Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
Splendid advertisement
For Georgfa.

~ NE of the handsomest and most in
D structive booklets ever issued on the
State of Georgia has just been pub
Iished by the United States Railroad Admin
istration for free distribution. Some weeks
ago it was decided by the Railroad Admin
istration to give some attention to advertls-
ing the different resorts, scenic ,WonderlandS
and agricultural opportunities of the coun-
try, in much the same manner as the pr1-
vately operated railroads conducted this pub
licity before they were taken under Federal
control. The booklet issued on the State
of Georgia is one of the first products Of
the new policy.
On the front and back covers, in one con-
tinuous picture, is magnificent Photographic
view of Georgia peach orchard, entitled
'tThe Largest Peach Orchard in the World.
The picture shows the rows of trees planted
with absolute mathematical accuracy on one
of the wonderful prairies of southern Geor-
gia where the peach industry has grown to
such proportions in recent years. Through
the orchard runs a fine country road AS
far as the picture goes into the background,
where earth and sky meet, can be seen the
rows of trees where they blend together in
the perspective. Between the rows Of trees
is a growing crop of cotton, showing the
thrift of the peach growers in making their
lands produce a maximum yield. This pic
ture is typical of innumerable orchards in
the Fort Valley and Marshallville section.
It vividly presents a scene which never fails
to entrance the traveller who journeys
through south Georgia's famous peach para
disc" when the trees are in fruit. Nowhere
else in the United States-not even in Flor
idas orange groves or CALIFORNIA; wonder
land OF. irrigated ranches and orchards-can
a more beautiful scene be found than this
simple photograph of Georgia peach or
chard.
In the foreword of the booklet appears
the following statement Of its aim and pur-
pose:
''The United States Railroad Administra-
ton is issuing this booklet to furnish accu-
rate and authentic data as to the oppor-
tuflities offered in general farming, live stock
raising, orcharding and trucking in Georgia.
It is manifestly impossible in the limited
space of booklet of this character to do
adequate justice to so large a State and one
so bountifully endowed by nature. The mat
ter has been prepared by representatives OF
all the roads under Federal control serving
Georgia. You will note that no particular
section or county is described in detail, but
that the State is treated whole, with
only such sectional references as the geo.
graphical and climatic conditions make nee
essary. There are no extravagant phrases in
praise of Georgia and it's resources and the
opportunities offered to the newcomer The
purpose of the book is simply to convey re-
liable information regarding the State, and
the plain statements herein regarding it's
crops. supplemented by photographs, all of
which have been taken within the State
speak for themselves. The officers of the
United States Railroad Administration and
officials of the several railroads serving
Georgia simply wish to add to what is con-
tanned in this booklet that the man seeking
a new home can we'll afford to visit Georgia
before deciding upon his location.
Contained in the booklet special fea-
lures are an invitation by Governor Hugh NJ
Dorsey; an appreciation of the south by
Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of Interior; a
word on the relative cheapness Of Georgia
lands by H. T. Cory, consulting engineer Of
the Department Of Interior; splendid sum-
mary of Georgia's resources and opportuni-
ties by DR.. Andrew M. Soule, president Of
the State College of Agriculture; similar
article by J. J. Brown, Commissioner Of Ag-
rculture; and a poem by Frank L. Stanton
entitled Here's Georgia"
Every page in the booklet contains two
pictures, made from photographs, showing
typical Georgia scenes such as peavine hay
production; digging sweet potatoes; Georgia
cattle; poultry raising; thoroughbred hog
raising; peanut rows that clap in the mid
dies" fields of Georgia corn so tall and thick
that horse can hide in them; Georgia can
taloupes; Georgia watermelons; Georgia to-
bacco fields; Georgia wheat fields; apple Or
chards in northern Georgia.; peach orchards
and pecan groves in southern Georgia; velvet
beans, growing so thick on stalks of corn
that they make the field resemble a grape
vineyard; alfalfa fields Georgia sugar cane;
Georgia oat fields; Georgia-raised horses and
mules; Georgia truck farms; Georgia packing
houses; Georgia feed mills; Georgia dairy
farms; Georgia cotton fields. Georgia roads;
Georgia homes.
The subject matter of the booklet, pre-
paved by reliable experts and written in con-
sentative, straightforward and convincing
STYLE covers every phase of Georgia life, with