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Land 6
55.9
63.5
Buildings.
85.9
85.9
26.5
21.9
Implements and machinery
3.3
3.0
4.5
3.8
Domestic animals, poultry and
10.8
11.I
13.1
10.8
Average Values :
All property per farm 2 dollars ..
988
1,466
1,059
2,489
Land and bldgs. per farm 2 .. dollars ..
849
1,260
873
2,125
Land per acre 7
dollars ..
4.84
6.59
6.80
20.85
...
1 Source: U. S. Census Reports.
2 The figures for 1880, 1890, and 1900 are my own calculations, based upon the U. S. Census 3 These figures are my own calculations.
data.
4 Figures for 1890 and 1900 are my own calculations.
5 Decrease.
6 Neither in 1880 nor in 1890 were the values of the land and the buildings recorded separately.
" The value of the land in 1900 was 67.8 per cent of the value of the land and buildings taken together. Since the values of the land and buildings are not given separately for either 1880 or 1890, the per cent for 1900 is taken as a basis for the separate calculations given for these years.
. .
493,300
1,554,342
dollars ..
6
....
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bees . . .
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TABLE VII 1
DOMESTIC ANIMALS, POULTRY AND BEES ON FARMS, CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910
1880
1890
1900
1910
Domestic Animals
Farms reporting domestic animals ..
.....
. .
252,215
Cattle :
Total number
2,394
2,382
2,571
2,303
Dairy cov
736
618
558
560
Other cows 2.
163
I37
139
74
Calves 4
417
559
402
All other cattle
1,495
1,210
674
530
Horses :
Total number
653
703
998
897
· Mature horses .
. .
677
962
862
Colts (spring and yearling)
26 5
36
35
Mules :
Total number
385
406
528
789
Mature mules
524
778
Colts (spring and yearling) .
4
II
Swine :
Total number
8,475
7,860
10,482
11,367
Mature hogs
Spring pigs .
6,184
Sheep :
Total number
375
525
348
701
Goats :
Total number.
241
I20
Poultry and Bees
Poultry 7 (all kinds) :
Total number.
12,759
25,707
25,1329
24,373
Chickens
22,062
20,919
......
Turkeys
1,294
575
Geese .
.....
1,366
2,557
......
Ducks
.....
1,035
1,08I
....
Value of all poultry .
dollars . .
....
7,235
12,251
Bees :
Number of colonies
344
1 Source: U. S. Census Reports.
? The term "other cows" refers to those that are breeders only. These cows are not milked during the year in which the enumeration occurs. Cows that are not milked one season may be milked at other seasons. In both the tenth and the eleventh censuses, " other cows" are class- ified under the head of, "all other cattle."
3 The censuses for 1900 and for 1910 do not classify work oxen separately. The figures for 1900 are for " steers 3 years old and over;" those for 1910 are for " steers and bulls over 2 years old." 4 In the census for 1890, the classification is, "calves dropped in 1889." In the 1880 census, calves are classified under the head of " all other cattle."
5 In the census for 1890, the classification is, " horses foaled in 1880."
6 " Exclusive of spring lambs."
7 The Eleventh and the Twelfth are the only censuses which give, by counties, the number of different kinds of poultry.
8 " Exclusive of spring hatching." 9 " Number of fowls 3 months and over on June 1."
8
. .
..
6
....
5,183
Work oxen 3
641
737
952
Value of domestic animals ... dollars
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TABLE VIII 1
ACREAGE, TOTAL PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCTION PER ACRE,' OF PRINCIPAL CROPS, CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1879, 1889, 1899 AND 1909
1879
1889
1899
1909
Corn
acres
13,877
12,941
12,583
10,235
bushels
143,156
133,330
144,000
107,878
bu. per acre
10.3
10.3
II.4
10.5
Wheat.
. acres
622
122
......
bushels
4,357
963
....
Oats
· acres
791
879
106
172
bushels
6,888
8,638
800
2,723
bu. per acre .
8.7
9.8
7.5
15.8
Rice
. acres
109
pounds
50,953
37,752
pounds per acre
213
890
3,909
6,061
bushels
II3
29,276
167,92I
234,526
bu. per acre.
5-4
32.9
43.0
38.7
Dry Peas
· acres
I31
100
bushels
10,327
231
2,109
622
bu. per acre.
