Milford chronicle., 1926-09-03
HERE AND THERE ON THE
DEL-MAR-VA PENINSULA
Items of Interest Prepared by
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
Association

II ASSOCldIlOu
In the northern section of the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula is the worlds lar
gest and best known manufacturer of
powder, chemicals and explosives
an dallied products. The section con-
tains several of Americas largest
manufacturers of underwear. The
worlds largest single canning plant
for oysters and the worlds most pro-
ductive oyster beds are located on
the edges of Chesapeake Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean inlets of the PENN
sula. On the Peninsula are found the
largest cotton dyeing and finishing
works in the world; the largest man
ufacturer of braided rubber hose in
the world; the worlds center of the
manufacture of vulcanized fibre; the
worlds center of glazed kid and mo-
rocco leather manufacturing; and
the largest manufacturer of wooden
spoons in the world.
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Historical
The Eastern Shore of Virginia has
a most interesting history. Original
ly the whole territory was called
"Accakmacke" an Indian word mean
ing ION the other side of the bay"
and historically this region was one
of the original shires into which Vir-
ginia was divided in 1912. In 1862 a
division was made into the two coun-
ties of tOday-Accomac and North
ampton.
Onancock, near the Maryland line,
was one of the nineteen towns in
Virginia ordered by the General AS
sembly to be built for the loading of
vessels-four of which suTvive-Nor-
folk, Onancock, Urbanna, Tappahan-
mock.
Unique among places in America
is Chincoteague Island, Z miles long
and only one mile wide-five miles
off the Eastern Shore of Virginia, a
part of Accomac county, up towards
the Maryland line. When the first
settlers arrived they found ponies
running wild on the Island, and
Chincoteague ponies feed on the long
saltwater grass today. The Indians
claim that these ponies came from a
ship wrecked off the coast. ChincO-
league is world famous for its large
deep sea oysters.
Four hundred and fifty-three man
g., oefo bTisHT,a
ported in 1928 for the State of Della
ware. These establishments employ
23, 3,1SS people. The value Of their
products in 1928 was $128,951, ,304;
the value in 1921 was $86,756,312.
Note the increase.
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In Milford section of Delaware as
paragus nets the farmer an average
of $500 per acre.
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Broccoli was first planted in this
section by Thomas D. Thomas, an
Italian farmer near Lourel two years
ago from one pound of seed. 1t is
said that one pound of seed has pro-
duced $4,000 for the original planter.
Broccoli is now being marketed in
large quantities on the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula.
At Berlin, Maryland, is located the
Harrison Nurseries, the largest
growers of fruit trees in the world.
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According to the Department of
Forestry of. Maryland the following
percentages represent the wooded
area of the MarylandcOunties on the
Peninsula. Caroline 3O9o; Cecil 249o;
Dorchester 8 %; Kent 1870; Queen
Anne 261a; Somerset 259o; Talbot
29%6; Wicomico 46%o; Worcester
47%o.
There are thirteen fresh water
bass and pickerel ponds in Wicomi-
co county, Maryland.
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In 1925 under the direction of the
fish culturist Parks, 2O,000,OO0 white
and 5O,OOO,OOO yellow perch were
Matched and liberated in the Chesa-
peake Bay by the State of Maryland.
3O6,9S5 trout were Matched out and
distributed also.
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A total of 1851, ,158 bushels of oys-
ters were actually recorded and tax
ed as coming from the Eastern Shore
of Maryland counties for the season
1885.
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The Accomac and Northampton
schools in comparison with the other
SO schools of the State of Virginia
rank by efficiency groups; North
ampton 10th, Accomac 4Oth. The ed
ucational index numbers being:
Nnrthamntnn 77:57. Accomac 63:10.