The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-06-24

Wake spends $126.760 on fertilizers.
Robson leads in this respect. expending
S241 ,2S0. Johnston expends $143, $50 for
fertilizers and Fit s1G6, $40
For fertilizers. the average eXpendi-
ture per farm was approximately So.
The minimum of less than 81 per farm
was found in a few extreme western
counties, where corn was the principal
crop, and the maximum Of $50 per farm
in Scotland county the average in the
central counties being about $50 per
farm.
The amount paid for labor in 1899
varied greatly in different sections of the
State, the lowest expenditure per farm
being reported from the mountainous
western border counties, and the highest
from the eastern coast counties, where
diversified farming prevails.
The group Of medium sized farms con-
tanning from 100 to ia acres each, com
prises nearly onefourth of the total farm
acreage, and the same proportion Of the
total value of farm property.
In general. the average values Of the
different forms of farm property rise in
unbroken series Of the farms increase in
size. The relatively high value of build
ings on farms under acres forms the
oiiS - MING eAeepllon 70 Ihis RUE foi
'ni9 sioup u IaihS ValueS are diSpropoi
'ionG'eiy h!sh' as 1t contains nearly III, II
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,iio oii''7 - ON THESE INDUSTRIES uopei1Si
'''" uh'' 'io ''i e'se VI i"lu "9e" ,nai Il
ufun 'i'c amount VI 'api'al h'e9.Cu -
ouildllss ana lfnplefnehts ana .ne
amounts tAPehoeo LOT laoor AHA lei u
G,oc,c o,,,
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DEN " fAhN0.
The average gross incomes per acre
for the various groups classified by area
are as follows: Farms under acres,
s39.S9; ) to $ acres, $l4.46; 10 10 IS acres,
$9.97; 20 to 40 acres, $7.S9; 80 to 80 acres,
1882; 100 to ia acres, SAL; 175 to 252
acres, S212: 260 to 499 acres, $2.21; 9oo
to 999 acres, $l.74; and LOCO acres and
over, $1.05
The following highly interesting table
gives valuable information.
Number of farms in the State 224 ,63';
number OF acres IN farms, average loi.5;
total, %, 1886; total value OF farm
property SZs". o95.
Number of farms, hay and grain, IL
GAS; number of acres in farms, average,
9IS; fotal, 4.36S2l4; totai value OF fa'3l'
properly, S4S 643,2oo
Number OF farms-VeGetables. 5,94f;
number of acres in farm, average, ''-S;
total 399,o39; total value OF farm prop
erty. - '90, 023.
Number OF farms, frult-2.19l; number
OF acres IN farms, average, 1913; total,
235 ,23S; total value OF farm property,
S2.633,371.
Number of farms, live stoc!l-23. .6o1 :
number OF acres in farms, average, Hos;
total, 2,I56.l4I; total value OF farm prop
erty, ST 621 $50
Number Of farms dairy produce-917; :;
number Of acres in farms, average,
115.05; total 105,S93; total value Of farm
property, s1,934126.
Number of farms, tobacco-22 h2o
number of acres in farms, average" 54.Z
total, 2131, ,693; total value of farm prop
er,y, S21 1.902,129.
Number of farms, cotton, $4,000; NUM-
Der Of acres in farms average. S7.1; to-
tai, 4,260, ,431; total value of farm prop
ertv, 1922. .423.
Number Of farms, rice, 412; number of
acres in farms, average, Ills; total 46,-
OG3 total value of farm property, $685.
5G7.
Number of farms, sugar, D, number
Of acres in farms. average, so; total,
ii 36S total value of farm property, ST.
57S.
Number of farms, flowers and plants,
Is; number of acres in farms, average,
10: total 119; total value of farm prop
erty $G7 O95
Number Of farms. nursery products
%: number of acres in farms average,
o76 total value of farm property $780,,
5S5.
Number of farms, miscellaneous, IL
333: number of acres in farms. average
11O.5. total 8 542 GOO: total value OF farm
property, II S56. .O92
For the several classes of farms. the
average values per acre of products net
fed to live stock are as follows. Farms
whose oDerators derive their principal
come from flowers and plants. szl-.0-:
nursery products. S5314; tobacco, $5.16;
dairy produce s4S8. vegetables 81 sc:
cotton. S4.64: fruit, s426: hav and grain
So %. sugar 50 -. rice 81 A.. and live