100
246
595
39
tons
68
180
611 7
37
Sweet potatoes .. . acres
723
984
931
1,155
bushels
62,247
57,802
77,366
74,033
bu. per acre
86
58.7
83.1
64.1
Irish Potatoes ... acres
IO0 5
I20
152
II2
bushels
4,189
4,308
10,097
6,919
bu. per acre
35.9
61.7
Cane, Sorghum · · acres
gallons
99
140
940
315
Cotton
. acres
6,047
6,282
4,769
6,163
bales 6
2,014
2,254
2,494
2,601
lbs. of lint per
166.5
179
261
212
1 Compiled from the volumes on agriculture of the four U. S. Census Reports for the years indicated, except where it is stated otherwise.
2 " Production per acre " are my own calculations.
3 The 1880 census gives no data on peanuts. These figures are from the Hand Book of North Carolina issued by Commissioner L. L. Polk in 1879, pp. 212-18.
4 The acreage for peas is not given in either the 1880 or the 1890 Census. Cf. supra, pp. 65, 65.
5 Estimated acreage, using the number of bushels per acre in 1890, as a basis. 6 These figures are for the standard bale of 500 pounds. Cf. supra, foot-note, p. 46.
7 I feel quite certain that these figures are much too large. It will be observed that they are far above the figures for either of the other census years. In all probability there were not over 100 acres in hay in 1899. Probably 90 per cent of the forage is " fodder." Cf. supra, p. 65.
. .
....
Hay and Forage .. acres
264
346
Peanuts.
. acres
bu. per acre.
7.0
7.9
193
4
4
15
8
acre.
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TABLE IX 1
LIVE-STOCK PRODUCTS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS SOLD OR SLAUGHTERED ON FARMS, CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1879, 1889, 1899 AND 1909
1879
188
1899
1909
Dairy Products
Dairy cows on farms reporting on dairy products ..
number
...
163
Dairy cows on farms reporting milk
produced
number
Farms reporting dairy products
· number
270
....
Milk-Produced
· gallons
51,627
73,302
16,117
Sold .
gallons
1,539
1,819
140
Butter-Produced
· pounds
5,960
5,928
7,900
4,508
Sold . pounds
439
660
Value of dairy products, excluding
home use of milk and cream . .. dollars
...
12,273
..
Receipts from sale of dairy products .dollars
541
221
Poultry Products
Poultry-Raised. . number
32,628
Raised-value dollars
11,404
... ...
15,71I
Eggs-Produced dozen
24,024
34,029
86,560
65,338
Sold .dozen
45,659
Value of poultry and eggs produced . . dollars
.....
...
....
22,910
Receipts from sale of poultry and eggs dollars
...
..
13,045
Honey and Wax
Honey produced .
. . pounds
4,286
2,443
4,710 380
166
Wool
Wool-Fleeces shorn
· number
427
237
507
Number of pounds
1,172
1,395
924
Domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered
Calves-Sold or slaughtered · number
71
Other cattle-Sold or slaughtered. .. number
181
284
Cattle-Died
· number
84
Horses and Mules-Sold · number
Swine-Sold or slaughtered ·number
5,605 3
10,091
Swine-Died
number
2,100
.....
.
Sheep and Goats-Sold or slaught-
ered . .
· number
...
296
Receipts from sale of live animals .. dollars
3,396
5,654
Value of animals slaughtered. .... dollars
69,854
49,352
98,211
..
3,162
Wax produced .
pounds
308
II2
..
1 Source : U. S. Census Reports.
* Calculated from the value of the amount produced and the value of the amount consumed, both of which are given in the twelfth census.
3 The term used in the 1890 Census, is "swine consumed," meaning, I presume, the number slaughtered.
...
141
1,214
Value of all dairy products .... .... dollars
Sold · number
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TABLE X 1 FARMS CLASSIFIED BY SIZE, AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACRES PER FARM IN EACH CLASS, AVERAGE NUMBER OF IMPROVED ACRES IN EACH CLASS, AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF FARMS IN EACH CLASS, CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1880, 1890, 1900 AND 1910
Average number improv- ed acres per farm in each class 2
Number of Farms in each class
Farms
Average no. acres per farm
1880
1890
1900
1915
1880
1890
1900 1910
Under 3 acres
3 to 9 acres ..
6.0
2.5
2.4
2.9
2.7
34
19
22
52
10 to 19 acres .
