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mums. aacti initio. PINEHURST OUTLOOK but we do have a large number of thriv ing cities Asheville, Gastonia, Char lotte, Winston, Salisbury, Greensboro, Monroe, Durham, Raleigh, Wilmington, Goldsboro, New Bern, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Kingston, Greenville, Washington, Henderson, High Point, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville and a num ber of others ranging in population from 3,000 to over 30,000 and scattered broad cast oer the entire State. It would be practically impossible for a farmer to locate in North Carolina and not be within easy reach of some good home market. The day is fast approaching when it will be unnecessary for the North Carolina farmer to look outside the State for his staple products. 1 This statement can hardly be called visionary when we note the increase in number and kinds of manufactories within our bor ders and the large towns and consequent good markets which necessarily attend these manufacturing enterprises. New England is coming south with her mills and markets. These industries are con stantly calling for more labor, and, since only white labor is wanted, a large per centage of the white farmers that were on the farm twenty years ago are now working in the mills. The former pro ducers of farm products have been trans formed into consumers of farm products. In other words, the mills have collected men, women and children from large ex tents of territory and thus made good local markets for those of the rural popu lation who preferred to stay on the farm. LEADS IN CORN AND COTTON Corn grows in all parts of. the State. It is our leading crop, and the yield is yearly increasing. It will be interesting to note that in 1910 the corn crop of North Carolina was more valuable than the corn crop of either Wisconsin, Michi gan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina, Missis sippi, Arkansas, or Louisiana, and worth considerably more than half as much as that of the State of Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana or Ohio, f Our genial climate, long growing season, and the rapidity with which the plant foods become avail able in the soil of the State throughout the year, all combine to make this crop one of especial importance both in point of yield and case of production, tin 1870 to 1S79 the average acre-yield of corn in the State was 14.7 bushels. The Division of Demonstration grew an aver age of over 44 bushels per acre on 4,800 acres of land in North Carolina in 1911. The amount of corn grown in the State in 1909 was 34,063,000 bushels, and in 1910 it was nearly 57,139,000 bushels. The value of the crop in 1909 was $28, 954,000. In 1910, $43,426,000, and in 1911, $40,738,000. TableNo. 2 Showing rank of North Carolina in corn production in 1911 as compared with other States. North Carolina (57,139,000 bu. in 1910) 49.680,000 Virginia 47,520,000 Oklahoma 36,888,000 Louisiana 33,300,000 South Carolina 32,578,000 Maryland 14,455,000 West Virginia 18,170,000 Florida 9,286,0(0 New Mexico 2,322,000 Arizona 495000 The cotton crop is at present the most valuable single crop in the State, ranging in value between $50,000,000 and $60, 000,000 per annum, H The total cotton crop for North Carolina in 1906 was 579,326 bales. Since then we have grad ually increased the total yield until in 1911 we produced the maximum crop in the history of the State, amounting to 1,075,926 bales. It is true that in 1911 we had greater acreage than in any other year since 1906, but the yield per acre, which should always be the basis of cal culation in comparing farm crops, was considerably more than any other recog nized cotton-growing State in the Union. We are, therefore, . not only increasing the total yield of this product, but we seem to be doing better farming than we nave done in past years. Table No. 4 Showing average acre yield of cotton in North Carolina in 1911 as compared with other cotton growing States. North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Alabama Arkansas Texas Mississippi Louisiana Oklahoma Florida 315 280 257 240 204 190 186 172 170 160 130 Children Putt for Outlook Prizes Winifred Croft, Helen Ellison and Vir ginia Burrage were winners of The Outlook trophies in a putting compe tition Monday afternoon. Mary Walton won the consolation. A clock, ster ling cup, picture frame and Japanese puzzle were the prizes. Pleane Excuse This Pun It is said that Mrs. Beall, who was overtaken by a shower on the golf course last week, came in wringing Mrs. Bell doesn't deny it. Finds the Itougrh Conrenient "I never swear on the golf course," commented Gibson, f " No," was Tad's response. " He steps into the rough." A Drive and a Putt! R. C. Shannon, II., recorded one on the sixth hole of No. 2 course in his Tin Whistle rourd Monday. $1 r THE VILLAGE GREEN AND A GLIMPSE OF THE INN THE JEFFERSON The Most Magnificent Hotel in the South RICHMOND, VA. The New 8-Hole Golf Course of The Country Club of Virginia Nearby EUROPEAN PLAN An Rooms single and en suite, with and without baths. Turkish and Roman Baths. 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