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knowledge. Twenty years ago the ''book farmer" was looked upon as 

 an idealist without practical ability. But conditions have changed. 

 Since then, not only have the farmers of North Carolina gone on 

 record as favoring "book farming," but have built schools and colleges 

 for agricultural instruction, and our General Assemblies have passed 

 laws putting agriculture into every public school in the State. At 

 present the State Department of Agriculture, the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, the A. and M. College, the State University, the State 

 high schools, and pi'actically every public school in the State are com- 

 bining their efforts to dispel the mists from the eyes of the one man 

 upon whose success the welfare of the whole State depends. Not only 

 so, but there are a number of organizations among the farmers them- 

 selves that give promise of doing more to put farming in North Caro- 

 lina on a sound, business, and scientific basis than any other agencies 

 that have ever existed within our borders. 



PRODUCTIONS. 



CORN. 



Corn grows in all parts of the State. It is our leading crop, and the 

 yield is yearly increasing. It will be interesting to note that in 1910 

 the corn crop of North Carolina was more valuable than the corn crop 

 of either Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 

 West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, or Louisiana, 

 and worth considerably more than half as much as that of the states 

 of Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, or Ohio. 



Our genial climate, long growing season, and the rapidity with which 

 the plant foods become available in the soil of the State throughout the 

 year, all combine to make this crop one of especial importance both in 

 point of yield and ease of production. 



In 1870 to 1879 the average acre-yield of corn in the State was 14.7 

 bushels. This average persisted until 1909, when the average acre-yield 

 of corn was 18.4 bushels. The Division of Demonstration grew an 

 average of over 44 bushels per acre on 4,800 acres of land in North Car- 

 olina in 1911. The amount of corn grown in the State in 1909 was 

 34,063,000 bushels, and in 1910 it was nearly 57,139,000 bushels. The 

 value of the crop in 1909 was $28,954,000. In 1910, $43,426,000, and 

 in 1911, $40,738,000. 



Table No. 2—Shoiving Rank of North Carolina in Corn Production 

 in 1911 as Compared with Other States. 



North Carolina (.57.139.000 bushels in 1910) 49.680,000 



Virginia 47,520,000 



Oklahoma 36,888,000 



Louisiana .3.3,.300,000 



South Carolina 32,-578,000 



Maryland 24,45.5,000 



West Virginin 18,170,000 



Florida 9.286.000 



New Mexico 2..322,000 



Arizona 495,000 



