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From the above tables it appears that the
wheat produced last year on an average
acre of land in Iowa was worth at the be-
ginning of the present year 1874, while in
North Carolina the average product was
worth $12,S5. In rye N. G stands at 1854.
In Iowa at 1887. In Iowa the value Of an
acre Of oats was $13,05. In N. c. 1881, In
corn, Iowa $3.50. N. G. $3.50. The Re-
port furnishes no data for comparison in
potatoes; but Iowa evidently .excels rs in
the production of the Irish potato whilst
N. G. as set off produces vast quantities Of
sweet potatoes, an article scarcely cultivated
in the Northwest. In the great Western ex-
ports of wheat and corn, 1t will be perceiy.
ed that our State is not inferior in the value
of products per acre to Iowa. So fat the
comparison has been made. in those articles
which constitute the great staple of the
Northwest. Of these crops we.make very
little for export. Our exports are chiefly
tobacco, cotton, fruits, vegetables, peanuts,
naval stores and other products of the for
est. In these things there can be no com
parison from the fact that except fruits and
vegetables and some coarse tobacco, these
products are not raised in the Northwest
They are the most profitable of our produc-
tions, and hence the raising of grain with
US is confined to an amount sufficient for
home consumption, whilst our surplus labor
is diverted into those more profitable chan
nels. ,a;ts, -.
In Iowa there is great scarcity of timber.
In North Carolina great abundance. This
gives us cheap building material and plenty
of fuel In Iowa the Winters are long and
cold, whilst in North Carolina they are short
and mild. This enables us to fatten stock
with one-half the amount of food and
greatly lessons the expense as well as en-
hances the comfort of living In Iowa
there are plenty of cheap lands. In North
Carolina lands are equally as cheap, and less
expense is required for putting an old farm
in order here than for making one from the
beginning, as new settlers with small CAPT
tai are compelled to do there In our State
there is every variety of soil and great va
riety of climate, from the fertile swamps O.
the East to high mountain plataus of thu
| West. Cotton, corn, wheat, rice, peanuts
sweet potatoes fruits and vegetables flourish
in the East; cotton, the cereals, fruits, to
bacco and potatoes in the middle section
and grass, grain, fruits and potatoes In til,
mountain region. Almost every branch o
agriculture may somewhere within GU
borders be prosecuted with success. Thi
with mining, numbering, single maxim,
and the production Of turpentine ant
tar, gives to our State the diversity O
employment which is the grand secret o
prosperity. We say nothing of present of man
featuring for which our capacities are vast
Ignorance of our State, of its resources, pro
auctions, climates and capabilities, at pre-
sent prevails very generally. Even our owl
people of one section do not fully under
stand the resources of other regions within
our borders. For variety of productions
North Carolina will bear comparison will
any country we know Of Our population j
at present about one million. There
plenty of room for as many more. Let then
be encouraged to come. 30