Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-05-17
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
IT'S TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND RE
SOURCES.
Nature Everywhere Asserts as Statistics
Prove, That There is 10 State More
Healthy Than NORTH Carolina.

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the north by Virginia, east by
the Atlantic Ocean, south by
South Carolina, and west by Ten
nessee. 1t is included nearly
between the parallels 50 and
90 10 north latitude, the latter
being that Of Southern Spain,
and between the meridians 75H0
and 81 70 west longitude. The.
extreme length of the State IS
5o3E miles, its average breadth
is 1871 miles. Its area embra-
ces 5o,7o4 square miles, which IS
greater than New York. These
dimensions are similar to those
of that part of the Island of Great
Britain known as England,
which is AS miles long, from o.
to $50 miles broad, embracing
| 5o,8I2 square miles. With the
executions of California and
Texas, North Carolina IS the
longest State in the Union, her
neighbor, Tennessee, being a
few miles shorter.
Standing upon the highest
point of land east Of the Rocky
Mountains in the western part Of
our State and looking eastward
we gain a faint idea of the to-
biography Of our State. An alb
rupt descent of about 1900 feet
brings us to Our great plateau re-
gion from thence by gradual
descent we reach old ocean itself.
The Blue Ridge and the Smoky
Mountains run as parallel ridges,
afording by their lofty SUBMITS
al almost impossible barrier to
the bleak winds Of the North
West. On their sides nearly all
of the haJH 7000AS are found in
abundance, while i'll their rock
ribbed vaults can be found treas
ures of U0H, .g0Ld, Sil0er and COAL
The great abundance Of streams
of pure water, that find their
sources i'll the high attitudes of
these mountains gives not only
abundant Water-poWer for man-
ufacturing but a highway upon
which the materials for manu-
facture may be brought together.
But few of these streams reach
the ocean within the borders Of
Our own State but those that do
are navigable for from 50 to 200
miles inland and afford a cheap
and abundant outlet for COM
merCe.
Shielded as we are on the
West by our mountain chains
and tempered by the influence of
the gulf-stream, which flows near
our coast, we offer to the world
the most genial cline i'll the
United States. The temperature
ranges within moderate limits.
The reign of winter is short, no
carnival OF ice and SNOW and
sleet. Snow seldom falls to any
depth and when itdoes it is soon
driven away by the rays of & glo-
rious sunshine. The summers
heat is never intense and always
moderated by the gentle breezes
from the ocean. Fogs seldom
occur and when they do they are
simply rims Of vapor that mark
the line of our water-courses
The rainfall averages about fifty
three inches we'll and evenly
distributed over the year.
w. c. Kerr classes the climate
of the different sections of North
Carolina with reference to their
isothernal ranges, as follows:
"Middle and Eastern North Car
DINA respond to Middle and
Southern France, and Western
North Carolina to Northern
France and Belgium. All the
climates of Italy from Palermo to
Milan and Venice are represent
ed
Outside of our borders there are
many erroneous ideas as to our
climatic conditions, but care
ful and painstaking effort on the
part of our State Board of Health
reveals the startling fact that the
death rate is already LESS THAN
THE AVERAGE IN THE UNITED
STATES. From the best data OBJ
tainable we find that we present
a rate OF LESS THAN ONE PER
CENT, against an average of
MORE THAN ONE AND 4 QUAR-
TER PER CENT. The theory
that the penalty of living
near swamp lands is chill and
fever arising from nliasma gener-
ated by the decay Of vegetable
matter has been successfully
combatted by the abundant tes-
tinony Of those who have placed
themselves i'll a position to know
whereof they speak.
Says General Blount Il have
been for a period of forty years
engaged i'll retaining and cult
waiting swamp lands, and have
found it a profitable business.
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