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South Dakota 17,870,000 



Nevada 11,887,000 



New Mexico 7,898,000 



Wyoming 6,249,000 



'No state can turn out sucli an enormous amount of manufactured 

 products without taxing to th^ utmost its agricultural resources. Cotton 

 and other raw materials for manufacture, and for food supplies for men 

 and necessary teams, must be produced on the farms, or imported from 

 other states. 



While the North Carolina farmer has made long and rapid strides in 

 every line of agricultural development in the recent past, he is going to 

 make even greater progress in the near future. The inducements for 

 greater efforts are here. Our home markets are calling for more than 

 we can produce with our present methods, and our neighboring markets 

 are yet not fully supplied. 



By the introduction of improved implements and the most ap- 

 proved methods of tillage, fertilization, etc., the present annual crop 

 yields can be more than doubled, and there is little doubt that they will 

 be more than doubled in the near future. But even then, it is not likely 

 that our present farming population can nearly supply the demands 

 made on them for food and feed products. As our crop yields increase, 

 the demand for the additional output will likewise increase. It would 

 seem, therefore, that a very material addition to our farming population 

 is imperative. 



We have 22,439,129 acres of land in farms in North Carolina. Of 

 this amount of land, only 8,813,056 acres are improved. This leaves 

 13,626,073 acres of unimproved land in farms. It is evident that this 

 vast territory of nonproductive land should be brought under cultiva- 

 tion and made to contribute its share to the wealth of the State, and to 

 do this would require about twice our present farming population. 



As pointed out above, our markets are calling for more than we are 

 producing, and, as a consequence, millions upon millions of dollars 

 worth of food and feed products are yearly being shipped into the State 

 from outside sources. 



FOOD PEODUCTS SHIPPED INTO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 



DURING 1913. 



Three years ago the Division of Botany and Agronomy was directed 

 to ascertain, as far as possible, the amount of food and feed products 

 shipped into the State during 1911. The results of that investigation 

 showed that around $39,000,000 worth of these products were shipped 

 into North Carolina during that year. This year, 1914, the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture again directed this Division to make a similar 

 investigation for the same purpose. Using the same method of investi- 

 gation as we used before, we addressed a letter to each of the railroad 

 companies operating inter-state lines of railroad, asking them to furnish 

 us with such data as might be available to show the amount of various 

 food and feed products shipped into the State over their lines during 

 1913. 



We are pleased to state that all of the leading lines of railroads re- 

 sponded promptly to this request, except one, and gave us figures 



