The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-29

Mica MinisE. Frpii Growing, Tobacco.
Cattle. Il afsiag aaA Adveatare..


SsAocsai oe-rs.s-o~d~>se< tA< CAyo~A-ss
EAST IA PugTg JACKSON Co, March ss.
Our citizens are h--ginning fo anxiously
await the approach II TN. locomotive and
every day one can hear the question
- How far has th. track t~en laid this aide
OF Pigeon River e For many long years
have the people of Jack -on county hauled
their produce over rough and muddy
reads 10 market. Our delightful climate.
our superior natural rs>oures~S the marked
liberality Of our citizens, will COMPARE
very favorably with that Of the adjoining
counties better known, and she railroxd
will make US known.
We desire immigration. We would
gladly have some OF the capital OF New
England to aid in the development, of our
valuable mines. Let some of the Jeople
Of Eastctn North Carolina also come to
Jackson county instead of going West,
where the climate is unfayorable and com
petition Is So lively.
MlC.
There has been more than one thousand
dollars worth Of mica sold in Jack son
within the last few weeks Everybody Is
interested III mica because il brings such
fancy prices. Several agents representing
wealthy corporations are visiting our
county. and buying up all the glass" that
is marketable. The State Exposition will
have, III addition To many other things from
Jackson, some of this fine mica Mr..
Woodford Zachary, of East La Porte. will
furnish beautiful specimen eighteen
Inches square. Mr.. Zachary, being a very
enterprising and succ ssful miner, has
| made his Investments profitable, aud in
duced his neighbors To follow i'll his foot
steps
TOBACCO AND FRUIT
Our people have not been so extensively
| engaged in the production of tobacco AS
| some of the sister counties, but there is
no local cause, either in soil or climate.
to prevent handsome returns from the
| cultivation of this weed
Our soil and climate, however, are cs-
| pecially adapted To the growth of apples,
| peaches, grapes, and all varieties of grass
| We are sorry to see SO much of our fine
native soil washed away on account Of
| shallow and constant piowing. We need
some system OF rotation of crops. Corn
and wheat should cease to be our princi-
| pal crops, for We cannot compete with the
| West. Our capital and attention should
be directed to the growth of grass and the
raising of stock.
Stock raising can be made much more
profitable in Western North Carolina than
in the East or in the Centre The cattle
do not die of distemper, the water is
purer, the grass is fresher and more nu-
| tritious. The cattle and hogs are driven
| to the mountains in the early spring and
brought back late in the fell ready for the
market.
| A MOUNTAIN CATTLE FROILC.
Stock that range in the mountains dur
ing the summer season is salted every
fortnight. This is "a happy occasion for
the young people when with their knap-
sacks full of provisions a jolly crowd they
start on Friday evening for the noun
tains. Reaching the stock range, point
protected from the wind and convenient
to wood and water is selected. Wood is
collected and a fire is started. Leaves
carried and dried before the fire consti
tutes ones bed for the night. The cool
atmosphere the hooting of the mountain
owl. and the bowling Of the wolf renders
sleep welinish impossible.
The hog finds plenty OF mast ."d
grows rapidly, only two things-the blacl
bear and the cholera prevent his being
the most profitable animal Dogs anC
wolves are so destructive that sheep ART
not grazed in the mountains, but kept
near the houses in inclOsed lots. ''MilI
sick" causes the death of some people a
well as cattle. Exactly what ''milk sick
is nobody knows-supposed to be min
eral. There is in certain localities risk il
eating butter or drinking sweet milk, mo
butter milk) w.