The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-15


per acre.
As evidence of these yields. the an |
nual crop record for part or the
tobacco territory, based on a centrai
point and within a radius of 80 mlIes
shows that the tobacco crop Of 1914
for this territory alone yielded over
100000 600 pounds, sold at an aver
age of 15c per pound, a cash return
from this limited territory. amounting
to $500 900.
But tobacco is not the only farm
product sold from this territory.
Within this same radius the cotton
crop of last year amounted to over
10000 bales: 100000 pounds,
which at Oc per pound would amount
to S7,5OG000. The cotton seed pro-
ducts from this district yielded an
additional s1,50e,0OO, making total
cotton crop farm return of $4,000,
10000, for the same territory that
produced s16,5O0, 100000 worth of to-
bacco.
And still this is not all. The great
| coastal plain peanut territory over
| laps a portion of the tobacco belt to
| an extent that at least another million
| dollars farm returns can be credited
| to this same area. Neither must we
| forget that quite portion of this
| area is III the potato and early truck
| ing belt. Our farm figures must have
an additional upward boost Of more
than $2,00O,00O as actual record re-
turns from trucking.
We must not overlook the live
| stock and meat produced and sold
| from this same tobacco territory.
Although live stock production is
| somewhat limited nevertheless al
hogs and cattle. This is especially
true in the peanut producing territory.
AT low calculation the meat products
from the tobacco farms will add half
million to our figures-and just as we
begin to realize the astounding total
from this little tobacco belt in the
drainage district, an old hen joins in
the money music with a loud cackle,
reminding us that another half mil
lion in returns must be reckOned
with out Of respect to the hen in
dustry.
Crop and Value Immense.
Putting together our little column
of figures, we find that the crop out
put from the farms in this 3Omile
radius, surrounding one common cen
} ter, farm sales Of tobacco, cotton
truck, peanuts, meat and poultry pro
ducts, will amount to over $30,0OO,-
900, as actual cash returns received
? by the farmers in a district not eX-
t ceeding sixty miles square.
The crop returns as quoted only
refer to a small portion Of Eastern
Carolina drainage belt. EYnthel
county, small area of about SOt
square miles, produces more straw
{ berries than any other county in tn
world. Another county in the drain
t age district holds the worlds recort
e for the largest output of tuberos
: bulbs, one firm alone shipping NOR
e than two million bulbs in a single sea
n A II h.
y drainage would be of little value
. peculiar characteristic of tn
6 drainage lands of the Carolina Coasta
q plain is their adapta bility to varie
IS crop production. The drainage farm
er is not restricted to one or tw
d staple crops, but he can as successful
n grow all the products Of the Sout1
e and he can outrival the Norther
d, farmer in the production of some @
20 his few favorite specialties We hav
d. already captured the national banne
70 Tor record corn production, both j
n, yield and cost, and other crop recor
ar banners are in easy reach
,e Out tobacco farmers are all gettin
lg rich. Why not. We have records fc
p 1914 showing where 20 acres Of te
o bacco yielded an average of 12O
n, pounds per acre with an entire Gro
10 average selling price Of Csc pe
Us pound, an acreage cash value of $50
ne not just for one acre, but for a far1
average of 20 acres. We can and d
produce tobacco for $50 per acre
Cotton production in the dramas
n territory will double the State ave
I'D age yield per acre, and North Car,
or INA ranks near the top in cotte
ne growing average.
oy Peanuts represent another profi
IN able crop and the producing territo1
10 lies wholly in the eastern or dramas
'ef portion Of the State. The avera.
m yield for an acre of peanuts is
RE bushels, weighing % pounds o.
els bushel, and Sc will represent the a
he erage farm selling nrice nor ro,,a
de Government statistics onoto ,ha -,
re. nual peanut crop yield for North Car
,er lima as over six millian h,cho
e