The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-28
Northern Farmer. in Maryland.


The Washington correspondent of the
Newark IN J.) advertiser thus writes
concerning the purchase of lands in Ma
rylaud by Northern farmers:
The immense quantity of real estate
living within the limits of Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina, now being
thrown upon the market. is already at
tracing the attention of Northern capt.
talists, ever on the look out for favOra-
BILE investments for their surplus funds,
and almost daily we meet such parties
in quest of information tending to that
end although it is not probable that
many transfers of land in either Virgin
Ia OF North Carolina can take place un-
til some definite policy relative to the
important question of confiscation is set
tied by Congress, for while the owners
are not only willing, but anxious, to sell
portions of their large tracts, they can
not, of course, give satisfactory titles
with the probabilities of con6scatsOn i'm
pending. Nor can we hope for much inn
provement of the desolated plantations
Of any of the rebel States until that mat
ter is disposed of either in favor of or
against the proprietors. In Maryland,
however, this difficulty exists to but a
limited extent, and properties are rapidly
changing hands, doubtless mach to the
advantage of all parties commemorative
purchasers in securing good farm lands
at nominal prices-the sellers in reduc-
ing their unwieldy tracts to dinner sions
suitable to their facilitiesfor cultivation,
( thus increasing the value of the portion
reserved-and the State at large, in the
general prosperity which q vigorous i'm
migration of the rough agriculturist
must ensure. Scores and hundreds of
farms in this State,pf from fifty to five
hundred acres, in fair condition, and sus.
ceptible of the highest cultivation, uu-
der the hand of enterprising Northern
farmers, are now offered at prices that
cannot but compete with the cheap lands
of the West, when their contiguity to
market is considered. All along the line
of railroads between this city nOrthward
through Maryland and Delaware, these
places can be purchased at from $40 to
$50 improvements upon some of
which cost more than is asked for the
farm.
In recent visit through portion of
the country indicated, we were surprised
to find so many Jerscymcn settled. We
will briefly note the experience of one of
them with whose history we are familiar.
Ten years since Mr.. A. sold his farm of
100 acres in Burlington county at $50 per
acre, and purchased 200 acres on the rail.
road about twenty-six miles north of
Baltimore at $40 per acre--the latter be-
ing better land than he had disposed of,
and yielding the first yearlarger crops Of
wheat, corn, oats and hay.
The second year our friend purchased
25 cows, with the intehsion of sending
milk to Baltimore, and making arrange
ments for certain express trains to stop
at the station--twomiles distant-for the
purpose, he commenced forwarding his
milk to the city, finding no difficulty in
securing market for all he could fnr.
nish. His neighbors sneered at this bu. 1
ness, bnt he immediately Melted 800 per
month upon this branch of his opera.
lions; in addition to which he had 40
acres of wheat, 40 of corn and 40 of oats,
with surplus of hay-40 acres being re.
served for moving and the remaining 40
acres for pasture--the farm being divided
into Eve forty acre fields, all opening up
to the house.
Two years since the price of milk ad-
vancef from ~ cents to 20 cents per gal
lon, end last winter run up to 30 cents
yielding ret jncome of over 800 per
month fds 10 two years. Last year he
,Aod 900 buohsls of wheat, 1000 bushels
psjs 3 usetstins taxt he keepssight
~ 4 s;s 8 astg Z n. ha saa.