The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-04-30


d Our roads for the most of the year are
= tirst-rate, and never get one half as bad at
T. any time as they do in Western Canada
This is a splendid county for fruits and
e vegetables. Stock raising can be made a
r very profitable branch of husbardry on ac-
S count of the short winter and the nearness
of large cities, which give us good markets
: Poultry raising pays very well by giving
: good attention to it. think this is good
county in which to prosecute bee culture
which is paying business, and especially
SO in this climate as they can gather honey
so many months in the year We have no
mosquitoes in this county, COR, at least, next
to none, which is a great relief
Now, | think that parties owning land
north of here who wish to change their
place of living would do well to come and
see this county before buying elsewhere.
Land, as a rule, sells high in the North:
and man can sell small farm there for
enough to buy twice as much land here
aud have plenty of money left with which
to improve his purchase We have good
schools, aud there are four churches with
in three miles OF where 7 liveZiu sfatt,
there is a good supply of churches all over
the county.
rETER SCOTT,
a native Of Scotland. who emigrated in 1913,
and took up his residence in Ontario county,
Canada, aud three years ago purchased the
7 Pardee farm, near Sudlersville. Mr.. Scott is
a successful farmer, and writes follows:
! was born in Scotland. | left Scot
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most Of the time was in Canada in On /
tariO county. The land was very good
I yielded very good wheat for about 20 years
from - TO 10 bushels per acre Now
/ it has come down to from to 20, and I
I great deal Of it very troublesome to work. /
/ being covered with stones and full of this /
ties. The winters are long and very cold. /
had to hand-feed stock seven to eight .
months 10 the year. The summers are I
short, sulsEy and hot 4 short time, there .
being some frost every month during the /
sammer. There are only some favored .
spots where winter wheat can be grown
1t winter kills-so they have to depend on .
spring wheat, barley, peas and oats. | +
was long wearicd OF Canada. aud 10 the .
year 1879 made visit to this peuinsu.
Ia was very much pleased with the eoun-
try, aud purchased farm about a mile to
tha south west Of Sudlersvile We start
ed by rail November eth, 1879. aud ar
rived at our new home on the afternoon of
the 29lh, Myself and family are all hale
and hearty aud well coutented with the
change. We have been well rewarded for
sui labor since We came here. The farm
cost half the amount of the one VIC had in
Caaada, and We can make as much on this
farm As We could on the one in Canada,
besides the luxuries Of fruits, very little
enjoyed in Canada T.
THIS Is a fne country, capable Of main
tanning a vast population. Il Is near the
large cities, aud 50 well adapted for fruit
raising aud the growth Of wheat, which
stands the winter so well that il may be
counted i sure crop, and for corn il Is un.
surpassed, aud vegetables oF al kinds eau
be raised wiIh great profit There is 4
great deal Of 6ne quality land, as well as
considerable area Of very poor, worn out ,
land
| think there are many good aud eucr-
getlC farmers here, While there are also
many indifferent ones If there was a
better or an improved system OF farming
pFactjced By all, this would BE- cue Of the
haest farming sections to be found. The !
laud needs more clover, and lime applied
TO the clover more attention paid to the
making OF barn-yard manure, which would
cuTtail the expenses for manure. In this
usighborhoOd they are generally good
farmers and have good land, and live com.
idFsabiy aud we'll
tud il very tinc country To live in
il is healthy, aud VIC have long season to a
work ia 4 good school system and good
teachers, and plenty Of churches. The .
people are soeiable, sober kind, obligiug
and Intelligent
s4rr. ;. q. NCLDEs,
q Eaiiye Of Holland, who came TO tbs eouutry
from England IN 1877 aad purchased the iarra I
situate about ioar miles from Cenlreylle, ON 1
the road leading 20 RuthsbuFg, ia The midst Of J
some Of the most productive aud highly ia h
proved farms Of the couRty. Capt. Mnlder is !;
a sea iaring man aAd has visited nearly all the :,
seaport towns and cities OF The globe. After
AL bis sahderings be came TO anchor en- an Il
inland farm Of Queen Anne county, Eastern j
most favored section be had seen. His letter :
is an interesting one,
viii tell you what know about this
county as well as my views Of the soil,
climate and inhabitants The land here is
beautiful, and as good as any that eau be 4
wished for. The sod when in good coudi- \
ton will produce all cereals abundantly II
from \ 10 H., besides this, it will produce II
products also. What we /
ind in this latitude-a fact not found Is
elsewhere on all the globe-is the growth Il
of the heat cereals, or grain grown in much W
warmer climates, are just as good as if y
'aised IN the principal wheat lands of Zee IL
and, Holland, the valleys Of the Seine, e.
France, or the Rayonae districts 10 the ie
Southwest of France. The cereals raised pl
lere compare with those grown in the al
above named both in quality and \
'oloT, When | was on the wheat fields of N
he Nile, Egypt, or loading a wheat cargo ~
Il TarSus, | examined the grain carefully, hi
md tiud the wheat grown here will com IL
are with that raised 10 those countries A
much warmer climates-in weight, plump W
Tess Of grain, aud in the beautiful amber ST
dior, and in some other qualities far sur WI
asses the wheat grown in those sections kl
Linseed should be more cultivated here. IN
3eets should fellow, if possible, to kill in DC
Gets Other profitable crops such as tur- IN u,
lips for sheep farming, grass for beef tn
attic, the semitropical fruits, etc, should III
e raised. All these | have raised for the NC
lst two years with good success. There y
) one thing badly wanted here, and that eA
every farm should have large barn to
tore the crops, house the stock, especially
he cows, which would increase largely the to
utter product can see that all this Oh
ill come in the course of time. 1t may go
e in short or long time, but it will surely tn
ONE, as it did in Orange county, \. Y. arr
t will prove great benefit to this PENN ne
ala if the people would select an agent 10
lothed with legal authority to encourage Pc
migrants to settle here, Hollanders to iol
Use hay HannoverianS and the Nieder Nv
rhine Provinces to cultivate beets and to
ax>eed; Oldenburg for workmen and
rong laborers Holstein to cultivate :.
ock and hay. If this could be done and ,us