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Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia.

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AUTHORIZED CAPITAL SlSO.OOO.

E. P. VAX VALKEXUUROII. President. R. E. PIXEO, Treasurer.

OFFICERS.
: U. G. BROCK, Vice-President. ! A. V. HOAVE, Secretary.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hox. E. P. VAN VALKEXBURGH, Late Captain 107th N. Y. Infantry.

1 B. E. PIXEO,

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Director of Ceylon Planters' Tea Co.

HOX. J. M. McBRIDE,
Attorney at Law, Pros. Board of Education. ULYSSES GRANT BROCK,
Attorney at Law, Mayor of Tallapoosa.

J. K. LlCHTEXWALTER,
Lumber Manufacturer. A. V. HOWE,
City Clerk and Director of Merchants & Miners Bank.

T. M. KIMBALL.

The Southern Homestead and Fruit-Growing Company is a stock company, incorpo rated under the laws of Georgia, having for its ohject not only pecuniary profit for stock holders, but, as well, the development and improvement of the lands of Haralsou county, adjacent to the city of Tallapoosa, aud the bringing into her borders the wealth and intelli gence which will follow such development. This is a home institution, fostered, encouraged, and supported by the citizens of Haralsou county who are interested in her welfare.

berries.

I believe that your county (Haralson) is equally as well adapted to grape-growing as is Coweta; and as an apple section, Haralson county is generally acknowledged as the equal of any county of Georgia, and Haralson county apples always bring good prices.
I like the name you have selected for your company, " Southern Homestead and FruitGrowing Company." The name seems very suggestive, in that it shows by the word " Southern " that it is working in the interest of our own favored section ; by the word '' Homestead," as it shows that its object is to encourage home-seekers among us ; and '' FruitGrowiug," as it shows that it is devoted to the upbuilding of what I believe will in time be to Georgia what cotton has been in past years.
Again I say, success to all such movements, and welcome to all peaceful, law-abiding people to the Empire State of the South.
I am most heartily in sympathy with the object of your compmy, and wish for you and your coworkers all the success you deserve.
With best wishes, I am, Yours obediently, W. Y. ATKINSON, Governor.

Haralsoe
Haralson county, Georgia, i.; located in Northwest Georgia, adjoining the Alabama State line. The population, according to the census of 1890, was 11,316, less than ten per cent, negroes. The county seat is Buchanan.
Haralson county is intersected by two railroads; from east to west by the Southern, and north to south by the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus, giving splendid facilities for ship ment of produce to any of the great markets east, west, north, and south.
Tallapoosa, with about o,000 population, the principal city, is located in the western part of the county, about four miles from the Alabama State line, and is known as the
" YANKEE CITY UNDER SOUTHERN SUN."
It has gained the above name from the fact that a large proportion of her people are from north of Mason and Dixon's line. The city is located on the main line of the Southern Eailway system, sixty-four miles west of Atlanta, one hundred and four miles east of Bir mingham, Ala., and is only twenty-five hours from Chicago, and twenty-six hours from New York City.
As a place of residence, no city in the South offers more inducements, especially to peo ple from the North, East, or West, as corning from what section they may, they are sure of finding people from their ow'n locality, and they are always sure of a hearty welcome from all. > Tallapoosa is a city in which adherents of every denomination will find friends. There. ' are seven church organizations, five having buildings. They are: First Baptist,- First.

Catholic.
Tallapoosa boasts of the first absolutely free graded public school established in Georgia. A two-story brick school building was erected about four years ago at an expense of 810,000, and later a large frame annex was added at an expense of 82,000. The school is presided over by an efficient superintendent and six trained teachers. Few cities of equal size, North or South, furnish better public school advantages.
There are three hotels, among them the Lithia Springs Hotel, built at an expense of 875,000, and to be kept open the year round.
The A. F. and A. M., Royal Arcanum, G. A. E. Post, W. R. U, and W. C. T. U., each have au organization here, as well as several minor societies.
The city has an excellent system of waterworks, built at a cost of about 850,000; a well equipped electric light plant, several miles of street railroad, several large manufactur ing plants and others in contemplation ; among the latter a cotton mill.
Character of tl^e CouT\try aqd Soil.
The elevation of Haralson county ranges from 1,000 to 1,300 feet above sea level. Although not mountainous, the country is somewhat hilly, with uplands and small plateaus sloping dpwn to the many creeks and small streams, along which are many wide bottoms of rich sandy loam. The hills are not generally so steep but that washing may be prevented by ordinary and simple methods.
The general character of the soil is such as to yield full and rich returns for the intelli gent labor of the husbandman. It is not claimed that this section will produce any and

