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it was said that Kobeson County, one of the largest in the State, pro- 

 duced a bale of cotton to every man, woman, and child in it. 



The cotton crop is at present the most valuable single crop in the 

 State, ranging in value between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000 per annum. 



The total cotton crop for N'orth Carolina in 1906 was 579,326 bales. 

 Since then we have gradually increased the total yield until in 1911 

 we produced the maximum crop in the history of the State, amounting 

 to 1,075,826 bales. It is true that in 1911 we had greater acreage than 

 in any other year since 1906, but the yield per acre, which should 

 always be the basis of calculation in comparing farm crops, was consid- 

 erably more than any other recognized cotton-growing state in the 

 Union. We are, therefore, not only increasing the total yield of this 

 product, but we seem to be doing better farming than we have done in 

 past years. 



Table No. 4 — Shoimno Average Ai:>'c-ijieUl of Cotton in North Car- 

 olina in 1911 as Compared tcith Other Cotton-rjroicing States. 



North Carolina 315 



South Carolina 280 



Tennessee 257 



Georgia 240 



Alabama 204 



Arkansas ISO 



Texas • • • 186 



Mississippi l'<^2 



Louisiana ITO 



Oklahoma 160 



Florida 130 



LIVE STOCK. 



The number of live stock in ^orth Carolina could be greatly in- 

 creased to the advantage of every farmer in the State. We have not 

 nearly as much live stock as our farms require, and the quality is very 

 inferior to that which could be desired. IS'evertheless, within the last 

 ten years the percentage of increase of live stock in ISTorth Carolina has 

 been greater than that of any of the thirty-eight states shown in the 

 following table. A glance at the table will show that the percentage of 

 increase of live stock in North Carolina in the last ten years has been 

 more than double that of 'New York, Iowa, Colorado, Pennsylvania, 

 Kansas, Texas, and West Virginia, and considerably more than that 

 of Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. 



In 1911, North Carolina had 312,000 milch cows and 388,000 other 

 cattle. There were 203,000 sheep on the farms and 1,351,000 hogs. 



