The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-06-28
tFrom our Southern Correspondent
NORTH eAR0LINA VIEWED BY 4
NORTHERN MAN.


Iu tbs east stretching out many miles
from the Bays and sounds and along the
river course, ara wide bottoms of great
uepth aud fertility. on which are grown
annually foe crops of cotton and corn.
Some Of these bottoms ufe of dark
peaty soil Of great depth and ine1haust-
able iettiity. producing from 60 to 30
bushels Of corn per acre without manure,
for the last 100 years UAder better
system of enriching aud cultiyating the
soil this portion of the State oobld lie
m de to yield immense profits to farmers.
One Hundred miles from the Coast is one
Of the finest trucking regions Of the
union. An Hrtifoll eatliness is gained
from the gulf stream. and truckers can
make double crops annually. On sin
gle acre Of ground sl00 worth of potatoes
can be gtown, and as high rs SIPS worth
Of peas per acre has been produced.
After these early crops are gathered
$50 bale of cotton per acre is common
yielf in this section. hrouud Raleigh
the Capital Of the State. for a distance OF
One Hundred miles the finest qunliiy Of
gold leaf tobacco is grown, which COM
mands the Highest markets price. This
product is valued at from 81 200 to 81, 900
per crop.
The Farmer and Mechanic. in speak
ing Of the immense advantages OF this
crop says, 1T has converted the single
house whereat Shermat received john
tons surrender into the town of Dur
ham with $500 Inhabitants and factories
| paying nearly half million dollars an.
nualy revenue tax This crop is increas-
irg millions Of pounds yearly" The U .
s. Agricultural report gives North Caro-
lima the highest yield of hay per acre of
any State in the Union. except New
York, between Maine and Texas. Aud
if the same improved system Of farming
was obtained here, as there, even this
single exception would not he noted. as
1.-The old North State" has advantages III
climate and soil oyer New York. In two
counties alone, Hyde and Currituck.
more corn has been produced in single
year than in the whole State Of New York.
The aunuul report of the commissioner
foT the year 1880 showing that the sea-
son Was about equally favorable to all
sections, gives the aggregate value oi
the productions of North Carolina at
S91 0SG 32l. Considering that three.
htths of the native forests yet standing
aud thousanSs of acres of cleared lauC
uncultivated for want Of Labor, aud il
many instances, capital, this report il
equal to the 6eat. At the close of Tia,
war theoe people were almost destitute o
the bare necessities Of life. But they ar
struggling forward right manfully. l.
a few more years they can be squarrl,
on their feet.
In the middle and western district
tie soil may he described as general,
clayey and grdvely loans, excent tn
|
q loans. The climate Of thess sections i
i very Salnbrious, being free from all malaI
IS ial il tiueuces, except In a very fe" local
n iiealong the river course wh-ie the water
II move sluggishly These. however, ar
e rare exceptions. Statistics show 80 ia
IL ms that prevalent aud scourge, consumr
5 tions, i'd concefued. oi.e of the two smnI
e areas Of total exemption in the whole
" country from this dread destroytt {
the human race, is found in Mott
" ClrOlina.
It The middle and western sections ri
> highly recommended for their henlthfu
a ness. Tho middle district produces IT,
d finest cotton of the South. Arson count
: CARRYING away the lhurels from The A
N ltutic Exposition. 1t has been the bGb
h OF fGrmers berstoiore to grow this ere
=" principally because of the large yiei
$ aud Immense profits. Some grow th
re- crop aim ost exclusively which is a gtet
~ mistake, necssitating them to buy ever.
n thing wanted for home CONSUMPTION
u, Others not only raise as much cotton {
"a theft neigbbors but et the same tin
in grow wheat, corn, potatoes. grasses, g.
'd sufficient for Themselves and tenant
/, and in some Instances, surplus to di
X pose of to their less wise neighbors.
this section there is more tillable Ian
Z, than can be worked, owing to lack
nj ,burtrs. .rbe farms have hilher
y bsen large, but are now being diyid,
4, iuto smaller ones aud retted, or sold. {
al easy terms Tue present is propitior
ume to raut or buy thess lands. rs th,
,is are coming rapidly into demand, own
ms to Immigration aud an increased iuttre
or ia IprmIng. An excellent quality
Mt improved land can yet he Obtained
ly SlU per acre. At some futuru lime N,
ed furnish Ileauings OF verified facts co
les cernIng EARNING in this section. For Il
II present must refer the reader to NJ
john I. Patrick, Sec, OF the Agrlcu
tursl. Mechanical aud Immigrati,
~ Society, whose p o. address is Wtd
,,y born, Arson Co, n c. Mr.. Patrick vi
oLceriully answer nil questions relatir
10 the Interest uI tue departments pi !
,Iv obstetrics represented by the Sooiet
,gs Having been Tor a series OF years enga
itil ed in editorial newspaper work, al
having devoted his time assidiously
the subject OF immigation, he is WI
llk posted ON all qcrstions relating to l
ny work, and is ever ready TO impart des
ire ed information. The old North Sta
go though at present an agricultural on
IN, is rapidly becoming a manulaoturil
'ey State Sue has two hundred stream
20 ~ with combined water power of 500
~ 600 horse, equally to the entire steG
power of New England. She now b
,re. invested in factories s., l40 473, on viii
a / so per cent is realized against 28 !
cent on 1921 677 SG2 in New EnRlar
shown by the census of 1870. And
sed regard ~ the variety of agrlc dtursl p
el. duois. n nth Carolina Is the only ST.
sn- tina. can boast of raising anything n
"w everything proSn in nry Of the Sta
'lly aud territories Of the Uuion. l. can n
hat boast of l50 vlnahl. minerals in
s. c ,unti-s. aud sl00.0O9 Of gold yi'