every Kind of fruit, vegetable or graiu to perfection ; but it is claimed, and an investigation will bear out the assertion, that for the production of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, apples, quinces, plums, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and garden vegetables, the uplands are unsurpassed, while the prairies of Illinois and Iowa cannot surpass, if equal, the bottom lands in the production of corn and other grains. An indication of the natural fertility is the character of the native vegetable growth. The timber is mainly yellow pine, many vari eties of oak, hickory, and other hard woods.
The soil of the uplands and plateaus varies from light and dark gray to red, with some gravel lands. The subsoil is' yellow or red clay, containing sand enough to give good drain age. In some places the " weathering," or breaking down and decomposition of the rocks by natural causes, which has formed the soil, has left a small deposit of siliceous gravel on the surface.
Water.
Every portion of Haralson county is well watered by the many springs and small streams. The mineral matters of the soil and underlying rocks are mainly silicates (compounds of potash, lime, etc., with silica). These compounds are but slightly soluble in water, though suffi ciently so for plant growth. The water percolating through the soil and rocks and collected in wells for drinking purposes, therefore, contains but little mineral matter in solution. Numerous analyses of the well waters of this region show an average of not more than two grains of mineral matter per U. S. gallon. They are, therefore, freestone water of excellent quality. The natural springs are generally of the same character, although there are a few mineral springs.

Clirqate ar^d Healt^.
The high altitude, rolling character of the surface, uniform temperature, and excellent drainage of this section combine the conditions favorable to health, and its superiority of cli mate has long since been well established.
Xature seems to have especially provided this region with all the conditions necessary for a delightful climate. With no extreme cold in winter, it enjoys in summer cool nights and days of less heat than the Middle and Western States. The mild climate is not only condu cive to health, but reduces the expenses of living, as well as farming and stock-raising. Less expense for housing and feeding stock is required, and there are few days when some kind of outdoor farm-work cannot be done with comfort.
Proximity to 1he Gulf of Mexico gives a supply of moisture that never leaves a total failure of crops. General A. W. Greely, late chief of the United States Weather Bureau, says:
"The variability of rainfall is an important question for all agricultural interests. It is noticeable that the percentage of deviation is exceedingly small along the Atlantic seacoast and shores of the Gulf of Mexico. This small variability is a reliable indication that such sections are free from prolonged and disastrous droughts."
The .mean annual temperature, as determined by Government reports, is about 61 de grees; winter months, 44.1; summer months, 74.7.
The mean annual precipitation is about-52. inches, divided as follows:
Jan., 5.24; March, 5.86; May, 3.66; July, 3.78; Sept., 3.88; Nov., 3.79; Feb., 5.29; April, 4.33; June, 4.28; Aug.,4.48; Oct., 2.31; Dec., 4.72.

an epidemic in its whole history. On the contrary, it is adapted to the cure of pulmonary, and throat, nervous, and other diseases incident to the colder climates of the Northern States.
Fr uit-G ro whig.
The superior advantages of this section for the production of fruits arise from the peculiar adaptability of the soil, the altitude, giving freedom from disease, nearness to the great mar kets, good shipping facilities, cheapness of living and cost of labor, low prices of building materials, and la?t, but not least, price of lands.
Within the past year a large number of horticulturists from North and South, East and AYest, have taken advantage of these facts and have come hither to establish for themselves a " home in a favored land." Some from the far north seeking to escape the rigors of a Min-'. nesota winter, others from the far south fleeing from the malaria of Florida swamps, while the Middle States, as well as the region west of the Rockies, have each furnished their quota to make up the population of our city and county.
In fruit-growing in the South, as well as in the same business elsewhere in our country, the problems of culture, handling, transportation, and markets are essential factors contrib uting to success or failure. The commercial fruit-grower in the South needs as much brain and knowledge as the fruit-grower in any other section; but we make the general proposition that, with equal care and intelligence in the cultivation and handling of fruit in this section, a larger percentage of profit can be realized, because less capital is required in the purchasing of the land, as well as in the employment of labor.

. Mr. G. H. Miller, secretary of the Georgia State Horticultural Society, under date of May 1st, 1&95, says :
" You have the evidence of the esteem in which we hold this section for fruit-growing in the fact that we have located here in the nursery and fruit business, and already have half interest in some fifteen orchards in different sections of Northwest Georgia. We came from Ohio about ten years ago, where we were engaged in the same business. We have visited most o.f the fruit-growing sections of the United States, including California and western Col orado, which -we visited during the last winter, and we are free to say that for a man of mod erate means we think our own State holds out better inducements than any locality with which we are acquainted. While we would riot say anything against the wonderful productiveness of California and some other sections of our country for fruit-growing, yet, when we consider the high prices of lands suitable for that purpose, and long distance to market and conse quently the heavy expenses of transportation, we think a careful investigation will force any one to the conclusion that right here in Northwest Georgia we have as good a fruit-growing section as can be found anywhere in the country. We do not know any investment that promises better returns to the intelligent and industrious fruit-grower than commercial fruit growing in Northwest Georgia. Lands are cheap, labor is cheap, and we are near the mar kets, and the. wonderful development that is going on in the central South is rapidly creating a home market for fruits and vegetables. Perishable fruits can be placed on the train in the afternoon and be in Northern markets, say in Cincinnati or Louisville, the next morning.
" We think in grapes, which is a sure crop all over this section, and apples in locations adapted to them, a net profit of $100.00 per acre per year can be depended upon after the orchards or vineyards come into bearing. Grapes grown here are marketed in the North, long

