 4,320 2,880 2,130 2,370 3,000 3,050 2,160
3,840 1,320 2,670
680 4,420 2,930 2,120
2,390 3,050 3,120 2,180
District Total..
7,550
6,990
6,640
28,200
28,310
28,720
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow.................. Cherokee.............. Clarke.................... Cobb..................... . Dawson............... DeKalb................. Fannin................ . Forsyth............... . Fulton................. . Gilmer................... Gwinnett........... . Hall....................... Jackson................ Lumpkin............ . Milton................... Oconee.................. Pickens................. Towns.................... Union.................... Walton.................. White......................
District Total........
450 650 250 900 100 550 550 250 250 250 650 500 500 150 200 200 250 250 250 450 200
7,800
420 620 210 790
70 540 540 210 240 230 570 490 430 160 190 180 240 240 240 440 180
7,230
400 610 200 800
70 530 530 220 230 220 560 480 420 160 180 180 230 230 230 410 170
7,060
2,200 2,800 1,500 3,500
800 2,200 1,400 2,500
800 1,500 4,400 3,700 3,800
800 1,400 1,800 1,200
800 1,300 3,500
800
42,700
2,130 2,800 1,510 3,410
780 2,300 1,400 2,460
800 1,480 4,310 3,770 3,650
800 1,330 1,710 1,230
800 1,310 3,510
800
42,290
2,110 2,790 1,490 3,420
790 2,310 1,390 2,420
800 1,450 4,260 3,740 3,610
790 1,320 1,720 1,220
800 1,300 3,520
*00
42,050
Northeastern Counties: 3 Banks........................... Elbert........................... Franklin..................... Habersham............... Hart.............................. Lincoln-..................... Madison...................... Oglethorpe................ B,abun......................... Stephens.................... Wilkes...........................
District Total...........
250 450 450 400 300 200 400 500 200 400 600
4,150
220 410 440 390 240 180 380 450 200 360 530
3,800
200 380 410 370 230 170 360 430 190 340 510
3,590
1,900 3,500 3,700 1,400 3,900 1,600 3,300 3,000
600 1,700 2,900
27,500
1,740 3,220 3,620 1,430 3,700 1,600 3,340 3,030
600 1,740 2,750
26,770
1,710 3,200 3,630 1,410 3,680 1,590 3,300 3,010
600 1,720 2,750
26,600
7S
.
Counties
em Counties: Campbell...............
Carroll-------- -- ChattahoocheeClayton................... Coweta--------------Douglas.................. Fayette.............. .. Haralson................ Harris___________ Heard....................... Henry...................... Lamar...................... Macon...................... Marion....................
Meriwether........... Muscogee.............. Pike.......................... Schley..................... Spalding________
Talbot-.................... Taylor-.................. Troup...................... Upson......................
HORSES AND MULES
HORSES
MULES
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
250
240
230
1,500
1,440
1,450
950
910
890
5,500
5,540
5,550
300
90
90
500
520
520
300
260
240
1,600
1,520
1,530
450
400
380
3,400
3,430
3,470
200
170
150
1,600
1,600
1,590
250
230
220
2,100
2,040
2,050
400
360
340
2,100
2,120
2,120
300
240
220
1,700
1,670
1,680
250
210
190
2,200
2,250
2,270
300
250
240
3,200
3,230
3,220
150
150
150
1,200
1,200
1,220
350
320
300
3,300
3,350
3,350
150
120
120
1,300
1,350
1,360
450
390
370
4,000
4,100
4,130
100
90
90
500
520
530
150
130
120
2,400
2,500
2,480
100
80
80
700
740
750
200
160
150
1,900
1,820
1,800
200
200
190
1,100
1,100
1,120
100
90
80
1,600
1,580
1,560
450
390
380
2,700
2,760
2,740
200
170
160
1,900
1,890
1,870
District Total.......
entral Counties: 5 Baldwin.............. Bibb--................ Bleckley.............. Butts....................
Crawford___ __ Dodge.............. Greene________ Hancock _____ Houston . . . . Jasper- _____ Johnson............ Jones..................... Laurens................ Monroe............ . Montgomery.--. Morgan- ... Newton. .......... Peach--............... . Pulaski-.............. . Putnam................
Rockdale______ Taliaferro-- Treutlen.. Twiggs ..
Washington --. Wheeler.. ..........
Wilkinson.......... .
6,350
350 200 150 250 250 300 650 500 250 350 200 200 400 350 150 400 350 100 150 350 150 450 100 300 550 150 250
5,650
290 160 140 210 240 250 590 490 210 290 170 160 340 290 150 340 270 100 150 300 130 390 90 270 520 150 210
5,380
260 160 130 190 240 240 560 470 200 270 160 150 320 270 140 320 260 90 140 280 120 370 90 250 500 140 200
48,000
1,300 1,500 1,400 1,800 1,500 3,800 2,300 2,400 2,400 2,000 2,000 1,500 6,200 1,700 1,800 2,600 2,300 1,500 1,300 1,600 1,200 1,200 1,600 1,400 4,200 1,700 1,400
48,270
1,330 1,480 1,440 1,720 1,520 3,910 2,270 2,400 2,450 1,900 2,100 1,390 6,300 1,680 1,810 2,540 2,300 1,530 1,330 1,520 1,160 1,220 1,600 1,330 4,140 1,730 1,410
48,360
1,310 1,510 1,450 1,690 1,500 3,890 2,280 2,400 2,410 1,920 2,150 1,400 6,270 1,630 1,790 2,540 2,320 1,520 1,310 1,510 1,100 1,190 1,620 1,300 4,180 1,710 1,380
District Total.......
istem Counties: 6 Bulloch.. . ..
Burke--............ Candler................ Columbia............ Effingham......... . -Emanuel............. . Glascock............. Jefferson_______ Jenkins___ _ .. McDuffie.......... ... Richmond. ___ Screven-- ____
Warren.................. .....
District Total---.........
7,850
650 700 200 400 250 450 150 400 200 300 300 400 200
4,600
6,900
590 600 190 360 240 440 130 310 180 280 240 360 160
4,080
6,520
550 570 180 340 220 420 120 290 170 260 240 340 160
3,860
55,600
4,900 5,300 1,900 1,900 1,300 4,400
800 3,500 2,300 1,600 1,900 3,600 1,800
35,200
55,510
5,000 5,410 1,960 1,850 1,400 4,520
780 3,610 2,440 1,620 1,800 3,690 1,890
35,970
55,280
5,000 5,370 2,000 1,820 1,360 4,480
770 3,570 2,410 1,590 1,830 3,650 1,900
35,750
79
HORSES AND MULES
Dist. Counties
HORSES
MULES
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
Southwestern Counties: 7 Baker.............................. Calhoun.......................