14.4
6.1
5.9
7.0
6.7
76
54
85
117
2c to 49 acres .. .
34-5
14 6
14.0
16.6
15.6
213
163
316
360
50 to 99 acres .
74 5
31.5
30.3
35.9
33.7
166
154
187
255
100 to 499 acres ..
249.5
105.5 101.5
120.2
113.0
147
196
196
184
500 to 999 acres .. .
749-5
317.0 305.0
361.3
339.5
18
27
19
10
1000 and over acres
12
IO
2
5
6
....
1 The " Average no. acres per farm " and the " Average no. improved acres in each class " are calculations from the U. S. Census Reports. The other data are compilations from the same source.
2 The " Average no. improved acres per farm in each class " is obtained for the various classes as follows : Find what per cent of farm lands were improved for the year desired. The product of this per cent by the " average no. acres per farm " for any class, gives the " average no. improved acres per farm" for that class. For example, the average number of acres in the class, " 20 to 49 acres " is 34.5. In 1880 45.3 per cent of farm land was improved. Now 45.3 per cent of 34.5 acres gives 14.6 acres, which is the average amount of improved land in 1880 in farms ranging from 20 to 49 acres. For per cent of farm land improved cf. supra, table vi, p. 269.
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TABLE XI1
" WORK ANIMALS " ON FARMS, ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND PER " WORK ANIMAL," AND PER " STANDARD WORK ANIMAL," CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1880, 1890, 1900 AND 1910
1880
1890
1900
1910
Horses
653 2
703
962
762 3
Mules
385 2
406 2
524
771
Work Oxen
163
I37
139
74
Total number animals
1,201
1,246
1,625
1,607
Number of " work animals " 6.
1,141 7
1,186 7
1,551
8
1,518 9
Number of " standard work animals " 10
1,060
1,118
1,501
1,508 12:
Number improved acres per :
" Work animal "
31.6
27.7
22.5
22.3
" Standard work animal "
34
29.4
23.3
22.4
1 The figures for the number of animals are taken direct from the U. S. Census Reports. The remaining figures are my own calculations from the same reports. Cf. supra, table 7 and foot-notes to same, p. 270.
2 All animals both mature and immature are included in this figure, the cen- suses for 1880 and for 1890 making no separate report for the two classes.
$ All animals, except yearlings and spring colts.
" This figure is for " All steers 3 years old and over."
5 " All steers and bulls over 2 years."
" The " work animals " are all mature horses and mules, and and all work oxen, in other words, the total number of beasts of burden, less the immature horses and mules.
7 Immature horses are estimated to be 60.
8 Deductions are made for 39 steers not work oxen, and for 35 immature horses. and mules (the figures in each case are my own estimates).
9 Deductions are made for 54 steers and bulls not work oxen, and for 35 imma- ture horses and mules. (These figures are my own estimutes).
10 A horse, or mule old enough to do regular work, is taken as the " standard work animal," and two oxen are reckoned as equivalent to one horse or mule .. The horses and mules raised in the county were never worked till they were three years old, or over. In order to arrive at the number of "standard work ani- mals," the immature mules and horses are estimated, and their number, together with 50 per cent of the oxen, are deducted from the total number of mules,. horses, and oxen.
11 The number of work oxen are estimated to be 20; counting each a half, de- ducts 10 from the number of " work animals."
3
4
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TABLE XIII SELECT FARM EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS, CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1800-1910
1880
1890
1900
1910
Labor :
Farms reporting.
number.
Cash expended .. dollars
46,900
513 81,246
Rent and board furnished ..... dollars
8,911
Fertilizer :
Farms reporting. number.
Amount expended. dollars
5,043
8,146
15,750
791 63,800
Amount expended 2 per acre of improved land
dollars
0.14
0.25
0.45
1.89
Feed :
Farms reporting ..
number
Amount expended .
dollars
377 15,007
Receipts from sale of feedable crops .
dollars
1,214
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1 Source : U. S. Census Reports.
2 Calculated from this table and table vi.
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TABLE XIII COMMERCIAL FISHING TACKLE OF CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C., ITS ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE, AND THE LABOR FORCE OPERATING IT : 1880 AND 1914
1880
Class of Tackle
Number of units of each class
Average value per unit 1 (dollars)
Total value of class (dollars)
1
Number 3
Weeks + worked
Number 3
Weeks + worked
Sound seines (steam) ...
