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  Prepared 
  by 
  the 
  Editor 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Chronicle, 
  with 
  great 
  care, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  relied 
  upon 
  as 
  accurate 
  

  

  This 
  map 
  shows 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Tobacco-Belt 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  The 
  counties 
  that 
  have 
  the 
  heaviest 
  black 
  lines 
  lor 
  their 
  boundaries, 
  sueli 
  as 
  ( 
  iranville, 
  Vance, 
  Runcombe, 
  etc., 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  produce 
  the 
  most 
  tobacco; 
  the 
  less 
  

   heavy 
  parallel 
  light 
  lines, 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  produce 
  less, 
  and 
  so 
  on. 
  The 
  connlies 
  with 
  dotted 
  lines 
  about 
  them, 
  such 
  as 
  Kdgeoombe, 
  Moore, 
  Montgomery, 
  etc., 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  contain 
  good 
  tobacco 
  lands 
  on 
  which, 
  however, 
  

   tobacco 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  made 
  a 
  leading 
  crop. 
  The 
  acreage 
  is 
  extending 
  with 
  unprecedented 
  rapidity. 
  The 
  map 
  shows 
  also 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Tobacco-Towns. 
  

  

  The 
  Chronicle 
  has 
  received 
  estimates 
  from 
  well 
  informed 
  tobacco 
  dealers 
  and 
  farmers 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  principal 
  tooacco 
  counties 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  s 
  crop, 
  if 
  the 
  season 
  be 
  favorable 
  (of 
  which 
  there 
  Is 
  now 
  every 
  promise.) 
  The 
  estimates 
  

   are 
  as 
  follows: 
  Granville, 
  5,250,000; 
  Per.son, 
  5,000,000; 
  Caswell, 
  5,000,000; 
  Rockingham, 
  5,000,000; 
  Iredell, 
  4,000,000; 
  .Stokes, 
  3,500,000; 
  Vance, 
  .JiOOO.OOO; 
  Durliam. 
  .•J,000,000; 
  Forsyth, 
  3,000,000; 
  Surry, 
  3,000,000; 
  

   Buncombe, 
  a,500, 
  000; 
  Madison, 
  2,000,000; 
  Orange, 
  2,000,000; 
  .\lamance, 
  1,500,000; 
  Warren, 
  1,500,000; 
  Hay 
  wood, 
  1,000,000; 
  other 
  counties, 
  15,000,000- 
  Xotal, 
  65,250,000 
  pouncI»i. 
  

  

  The 
  figures 
  from 
  the 
  census 
  now 
  fall 
  far 
  short 
  ol 
  the 
  mark. 
  They 
  were 
  used 
  because 
  no 
  others 
  could 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  compari-iOB. 
  .North 
  Carolina 
  now 
  produces 
  more 
  than 
  (If, 
  {MIVXK) 
  pounds 
  per 
  year, 
  and 
  has 
  about 
  2WJ 
  

   factories. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  duty 
  and 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Bureau 
  of 
  .Agrieultuie 
  (at 
  Raleigh) 
  to 
  give 
  defluite 
  inlormation 
  about 
  the 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  anil 
  otiicr 
  kindred 
  sut)jects: 
  Mr. 
  M 
  McGkhek, 
  Commissioner; 
  Mr 
  P. 
  M. 
  Wilson, 
  

   Secretary; 
  Dr. 
  Cha.s. 
  W. 
  Dabney, 
  Jr., 
  State 
  i 
  hemist; 
  Mr. 
  John 
  T. 
  P.^thiok, 
  .state 
  Immigration 
  Agent 
  ; 
  Governor 
  T. 
  J. 
  Iakvis, 
  ( 
  liairman 
  of 
  the 
  Hoard. 
  

  

  