Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-09
Crops.

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The total value of crops i'm North
Carolina in 1909 was $l42, 89O, 900. OF
this amount 895 per cent was contrib
uted by crops for which the acreage
as well as the value was reported, the
remainder consisting of the value of
by products, STRAW, garden and grass
seeds, etc1 derived from the same
land, as other crops reported, or of
orchard fruits, nuts, forest products
and the like. The combined acreage
CT crops for which acreage was re-
ported was 5,737, 037, representing 60 L
per cent of the total improved land in
farms (8,813, 056.) Most of the remain
irg improved land doubtless consist
ed of improved pasture, land lying
fallow, house and farm yards, and
land occupied by orchards and vine
yards, the acreage for which was not
reported
The general character of North
Carolina agriculture is indicated by
the fact that about one-third 1888 per
cent? of the total value of crops in
1909 was contributed by cotton, about
one-fourth (25.6 per cent? by tobacco
and somewhat less than one-tenth
(S.8 per cent? by potatoes and other
vegetables. The remainder, represent
ing 1877 per cent of the total, consist
ed mostly of forest products, grains
and seeds, other than cereals, hay and
forage, and fruits and nuts.
The value of crops in 1909 WIS 1922
per cent greater than in 1899, this in
crease being no doubt due in part to
higher prices. There was an increase
CT 2.3 per cent in the total ACREAGE of
crops for which acreage was report
ed, the greatest absolute increase be-
ing in the acreage of cotton, grains
and seeds, other than cereals, and hay
and forage, while the acreage of
cereals showed considerable de-
crease.
In 1909 the total acreage of potatoes
and other vegetables was 212,710 and
their value $12,585 900. Excluding po-
tatoes, and sweet potatoes and yams,
acreage of vegetables was So $50 and
their value $6,496, 900, both acreage
and value being decidedly greater than
in 1899.
Small Fruits.
Strawberries are by far the most
important of the small fruits raised in
North Carolina, with blackberries and
dew berries ranking next. The value
Of the strawberry crop in 1903 was
$712, 126. The total acreage of small
fruits in 1909 was 6,701 and in 1899,
6,S37, a decrease of 2 per cent. The
production in 1909 was 1927 900
quarts, as compared with 11,934,O00
quarts in 1899, and the value was
$853, 900 in 1909, as compared with
$500, 900 in 1899.
Orchard Fruit. ]
The total quantity of orchard fruits
was valued at $3,248, 900. Apples COM
tributed about three-fourths of this
quantity; peaches and nectarines most
ofthe remainder. The production of
grapes in 1909 amounted to 15,117 900
pounds, valued at 1886 900, and that of
nuts to 1,245,0O0 pounds, valued at
$4,000; the production of tropical
fruits, mostly figs, was valued at $22,-#
TIL
The production of all orchard fruits
together in 1909 was 23.4 per cent more
in quantity than that in 1899, and the
production of grapes was increased.
The value of orchard fruits increased
from 81 ,270, 900 in 1899 to $3,248,0OO In
1909, and that of grapes from $780, 700
in 1899 to 1896, 900 in 1909. It should
be noted that the values for 1899 in
clude the value of more advanced
products derived from orchard fruits
or grapes, such as cider, vinegar, dried
fruit, and the like, and may therefore
involve some duplication, while the
values shown for 1909 relate only to
the products in their original condi=
ton.