Evening journal., 1914-07-01
Territory Comprising Sfae of Delaware Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Virginia Full OF Advantages That Should Appeal TO
All Because of Its Wonderful Adapabliy For the Ptoduc
on of Many and Varied Fruits and All Kinds of Crops and
IFS Proximity TO Markets

tenIc cdnulu reason why but liNl-
tation is extended and why 1t should
be accepted by thousands Of families.
The Delmarvia Peninsula offers un-
usual opportunities to homeseekers-
good land that is cheap in price, the
best markets in the world and de-
lightful climate. Il has beautiful
homes, churches and schools and a
refined, cultured, hospitable people.
The agriculture Of the State requires
fuller development; men. money and
energy are needed for this develop
ment. and while there are thousands
Of farms that cannot be bought
Others as good arc for sale at reason
able prices, and excellent land now
idle is very cheap. For many years
the people have been going from this
Peninsula into the cities TO engage in
professional and business life, and
the tides of immigration from the
Old World have swept past Delaware
and left II untouched The towns
and cities of the State are growing,
but the farm population Is not in
creasing I'm the same ratio The total
population of the State by the census
Of 1910 is 202,322 but almost half Of
the people are in the city of Whining
ton. giving New Castle County
123.18S Kent 32,721, and Sussex,
46.413 Kent has a land area Of
about $50 square miles. and Sussex
of nearly 900 square miles, so that
each Of the two lower countries has
but little more than fifty inhabitants
per square mile, and more than one
third of them live In towns, so that
there are not more than thirty-three
people to the square mile living upon
the land of these two counties It is
safe to say that the products from
the farms Of these counties can be
readily doubled. and even trebled,
within two or three years by giving
better tillage to the farms now under
cultivation and by using the land that
IS now idle. This Will result In
I greatly increased prices OF land, for
ultimately the farms Will sell at
prices in proportion to the net income
that they will yield
Delaware and the Peninsula are
most favorably located. They have a
great variety Of soils, all easily titled
and immensely productive The PENN
sula lies between two bodies Of salt
water and has a mild equable cli-
mate. a large percentage of sunny
weather in winter, and II is close to
the great markets of the eastern part
OF the United States With the ex-
ception OF Rhode Island, Delaware Is
the smallest state Of the American
Union. "a Is on the Atlantic Coast,
- u Eay between Maine and Georgia.
|It Is about 100 miles in length and
has an average width of only twenty
imiles. containing 2,050 square miles,
of which ninety square miles are
lowered with water. The climate is
genial. the latitude insuring mildness
The center of the State is as far
south as Washington, d. C.. The
,thirty-ninth parallel of latitude runs
Just south of Dover, the capital of
Delaware, and touches the northern
edge Of Annapolis, Md, and Washing
ton city.
The Delaware and Chesapeake
Peninsula IS almost surrounded by
salt water. the Atlantic Ocean and
the Delaware Bay on the east, the
chesapeake Bay on the west These
bodies Of water modify the rigors Of
winter and the heat of summer. The
long, warm seasons, and a kind but
varied soil. make this section the
home Of nearly every fruit and vege-
table that can be found in the tenn
perate zone. There are no destruc-
tive tornadoes nor cyclones nor
floods The land Is nearly level, no
mountains, nor even hills, except IN
the extreme. northern end of the
State.
Delaware and the Peninsula are
within a few hours ride Of all the
large cities Of the Eastern United
States. Within 500 miles OF It are
nearly thirty-five millions of people
one-third Of the total population of
all North America. Within this cir
Gle are included New York. Hartford
Providence, Boston, Portland, Mon.
treal Ottawa. Toronto. Toledo, De
troit. Cincinnati, Louisville, Colum.
bus. Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Phila.
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, ant
hundreds of other cities. Think o.
II, thirty-fve millions of people with
IN this circle and every one of then
perfectly happy when he gets a Della
ware peachl Volumes might bl
written to enlarge upon the sugges
tive facts above summarized. Take
for example, the simple statemen
that Delaware and the Eastern shori
Of Maryland are the home of nearl!
all the products of the temperate
zone. What does that statemen
mean? 1t means for one thing tina
these products include such fruits M
Strawberries, blackberries. rasp
berries, grapes and many other small
fruits, and tree fruits like peaches
pears, apples, ounces, plums anC
cherries; all these fruits are pro
duced in enormous quantities and o.
the best quality. Peach trains sc
rolling over the Delaware Railroad
solid trains of refrigerator car.
loaded with strawberries are sent ou
of Delaware daily in the strawberry
season, sixty-four carloads going
from one station in a single day, ant
in the summer and autumn trainloadi
Of red apples 90 to market. Within
tWenty-four hours from the time tn,
perishable fruit is gathered in tn,
field it has been sold at a satisfactor,
price and is on the table of the con
Ermer.
What is true Of fruits is also trul
Of vegetables. Cantaloupes, water
melons, tomatoes. cabbage, potatoes
kale, caulihower and other vegetable
go in immense quantities TO feed III
hungry mouths that must be fed II
the nearby cities In speaking of ou
fruit market, DR.. II. W. Collingwoo
said; "On Manhattan Island an
across the river are 3,95S. 900 peopl,
Draw a circle fifty miles in diamets
from City Hail. New York and 70
pat a line around 100000 people
as many as you will find in all N
States Of Nebraska, North and Sout