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1900 Aggregate Census Agriculture Data for Pitt County, Part I
Census Reports

Volume V
 
 

Twelfth Census of the United States,

Taken in the Year 1900
 
 

William R. Merriam, Director
 
 

A G R I C U L T U R E

Part I

Farms, Live Stock, and Animal Products
 
 

Prepared Under the Direction of Le Grand Powers,

Chief Statistician for Agriculture
 
 
 

Washington

United States Census Office

1902









STATISTICS OF AGRICULTURE

Table 10.--Farms, June 1, 1900, Classified by Acreage, Tenure, and Color of Farmer, with Averages and Percentages, by Counties

p. 110
Pitt County
 
All Farms
Number
Average size in acres
Classified by acreage
Classified by tenure
Under 3 acres
3 and under 10 acres
10 and under 20
acres
20
and under 50
acres
50 and 
under
100
acres
100 and 
under
175
acres
175 and 
under
260
acres
260 and
under
500
acres
500
and
under
1,000
acres
1,000 
acres
and 
over
Owners
Part owners
Owners and tenants
Managers
Cash tenants
Share tenants
4,022
88.3
12
106
342
1,484
999
625
238
139
58
19
1,426
186
5
31
340
2,034

Table 10.--Continued

p. 111
Pitt County
 
Farms of White Farmers
Farms of Colored Farmers
Per cent of farms operated by-
Per cent of farms operated by-
Number
Classified by tenure
Number
Classified by tenure
Owners Part owners Owners and tenants Managers Cash tenants Share tenants Owners Part owners Owners and tenants Managers Cash tenants Share tenants White farmers Colored farmers Owners Part owners Owners and tenants Managers Cash tenants Share tenants
2,449
1,287
119
5
29
203
806
1,573
139
67
-
2
137
1,228
60.9
39.1
35.5
4.6
0.1
0.8
8.4
50.6

Table 35.--Number and Total Value of Specified Domestic Animals on Farms and Ranges, June 1, 1900, by Counties

p. 466
Pitt County
 
Number of farms
Domestic Animals
Neat Cattle
Number of farms reporting
Total value
Calves under 1 year
Steers 1 and under 2 years
Steers 2 and under 3 years
Steers 3 years and over
Bulls 1 year and over
Heifers 1 and under 2 years
Dairy cows 2 years and over
Other cows 2 years and over
4,022
3,763
447,244
2,210
664
300
535
263
1,024
2,451
1,875

Table 35.-- Continued

p. 467
Pitt County
 
Horses
Mules
Asses and burros, all ages
Sheep
Swine, all ages
Goats, all ages
Received in 1899 from sale of live animals
Value of animals slaughtered on farms in 1899
Colts under 1 year
Colts 1 and under 2 years
2 years and over
Colts under 1 year
Colts 1 and under 2 years
2 years and over
Lambs under 1 year
Ewes 1 year and over
Rams and wethers 1 year and over
42
66
2,766
14
70
1,993
3
448
794
760
40,254
947
21,736
169,554

Table 40.--Number of Specified Domestic Animals in Barns and Inclosures, Not on Farms or Ranges, June 1, 1900, by Counties

p. 550
Pitt County
 
Number of inclosures reporting domestic animals
Neat Cattle
Total
Calves under 1 year
Steers 1and under 2 years
Steers 2 and under 3 years
Steers 3 years and over
Bulls 1 year and over
Heifers 1and under 2 years
Dairy cows 2 years and over
Other cows 2 years and over
192
196
57
18
5
11
3
14
81
7

Table 40.--Continued

p.  551
Pitt County
 
Horses
Mules
Asses and burros, all ages
Sheep
Swine, all ages Goats, all ages
Total
Colts under 1
Colts 1 and under 2 years
2 years and over
Total
Colts under 1 year
Colts 1 and under 2 years
2 years and over
Total
Lambs under 1 year
Ewes 1 year and over
Rams and wethers 1 year and over
206
-
2
204
44
-
1
43
4
1
-
1
-
351
13

Table 44.--Dairy Products of Farms and Ranges in 1899, by Counties

p. 614
Pitt County
 
Number of farms reporting dairy products
Value of all dairy products
Value of dairy products consumed on farms
Milk
Cream
Butter
Cheese
Gallons produced
Gallons sold
Gallons sold
Pounds made
Pounds sold
Pounds made
Pounds sold
1,343
53,683
50,777
476,136
11,330
-
56,615
3,811
-
-

Table 47.--Poultry and Eggs, and Bees, Honey, and Wax on Farms and Ranges, by Counties

p. 657
Pitt County
 
Poultry and Eggs
Bees, Honey, and Wax
Number of fowls 3 months old and over, June 1, 1900
Value of all poultry, June 1, 1900
Value of poultry raised in 1899
Dozens of eggs produced in 1899
Swarms of bees, June 1, 1900
Value of bees, June 1, 1900
Pounds of honey produced in 1899
Pounds of wax produced in 1899
Chickens, including Guinea fowls
Turkeys
Geese
Ducks
73,671
6,227
12,558
1,971
31,488
58,210
366,730
2,963
3,030
23,880
2,060

Table 49.--Wool, Mohair and Goat hair, Shorn in Fall of 1899 and Spring of 1900, by Counties

p. 680
Pitt County

A.--Wool

Fleeces shorn -- 1,570
Weight, in pounds, of fleeces unwashed -- 3,297
 


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