The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
RAISE TOBACCO.
To the Farmers of Wake County and
their Neighbors of Like Occupation.
RALEIGH. n. O.. Dec. 8. 81.

RALEIGH, n. C., Dee. 3, 81.
Mr.. EDUTOR:-MOst of you, if not all.
agreethatraiSing cotton, asyOur money
crop, has not been a very paying busi-
ness for several years, and that this
year the price you are compelled to
take for y Our cotton crop does not pay
for the OUTLAY Of fertilizers. etc. re
quired to make and prepare it for
market. This being the case. it is the
part of wisdom that every prudent
man will approve and act on, to stop
the cultivation Of cotton and study out
something else on which to put your
years labors that gives promise OF pay
ing something more than the actual
cost of production.
The object of this article is to sug-
gest a crop that will meet your want,
If proper care and industry is given to
its cultivation and preparation for
market. 1t Is TOBACCO, and these are
my reasons for thinking SO and EYOur-
ing so: Tobacco is raised III every
country of the known world, and the
quality varies in different countries aC
cO,dIng to the varied conditions of soil,
climate, etc. and there are many diff
fercnt sorts Of tobacco, each sort being
pecu iarly adapted to some special Use.
If more strength is wanted III q country
than their native tobacco furnishes. 1t
is bought where it can be had and i'm
ported into and used IN that country.
But if bright tobacco Of fine texture.
quality and flavor ia wanted in any
part Of the world, there is only one
section of our country hat it can be
produced and hat is cur old North
State. and III no other part Of the
world. for it has been tried Over and
over but failed. Now al the world
wants fine bright cigarettes and smOk-
ing tobacco and rich mahogany wrap
pers md coIory filters, which can
be made only Out OF North Carolina
stock. hence there Is no danger that the
supply wi | ever be as great as the de
mand for it. That opinion can and
does apply to all other kinds of tobacco
because the countries and sections that
produces them are so large, but the
delicate silky fragrant tobacco of this
State Is used now in nearly or quite
every country in the world, and many
who have once used it viii have il II
it can be had.
l have travelled a long road to show
YOU it Is impossible to OverstGck the
world with North Carolina bright to-
baccO. Virginia and TIE West make
&c times as many pounds as this State
does, but 1t is dark. large, very coarse
and strong and sells from 3 10 S cents
per 10, and they are glad to make $40
per acre-few make that much. But
the North Carolina raiser, who under
stands and does the work of cultivat-
ing, curing and preparing for market
properly, makes from $50 to $75 per
acre and some few make over 500 per
acre. So great is the advantage that
nature gives u soil over all other
countries and States. Nature furnishes
the peculiar soil and climate and it
only remains for you to furnish the
skill and industry to succeed. 1t will
he well if some practical, skillful and
Successful North Carolina tobacco
raiser will follow this article with one
giving all necessary directions to &C
mir success in this branch OF agricul-
tdnr3I enterprise and effort. Such direc
tions should be carefully preserved for
referen e to guide the labor and effort
of the inexperienced to successful re,
snlts, Wake county is the very centre
Of h section where the finest tobacce
IN this State is grown and 1t can pro