Olay................................. Decatur.........................
Dougherty................... Early..................... ..........
Grady............................. Lee................................... Miller.......................... . Mitchell......................
Quitman.................... Randolph...... ......... ..
Seminole....................... Stewart......................... Sumter........................... Terrell.......................... Thomas_______ _____
Webster.........................
250 150 150 1,150 250 450 700 1,700 500 550
100 300 550 300 400 200 500
100
190
140 140 1,040 170 430 620 1,510 490 490 70 230 480 250 390
170 490 100
170 130 120 1,000
150 410 570 1,470
470 460
70 210 460 230 370 160 460
90
1,400 1,800 1,400 2,300 1,500
3,200 3,000 1,900 1,500 4,200
700 3,000 1,100
1,500 4,700
3,300 3,300 1,000
1,480 1,840 1,460 2,370 1,500 3,200 3,150 2,050
1,540 4,300
780 3,150 1,190
1,540 4,930 3,440 3,330
990
1,500 1,910 1,430 2,420 1,540 3,270
3,220 1,490 1,540 4,280
800 3,180
1,220 1,560 4,880 3,470 3,390
1,010
District Total................
8,300
7,400
7,000
40,800
42,240
42,110
Southern Counties:
8 Atkinson--.........
100
100
Ben Hill........................
200
190
Berrien..........................
250
230
Brooks -
____
350
330
Clinch..........................
200
180
Coffee............................
350
320
Colauitt......................
400
360
Cook........................... ..
200
200
Crisp...............................
ISO
150
Dooly.............................
450*
390
Echols............................
50
50
Irwin...............................
300
280
Jeff Davis....................
300
270
Lanier..........................
150
140
Lowndes................. --
400
350
Telfair...........................
250
220
Tift............................ .
200
200
Turner----------- ---------
200
190
Wilcox.............................
260
240
Worth............................
350
310
90
800
840
850
180
1,400
1,500
1,540
210
1,800
1,840
1,920
310
3,100
3,130
3,140
170
300
300
310
300
3,000
3,150
3,220
340
4,100
4,380
4,480
190
1,600
1,630
1,650
140
2,400
2,520
2,580
370
3,900
3,970
4,000
50
400
400
410
260
2,500
2,600
2,680
250
1,300
1,380
1,400
130
600
620
630
320
2,500
2,530
2,580
220
2,600
2,650
2,750
190
2,100
2,180
2,150
180
2,100
2,240
2,190
220
2,400
2,450
2,430
300
3,800
3,950
4,020
District Total............_.
5,110
4,700
4,420
42,700
44,260
44,930
Southeastern Counties:
9 Appling.........................
350
310
300
2,300
2,390
2,420
Bacon--------------------
200
170
170
1,100
1,060
1,020
Brantley.... ___
250
240
230
700
730
710
Bryan................... ........
150
140
130
600
610
650
Camden.................... .
300
290
260
100
120
120
Charlton......................
200
200
190
300
300
310
Chatham......................
350
310
290
600
600
620
Evans.............................
150
150
150
1,100
1,140
1,160
Glynn............................
250
250
230
200
200
220
Liberty...........................
500
480
460
600
640
650
Long.............................
150
160
150
400
450
460
McIntosh__________
300
300
280
200
190
200
Pierce----------------------
300
280
260
1,600
1,650
1,710
Tattnall____________
200
190
180
2,400
2,500
2,570
Toombs---------- ---------
150
150
140
2,200
2,240
2,260
Ware................................
300
290
270
1,000
1,020
990
Wayne............................
350
340
320
1,500
1,540
1,570
District Total................ 4,450 State Total.................... 56,160
4,250 51,000
4,010 48,480
16,900 337,600
17,380 17,640 341,000 341,450
80
CATTLE
Counties
MILK OOWS
OTHER CATTLE
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
Lwestem Counties: Bartow........................... Catoosa......................... Chatooga..................... Dade............................... Floyd.............................. Gordon.......................... Murray........................... Paulding...................... Polk.................................
Walker............................ Whitfield......................
3,300
2,200 2,400
900 4,000
2, TOO 1,900 2,100 2,400 4,600
2,600
2,800 2,300 2,300
900
4,000 2,600 1,700 .2,100
2,300 4,400 2,500
2,700 2,400
2,300 900
4,000 2,600 1,800 2,200 2,400 4,400 2.500
1,700
900
1,500 900
2,400 2,100 1,400 1,200
800 3,200 1,300
1,300 500
1,300 700
1,700
1,400 1,200
800 700 2,900 900
1,300 400
1,400 800
1,800 1,500 1,100
800 700 2,800
800
District Total................ 29,100
27,900
28,200
17,400
13,400
13,400
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow........................... Cherokee.................... .. Clarke............................ Cobb............................... Dawson....................... .. DeKalb.......................... Fannin____________ _ Forsyth......................... Fulton............................ Gilmer............................ Gwinnett..................... Hall................................. Jackson......................... Lumpkin...................... Milton.......................... .. Oconee........................... Pickens........................Towns............................ Union............................. Walton........................... White..............................
District Total................
1,700 3,000 1,300 4,400
800 6,800 2,300 2,400 3,000 1,800 4,600 3,600 3,100 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,300 1,400 2,000 3,100 1,000
51,800
1,500 3,100 1.200 4,200
800 6,500 2,100 2,400 3.000 1,700 4,500 3,500 2,800 1,100 1,300 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,800 2,800
900
49,200
1,600 3,000 1,300 4,300
800 6.600 2,100 2,400 3,100 1,600 4.600 3,400 2,900 1,000 1,400 1,600 1,200 1,200 1,700 3,000
800
49,600
500 1,500
800 2,100
500 1,700 2,200 1,100
800 1,700 2,500 1,600 1,700
600 600 500 700 2,800 1,600 1,700 800
28,000
500 1,000
700 1,500
500 1,500 1,700
900 700 1,700 2,200 1,300 1,400 500 400 400 700 2,400 1,300 1,400 700
23,400
500 1,200
700 1,600
500 1,600 1,700 1,000
700 1,900 2,200 1,300 1,400
600 400 400 900 2,500 1,300 1,300 800
24,500
Northeastern Counties: 3 Banks............................. Elbert............................. Franklin....................... Habersham................. Hart................................ Lincoln.......................... Madison........................ Oglethorpe.................. Rabun............................ Stephens....................... Wilkes.............................
