Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-02-05
fatmer's 9epartment.
Agricultural Resources of Bradford Co.

of January l+lh, we clip from the Ha'T's6"fS
Duly 1aegraM: j
The citizens of Pennsylvania have for many
wears been laudiug the far West as the " pro
missed land" There they have sent their treas
nres and their population, and by so DONG
have built up new States almost equai 10 Tue
Old That the new States are good 10 one
denies but that they are better 10 any pollC
of view than Pennsy lvania is questionable. II
we had been satisfied with our 9"n State Tor
the last forty years, we would now be indeed
great State.
do not intend to dwell on our great min
eraI resources. but would like to call the at
tention of your readers to our great a9rlcal-
tural advantages, and in doing this l will re-
fer principally to the northern counties OF the
State. 1t is certain fact that one side OF
PENNSYLVANIA is almost unknown to the other.
The citizens of the counties bordering on the
MARYLAND line and the citizens OF counties
bordering on New York know but little OF each
other. The southern counties OF the State
were settled first, and were fiourlShing agH'
cultural reeions while those Of the north were
almost a wilderness but the las. forty years
has made great change, and the northern
counties are surprising those Of the south III
population and agriculture is in progress fully
equal to the increase of population.
| will now state that think braolora
county one Of the hest, if not the very best, IN
the State. ] speak Of agricultural advantages.
an aware that this assertion will require
some proof. In PROOF VIII St"tT SUM- a'a+
uSt!cS ouI oeioFc uolI@ 81, II "Ili W N"' J1oy
10 say tnaU tae SolI VI DI"u'0' - 40 ',''
ficn' ana a9 I"F uS Ano"n i'i'N'l"ust.0le Wv
faHIoau l1SSe@ 'A5o"2n 'n0 Iou"'y :, '1' NV
passes on Ihe ootueE Nhe' "uu 'Ie c"nS1
ma canal: opening coinlhun'c"t'on HoIii ''ie
chesapeake pay 10 LAKE ht'e' P"'IVo ';it 'Ht
the centre ol btauiotu county. VIII ~"
maze Ie" com l'ar''onS "l'n o'net 0oHN'''''
beginning Will AualA'
IN Is50 Adams county had population oI - Sg5 6i5
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Increase in 10 yeaTs...... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,3sl
IN IN i950 50 bradford Id" Popu'a'ioH ls 735 73
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Increase in 40 years .........'..'....''... 5"l'l
Thus it is seen that in 1920 Adams county
had S,017, more population than Bradford
county, and that in 1860 Bradford had pop
uIatjOO at % I23 more than \ dams
Some VIII De ready 10 say, Try i larger ana
flcner county, ana l WI" 20 50. FRANKLIN
county aiSo auJoLnlh9 haryla"u' IS very
Fich ana nHe aSfic4IIuIal county L VIII coHi
pare faHNllh anu DFadIoFu
n N 9 Io20 Franklin had population %i'IS-
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Increase in 10 1886
In this comparison Bradford county started
19,G3S behind and came out G.6O7 ahead |
consider Franklin county one OF the best south
ern counties in the State, in an agricultural
point of view, and when comparison with
that county places the progressive improve
ment of Bradford so far ahead, | am at a loss
to find any southern county to compare with
! would willingly compare with Lancaster, but
she has one large city and great number of
large towS, SO that comparison with Lancas
ter in population would be far from showing
the agricultural Increase. Bradford county
has no town with more than . 900 inhabitants
81" "i0 Lac io' 'i'4"5 90 1lOt PoPul"t'OH -
Almost enllFely rufal' Lancaster county Is
-lCn 'uu q 'o1t couutS ID every sense ol Uhe
"oiu' 0u' H0I az III :" PoPu,"''0n "t'' no'
lncIeaSe0 eq ua' ~ 'n"' VI ID "Ulo'u
IN IN i,9 I.go Lancaster county ia0 pop'ion o TrSI9
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Increase in 40 years ...'.-............... 47,979
Lancaster in forty years increased 10, 1913
more than Bradford county ; but Bradford
mas increased as much as Lancaster county
without the city. In 1920 Lancaster county
~ ~ 1870 ~ pr vi
lI pi"ul"!u .: 'ou"ty' "n'tT /" l00V sue naS hoI
tnaee ;ne sne as nal'y ntao'Sru e mas percen
ta9e increase III poPuia'oh lar ABOVE LahcaS-
ter ~
VIII next compare win Chester county,
tnaI gooo olu county foremost IN all good
"orhS' leauer III agriculture ana mahuIac-
lures ana Ior Ions llne a leader III ecuca-
sion anu rennement, her cit!zenS nave oeen
famous ioT tne'r lhunSIry ana lhteiiigence ana
"ouiu AWAY sPeah VI CueSter county Win
respect but Bradford Will bear comparison
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