Milford chronicle., 1926-11-05
HERE AND THERE ON THE
DEL-MAR-VA PENINSULA.
Items of Interest Prepared by
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
Association

uSIeO u iulSuly DI6u EuS1Ion OSLLO4
as "Delmarva Di," being an alb
breviation for "Delmarva Diana"
This dog is the property of Game
Warden Fred G. Wiley, of Laurel,
Delaware, and is from the famous
doc Whitestone" English Setter
stock. The fact that the American
Field is not only nationally but in
ternationally recognized and circu-
lated means in this instance that |
"Delmarva" as a name is carried |
far afield
The upper Maryland counties OF |
the Peninsula are experiencing |
some large sales in real estate. Mr..
F. S. Lewis, of EastOn, Maryland, !
recently sold Mulberry Hill Orchard
to Mr.. John H. Wilcox for $4,000.
This orchard is about a mile from
Easton and has 95 acres planted in
fruit. Mr.. Wilcox is an experienced
orchardist and is planning to inn
prove the estate considerably.
The Chamber of Commerce Of
Kent County, Maryland, has estab-
lished headquarters in Chestertown
with a paid secretary. Contract has
been let to Mr.. Neale A. TruelOW,
cartOonist and illustrator, who has
recently moved to Chestertown to
| engage in business, for the writing
and publication Of a pamphlet de-
scribing in word and picture the
cOunty's resources and possibilities.
80
Hunters in the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula are finding great sport with
| the large number of ducks Whlch
are coming into this section ut pres
/ emf. In Delaware the ducks in the
greatest numbers are, the black
duck gray duck, Mallard, Teal,
Sprig. and a few canvass backs. The
Chesapeake Bay country, where the
ducks feed, is also speckled WIN
tae duck-hunter. The Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula is proving again this year
to be the sportsman's paradise.
The orchardists on the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula in seeking a ready
market for their fruits have dlscoV-
cred that foreign shipments brlnS
! larger returns than a low Market
in this country. Our apple crow
ers are shipping to Europe. Mrs.
Fvelvn Harris, of Howell Point
Farm. in Kent county, Maryland,
has lust completed shipment OIL
eighteen carloads of Keifer pears to
| England. A large portion OF the
CROP of Bartlets was shipped to
Canada.
Effectiveness Of the publicity OBJ
tanned through the Del-Mar-Fa
Eastern Shore Association is en-
phasized in the fact that two OF the
more prominent and nationally cir
culated magazines in their issues
lust appearing published illustrated
and descriptive articles written by
Edwin C. Totten, publicity man for
the Association. These articles
were: "The Del-Mar-Va Trail" in
the October issue of The American
Motorist, and Blood Will Tell" in
the November issue Of Field and
Stream.
1t is pleasing to the people of the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula to learn OF
the decrease in bus rates. The COM
panies operating on the Peninsula
are naturally vitality interested in
increasing the use of their lines and
are therefore seeking to increase
service and efficiency while de-
creasing their rates.
The G. L. Webster Cannery at
Cheriton, Northampton county, Va,
is running full time with daily
pack of approximately 100000
cans. 1t is estimated that the out
put for this cannery this year will
total one million cans Of tomatoes
and five million cans Of lima beans.
80
A fory-foot road running along
the Maryland and Delaware line for
ten miles east from Delmar has
been approved for construction by
the Sussex and Wicomico County
Commissioners. The Business Mems
Association of Delmar were infuen-
tial in putting this project over and
are pledged to an agreement with
the counties commissioners to care
for hauling of material and other
incidental labor.
80
The Bankers Association of the
Eastern Shore of Virginia have TAX
en- up with representatives of the
= various crop selling agencies the
matter of stabilizing price quota
= tions and other influential market
= ing matters. Such an endeavol
should be helpful in increasing the
r return to the farmers of the East
g ern Shore OF Virginia counties.
= Approximately 5000 bushels o.
] oysters are being taken daily from
) the waters of the Tired Avon River
in Talbot county. For these the
Oystermen receive each day approx
q mately $2,500.
=, According to M. G. Vaughn, Sus
sex County Agricultural Agent, 81
to 80 per cent of Delaware so!
beans are produced in Sussex coun
j ty. The crop this year is only fail
e and will represent between 60 to q
n per cent of normal crop.
4 -
e The story of Nassau, in SUSSEX
county, Delaware, will one of thes
days make a fascinating and inter
= esting tale of how a community be
= came wealthy. At Nassau is locate,
= modern milk-cooling station
{ which returned to the farmer
about Nassau $175,O00 the last fisca
year. Four years ago there was n