The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-06-14

connection one gentleman IOlQ us that he
sold the first cutting of clover from one
acre of land for $20-that the clover had
been sowed with wheat, and that the second
cutting of clover from the same acre was
worth to him $40, and that this land also
produced 18 bushels of wheat and that he
could honestly say that the cash profit or
the clover was not less than $25. One fact
worthy of special note about the lands
here is that the soil being of red clay
sub will retain the manure that is put
on it, and instead of wearing out by cult
walton it groves richer year after year,
especially where it has green covering.
Not only is this good country for
stOck-raising, but it is also good
FARMING COUNTRY.
The soil on the water courses is very
fertile and has light colored clay loans
and sandy soils; the uplands red clay soil
and large part of the county the soil is
lighter and yellowish to gray loans, all OF
which produce readily corn, wheat, rye,
oats, peas and tobacco, while cotton flour
ishes in the southern portion of the coun-
ty. Some of the finest tobacco raised in
the State is raised in Burke county, as is
shown by the returns from the tobacco
Fair held in Danville in November 1887
Glover, orchard grass, herds grass and
timothy grow luxuriantly, and the native
grasses which crown some of the noun
tains to their very summit afford rich
pasturage for cattle during the summer.
Turnips grow here to weigh twelve pounds.
Strawberries are raised here to a very
large size though they are not SO early as
at New Berne and other Eastern places.
One gentleman here raised strawberries
so large that it required only from twelve
to seventeen to fill a quart cup.
PARADISE TO FRUIT GROWERS.
A large portion of Burke county is in
the isothermal or no frost belt, where
fruits never fail to mature, and peaches,
pears, apples, apricots, cherries, plums
and especially grapes grow luxuriantly
almost all over the country. There is a
difference of opinion among scientific men
about this isothermal or no frost belt but
1t is certain and undisputed that large
part of Burke county is in the so called
isOthermal belt where fruit never fails 10
mature and where pulmonary complaints
are unknown. There are trees now stand
ing aud bearing which have been bearing
fruit for twenty years while in New Jer-
sey and some other great fruit States,
fruit trees begin to die in five years after
bearing. There is no good reason, now
that new railroads are going into this sec
ton, why quantities of fruit should not
be shipped from this highly favored coun-
ty. 1t will be, when its advantage in this
respect are understood, a perfect paradise
for fruit growers. The horror of fruit
grower is frost. 1t is his embodiment of
all ills. Here he does not even dread 1t.
THE MINERAL DEPOSITS
of Western North Carolina are attracting
attention abroad as we'll as at home
PROF. W. G. KERR. in his book ''On the
Minerals of North Carolina" says that in
Burke county gold is found i'll Brindle-
town, Pax Hill, and the Boyd Gold Mine
of fine quality and i'll paying quantities.
a Northern syndicate is operating a gold
mine in the county (we've forgotten the
name of the mine) successfully. Hema-
tite of the very best quality Is found in
several sections of the county. Magnetic
iron is found on Col B. 5. Gathers place,
five miles from Morganton, and also at
Britlgewater Corundum in large guam
titles, is found within few miles of Nor
canton. Besides these is found, in vari-
Gus parts OF the county, tetrady mite,
brooklte, smoky quartz, cromlte, anatase,
epidOte, fibrOGte, coumbite, samarskite,
XenOtlme, mOnazite, mOntanlte, tale,
tremalite, tellurlum, asbestos, graphite,
! rutile, palladium, galena, garnet, tilanite,
| platenum, manganese, itacOlumite, chic
rite, kaoinite, fergusonite, Rutherfordite,
nynatite, limonite, menacanitc, cyanite
actinolite, chromte, wolframite, fuorite
alblte, radiated pyrophyllite, lead, tita
mite, silver, cerargyrite, psiiomelane, ser
| pentine, breunerite, cry solite, tremolite,
muscorite, sagenite, electrum, lithomarge
| paragonite.
these are some Of the inducements tc
| location here. We think them very grea1
and have therefore presented them to the
readers Of the Chronicle We could FL
i up the paper with more of them if these
were not sufficient. Morganton is one o.
the most delightful of places withal. 1t:
pee pie are clever, educated, sociable an(
no better place for spending the Summer
II B. H.