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and the use of acid phosphate, on the red lands of the Piedmont sec- 

 tion, one farmer grew 4,021 bushels on 130 acres, thus averaging 

 over 30 bushels per acre. A number of his neighbors, by use of 

 similar methods, grew from 30 to 40 bushels per acre on smaller 

 tracts. 



We have large areas of first-class wheat soil in the Piedmont and 

 mountain sections of the State, while in the coastal plains region 

 good wheat can be grown on the heavier types of the well-drained 

 soils. We should increase both our acreage and yield of wheat. 



From the foregoing statistics it will be seen that the amount of 

 flour reported to us falls far short of making up the difference be- 

 tween the amount of wheat we grow and the amount we consume 

 each year. It was estimated at the Minneapolis flour mills a few 

 years ago that it takes four and one-half bushels of wheat to make a 

 barrel of flour. This being true, it will be seen that instead of send- 

 ing away four million dollars for flour and wheat we are really paying 

 out not less than $8,000,000 for the Western and ISTorthern grown 

 product. 



CURED MEAT 



Next in importance is the meat supply. Statistics on cured meat, 

 beef and barreled pork alone were called for in our letter, and among 

 the replies one hundred and four included one or the other of these 

 commodities in their estimates. The amounts and values are given 

 below : 



POUXDS CURED MEAT 7,721,935 



VALUE @ I21/2C. A rOUJfD $ 1,965,241.785 



BARRELS OF PORK 195,965 



TALUE @ $25 A BARREL $ 4,899,125 



POUNDS OF BEEF ' 170,425 



VALUE @ 71/26. A POUND $ 12,781.875 



TOTAL VALUE $ 6,877,148.660 



Last year there were in the State 1,356,000 hogs ; 449,000 beef 

 cattle, and 215,000 sheep. If at the end of the year all the hogs 

 had been slaughtered and they had dressed an average of 100 pounds 

 apiece there would have been put on the market 135,000,000 pounds 

 of pork. If all the beef cattle had been slaughtered, and they had 

 dressed 400 pounds each, there would have been put on the market 

 178,000,000 pounds of beef. If all the sheep had been slaughtered, 

 and they had dressed 40 pounds each, there would have been put on 

 the market 8,000,000 pounds of mutton. There would thus have 

 been put on the market the grand total of 323,800,000 pounds of 

 meat in one year from the combined slaughtering of all the beeves, 

 hogs and sheep in the State. 



