The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-13
North Carolina Has Great
Opportunities in Agricul-
ture & Manufacturing.
HOW WE CAN PROGRESS
Dr. Knapp says North Carolina Can
Become One of the Greatest Pro-
dueing and Greatest Mauufarfur-
ing States in the Unfon-He Says
We Are Using One-Sixth of Our
State and Are Getting About One
Third What We should Out of
Amount Cultivated

Charlotte. =. c.. Jan. II.-"Men
OF North Carolina, do you realize
what wonderful State you have?"
exclaimed DR.. Seaman A. Knapp in
addressing a gathering OF farmers
here to-day. This address was in
connection with his lecture tour
through the Southeastern States.
which he is conducting in coniunc-
tion with the efforts made by the
Southern Railroad to attract settlers
along its lines. DIR. Knapp, whose
work in the Department OF Agricul-
ture has attracted wide attention.
then unfolded plan for the develop
ment of agriculture in North Caro-
lima that seemed almost like a story
from the Arabian Nights.
Both drainage and irrigation were
prominent themes of the speaker.
The total area of the State" he
said, was 31,193 900 acres. while
the cultivated area was only $780,
954 acres. The number of acres re-
quiring drainage was 2,748,160. or
nearly one-half of the total area cul-
tivated at the present time.
LET us take a little inventory of
our estate" suggested the scientist
over one-half is timber, but mostly
poor timber. A great deal of the
best timber has been selected and
| sold for a trifiing amount. One
fourth of the land is improved. One
sixth is cultivated. That is, one
sixth of the entire area must pay
the taxes on the five-sixths and sup
port your entire population"
Although North Carolina has an
unusually good rainfall and mainly
evenly distributed, at the same time
there are seasons of the year, he
said, when certain crops would do q
great deal better If there was a little
| more rain Fe- that 4-eaeo-z. .~-io..
tion would be extremely valuable II
the Old North State. He advised fol
lowing the plan adopted by some OF
the Western States by which the
main cost of drainage works would
be assessed to the adjacent lands, be-
cause such lands would reap the i'm
mediate benefit. Those lands, he said
once properly drained, would be
worth from $50 to 500 per acre
They would be excellent for rice and
for truck farming purposes.
81 apprehend, Also" added the
doctor, that in North Carolina the
making of the reservoirs in the
mountains, the willowing of the
small streams to prevent silt and tn,
damming of the rivers where neces
sary to secure waterfall, would ere
ate sufficient power for all the pur
poses of the State, heating, lighting
transportation and manufactures
That is a strong statement, but
think it is correct"
practically" he said, "you ar
using about one-sixth of your Stat
and you are getting about one-thirt
of the crop out of the onesixth, o
only one-eighteenth of the crop yo,
ought to get, and you are trying t
get rich by using one-eighteenth O
your resources"
Summing up the character of wor
to be done for the development of tn
State. DIR. Knapp continued:
, "Thus equipped North Carolin
q | would become one of the creates
\ producing States and one of tn
h greatest manufacturing States of th
y Union. 1t would be possible unde
such conditions to produce billio
dollars worth of products upon tn
farms and billion dollars from fa'
. tories in single year and support
= population of 100000 of people.