oeiore grapes are ripe in tote j>ortn, and Jttence command two or tnree limes me price 01
Northern grapes when they come into market. " There is always a great demand for apples for the holiday trade in the South. Train .
loads of apples are shipped here every year to supply this demand, when all those apples and a surplus could be grown here at home, and of as good or better quality than those we re ceive from the Xorth. This fact has been demonstrated by careful orchardists in different localities in the Piedmont region of the South. Instances could be given of orchards and vineyards that have netted two or three times the amount per acre which we have given, but such estimates are to some extent misleading, and for that reason we prefer to give a conserv ative estimate, such as can be reached by any fruit-grower who will bring to his business that care and energy which is necessary to success in any calling."

Georgia Fruit at t^e World's Fair.

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Colonel B. J. James is quoted in the Atlanta Constitution of April 28, as saying:

" To how many is it known that Georgia took the premium at the "World's Fair in Chi

cago for peaches, watermelons, and grapes ? Yet such is the fact. When Georgia unfortu

nately decided not to be represented in Chicago, we felt that our interests were too important.

to be overlooked in such a manner ; consequently, President Withoff, of one of our compa

nies, living in Ohio, got permission to exhibit Georgia fruit in the Ohio space, and thus it was

that Georgia was favored by her Northeru>eighbors, and won the prize against Italy and Cali

fornia. So beautiful was the display that visitors could hardly believe the specimens to be

genuine." " The fruit-growers of Georgia had the only fresh fruit exhibit at the World's Fair for

one month, their fruit ripening more than three weeks in advance of California. This shows

great fruit growing States are offered for sale, which is an incalculable advantage." Atlanta

Journal.

Aq Illinois Man's Report OT\ California.

SAN JOSE, CAL., January 30, 1894.

"Editor Republican, Joliet, III.:--Before leaving Joliet, many of your readers asked me to

write them regarding California, its climate, various expenses, etc. I have now spent nearly

a month in the various valle^ys from Yuma to San Francisco, and have obtained much valua

ble information for prospective settlers, part of which I will give your readers.

"The valley of Santa Clara is the banner fruit and vine section of the State, and prices

for land there are 50 per cent, higher than in most of the other sections. I took a thirty mile

ride with some prospective purchasers, and we were shown land four miles from San Jose at

300 per acre, and nine miles out at $200. Nearly all the valley and foothill lands are held

at prices ranging between these two figures.

"Fruits and grapes are the only profitable crops to grow and it requires three to six years

to get a bearing orchard or vineyard, and it is the rule here not to raise other crops among the

growing trees and vines, so a man must figure on not less than $200 per acre for land; SIO per

acre each year for caring for the orchard; 8 to 9 per cent, interest on the purchase price if he

buys partly on time; 2 per acre for irrigation; $20 to $35 per thousand feet for the lumber

with which to build his house, and other builders' materials in proportion; $200 to $300

for a drilled well, windmill, tank, pipes, etc.; all of this expenditure without being able

to make even his living off the land for the first three or four years.

"There are no farms here, all being called ranches, even a five-acre tract being called a

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J. H. ROWELL."

ANSWER.
"The letter of Mr. J. H. Kowell from San Jose, Cal., in your issue of February loth, regarding California and the opportunities it presents for people who wish to engage in the delightful avocaton of fruit-raising, in its detail, presents such a striking contrast to the op portunities afforded by the State of Georgia, which I recently visited, that I wish to let your readers know something of that land which, within thirty-six hours' ride of Illinois, lies prac tically unoccupied, and waiting for development.
"My investigation shows that on Georgia lands, many acres of which can be had for the price of one acre in California, are being raised grapes and fruits successfully, and with profit far beyond that of ordinary farming.
"Georgia is the home of the peach, pear, grape,and plum, and strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries are unequaled for production and profit.
"I saw several thousand acres set out to orchards, mostly by Xorthern people who have gone down to occupy the lands and are making it bloom like the rose. Peach trees and grapevines bear the third year from setting and meantime crops are raised between the rows." Last year peaches sold at 1.25 per bushel on the trees, and the average for the fruit year being one bushel to five pecks per tree, and there are from 175 to 200 trees per acre. Make a calculation and compare it to the fourth year of occupation of a California ranch.
"Lumber can be had at $5 to $8 per thousand, and all kinds of provisions are as cheap as in Joilet, except poultry, which is scarce and high. Poultry-raising presents the finest opening of any industry one could engage in in a mild climate, and abundant range and plenty of green food make it comparatively safe.____________________________

"Southern people invite and are eager to encourage Northern settlers.

"I have not touched upon many attractive and interesting things concerning this most

bountiful land. It is too long a story for a short letter.

