10 The Bulletin. 



fed the ration outlined above. Our returns of 706,282 bushels repre- 

 sent but a small fraction of what was really brought into the State 

 durinc: 1000. 



Xotwithstanding we p^ew 48,680,000 bushels of corn last year, 

 the above figures show that we imported over 1,300,000 bushels, and 

 this is, of course, but a small fraction of the total. 



Our yields of corn and oats can be greatly increased, and that 

 by simple and easy methods that every farmer with "forty acres 

 and a mule" can put into practice. It has been demonstrated time 

 and again that high yields at small cost can be produced on any of 

 our thousands of acres of corn soils throughout the State. Last 

 year, while the State was importing its millions of bushels of corn 

 at hieh prices, a lar2:e number of our farmers were ffrowins; corn that 

 ran anywhere from 50 to 150 bushels to the acre, at a cost ranging 

 from 17 cents to 30 cents a bushel. 



The secret of successful farming in this State lies in deep plow- 

 ing, the turning under of different leguminous crops, the use of 

 phosphate, and, in some cases, potash and lime, and frequent shal- 

 low cultivation in case of hoed crops. There are other material aids, 

 but these are fundamental, and must be used before we can hope to 

 supply the constantly increasing demand for the staple products of 

 the Xorth Carolina farm. The crying need of North Carolina is 

 more men and better methods. 



HAY 



Eighty-four of our replies included hay. The amount and value 

 are indicated below: 



TO\S 22,187^ 



TALUE @ $10 A TOX $ 221,875 



The TJ. S. statistics collected last year show that jSTorth Carolina 

 produced 242,000 tons of hay on 175,000 acres, this being a yield of 

 1.38 tons per acre. 



It has been estimated that a horse at hard labor will consume, in 

 addition to six pounds of oats and three pounds of corn, fifteen pounds 

 of hay per day. At this rate it requires 1,021,087.5 tons of hay to 

 feed the work stock in the State each year. From these figures it is 

 clear that we have to import each year 779,000 tons of hay in case 

 our work stock is properly fed with hay. Much of this amount of 

 hay is replaced, however, with corn fodder and stover. Nevertheless, 

 the returns received from our inquiry represent but a small part of 

 the annual importation of hay into the State. 



The hay crop can be greatly increased by the larger use of such 

 crops as cowjDca, soy bean, millet and many of the domesticated 

 grasses. 



