The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-06-24
RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY. JUNE "a, 10

Increase III area IN IL, i1st decade was
lo5.946 acres. or lo91 per cent. ana tfau
II production 91,l2s142 pounds. or $500
Ter cent. The average yield per acre in
lH'9 was CPS pounds. against 90 pounls
in 1889. and 472 pounds n 1870
OF the Sc counties reporting the etIiti-
walton Of tobacco II 1894 tho eoantv
having the largest acreage vas Rock
IA CHAM. with $50 acres Pitt county
reported the largest production. lo..53 .olo
pounds, and was closely followed by
Rockingham, Nash. Wilson. stokes.
Granville, Franklin. Caswell. Greene ana
Person counties, in The order named
The Il leading counties of the State con
tanned 61.5 per cent. Of the entire acre
age IN tobacco and contributed SD per
cent. Of the total production
INCREASE IN PEANUT CULTJRE.
Peanuts were grown in 1899 bv .6S5
farmers. who devoted s.. SD acres 10
their cultivation. The total production
was 3,460hS9 bushels. an average of 361
bushels ner acre. In the last decade the
gain III acreage was fourfold, and that in
production sevenfoId. OF the total a, re-
age, 66.6 per cent. was reported from
the six northeastern counties Of Bernie
halifax. Northampton Hcrtford. Martin
and Edgecombe, ranking in the order
named. The area devoted to peanut grow
ing has increased at least tenfold since
1889 in each OF these counties. while
Bertie county shows a gain from 52S
acres tc 14,499 acres, or about twenty
seven fold.
MORE MULES THAN HORSES
Ia North Carolina, as in other states
where cotton is a staple crop and much
of the tarm labor is performed bv ne
as work animals. For most classes of
farms the average numbers of mules and
horses are about equal but on farms
operated by managers, and on farms
of the largest area. more mules than
horses are reported. This is due TO the
fact that these two classes of farms in
clude a relatively large number Of Gotten
Plantations.
II the numbers of horses and mules be
combined the average number of work
ANIMALS per farm compares favOrablv
with tho corresponding figures for the
more intensively cultivated farms of New
England.
FACTS ABOUT COTTON.
The following table shows the changes
IN cotton production since 1S49.
1899-Acreage, 1.0O7 ,020; per cent Of
increase *12.2; commercial bales. 459.-
701; pounds, 1896, $50; per cent of in
crease, $50.
1SS9-Acreage. 1,147,13G; per cent Of
increase. 2S4; commercial bales, 1886 261 );
pounds, $50, 1876, 1877; per cent of Increase
1901.
1S79-Acreage, So3,15s commercial
bales, 3S9,59S; pounds. 176,lS7, ,So4; per
cont. of increase, 1906.
1S69-Pounds. 62,9o1, 100; per cent. OF
in
1S59-Pounds, G4,753, ,72o; per cent of in
1Sf9-Pounds, 29.59S 0Go.
CDecrcase.)
The production Of cotton in North Car
olina has fuctuated greatly since 1910
In 1892 the quantity reported was moro
than twice that produced in 1Sl9 while
during the next decade, when the civil
war affected all industries. there was a
decrease of 2.9 ner cent. The reports for
1879 showed great increase in proluc-
tior. This followed in the ncxt de-
cade by a slight decrease. notwthstand-
ing an increase of 2S.4 per cent. in acre
age. But il the decade Just completed,
the production increased $50 per cent.
while the acreage decreased 122 per
cent.
In 1899, 105. .766 farmcrs devoted II the
cultivation CT cotton a total area of l.
0G7.02O acres. or III per cent. of the
total improved farm land, and an aver
age OF % acres per farm reporting. The
total production was 216. 6.346 $50 pounds,
an acreage of 215 pounds Fer acre ana
ia pounds per capita.
The counties reporting the greatest
acrea under cotton are Mecklenburg.
Robson Wake Union Johnson, Arson.
Halifax, Wayne, Cleveland and Edge
combe. ranking in the order named and
reporting in the aggregate 42.6 per cent.
Of the total acreage. These counties are
located in the central and southwestern
parts OF the State.