District Total................
1,900 3,700 3,800 1,900 3,600 1,700 3,000 2,900 1,400 1,800 3,400
29,100
1,800 3,200 3,300 1,600 3,200 1,500 2,500 2,500 1,300 1,700 3,000
25,600
2,000 3,700 3,700 1,700 3,600 1,600 2,900 2,900 1,300 1,900 3,500
28,800
1,000 2,400 2,000 1,000 1,100
700 1,000 1,800 1,800 1,400 2.100
16,300
900 1,800 1.400
900 800 400 600 1,700 1,400 1,000 1,800
12,700
800 1,700 1,300 1,000
700 400 400 1,600 1,400 1,000 1,600
11,900
81
ist.
Counties
estem Counties: 4 Campbell...................
Carroll. .....................
Chattahoochee.... Clayton...................... Coweta........................ Douglas...................... Fayette........................ Haralson....................
Harris.......................... Heard........................... Henry..........................
Lamar.......................... Macon..........................
Marion........................ Meriwether................ Muscogee................... Pike............................... Schley..........................
Spalding..................... Talbot......................... Taylor.......................... Troup........................... Upson..........................
CATTLE
MILK COWS
OTHER CATTLE
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1, Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
2,400
5,700 800
2,100
3,200 1,700 1,800
2,500 2,900 2,600 2,400 1,000
1,900. 1,500
3,900 1,300 1,600
900 1,700 2,400
1,000 3,600 2,300
2,200 5,500
800
1,900 3,000 1,700
1,600 2,600 2,400 2,400 2,300
900 1,700 1,500 3,500 1,200 1,500
900 1,600
2,200 900
3,400
2,400
2,300 5,500
800 2,000 3,000 1,700 1,600
2,600 2,300 2,400 2,400
900 1,700 1,500 3,400
1,200 1,500
900 1,700 2,100
900 3,400 2,500
1,500 3,200 1,900
1,100 3,000
600 200 2,500
4,000 2,200 1,100 1,300
2,200 1,700 3,300
700
1,200 800
1,200 3,000 1,700 2,500 1,900
1,300
2,700 1,700
800 2,300
500 200
2,200 3,300
2,100 900
1,100 2,000 1,600 2,700
600 1,000
800 1,100 2,800 1,500 1,900
1,600
1,300 2,900 1,800
800 2,500
500 200 2,300 3,600 2,400 900 1,100 2,100 1,700 3,000 600
900 800 1,100
3,100 1,600 2,100 1,600
District Total.............. -
antral Counties: 5 Baldwin......................
Bibb.............................. Bleckley...................... Butts............................ Crawford.................... Dodge........................... Greene......................... Hancock..................... Houston..................... Jasper.......................... Johnson..................... Jones............................
Laurens....................... Monroe........................ Montgomery............. Morgan....................... Newton....................... Peach.......................... Pulaski........................ Putnam....................... Rockdale.................... Taliaferro................... Treutlen..................... Twiggs......................... Washington.............. Wheeler........................ Wilkinson...................
51,200
2,300 3,600 1,000 1,800 1,300 3,800 3,500 2,700 1,400 2,300 1,400 2,300 4,200 2,100 1,800 2,500 3,100
600 1,200 2,900 1,100 1,600 1,400 1,400 3,200 1,500 1,300
48,100
2,400 3,600
900 1,700 1,200 3,700 3,200 2,600 1,300 2,200 1,300 2.300 4,300 1,900 1,800 2,600 3,200
600 1,100 3,000 1,000 1,600 1,300 1,200 3,000 1,400 1,200
48,300
2,500 3,700
900 1,700 1,200 3,800 3,300 2,600 1,300 2,300 1,400 2,400 4,500 2,000 1,800 2,700 3,300
600 1,100 3,000 1,100 1,600 1,300 1,300 3,100 1,300 1,200
42,800
2,600 1,700 1,700 2,000 1,600 5,800 1,400 2,600 2,000 2,000 1,800 1,700 6,700 1,900 4,400 1,000
400 700 600 2,100 900 1,000 3,700 2,200 4.000 4,900 1,800
36,700
2,300 1,100 1,500 1,800 1,400 4,700
900 2,000 1,700 1,800 1,700 1,800 5,600 1,700 3,700 1,000
400 600 600 1,700 800 800 3,100 2,200 3,100 4,000 1,700
38,900
2,300 1,100 1,700 1,900 1,500 5,000
900 2,000 1,900 1,900 1,800 1,700 5,900 2,000 3,800 1,200
600 700 600 1,700 800 700 3,100 2,200 3,400 4,000 1,700
District Total....... ........
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch............... ......... Burke................... .......... Candler............... ......... Columbia........... ......... Effingham......... ......... Emanuel............. ......... Glascock...................... Jefferson...................... Jenkins............... ......... McDuffie...................... Richmond......... ......... Screven................. ____ Warren................. ........
57,300
5,200 3.100 1,600 2,100 1,700 4,700
600 1,700 1,400 1,200 2,600 3,200 1,200
55,600
4,600 3,200 1,700 2,000 1,700 4,200
600 1,700 1,300 1,200 2,600 3,200 1,100
67,000
4,700. 3,300 1,800 2,000 1,900 4,300
600 1,800 1,400 1,300 2,700 3,300 1,200
63,200
15,500 2,700 4,100 3,000 6,300 7,300 500 2,900 3,300 L900 1,100 8,900 1,100
63,700
11,000 1,900 3,300 2,400 5,900 5,900 400 2,400 3,000 1,200 800 7,600 800
56,100
12,100 2,200 3,700 2,700 6,000 6,500
500 2,700 3,000 1,300
900 8,200
900
District Total........
30,300
29,100
82
30,300
58,600
46,600
50,700
CATTLE
Dist.
Counties
MILK COWS
OTHER CATTLE
Number Number Number Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Jan. 1. Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1925
1926
1927
Southwestern Counties 7 ~Ba'ker.........................
Calhoun................. Clay............................
Decatur ................. Dougherty............ Early.........................
Grady____ _______ Lee............................ Miller........................ Mitchell.................
