Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-09
OCTOBER CROP REPORT, 1888.
From Raleigh BuIletin.l

IOr Une HlOSU part, facilitating all out
door labor on the farms.
With this month the general cor
reSpOndence on the condition of crops
will cease; occasional questions on
particular subjects will be kept up
until next spring, when the regular
correspondence will be resumed. In
the meantime, it is hoped that CORES
pOndentS will not fail to keep posted
OH what is being done on the farms,
and report all matters Of interest under
the heading Of General Remarks"
In this way the Bulletin will become
a medium of exchange of thought
among the farmers of the State, and
afford much information to the general
public
The averages of the various crops
harvested are DIS follows:
CORN.
Corn has not all been gathered, and
the fact is, as indicated by the figures,
that the average is not quite so high
as the September report would seem to
warrant. The average of the corn so
far harvested is 831.
COTTON.
The conditions favoring cotton at
t'opening" stage have been favorayie,
on the whole during October. The
crop will average in the State 80
points, or four-f ifths of crop.
TOBACCO.
The tobacco crop suffered in Sep
TENDER from excessive moisture, and
the bright frosty weather following in
Oct0Sc4 no., lot much improved tho
condition. The average for the crop
may be set at IS.
Rice has improved, the present
average being 81.
The crop seems to be in good con-
dition in all parts of the State, the
average being IS, with promise of
improvement.
Sorghum is crop that seldom fails
In the State. 1t has been ascertained
that the average in the State has in
creased some five points during the
last thirty days, and is now SO.
SWEET POTATOES.
The crop is about average in North
Carolina, and stands 81.
FIELD PEAS.
The reported average is small, but |
when it is remembered that most of |
the pea crops seeded are intended for |
green manuring, it will not be a small |
yield, the average being II.
CABBAGE.
The winter cabbage is raised almost |
entirely in Piedmont and Western |
North Carolina, and the occasional |
reports from the localities east of the |
region indicated have cOnduced to the
reduction of the general average,
which is set down at 70.
BUCKwHEAT.
Buckwheat is product of the same !
localities indicated for cabbage, and is
reported small yield, perhaps because |
there is not a great deal sown; the
condition indicates but 80.
PEANUTS.
This crop is confined almost exclu-
sively to the eastern counties, and is
set down at 81.
MILLET.
This is one of the leading forage
crops, and is very generally grown in
the State; the average condition is 81.
MEADOWS.
The condition of meadows in the
State is rather above the average,
being 90 at this time of the year.
This is due, no doubt, to the autumn
rains.
WINTER OATS.
The preparation for the winter crop
is very general, and the condition of
the land that has been prepared is
rated at ga.
WINTER WHEAT.
Reports indicate that much care has
been taken in the preparation of the
soil for the seeding of this crop. In
many localities the reports are over
100, but the general average is 90.
The condition of stock hogs as COM
pared with former years is 90. This
is encoura ging The time of farmers