The Republican., 1925-06-18
Does Farming Pay n The State of Maryland?

which is one of the fruit tree pests
and the Mexican bean beetle-a mem
ace to the canning beans, which is
threatening an approach through Vir-
ginia and West Virginia.
The Maryland farmer who raises
cantaloupes is instructed and aided
IN the important work of dusting his
fruit with certain mixtures. a pre-
ventive against decay.
These are only a few of the MANY
lines along which the extension serv-
ice works with the Maryland farmer
IN the effort to increase the profits of
the business of farming.
When it is said that the value Of
poultry products in the State is more
than S!O,OOO,OOO it will be conceded
that chicken farming is popular with
the. Maryland agriculturalists.
An interesting phase of this line of
endeavor is the many poultry clubs
among the boys and girls on the
farms that the extension service has
encouraged. The distribution of nure-
bred fowls for the Improvement of
the stock and for a profitable ego
tivity. ~, It'itI - wSa INA
1t is interesting to note that FTed. red
erlck county comes first in the num-
Der of chickens raised and sold, and
second in number of eggs produced
and sold. In this county about 486,-
wv chlckens are raised annually and
2O5,67 sold. The number of egps
produced is more than 1,828.OOO doZ-
en-, while ,495 dozen are sold to the
adjacent markets.
Carroll county reverses the pro-
cedure, and the poultry farmers of
this section produce larger number
of eggs, about 1,950,000 being the
number of dozen eggs representing
the industry of the hens of that sec
ton. Of this number about 1862, 900
dozen eggs are sent to market.
In the number of chickens raised
and sold Carroll county seems second
to Frederick, with 4O5.OOO raised and
1878 sold.
With such a variety of crops as
Maryland soil and climate encourages
it is impossible to give a comprehen-
slve idea of the tasks and achieve
ments of the man who wrestIes with
the soil for living in this State, and
it is also difficult to outline the work
OF an organization with so MANY
branches as the extension service of
the Maryland Agricultural College.
In summary of resume of the
work in the last ten years done in
Maryland, DR.. Symons sums up this
difficulty as follows, and, in addition,
makes clear statement as to present
agricultural conditions, as well as
prospects, in the State:
at is difficult" he says, "to outline
the many phases of agricultural de-
velopments which have taken place,
and even more difficult to measure
such results in terms Of definite ac-
complishments.
For instance, no one can estimate
the ultimate results of boys and girls
club work as it has developed in sew
cral counties where one hundred or
more boys are accommodating herds of
pure-bred stock, or where girls are
manlfestlng unusual interest not only
IN poultry and other farm products
but especially in modern housekeep-
ing, better sanitary conditions and
the development of rural social con-
sclousnesS that means much for rural
Maryland in the future.
The same may be said Of the de-
Velment of the mems and women's
work.
Certainly there never was a time
in this State when the agricultural
forces We're as alert and sympathetic
to the adoption of modern practices
on the farm and in the home"
10 the question, "Does farming in
Maryland pay?" DR.. Symons, whose
intimate knowledge of the conditions
with which the agriculturalists of the
State have contended, answers, eyes
If" and upon this 'if" hangs the
burden of the story.
"The Maryland farmer" he saws.
has certain advantages that are sell
dom surpassed in any part of the
country. The climate here is excel
lent and the soil fertile.
There are in different parts of the
State splendid grazing lands, fertile
fields for truck crops, the qu ality of
corn and wheat grown is unsurpassed.
Nature is at her best in this State.
with these favorable conditions of
soil and climate and nearness to mar
kets, opportunities for successful
farming IN Maryland under normal
conditions cannot be excelled anv-
Where else in the country. Even un-
der the best conditions farming to
be profitable requires more intelh-
gence than the average business and
great amount of hard work and per-
severence.
One of the most important points
IN successful farming is to maintain a
nigh standard both in the crops raised
and IN the live stock. and the Mary
land farmers are rapidly learning the
lmnortance of this.
There is an increasing number of
pure-bred animals to be found on the
Maryland farms and every year the
demand for the best quality of seed is
increasing"