The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-09-06
Orange County society,


Orange County Society,
For The promotion Of Agriculture, the aecha-
me Arts, DC.
According 10 appointment, this society held
lis fourth quarterly meeting on Wednesday the
Goth inst, ata,he Court House in Hillsboreugh.
The President, p. C. Cameron. ESQ.,, called
the Society TO opier.
The Executive Committee reported regula-
tions for the County Fair. TO be held in 0cto-
Der next, with a list Of Premiums to be award
ed. lThc list is comprehensive one. embrace
ing nearer every species Of industry in the coun-
~, and the premiums win amount 10 about
5000. A press Of other matters, compels US to
defer the publication Of the report until our
next issue.l The report was received and a.
dopted.
Gov. Graham submitted fea remarks to the
Society, based upon statement which he had
compiled from the census Of 1850, showing the
quap;ity and value Of the productions Of the
county, &c. The statement was bardedto the
Secretary at his request and is appended for
the information of our readers generally:
ORANGE c0uSTY--cENsUs STATISTICS.
PoPrLATIoS.-ll, $3.50 whites, 4sl free color
cd, SPA slaves. Total 1905.
Dwellings 2,ls6, Families 2,ls6.
l40,5s7 acres Of improved Land.
lS3,065 /" unimproycd Land.
Cash value Of Farms Sl,O97,624; of Farm
ing Implements and Machinery Sl03, ls6.
STocK.--Numbcf Of Horses !, 1891 Asses and
Mules 3l2; Mich Cows 1863; Working Ok
en- 347.; other cattle, of Cow kind, 1855; Sheep
l ,535 Swine 29,507.
Value Of live stock S33s, Oh; Of slaughtered
animals, in 1850, Ss6,46
CRoPs.--Bushcls of Wheat produced in 1850,
%, 1888; Of Rye, l,76l; Of Indian Corn, 459,0ss;
Of Barley and Yuckwhcat, not stated, though
produced in the county of Oats, log, $40 Of
Peas and Deans, 5000; Of Irish Potatoes, TO-,
1850; of Sweet Potatoes, 1868.
The value Of Orchard Products is put down
at only SEQ; whereas there is large quantity
, Of fine fruit produced in good fruit years.
. The Tobacco produced is put down ut 1874,
275 pounds; the Ginncd Cotton, at 2,3O5 bales
of 400 lbs. each, equal to 922,O pounds the
Wool, at l4,9O6 pounds.
The produce OF Gardens is not stated. But.
ter is estimated at 10000 pounds Cheese al
s73 pounds; Hops, 80 pounds; HAY, l,sl5
tons; Flax, 1851 pounds; Flax-scc,l, 6,2i5
bushels; ,Reeswax and Honey, 2,OSi pounds.
The value Of Homemade Mappiaciurcs is es-
timatcd at si4,202.
Mr.. Graham's remarks, though brief, were
highly interesting. He believed that the CEN
sus returns fol, the county fell far short of the
actual amount produced; and yet, when we
consider that the population is but 1905, the
amount stated is crcditable to the industry Of
the people. Orange, he said, was put down as
the third county in the State insthc amount Of
wheat prcduced--Guilford and Chatham pro-
ducing more; this he thought was a mistake.
His observation led him to conclude tina, Or
angc produced alere wheat than Chatham.
bw 81, 33s 'bashels was large increase on the
quantity produced in 1910. The increase he
attributed, in great measure, to THE introduce
ton of the portable thrcshing machinc--thus
facilitating the labor of getting out The wheat
Gov. q. said he had presented these statistics
to show, as he expressed it, the present stock
IN trade that the Society might know what
they had TO work ,i;pan. II, with the dsadyan-
tages under which our farmers have .l,ahored,
they can make such showing as this, what
Improvements may we not expect when we
shall have q railroad running through the COM
,ty He thought it probable that the next CEN
sRs would show an increase of the population
Of the State to over one million Of inhabitants,
and very large increase in the productions.
The increase in Orange county, he felt conf
dent, would be at least $50 pei. cent.
Mr.. J. W. Norwood said that his impression
was, that the census of 1910 stated the ,whcat
crop of Orange, then embracing Alamancc, at
10000 bushels. So that Orange alone now pro-
duces more wheat than. hetwo together did in
1910. Mr.. Norwood also stated fact, related to
him by gentleman in thu western part of the
State, which shows the importance of attending
to the improvement of the breed Of stock as the
means of enhancing their value. The gentleman
referred to, kept, for number of years. a flock
of so sheep. and was in the habit of making
memorandum Of the amount Of wool obtained
from each at the different shcarings.. A few
years back, he procured some rams Of an i'm.
proved breed, and his books show this impur..
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