The Bulletin. 7 



In 1913 North Carolina stood sixtli among the States as to value of 

 crops per acre — $24.84. Only Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island, New Jersey and South Carolina exceeding her — South Carolina 

 being thirty-five cents greater. In 1914 she passed South Carolina by 

 three dollars. She excels not only the other Southern States but the 

 States of the com and grain belts, which are generally denoted the 

 garden spot of the nation, where farming is most remunerative. The 

 Census of 1910, Report on Wealth, Debt and Taxation, reports the 

 average wealth of a citizen of North Carolina in 1912 as $323.90 — 

 thirty-seventh in rank; in 1902 it was $177.98, nearly eighty per cent 



increase. 



North Carolina for five successive years has led the cotton states in 

 amount per acre, 290 pounds of lint cotton being the amount this year; 

 315 in 1911, 267 in 1912, 239 in 1913. 



The value of the agricultural crops of the State, including animals, 

 in 1913 was estimated at $241,533,670. 



Pkoduction per Individual. 



Sweet 



Corn. Wheat. Tobacco. Potatoes. Cotton. 



1860. . 30 bushels. 4.7 bushels. 23 pounds. 62 bushels. 1-6 bales. 



1910. . 15 bushels. 1.8 bushels. 69 pounds. 4 bushels. 1-3 bales. 



1914. . 24 bushels. 3-4 bushels. 70 pounds. 3.5 bushels. 2-5 bales. 



In 1914 the cotton crop was $35,000,000; imported wheat, oats, corn 

 and hay, $12,000,000. There was a total importation of $17,000,000 

 worth of things that should be produced in the State. 



In 1914 225,000 bushels of North Carolina corn was exported from 

 Norfolk. One million dollars worth of cattle and feed was sent to 

 South Carolina besides truck and other things. 



In 1910 North Carolina ranked twenty-second in value of crops, the 

 value being $102,783,000; in 1913 this State ranked thirteenth, the crop 

 value being $150,203,000'. 



Wheat required for bread, 10,526,000 bushels; for seed, 715,00(1 

 bushels— 11,241,000 bushels. In 1915 the crop was 10,900,000 bushels, 

 according to the report of the United States Department. 



Tobacco crop, five years average — Kentucky, $71.71; North Carolina, 

 $88.71 per acre. 



Total value of property in North Carolina in 1912 was $1,807,573,780. 



Corn in 1900. .U. S., 25.3 bushels; in N. C, 13.8 bushels per acre. 

 Corn in 1914. .U. S., 25.8 bushels; in N. C, 22.0 bushels per acre. 

 Wheat in 1914. .U. S., 16.6 bushels; in N. C, 12.7 bushels per acre. 



Wealth per capita, 1902, $177.98; in 1912, $323.90; 80 per cent in- 

 crease. Thirty-seventh in rank. 



The value of the agricultural crops of the State, including animals, 

 in 1913 was estimated at $241,533,670. 



North Carolina is thought to be the only cotton state that does not 

 import each year provisions for men and animals and animals for farm 