Quitman________ Randolph.............. Seminole................. Stewart............. .. Sumter..................... Terrell___________ Thomas_________ Webster_________
700 1,400 1,100 3,500 1,500 3,800 3,600 1,300 2,000 3,600
1,000 2,400 1,100 1,800 2,500 1,900 5,300
400
700 1,300
1,000 3,800 1,500 4,000 3,500 1,300 2,100 3,700
1,000 2,600 1.200 1,800 2,600 1,900 5,300
400
700 1,400 1,100 3,900
1.600 4,100 3,500
1,400 2,100 3,700 1,000
2,600 1,300 1,800
2,600 1,900
5,300 400
6,200 1,900 2,400 10,700 1,800
6,000 11,900
1,700 6,900 8,500 1,300 2,600 14,400 3,500
2,300 2,500 9,500 1,400
5,500 1,600 1,800 10,800 1,800 5,500
10,700 1,200 6,200 8,000 1,100 2,600
14,700 2,800 1,900 2,100 8,100 1,200
5,500 1,600 2,000 11,000 1,800
5,500
11,000 1,400 6,400 8,400 1,200 2,500 14,600
2,700 1,900 2,000 8,500 1,200
District Total................ 38,900
39,700
40,400
95,500
87,600
89,200
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson..................... Ben Hill____________ Berrien................ .......... Brooks.......................... Clinch______________ Coffee_______ ______Colauitt....... ........... Cook.............................. Crisp............. .............Dooly............................. Echols............................ Irwin.......... .................... Jeff Davis..................... Lanier.............. .............. Lowndes ..................... Telfair______________ Tift..................... ............ Turner........................... Wilcox............................. Worth_______ _______
District Total................
100 1,700 2,200 3,500
900 1,900 5,500 1,200 2,600 2,600
100 2,200 1,400
500 3,000 4,300 2,700 . 2,700 2,600 3,800
45,500
100 1,600 2,000 3,300 1,000 2,000 5,400 1,100 2,500 2,400
100 2,300 1,300
500 3,000 4,000 2,600 2,600 2,400 3,900
44,100
100 1,500 1,900 3,100
900 1,900 5,000 1,000 2,300 2,300
100 2,100 1,200
500 2,800 3,800 2,500 2,600 2,400 3,700
41,700
6,700 2,300 10,100 6,800 14,200 13,300 12,300 5,200 2,500 2,800 5,800 5,300 7,100 4,700 9,600 7,000 4,400 3,400 3,100 5,400
132,000
6,400 2,100 8,400 5,100 14,900 13,900 11,400 4,500 2,200 2,300 5,400 5,100 5,800 4,100 8,900 5,700 4,100 3,200 2,700 5,000
121,200
6,600 2,200 8,800 5,500 15,300 14,200 12,400 4,600 2,600 2,400 5,600 5,500 6,100 4,200 9,600 6,200 4,400 3,400 3,000 5,200
127,800
Southeastern Counties: 9 Appling____________ Bacon.............................
Brantley______ _____ Bryan............................
Camden........................ Charlton...................... Chatham...... .............. Evans---------------------Glynn.......... ............... ..
Liberty_____ ________ Long.................. ............
McIntosh...................... Bierce... ...................
Tattnall______ ______ Toombs____________ Ware............... ............... Wayne............................
800 1,000 1,900
600 700 700 2,600
1,300 800 600 600 200
1,000
1,800 1,800 2,100
2,300
District TotalState Total.
20,800 354,000
900 900 2,000 500 600 700 2,600 1,300 800 600 600 200 1,000 1,700 1,700 2,200 2,300
20,600 339,900
800 800 1,800 500 600 600 2,500 1,200 700 600 600 200 900 1,500 1,500 2,200 2,100
19,100 343,400
10,700 6,600 7,300 6,100 8,700 9,400 1,300 3,500 5,700 10,900 6,700 4,600 10,200 8,900 6,900 11,100 11,800
130,400 584,200
11,500 5,700 7,000 4,900 5,800 8,900 800 3,200 5,300 10,000 6,500 4,500 8,600 7,800 6,000 11,200 11,000
118,700 514,000
11,900 6,000 7,400 5,200 6,000 9,300 1,000 3,500 5,600 10,200 6,700 4,600 9,000 8,300 6,400 11,500 11,700
124,300 536,800
83
SWINE
Dist.
Northwestern Counties 1 Bartow........ Catoosa......... Chatooga-Dade...........
Counties
District
Northern Counties: 2 Barrow................ Cherokee............ Clarke................ . Cobb.................... Dawson.............. DeKalb_______ Fannin............. .
Towns............. Union................... Walton.................
District Total--
District Total........
SWINE
Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1.
1925
1926
1927
3,200 1,000 2,800 1,700 3,000 2,200 2,100 1,900 2,500 3,800 1,600
25,800
1,900 800
2,300 1,700 2,400 1,500 1,700 1,500 2,000 3,000 1,100
19,900
2,000 900
2,300 1,800 2,500 1,600 1,700 1,600 2,100 3,100 1,200
20,800
1,400 2,400 2,000 2,300 1,200 2,600 3,800 2,500 2,100 4,000 3,400 3,500 2,900 1,600 1,300 2,400 1,100 3,800 4,000 3,900 1,400
53,600
1,100 1,900 1,300 2,000
900 1,600 2,900 1,900 1,900 2,900 2,400 2,900 2,100 1,200
900 1,300
900 3,200 3,500 2,800 1,100
40,700
1,200 2,100 1,500 2,200
900 1,700 3,000 2,000 2,000 2,900 2,600 2,900 2,300 1,200
900 1,400
900 3,400 3,600 3,000 1,200
42,900
1,900 4,400 3,700 2,200 3,700 2,500 2,900 4,200 3,900 2,100 4,700
36,200
1,300 2,900 2,400 1,700 2,700 1,400 2,000 2,900 3,700 1,600 3,300
25,900
1,400 3,200 2,700 1,900 3,000 1,500 2,200 3,200 3,900 1,800 3,600
28,400
84
SWINE
Dist.
Counties
Western Counties:
4 Campbell............................................... Carroll.................................................... Chattahoochee..................................
Clayton.................................................. Coweta.................................................... Douglas.................................................. Fayette.................................................... Haralson.......... ....................................
Henry.............. Lamar.............. Macon............. Marion............ Meriwether-- Muscogee.... Pike.................. Schley............. Spalding........ Talbot............. Taylor............. Troup.............. Upson..............
District Total-
Central Counties: 5 Baldwin......... Bibb.................. Bleckley.......... Butts................ Crawford--- . Dodge.............. Greene............ Hancock____ Houston........ Jasper.............. Johnson......... Jones................ Laurens.......... Monroe............ Montgomery. Morgan........... Newton........... Peach............... Pulaski............ Putnam.......... Rockdale........ Taliaferro--. Treutlen......... Twiggs............ WashingtonWheeler........... Wilkinson--.
District Total-
Eastern Counties: 6 Bulloch........... Burke............... Candler........... Columbia___ Effingham-.. Emanuel......... Glascock........ Jefferson........ Jenkins........... McDuffie____ Richmond-.. Screven............ Warren.............
