Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-10-16
.1O,252, los tons, OF 53.4 per cent.

..1O,252, 105 tons, OF 53.4.per cent. e
! age done Dy the weevil. The results
attained have been such as to demon-
sLrate the wis4>m of the Company Ia.
undertaking, ad vance of the appear
ance of the Waevil, to instruc farmers
Us to It's control. Theer is no other
region into which this insect has
spread since it's first appearance in
Texas in which the damage in the first
year of its general prevalence has
been so small as in the territory along
the Company's lines.
The live stock and dairy industries
in h territory ~traversed by the Com
panys lines have continued to receive
helpful attention during the year.
through the operations OF a dairy in
struction a and through visiting
da1rymen and farmers, demonstrating
the best methods of handling milk and
making butter and giving advice as to
the selection and management of dairy
nerds, and as to the management of
poultry, a substantial development of
the dairy and poultry industries along
tf Company's lines is being brought
ABOUT The attention given to the 1--we
stock business has resulted in in
creased movements of cattle to the va
rlous feeding grounds along the Com
1'ana S mes and\of butchers stock to
hu.rket.
Marketing Agricultural and HOrticul-
tural Products:
Successful marketing being essential
to profitable production, the Company
n its Associated Companies on Jan
uary L, 1913, appointed four Market
Agents to cooperate with producers
Il buyers for the successful market
ing and horticultural products from
the territory adjacent to their lines.
-!IeSe agents neither buy nor sell, but
It is their junction to advise producers
as to market opportunities and as to
best methods of packing and shipping
and to advise, buyers as to where diff
ferent varieties of products may be
obtained. The services of these
agents are being availed of with sub
stantial results.
Farm Settlers: X
The Land and Industrial Depart
ment of the Company has continued
and ~broadened it's solicitation of farm
settlers. The advantages which the
ho0 lO-O4SI 1A S1111dLC ALI
in lands that are relatively cheaper in
proportion to their productive value
and the accessibility of markets are be
ing more widely appreciated. The
abundance of land available is indi-
Gated by the United States figures
showing that, with a total land area of
264, 05S,S8O acres, the nine Southeas-
J ern States had 169,174,373 acres, or "a
~. 4A- - en--, .-l A. H~--,-
| bureau classes 80, 831 1884 acres of 48.9
per cent. of the land in farms, or 31.4
per cent. of the total land area, as
improved land in FARMS" The agri-
cultural resources of the territory are
| such that it offers an attractive field
for the farm settler from the more
congested parts of the United States
or for the men who have found condi-
tons disappointing in other localities.
The result is that there is an increas-
ing movement of farm settlers into the
territory along the Company's lines.
Manufacturing:
The advantage of the territory along
the Company's lines for diversified
manufacturing have led to continued
development during the year. Special
attention is being given to the location.
Of industries which use as their raw
materials the products of primary
manufacturing and to attracting to
the Southeast industries which lave
lot heretofore been largely developed
in that section.
The number of new industrial plants
completed during the fiscal year &C
| POINTS on the Company's lines was
523, classified as follows:
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