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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  2J 
  per 
  ceDt. 
  commission 
  and 
  25 
  cents 
  a 
  pile, 
  auctioneer's 
  fee, 
  

   are 
  charged. 
  The 
  piles 
  in 
  weight 
  range 
  from 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  

   pounds 
  to 
  300 
  or 
  more. 
  The 
  following 
  accounts 
  of 
  sales 
  

   show 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  marketing 
  in 
  Granville, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   portions 
  of 
  grades 
  and 
  range 
  of 
  prices 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  crop 
  : 
  

  

  SALES 
  OF 
  1,127 
  POUNDS. 
  

  

  54 
  pounds, 
  at 
  88 
  cents 
  $ 
  47 
  52 
  

  

  149 
  pounds, 
  at 
  67* 
  cents 
  100 
  57 
  

  

  97 
  pounds, 
  at 
  80 
  cents 
  77 
  00 
  

  

  228pounds,at67* 
  cents 
  153 
  90 
  

  

  ■ 
  90 
  pounds, 
  at 
  60 
  cents 
  54 
  00 
  

  

  34 
  pounds, 
  at 
  51 
  1 
  cents 
  17 
  51 
  

  

  167 
  pounds, 
  at 
  34| 
  cents 
  57 
  61 
  

  

  308 
  pounds, 
  at 
  40" 
  cents 
  123 
  20 
  

  

  $631 
  91 
  

   Charges 
  22 
  31 
  

  

  Netproceeds 
  1609 
  60 
  

  

  Tlie 
  usual 
  average 
  in 
  Granville 
  does 
  not 
  exceed 
  $150 
  to 
  

   the 
  hand, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  frequent 
  instances 
  of 
  profits 
  of 
  §500 
  

   or 
  more. 
  From 
  two 
  to 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  acres 
  are 
  planted 
  to 
  

   the 
  hand, 
  and 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  production 
  is 
  diminished 
  by 
  such 
  

   increase 
  of 
  crop 
  as 
  will 
  employ 
  a 
  full 
  set 
  of 
  tools 
  and 
  keep 
  

   the 
  team 
  busy. 
  

  

  Rockingham 
  county. 
  — 
  Price 
  of 
  good 
  tobacco 
  lands, 
  $10 
  

   to 
  $25 
  per 
  acre; 
  yield 
  of 
  such 
  lands 
  with 
  manure, 
  500 
  

   pounds. 
  Inferior 
  lands 
  are 
  worth 
  $5 
  to 
  $7, 
  and 
  yield 
  with 
  

   manure 
  500 
  pounds 
  of 
  inferior 
  tobacco. 
  The 
  rental 
  is 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  the 
  crop. 
  Wages 
  by 
  the 
  day: 
  Men, 
  40 
  cents; 
  

   women 
  25 
  cents 
  with 
  board. 
  Skillful 
  tobacco 
  liands- 
  com- 
  

   mand 
  from 
  $15 
  to 
  $24 
  per 
  annum 
  more 
  than 
  ordinary 
  farm 
  

   laborers, 
  and 
  double 
  what 
  they 
  could 
  get 
  in 
  the 
  shipping- 
  

   tobacco 
  regions. 
  • 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  production 
  decreases 
  going 
  west, 
  and 
  this 
  

   may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  about 
  the 
  averRge 
  cost 
  of 
  growing 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  An 
  account 
  of 
  sales 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   crop 
  is 
  given, 
  which 
  shows 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  grades, 
  range 
  

   of 
  prices, 
  and 
  cost 
  of 
  marketing 
  fine 
  tobacco 
  in 
  this 
  county: 
  

  

  