The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-30
MARYLAND FIRMS BEST.
SUPERINTENDENT TURPIN
REPORTS ON TOUR IN
THE WEST.
Move Farms Sold in the Last
Three Months Than Ever
Before.

last week in its Office. Sl9 North
Charles Street Or. NJ White
hill. of Frederick County. Pres
ident; Mr.. II. s. MAuch.. Of
Anne Arundel County. Commits
siouer, and Superintendent Viii
liam T. p. Turpin. Of Queen
Aune'> County. were present.
la his report the Supelinten
dent SAYS:
lin accordance with the In
siruclions OF the law. the Super
inlendrnt aud Secretary made a
trip through several Western and
Northwestern States in order 10
induce far uerS 10 come 10 Mary
land.
We also had the good fortune
10 attend he fwenIy->INth animal
>e>,i ion OF the National Farmers
Congress. al Rork Island. I'LL
noi>. trom October ON until the
Goth.
I'VE explained to tie many
delegates the advantages Of Mary
land. and many expressed great
surprise When told how successful
farming is carried Oh 10 HIS Com
monweslth Much good will I'm
doubtedly result from This assem-
hlage. which consisted Of farmers
from all parts of the United
States. The prime Object OF the
Congress was 10 study aud dis
cn>s those broad and general
problems that must be solved in
order To insure the advancement
Of agriculture.
MARYLAND'S ATTRACTIONS.
"Durlug our tnp We had ex-
cellent opportunities 10 study the
farming conditions III the differ
eut States and found quite a
number Of persons in Illinois.
iscousiu. Michigan and Iudi-
ana who desire a change and
promised 10 consider the health
fnl climate OF Maryland before
anything else. Some Of the far
Western STATES. as well a. Can
ada, offer big inducements for
new settlers, but they cannot Of
fer what nature has given our
beautiful State.
THE crop conditions were ex-
ceediugly favorable in the West.
but the farmers conld not realize
the prices there that We get here
il Maryland. For instance. while
our farmers will get from $40 20
so Ton for hay. III lie West
they get from 500 - ton. We
saw very fine corn also. bat none
10 that grown III Mary
laud.
MANY SETTLERS COMING.
The best proof Of Marylamd's
superiority is the fac; thar we
have sold more farms in the last
three months than ever before,
Notwithstanding the great draw
back OF the wet season. We have
reports that a number of farms
in st. Mary's County have been
sold TO persons from Ohio and
some new settlers in
Charles County came from Den
mark; several Germans and one
Swiss family have bought farms
In Howard County; number of
new people from Illinois have set
tied in Prince Georges County;
several farmers have found homes
III Hartford County. and large
number are scattered over the
Eastern Shore, some of them
from New York. New Jersey,
Ohio. Nebraska and switzerland.
Many of the applicants for the
descriptive matter furnished 10y
this bureau deal directly with
the owners or real estate men
whose addresses are found in our
publications.
Now, | wish to recommend
that this board authorize the SUI
peIinteldent or secretary to make
some suitable preparations for
the Jamestown Exposition. as we
have found that many hundreds
of farmers from the West and
Northwest will visit jamestown
and then come to Maryland with
Il view of investing in farm lands
A NEBRASKA OPINION.
How well Maryland is liked
among the Western people may
be seen FROM the following letter
from a gentleman from Nebraska:
beginning January LIST, last,
| spent nearly three mouths in
your State in farmers institute
work under your director, vii
liam l.. Amoss, of Benson, Md.
l was in every county in the
State and became so enamored
with parts of che country chat l
thought seriously of moving
there. My wife, however, OBJ.
jecied strongly to going, and SC
for the time | gave il up. Now
she has consented to go, and
write xon this to ask YOn for a