B. F. KING."

A Statiorj for Soutl^erri Fruits \T\ New Yor^.

The Pennsylvania Kailroad, seeking to provide facilities for the constantly increasing volume of Southern fruits and vegetables, which must be handled promptly in order to secure good prices, is preparing to concentrate the business in Jersey City. The company has, at a large expense, provided excellent facilities for this purpose. The station consists of immense warehouses extending from within a few feet of the river for 655 feet up Bay street. The width of the building is ninety-two feet, giving a clear floor space of over 60,000 square feet. Sections will be allowed free of expense to the receiver?, in order that they may properly dis play their goods to buyers. This new arrangement promises to prove of great value to all Southern shippers of fruits and vegetables. Tfie Southern States, May, 1894.

Srqall Fruits.
STRAWBERRIES are largely grown and with good results when properly cultivated, and the varieties selected which suit the soil and locality. They are often planted between the rows of grapevines or fruit trees, thus utilizing the space, and as three good crops are as much as they will bear before resetting they are out of the way by the time the trees or vines are in 'full bearing. The fruiting season lasts from April to July and often a small second crop is ripened in September.

_ ^~,MJ^> .tuu jujsv. BEKKIES are indigenous to tue soutn ana grow wua in every fence corner or waste field. The cultivated varieties succeed equally well.
EASPBERRIES have been but little grown as yet. The-red varieties succeed the best and would doubtless prove profitable for shipment to Northern markets.
Grapes.
The fact has been demonstrated that no section of our country is better adapted to the cultivation of the grape, and by some it is claimed that the " vine-clad hills of sunny France " are not superior, even if they be its equal. It has been only within recent years that it has become known how peculiarly well adapted to the growth of the vine was the soil of this sec tion of the Piedmont region; and an old school theologian might well claim that the reason this county had heretofore been so little developed was that it was predestined to await the time when the orchardist and vine-grower were ready to settle within her borders.
Grape-raising in Georgia does not mean competition with California or New York, because the crop ripens in July and August and is on the market and consumed before grapes from . those sections are ready for the market. It is the early fruit that brings the best prices.
Most of the fine varieties yield largely and require less care than in the Northern States. The varieties most planted in this vicinity and recommended by the State Horticultural Society are, Niagara, Concord, Ives, Brighton, Delaware, Moore's Early, Moore's Diamond, and Worden.

The following taken from the U. S. Census, 1890, will show tfie comparative returns from grape-growing in Georgia, and the States in which it has been engaged in to the greatest extent: .

STATE.

Area bearing and non-bearing
acres.

Average value per acre of
Grapes produced

Average selling prices per ton.

Average value of wine per gal
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Average percent age on value of
lands.

Georgia ..... 2few York. . . Ohio- ....... California . . .

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51,000 32,043 200.544

if 328 60
122 50 102 CO 31 25

$ 96 00 70 00 57 00 17 66

$ 1 15
50 5t> 19

37 6/10 30 6/10 24 6/10 72/10

The average value of land in grapes, bearing and non-bearing, was $387 per acre. The average selling price of Georgia grapes was 4 8 10 cents per pound.

Sout^erri Grapes Two Morytl^s Ah|ead IT\ tl^e Market.

"Several years ago, when I first started in fruit culture here in Georgia, there was little doing in that branch of horticulture near the Macon market, there being only one or two vineyards whose product was worked up into wine. The grapes taken to market were carried in boxes of all sizes and shapes, and retailed out by the pound or peck. I conceived the idea that those who were able to buy grapes were able to buy what I could put up in a neat five-pound basket. I started out on that line as soon as my vineyard began to bear a sufficient quantity, and have sold my five-pound baskets at from 25 to 35 cents, and ten-

as Duchess, Lindley, Progress, Delaware, Brighton, Prentiss. Worden, Niagara, and a dozen others. This year I commenced marketing on July 10, and.finished about August 10." C. W. MOKRILL, Fair Vine Fruit Farm, Rutland, Bibb County, Ga., in Rural Netc Yorker of September 7, 1893.
" The fruit-growers of Ulster county are now marketing their Worden and Niagara grapes. There is a wide range of prices, but on the whole the rates are not as low as it was feared they would become. The highest price, we hear, is six cents per pound, and the lowest two cents." Orange County (N. Y.) Farmer of September 14, 1893.
" The grape prospect improves as time passes. The crop on bearing vines was as good this year as usual. Not a vine was sprayed, and no rot or mildew was seen on any of the . standard varieties. Prices were good for fruit that went to market in good condition, but some of it was so badly handled that the growers, consequently, did not realize anywhere near its full value. Young vines have done finely. The vines planted last spring average a growth of six feet of cane, and many of them ten feet. One of the finest vines on my entire ten acres is a Muscat of Alexandria, and there are many Black Hamburg vines." Dr. J. F. WILSCXST, of Poulan, Ga-., in American Garden.
("I have seen most of the famous vineyards in the United States, and so far as my opin ion is of value, the States of Georgia and Alabama are destined to outrival any of the United States, with the possible exception of California, as a grape region " Editor American Garden.')
" Few countries are better adapted to grapes. Host of the fine varieties yield largely, and require less care than in the Northern States. The following example shows what a small farmer may do here: Mrs. L. F. Hunter, a wilow, of Warren county, writes: ' I

