More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Georgia Preserving Co. opens pickling plant in Bulloch Bulloch History Roger Allen Note: The following is one of a series of columns looking at the origins and growth of the agriculture industry in Southeast Georgia and Bulloch County. The March 1, 1920 edition of the Bulloch Times and Statesboro News reported the planning for a pickling plant in Statesboro. It “is to be a branch of the Georgia Preserving Company, of Atlanta.” It declared, “Men (will) promote the growing of cucumbers, beans, etc., as may be best suited (because) the opportunity is a big one for the people of this county. It calls for little cash at the outset, and the risk is small.”