The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
TIE TOBACCO CROP
Of NORTH CAROLINA
The Yield 10 to IS Per Cent Short
Though the Acreage is
Larger

Reports on the Condition From Nam
Correspondents Show That There
Acreage Of Ten Per Cent, and Il Big
Shortage in Production.
AS the tobacco crop is an import
ant one in North Carolina, and in
some sections, the most important, it
will be of much interest to the people
of the State to know the real condi-
tiOns of the crop.
In order to ascertain the real con-
ditions the editor of The News and OBJ
server sent out to correspondents and
other reliable persons the following
letter:
Dear Sir:-Please write. so we can
get your letter not later than Friday.
September 10th, and let us know the
size of the tobacco crop in your cOuI@
ty this year as compared with last
year. First, whether the acreage is as
large, or larger, and the proportion.
Second how large the crop will be
this year as compared With last year.
Third, the quality Of the crop this year
as compared with last year.
please look into this carefully and
talk with farmers and growers as
men We want the exact facts a 5 near
as can be had. Please give US good
story so we can print it in Sundays
paper. and let it reach us by Friday.
The reports received are given be
low These show that in most sec
tiOnS there has been an increase in the
acreage and a shortage in the yield
from 25 to 35 per cent
The crop being shorter, the prices
should be higher.
ONLY 500 POUNDS TO
THE ACRE IN MARTIN.
Is Per Cent Increase in Acreage, But
Will Be Only a 40 Per Cent Crop
Prices Very Low.
Williamson, N. c., Sept. 10-The
Martin County Tobacco Warehouse
Company opened its warehouses in
iamston on August 3rd with pros
poets for a good season. The farm
ers brought their tobacco from lar
and near, and hoped that they would
be well paid for the labor in their
tobacco.
The farmers were disappointed to
some extent, as the tobacco which
has been marketed thus far has not
brought the prices which were expect
ed, and some of the farmers have been
sorely disappointed: others, however,
who knew how to perfectly judge
the quality cf tobacco, have been sat
isfied, as the prices have been good
considering the very poor quality OF
the tobacco marketed. The first of
the season always sees the lower
grades put on the market, and 1T is
firmly believed that when the better
quality is brought the prices will be
to very large extent improved. Re-
liable informants have said that the
price this year has been no lower than
that of former years when one takes
into consideration the very poor quail
ity of tobacco.
The acreage of tobacco in Martin
county was increased this year about
5 per cent, perhaps with an eager
expecta ton of becoming rich, on ac-
count OF the rains which were so num-
erous during the early summer. The
crop this year will amount to 40 per
cent less than the crop Of last year.
The yield this year will be about five
hundred pounds to the acre, while last
year the average yield was eight hun
dred and fifty, Or thereabOut
On Thursday, the ninth Of Septem-
ber, in one warehouse III Williamson
there were -velve thousand pounds
sold. some of it being a very poor
quality, brought very low prices, while
some other piles which were Of bright
er hue and frmer texture brought