Last year I sold over two hundred bushels of peaches, a large lot of pears and apples; also, 10,000 pounds of grapes, which consisted of first picking. I made two other pickings into wine, which turned out 345 gallons of as fine wine as I ever saw, of which I have sold some at S2.00 per gallon (the aggregate value of these products is about $1,600). My vineyard is four years old, and bore a full crop for the first time last year.'
"Mr. J. X. Hardy, Jefferson, Ga., made, in 1893, 3,000 gallons of wine at a net profit of 82,000. .
"Niagara and Delaware grapes net five to seven cents a pound, shipped from here, and wine sells at SI-00 to SI.50 per gallon." From the Southern Cultirator and Industrial Journal, April, 1895.
Hundreds of other such testimonials could be furnished had we the space, but the above will give some idea as to what has already been done in Georgia.
UTYferrqeTvted Wines.
The manufacture of unfermented wine from grapes is fast becoming an impoilant indus try. The process is very simple, the juice being heated to a boiling point, strained and sealed hermetically. Heretofore this wine has been used almost exclusively by churches for com munion services, but is now becoming a staple article and commands good prices.
Its medicinal value has been established beyond question. It is also found to be a most excellent summer beverage, and is destined to take the place of fermented wines at many a dinner table when its value becomes more generally known. This will give the grape-grower, even in unfavorable seasons, a profitable market for not only his "culls," or grapes unsalable for table use, but as well his entire crop.

Apple culture in the Piedmont region is an industry which has as jet been little devel oped, but all over the Piedmont region there are lands on which can be grown as fine apples as those grown either in Michigan or Missouri, and one of the finest apple orchards in this region is the celebrated "Golden" orchard in Haralson county.
As for an apple market, we have one right at our doors. The lower sections of the South bordering on the Gulf and Atlantic are not suitable for apple culture, and our cities consume train loads of apples shipped from the Xorth, which might be grown as well right here. There is, we believe, no more inviting field for investment than commercial apple-growing in this section, if managed with intelligence and industry.
Apples are not a luxury; they are a necessity to the rich as well as to the poor. The* demand for them increases every day, and no investment can be made that will show as large a percentage on the money for years to come, as the planting in a suitable locality of an ap ple orchard. With direct communication with New Orleans, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Xew York, Washington, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia for our markets; with a subsoil of a deep red color, which of itself is almost a perfect fertilizer for the apple trees; with a rolling and na turally drained surface, covered by nature with a growth of oak, hickory, and chestnut, this portion of Haralson county seems to be the ideal home of this the king of fruits.
Old settlers people who have lived here since the close of the war will tell you, "Grapes are all right, strawberries and blackberries are good things, but for a 'dead sure icinner' give me the apple." They are considered a sure crop and always meet with a ready sale at good prices. The Golden, Ben Davis, Shockley, Yates, Wine Sap, and Summer Queen

are-varieties mostly raised now, although there are other varieties which will do equally as well. An apple orchard, of course, does not come into bearing ?o quickly as a vineyard, yet it is no uncommon thing for apple trees here to commence bearing fruit the third year from setting, and to give paying crops from then on, while good crops of potatoes, corn, etc., can be secured upon the same ground.
In this section of the South, every season a great many apples are hauled by ox teams for many miles to the cities and sold, after all the jolting on the roads, for 1.00 per bushel, from orchards managed on the "let alone" system where such a thing as hand-picking, sort ing and barrelling apples is utter!}- unknown. Any one interested in apple culture can easily satisfy himself by a visit to this section of the wonderful opportunities which are af forded for successful apple culture.
Peaches ar\d Plurr|s.
While peaches cannot be grown in this county to the extent that they can in some of the counties farther south, there are ravored localities where they do well. Mr. G. H. Miller, in the Southern Immigrant of March 9, 1895, says: "There appears to be a certain range of ridges and table-lands varying from 250 to 300 feet above the level of the adjacent valleys which is called the frostless belt, and on the elevations peaches are a sure crop. On these elevations' there is considerable iron in the soil and peaches are of a finer quality and more highly colored than those grown anywhere else; not even excepting the far-famed peach region of Middle Georgia. We do not say a word against the peach region of Middle Georgia, where large orchards are being planted, but confine ourselves more especially to the Piedmont region, as we have studied that more carefully. We have com-

invariably found that those grown in the Piedmont region were larger and more highly col-

ored. Also, they have the advantage of being much nearer the northern markets.

"Not only are the northern markets open to the peach-grower in this section, but the

southern market along the Gulf section is at present scarcely supplied at all with late peaches.