District Total.
85
SWINE
Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1. Jan. 1, Jan. 1,
1925
1926
1927
1,500 4,800 2,000 1,900 5,900 1,600 2,600 1,700 6,000 3,500 3,800 2,700 12,300 3,700 7,400 1,200 3,300 3,000 3,300 3,000 6,000 6,000 5,100
. 92,300
1,000 3,600 1,800 1,200 4,200 1,200 2,000 1,300 4,600 2,800 3,000 2,100 8,600 3,100 6,500 1,000 2,800 2,900 2,800 2,600 4,800 4,600 4,300
72,800
1,100 4,000 2,000 1,300 4,500 1,400 2,200 1,400 4,900 3,100 3,300 2,300 9,200 3,300 7,100 1,100 3,100 3,200 3,200 2,700 5,100 5,000 4,700
79,200
4,400 4,800 . 16,200 3,500 4,600 23,300 3,400 8,100 7,300 5,000 8,000 4,000 16,400 2,500 . 11,200 2,800 3,000 3,100 8,100 2,800 1,600 2,100 . 10,000 7,200 23,100 9,800 6,500
. 202,800
4,300 3,500 10,900 2,700 3,700 15,500 2,500 6,500 6,300 3,600 5,700 4,200 13,000 2,000 9,900 2,400 2,300 2,700 7,300 2,200 1,100 2,000 8,400 6,200 18,300 8,400 5,300
160,900
4,800 4,000 11,900 3,000 4,100 17,500 2,700 7,000 6,800 3,800 6,300 4,500 14,300 2,200 10,700 2,600 2,700 3,000 7,900 2,400 1,200 2,200 9,100 6,800 19,600 9,200 5,700
176,000
. 43,100 22,200 13,500 5,900 12,600 30,800 3,700 12,500 11,300 4,000 5,100
. 22,700 5,300
' 192,700
28,200 16,400 11,500 4,600 12,300 24,600 3,600 10,100 9,500 3,300 4,500 20,600 4,000
153,200
29,300 16,800 11,800 4,700 12,700 25,300 3,700 10,400 9,800 3,500 4,700 21,200 4,100
158,000
SWINE
Dist.
Counties
Southwestern Counties: 7 Baker.......................................................
Calhoun............... ................................. Clay.................... ................................. .
Decatur................................. .............
Dougherty............................................ Early........................................................ Grady...................................................... Lee........................................................
Miller-...................... ............................. Mitchell__________ ______________ Quitman...............................................
Randolph-......................................... Seminole............................................ .. Stewart....................... ................... .. Sumter.............................................. Terrell....... ...........................................
Thomas................. ............................... Webster.................... ...........................
District Total.......................................
Southern Counties: 8 Atkinson........... Ben Hill______ Berrien................
Brooks.............. . Clinch.......... .......
Coffee.................. Colauitt............. Cook...................
Crisp................... Dooly............... . Echols................. Irwin.................. .
Jeff Davis.......... Lanier.......... .
Lowndes______ Telfairj............ Tift...................... Turner............... Wilcox............... Worth.................
District Total-
Southeastern Counties: 9 Appling..................... Bacon.............................
Brantley....................... Bryan............. ..............
Camden______ ______ Charlton......................
Chatham......................
EGvLayninsn................................................
Libertor.......................... Long...............................
McIntosh.....................
Pierce............................. Tattnall........................
Toombs..................... -- Ware................................ Wayne............................
District Total. State Total. ..
SWINE
Number Number Number
on Farms on Farms on Farms
& Ranges & Ranges & Ranges
Jan. 1, Jan. 1. Jan. 1.
1925
1926
1927
12,500 7,400 5,800 . 21,400 5,000 . 17,700 . 33,000 8,600 18,900 . 29,100 2,600 9,300 13,400 6,700 . 12,800 . 11,800 . 27,200 3,400
. 246,600
12,200 6,800 4,300 21,900 4,600 15,900 32,800 7,700 18,700 28,500 2,700 8,800 13,000 5,400 10,800 10,500 26,000 2,700
233,300
12,600 7,000 4,500 22,600 4,800 16,400 33,700 7,900 19,200 29,400 2,800 9,100 13,400 5,500 11,100 11,000 26,700 2,900
240,600
5,300 5,000 . 15,700 25,000 6,000 . 21,300 24,000 15,300 . 11,500 17,800 3,600 .. 20,500 10,300 5,000 19,300 .. 17,200 .. 10,300 9,900 .. 10,000 .. 21,500
.. 274,500
5,000 4,900 14,700 24,000 5,700 19,900 24,500 15,200 11,300 15,400 3,500 19,400 9,500 5,100 18,600 14,600 9,900 10,100 9.000 22,300
262,600
5,200 5,300 15,200 24,700 5,900 20,300 25,200 15,600 11,700 15,800 3,600 20,000 9,900 5,400 19,300 15,100 . 10,200 10,500 9,200 23,400
271,500
.. 13,900 7,900 6,400 8,500 5,600 6,600 1,900 8,000 5,800 6,800 6,100 3,900
.. 10,900 .. 18,300 .. 14,400 .. 10,000 .. 15,200
.. 150,200 .. 1,275,000
12,300 7,600 6,000 8,100 5,000 6,200 1,900 7,700 5,600 6,600 5,900 3,600 10,100 17,800 12,500 9,100 13,600
139,600 1,108,900
12,900 7,900 6,300 8.400 5,300 6,500 2,000 7,900 5,800 6.900 6.200 3,700 10,700 18,500 13,500 9,700 14,500
146,700 1,164,100
86
CREAMERIES
Ashbum Creamery, Ashbum, Ga. Columbus Creamery Co.. Columbus. Ga. Oordele Creamery & Cold Storage Co.. Cordele. Ga. Macon Creamery Co.. Macon. Ga. Fitzgerald Creamery Co.. Fitzgerald. Ga. Plummer's Dairy Co.. Macon, Ga. Moultrie Creamery Co.. Moultrie, Ga. Washington County Creamery. Sandersvllle. Ga. Statesboro Creamery Co.. Statesboro, Ga. Ga.-Oaxolina Dairy Products Co., Augusta. Ga. Dalton Creamery Co.. Dalton. Ga. Hawklnsville Creamery. Hawkinsville, Ga. Ga. State College of Agriculture Co-operative Creamery. Athens, Ga. Dublin Creamery. Dublin, Ga. Gate City Dairy & Ice Cream Co.. Atlanta. Ga. Eastman Creamery. Eastman. Ga. Belmont Dairy Co., Atlanta. Ga. Waycross Creamery Co., Waycross, Ga.
COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES IN GEORGIA
County
P. O. Address
Incubator Capacity Name of Hatchery and Party Operating
Appling.........Graham______ ____ _____ _____ 1,008 E. Anderson.
Baldwin------ Milledgeville___ _____________ 2,304 J. C. Boston. Ben Hill------Fitzgerald____________________ 4,608 R. B. Sheppard, Naomi Poultry Farm.
Ben Hill------Fitzgerald------------------------------- 30,000 Ben Hill Co-Operative Co.. J. Pope Teel
Bibb------------ Macon, E. F. D. No. 1_______ 12,000 C. M. Powell. Wildwood Poultry Farm. Bibb------------ Macon___ ____________________ 15,000 Carson & Denneson. Bibb------------ Macon..................................... .......... 12,000 A. S. Crosby. Bibb................Macon........ ....................................... 1,200 Mrs. G. E. Knight.
Brantley - - - -Nahunta___________ _________ 10,368 Knox Motor Company.
Bulloch-------Statesboro--............. --................ 2,772 Frank Smith.
Bulloch------ Register______________________ 6.400 Register Hatchery, O. A. Warnock.
Bulloch-------Statesboro. No. 6 Gordon St. 4.600 East Side Eggery, Northcutt Bros.
Bulloch------ Statesboro____________________ 2.400 W. H. Smith.
Burke...........Sardis-...____ _______________ 2,772 D. T. Mulkey.
Butts---------- Jackson________ ______________ 10,000 The Jackson Hatchery.
Calhoun... -Edison......... ..................................... 24,000 Fain's Hatchery.
Camden------ Woodbine................................... ... 4,000 A. K. Swift. Jr.
Camden------ Woodbine____________________ 1,144 Mrs. James Monson.
Carroll-------- Carrollton..................... ................. 20,000 Bermuda Grove Hatchery, W. H.
Kenney.
Carroll-------- Carrollton--------------------- --------- 20,000 Fourth Dist. A. & M. Hatchery.
Chatham--Savannah, Route A. Box 101 1.600 Lanier's Park Poultry Farm.
Chatham....Savannah. 745 E. 35th St____ 8,000 Wlehrs Poultry Farm.
Chatham--Savannah, MontgomeryRd.. 1,600 Jones Poultry Farm.
Ohatham--Savannah, P. O. Box 1434.... 14.400 Graham's Poultry Farm & Hatchery.
Chatham--Savannah____________________ 10,368 Law's Leghorn Farm.
Clarke--------- Wintervllle___________ ________ 1.400 Geo. O'Kelly.
Clarke--------- Athens. Box 347..____ ________ 25,000 Strain's Hatchery.
Clarke............Athens. R F. D.................. . 2,300 Walnut Hill Poultry Yards, Mrs. W. L.
Childs.
Clarke______Athens ..................... - -.................... 9.400 Georgia State College of Agriculture.
Cherokee--Canton_______________________ 2.400 Canton Hatchery.
Cobb----------- Austell. P. O. Box 192............... 5,000 Merriwood Farm. W. H. Fitzpatrick.
Cobb........... Smyrna................................
1,008 J.P. Parks.
Coffee-------- Douglas............................. --.......-- 6,912 Dr. W. H. Hughes.
Colquitt........Moultrie-.......................... ............... 10.368 The Moultrie Hatcheries, Roy Barber.
Cook...............Adel____ _____________________ 12,096 Plneview Leghorn Farm, Walter Bridges.
Crisp---------- Cordele, P. O.
Box 313...... 10,000 Cordele Hatchery, W. O. Reynolds.
Decatur........Bainbrldge........................
22,000 Decatur County Hatchery, J. C. Lane.
DeKalb:........Decatur______ ______ _________ 2.400 Mrs. Donald Donaldson.
DeKalb------- Llthonia................. .......... .............. 4,608 Mrs. E. W. Ohupp.
Cobb----------- Marietta-_________ ____________ ............ C. W. Fowler.
DeKalb-------Atlanta, 15 Rockyford Rd.__ 50,000 Blue Ribbon Hatchery, J. I. Hosford.
Dodge______ Eastman........... ................. ............. 4,000 O. C. Burch.
Dougherty- -Albany.--______ ______________ 11.368 A. B. ChUdS.
Early-----------Blakely.............................. ............ 5,000 Early County Hatchery.
Elbert______ Elberton..................... ..................... 10.368 Elbert Community Hatchery.
87
COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES IN GEORGIA
County
P. O. Address
Incubator Capacity Name of Hatchery and Party Operating
Elbert........... .Elberton..................................... .. - 2,640 T. W. Nations.
Floyd........... .Rome.................................................. 13,000 Lester's Hatchery
Franklin---Lavonia............. -......................... 6,912 H. H. Bonner.
Fulton......... -Atlanta. Route No. 1. Box 87 2,772 J. O. Pitts, Cascade Road.
Fulton___ College Park................................ 1,008 John D. Rung.
Fulton____ -Atlanta. Williams Mill Rd.-- 7,000 E. R. Addington.
Fulton......... Atlanta............... - -........................ 2,772 D. A. Dickson. Davis-Fisher Sanitarium
Fulton......... -Atlanta. 165 Whitehall-........... 7,300 M. T. Roberson.
Fulton......... -Atlanta, 209 Cascade Ave........ 2,000 Hillard Way.
Fulton......... -Atlanta. 173 Waverly Way-- 3,300 Jas. B. Mitchell.
Fulton......... -Atlanta. 301 Plaza Bldg........... 1,000 Inman Gray.
Glynn_____ -Brunswick...................................... 1,000 Mrs. G. V. Cate.
Glynn........ . -Brunswick....................................... 6,000 Mrs. J. B. Church.
Glynn_____ -Brunswick....................................... 2,300 Mrs. K. G. Berrie. Grady_____ -Cairo................................................. 4,800 Hill Crest Hatchery. Mr. Downing.
Habersham Baldwin______________________ 4,608 H. A. Link.
HaU_______ -FloweryBranch, Rte. No.3- 16,700
Hall............... -Clermont.......................................... 4,200 xv. xx. -cLcati. Hart______ -Hartwell-------- ---------------------- 12,096 Hartwell Hatchery. H. W. Bingham. Henry_____ -Stockbridge--............................. 2,400 Rainbow Farms, Claude A. Smith.
Irwin______ -Ocilla________ ________________ 10,368 Ocilla Hatchery, L. D. Fullerton.
