﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  185 
  

  

  VALUE 
  of 
  lands— 
  cost 
  OF 
  PRODUCTION, 
  ETC. 
  

  

  Granville 
  and 
  Rockingham 
  counties 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  

   fairly 
  typical 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  product, 
  value 
  of 
  

   lands, 
  cost 
  of 
  production, 
  etc. 
  Want 
  of 
  transportation 
  fa- 
  

   cilities, 
  nearness 
  or 
  remoteness 
  of 
  markets, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  

   fertilizers 
  as 
  affected 
  by 
  freights, 
  would 
  alter 
  some 
  of 
  th^ 
  

   figures 
  given 
  if 
  applied 
  to 
  other 
  counties. 
  

  

  Granville 
  county. 
  ~1:\\q 
  price 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  lands 
  is 
  about 
  

   an 
  average 
  of 
  $42 
  per 
  acre; 
  yield, 
  000 
  pounds. 
  Inferior 
  

   lands 
  are 
  worth 
  §5 
  to 
  $7 
  ; 
  yield, 
  oOO 
  pounds 
  of 
  inferior 
  

   tobacco. 
  The 
  rental 
  value 
  is 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  crop, 
  or 
  for 
  

   best 
  lands, 
  $25 
  in 
  money 
  per 
  acre. 
  Wages, 
  by 
  the 
  day,' 
  for 
  

   field 
  hands, 
  50 
  cents 
  and 
  board 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  year, 
  $100 
  to 
  $150 
  

   without 
  board, 
  or 
  $80 
  with 
  board. 
  Estimated 
  cost 
  on 
  the 
  

   best 
  soils, 
  $10 
  to 
  $12.50 
  per 
  hundred 
  pounds. 
  In 
  the 
  northern 
  

   part 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  a 
  considerable 
  amount 
  of 
  red, 
  coarse 
  

   shipping 
  tobacco 
  is 
  raised, 
  which 
  greatly 
  reduces 
  the 
  average 
  

   price 
  for 
  the 
  county. 
  

   Estimate 
  of 
  crop 
  of 
  fine 
  tobacco 
  for 
  one 
  man 
  : 
  

  

  Rent, 
  2 
  acres 
  § 
  10 
  00 
  

  

  Labor,six 
  months 
  50 
  qo 
  

  

  Board 
  of 
  laborer, 
  six 
  months 
  42 
  00 
  

  

  Horse 
  and 
  feed 
  10 
  00 
  

  

  Use 
  of 
  wagon 
  and 
  plow 
  3 
  5q 
  

  

  Use 
  of 
  barn 
  and 
  packing-house 
  3 
  00 
  

  

  Firing-wood, 
  9 
  loads, 
  at 
  $1 
  9 
  00 
  

  

  Fertilizers 
  15 
  00 
  

  

  Hauling 
  to 
  market 
  2 
  00 
  

  

  Total 
  cost 
  for 
  2 
  acres 
  %V^^ 
  50 
  

  

  Product, 
  1,200 
  pounds, 
  at 
  35 
  cents 
  420 
  00 
  

  

  Profit 
  $265 
  50 
  

  

  Cost 
  per 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  $12~87^ 
  

  

  Profit 
  per 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  22 
  I2I 
  

  

  Inspection 
  and 
  selling 
  cost 
  81 
  to 
  $1.50 
  per 
  100 
  pounds 
  

   Wlien 
  sold 
  loose, 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  piles 
  of 
  separate 
  <rrades 
  

   upon 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  warehouse 
  and 
  sold 
  by 
  auction 
  and 
  

  

  