The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-30
Net profits ON eleven-twelfths

tc,
acre. ......' 'P~lI'lO
"The first two items are estimated
and are somewhat in excess of what
the actual figures would be could
they be obtained. Of course the eX-
pense Of a single acre is much greater,
proportionately than on larger
area.
Il also raised enough plants TO set
out an additional acre, which VIII
come into bearing next spring.
Mr.. Loftin might have added that
from smaller seines before the great
seine could be brought to shore. ms
is only an instance.
The greatest development perhaps
has been in the catching of mullets
and "fat-backs," the latter being car
ried to factories where the oil is eX-
tracted and the dessicated fish form
the ammonia used in the manufacture
of much of the States fertilizers.
The total income from fish and shell
fish amounts to three and half mil
lions annually, about ten thousand
persons being employed.
POULTRY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
The dairying interests of the State
have developed largely since 1881. 1t
now amounts in the aggregate TO
12,0O0,O 900. The poultry and egg
products amount to as much more.
The best markets outside The State are
Charleston, S. c., Washington, ID. c.,
and Baltimore, Md. Chickens can be
shipped at IL o'clock at night from
many points in the state and served
for breakfast the next morning in
Washington City, so perfect and rapid
are the transportation arrangements
/ have not thought it advisable, in
view of the limits Of this paper, to so
into fuller particulars in regard TO
many other matters that speak
trumpet-tongued of the growth and
progress of North Carolina. It's popu-
lation has increased 400,0 since the
1sSlAtlanta Exposition, and its de
velopment in other lines has kept pace
with the increase of population. The
raising of rice, a large industry in
slave days, has again become one of
the best crops around Wilmington;
the cultivation of peanuts has brought
large returns TO the farmers, chiefly
in the northeastern section OF the
state: the manufacture Of commercial
fertilizer has increased an hundred
fold; we raise more grain than ever
before, and it is ground in our own
mills, there being now lightweight
roller flour mills in the state, and this
does not include any Of the many
hundred oId-style mills. The produc-
tion of gold (before the discoveries in
California North Carolina led the
world has increased at a moderate
rate, and the hunt for the yellow
metal has been stimulated by the
finding in Stanly county, within the
last few months, Of several of the
largest nuggets ever known, one
weighing twenty-one pounds. Coal
mining is carried on TO a limited eX-
tent, this being a new industry. The
production of monazite, 81 discovery OF
the last two years, brings a very large
annual revenue to the people of the
western counties. At Spray is one of
the largest aluminium works in the
country. In many Of the western
counties large amounts of medical
roots and herbs are gathered, and these
are shipped to all parts Of the world,
China consuming almost our entire
production of ginseng. At States
vile is the largest root and herb estab-
culture of hops is just being begun.
North Carolina has been called the
Sample State, because we raise some
thing of everything from tea to maple
sugar. 1T is the only state that fills
every item in the census list.
The number of visitors to health
resorts, both summer and winter, has
increased until Asheville, Southern
Pines and other points rival any
Florida winter resort, and Morehead,
Nag's Head, 0racoke Wrightsyille,
Asheville, and all mountain towns and
villages and seaside resorts attract
thousands of summer visitors.
How do you live?" asked a New
Englander OF native of Florida.
''On Yankees in winter and fish in
summer" was the laconic reply.
in certain sections of North Carolina
the rich pleasure-loving, or invalid
health searching Yankee spends
enough money to make the industry
one of the most profitable in the state
| close with two important state
ments:
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