The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-15

sheep and lambs, {55s,217: poultry,
*2.212.57e: bees, (3ss.sss. The total
value Of all domestic animals, poultry
and bees uas $s2,649.sS4
During the 10-year period. 1900
1910. domestic animals, poultry and
bees combined increased in value
$32,544,O 900, or 1881 per cent. The
greatest absolute and percentage IN
crease occurred in the value OF mules.
amounting to $15.022,0O0. or 1891 per
cent. Horses more than doubled IN
value, increasing s9.s33,000, or 1898
per cent while cattle show a gain
Of $4~,882,O00. or 63.7 per GER The
value Of swine increased $2,122,00O,
or S4.3 per cent: that OF poultry.
s11S,00O, or 54.3 per cent; n that
Of sheep, $4,000, or III per cent.
"Of the total numbe Of farms
enumerated. 24O.10 or 9i.6 per cent.
report domestic animals Of some kind.
the lumber within any domestic ami
mails being 1862. Cattle are report
ed by 1874 per cen Of all farms. dairy
cows by 68.4 per cent, and other
cows by only 1T.S per cent. me
average number OF dairy cows per
farm reporting is less than two. The
number Of cows and heifers increased
materially during the decade.
Since the raising and feeding OF
i've Sloth lies DIT l1c NtI ICtltt1ifoi
Of successful farming. no matter what
the money crop may be, it is evident
that IN any improving rotation i'll the
State the corn crop must be one of
the crops in the rotation, and the
more of it that is fed on the farm
10 stock the greater will be the profit
in the crop itself and the more it
will aid in the improvement Of the
soil and the money crop through the
$50 -, ~- y
grassy up!ands of the mountain
regions are as we'll adapted TO the
grazing Of cattle as any part Of the
country; the abundant food crops Of
he Piedmont section offer the greatest
opportunities for winter feeding OF
these cattle.
Prices of Farms.
THE average value Of . farm in
North Carolina is $2,119 Of which
$500 represents the average value
Of Ian and buildings, s247 that Of
live stock. and S73 hat Of implements
and machinery. The average value Of
land and buildings per acre increased
from $8.56 in 1900 TO s2O.35 in 1910.
The average Of a farm including its
equipment. $2.119. is an increase Of
1885 per cent since 1900. During
he decade the averages value Of land
per acre increased by s9.05. or IN
Siderably more than doubled.
The average size Of q North Caro-
lima farm decreased continuously
from 1856 acres in 1850 to SS.4 acres
in 1910. an average rate Of Al acres
per Year. In 1880 the plantation
was the omno farm unit in j large
part or the State, as it had been dur
4nS the first half Of the century,. Dur
ing the last 80 Years these plantations
have been divided gradually INTO
smaller parcels Of land, largely ope-
rated by tenants.
The traveller on the railroad lead
ing from Norfolk. Va, to Edenton,
y. G.. could we'll imagine himself on
the black lands Of Illinois. Thou
sands Of acres of these lands are now
on the market, and it will be neces-
sary to drain them. There is a tract
OF 10000 acres which has been drain
ed and is now offered by the owners
tor sale. These lands are we'll adapt
ed to grass and stock. and when
properly farmed will be found among
the most productive corn, oats and
grass lands in the country, while the
cotton and truck crops can be in
creased by the same good farming.
In the tidewater region Of the
State un~improved, partly improved.
old field or tinbered land can be
bought at as low as s. and 81 an
acre. Improved farm land may be
had at prices ranging from s. to
1928 an acre. An average price is
about $50 per acre, but much good
land can be Dough below this figure.
at $40, s12. SIS. $11.50 and $50 per
acre. In many cases easy terms Of
payment are offered. In the Pied
mont and mountain regions Of the
State improved orchard lands can be
bought at from 30 TO s2l0 an acre.
and cut-oyer or partly timbered lands
suitable for orchards at from 81 10
$40. as high as $50 an acre being
asked in some instances for such
land.
"of the armer IN North Carolina
nearly tWo-fifths hire labor, ana the
total expenditure is S~9.221,OOO. or an
average Of 394.61 per farmer. OF the
total amount reported expended 81