Smyrna times., 1932-08-10

area of Massachusetts, or New Jer-
sew. pretty nearly five times as big
as Rhode Island and one-fourth
larger than Connecticut. 1t has a
population of 486,477, which is
more than the census bureau cred
its to New Hampshire, Vermont
Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Ne
vada, idaho, or Arizona, and is
within reaching distance of a num-
Der of others. So that Del-Mar-Va
may be considered as qualifying
for Statehood. The Delaware sec
ton leads in population, due to the
inclusion of the city of Wilmington,
there being 23S,3S0 of the Blue
Hens Chickens. Governor Ritchie
Is suzerain over 193,650 in the
MARYLAND section and the two Vir-
ginia counties on the Eastern
Shore are credited with 81, 4,477 peo-
Die. Delaware claims thirty-twc
and two-thirds per cent. of the en-
tire territory, Maryland fifty-five
and one-sixth per cent. and Vir-
ginia twelve and one-sixth per
cent. Incidentally, the booklet says
that there is more pure Anglo
Saxon blood throughout the PENN
sula than in any other comparable
section of the country, explaining
that this is not due to the lack OF
newcomers nor to any prejudice
against them, but rather that the
families Of the early settlers and
their descendants have lived long
in the land and have clung to il
against the attractions of other
sections. AS a matter of fact the
last decade showed a larger in
crease in population than did the
ten years previous and many OF
the counties which had been show
ing minus signs in the comparison
Of population figures substituted
plus signs when the reports Of the
1880 census were written. In the
up-turn of population there is like
IL to be marked strain Of foreign
blood. Nevertheless, the family
trees Of the Pensula are so sturdy
and 50 fruitful that even the cas-
uaf visitor in any one of its bor-
oughs and villages begins to won
der if all the world is a cousinhooC
il reality, as well as the brother
hood of the ideal.
Climate Records Show No Extreme
To return to agriculture in the
Peninsula. 1t is said that its eli.
mate is unique that is that there
is no other section in the country
that can duplicate it. The PENN
sula is described as the place where
North and South meet. It has the
growing season of Florida, with g
better summer and fall. The aver.
age annual temperature in the var
ious counties runs from 81 to 81
degrees. Zero has been recorded
at Easton only II times in the pas
26 years, at Cambridge, in Mary.
land the same number of times, al
Princess Anne but six times. A
! table of freezing temperature dates
in the IA counties comprised in the
Peninsula is given, showing an av
erage last freeze from April 10 t
April 10, with a single exception il
Northampton county, Virginia
which has had no freezing weather
I later than March 25. The frs
freeze in the fall runs from Octo
I Der % to October 81, again witt
the exception Of Northampton
which has not had freezing wealth
er earlier than November s. Thc
period between spring and fall colo
snaps runs from 189 to 204 days
with Northampton showing an av
erage of 22s, which is distinctly
Southern. The extreme average:
of temperature are IA degrees fol
the summer and 35 for the winter
Its Prosperity Figures Refreshing
Considerable space is given t
the soil which is one of Nature
endowments of the region. Pro
fessor Paul F. Gemmell, Of thu
TTnivarcifr of papuc1yIxya mia Il
quoted as remarking on the ad
vantageous sandiness of the soil a!
lessening the danger of frost
which means a longer growing sea
son and the opportunity for thu
farmers to increase the cash in
come from it's cultivation. Som'
idea Of what the cash product O
the Del-Mar-Va farms and garden!