The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-03-16
,nrrT, COUNTY SHOWS WON
rnp11 ADVANCEMENT DUR
INC PAST TEN YEARS.
,6IC IS GROWTH OF VALUES

Ruildings and Live Stock and
nan,+rv Have Leaped Upward by
nounds Number and Size of Farms
- Their Ownership by Color.
ror,naratively Few MOrtgaged.
rbo News has received from the
.oon at Washington a bulletin of
census of 1910 giving the farm
otistics of Georgia by counties.
From il much interesting informa-
~ ia cleaned concerning Terrell
univ Wonderful forward strides
agriculture in the past ten years
shown in the marvellous growth
the value of land, farm buildings
Id live stock and poultry.
The value of all farms in 1910 was
6S4S72 against $2,074,434 in
ooO an increase of ia per cent.
The approximate land area of the
onntv is 206,O $50 acres, of which
778O7 acres are in farms. The
o1ne of this land in 1910 was given
the owners at $3,S32,082 as
gainst $1,234,820 as shown by the
ensus of 1900. The value of farm
uiIdings is 1891, 232 against $452,-
20 in 1900. implements and ma
sbinerv TO the value of $152,999
Eere returned to the census enumer-
Ators in 1910, whereas the same
stems we're valued at $50, $3.50 ten
ears ago. The value of domestic
snimaIs, poultry and bees in the
bounty is $717,659 against $780,
d. in 1900.
The number of farms in cultiva-
hon in the county in 1910 were g.
E41, while in 1900 there were 2,189
Farms. There are SO farms of from
B to 9 acres in area; Sc from 10 to
d. acres; 1886 (one-horse tenants)
from 20 to 40 acres; 671 from SO
] 10 SO acres; 268 from IT'S to 259
acres; AZ from $50 to 400 acres; %
from 500 to 999 acres, and 2 of 1, 900
acres and over.
There are in the county 642 ma
/ tive born white farmers, one foreign
born white farmer and zoos negro
farmers.
The number of farms in the coun-
ty that are operated by owners is
375, of which 2S2 are native born
whites 1 foreign born white and go
negroes.
The per cent of land area in farms
lis S6,S, and the average value of land
per acre as given by the owners to
the census enumerators is $21.50,
an increase Of $15.04 per acre since
the census of 1910, when 1852 was
the average.
Some Facts About Georgia.
Georgia ranks tenth in population
and twentieth in land area among
the states and territories of CONT
mental United States. The state rises
from sea level along its southeastern
boundary to attitudes in excess of
z'OOO feet in the mountainous north
eFn and northwestern portions. Over
one-half OF the state is included in
the Coastal Plain region, the highest
of which are less than $50
leet' The Piedmont section forms
Oroad belt across the northern cen
traI portion of Georgia with attitudes
ranging from approximately $50 feet
where 1t joins the Coastal Plain to
a. alIllIuueS approaching 1900 feet near
Ine northern margin. The extreme
and northwestern portions
VI Ine state consist of the high peaks
anu ridges OF the Southern Appalach-
. .lI Mountains, together with numer-
Jus limestone valleys in the extreme
nj tHWestern portion of the state
a 1i small area of the Appalachian
yIdIeau. There is considerable
range OF altitude in this more north
10y portion, some of the mountains
,,.SI"s TO attitudes in excess of 1000
-GGI, "hlIe the rolling valley floors,
o.II'H are interrupted by numerous
7oMeI ridges, lie at attitudes of from
'oO to 800 feet.
mat part of Georgia a1ono +ba At
onIc coast consists of the low lying,
10y oaLy Ievel, fatwoods portion of the
iU@S, al Plain. The immediate shore
'r15 Is bounded by a series of islands
! NY snghtly elevated above sea lev
70 "a considerable part of the fiat
,oous section is low and swampy and
bp.eteu by dark mucky soils, while
NC, Ilgher lying portions are occu-
W. ny gray and yellow sandy loans.
trot etleaIer part of the Coastal Plain,
- - t I'm from the f1atwoods section
y one margin of the Piedmont. lies
m i aIIltude ranging from 100 to
o,,,1 ieeI ABOVE sea level and is nearly
rf4 JI Ut gently rolling in character.
~ ~, numerous hills along the higher
, r5pl"i margin. The soils are ex-
nd vI'ely varied, ranging from gray
1 ,u yeiloW sandy soils to heavy red
'% NJ, and red clay.
me Inc principal soils of the Piedmont
. TsIon are a heavy red clay and a
ls,2 sandy loan with a heavy red
.o TS suOsolI. The soil of the eastern
cd cd 'I On OF the mountain region are
b o Ioams and clays derived from