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The Bulletin. 



to meet the situation when they should come to maturity. That the 

 Department has made greater advances in its work than any other 

 Southern State is due to the attention that it has given to the develop- 

 ment of the adult farmer. He was the State's most valuable undevel- 

 oped asset and yielded the quickest and most valuable return. 



Institutes and demonstrations have been the most potent means for 

 this work and right nobly have the farmers responded as the results 

 prove. 



Some of the Achievements. 



The Census of JSTorth Carolina reported: 



1860 



Corn 30,078,564 bushels. 



"Wheat 4,078,706 TDushels. 



Cotton 145,000 bales. 



Hogs 1,246,820 



Horses 



Mules 



Sheep 



Cattle 



Dairy Cows 



Hogs 1,300,000 



Poultry and Eggs $2, 

 Cotton 



1900. 



Total. 



Corn 34,818,860 bu. 



Wheat 4,342,351 bu. 



Oats 2,554,768 bu. 



Hay 369,732 tons 



Sweet Potatoes 5,781,587 bu. 



Peanuts 3,460,439 bu. 



Tobacco 127,503,404 lbs. 



Fruit Trees. 1900. 1910. 



Apples 6,438,871 trees. 4.662,614 bu. 6,345,508 trees. 4,775,693 bu. 



Peach 2,773,788 trees. 373,663 bu. 2,661,791 trees. 1,344,410 bu. 



Yalue Farm Products: In 1900, $68,624,912; in 1910, $142,890,192. 



The Census of 1910 was an era in agricultural history. The advance 

 in this State has scarcely, if ever, been equaled in agricultural history. 

 It would require too much space to insert the figures for each year so I 

 take 1914, which can be compared with those of 1910: 



Hogs 1,525,000. 



Corn 60,000.000 



Wheat 8,000,000 



Oats 4,373,000 



Sweet Potatoes 8,000,000 



Hay 368.000 



Peanuts 8,205,000 



Tobacco 172,250,000 



Cotton 966,000 



Apples 9,000,000 



bushels; 20.3 bushels per acre, 



bushels; 12 bushels per acre, 



bushels; 17.5 bushels per acre, 



bushels; 100. bushels per acre, 



tons; 1.15 tons per acre, 



bushels; 37 bushels per acre, 



pounds; 650 pounds per acre, 



bales; 283 pounds per acre, 

 bushels. 



