Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-05-28
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the greatest whest-grewlng State y
the country. The Brandywine mill
were at that time the most extensive
and celebrated Touring establishment
In the United States, being easy OF &C
cess by water navigation and the con
struction OF turnpike roads TO the greaI
wheat fields of Pennsylvania. The
superior enterprise of the State Of New
York, as displayed by the construction
Of the great Erie canal, stimulated az
riculture in the West. and particularly
In the extensive and fertile valley oil
the Genesee. The falls at Rochester
alto d great water power. which were
soon utilized by the erection of flour.
ing mills which soon rivaled those Of
the Brandywine. The mills at both
places are yet important, but have
been entirely eclipsed by the greatest
and most extensive Touring mills in
the world at Minneapolis. Minnesota,
where there was nothing but small
custom mill at the close of the late re-
bellion. There are other great milling
centres In the West, trying to dispute
the supremacy of those at Minneapo-
lis, but the almost unlimited water
supply afforded by the Falls OF St.
Anthony, and being railroad centre,
making The greatest wheat-growing
sections In the country tributary to it,
Minneapolis will reign supreme in the
production of -four.
The raising of wheat in the West
where it can be produced so easily at
present until the ground becomes i'm.
poverished, is producing revolution
In agriculture in the Eastern States,
and as population and luxury are both
on the Increase the changes will be.
come more marked as time rolls on
Peaches have found their affinity In
the great peninsula between the two
bays, including the State OF Delaware,
in the light soil and salubrious eli.
mate. This peculiar section of the
country, which is the most extensive
and uniform level plain east of the
great aluvial plains of Indiana, will
become garden and orchard and will
become more important as time ad.
vances. The climate being modified
by the ocean and bays, give it natural
advantages that but few parts of the
country can surpass. Tobacco, once
the great staple of production, has
been transferred to the more heavy
fertile soil of Pennsylvania. The
ia It may not be generally known that
the raising Of tobacco in Pennsylvania
to any considerable extent is of q very
recent date, which is the principal
reason / have for referring to the sub,
ject now. After the close of the war,
when produce had declined in price
and wheat became very low, caused
principally by the over abundance
raised in the far West the farmers In
the fertile valleys in eastern Pennsyl-
vanis were compelled TO make a
change in their productions. The
counties near Philadelphia adopted
dairying as leading pursuit, but Ian
caster and other remote counties
turned their attention to raising tobac
co, which has developed into huge
proportions.
Tobacco sheds for curing purposes
and warehouses Tor storing it arc
prominent in the country and towns
Lancaster, II l mistake not, leads every
other county in America in the pro-
duction OF that stimulating article,
The last census Of the United States
credits Lancaster county with the
largest amount Of agricultural pro.
ducts of any county in the Union
Sixty years since Maryland, Virginia
and North Carolina were the greal
tobacco growing States Of the country,
but now they are insignificant in com.
| parlson TO Pennsylvania. Ohio has
also produced considerable tobacco,
and does yet, but now Wisconsin is
looming up as a first class tobacco
producing State. Kentucky has made
It leading industry tor long time,
and there is considerable tobacc,
raised in Missouri. ! formerly sup
posed that tobacco was about the same
whether raised in one part OF thu
country or In another, but on becom
ing acquainted with the subject | fine
there is great difference in the quality
and kind, and its adaptation to various
uses in the different branches of III,
L
tobacco makes the best smoking to
baccO, but is not 80 good for cigars o
chewing. The Kentucky tobacco i
only first-class for chewing. Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin product
the best cigar tobacco, and the wrap
pers they now produce are fully equa
to those of Connecticut. Havana sect
is extensively planned, which pro
duces tobacco of fine flavor. TIL,
manufacture OF cigars is carried OF
very extensively in the tobacco grow
ing counties in Pennsylvania, and it I
becoming quite comm for younl
people OF both sexes TO learn the bust
ness.
The most of the cigars are soil
Wholesale TO merchants in the cities
Chicago draws heavily on Pennsyl
vania for cigars, and Wisconsin tobac
co is used extensively in their manu-
facsure. There is one thing in connec
ton with the raising OF tobacco that
will mention for the information O
the people in the old tobacco growing
parts OF Delaware and Maryland, an
and that is the thin land outside OF tn
limestone belt in the southern parts o
York and Lancaster Counties, Tobacco
grows as we'll with proper fertilizer
as 1t does in the richest limestone val
leys. 1t is good crop when labor
plenty, as it requires considerabl
labor and attention. The expansio
of this country is something marve
Gus, and ia made apparent by tn
amount of freight carried by the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
A hundred years ago and since mos
of the freight was hauled from TIL
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