The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
Georgia, Field of Opportunity.
From the TeIfair Enterprise.

Georgia is your opportunity. 1t is to the
ambitious man of today what the golden
west was to the pioneer of 1849. IL Is
more.
No uncertainty faces the agricultural, in
dustrial or business prospector in Georgia
He will take out gold in proportion to his
energy, labor, capital, or all three
Georgia is the heart of the New South, IL
is a highly developed state; yet more than
half of it's fertile acres are lying idle. That
/ is because of its great size. Georgia IS the
LARGEST state east of the Mississippi river.
1t contains 59475 square miles, with an
acreage of nearly 38,00O,OOO. VI TINS acre
age considerably less than 2O,OOO,OOO acres
are being cultivated. Yet Georgia, accord,
ing to last years statistics, has attained
fourth place agriculturaly speaking. Only
Illinois, Iowa and Texas lead IN the total
annual value of farm products.
Georgia is FIRST in peaches. she IS
second only to Texas, the largest state IN
the Union. in the production of cotton, and
! is third in meat production. Its Importance
in live stock and poultry raising is increas-
ing daily.
Georgia is indeed a field of opportunity.
AS high as $4,000 year has been made
from an intensively cultivated Georgia acre.
Profits of $500 to $500 an acre are rather
common.
A Colquitt county man began farming ten
years ago, when he was twenty, with no
capital He now owns 500-acre farm,
makes 200 bales of cotton SO tons of hay,
plants 28 acres in sweet potatoes, supplies
cream from 25 cows to a creamery IN Moul-
trie, sells 100 head of hogs to the packing
plant and Is beeves. A Chicago man went
to Fort Valley a few years ago and went
in debt to the amount of 500 for farm
Eight years later he wrote a friend he had
paid off that debt, purchased over $1,000
worth of live stock, and had built farm
houses and bought implements to the amount
of $4,000. Baldwin county farmer be-
gan few years ago as farm laborer ana
| today he lends $4,000 year to his neigh
bors Story after story of the wonderful
achievement of farmers who started in Geor-
| gio without anything at all could be re-
counted, some of them too glowing to seem
possible.
While Georgia is largely an agricultural
state her manufacturing and mining oppor-
tunties are wonderful. There are more
than 5000 manufacturing establishments of
various kinds and many classifications in
Georgia. Nearly every important industry
! is represented in the list. Millions of dol
lars worth of raw materials remain in the
ground for future development They are
at the door of the manufacturer who comes
here and locates.
Both agriculture and industry are served
" a network Of 5000 VT - railroads
which traverse every part of the state Three
important ports, Savannah, Brunswick and
! ST. Mary's, are upon ITO miles of Atlantic
coast line Georgia has all the benefits of
the Panama canal. The markets of the
world are open before US. We must awake
to these possibilities to its producers,
Georgia's population is now well over the
100000 mark. Walled off from the rest
of the world she could support population
three or four times as great, or more.
Let US not overlook another very desirable
thing to consider about Georgia as home
for the new-comer-her wonderful climate.
The average annual temperature in north
Georgia is So degrees; in central Georgia
the annual average is SO degrees. We have
growing season in northern Georgia of
f210 days and 26O days in the southern
part of the state.
Georgia is a wonderful state. She has
every natural advantage. All she needs is
developing The people of Georgia really
do not appreciate her possibilities. We must
build chain of good roads from one end of
the state to the other; we must have good
school house in every district and we must
have good teacher for every one of these
schools. We must all pull together We
must all work for the common good of
Georgia.
Georgia. field of opportunity.
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