4
10,000
40,000
200
9
1,800
80
9
720
Sound seines ( horse).
3
7,000
21,000
150
9
1,350
60
9
540
River seines ( horse ) . ..
5
5,000
25,000
150
6
900
60
6
360
River seines (hand)
8
300
2,400
48
3
144
20
2 6
40
Pound nets :
Nets ™
150
60
9,000
100 10
12
1,200
40
5 8
200
Boats 9.
50
75
3,750
Shore apparatus. ..
per net 5
750
800
15
8
I20
260
·
1,860
1914
Pound nets :
Nets 12 .
999 100
60 200 per net 5
59.940 20,000 4,995
300 13
16
4,800
150
5
750
Shore apparatus . .
. . ....
Gill nets :
Nets (yds.) 15.
·
60,450
Ioc yds. 5
3,023
75 16
13
975
Row boats 17 ..
..
46
30
1,380
Gas boats 18 . .
20
300
6,000
Shore apparatus 19. ..
......
......
1,500
Totals
......
96,838
360
...
5,775
150
....
750
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Gill nets " (yds.) Totals . .
7,000
.
102,700
663
....
5,514
Operators ?
Women
Men
Number of man- weeks 5
Number of woman- weeks 5
Boats 14 .
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1 In the valuation of seines, all boats, shore apparatus, and seine grounds are included.
2 The number of operators in each instance are estimates; but these estimates, as well as all others in connection with fishing, are based upon information ob- tained from twenty or more practical fishermen (both employers and employees) living in various parts of Chowan and adjoining counties, and from my own knowledge of conditions. The average number of either men or women operators, per unit of any class of tackle, may be found by dividing the figures in columns 5 and 8, respectively, for the class of tackle in question, by the corresponding figures in column 2.
3 Columns 5 and 8 are obtained by multiplying the estimated number of men and women, respectively, required to man each unit of the class of tackle desig- nated, by the number of units in that class.
4 The number of weeks is the estimated average per unit in each class of tackle designated.
5 A "man-week," and a "woman-week," is the labor for one week of one man, and of one woman, respectively. The number of the former for any class of tackle is the product of the corresponding figures in columns 5 and 6; and of the latter, of columns 8 and 9.
6 Since hand seines were fished only intermittently, the women came only when it was expected they would be needed, and then were paid for cutting by the 1000. These facts account for the fewer number of weeks accredited to them than to the men in this class of tackle. This is the estimated average amount of time which they put in each season around 1880.
7 Estimated.
8 In pound-net fishing, the men who fish the nets are able to take care of the cutting till about the first of April, since the catch up until then is usually light. For this reason, women cutters are needed for only a few weeks of the season. On the river the cutters are paid by the 1000; on the sound some are paid by the 1000 and some by the day. The number of weeks given is for the full time for which payment was made.
9 It is estimated that on an average, there was one boat to three nets. At this time they were rigged with sail, hence more were required than when using gas. Again, every fisherman had his own boat, and some of them had only one or two nets.
10 Before the introduction of gasoline-boats for tending nets it took about twice as many men to handle a given number of nets as it does now. This accounts for a larger proportionate number of men for pound-nets in 1880 than in 1914.
11 This estimate is little more than a bare guess, since no one seems to have any very definite idea as to the number of yards of gill netting fished in 1880. All agree that the number was small. The estimated value includes all appurtenances.
12 The number of pound-nets were taken from the records of the county sher- iff, who has to collect an annual tax on each pound-net, and on each 100 yards of gill netting.
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13 These figures are the estimated average number of men engaged for 16 weeks and are based upon the known number of nets, and such statements as the follow- ing regarding the number of men required to fish a given number of nets :-
"The men can fish 20 nets and handle from 15,000 to 20,000 herring per day, extra help is needed." O. C. Byrum, Edenton.
"I employ from 7 to 8 hauds for the entire season to operate 30 nets." H. G. Wood, Edenton.
" From the middle of January to the middle of April only three men are needed to fish 15 nets and cut the fish. Three men can fish from 20 to 25 nets until the daily catch exceeds 10,coo. From the middle of April on, from I to 4 extra men are needed, if the catch is more than 10,coo or 15,000 for a 15-net stand. An extra man is required for each additional 7,000 to 10,000 per day." R. D. Boyce, Tyner.
