The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-26
A BOOST FOR GLYNN COUNTY
LANDS.

Just at this time when tle people
of Brunswick and Glynn county are
busying themselves with the problems
of drainage and good roads 1t was
thoroughly clever of Editor John w
Greer of the Wiregrass country to
toss very handsome boquet at the
soil conditions Of sGlynn county
which he did in the last issue of his
splendid magazine. Editor Greer is
an old Brunswickian, and he knows
thoroughly the situation in G1ynr
county. He has not forgotten the
home Of his boyhood days and he nev
er permits an opportunity to do q
good deed for Brunswick to pass.
The article to which we refer is az
follows:
while the soils of other sec
tons are fortunate If they possess
one variety of fertility, Glynn is
peculiarly favored with three
the costal plane sandy loan, the
black fertile rice lands peculiar
to the coast country and the snuff
colored hammock land character
istic of the river bottoms in clay
countries. The two last named
are extremely fertile, being the
alluvial deposits of ages from the
rivers that have floated them
down from the hills and valleys
OF the interior, while the first is
characteristic of the piney woods
s soil all over the wiregrass coun-
q try-easy to till and susceptible
OF any kind OF cultivation, pro-
ducing whatever product in what
ever quantities its master sees fit
to demand.
In the early history OF Ameri-
ca, Glynn. like most of the coast
counties Of Georgia, was a great
agricultural county. In slavery
days the aristocracy of Georgia
Z lived in these counties; they were
educated. they had labor they
could command and they produc-
ed the cotton, tobacco, indigo and
sugar from the sugar cane which
ladened the ships that went load
ed to England. The fine sea Is
land cotton that now brings from
20 to 80 cents pound was first
raised In these counties and re-
eeIved its name from the islands
along the coast where it was prin-
cipally raised General agricul-
ture in these counties continued
down to the Civil war when the
slaves were freed and free labor
became unmanageable and after
the war rice became the principal
crop OF these counties. During
the last 90 years rice culture It.
self has been driven out of Geor-
g1a by the superior methods used
in other sections, but the lands
here are ready to have the same
methods applied and to yield
tremendous profit to planters with
modern methods. These lanas
yield from 40 to 80 bushels of
rice to the acre.
The hammock lands are aIluvia,
deposits that were originally low
like the rice lands, but which have
grown up" to a higher level
by secretion and fora deposit.
These are the richest soils In the
south, and easily produce a bale
of sea island cotton and 10 bhsh.
els OF corn to the acre without
fertilizer.
One Of the: finest features Of
Glynn county farm lands is their
proximity to salt water inlets of
the sea which penetrate the main
in all directions. Through these
iniets boats easily reach Brunc-
wick, and produce is quickly and
easily brought, to market. These E
Ninlets swarm with fish and oys-
ters cover their banks, 90 that
farmers may always have the del
icacies of the sea as well as those
OF the land on their table.
Farm lands in Glynn county
may ee purchased at from. IS to
$50 an acre Brunswick is an ex-