Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-12
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
II. uxreuAlEp clrxArr AND .oli

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
ITS u>toUAlEp CLIMATE AND soit.
One % the be-t r..alts which Will
accrue to North Csrolins from the In
t-rstste Exposition no~ In progress hef-
is tho better Information of people from
shrosd in rrgsri Ia the superb climst.
ot all the ceutrsl sni eastern section ot
the state. People living .l..~here can
not, even from the reports of the ~esih-
~ bureau. gsther q corrcct id~s "f THIS
climate. which Ia me seems tn comhln.
the b~-t poiuts of all the Atlsntic cosst
region. E,en our local weather station
soah be apt To mislesd strangers, Tor
In their rsvir~ for o,tober last, the,
state that -. had her. during that month
i've Killing fro.ts. Nov, do not knos
= hat the Weather Bureau calls Q XIII
ing" fro.t, hut I do know that az to this
date Nov. Ia ~c have net had fro-t
enough to kill quite tender plants. f"r
INSTANCE, sm daily getting from NV
garden fresh Lima beans from gro~lng
,ine-, NV late crop of lrish POTATOES ;.
grven and growing, ani tom'io vines
.r, gr--n To the tip-. The h.'is of scarlet
s,rsnlums, dahlis.. p.tuniss. etc, arr
untOa, h~,i aud full of fc~ers, while tea
rO.c. are full of Young shoots and max.
ing richsr-colored bud. than they dh all
summer. and of course chry yssnthsmums
.rr gorgcous. N our chryssnthemam
.how the past week there were nosrrs
eight inche. In diameter, from the open
sir-As al wer,, aud American BEAUTY
rOses az fine a. I ever ssw proiuc-i
under glass, while the tea roses werr
even better.
Eastern North Carolina, sloping Ia the
.un h.hlnd tbs highest mountains In
IN. east. Il almost entirely excmp, frum
IN. bitter blast. that sweep doSn the
Nls.l.slppI Valley, and carry the cold
much further south than u comes hsrr.
Ia the great ffveE. 81 ls>S, When ihe
mepury fell to "a degrvc- In floriiA'
AS bat thr-e % four degrres colder Ia
Northeastern North Carolina, While the
signal service reported a tempersiufe
of six degr,c- aho,e fero st Mobile.
killing trosi come. a little earlier la th"
low country east ot us than u doe- 0n
the uplands around Raleigh, bat the
winter cold l. les severe there. Hut
even here such plants a. the gardeua
can. Ie..amin.) stand outside, aud
c.msllias, pltto.porums aud Indian
aralr.s are perfectly hardy. onlv last
~.sk | saw fully riPsned bunch oi
bananas cat frUm plant growing on
Raleigh lawn, after all thoss i've "kill-
ing fro.is which the weather men ~
rort. hi. woald hardly - the case.
: Ia. a Ia. Ngr NHrll
door, q. they start too late. IN" plant
In question ~ss started early la grr"n-
hou... bat IN. fat that the fruit ripsn"d
In November shoss plainly that rrAI
Killing fr,st. have n"t ben hsf" Vet.
Ia. grrst.-t advantage North Caro-
lima poss-.ss-- l. In her sup~rh clim't'
.ithin ie.. than - hours ~ Nes York
,hv. The c,sst c"untry ot Easi'tn
North Csrolint - almo.t ierr,i isc"Tat-
"a To- narthern people. II !. g~usfah'
considered |. rgion 20 sSsmp., tno.-
aait..-s, sand sni plny svo,ls. ih- fsct
i. that thsr. la thi. r-gion lsrs- t-oi'"-
af farming lsnds a. riyh 80 rich.-r th,n
N. ftmous bl,cssnll prairie. of lllinol.,
la q clim ,te equal to tsutrsl Italy. Ia"
,.st sNampy tr4cis, siill given over 7"
sild gam, eau. by the reasonable ~
f..nditurv Of maney, b. tran.fofm'-t tn
to fsfmipg section. vgdl Ia the I'ol ''f-
~ Ilall.nsl. Ihss. .samps are The
highest land In the Shole r-gt'n, elr'at-
~ hs-lus, la lat. Which oS~'nns th.r
rim. sn,l sud uff fiN~r. "a the 80. Ia
th..- s~smp. there i M siagnant water,
no mia.mt, hut the pur-.t sni met
shols.um- water o. - found-ih"
sai.r, Ia fact. whiCh al the ship. At tie
Norfolk Nssy \ ri .e.k Ia c-trN u 80
Nth thsm. Many 10 ths.e swsm.t
tr.st., shl,h b-long Ia the state scls'"l
i-a.ri. cover handr-i. ot .qaar, miles,
ami of'rr an inviting fisli Tor the Invest
m.ut ~ a.-oci,i.Si capital. MANY y-sr-
agn, the state cut some canal. Ia the
c,,unti-. bordering on Psmllco ~"ani'
One of the. m,kss an outlet Tor Lake
Matismusk~et, and ar"und this lake sfr
Land. that Tor Que hundred war. h'Ne
h.,n cultivated In cora. With no pr.
c.fiihlc diminution In the wonderful
fertility % IN. soil, whi,h Il simplN =
t..d IL hlsck I.atV soll IL unkno-n u
d.pth. Around New-Berue, on "a"
Nsass River, ths mellow ftts of dark
.aniy soil have bs-n found p@'ult'rlN
adapted "a the groSt th of vegetable crop.
for northern shipmsnt.
Mr.. Terry ART. lately from Main" In
on. % cur agricultural pap~r- that %"
thought he gsult make money fasisf
grnN ing potste.- in VI ,,n- than 10" r'''Il
ca hs OHIO farm. poabtle-s he c'al =,
tur al. .nergy sni .kill Nouli make HIN
.uc,.-.ful anV~h-rv. Hut Ia Msin" o.
take. the whole season to grow q crop
~ lri.h t.otsio.-s, snd thsn the price 81
their digging time u generally ies. ti,'n
half Nh.t oar grussrs rvalit". bui
,iaut NsN- -Bsrn- one can plant crop
Of uatsto.- the hrst 20 February, ris
them Ia Nav. pat the land IN -os pra.'
cut a crop ~ nav the irst of August,
turn over The stubble aud plant an"ther
crop of t-,tstnc. (from sss.i raise'i IN
.pringl. anil dig q guoi crop the l'.t 81
Noy.nt@r. sa~ Held last Ausu'i
~hlch had given q crop of P'iai"e. oi -
h.rr.l. p.r acr., Nhi.h sold for ~ 20 -
t-rr h.rr.l. ant Il ths time I ssN u th~r-
"a. gro ing on II crop "f corn, plant
s,t after the potaios. ~eF~ dug. lhd
~, .mis.d to make ~ to ~ ba.h-ls l-rr
arre.
NJ thu fall capsritV ~ the ciim'ie an
ali. of E,.i~ru North Csrolins ser-
fallv un ier.tao.i. have no 'ioaI ih,t
hsr ~..t. plsc.-s soali sooa b ~ lucs,'
I IN not ini-r-st,-i la tho ssie ~ l,ni''
.a do not ritz io me bs'at th"'n
C.ms sui .~- fer Nour-~lNr-.-,"r. ~
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