Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-20
MARrLANp.s ADVANTAGES.
Superiority of Its Climate and the
Richness of Its Resources.

DIR. c. p. Cronk, meteorologist In
charge of the Maryland State weather ser
vice. gives in his last report 10 the Agri-
cultural Department some highly interest
ING statements about the climate, re
sources and conditions he has found as an
observer in MARYLAND, which should go
far toward convincing settlers that this Is
the State they should come TO If they want
to be fully satisfied DIR. Cronk says
On the score of health Maryland has an
excellent standing among the States.
Statistics show that there Is in the whole
country but one healthier city than Balti-
more.
1t seems beyond the understandingtthat
intelligent people with small or large
amounts Of money 10 invest IN lands
should slight such advantages as Mary
land offers 10 them for the region beyond
the Alleghanies.
Intelligent and progressive farmers com
ing 10 MARYLAND ind excellent land at low
prices. delightful climate. unexcelled
water transportation rapidly developing
railroad resources, and in Baltimore and
Washington two of the best markets in
the country These great cities are well
seconded by Cumberland, Hagerstown.
Frederick, Annapolis. Cambridge and
host of other prosperous places. The
prospects for truck farming in Southern.
Eastern and Central Maryland are un-
excelled, and without doubt the land
which now can be purchased at from -
to $50 90 per acre will rapidly advance TO
double that value. One has but 10 glance
at the geographical position of the State
and the situation of the cities of Balti-
more and Washington to appreciate this
fact There could be no better outlook
so
markets and to the superior grazing lands.
The northern and western portions of the
State have an excellent, strong soil, and
are admirably adapted to general farm
ing. There is plenty of timber land, and
as for fruits, Marylanders can justly take
pride in their peaches, pears and small
fruits.
There is great pleasure in living in the
neighborhood of large bodies of water
near enough. at least, so that they can
occasionally be visited, particularly dur
ing the summer months. The Maryland
farmer can. at small expense, take his
family to the beach, where one of the
most pleasant of vacations may be enjoyed
In many cases, indeed, he can look from
his house out upon the broad eXpanse of
ocean, bay, or one of the great navigable
rivers for which the State Is famed The
Severn River is called the Hudson of the
South" and any one who has visited its
beautiful banks will testify that it is well
named Besides the large number of bays
which open into the Chesapeake or into
the Atlantic ocean, there are more than
thirty navigable rivers in Maryland No
other State is possessed of such excellent
facilities for transportation by water.
While we touch upon the subject of
pleasure, we may mention the facility
with which the resident of Maryland may
exchange the climate and scenery of the
coast for the entirely different phases
which pertain to beautiful mountain
district Such pleasures are not for the
inhabitants of the Western plains, who
may go only from flatness to fairness.
Maryland, too, abounds in places of
historical interest, and the intelligent man
or woman finds much of interest in view
ing the places hallowed by their associa-
ton with Washington and his com
patriots.
1t seems unaccountable that good land
can be bought in Maryland so low as from
So to $50 per acre. One reason for this,
no doubt, is the opening of the great West
to settlers and the consequent flocking of
the people in that direction, as always
happens in the case of a new country
But the tide is bound to turn and flow
again into the desirable Eastern States,
and, by the signs which may be read by
all, this time is close at hand.
Perchance Maryland has been sighted
because people are not aware of her re
sources. We learn by comparison the
degree of excellence of thing. We ask
the people of Maryland, as well as those
beyond her borders to institute this com
parison between her and her sister States.
We do not claim for her all the natural
and other advantages possessed by every
other Commonwealth, but we believe that
few of them offer more to the intelligent,
energetic farmer than does the State OF
Maryland. -BdLt0 Sun.