The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-04-08
Some Facts About Georgia.

press lOftV page DOORlGt entitled
''Georgia Facts" which has been
carefully compiled by William F.
Parkhurst, of that organization,
and it contains boiled-do on the
resources of Georgia which are
very valuable.
As a result of the Investigations
made in compiling material for
this book the standing of Georgia
among her sister states OF the
Union is shown to be remarkable.
The following interesting facts
will be Of general interest:
Out of 59,475 square miles of
land in Georgia, only $40 square
miles are covered by water. Geor-
gia has 1886 miles of railroads.
The financial condition of the
state is shown to be splendid, as
the total resources of the 693 state
banks show al increase IN 1913
over 1912 of S5,693,000. The in
dividual deposits in the state
banks, on January 1st, 1914, were
SOL AL $50, and in the national
banks, were $53, 1913, $50, total of
over $l45,000,000. The total
amount invested in capital stock of
financial and commercial, public
service, industrial and manufac-
turing, mercantile and miscellane-
Gus corporations, is $4S5, 593, 826.
Adding to this the capital stock
of the 693 state banks in georgia,
$28 1875, 513, and of the national
banks in Georgia, SIS. 1853, 800,
makes splendid total of $685.
657,6 invested in all Georgia
corporations.
Showing how easily farming is
carried on within the state, Gecr
gia has an average of 235 growing
days each year, while, for instance
Ohio has only 165 growing days.
The estimated total value of
farm lands and buildings, imple-
ments and machinery, and live
stock, in 1913 is 1925, 900, 200
whereas in 1880 this total was only
$143, 158,3Q8. Georgia farm pro-
ducts brought to the state IN 1913
$3.50, 100000 whereas in 1880 farm
products brought only $67, 028, 829,
The income in Georgia for 1918
from cotton, corn, oats and hay
over and above 1912, is estimated
to be SIT, 611,OOO and the total
estimated value OF Georgia agri-
cultural products for 1913is shown
to be $S32,OOO,OOO.
The value of crude cottonseed
products has grown from $3.50,
1876 in 1890 to over $40, 100000 in
1918.
The total value of the Georgia
tobacco crop grew from S449, 900,
in 1912 TO S558,O00 in 1913. The
estimated value of the peanut or 10
for 1913 is $2.250,0O0. The esti-
mated value of sugar cane products
is over 50. 500, 900, as compared to
81 ,481 900 in 1899.
The acreage planted in pecans
now represents value of S12,5 :
600 and the annual nut production
is almost $50, 900 pounds.
The mineral products of Geor-
gia were valued in 1913 at S., AGO.
900, as against SIS, $4,000 IN 1905
Georgia now mas over 5000
factories and their total produc-
ton in 1912 was 1902. S63, 900. The
lumber industry in Georgia en-
pIoys $4,000 men in over 1900
sawmills, and the value of the
lumber products is $24, 632, 900.
The value of naval stores products
amounts to 1898, 1851.
The value of public-school pro-
perty in Georgia is nearly $13, OOO,-
900. In the state are universities
colleges, and technical schools to
the number of IS; of theology,
law and medicine 10; nursing,
commercial and manual training
A; and II district agricultural
schools. There are 81 public
libraries in the state, representing
an aggregate investment of more
than 100000.
Georgia leads all Southern
states in the number of automo-
biles owned, there being register
ed, up to the middle of 1918, 90
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