140 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



yard raanure and a small amount of conimercial fertilizers. It cost less 

 than 8 cents per pound. 



North CAROLmA. — The largest yield noticed is 20 bales on 25 acres 

 in Columbus County. 



On gray chincapin soil, in Gastori, in several cases, a bale per acre 

 has been made by high manuring. 



In Greene, 42 acres manured with, a home-made compost, at a cost of 

 $3.50 per acre, produced 42,000 pounds seed-cotton. Cultivation, $6.50 j 

 profit, $20. 



A five-acre field, with clay subsoil, in Harnett, averaged 750 pounds 

 of lint, giving 50 per cent, profit. 



In Guilford, best yield 200 pounds. 



Our correspondent in Hyde reports, from 2 acres of black loam, 

 stirred with plow every five days, a yield of 2 bales j^er acre. 



The best average in Iredell is 1,000 pounds seed per acre on IGJ acres 

 of loam fertilized, cultivated with a sweep and hand hoe. 



A farm in Lenoir, with 100 acres in cotton, made 80 bales of 500 pounds 

 at a cost of $1,600. Cotton sales, $3,926. 



In Lincoln, a small patch has produced 1,500 pounds seed per acre, 

 I)lauted in rows 3 feet apart, highly fertilized, and kept clean throughout 

 the season. 



A bale per acre has been obtained in MeckleriburgJi. 



A neighbor of our Hertford correspondent made 25 bales of 475 pounds 

 each from 20 acres; an average of 593 pounds per acre. A compost of 

 guano and cotton-seed with loam was used. 



In the gray soil of the pine-lands of Fitt, several small farms have 

 averaged a bale per acre. These are the farms that produce needed 

 home supplies. 



The sandy loams of Moore, subsoiled and well fertilized, often pro- 

 duce a bale per acre, at 25 to 35 per cent, profit. 



A large farm in Nash averaged 300 pounds on 200 acres ; a yellow 

 sandy loam, with clay subsoil, fertilized with 150 pounds Peruvian guano. 



The best crop in Orange was, on gray sandy soil, 22 bales for 35 acres. 



Nearly a bale per acre on 100 acres was made in Pasquotank / 300 

 pounds deemed a good result on the best farms. 



Ou the farm of Capt. J. J. Davis, our FranJcUn correspondent, a col- 

 ored man, with good ordinary culture, on a tract of gray surface and red 

 subsoil, got 17 bales of 425 pounds on 16 acres, and, with 32 bushels of 

 corn and other x^roducts, cleared $450. 



The largest yield in Duplin is 40 bales of 500 pounds on 45 acres j 

 soil, a stiff loam ; fertilizers, 200 pounds acid phosphate ; 15 bushels 

 cotton-seed per acre. 



In Cumberland, 14 bales on 15 acres produced a profit of $500. 



In Catatcba, a crop of 250 pounds per acre is reported ; fertilized witli 

 a bag of bone dust costing $6. 



One bale per acre is the largest yield in Chowan. 



Mr. Thomas H. Blount, of Beaufort, on a loam with clay subsoil, got 

 54 bales of 400 pounds on 52 acres at a cost of 8^ cents per pound j 

 deep preparatory culture, with shallow cultivation. 



One bale per acre is the best result in Camden. 



Two-thirds of a bale per acre is occasionally obtained in Warren. 



In Wayne, an average of 450 pounds has been obtained by Messrs. J. 

 T. Pearson, Michael Egerton, and Joseph Parks. 



In Perquimans, a crop of 30 bales averaged 850 pounds seed-cotton 

 per acre, and a profit of $5. 



South Carolina. — Barnwell reports 250 pounds per acre on 160 acres, 



