6 TifE Bulletin. 



among the leading markets of the State. The vast majority of the 

 estimates came from sm?ll towns in strictly agricultural counties. 



My Dear Sir: — The State Department of Agriculture is making 

 an effort to secure some accurate statistics on the amount of food 

 supplies shipped into the State yearly from outside sources. We 

 will be very grateful to you, therefore, if you will oblige us by filling 

 out the enclosed blank with the amount of those articles consumed 

 in your town this year which were produced outside the State. If 

 details are not at hand, a general statement of the food products con- 

 sumed in your town but produced outside the State, will be appre- 

 ciated. This is very valuable information for the Department and 

 we are sure you will gladly give it. If you cannot comply with this 

 request, kindly hand it to some one who can. 



Please return the enclosed blank at your earliest convenience, and 

 oblige. 



Yours very truly, 



Bv direction of the Commissioner. 



J. L. Burgess, 



Agronomist. 



The Following Articles Have Been Shipped Into the State 



During 1909. 



CANNED GOODS CASES 



FLOUR BAKUELS 



CURED MEAT POUNDS 



BARRELED PORK BARRELS 



BEEF POUNDS 



CORN BUSHELS 



WHEAT BUSHELS 



OATS BUSHELS 



HAT TONS 



BUTTER POUNDS 



(Signed) 



(Post-Office) 



A large number of articles might have been added to the list, but 

 it was deemed more expedient to call particular attention to those 

 products, the entire consumption of which might be easily supplied 

 by North Carolina farmers. 



It will be understood that most of the figures given in this bulletin 

 are only estimates, but these estimates have been submitted by 

 men who were in position to know the conditions existing in their 

 localities, and we feel that great importance should be attached 

 to the figures given. In a few cases the railroad companies have given 

 us data taken directly from their books, and these, of course, must be 



