The progressive farmer., 1902-06-24
NORTH CAROLINA TAzM1He NOTES.

Warrenton Record: Harvest time,
but the wheat crop is about as sorry in
Warren County as we ever saw.
Col. Olds: 1t is doubtful whether
there was ever a poorer crop of small
grain in the State. Much will not be
cut. The stalks are sparse and small.
Gastonia Gazette: Wheat harvest
ing is now In progress and the crop in
the Stanley section is good. The stand
is not very thick but the wheat in the
head is of excellent grade.
Henderson Goldleaf: The condi-
ton of the crops is good and the out
look promising. The weather has been
favorable to farm work and there has
been little grass to bother with.
Washington Gazette: Mr.. E. L.
Dawson returned from trip through
the counties of Greene and Pitt Mon
day and tells us the prospect for a
large crop of corn and cotton was new
er better. In fact he had never seen a
finer prospect.
Lexington Dispatch: Wheat har-
vest is near at hand, and according to
all reports the crop in this section will
not average more than one-half. In
a few fields in some localities there is
q fair prospect, but on the whole the
crop is very poor.
Winston Republican: A car load of
chickens, weighing 10000 pounds, pass
ed down the road June 5th from
Wilkesboro, N. c., en- route to Balti-
more, Nd. The shipment comprised
every age and variety, from the downy
Spring chicken to the veteran old
barn-yard rooster. It is the largest ex-
portation of fowls recorded in this
section.
That the farmers of Eastern Carroll
na intended largely to increase their
tobacco acreage this year there is no
doubt, writes o. L. Joyner in the
Greenville Reflector, but the difficult
ties and hindrances have been many.
First, cold wet spring, now drought
of almost two months duration. There
was great difficulty in getting plants,
and few farmers have a good stand.
Mr. Joyner does not believe there is
over Is or 80 per, cent of a stand. A
few farmers with good seasons will re-
plant even now, but it is a question
whether these plants will ever amount
to much.
Chatham Citizen: The first peaches
on our streets this year were brought
here Monday by Mr.. O. o. Freer who
lives near here. They were well select
ed and Of course sold readily at a
good price. The shipping season is
now at it's height at Southern Pines,
and they are bringing good prices on
the Northern markets, which goes to
show that fruit raising might be made
Profitable in this county as the fruit
natures almost as early here as in the
Southern Pines section where thou
sands of dollars are made every year
On the peach crop alone.
Smithfeld Cor Charlotte Observer:
The farmers of Johnston County are
doing a good deal this year in the to-
0acco culture. There is at least three
times as much planted in the county
Aan any former year. There are two
tobacco warehouses at Selma, and one
At Benson, and three at Smithfeld, the
'aIter place, of course, buying prac'
UcaIly all of the tobacco raised in the
county. The American Tobacco Com.
pany has in course of construction
['ge prizery, and stemmery, and the
imperial Tobacco Company is build
ing quite a large three-story stemmery
ana ,l prizery, therefore, it is easily pre-,
rcted that Smithfeld will sell ten mil
uoh pounds this season-and this
Ieans a good trade for merchants, be-
1,ues revival in all business channels
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