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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  ules 
  is 
  too 
  high 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  all 
  grades 
  in 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   ket 
  at 
  Danville 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  18S0, 
  was 
  

   $11.38 
  per 
  hundred 
  pounds, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  conceded 
  

   that 
  the 
  finest 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  that 
  which 
  brings 
  the 
  highest 
  

   prices 
  in 
  that 
  market, 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  It 
  is 
  

   therefore 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  prices 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  schedules 
  are 
  

   very 
  nearly 
  correct. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  distinction 
  between 
  the 
  bright- 
  

   yellow 
  tobacco 
  region 
  proper 
  and 
  that 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Pied- 
  

   mont 
  district, 
  which, 
  while 
  entitled 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  within 
  the 
  

   area 
  of 
  "bright-yellow" 
  production, 
  is 
  especially 
  charac- 
  

   terized 
  by 
  its 
  "mahogany 
  tobacco." 
  

  

  SOIL 
  ANALYSES. 
  

  

  Silica, 
  soluble 
  . 
  

   Silica, 
  insoluble 
  

  

  Alumina 
  

  

  Oxide 
  of 
  iron. 
  . 
  

  

  Lime 
  

  

  Magnesia 
  

  

  Potash 
  

  

  Soda 
  

  

  Phosphoric 
  acid 
  

   Sulphuric 
  acid. 
  

  

  Chlorine 
  

  

  Organic 
  matter 
  

   Water 
  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2.67 
  

   Sg.oo 
  

   2.40 
  

   0.24 
  

   0.23 
  

   o. 
  10 
  

   0.04 
  

   0.00 
  

   0.04 
  

   o.oi 
  

   0.02 
  

   4.90 
  

   0.40 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  1.24 
  

   91.96 
  

   1.24 
  

   0.52 
  

   0.08 
  

   0.09 
  

   0.08 
  

   0.00 
  

   0.04 
  

   0.03 
  

   0.01 
  

  

  4-15 
  

   0.80 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4-35 
  

   90.35 
  

   1.22 
  

   0.42 
  

   0.20 
  

   0.76 
  

   0.06 
  

   0.00 
  

   trace, 
  

   trace. 
  

   0.02 
  

   2.50 
  

   0.30 
  

  

  4r. 
  

  

  I. 
  10 
  

  

  96. 
  [O 
  

   0.71 
  

   0.65 
  

   0.13 
  

   0.14 
  

   0.07 
  

   0.00 
  

  

  trace. 
  

  

  trace. 
  

   0.01 
  

   2.40 
  

   0.20 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  0.67 
  

   76.88 
  

   12.46 
  

   3-57 
  

   0.51 
  

   0.33 
  

   0.16 
  

  

  0.45 
  

   0.09 
  

   0.02 
  

   trace. 
  

   4.60 
  

   1.07 
  

  

  6*. 
  

  

  3.84 
  

   77.06 
  

   6.97 
  

   4.07 
  

   o.io 
  

   0.29 
  

  

  O.II 
  

  

  0.00 
  

   0.05 
  

  

  trace. 
  

   0.06 
  

   6.65 
  

   1. 
  10 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  repersent 
  the 
  bright- 
  tobacco 
  soils 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  district, 
  the 
  first 
  from 
  Sampson 
  county, 
  the 
  

   second 
  from 
  Wilson, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  from 
  Columbus. 
  They 
  

   are 
  just 
  such 
  soils 
  as 
  produce 
  the 
  bright 
  yellow 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  

   represent 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  district. 
  

   No. 
  4 
  is 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  of 
  the 
  bright-yellow 
  

   tobacco 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  of 
  Person 
  county. 
  

   The 
  sample 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  farm, 
  part 
  of 
  whose 
  product 
  

   was 
  sold 
  at 
  $2 
  per 
  pound. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  one 
  foot 
  deep 
  (as 
  

   all 
  the 
  others) 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  adjoining 
  the 
  field 
  where 
  the 
  

   fine 
  " 
  fancy 
  bright 
  " 
  had 
  been 
  raised. 
  The 
  growth 
  is 
  post 
  

   oak 
  and 
  white 
  oak 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  hickory, 
  dogwood, 
  sour- 
  

   wood, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  pines. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  sandy 
  and 
  gravelly, 
  of 
  

   a 
  light-gray 
  color, 
  and 
  the 
  subsoil 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  texture, 
  

   but 
  yellowish 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  quartzose, 
  feldspathic, 
  

   slaty 
  gnesis. 
  

  

  