" I use 7 regular men for 23 nets." J. A. Woodard, Edenton.
Besides the regular men, all fishermen employ extra help when the fish are running heavy.
14 It is estimated that on an average there is one boat to every 10 nets, averag- ing $200 in value.
15 The records of the sheriff show that in 1914 the tax was collected on 40,300 yards. It is customary for a fisherman to take out license, not for the number of yards of nets he owns, but for the number he expects to keep in the water : one needs about half as many more, since they must be taken out for cleaning, drying and mending. Hence it is estimated that license was taken out for not over two-thirds of the amount of the actual netting owned.
16 Besides three men on the river, six men on the sound took out license to fish 300 yards, or less, of gill-net in 1914. Fishermen inform me that no one fishes so small an amount (their euphemistic way of saying that some people neglect to go thru the formality of taking out license for all the netting they fish), so I am counting two men to each set of license, and an additional two to each set authorizing the fishing of more than one crop. Since there were issued 38 licenses, 8 of which were for more than one crop (only one exceeded two crops), on the basis set forth we should have 92 men. A few of these, however, were not occupied all the time with fishing and some fished short seasons. For these ' reasons, the number is cut down to 75.
17 Two men with one boat can fish a "stand " or " crop " (2,250 yards), keep- ing two-thirds of it in the water all the time. Thirty-eight men took out license in 1914. Each one of these had to have at least one boat. Eight of them fished more than one crop, so needed two row boats. This would give us 46.
18 Those fishing far from their landing places usually use a gas boat for towing them in and out. It is estimated that as many as 20 of them have these boats, which, on an average, cost about $500 each. Some cost as high as $1,400.
19 Many who fish gill-nets also fish pound-nets, and land everything at the same place, having no special shore apparatus for handling the gill-net catch; but even so, a certain part of the capital thus invested should be reckoned as capital en- gaged in gill-net fishing. The amount here given is a conservative estimate.
TABLE XIVI ESTIMATED CATCH OF FISH IN CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C., AND ITS BEACH VALUE: 1880 AND 1914
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1880
Catch per unit
Total catch of each class
Herring
Class of Tackle
Number of units in each class
Herring (number)
Iced fish ( value dollars)
Number
Price per Total value (dollars) 1000 (dollars)
Sound seines (steam) ....
4
1,750,000
6,000.00
7,000,000
4.00
28,000
24,000
52,000
Sound seines (horse) ....
3
1,350,000
4,500.00
4,050,000
4.00
16,200
13,500
29,700
River seines (horse) ....
5
1,000,000
1,000.00
5,000,000
3.00
15,000
5,000
20,000
River seines ( hand)
8
125,000
5.00
1,000,000
2.00
2,000
40
2,040
Pound nets (sound ) ....
75
25,000
200.00
1,875,000
3.00
5,625
15,000
20,625
Pound nets ( river) . ...
75
25,000
50.00
1,875,000
2.50
4,688
3,750
8,438
Shad gill nets (sound). ..
5,000 yds.
1.00
....
.....
5,000
5,000
Shad gill nets (river) . Totals . .
2,000 yds.
.30
600
600
20,800,000
....
71,513
66,890
138,403
1914
Pound nets (sound).
366
20,000 20,000
50.00
7,320,000 12,660,000
3.50
25,620 37,980
18,300
43,920
Pound nets (river) ..
633
12.00
3.00
7,596
45,576
Shad gill nets (sound) ...
39,8co yds. 500 yds.
.30
...
11,940
11,940
.20
100
100
19,980,000
. .
63,600
37,936
101,536
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. .
....
Shad gill nets (river) ... Totals
Value of total catch of each class (dollars)
Iced fish value (dollars)
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1 For 1880, the number of pound-nets and the number of yards of gill nets are not definitely known, but are estimated from numerous interviews. The num- ber of seines has been furnished by men interested in fishing at the time. For 1914, the number of pound-nets and the number of yards of gill-nets were taken from the records of the sheriff, and their location given by him.
The catch is based on the amount of fishing tackle operated at the dates given, and the estimated average annual catch for the different units of such tackle, taking five-year periods-1880-4, and 1910-14.
