Georgia: Its History, Condition and ResourcesDrake, Samuel Adams
History
Georgia: Its History, Condition and Resources
Drake, Samuel Adams
Georgia -- Description and travel
_Statistics._--A carefully tabulated statement shows that, in
addition to her cotton crop, Georgia produced, in 1876, 23,629,000
bushels of Indian corn, valued at $14,172,000; 2,840,000 bushels
of wheat, worth $3,805,600; 5,700,000 bushels of oats, worth
$3,876,000; and 23,600 tons of hay, worth $347,628. To these
principal crops should be added the timber and naval stores
exported from Atlantic outports. In January, 1877, there were in
Georgia 118,300 horses, 404,900 oxen and other cattle, 96,200
mules, 270,400 milch cows, 378,600 sheep, and 1,483,100 swine,
having a total valuation of $30,815,117. The State is admirably
adapted for stock-raising, but, as cotton culture offers the
quickest returns, it has hitherto engrossed the attention of
planters and farmers. The grain and root crops are largely
cultivated for the support of the agricultural population.
The rice crop of Georgia in 1870 was 22,277,380 ℔; tobacco, 288,596
℔; molasses, 553,192 gals.; wine, 21,927 gals.; sugar, 644 hhds;
sweet potatoes, 2,621,562 bush.; Irish potatoes, 197,101 bush.;
butter, 4,499,572 ℔; honey, 610,877 ℔; wool, 846,947 ℔, increased
in 1878 to about 1,000,000 ℔. The latest official census shows that
6,831,856 acres, valued at $94,559,468, are improved in farms;
value of farm implements and machinery, $4,614,701; estimated value
of all farm products, $80,390,228; estimated value of manufactured
products, $31,196,115. The total valuation of the State in 1870
was $268,169,207, against $645,895,237, in 1860. The decrease is
owing to the emancipation of the slaves; but the State is steadily
gaining ground in increased acreage cultivated, increased number
and value of manufactories, and increased productive capacity
everywhere.
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