These varieties can be grown in the Piedmont region and shipped south at a large profit, 'as

there is always a demand for them in the proper season. Georgia peaches have already es

tablished a reputation for quality. In northern markets they are quoted at the very top.

"This section of the country is al?o admirably adapted to the culture of plums, espe

cially the Wild Goose and new varieties of Japanese plums, which have proved a complete.

success in this section, and can be shipped to any northern market or to Canada with perfect

success."

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Poultry.

In this section poultry-raising has been regarded as an adjunct to farming rather than a distinct industry; but there is no doubt that for eggs, as well as the fowl, it can be made very profitable as a distinct industry, both for the local as well as the northern market. Lumber at from So. 00 to 88.00 per thousand reduces the cost of buildings and yards to a very small amount. The winters are so mild that little housing is required and the hens lay well during the coldest months, at a time when eggs bring the best prices. It is the early broilers that bring fancy prices, and \vhere the broods can be brought off in February and March and allowed to run in the open they certainly ought to be profitable.
As an adjunct to a fruit farm poultry is almost indispensable, and they will more than pay for themselves in destroying the insects which would be iniurious to the fruit. With

tne-ivicie runs ana plenty ot green tooct, tnere is little clanger ironi disease. >v nn an tnese
advantages this is destined to be one of the greatest poultiy and egg-producing sections. The broods which eight million chickens and turkeys bring are worth more than all the colts foaled in Georgia, and the eggs are worth as much more.
Farrqi-qg ar\d Truc^-Raisirig.
To the casual observer, with the exception of the alluvial lands of the creek and river bottom?, the soil of Georgia does not strike the eye as capable of high production. Such is not the case,-however, and uuder proper tillage even those lands which have for years been in cultivation can be made to yield abundantly. Agriculture has been the mainstay of the peo ple of this section, and upon it they have depended either directly or indirectly.
The staple crops have been corn and cotton, but recent advancement has broadened the field and increased the demand for more diversification.
Truck farming ha* increased with the home demand and transportation facilities and in most instances it has proven remunerative.
Cost of Labor and Fertilizers.
Mr. W. C. Cooper, Chief Department Publicity and Promotion Cotton States and In ternational Exposition, says in "The Piedmont Region" published by the Southern Immigra tion and Improvement Company:
'' The labor cost on leading vegetables is little more than half as much per acre in the South Atlantic States as in New England and in the vicinity of New York and Philadelphia. For instance, the cost of labor per acre on asparagus is $34.27 in New England; 36.46 in New York and Philadelphia; and 21.25 in the South Atlantic States. On beans it is for

these districts respectively 842, 835, and 88.07. On cabbage it is $36.25, 26.20, and-

81-5.95. On watermelons it is $24, 614.20, and $7.10. On Irish potatoes 816, 316.25,

and 816.40. It costs $75 an acre to cultivate tomatoes in Xew England and only S22.50 in

the Piedmont region. The average wages of men on truck farms in Xew England is $1.25

per day; in the South Atlantic States it is eighty-five cents.

" The cost of fertilizers per acre on the truck farms of the Piedmont region ranges from

forty to seventy per cent, of the cost in Xew England. Beans which cost S30 tc fertilize in

the neighborhood of Boston cost $7.25 in the South Atlantic States; cabbages that cost in

fertilizers 867.85 in Xew England are raised in the Piedmont region with $22.75 worth of

fertilizers.

"The cost of labor and fertilizers in the South is much less in proportion to the amount

realized per acre. Hence the margin of profit is greater."

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Stocl^-Raising.

Stock-raising in central and northern Georgia is destined to become a leading industry. The mild climate, countless living springs and running brooks, freedom from disease among, animals, combine to make this an ideal stock country.
Heretofore cattle have had an unlimited range of the forests and have picked their own living, but as improvements have been made and more lands put in cultivation, a stock law has been adopted, compelling the owners to inclose fields for their pasturage. This will result in an improvement in the quality of cattle kept and its good effects are already manifest.
The Jersey cow seems to be the favorite in this section, and there can be found a number of as fine Jerseys as the country can produce.

good profits await the party who will make a business of raising them for market. Northern stock, when brought here, soon becomes acclimated, and as a rule, seems to take on a new lease of life. Most of the horses at present owned here were shipped from the North and West and the mules brought from Kentucky and Tennessee.
The love of the Southerner for the dog, and the fact that every darky keeps from one to five, militates against the sheep-raising industry, but with proper care and attention, the business could be made profitable even at the low price of wool, for with a large range which could be obtained within a few miles of railroad stations, the expense of feed would be little or nothing.
Hogs.
Stock-raising, and especially hog-raising, is the branch of agriculture that has made the farmers of northern Iowa independent, and yet if a farmer can make himself independent byraising-pork in Iowa, it seems he might become as rich as Croesus if he raised his pork iu Georgia. No long, cold winters to store through no expensive house to build sows safe to farrow at any season of the year sweet potatoes, cow-peas, artichokes, and goobers, the best of feeds for growing and fattening, easily and cheaply raised, while enough mast will this fall be wasted in our forests to fatten all the hogs of the county. The old razor-back hog of the South has in this locality nearly disappeared, and his place has been filled by the Poland China and the Yorkshire, and Haralson county to-day can show as good a stock of "porkers" as most of the hog-raising counties of the North. As yet the business of raising pork for home-consumption even has but just begun, and a large proportion of the meat used is shipped from the North or West.

