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INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF HERTFORD COUNTY Essentially, i i krt ford COUNTY, located in tlio cen¬ ter of that vast expanse of fer¬ tile river soil between the Chowan and Roanoke rivers in eastern North Carolina, is a dominant agricultural county of 218,240 acres in which 19,- 352 people live and work. Nearly triangular in shape, Hert¬ ford County is bounded by the Chowan River and Gates County; by Bertie and Chowan counties; by Northamp¬ ton County and the State of Virginia. Three rivers wind their way across the county — the Chowan, the Mehcr- rin, and the Wiccacon. Roth the Mo- herrin and the Wiccacon rivers empty into the Chowan. From the beginning Hertford County people have made their liv- — By — Hurry D. Ilollinysworth Editor the “Hertford Herald” ing out of the soil, and the majority of the pooplo still receive the major portion of their income from their farms. On 2,010 farms a total of 59,- 930 acres of the 218,240 acres in the county were under cultivation in 1943. Valuation of all farm property in 1942 was $5,428,585. Largely tenant-farming, according to J. W. Ballentine, farm agent, more farmers are farming crops on a cash- rental basis now than have been in re¬ cent years. Noticeable, too, Ballcn- tine says, is the increase in the amount of machine farming being done by the farmers. For д long period of time only a few of the more advanced farm¬ ers in the county believed in or prac¬ ticed machine farming methods. But from the instructions given by the ex¬ tension service agents and farm and home agents, more farmers are getting away from the old method of farming by hand and arc using modem ma¬ chine methods. The major crop in the county is peanuts. But in recent years, with the development of the Ahoskie tobacco market, the tobacco crop is gaining headway as the major crop in some sections of the county. Parts of the county, however, do not grow any tobacco. All farmers, though, are able EASTERN CAROLINA’S FASTEST GROWING TOWN AHOSKIE Always и Place of Opportunity . Welcominy the Visitor , the Newcomer ami New Enterprise Now beginning its second holf-ccntury on о wave of new growth and expansion, supported by outstanding natural and commercial advantages developed during the post years and buttressed with strong public institutions dedicated to public service, Ahoskie is a town of opportunity for the future where growth will surpass the remarkable growth of the past. The public officials of Ahoskie welcome and invite the visitor and the new-comer. . . . We ore proud of the many advantages our town offers and invite you to share in them. . . . Paved streets, water and sewer systems, police and fire protection, schools, churches, financial institutions, farm markets, retoil ond wholesale centers, sites and labor for industry, reasonable tax rotes — everything that makes a good place to live ond a better place in which to invest your capital. . . . Visit Ahoskie. . . . Investigate its possibilities. . . . Make our town, your town. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS W. H. BASNIGHT W. W. ROGERS, Mayor B. N. SYKES GEO. J. NEWBERN J. H. BRETT, Clerk 1. S. SAVAGE DR. J. G. MATHESON t6