Milford chronicle., 1911-10-20
POSSIBILITIES
T0LD BY THE RAILROAD

publication Just issued by the Penn
sylvania railroad and it is one whic
ought to accomplish immense goo
for that section, Delaware included
In describing the section the boo
says
There is no more ideal section
for agriculture on the North Ameri
can continent than the Delaware
Maryland-Virginia Peninsula.
This conclusion has been reached
not because the most luxuriant crop
are always produced there, but be.
cause at the present time the penin-
sula offers the best all around advan,
tages for farming. By the best all
around advantages for farming is
meant, not only fertility Of soil and
convenience to markets, but also the
price of land, together with those ele-
ments which make life agreeable
delightful climate, hospitable neigh
bors, modern Improvements, schools
and churches. Nowhere are all these
things so happily combined with
moderate prices.
"The fertility of the soil is unsur-
passed; the peninsula is dotted with
orchards and farms from which the
yearly product amply sustains this
statement; farms which in many
cases are not for sale or which bring
the highest prices. But for reasons
which Will be explained, there is an
enormous quantity of equally good
land to be had at a very reasonable
tigure-in some cases as low as ten
dollars per acre.
"The population of the peninsula
is one of the oldest and most typi-
cally American which can be found
in any section of the country. For
a long time the people were sus-
picious Of strangers and jealous of
new blood. Now, however. all that
is changed. The inhabitants realize
the necessity for foreign capital and
labor in the development of the re-
giOn. They are extending the
heartiest invitation to useful and in
dustrious people to settle among
them. The inducements they have
to offer to the home seeker looking
for a small farm, the farmer with
larger financial resources, and the in.
vestOr cannot be duplicated else
where.
1.-The Delaware-M -Maryland-Virginia !
peninsula reaches out between Della
ware bay and the Atlantic ocean on
he east and Chesapeake bay on the
vest. It comprises practically all of |
Delaware, nine of the most produc-
i've counties in Maryland, and the
outhern end is tipped by two cOun-
les OF Virginia.
"This situation between two large
'odies of water tempers the climate
n winter, and as the peninsula ranges
rom five to only fifty miles across
t its widest point, it is constantly
,layed over by cooling breezes in
ummer. Latitudinally it could not {
e more fortunately placed it is far
nOugh south to insure a large per-
entage of sunny weather in winter,
ut not too far to preclude the growth t
any fruit or vegetable common to c
le temperate zone, all of which s
Ourish in its kind and varied soil. il
Its entire population is 453, $50, t
nd its area is 6,179 square miles. Z
lmost a fifth of the population is O
.ntered in Wilmington, Delaware. v
y far the greatest part of the re- d
aiming fOur-ifths live in cities and p
nall towns, so that the real density D
the population throughout the a,
.ricultural districts will run from il
-enty-fye to fifty persons the
uare mile. X X W
Within 500 miles of this garden Il
OF are 35, 900, 900 people, one-third h
the total population of North W
nerica. Within a circle of this as
1ius, with the peninsula as the Sc
nter, are the richest cities in the re
untry, including New York, Phil 81
elphia, Boston, Pittsburg, Balti- sV
IRE, Washington, Providence, tn
Ottawa, Toronto, Toledo, be
.trOit, Cincinnati, Louisville, Col sa
lbus, Harrisburg, and hundreds ar
others. Here is a market crying
t for fruit from the peninsula, and W.
can not at present be supplied. le,
every shipping point the buyers ou
m these cities bid against each asl
Ter to get the fruit for their terri DO
les. The situation has a signifi- co,
ice that should appeal to every acr
ewd agriculturist. no
Take for example, the statement tn,
t the peninsula is the home of till
.rly all the products Of the tenn wa
ate zOne--a statement that can be bei
Y easily substantiated. This in be.
des strawberries, blackberries, the
pberries, grapes and many other ine
al and tree fruits, like peaches, the
lies, pears, figs, cherries, ounces cat
plums all of these are produced pei
on o,,,,r,,g o,poD4s4soe ovJ 1e Al