The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-01-26
Ffom lhe Southern Weekly Post.
The Agricultural Resources CT North
Carolina.
BY On. ,. y. ToaKlNs.

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There has been Heretofore but little
written upon, this subject. and We have
notnow before US such facts as wewisli,
in order 10 place il before the public in
as strong aIIght as il can be shown But
even with our imperfect knowledge OF
sVme portions of the State, we are
prompted TO begin, believing as we do,
that IL is highly important tor the fu-
ture welfare Of North Carolina, that
her young men should know something
of her real value in an agricultural
point Of view. Go into what part of
the State you will, and YOU will hear
young men expressing dissatisfaction
with their present location, and saying
that they are going either South or
West, TO look Tor rich lands. Upon
the question being asked, If they have
trayeled.o,er their own State with
view of examining the lands, they seem
to be struck with surprise, at what
they think to be the FOLLY of such
question. We say that we regret very
much that the young men of North Ca
rolina seem TO know 50 little of her
agricultural resources, and that they
will continue to cut themselves loose
from their homes and friends, when
there are on every side Of them, lands
as fertile as can be found anywhere in
the whole Union. But we cannot so
much blame them for this state of
things as their fathers before them.
They have in their rearing up, 50 fire.
quently heard from their fathers vol
lies OF abuse heaped upon the State,
that they treasure up these false i'm
pressions as they do many others, with.
out any investigation on their part
The great Patrick Henry never made
a remark more true than when he SAID
that North Carolinians had heard thei
State SO much abused, that they ha,
learned to believe it, and if such wa,
perceptible in the day that he lived
how much more so is II now.
In the Eastern part Of the State, W.
of our personal knowledge know o
more than twelve hundred thousant
acres of rich swamp land, now in for
est, aud located IN the counties o
Craven, Beaufort, Hyde, Washington
, and Martin, all of which is free iron
i storm tide, and having enough fall fo
a thorough drainage, and will the frs
!; year, il planted IN corn, yield an ave
e rage of ten barrels per acre. Thes
! ! are only a few of many counties II
! in Eastern Carolina, that contain sue
!. land as described above; and beside
d these lands there are thousands of acre
r of what is called wornout lands in Va
: rious parts of the State, that may b
purchased for a small sum, which pos
sess the finest kind of natural adyan
tages, means for restoring them TO eve
more than their original fertility. |
the middle part OF the State, there ar
m thousands oi acres OF piney lands whlc
are well adapted to the growth Of cot
'e ton, and have generally near them
Sc large deposits OF muck, and underneat
them extensive mari beds, which Whe
: properly applied, act well upon then
: These lands are By many, who al
judges, thought to be the most Nalu'
to BILE, having a good clay foundation
m. which enables them to retain ever
re manure applied to them. In the we
c. tern part of the State the lands al
y well adapted to the growth Of tobacc'
wheat, oats, and the various grasse
: ot~hlch latter crops the eastern an
middle parts of the State consume
great deal, but heretofore they ha,
IN, been brought from the Northern State
DS the means Of exportation from the we
tern part of North Carolina has bee
such as to prevent the farmers III tn
= country from paying much attention
their growth.
Still in the face of all these advant
ges, young men are constantly emlgrs
J, INC from North Carolina, stripping h
Ihe M Of herenergy. her wealth, and hcrtaiel
md But we say here, as We have often. sa
ia before, that in ten years time, Nol
Carolina will be the first agricultul
wo State IN the Whole South; aud we q
l,,a aua as our reason for the assertion, ii
our people are now going up hill;
have to some extent changed our syst
~ 'oi culture, though our progress. is
- present slow, yet when the farm
comes to see the importance ofhis pow
OF being felt in our Legislative bodies, t
, vii, uivp swijtnesS to our coarse. NJ