The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-01
IT is VERY THOROUGH
Com'r. Patterson Says it is Most Com
iplete Yet Issued.
AccOUDs WITH GOVERNMENT REPORT
Com'r. Patterson Says the Yield is Not Over
estimated and is Satisfied That it is Com.
pIeie and Accurate. The Report as
to Other Crops.

The condition of cotton in North
Carolina is estimated at GA by the State
Department of Agriculture.
4 Tie report, which is the last that will
be made this year, is the most complete
that has ever been issued by the Agri-
cultural Department. It's remarkable
feature is that the estimates run right
along with those in the last government
report. The governments estimate Of
the cotton yield was SO, while that of
the State department is Ga
These are the averages based on re-
plies received from every county in the
State:
p. CT.
The condition of cotton compared
with last year. ..............,... ~
The condition of cotton compared
with an average. observation-disclosures. 64
The yield of tobacco compared with
an average ~
The quality of tobacco. n
The condition of corn. SO
The condition of peanuts. ............ S4
The condition of sweet potatoes. 80. 81
The report has received the careful at
tention of Mr.. S. l.. Patterson. the
Commissioner of Agriculture, who is
satisfied that it is as nearly correct as
it IS possible to make it. Notwith-
standing the fact that both the State and
government have an entirely different
corps of correspondents in the State
the averages are very nearly the same.
The State departments average of cot
ton was only one point above that made
by the government, and it was two
points behind the estimate of the yield
of Tobacco made by the government,
which was 70. TIE government yield of
corn was 50 and sweet potatoes "a, both
being the same as that made by the
stare Department of Agriculture. q
Speaking of the report issued yester-
day, Commissioner Patterson said:
THE condition of cotton estimated in
our report is higher than good many
persons and some of the farmers sup
pose. The estimate will seem especially
hign to those living in the section
where the drought was severest. In
some places not more than one fourth
of cotton crop will be made, and
there is tendency to underestimate
the general yield in localities where
the crop is very short
1.-The strongest evidence of the accuracy
and correctness of the report is found in
the returns of the correspondents. There
are certain belts that suffered from the
drought and the reports from those sec
tions are uniformly poor, while in other
sections where it is known the crop is
fairly good the correspondents reports
are in harmony and indicate as much. a.
hn viii Of
correspondents in hand will give an idea
of this East of Raleigh along the line
of the North Carolina railroad through
the counties of Wake, Johnston. Wayne,
Greene, Craven, Lenoir and Pamlico the
cotton crop and most other crops are
very short. This condition applies also
to the Southern counties and the border
counties as far west as Mecklenburg.
From Wake to the north and east, through
the counties of Wilson, Pitt and Beaufort
cotton is fairly good In the counties
north and west of Mecklenburg cotton
shows up fairly well. There are some ey-
ceptions, Hyde county being one of those
with poor cotton crop.
We know cotton is poor here" Mr..
Patterson said, while we know it is bet
ter to the north and west of us. The
accord of the reports Of correspondents
through the different sections OF the
State is evidence of the correctness of the
general report
The returns by counties showing the
condition of cotton as compared with last
year are interesting. Cabarrus reports
SO, the highest average and Pender 81,
which is the lowest average. The coun-
ties with low averages are Cumberland
AZ, Duplin Al, Sampson 40 and Jones SO.
Those with the highest averages are Ca
tawba "a, Caldwell 90, CASTOR and Gull
ford 80, Iredell 49, Pitt 81, Edgecombe -,
Halifax 20. Nash so and Northampton "a.
The correspondents reported on the
goth of this month. Mr.. Patterson says
it is the most complete report ever is
sued by the department.
The yield of cotton in the State last
year was 513,051 This year it will be
much less.
Friday, November 1, the close quaran-