The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-02

STATISTICS snow us plug n smoking
and thirty four Cigar and cigarettes
factories, producing about "a 600 600
pounds OF plug aud smoking CoOacco,
8 600 900 cigars and 3U9 OLO 600 cigar
cites
Towns and cities like Durham are
now busy hives Of industry, where
only q few years since were primitive
forests and broom sedge aelda. In the
central and eastern portion of the Com.
monwealth liz located what is known
al the bright TOBACCO Belt" some
times called the Golden Belt" The
special O 1rts of tobacco which these
lands produce are grown in the same
state OF perfection nowhere else i'm the
country. and the most prosperous of
North Carolina farmers are those who
are engaged in the culture OF tobacco.
Toe eastern sec ion of North Care
lima is ad mirabiV adapted TO the growth
of garden vegetables and trucking has
come TO b q ute an industry i'm this
section. Toe best trucking lands are
fourd in the neighborhood of VIII
miugcon, GoidsboFo, nj. rehead City,
New Berne, Il * A0eth City, E1enton,
Ply mouth and Washington. T0is in
dustry is not as extensive as it should
be, Tt would be greatly enlarged i'm a
few years il only some way could be
found { secure rapid and cheap trans
portation to the grea5 cities Of the
country.
The lowlands of thu Cape Fear and
other coast streams are ad mirably
adapted Co the growing Of rice, the
quality of which ia equal to any in the
world.
The fishing industries OF North Caro-
lima are very exGeD sive and very valu-
able Is is believed thai the largest
fishery in The world is located on the
waters of AIbemarIe sound Within
the SEete oysters are taken TO a very
considerable txeent, and the clam in
dustry is rapidly growing in both ex-
tent aud Import IN q
Toe eastern portions of N 2rth Caro-
lima are particularly rich in long Leaf
pine, aud the gathering OF naval stores
from this source ia one of the principal
industries of this section.
Reverting az ain TO the mineral re
sources OF the STATE. it may be said
that the State Is particularly rich IN
gold. The counties where this precious
metal ia most abundanG. and Whe Elm
il is Low being sue sesstully mined are
Franklin, Nash, M 'ntgou cry, Ssanly
Davidson. RIWRQ and Oabarrus in the
ceotral part OF che |taGe, Win ] ack-
con, M4cpn and Fl a 1erson in the
western division. While is is tue that
these counties ara blest with the rich
est dep 1sits, iG is yet true that there
are quite q number OF counties in
which collaborating formations are
found. And iG ia believed that a deeper
examination of some OF the districts
would disclose wealth in gold hitherto
not generally suspecsed TO be in exist
encs. IE may be said thas much OF the
gold in many sections OF N nth Caro-
lima is 10 nj ia comhinati0ns. which
make iE exc 9edingly d fl :ult TO reduce
it. But iG Is hoped that with the s5eaoy
progress OF sclence, and it's application
to operative mining, means will be
found TO make these ores to be i'm
mensely valuable.
In the counties OF Granville and
Rowan there have been discovered re
Gently copper deposits Of unkno Fn ex
ten ami apparently of gree at richness
These deposits have attracted the at
tention of capitalists, and are now in
process Of development
1t may not be g nerally known that
North Carolina ia rich in gems and pre-
cious stones. One sort, next in value
to the diamond, namely, the = hide IN
ite," has been found here and no where
elsa. it ia believed, in the world
The western section of the State ia
particularly rich in mica, m0nazite
and c7ruudum, but at this writiT g a.
m 'aE nothing has been done in b WaV
OF developing the natural resources OF
our hills
North Carolina az q Commonwealth
il entitled TO a prominent place in the
OF the sisterhood OF SGatea
Here on the 2Osh OF M y. 1775 was
promulgated tne first declaration OF
American in~HepandeT ce hat was pro-
claim d to the world Upon the soil
of this State were fought several Of the
IMPORTANT battles OF b AmeFi
can r .volutinn. and in the civil con
hict net ween the States North Carolina
had in the armies OF the O~onFederacy
and Of the Union a larger proportion or
its free male population than snV other
ate-IerRer perhaps, than any other
wealth. or country in modern
aoaa Lea Zntinn m mutation in 1880 |