The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-24
GEORGIA AT OMAHA.
Description of the building of the
Empire State of the south.
From the Omaha Bee.


esling exhibits on the grounds.
As is wei known, the legislature Of the
state of Georgia failed to make an APP
preparation to defray the expenses attach
ed to making a display at the exposition.
Notwithstanding this fact, a number of
the prominent men of the great Southern
commonwealth decided that the resources
of the South should be called to the at
tention of the people of the Trans-Mississ-
ippi country and active operations were in
augurated in this direction. That they
succeeded is best evidenced by the fact
that Georgia has creditable building up
on the grounds, and that it Is filled with
the grams, grasses. minerals, marbles and
products of the state.
The building Is in charge of Supt. w.
j. Northen, manager of the Georgia I'm
migration and Investment Bureau, a man
who during the last thirty years has de-
Voled his time and his money to exploit
ing the resources of-the state of his birth.
Mr.. Northen is a genial Southern gentle
man, man whom it is a pleasure to meet
and whne he IS actively engaged in farm
ing and promoting he has held the posi-
ton of Governor of the state, and at the
present time he is chairman of the Geor-
gia Exposition Commission His home is
IN Atlanta, but his interests are scatter
ed from Atlanta to the sea, and so, in
resenis the entire state. lie is out of
politics and takes great delight in telling
or the progress that has been made by
the South during the last twenty-five
years. 1t Is largely through his efforts
mat Georgia is here with an exhibit that
attracts more than ordinary attention and
IS the admiration of all who visit the
building.
In the past the people of the North have
labored under the impression that the cot
ton crop Is about all that the people of
Georgia have TO depend upon. The exhibit
however, disproves this and shows that the
state can produce everything grown In A
semi tropical country, as well as the prod
ucis OF the most Northern states of the
union, the Eastern and the Pacific slope
sections. The marble and building stone
exhibit contains specimens from fifty quar-
RES Whiie the wood is something that has
peeh an eye-opener. In the exhibit there
are Cherry pine, oak, hickory ash and al
most hundreds of other kinds, but the
pride of Chairman Northen is his collec-
uon OF the products of the soil OF his
grasses he is showing alfalfa, something
that 1t has been contended could not be
Laiseo IN the South. This product from
Georgia looks as healthy as that grown in
Nebraska. In addition to this there is
white, red and crimson clover. Bermuda
grass Johnson grass and a dozen other
KINDS, among which Is the Vetch grass
that grows on the tops of the highest
mountains as well as in the low lands of
the valleys.
A product peculiar to Georgia is the run
ning pea. This is raised In abundance. and
tor cows is great milk producer. 1t is
pastured the same as timothy In the North
ana then IS plowed up, the roots and stub
be being a rich fertilizer.
Inc grain of Georgia is one of its strong
cards asd magnificent line is shown. There
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standing six feet high and running from
twenty to twenty-five bushels to the acre.
the berry grading No. /. The crop, how
ever, Commissioner Northen says, was not
up TO the usual standard this year Oats
make more remarkable showing than
the wheat and an affidavit accompanies
some or the exhibits, furnishing proof that
| they yielded eighty bushels to the acre In
ADDITION to the small grain there is corn
mat stands eighteen feet from root to
tassel the stalks bearing ears that are
twenty-one inches In length from tip TO tip
Inc Georgia exhibit supplies proof that
the state As the land and the home of the
sweet potato, and that the Irish potato is
at home in the Southland. The Southern
potato Is unusually mealy and its striking
popularity is that two crops per year can
be planted and matured.
Cotton Is one of The products that brings
much wealth into the excheduer of the
product Is an interesting study Twenty
years ago the cotton was the product of
the plant that was utilized, but conditions
| nave brought about a change and now
there is nothing that is wasted except the
root and even that is likely TO be put to
some use within the next few years Twen-
ty years ago the seeds of the cotton plant
were carted away and dumped in the riv-
er, but now this seed is about as valuable
as the fiber
Taking the cotton seed after 1t Is run
through the mill, 1t bears a large quantity
of fiber that is short and sticks close. Now
| machinery has been invented and Is in
general use that picks off this fiber. which
| when washed and put through the usual
| process for cleaning, is used as shoddy in
making the cheaper grades of CLOTH with
this off, the seed is ready to be operated
| upon. 1t IS put through a mill that sena-
| rates the huh from the kernel and here the
roads separate. The kernel is ground into
meal and pressed into cakes that are con-
| venient for handling. After this the cakes
| are put through another mill the oil TAX
4 en- out and the meal ground into what Isl
designated as cotton seed meal, and here
/ there is another separation of the roads
! Taking up the oil, which is in a crude state
! 1t Is purified and the first product secured
| is known as blown oil, which Is used gem
orally for lubricating machinery. Contin-
uing the publication process further. sal
/ Az or Is mdue, ana tnen there iS the but
! ter oil, one of the products used in maxi
ing the best quality of oleomargarine.
! From this there is a by-product that Is
used by miners in their lamps, and still
another known as summer OIL which is
/ thin, but is the best quality of oil for ma
! chinery. During the course of publication
! there has been a sediment but this is NOT
wasted, as it is used in making SOAP both
! toilet and laundry, as wen as sterne out
of which candies and chewing gum are
| made
Going back to the cotton seed, where the
! huh was separated from the kernel. this
| hull is ground as fine as -four and is fed 10
cows and cattle. predicting large guam
titles OF milk and at the same time being
! great fat producer, as it is mixed with a
! small proportion of the meats OF the seed.
Few farmers possess the conveniences
! for treating the cottN seed, though there
| are those who have their own mills and
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