The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-01

right to speak as every other citizen
has to express his sentiments on a
question so vitality affecting the in
terests of all. W.
From A Farmer Who is in Love With
Garrett County.
! To the Editor If rhe Republican.
If you will allow me space in your
valuable paper | Will answer q few
questions and give a little infor1
nation that may be of interest to
some one. / do not wish to make
myself conspicuous but simply give
facts.
| have been living in Garrett
county nearly twenty years. | was
very much pleased with its appear
ance when | first saw it and the
longer | stay the better | like it.
The beautiful springs and streams
and the pure mountain air are GER
tainly delightful.
Some years ago some people
would say that the summer was too
short and the climate too cold and
the soil too poor. In regard to the
summer being short ! think that is
all in our favor for orr crops are
produced in so short q time they,
are better and sweeter than those
produced other places. Regarding
the climate being cold l don't think
we could have it better without
having other advantages which We
have taken from us. All sections
have their disadvantages butthere is
one important fact for us-we never
have complete failure of crops.
This they have in many other
places. In the summer time we
have at all times cool and pleas
ant air moving which makes it very
pleasant to work in the harvest field
and our nights are always COOL
When We retire we can sleep and
rest and not be tormented with
mosquitoes.
1t is true some places the land is
not so rich as other places but this
We can attend to if we will. have
some poor land and | have some
that is not poor. Take it alto
gether | do not think man need
to starve on it. We can raise from
35 to As bushels Of oats to the acre
j Just as we find the land, and /
have seen so bushels per acre raised
and from Is to % bushels of buck
wheat per acre and some OF our far
mers can raise more than so bushels
OF shelled corn per acre. Potatoes
do extra well here and are of bet
ter quality than those produced
other places. There are farmers in
this county that produce 60 bushels
of wheat per acre. In the grass
line we have Timothy, red and
white clover, blue grass and red
top-all do very well.
Our land produces beans, peas,
beets, parsnips, carrots, squash,
cabbage, caulihower, celery, and "a
great many other things which is
not necessary to mention Our
fruits are apples, pears, ounces,
grapes, plumbs, gooseberries, rasp-
berries, blackberries, currants and
Strawberries aud the important part
is the markets. This cannot be
cxcel!ed anywhere in prices and de-
mand.
We have plenty Of good farmers
here and plenty Of room for more
We have farmers with their bank
accounts growing larger and their
farms growing richer and it has ali
come out of Garrett county soil. Is
this not proof enough Of the good
of our county.
While in adjoining states they
sometimes loose their crops from
dry weather this is never the case
with us. Last summer was the
drYest | ever saw and after harvest
we thought we would have no fall
pasture. Its true our crops were a
little short by the dry weather but
| am glad to say we never had a
much better fall for pasture. Some
of the farmers in West Virginia
drove their cattle into Garrett
county 10 keep them alive,
If we could just realize how many
blessings we have that we might be
deprived of we would thank God
that we are in Garrett county.
Yours truly,
A FARMER.
Communicated.
To the Editor of The Republican.
Seeing in vour columns q refer