The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-27

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valuable rice and island cotton lands
two of the best paying crops of the farm.
By reason of the countys close prox.
unity to the Atlantic ocean an ample and
seasonable rainfall is assured This is us
ually admirably distributed throughout the
year. the greatest fall being during the
early spring months and late in the fall.
Crops.
Crops are sure to the thrifty farmer il
Glynn county Z they are sure anywhere
in the world. From the time of the organ
ization of the county up to the present day
in this beautiful and magnificent section
The years have recorded only rare partial
failures ana only such as are witnessed in
all rural districts of America
If there is anywhere on the face of the
earth farmers paradise, where soils sea
| sons, grasses. fruits, vegetables and every
thing planted are under tribute to the
provident and thrifty farmer, it is IN Glynn
county. It is essentially and emphatically
Gods country. Genial skies are overhead;
| generous soils are under root clear, swift
| running streams flow through the land;
and woodland. valleys and intervals are
| declSed with the richest heritage: wild
| plants grow in the woods and wayside; a
soft blue blaze-the dreamy influence of
the semi-troptc s-ha,nw this golden and
| beautiful land from January to Dece nber;
and it's God country, for His manifest
smile is on everything
LanGs ana Labor.
! In the north and west lands that equal
| those of Glynn county in productiveness
sell from $10O to $500 per acre and thu
price of $40 for the average available land
| in many parts of the south makes the
| northern man incredulous. He thinks such
a low price means worthless lands
| satisfactory surroundings ard conditions
P Even ac tae sf6 e Tow price Of iands in the
south is accountable in the fact that there
| 10 more land than people, ana especially Is
This so in this county. According to the
| limited states census of $50, there was
:. ia every man woman and child in both the
| citv and county if the land was evenly
| divided fourteen acres Yor each Individual
FOR those residing in the rural districts ex-
| o,usiva of brunswick. s:Xty-flve acres per
| person. By this one can readily see that
/ c,,,,nn countv has a considerable excess OF
land than of people. and for this same
|
Undoubtedly Glynn county has more avail
: h,a r.ch farming land than any like coun-
tv in Georgia and certainly none can oHel
batter Inducements to immigrants. Here
will he found a field well worth the time
S to investigate. Not only are the lands rel
= in soil. but are susceptible of easy Guilt
= walton. Brunswick offers excellent trans
n portation facilities. both by water and rail
n no
of the south and east by the very hes
i railway lines, but TO European ana Assserl
can norts via steamships and SAILING yes
II sells Indeed, if any section of the south ma
n bright and promising future before IT, Uni
+ one has. All the country lacks Is NOR
ie farmers, fruit growers AID gardeners an
y those seeking location VII do well I
ID turn their eyes toward the fertile feds c
20 the Egypt of Georgia
Id Probably 1t would be OF interest to tn
u readers to state some of the poss-bilitit
of the soil of this fruitful section.
The producing of garden trucks Will be
fore many years be the all absorbing %
cupation of the farmer. and those WI
AT first begin will be the first TO reap.
a Cabbages can be successfully produce
re and two crops grown; the first crop reac
It's for shipment in December and the secol
lr- in Nav and June. At these seasons ca
Is bages command a good steady price
pie northern markets and will be found
OK profitable investment
he Probably the NEST important crop grow
er- is the rota!o crop. IRISH potatoes can
1m erown on the same ground with capba
re- and two crops are usually produced, t
a h1I =
US the latter part OF May and the first
no June The second crop is planted in a
ad- gust from seed potato saved from the ii
ty. crop and is harvested the latter part
October and carly November. The dy
tn age yield of Irish potatoes is 2Co bushels
lay etre: sweet potatoes 81" busr'ls P'f az
,ral OF the latter named crop Ecu" need
,aid for the south has long been charact
ing lied as the sweet potato mecca Of
.at world" The crop is a paying on" and
,rv Iers a wide and inviting field to The f%r
and ops In the north the southern sweet
tato if once introduced into the mark
ws. would command from 10 cents to 10 &c
RIO more per bushel than he northern pots
200 This is not an idle dream of the writer.
70 fact as true. I might say, as proof
"a the 'Holy Writ" Indeed hi
col often wondered how the peopl"
~ the north could en1ur" "a'
to ~ .. C,4i,,, >
O. go a northern sweet Potd'"' i''l'is
80 t ~otN Of ap tne nro5ncs of the south
ores tain if is that northern people like g
e in, things and will pay the highest prices
the them, and it is equally certain that
long sweet potato of the south would III
mel, large and growing demand should it {
Egg, be shipped into the markets of the no
and Beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas