Hon. W. a. Graham, 



Commissioner of Agriculture, 



Raleigh, N. C. 



Sir: — I beg to submit berewith a manuscript discussing, in a brief 

 way, some of tbe different lines of progress of agriculture in ]^ortb 

 Carolina during tbe recent past. To tbose wbo desire a full discussion 

 of tbe agricultural development of tbe State tbis Bulletin will be pain- 

 fully brief; but we bave only to point out tbat it would require a good- 

 sized volume to do tbe subject justice, and tbat tbe time at our com- 

 mand and tbe space allotted us would not permit a fuller discussion of 

 tbe subject. We bave been able, therefore, in tbis paper to call atten- 

 tion to only a few tbings among tbe many tbat cause Nortb Carolina to 

 stand out prominently above many otber states. 



In tbe last part of tbe paper is found a brief discussion of tbe amount 

 of food and feed products sbipped into tbe State during 1911. Most 

 of tbe data for tbis part of tbe paper was obtained from tbe books of 

 tbe different railway companies doing an interstate business in jSTortb 

 Carolina. 



I recommend tbe publication of tbis manuscript as a supplement to 

 tbe August bulletin of tbe Agronomy Division of tbis Department. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. L. Burgess, 

 Approved : Agronomist. 



W. A. Graham, CoTnmissioner. 