Jackson ... .Commerce........................................ 16,000 Grove Hill Poultry Farm.
Jefferson... -Wrens................................................. 10,368 Wrens Hatchery. J. K. Callahan.
Jenkins-.- Millftn
9,200 Jenkins County Hatchery. W. F. Wat
kins.
Laurens.-- -Dublin.............................................. 7,500 Knight & Rachels.
Lowndes... Valdosta............................... ......... 13,000 A. J. Bartlett.
Lowndes-- -Valdosta............................- -- 4,608 S. B. Finklea.
McDuffie... Thomason....................................... 10,368 P. H. Geers.
Mitchell___ Pelham.............................................. 9,000 Harris' Hatchery.
Mitchell___ -Camilla........................................... 10,000 Patricks Hatchery.
Monroe___ -Dyas.
4,000 H. J. Hardin.
Muscogee-- -Columbus.............................. ----- 25,000 Joseph S. Beall.
Oconee____ -Watkinsvllle. -- ~ ................... 4,000 E. P. Johnson.
Oglethorpe Crawford.......................................... 1,000 Blachard. Carter & Shehane. Peach......... -Fort Valley..------------------------- 23,700 Peach Poultry Co.. Chas. F. Howe.
Pierce........... .Blacksliear...................................... 5,000 E. J. McKinney, Jr. Pierce___ .Blackshear------- ------- ------------- 15,000 Pecan Grove Farm, W. C. Clough. Richmond--Augusta, 27 Milledge Rd____ 6,200 Pike's Poultry Farm.
Richmond- Augusta, 2042 Fenwick St___ 2,500 C. W. Elliott.
Richmond. -Augusta. Route No. 2___ -- 12,096 Haynie's Hatchery.
Richmond--Augusta___________________-- 14,000 Consumer's Grocery.
Rockdale-- Conyers............................................. 24,000 Erwin & McElvaney Hatchery.
Screven........ Sylvania... ________________ 1,200 Ostrica Poultry Farm.
Seminole... -Donaldsonville.......................... 10,368 A. G. Hagan.
Spalding-- Orchard Hill.................................. 15,300 Hill Crest Farm. A. E. Wright.
Stephens-- Toccoa, Box 382---------------------- 3,200
Stewart..-- -Richland-- .............. ................ 9,000
Sumter. .. -Americus------------------ ---------- - 44,000
Sumter____ Americus ----------------------------- 4,000 Sumter Red Farm.
Taylor_____ -Butler-.------------------------- ------- 5,800 Austin E. Guinn.
Terrell____ -Dawson......................... --.
30,000 F. & K. Hatchery.
Terrell-------- Parrott-............................................ 7,500 O. 0" Fletcher.
Thomas___ -Thomasville.................................... 10,368 Thomasville Hatchery Co.
Thomas___ -Meigs.................... ........... ................. 1,600 W. A. Cooper.
Thomas___ -Meigs............ ............. ........................ 1,000 Sunnyslope Poultry Yards.
Tift................ -Tifton________________________ 10,440 A. & M. Hatchery, B. L. Southwell.
Tift.--......... -Fender _______________ ______ 5,400 Owen's Hatchery.
Toombs___ -Lyons, Route C--------------------- 1,500 M. M. Coleman, Jr.
Troup........... -Hogansville.................... . ___ 94,000 Empire Hatchery. Dr. C. S. Burden.
Troup____ West Point...................................... 6,000 West Point Hatchery.
Tumer... -Ashbum_________ ____________ 10,368 Turner County Farm Agency.
Walker----- Rossville.........
-,,- 4,700 O. E. Williams.
Walker ... LaFayette____________________ 1,144 I. D. Day.
Washington Sandersvllle____
________ 7,200 A. A. Bennett.
Washington Tennille.................................. -- 2,100 S. H. Young.
Wayne_____ -Jesup- -........................................... 3,600 Wayne Produce Company.
Wayne____ -Jesup . ____ ______ ________ 8,000 L. A. Nichols.
Wilkes_____ -Washington___ _______ ____ 10,000 Beech Haven Hatchery.
Worth_____ Sylvester_____________________ 20,700 Sylvester Hatchery. Mrs. W. G. Ford.
1,100,472
88
SUMMARY--GEORGIA CROP & LIVESTOCK STATISTICS--
1924--1926--1926.
Crop
Year Acreage
Yield
Price
Per Production Dec.
Acre
1.
Total Value
Value Per Acre
Cotton (1) (bales)
1926
1925
1924
Cotton Seed (Tons)
1926
1925
1924
Corn (bushels)
1926
1925
1924
Wheat Harvested
1926
(bushels)
1925
1924
Oats Harvested
1926
(bushels)
1925
1924
Rye Harvested (bushels) 1926
1925
1924
Potatoes, Irish (bushels)) 1926
1925
1924
Potatoes, Sweet (bushels)
1926 1925
1924
Tobacco (2) (pounds)
1926
1925
1924
Rice (bushels)
1926
1925
1924
Hay, Tame (tons)
1926
1925
1924
Hay. Wild (tons)
1926
1925
1924
Sorghum Syrup
1926
(gallons)
1925
1924
Sugar Cane (3)
1926
(gallons)
1925
1924
Watermelons (cars)
1926
(commercial)
1925
1924
Peanuts Harvested
1926
(pounds)
1925
1924
Cowpeas (bushels)
1926
1925
1924
Soybeans (4) (bushels) 1926
1925
1924
Apples (bushels)
1926
1925
1924
Peachesl(bushels)
1926
1925
Pears (bushels)
1924 1926
1925
1924
Pecans (pounds)
1926
1925
1924
3,966,000 180
1,493,000 $ .111 $ 82,862,000 $20.89
3,589,000 155
1,164,000
.190 110,580,000 30.81
3,046,000 157
1,004,000
.224 112,448,000 36.92
662,900 21.00 13,992,000 3.53
516,816 33.00 17,055,000 4.75
445,000 36.70 16,361,000 5.37
3,817,000 14.5 55,346,000
.76 42,063,000 11.02
3,895,000 10.7 41,676,000 1.00 41,676,000 10.70
3,975,000 11.5 45,712,000 1.12 51,197,000 12.87
114,000 15.0
1,710,000 1.50
2,565,000 22.50
99,000 10.5
1,040,000 1.82
1,893,000 19.11
76,000 9.5
722,000 1.69
1,220,000 16.06
496,000 23.0
11,408,000
.69
7,872,000 15.87
413,000 17.0
7,021,000
.87
6.108,000 14.79
275,000 15.5
4,262,000
.95
4,049,000 14.72
22,000 12.0
264,000 1.60
422,000 19.20
20,000 9.3
186,000 1.80
335,000 16.74
20,000 9.2
184,000 1.83
337,000 16.84
19,000 63.0
1,197,000 1.90
2,274,000 119.70
17,000 49.0
833,000 2.10
