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strength. When the Government authorized the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture to make standards, the North Carolina Commissioner called atten- 

 tion to this matter and these items are now considered in fixing the 

 standards, and the farmer will receive more for his cotton. 



Effort is now being made to persuade the United States Department 

 to endeavor by an International Convention to abolish the unjust man- 

 ner of deducting tare for bagging and ties, in the cotton trade. 



Tobacco. 



The quality of the Worth Carolina brights is of the highest grade 

 and commands the highest prices. The State is second in value of 

 tobacco crop, Kentucky having first place with an acreage of 400,000, 

 while North Carolina has 138,813 acres. Kentucky tobacco sells for 10 

 cents per pound, North Carolina at IS'J/^ cents. 



In its area of 500 miles in length and near one hundred in breadth, 

 extending from its projection into the Atlantic to Tennessee, from the 

 plains of the ocean coasts to the highest mountain peaks, the State 

 gives a variety of soil and climate which will produce in abundance 

 almost any crop grown in the Nation ; and when inquiries are made by 

 those considering removing to our borders, the reply is generally, ''State 

 what you wish to follow and we can tell you where to locate." 



Semi-tropical Climate. 



Fayetteville is on the 79th western meridian, exactly south of New 

 York City. The State extends three hundred miles east of this and puts 

 one-third of the area that much nearer the Gulf Stream and renders 

 much of the climate sub-tropical. The Gulf Stream is twenty miles 

 east of Hatteras. 



Much more could be said of the achievements, but it would not leave 

 space to speak of some of the problems^to be solved. 



Problems. 



Among the problems to be solved are: 



1. A home-owning yeomanry on farms that make their support is the 

 great desideratum, and that they raay produce food and feed enough to 

 supply the State. The State was prosperous under this system and 

 we think will be again when it is restored. There is much truth in the. 

 old darkey's position, who was going along in ragged clothes and badly 

 worn shoes, with a sack of flour under his arm and a side of bacon on» 

 his head. Being asked why he did not buy less rations and more clothes, 

 replied : "Boss, when my back or my feet calls on me for supplies, I can 

 put it off with a promise, but when this (putting his hand on his bread 

 basket) calls, I am bound to have the cash." Farms which furnish the 

 cash are needed. 



The younger generation, with the advantages they have of prepara- 

 tion, ought to fit into their places as they come to them, but it is neces- 



