The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-10-26
GARRETT COUNTY WEALTH
YET UNDEVEL0PED
Youngest County of Maryland
Seen AS Having Big
Future Ahead.

more gun, VINO recently visited YAK
land in the interest of his paper, con-
tributed the following, which appear
ed in yesterdays issue:
"a passenger on the railroad lines,
or an automobileist passing out of
Maryland by the western route, goes
over the top Of the State. Perched
right at the crown of the Alleghanies
in Maryland is Garrett county, the
youngest CT them all, yet by no
means the least important 1t is
prophecy that in 10 years this, the
least of Maryland's children, will be
the greatest Nor is that idle talk,
but backed by facts as cold as are the
winters in and around Oakland, the
county seat.
"There is no part of Maryland that
can approach this section for beauty
today. The foliage mas taken on
every color Of Natures laboratory.
From Cumberland, in Allegany, as
the main road winds around the hills,
the view down in the canyon-lil,e
valleys is not to be described. The
writer a few days Ego stood on
Mounta Vista. Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Hills were the back
ground Of a Maryland valley. Of
IN the distance toy train was puff
ing. At the foot of the peak lone
girl and the horse she was riding
were the only moving things in the
whole valley Of probably eight miles
across.
Down in that valley is the great
est safeguarding land in the East
ern United States and the sheep were
there by the thousands. In fact, in
this Western Maryland county there
are about 10000 sheep grazing over
the hillsides and more are being add
ed to the focks every day. 1t won't
be very long before Garrett county
sheep will be a standard term, like
Cecil county hay or Somerset
county berries
GAS the visitor descended from the
mountains, off in the wooded land was
small fre-a still, he thought, be-
ing from Upper Cecil county himself
1t wasn't. A young woman was MAX
ing the first maple sugar Of the sea-
son, On the fire a pot was boiling,
the odor from which was delightful.
The girl sang as she went from maple
to maple, emptying the cans that
were placed under the little spout3
puncturing the trees.
"This was but the first tapping of
the trees. The real harvest will come
with the freezing and thawing.
About $4,000 trees have been tap
ped in Garrett county. 10 per cent
less than the average for four years,
but yielding u per cent more sugar.
In figures, 100000 pounds of sugar
have been made with $4,000 gallons
of syrup. Were it all boiled down to
sugar the yield would equal $4,000
pounds. John S. Denee, Statistician
United States Bureau of Agriculture
at Baltimore, figures that Garrett
county produces for each person in
Maryland, one-ffth of a pound of
maple sugar.
"About one mile from Oakland is
the plant of Weber Brothers, flor
lists. 1t is easy to speak of couple
of acres, or city block under glass.
1t is hard to conceive it, yet this is
the largest dollhouse plant south of
New York, and has more than a city
block under glass, with each foot of
the earth spot Of blooming beauty.
So hardy are the flowers of this rari-
fled air, that they are shipped to the
most remote points.
wherever one loosk in Garrett, he
sees a new orchard, laid out like toy
land, or full-bearing apple orchard.
In fact, the 1920 census says there
are $4,000 apple trees of the bear
ing age.
at is well to remember, in glimps-
ing these productions of Garrett, that
only 46.1 percentage Of farm lands
are improved. Yet the value of the
farms is given as over $1O,0OO,0O0.
This county has more than $1,6OO,OOO
in domestic animals. Milk and eggs
add 100000 more to the comfort of
rural life. Two millions gallons of
milk is a lot, and only eight counties
in the State exceed that amount.
"More beef cattle are raised in this
far-western county than in any Other
in Maryland, and as inconsistent as it
may seem, in spite of the fact that it
is rapidly becoming mining section
Garrett ranks twenty third in the
number of mules owned. There arc
/ lust forty mules in Garrett, with lust