The Southern Homestead and Fruit-Growing Company own and control upwards of ten thousand acres of land in the vicinity of Tallapoosa, Haralson county, some of it adjoining the citv limits, which they will sell at from 86 to 840 per acre, and in tracts to suit purchasers.
Great care has been used in selecting these lauds, and they comprise much of the best fruit and farm lands in this section. Lists, with prices and maps showing location, will be sent upon application.
Warranty deed, clear of incumbrance with certified abstract, is furnished free to every purchaser when last payment is made.
Thje Corqpariy's Prices for Fruit-Planting. Grape vine.?--
1 year old, 8x8 feet, 680 vines per acre------... --. -----. ----_.___--..__-$ 35 00 2 years old, 8x8 feet, 680 vines per acre ____ -- _____-.___________--._.._ 42 00 Apple trees-- 2 years old, 30x30 feet, 48 trees per acre._._ _- __ ,, __ ___. _ _ _- 35 00 Quince trees-- 12x12 feet, 302 trees per acre..___ --___ .__. _____________ 50 00 Peach trees-- 15x 15 feet, 193 trees per acre.- ____.._--______________--.___.__._..___ 35 00 Plum trees-- 15x15 feet, 193 trees per acre___---.__-__._.-.______._____.___ 45 00
The best nursery stock will be used and the work done in the best manner.

rive-/\cre vi-qeyaras ar\a. yuppie Urcnards.
A portion of the best fruit lands of the company will be divided into five-acre tracts, all accessible by roads leading to main highways, to be sold to those wishing small tracts for vineyards and orchards. The company will contract to clear, plow, plant, and care for these tract.* for non-resident purchasers and those who do not wish to take charge until the vines or trees are in bearing. This work the company is prepared to do in the most thorough jnauner and in most cases at less expense than if outside parties were employed.

Planting,

The tracts planted by the company will be cleared, plowed, harrowed, fertilized, and

planted with vines 8 x 8 feet apart or 080 vines to the acre ; or with apple trees 30 x 30 feet

apart, or 48 trees to the acre.

The vines used will be No. 1 one year old vines selected from three of the following

varieties, all of which have proven by actual experience to produce the best results in Geor

gia :

Concord (Black),

Delaware (Red),

Ives (Black),

Brighton (Red),

Niagara (White).

(If two year old vines are used 87.00 more per acre will be charged.)
The apple trees used will be choice two year old trees, selected from standard varieties that Have proven successful in this section.

The company make the following prices, subject to change after January 1, 1896 :
; First i Second 1 Third ) Fourth Choice. ! Choice. ! Choice. ! Choice.
Five acres not planted_____-____.-8175 00.8150 00.8125 00-8100 00. Five acres, with two acres planted__ ____ 245 00. ' 220 00. j 195 00. ! 170 00.
All these tracts are located within a radius of three miles of the city limits, and are carefully priced with reference to distance out, character of land and surroundings, and accessibility to main roads and railroads.
Terms.
One-half cash with order, balance without interest until after maturity, in installments of $10 per month until paid for.
A discount of 15 per cent, will be allowed on all deferred payments if entire purchase price is paid in advance.
All taxes will be paid by- the company until January 1, 1898. 2fon-resident purchasers of five-acre tracts who are not satisfied with the location of their vineyards or orchards, after personal investigation by themselves or agents, will have the privilege of exchanging for other tracts of equal value,

Estimated Cost of the Care of a Five-Acre Vineyard.
The cost of this work according to our experience will be about as follows: First year, cultivation and fencing-..--------..------------_ -- --_..-- _-____--- 50 00 Second year, cultivation, pruning; partial trellisiug, and picking-------- -___-___ 200 00 Third year, cultivation, pruning, trellising, and picking.-. ----_-_- ---- --.---- 135 00
Total cost for three years----------- ----..___ ----.__.,__. -- -- -- . _-_-385 00 Figuring on a low basis as to production and price of grapes, the income from a fiveacre vineyard, up to and including the third year, would be as follows : First year, nothing. Second-year, 3,400 vines, one pound each at 3 cents per pound --___-___-_-_ .__-$102 00 Third year, 3,400 vines, five pounds each at 3 cents per pound----_-____---__- olO 00
Total income first three years_ _ ___ _ ___ __ __ _ -_ ___- __6612 00 That this is a low estimate can be easily seen by comparison with prices and production
as shown under the heading of "Grapes" in the foregoing pages.

