The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-11-01

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and = rcmuueFatise GRIP. 1901
pounds per acre Is a common Weld. net
.snly in Edgesolnbe, but IN Hertlorsl- /
Wheat has long been successfully grash
in aimost every portion a the State
and the improvements now going on in
tire renovation u spr lands promise to
SOON make or State one of the finest
Wheat growing regions nf the Unlsn.
Rice j. great stnPle in some q our
Southeastern couniies-anl there are
thousands Of acres a our Eastern
sxsihps. n0p awaiting die hand u in
dsstry 20 CONVERT them from stagnanti
wastes into waving rice fields. Rye
and eats and peas and beans ind IN
North Carolina 4 soil aud climate par
ticuiarly adapted 70 their growth.
There Is rot liner. eoEIFtry in the same
latitude Tor The production Of hay, aud
consequently Tor the rearing of fine
stock, than ihe vast Piedmont region,
extending from Raleigh west 10 the
Blue Ridge. The census returns show
that FAX i produced in North Carroll
ma to an extent had not supposed
whilst our fertile mountain slopes, nm
der temperate sky. offer to The sheep
raiser and wool-producer advantages
no where exceeded III the world. The
peanut crop. trivial as il may appear
10 some. is worll, hundreds of thou.
sands Of dollars; showing that the bar
rem wastes Of sand in our South east
ern counties contain vast resources Of
wealth, awaiting only the hand Of labor
for their development. The resources
OF our forests are almost incalculable
land they are peculiar to n. caroIi-
na. The naval stores, and ship tim,
Der, and sawed lumber Of our pine TO
rests, the slaves Of our oak forests, and
the shingles Of our cypress and jumper
swamps. give employment to tens o
thousands Of Iaborers-and their fertile
soil is only awaiting the hand Of ths
farmer to be converted into luxurianl
fields, as soon as the huge forest growtl
is removed Our mineral resource.
far exceed those Of any other State II
the Union, except California. Our golf
mines are not worked by rowing adyen
turers in search of dust--but by invest
ed capital, paying good wages to tn
laborer, and realizing good dividend
to the capitalist.
Our coal miaes have passed througl
the ordeal OF scientific scrutiny--thei
wealth is incalculable, and they onl,
await the completion Of those improve
ments necessary for their transit t
marker, to pour their rich treasures in
to the great storehouse Of North Caro-
lima wealth. Our copper mines equa
in richness those Of Wisconsin. and !
is no uncommon sight, in the streets o
Raleigh, to see the miners of Cornwall
wending their way to their caSerns
The bowels OF our mountains TEEN witt
the finest iron ore in the world--end
less in quantity, tough and malleabl
as that of Sweden III quality. Ou
manufacturing facilities are not exceed
ed by those Of any country on earth
All our rivers and their tributarlc
have the finest water power that eve
tumbled over cascade, or lcapt dow
mountain si,le--and that too in region
blessed with health and fine air--wit
the richest ore at hand---and a fertil
soil contiguous to supply the wants
and furnish the means of subsistence
to manufacturing population.
An examination of the last censu
statistics, in reference to agriculture
products, will exhibit results, aston
ishing to our own people, in regard I
ourresouiccs, and productive industr,
have taken the trouble to prepare
comparative table Of the agriculturs
products Of North Carolina, and thos
of Virginia and South Carolina, the tw
States contiguous on our Northern an
Southern border-whose Writings an
upstairs have been in the habit Of jeeI
ing us with our poverty and lgnoranc,
ever since the days Of the revolution
/ fin,l the aggregate population Of Il
three States to be as follows:
Virginia, l,42l ,ot
North Carolina, S69,0S
South Carolina, 666,5O
Thus showing that the population |
Virginia is nearly double, aud that
South Carolina about three fourths thi
Of North Carolina. Ia the great stapl
of cotton, it is true South Carolina Il
exceeds us, her production being 3ot
600 bales; but not as much as we d
Virginia our product being 1890
bales, and Virginia 5000. In tobacc'
Virginia greatly exceeds Us, her PR
duct being $4,000, pounds; but NJ
rs far as we exceed Soath Carolina-
our product being 100000. an
South Carolina $4,000 pounds.
wheat again Virginia is ahead Of q
her product being LOCO 900 bushe
but we are far in advance Of Sout
Carolina in proportion to population
our product being s.00o, 900 and Sout
n NM a 4 a r. =.