The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-15
NORTH CARDINALS FINE
STATE
This State Given Good Showing of Its Opportunities.
Prepared by Bureau Of immigration for Benefit
of immigrants to Misunderstanding Crops OF I'm
portance Are Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.

an dST1cufturdl state III a DullOlnS OH
agricultural opportunities prepared
by the bureau OF immigration and nat
~ alization for the Information OF i'm
migrants to America. In summary
tho article on Inducements offered
prospective farmers by North Caro-
lima, will say:
North Carolina is an agricultural
state. Although she has increased
In the past ten years in manufacture
Ing interests over 500 per cent. and
now has 365 cotton mills within her
borders, which consume more cotton
than is produced, yet more than four
fffths Of her population are engaged
in agriculture.'
In part the article will say: North
Carolina has a fine climate and an
abundant rainfll. The high noun
famous regions in the. extreme west
ern part Of the state is noted as a
health and summer resort. The
eastern and southern portions have
the Very mild winters and long sum
merS. characteristic of all the South
Atlantic states. Owing to the great
range OF climate, probably no state
In the union except California, has a
moro varied series of crops. Lying
largely IN the great undulating plain.
slopfng from the mountains to the
Sea, and from the greatest elevation
east Of the Rockies down to the coast
plain. but little elevted above the sea
u 4, ANoItu NdIoilIld y tllIildtc d
ries according to the elevation.
States High Plateaus.
con the high plateaus of the north
w~esternpart of the State is a grass
and cattle-grazing section and the
best growth of white pine, hemlock
and tir. East Of the Blue Ridge is
the undulating region of the Piedmont
country, which IS divided, int an
upper and lower Piedmont by a
til III Nf hills about q hlIn1rn6 n,jlnS
east of the Blue Ridge and forming
the fails OF the rivers with wonder
ful W~aterpower. This section lies
in the series Of rolling uplands inter
sected 10y the rivers with their fertile
bottom land and rising from 700 to
1,50t feet elevation at the foot of the
Blu Ridge The lower Piedmont
has u uilder climate than the upper
but the upper IS for warmer in win
ter tnan the mo 4Dtain region between
tn Hiue Ridge and the Great Smokes
!" = the lower coast there is the
first touch Of the Floridian vegetation
in the cabbage or Smiths Island. The
Understanding area from the, white
pine to the palmetto shows the won
derful variety of climate in the State.
n COASTAL plain section for a dis
tance OF so or 60 miles back from
the acutal coast line consists Of a low
nearly level plain known as the fiat
woods region. Within this region
acre are numerous sounds and bays,
and the stream drainages consist Of
narrow channels Between the
streams the land is nearly level or
slightly updulating. Immediately in
land from the FIatwoods' section. is
a rolling and more elevated portion
of the coastal plain, where drainage
is we'll established and where the in
ter-Stretirn areas are ridged to hiily.
The SOILS Of the immediate coast
line are largely silly loans, fine sandy
loans and fine sand. The upland
areas etWeen the streams, which are
better drained, are occupied 10y gray
or yellow sandy oils The lower
lying areas are largely dark mucky
soils or actual muck and pei. The
extreme western portions of the State
are SO mountainous tina agriculture
occupies only small areas. In gen
eral this section is we'll forested.
Leading Crops.
"The leading fine crops in order Of
their Importance as Judged by value
are: Cotton, $2,065,OO0; corn. SOL
2S6.00O; tobacco, $13,S4S; eanu1
s5.S69.Ooo: hay and forage. s4,7s2.-
900; wheat, S4,420, 600; sweet potatoe:
and yams, $4.33S.0OO; potatoes, ST..
$4,000; oats. S~1,742,OOO; dry peas
$1.O24,0OO.
The leading cereal is corn. Ii!
reported acreage is about twice tina
OIL Colton, while its value is only abOu
three-fourths as great. The predomi
nance OF cotton in the agricultur,
OF the state is shown by the fac
that its acreage is over twice as grea
and its value about one and two
thirds as great as the combined valu,
Of peanuts, tobacco. sweet potatoes
yams and potatoes.
"Out Of 100 farmers, corn is re
ported by 80, sweet potatoes an,
yams by 56, cotton by 81. hay an,
forage by p, wheat by 80. Tobacco
by p. aoats by 10 and peanuts by L
The average value per acre Of tn
combined cereals is S11.6i. OF tn
important cereals corn is above thi
average and oats and wheat below i
The aVerag value per acre of tn
combined cereals is less than that c
hay and forage by $1.OS. about one
third that of cotton and about one
fifth that Of tobacco. Cotton is RI
ported principally from farms in tn