The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-23
Farm Census Report
Shows 10000 Acres
of Vegetables in NC.
Reports From Ashe Show That
Only 8O4 Acres in Vegetables
Being Raised in County
ALL FARMS DON'T REPORT

Vegetables harvested for sale in
1884 totaled 1854 acres in North
Carolina, according to a special re-
port of the 1885 Federal Farm Cen
sus RELEASED today by Director VIM.
L. Austin of the Bureau of the Cen
sus, Department of Commerce. The
acreage reported represents an in
crease of more than one hundred
percent over the 43,901 acres report
ed in 1929 and comprised 22,009
acres of snap or string beans report
ed on 1882 farms, 8,518 acres of
cabbages reported on 1852 farms,
9,619 acres of sweet corn reported on
6,317 farms, 5,420 acres of tomatoes
reported on $685. farms, 20,240 acres
of watermelons reported on 1858
farms, and 29,378 acres of all other
vegetables excluding Irish and sweet
potatoes) reported on 1907 farms.
The total acreage for 1929 included
9,796 acres of snap or string beans,
3,467 acres of cabbages, 5,498 acres
of sweet corn, 1887 acres of toma-
toes, and 1913 acres of watermelons.
Duplin, Wayne, and Sampson, the
three leading counties in the acreage
of vegetables harvested for sale in
1884, reported nearly one-fourth of
the total acreage in the tSate.
Vegetables grown for use on the
farms were valued at 1881 ,010, or
an average of $38 per farm report
|, ing, and were grown on Opel, or
SO percent of al 1.-The farms in the
State.
Statistics for Ashe, Allegheny, Wa
tauga, and Wilkes are as follows: (
Ashe: 307 farms reporting 1876
acres of beans (snap or string), 766
farms reporting 500 acres of cab
4Sages, &c farms reporting acres or
corn (sweet), % farms reporting 8
acres of tomatoes, farms reporting
acres of all other vegetables except
Irish and sweet potatoes, 1858 farms
reporting $125,033 as value of farm
garden vegetables grown for home
use Exclusive of Irish and sweet
potatoes).
Allegheny: 1872 farms reporting 1856
acres of beans (snap or string) 203
farmes reporting 255 acres of cab
bage, farms reporting 3 acres Of
corn (sweet), farms reporting l
acre of tomatoes, IL farms reporting
II acres of all other vegetables ex-
cept Irish and sweet potatoes, 1,449
farms reporting $50,917 as value Of
farm garden vegetables grown for
home use Exclusive of Irish and
sweet potatoes).
Watauga: 249 farms reporting 148
acres of beans (snap or string), 1,215
farms reporting 1,436 acres of cab
bages, So farms reporting Is acres of
corn (sweet), As farms reporting 8
acres tomatoes, / farm reporting 2
acres of watermelons, 81 farms re-
porting "a acres of all other vegeta-
bles except Irish and sweet potatoes,
2,211 farms reporting $85,148 as
value of farm garden vegetables
grown for home use Exclusive of
Irish and sweet potatoes.
Wilkes: "A farms reporting q
acres of beans (snap or string), As
farms reporting Is acres of cabbages,
IL farmes reporting 5 acres of corn
(sweet), so farms reporting % acres
of tomatoes, 80 farms reporting, Is
acres of watermelons, 1875 farms re-
porting 95 acres of all other vege-
tables except Irish and sweet pota-
toes, 5,l63 farms reporting $116,857
as value of farm garden vegetables
grown for home use Exclusive of
Irish and sweet potatoes).