The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-02-25
Facts Concerning
Gsorgia's Agricultural
Prosperity in 1920.

ter q contributing their share OF
the worlds supply of food and
rainent is interestingly told in a
story given out today by John >.
DeNnee, agricultural statistician Tor
theGeorgia Cooperative Crop Ke-
porting Service, combination OF
the forces of the United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates and the
statistical division of the Georgla
DEPARTMENT of Agriculture.
According to the statistician Geor-
gias cultivated area in 1920 was
II, 4S9, OOC acres-aEout an eighth
of all land under crops in the eleven
southern states. She had slightly
less than half the area under cultl'
walton in Texas and one-tourth
mofe acreage than her nearest south
erh Competitor, Alabama, In plant
ed acreage SHE held eleventh place
in the entire country.
The. farm value Of her crops Is
estimated at 1928, 100000, and in
crop-yalue she ranked twelfth
amongst the forty-eIght States. In
the pre-war year 1918, Georgia's.
crops were valued al $279, 900;
and at that time cotton, her major
crop, was selling for almost exactly
what ii is fetching today. Georgia
excelled all other southern states,
excepting Texas and North Carolina
in the 7alue of her crops last year.
Texas led the country. North Caro-
lima had slightly better than half OF
Georgia's planted acreage but IN
cluded $4,000 acres of tobacco
which yielded the producers $167
per acre, against Georgia's cotton,
which returned an average of only
$40. 66 per acre.
In 1920,t Georgia produced
76,5OO,O0O bushels corn; 2,l10,O00
bushels of wheat; 1 / $4,000 bushels
of oats; 1928, 900 bushels Of Irish
Potatoes; 13,764,000 bushels Of
sweet potatoes, III which crop, she
held second place; 100000 bushels
rye; 16, 100000 pounds Of tobacco;
771,000 tons Of hay; 1876, 900
bushels of peanuts, nearly a fifth Of
the country's crop; 100000 bushels
of cowpeas; 9,697 900 gallons OF
cane syrup, exceeded only by Ala
bama; and 1,4lO,000 gallons Of
sorghum syrup.
In cotton production Georgia
ranked third. She was exceeded by
Texas and South Carolina. Her
crop last year reached only 1, 400, 900
bales. And it had an estimated
farm value Clint and seed) Of 1921 )
100000, say two fifths @f the
aggregate value of all crops produced
in Georgia that year.
The peach crop had bad year.
Weather conditions from the very
outset were most adverse. And the
season was from one to two weeks
Lutte. But Georgia shipped, net
withstanding, nearly 1000 carloads,
over 1900 Of which went to New
York. Georgia's peach orchards
cover, at a conservative estimate,
100000 acres and numbers over
100000 trees. Az a fair valua.
ton these orchards are worth over
$40, 100000. California alone ex-
ceeded Georgia in quantity but not
in quality, Of peaches produced.
Pecan production was short, only
1898, 900 pounds, Apples produced
amounted to 1,765,000 bushels
Pears, 148,G0O bushels.
Georgia's peaches, watermelon'
and pecans are justly celebrated and
enjoy great sale in the northern
aud eastern cities.
There are 310,737 farms in Geor.
lila, averaging SO acres to the farm
Last year roughly estimated, these
farms produced 23.978, 628 dozer
eggs. Over 100000 people live
ON farms in Georgia, say 70 PEI
cent Of her population. She hal
1888, 900 farm animals, valued Al
s14t, 100000. Livestock forms al
;mportan. part of Georgia's wealth