The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-04

the COtIlIIleuudDle 6llttI DI lo0 vi DOOn- |
ing Mary 'and's climate and resources
with a view to attracting immi-
grants. This is done in series of
compactly written articles, devoted
to the various counties. CARROTS
appeared Friday of last week and
was as follows:
Garrett, the last formed of the
Maryland counties. is located in the
extreme western portion ofthe State.
1t contains on area of six hundred
and seventy square miles of territory
with population Census of 18S0) OF
1915. The registered vote of the
county is 1914, which indicates that
the population has materially in
creased since the last census.
The Great Savage mountain. bet
ter known as the backbone of The Al
leganies, crosses the county from
north to south. On the east side of
the mountain is the Maryland coal
basin, about one-third of which is in
Garrett county. On the western side
of the backbone, and lying between
that and Meadow mountain. at an
elevation of two thousand five hum
dred feet above tideWater, is a vast
tableland covering an area of four
hundred square miles, one thiri Of
which is glade land, and is unques-
tionably the finest portion of the
State for grazing and stock raising.
There is, perhaps, no county in the
State which contains such valuable
mineral deposits in coal andiron ore.
Fire clay and limestone of 8 superior
quality abound also.
The soil is a dark rich lam, which
svery productive, aud readily yields
% bushels of wheat, n bushels of
oats, 40 to 60 bushels If corn or 200
bushels of potatoes per acre without
fertilizers. The soil which is natur-
ally good, is easily Improved, and a
coat of lime acts like charm upon
it. The country is sparsely settled.
and there is, therefore, a great deal
of uncultivated and unimproyed
land, much of which is for sale, Un-
improved lands may be bought in
large or small tracts at prices ranging
from three to ten dollars per acre,
whilst improved farms command
from ten to thirty dollars per acre.
Notwithstanding the natural pro-
ductiYeness of the soil and the num-
erous other advantages possessed by
the early settlers. they paid very lit
tie attention to agriculture beyond
the raising of a little buckWheat, oats
and few potatoes. In later years,
however, the forests are being cleared
out, farms opened up. and large
number of the most intelligent and
best citizens of the country are turn
ing their attention to farming as a
business. and are growing in addi-
ton to the crops raised by their pred.
ecessors large crops of wheat and
corn, and in addition to these wool,
maple sugar, and butter are produced
in large quantities annually.
Facilities for reaching markets are
ample in all parts of the county. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs
through the southern portion of the
county from east TO west for a dis
lance of thirty miles. On the south
western border runs the West Vir-
ginia Central and Pittsburg Railroad
for distance of thirty miles or more.
On the east is the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Ma
tiOnal turnpike road trayerses the
northern portion of the county for a
| distance of twenty miles. The north
ern part of the county has access to
the Pittsburg and Gainesville Rail-
road, branch of which runs to Sal
isbury, which is located very near
the Maryland and Pennsylvania line.
The large numbers of towns along
the railroads, and especially those
along Georges creek. in the mining
region, furnish good markets for
nearly all the produce raised in the
county. Improvements in labor.
saving machinery and farming i'm.
plements are keeping pace with the
general advance all along the agri-
cultural line, and nearly every
farmer is provided with reapers,
mowers and grain-drills, as well as
the latest improved plows. harrows
and other utensils. Stock raising is
one of the leading industries, and
the farmers and graziers are con-
stantly introducing new breeds OF
animals for the purpose of improv-
ing their stock.
Manufactures in Garrett county do
not amount to great deal. and are
limited to two or three wooden fac
tories, about the same number of
tanneries, and few lumber mills,
which turn ont VariouS kinds Of linn