The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18

sandy section OF the State for tobacco. |
ana II is in the sand that North Car I
oilld Is running crazy over tobacco I
III IL Is running crazy al all
Inc nve interesting features OF this
tooacco craze is in its extension in
the sandy country. In the counties
farther north and west the production
OF tobacco is more definitely fixed
ana as that section has no other crop
70 Whleh 1t can turn so quickly as
the southern counties can turn To cot
.oh' IL may be assumed that tobacco
| Is mere permanent in the north OF
the state. But one reason for the
spreao OF tobacco culture into the new
peit section was the low price OF cot
ton a few years ago, when some ven
turesome spirits had recourse to to-
| bacco.
The liberal use Of fertilizer that had
been practiced with cotton brough,
satisfactory profits from tobacco. and
with the better prices of cotton many
planters continued To stay with to-
bacco. The extension of the frontier
OF the tobacco belt has continually
encrOached on cotton, and instead of
the return OF good prices for cotton
proving disastrous to tobacco il seems
that tobacco also continues 10 bring
good prices and the tobacco men are
Ipushing still farther into the sand
II IS now known that the sandy
SOIL makes a type of tobacco quite
different from the bright leaf Of the
heavier soils, the bright leaf of the
sand country being higher in weight,
mllder in flavor, possibly brighter in
color, and a favorite in the market
From production of something over
million pounds. twenty years ago
the yield has climbed up to probably
Seventy-five million pounds now, and
the prospects are that a lot of new
: tobacco land is to come into cultiva-
ton.
; Demand Growing Rapidly.
While much Of the increase is at
tributed to the Chinese demand for
tobacco it is pretty we'll known among
tobacco men that the demand for
bright tobacco is expanding over this
!, lcOuntry, in Europe and Australia,
the mild flavor appealing in some
l way to many smokers who favor the
Carolina bright leaf for cigarettes
5 pipe smokin. and for plug This
, with the normal growth of demand
!. for almost every article Of farm pro-
duction, has kept the demand for the
T tobacco Of the new belt ahead Of the
production, and it is said that orders
5 for this type Of tobacco are months
e ahead Of the supply at the factories
The result is that the tobacco pel,
: extending, and in the sandy conn-
r Try tobacco is a constant topic OF con
verSatiOn as we'll staple Occupa-
tim. The yield this wear has oeer
D mighty satisfactory. and the pri"t
n have not been adversely affected by 2
n generous yield. The low price of cot
ton, which helped to introduce tobacco
: in various sections, has gone, bu
4 with high prices for cotton, tobacco
v men continue to plant tobacco anC
e cotton men continue to turn from cot
|, ton even when cotton brings high
n Iprices Moreover farmers have figured
: that they can plant both cotton anC
8 tobacco and as tobacco comes on a
f a time when work is letting up il
f the cotton field, and tobacco can bt
t harvested before cotton is ready tt
e pick it seems that working the TIVE
d crops affords employment for the
e same hands at different periods ant
{, there is a tendency to produce botl
; lcrops on the same farm, thus intensi
n flying the operations.
O 1t is noticed all over the new bel
# that warehouses are talked OF Wher
: no warehouses have yet been built
e and that where warehouses have eA
d listed engagements or additlona
e houses are projected.
s It is likely that the expansion o
IS the tobacco industry in the sand
sections of the State will be most rev
olutionary in the sparseiy settle
/. counties Of the southeast Iobacc
IS experts who are familiar with all 0
J. the soils and locations of the Stat
Y say the unsettled lands of the Cap
IS Fear country, which have been ioohe
o upon as good for little else than I
s. raise cattle ticks and wire grass, Wi
It make tobacco Of the highest quailtl
4 Most Adaptable Crop.
d Tobacco is a curious crop III II
} adaptability 1t appears TO grow an
ID thrive on all types of soil. and eac
j. particular soil and section OF IN
s. country makes a different type of lea
N The Burley tobacco Of the west want
ar I a limestone and phosphate soil IN
D cigar tobaccos of Pennsylvania an
,e the North require something else Tn
bright leaf of the Caroliras seems [
10 thrive IN the sand, and each type c
A coil makes 4 tobacco suited for differ
Il lent uses The soil that makes tn