﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  

  

  18- 
  

  

  152 
  pounds, 
  at 
  io>^ 
  cents 
  $ 
  15 
  96 
  

  

  224 
  pounds, 
  at 
  12 
  cents 
  26 
  8S 
  

  

  286 
  pounds, 
  at 
  30 
  cents 
  85 
  80 
  

  

  37 
  pounds, 
  at 
  53 
  19 
  61 
  

  

  699 
  pounds. 
  $148 
  25 
  

  

  CHARGES. 
  

  

  Warehouse 
  $0 
  70 
  

  

  Auction 
  fees 
  85 
  

  

  Commission, 
  2 
  j^ 
  per 
  cent 
  3 
  70 
  

  

  $ 
  5 
  25 
  

  

  Net 
  proceeds 
  S143 
  00 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  proJ 
  action, 
  acreage, 
  

   yield 
  per 
  acre, 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  in 
  famers' 
  hand 
  or 
  in 
  pri- 
  

   mary 
  markets, 
  value 
  per 
  pound, 
  and 
  value 
  per 
  acre 
  of 
  the 
  

   tobacco 
  cro[)S 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1876 
  to 
  1879, 
  

   inclusive, 
  only 
  the 
  figures 
  for 
  1879 
  being 
  fiom 
  the 
  census 
  

   returns: 
  

  

  

  

  

  

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  Pounds. 
  

  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  

  Cents. 
  

  

  

  T876 
  

  

  20,351,152 
  

  

  43,672 
  

  

  466 
  

  

  $2,849,161 
  

  

  14.00 
  

  

  $65 
  24 
  

  

  1877 
  

  

  22,819,790 
  

  

  46,571 
  

  

  490 
  

  

  2,567,226 
  

  

  11.25 
  

  

  55 
  12 
  

  

  1878 
  

  

  21,801,525 
  

  

  46,885 
  

  

  465 
  

  

  3.270,229 
  

  

  15.00 
  

  

  69 
  75 
  

  

  1879 
  

  

  26,986,213 
  

  

  57.208 
  

  

  472 
  

  

  3,805,056 
  

  

  14.10 
  

  

  66 
  61 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  quantity 
  produced 
  each 
  year 
  

   varies 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  producing 
  tobacco. 
  

   This 
  is 
  due, 
  iu 
  part, 
  to 
  the 
  practice 
  auiong 
  farmers 
  of 
  

   making 
  artificial 
  "seasons 
  " 
  by 
  watering 
  the 
  hills 
  when 
  the 
  

   weather 
  continues 
  at 
  planting 
  time. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  they 
  never 
  

   fail 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  crop 
  planted. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  per 
  acre 
  is 
  very 
  

   low. 
  This 
  arises 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  fully 
  three 
  fifths 
  of 
  the 
  

   product 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  inferior 
  brown 
  nondescript 
  leaf, 
  bring- 
  

   ing 
  very 
  low 
  prices. 
  No 
  idea 
  can 
  be 
  gained 
  from 
  tliis 
  tab- 
  

   ular 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  'profits 
  of 
  grown 
  yellow 
  tobacco 
  on 
  

   soils 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  its 
  production. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duct 
  upon 
  suitable 
  soils 
  often 
  reaches 
  $250 
  to 
  $400 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  returned 
  in 
  the 
  sched- 
  

  

  