The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-14
WORK FOR THE MONTH

the less the loss Where only 10 or
IL bushels can be grown wheat should
be left out of the rotation and oats
be substituted. Oats will make a bet
ter yield on poor badly prepared land
than wheat and in all the Southern
coastal country are a more certain
crop than wheat when got in early in
the fall as they are less subject to
rust than wheat. The total yield Of
the corn crop is put at 2,767,316, 1000
bushels. Of this total Virginia pro-
dnced 47,32S, 900 bushels as against a
yield last year OF 5O.O50,0OO bushels.
The average yield per acre is little
over % bushels as against an average
yield for ten years Of % bushels North
Carolina produced 48,686,00O bushels
as against 5O,616,O00 bushels last year
The average yield per acre is a little
over 16 bushels against ten yea1
average Of little over IA bushels
South Carolina produced 1904, 900
bushels as against 29,229OOO bushels
last year The average yield per acre
is little over s bushels as against
ten year average of little over
ten bushels per acre. Maryland pro-
duced 21.603,0O0 bushels as against
24,705, 900 bushels last year. The aver
age yield per acre is 4 little over 81
bushels per acre as against a ten year
average of a little over 32 bushels
| The average yield Of the corn crop
throughout the country is a little over
20 bushels per acre SO that we in Vir-
ginia come close up to the average. It
is however a reflection upon South
ern farmers to compare the average
yield in this much more genial climate
Tor the corn crop with that made
in the New Engnand States where the
| seasons are short and the land not
to compare in natural fertility with
| ours. In these States the average
/ I h,fch hn1S 10
| Connecticut to 80 bushels to the acre
| the lowest, in New Hampshire. There
! is evidently better farming done in
these States than in the South. They
| even beat the yields of the great corn
| States of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
| This illustrates once more the truth of
the old adage that "a little farm we'll
titled is the cne for profit.
The tobacco crop Of the country is
estimated at 895,18 900 pounds as
against 718, 8,06O,000 pounds last year
and five year average of 698, 900, 900
pounds. Of this crop Virginia pro-
duced 10y, 10000 pounds as against
/ 1141OO,OOO pounds last year with an
average yield per acre Of 775 pounds
as against 815 pounds last year North
Carolina produces 126, 100000 pounds
as against 134,0O0,000 pounds last
year with an average yield per acre
/ ol wv DIS against ~ pounds
last year. Kentucky this year again
comes into the market with something
| like an average crop. This crop is es-
timated at 350.700,000 pounds as
against only 1876, 100000 pounds last
year, with an average yield per acre
| of 835 pounds as against 815 pounds
last year. Tobacco is now coming
! freely on to our markets and with a
| few rainy days we expect to see the
| floors Of the warehouses more than
| filled Prices are good and if only
growers would market with caution
and not crowd the handlers SO that
they cannot handle the crop we be-
| lieve these prices will hold and pos
! sibly advance. There have been sew
eral sales OF Virginia grown Burley
which have resulted in fairly good
! prices, but the crop shows what we
anticipated would be the case when we
armed against growing it except ex-
perimentally, that except upon lime
stone lands it is not adapted to our
section and cannot compete against
Kentucky and Western Burley. These
crops are much more porous than leaf
! grown here and are therefore better
adapted to meet the needs OF manu-
! factUrers as they absorb the sweet
enng much better. Our planters had
better keep to growing the types
adapted to our soils. OF these we
can grow the best in the world and
! the market wants the goods. On Lines
stone soils Burley can be grown but
even then we do not think it will com
pete successfully with Kentucky grown
! tobacco.