The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-05
HERE AND THERE

On The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
Items of Interest Prepared by
Del-Mar-va Eastern Shore Asso-
citation.
OF the 5000 square miles that
make up the area of the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula, Delaware contributes
about one-third, Maryland some
thing more than one-hif and Vir-
ginia about one-tenth.
Sussex county, Delaware and
Accomac county, Virginia head the
list in the output of sweet potatoes
on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. The
latter is the foremost sweet potato
county in the United States, growing
fully 5 % of the nations total Or
the total Del Mar-Va production of
sweet potatoes, Sussex and Accomac
counties, produce, four and one-half
million bushels, or more than one
half of the total for the Peninsula,
on some $4,000 acres of land.
|
Truck gardening in Del Mar-Va is
an important and profitable in
dustry Corn, peas, cabbage, onions,
lettuce, asparagus, and tomatoes are
grown in large quantities in the
truck gardens. Some OF these vegc
tables have very wide distribution
and many acres of tomatoes ii
particular are raised in every
county. The greater part of the
tomato crop is sold to the canneries,
that dot the vegetable growing
section. Corn and peas are also
grown largely for canning, and wher.
this is the case may be found fairly
well north. *
Farmers who desire to supply the
northern markets with early trucl
crops have located in the southern
part of the Peninsula because of the
fancy prices which these products
usually bring. The census of 1919
shows that at that time the income
from vegetables including white and
sweet potatoes, amounted to more
than $40,000,000. Two hundred
and fifty thousand acres were de-
voted to vegetable culture, as against
| 100000 used for the production of
cereal crops. Truck raising is
therefore an extremely important
item in the agriculture of the PENN
suIa. Trucking is taking the place
of more staple crops. There is
abundant proof of the ability of the
Eastern Shore to produce truck and
small fruits of the finest grade.
| Dorchester County-Its lumber
sale is estimated at 100000 a year.
The value of its muskrat fur in
dustry runs as high as $500, 900 for
trapping season of ten weeks. Its
oyster business alone has totaled as
high as $500, 900 per single month.
Dorchester county boasts of having
manufactured 8O,000,00O tin cans in
1925. 1t has very large number
of tomato canneries with the plant
at Cambridge claiming the distinct
honor of being the largest tomato
packing plant in the world. Dor
chester packed 38,750,000 cans of
| tomatoes in 1925 with value in
excess of $3,OOO,000 and more than
5000, 900 cans of peas, sweet pota-
toes, beans, and pork and beans
i Talbot County-Is sometimes call
ed the Venice of America" as the
county is network of salt water
bays, rivers and creeks, it's area be-
| ing about two-thirds water and one
third land. In some places there is
only half mile between the Miles
and, Choptank Rivers. From the
very discovery OF this section new
corners as well as natives have com
mented on the beauties of these
waters and the surrounding country.
The creeks are beautiful to the eye
generous to the fisherman and lend
themselves to cruising for days at a
time. These waters are deep and
well charted and buoyed They
are clean and free from driftwood
Accomac and Northampton Cour
ties--In 1920 $2O.OOO.OOO was re 4
[ceived for irish and sweet potatoes,
Strawberries and onions. These two
rountissIship each year over $4,000
900 wSrth of seafood. Twenty
eight Banks of the two counties
narriedI total average deposits Of
$12,oop,Ooo.
Queen Anne's County-Is one of
the few, spots in America where
tournaments on horseback have come
down from the Middle Ages of
Merrie England to. be kept alive
in this land of the free and home of
the brave, where knighthood is still
in flower"
The South and the North meet
I in tha Haapf 0f Dal- MarVa Hand