1,749,000 102.90
20,000 72.0
1,440,000 1.50
2,160,000 108.00
110,000 86.0
9,460,000
.80
7,568,000 68.80
110,000 47.0
5,170,000 1.25
6,462,000 58.75
100,000 70.0
7,000,000 1.00
7,000,000 70.00
51,900 770.0
39,963,000
.24
9,591,000 184.80
67,000 720.0
48,240,000
.15
7,236,000 108.00
40,000 777.0
31,080,000
.266
8,267,000 206.67
3,000 20.0
60,000 1.10
66,000 22.00
3,000 17:0
51,000 1.45
74,000 24.65
3,090 17.0
51,000 1.40
71,000 23.80
522,090
.76
400,000 18.00
7,200,000 13.68
506,000
.33
169,000 21.00
3,549,000 6.93
763,000
.51
392,000 19.00
7,448,000 9.76
18,000
.80
14,000 13.50
189,000 10.80
12,000
.51
6,000 16.50
99,000 8.42
20,000
.60
12,000 15.00
180,000 9.00
23,000 90.0
2,070,000
.70
1,449,000 63.00
19,000 45.0
855,000
.95
812,000 42.75
25,000 71.0
1,775,000
.84
1,491,000 59.64
35,000 175.0
6,125,000
.75
4,594,000 131.25
32,000 110.0
3,520,000 1.00
3,520,000 110.00
30,000 125.0
3,750,000
.95
3,663,000 118.75
53,600
.391
20,958 121.00
2,536,000 47.31
45,890
.346
15,878 244.00
3,874,000 84.42
45,890
.364
16,347 125.00
2,043,000 45.46
211,000 525.0 110,775,000
.053 5,871,000 27.82
278,000 500.0 139,000,000
.034 4,726,000 17.00
399,000 600.0 239,400,000
.042 10,055,000 25.20
166,000 10.0
1,660,000 1.80
2,988,000 18,00
46,000 5.0
230,000 3.20
736,000 16.00
14,000 11.0 12,000 6.5
154,000 3.10 78,000 5.00
- 477,000 34.10 390,000 32.50
1,827, 000 741. 000
1,500, 000 9,400, 000 7,304, 000 8,342, 000
257, 000 155, 000 232, 000 6,732, 000 5,550, 000 1,250, 000
.95 1.55 1.27
.74 1.40 1.01 1.05 1.50 1.27
.29 .35 .40
1,736,000 1,149,000 1,905,000 6,920,000 10,226,000 8,425,000
270,000 232,000 295,000 1,952,000 1,942,000
500,000
TOTALS (Hypothetical)
_____________________
1926 10,014,000 ......................................................... $212,849,000 ........... 1925 9,584,000 ......................................................... 232,045,000 ........... 1924 9,295,000 ......................................................... 257,921,000 _____
(1) Cotton figures for 1926 subject to slight revision. (2) All types included. (3) Acreage harvested for syrup. (4) Acreage from which peas or beans were harvested.
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LIVESTOCK ON FARMS JANUARY 1, 1926--1926--1927 GEORGIA
ITEM
1925
Horses and Colts................................. 56,000
Mules and Mule Colts----------------- 338,000
Total Horses and Mules (Includ
ing Colts)............................................. 394,000
Milk Cows and Heifers (2 years
old and over, kept for milk)-- 354,000
Heifers (1 to 2 years old kept for
milk cows)________________
84,000
All Cattle and Calves (including
milk cows)...............-____ ________ 938,000
Sheep and Lambs............................... 51,000
Swine (including Pigs)................... 1,275,000
NUMBER 1926 51,000 341,000
TOTAL VALUE
1927
1926
1927
48,000 $ 4,218,000 S 3,510,000
341,000 38,022,000 32,274,000
392,000 389,000 42,240,000 35,784,000
340,000 343,000 10,200,000 12,348,000
73,000
84,000
854,000 880,000
51,000
51,000
1,109,000 1,164,000
16,295,000 166,000
9,981,000
19,144,000 184,000
10,476,000
STATE TOTAL VALUE.
*68,682,000 *65,588,000
(Horses, Mules, All Cattle, Sheep and Swine.)
D. L. FLOYD, Junior Agricultural Statistician (Federal.)
PETER V. RICE, Statistician, Georgia Dept, of Agriculture.
V. O. CHILDS. Agricultural Statistician.
(U. S. Dept, of Agriculture) IN CHARGE.
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TABLE SHOWING ACREAGES AND VALUE OF GEORGIA CROPS FOR 1926.
(In per cent, of totals.)
CHOP
Per cent of Hypothetical
Total Crop Acreage
Acreage of
Crop
Per cent of Hypothetical
Total Value
Value of
Crop
Cotton Lint........................................................... Cotton Seed............................................... -.........
40.3
4,029,000
$ 81,862,000 13,753,000
TOTAL COTTON VALUE.
45.2 $ 95,615,000
Com......................................................... .................
38.1
Wheat harvested...............................
Oats harvested...................................
Eye harvested.....................................
3,817,000
19.9
42,063,000
114,000
2,565,000
496,000
7,872,000
22,000
422,000
TOTAL SMALL GEAIN.......... ..................
6.3
Irish Potatoes.......................................................
1.3
Sweet Potatoes.................................. _________
1.3
All Hay......................................................................
5.4
Tobacco................................-............... .................-
.5
Peanuts..................................................
2.1
Sugar Cane*.........................-.............
Watermelons*......................................
Eice*........................................... .............
Sorghum for Syrup*.......................
Other Crops*.......................................
632.000 19.000
110,000 540,000
51,900
211,000
5.1
10,859,000
1.1
2,274,000
3.6
7,568,000
3.5
7,389,000
4.5
9,591,000
2.8
5.871,000
4,594,000"
2,536,000
66,000
1,449,000
10,846,000
TOTAL............................................... ...................
6.0
(All other crops)
Apples*.................................. -...............
Peaches*............................... -...............
Pears*......................................................
Pecans*......................................... .........
604,100
9.2 $ 19,491,000
$ 1,736,000 6,920,000 270,000 1,952,000
TOTAL FEUITS AND NUTS*.
5.1 $ 10,878.000
TOTAL (Hypothetical)
10,014,000
$211,599,000
Acreages not given are included under "All other crops."