Recapitulation.
Original cost of five acres, firstchoice--__--- ------------._-----_-_8175 00 Cost of planting same at 835 per acre----_-- ___- .--- ___-_______ 175 00 Cultivation and fencing, first year-.--_ ._._._____--.__..__--.--____ 50 00 Cultivation, trellising, etc., second year.-- -__. . -- _._____--_._--_ 20000 Cultivation, etc., third year. ___.___-____------- __...____-_---. 135 00

Total cost at end of three years. -- _.______-_ ---- __ -- ---- ---- - -- -- Less income during same period- -- ._______--- ---- -------- ---- - ---- ---

S735 00, 612 00

Xet cost, or amount invested----. ____ ---- ---- -- _. ---- -- - ---- --

8123 00

Thus, at the end of three years, the purchaser has a five-acre vineyard, all planted, trel-

lised and in bearing on an investment of 8123.00, on which he will realize an income,' figur

ing only eight pounds to the vine, or 27,200 pounds at 3 cents per pound, of 8816.00 per

annum, and this at a very small outlay yearly, cultivation, picking, and marketing.

In making these estimates the company prefer to be conservative, so conservative that

the returns will show a much larger income than given above rather than less.

Option on Adjoining Five Acres.
Only alternate five-acre tracts will be sold on above terras, but purchasers will be given option by special contract, to increase their holdings to ten acres by the purchase of the ad joining five acres, and thus reap the benefits of the increase in price of lands which will fol low such improvements as are being made by the company and others.
The company gives a contract, binding itself under a bond for double the amount of purchase price of the vineyard tract, to make and deliver a clear warranty deed, free of incumbrance when last payment is made.
To insure the best possible work in the preparation of the ground, the planting, cultiva tion,and pruning of the trees, vines, or other fruits and the gathering, packing, and shipping of the fruit, the company has decided to contract, in all cases, to do this work itself, unless the purchaser wishes to care for his tract in person.
The object of the above rule is to insure purchasers the best possible outcome from their in vestment. This can only be done by thorough work, directed by persons experienced in the business. The interest of the company and its customers are identical. The Southern Home stead and Fruit-Growing Company has been organized for permanent work. It expects to build up a business which will become, more and more profitable as it grows older. This re sult will depend largely upon the outcome of its work during the first three years. It is vitally necessary, therefore, that in self-defense it should guard against the injury to its repu tation and business which would result from imperfect and slipshod work (through agents of the purchaser, that might be engaged who had no knowledge of the business) in the planting and cultivation of the fruit lauds sold to its customers.

(Jo lories.

The company will make special inducement* to colonies of five or more purchasers of five-acre tracts, or other lands, who may wish to avail themselves of the advantages of settling close together and co-operating with each other in moving here, care of lands, etc. To such parties it is suggested that one of their number be selected to come here and make a personal investigation and then report to the others. We prefer in all cases to have parties make a personal investigation before purchasing.

Homes in the City.

The company will take pleasure in assisting parties who desire to come here at once, and

who do not wish to build on their vineyards, to secure suitable homes in town, either by pur-

chase or lease.

How to Rerqit.

Remittance can be made by New York draft, express or post-office money order, payable

to R. E. Pineo, Treasurer, or by registered letter. If preferred, remittances can be made to

the Merchants & Miners Bank, to be paid to the company on delivery to the bank of con

tract or deed from the company to the purchaser, and the bank will forward the same to the

person remitting.

In conclusion we would say, any further information about this section of Georgia, how

to reach Tallapoosa, maps showing locations of our lands and price lists, cheerfully furnished

on application.

AH inquiries promptly and carefully answered. Address,
THE SOUTHERN HOMESTEAD AND FRUIT GROWING CO.,

TALLAPOOSA, HAKALSOX COUSTY, GA.

TALLAPOOSA, GA., May, 1895.
We, the undersigned citixens of Tallapoosa, take pleasure in stating to the public that we are personally acquainted with Messrs. T. M. Kimball, E. P. Van Valkenburgh, J. K. Lichtenwalter, U. G. Brock, R. E. Pineo, A. V. Howe, and J. M. McBride; that all of said gentlemen are of excellent business standing; that they are all bona fide permanent resi dents and tax-payers of this Haralson county ; that they have the confidence and esteem of the entire community, and we have no hesitancy in stating that any business done through them, or the company of which they are officers and directors, will be attended to in a strictly legitimate honorable business manner.
J. T. Trocu.E, City Treasurer. T. J. BAKKETT, Cashier Merchants A Miners Bank. J. H. DAVIS, Treasurer School Board. W. J. McCuRDY, President Merchants & Miners Bank. G. W. BULLAKD, Sheriff of Haralson County. M. A. DKLJ., W. M. Tallapoosa Lodge No. 126 A. F. & A. M. C. H. WHITFORD, Commander J. B. Stedman Post No. 4 G. A. R. JAMES WOOD POGUE, Pastor Presbyterian Church.