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1900 Aggregate Census Agriculture Data for Pitt County, Part ICensus 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
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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
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Table 10.--Continued
p. 111
Pitt County
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Farms of White Farmers
|
Farms of Colored Farmers
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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
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Table 35.--Number and Total Value of Specified Domestic
Animals on Farms and Ranges, June 1, 1900, by Counties
p. 466
Pitt County
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Number of farms
|
Domestic Animals
|
Neat Cattle
|
|
Number of farms reporting
|
Total value
|
Calves under 1 year
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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
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Table 35.-- Continued
p. 467
Pitt County
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Horses
|
Mules
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Asses and burros, all ages
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Sheep
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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
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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
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40,254
|
947
|
21,736
|
169,554
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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
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Number of inclosures reporting domestic animals
|
Neat Cattle
|
|
Total
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Calves under 1 year
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Steers 1and under 2 years
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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
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Other cows 2 years and over
|
|
192
|
196
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57
|
18
|
5
|
11
|
3
|
14
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81
|
7
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Table 40.--Continued
p. 551
Pitt County
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Horses
|
Mules
|
Asses and burros, all ages
|
Sheep
|
Swine, all ages |
Goats, all ages |
|
Total
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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
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4
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
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351
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13
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Table 44.--Dairy Products of Farms and Ranges in 1899,
by Counties
p. 614
Pitt County
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Number of farms reporting dairy products
|
Value of all dairy products
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Value of dairy products consumed on farms
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Milk
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Cream
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Butter
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Cheese
|
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Gallons produced
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Gallons sold
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Gallons sold
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Pounds made
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Pounds sold
|
Pounds made
|
Pounds sold
|
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1,343
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53,683
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50,777
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476,136
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11,330
|
-
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56,615
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3,811
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-
|
-
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Table 47.--Poultry and Eggs, and Bees, Honey, and Wax
on Farms and Ranges, by Counties
p. 657
Pitt County
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Poultry and Eggs
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Bees, Honey, and Wax
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| Number of fowls 3
months old and over, June 1, 1900 |
Value of all poultry, June 1, 1900
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Value of poultry raised in 1899
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Dozens of eggs produced in 1899
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Swarms of bees, June 1, 1900
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Value of bees, June 1, 1900
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Pounds of honey produced in 1899
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Pounds of wax produced in 1899
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Chickens, including Guinea fowls
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Turkeys
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Geese
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Ducks
|
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73,671
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6,227
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12,558
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1,971
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31,488
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58,210
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366,730
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2,963
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3,030
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23,880
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2,060
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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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