The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-25

will Io 70 Ior ,..I:.
oo aroo+ . sn1roo IS - n0A Senelallon
within IT, IT, - aan - nl'huI"otuieu
in tLn Tn;tnI Sta,n M ~ oicP . = cotton
alone We toro i"Ao p" ueii"n"
ooo miles Of roi1raaa ~ =. ~,
Eve hnndrod araas @i " 3nousalo -"
tbo+ : to-e.r 80 40 49, 20" 80 - I"e "Hio'
rnnlaced 1 0p,Uop'ooo me- y
nrr vcar-nr abovt ~ " n,Ioo
for rcn1acina ,,,or.h - .1.c't lfft ~ 'iiioG
~ lOPi" "O'lh.g99 ties i Eclu'feu cach
TmiIc With " ca" i"N1 ohe IIGus'no "a"
voar 70 f,rnh IL y =, ~ 70 PEI
80 y ui"l' 'hiS amount alOhc' add 70
niiorv tinnInr 1a,o"HI, telegfapn po'c.,
~ ,iH' 9P"i9' o'aceS LOT hlI!eS' ID
=" L'io'G' u" 'tne laiI7 me
49,. ti-NI"s = . ma P'i' y 'n' U.S. q
- 'oa H.. 49, - "'lt : - Piofile'ic t%e
49,. iii t.;nun y'"' -
$500 '' 9'"'0 "n'''' treasures.
A~GEIcUTUEAL CAPACITY.
now invite vour attention to the condi-
ton and prospects Of the State from an az
riculturaI standpoint. Candor compcls me
to say that It's present condition IS ANYTHING
but what it might be. The statistics Of
1870 show that OF the land in this State. in
cludcd in FARMS, 5.2JO. 0Oo were cultivated.
and A, 500, OG0 acres were unina3roved. that
Is to say about onc-fourth in cultivation.
Iii jIdIl, Il country naturally IiLSGft-lkG.
100, 600 were improved and 80. OO0 unim-
proved-four-fifths of the land included in
farms was under cultivation. This is Ger
tainly n bad showing. Our defects is non
attention to business and bar0nial estatao.
The ~dcvelopement Of California has been
slow ever since he" wealthy men began to
absorb large tracts of land. France, the
most prosperous of nations, has only an av-
eragc Of B. acres TO each person engaged in
thing the soil.
While lands appear 10 be low. they are in
reality high, when in large uncu!tivated
estates.
HeI me Illustrate the point IN question by
nnm7or. we sar hn hos - 600 1,'oo IN roG ntn
nor acre this wo,LJ 49, h;s ,La,'
worth $40 GOO No vaar baS ha mnra thon
3Oo ,cras IL cnl+ivatan anI ~ ntnnota
his canital must como fron, thn onraae
tilIed and This makes HE ava;latjo LA -
the nurnosr Of income st,nd hin, - goo
ner acre instcad of so nar acra Tbo
most ohfusn can 500 th;S + a,rthina h 49,
GOOD inancioring Tbe trmo nrorn aim5 y
. State dement's ON om nlnrmp IA go
homes for its citizens MS can onIT7 no
tbe case u-hen land. arc div;dod 900 maI
farms The ADVANTAGES of the Statn ara 90
apnarerr TO me from an orricnltnr,I c.,nd,
point that the bare mention of thom nns+
carry conviction ia the mini, of tLo0rn-
~preiudiced. will briefly state them.
There j. 10 Stare in me Union that mo
duces so GREAT Il variety of crons There i
NOTHING raised in any State flat cannot he
,1cccs>fuIIv crown here Takinr into on
sideration is climate soil haa7rhfnIners
markets and INN: oyements there i No
State that lands can be purchased 50
cheaoIy. or where i Din rent for 81 GREAT
q ncr cent ON the investment It's wafer
WAYS for TRANSFORMATION rivers inIets BAYS
and sounds. exceed that of any other stare
The best local market in the w0r 2.
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In the newer states, lands are cheap and
TOO, they are mere. lhere are
poor i'h"5 III cN'rS ,1'"'V' we lc|o oi tie
lertic valleys OF Kansas, ana the mex
haustIbie riches OF the prarles. Equally
fertile a the bottoms OF tie Missouri,