The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
THE STATES WORK
IN AGRICULTURE
Department Agriculture
Received S164,4439.46
THE BOARD HEARS REPORTS

Commissioner Graham Says Depart
mcnt Is in Excellent Condition
Estimates This Years Cotton Crop
as About 6oO,OG0 Bales in State
The Yield OF Corn Per Acre Aver
aged 20 Bushels. and States That
Fully $4,000 People Attended the
Farmers Institutes.
The State Board OF Agriculture :
now in session in the city. the business
before It being the reception OF reports
from the various officers OF the state
Department. of~Agriculture, an exa1ni-
nation OF the work done and the pre-
paring of recommendations to the
Legislature.
The members Of the Board who are
In attendance. are: Mai. w. A. era
ham, chairman; II. c. Carter. OF FAR
field; X. w. Barnes. Of Lucama; Will
liam Dunn. of New Bern; II. =. Edger-
ton, Of Louisburg; r. w. Scott, OF
Melville; a. T McCallum. Of Red
Springs: William Blcdsoe.@of Gale;
W. c.. Shuford, Of Hickory. and A.
Cannon, Of Horse Shoe.
The Reports Presented.
The Eoard was in session all day
yesterday and the reports OF the WORK
done in the various departments were
made by the heads Of the departments.
Reports were made By Messrs. 4. w.
kilgore, State Chemist; H II. Brin-
ley. Curator State Museum; William
G. Chrisman, State ~eterinariaa
Franklin Sherman, State Entomolos-
list; w. N. HUT. State Horticulturist;
". NJ. Allen, Food Chemist; t. B. Par
ker. Demonstrators and Director OF
Farmers Institutes; ronso Barlow.
Botanist; ]. L. Burgess, A~gronomlst;
J. a. Conoyer. Dairy Work; and Miss
Stilrnan, Weed II Seed InVestiga-
ton. In these reports the work done
was set out. plans for the future dis
cussed and recommendations made.
Report OF the Commissioner.
The report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture, Maj. w. A. Graham, was
an elaborate one. going into detail
concerning the work OF the depart
ment. From that report the follow
ing extracts are made
1.-The year we are closing ia one OF
the most notable agriculturally in the
history Of the State. The largest wheat
crop and the largest and best in quail
fty corn crop have been garnered. The
cotton ~vWnlIe not eQuai TO tfat OF
last year in umbe of bales, Will be
around six hundred thousand bales,
and the price will probably max the
amount Of none received as large or
larger.
There has been great advance
along all lines, agrlculturaily. The
average OF production of corn is
thought to have cached twenty bush
els per acre, where it was reported as
only fourteen bushels four years ago
The average for the United States is
put at tw~enty-nine bushels. Nortf
Carolina can and will reach, and per
haps urpass. these figures In a few
years. A number OF n have
exceeded It his year. A large corr
crop must be accompanied by hog!
and other stock to consume it, in or
der to receive the greatest return
for it.
The exhibits at the fairs inuicat,
that attention is being paid to hog
mt that there are in the State, as ia
as blood is concerned, as fine as cal
be had anywhere.
THE dairy industry is receiving at
tention. and silos have been erectet
generally under the supervision Of on
Of the department forces.
Financial Statement.
Fertilizer tags
C~otton-seed meal tags. 14,o2s.2
Feed stamps ............ z0,54b.O
Adjustments ........... 1868
Continental feed license. 1880
Seed license ........... $3.50
Hog serum ........... 40. >
Sales from oats. ....... II 0
Sales from tobacco. 49.1
Total .$164.45e. 4
Disbursements ....... 1860. s
Balance 4,S4S.8
Y.asa amount overdrawp