The price per 1000 is the estimated average for the season's catch of each class of tackle. Generally speaking, the later the season, the cheaper the fish. In the early part of the season, in addition to the scarcity value, the fish are better in quality, and so sell for more even when salted. The sound seines put in three or four weeks earlier than the river seines, and herring started in the sound at from $15 to $20 per 1000. By the time the river seines had begun catching any to speak of, they were usually down to from $3 to $4. Furthermore, sound-caught herring are in a better condition than those river-caught-they are fatter and not so many of them spawned out-and so when caught even at the same time as those on the river, are worth more. This fact, in connection with the fact that the pound-nets on the sound begin to catch fish earlier than those in the river, is the basis for placing the price of sound-caught pound-net fish 50 cents per 1000 higher than river-caught pound-net fish.
Pound-net herring sold on the beach for 50 cents per 1000 less than seine her- ring, even under the same market conditions, because they were liable to damage, both by being left in the nets too long and in being brought from the nets to the shore on occasions when there was little or no wind. People buying fish to put up, much preferred those seine-caught. Many of the pound-net men made little preparation for salting down fish, and so frequently dropped their prices even more than 50 cents below the seine men, in order to attract the carters.
The hand-seine herring have been priced low, because the hand-seines never caught any except when the river was full of fish and consequently low-priced.
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TABLE XV
HORSE AND STEAM-POWER SEINE FISHERIES IN CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C., IN 1880, AND THE NUMBER OF YARDS OF SEINE FISHED AT EACH 1
ON THE CHOWAN RIVER
Fisheries
Yards of seine
Montrose
600
Woodley'
1,200
Winfield
1,000
Bill Holly
1,750
Cofield
1,800
Total
6,350
ON THE ALBEMARLE SOUND
Drummond's Point
2,500
Greenfield
2,500
Robert's (Long Lane)
2,400
Long Beach
2,400
Sandy Point
2,300
Athal
2,200
Skinner's Point
2,300
Total
16,600
1 My chief authority for the length of the different river seines is John Parish, Hertford, N. C. This gentleman fished seine on the Chowan river from 1865 to 1878, inclusive. My authority for the length of the different sound seines is Frank Wood, Edenton, N. C. Mr. Wood owned and fished for twenty-eight years one of the biggest and most modern seines on the sound.
The figures here given are for the seine proper, or netting. In addition to this, there was hauling rope, which, on an average, was about one and one-half times the length of the netting. Thus a seine put down as 2,500 yards long, was some 6,000 yards long, or between three and a half and four miles, if the hauling rope be included.
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TABLE XVI1 PUBLIC SCHOOL CENSUS OF CHOWAN COUNTY, N. C .: 1880-84, 1909-10, 1913-14
Average term in days 9
School population
Enrollment
Average daily attendance
White
Colored
Year2
Territory
White
Col.
total
White
Col.
total
White
Col.
total
regular local tax regular| local tax
80
1881 . ....
County ...
1,227
1,177
2,404
444
594
1,038
237
383
620
80
1882 .....
County . ..
1,239
1,248
2,487
652
735
1,367
392
454
846
115
115
1883. ....
County ...
1,25I
1,346
2,597
607
736
1,342
426
446
872
115
115
1884 .....
County . . .
1,284
1,361
2,645
717
926
1,643
432
658
1,090
90
·
1909-10. . Rural .....
I, [42
1,703
2,845
860
1,230
2,090
575
762
1,337
91
87
Edenton . .
501
141
642
349
80
429
262
47
309
180
180
County . ..
1,643
1,844
3,487
1,209
1,310
2,519
837
809
1,646
116
91
1910-II . . Rural. . ...
1,133
1,759
2,892
835
1,277
2, 112
513
738
1,26I
90
98
82
96
Edenton . .
506
14I
647
373
85
458
265
46
31I
180
180
County .. .
1,639
1,900
3,539
1,208
1,362
2,570
778
784
1,562
117
86
1911-12 . . Rural. ....
1,273
1,664
2,937
897
1,139
2,036
517
676
1,193
107
125
85
103
Edenton . .
448
145
593
350
82
432
234
45
279
180
180
County .. .
1,721
1,809
3,530
1,247
1,22I
2,468
751
721
1,472
127
89
1912-13 , . Rural. . ...
1,239
1,760
2,999
880
1,281
2,151
556
803
1,359
100
114
82
85
Edenton . .
456
150
606
354
84
438
261
44
395
180
180
County . ..
1,695
1,910
3,605
1,234
1,365
2,599
817
847
1,664
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