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STOCK FARM-OLD BRICK COLONIAL
HOUSE

STOCK FARM-OLD BRICK COLONIAL
HOUSE
$50 acres in blue grass. That Is only
one of the features of this excellent ~
of land in wheat, land reserved for corn,
dence. den well Back from road. on elevation.
surrounded with tall trees. with view of
the surrounding country. Old stone bank
barn, stone quarters, old tenant house and
80 bushels of wheat with favorable season.
on main pike and a, county road. Because
of illness of owner, farm will be sacrificed
for little less than sos per acre, Not
acre Small down payment suficient. bal
ance Sc interest. Additional land in the
rear may be had at an attractive price;
FRUIT AND PouITRR iTRR FARM-MoNEY
poultry and fruit farm Mont,
pike; s3 acres res Of delicious apples, p lust ,st
tion. Expect thousand bushels this
sIHe ptr' 0aTn Easy hoSse seTms Of
INTERESTING FARM FOR cry MAN
1856 acres attractive Montgomery County
farm. Old weatherbeaten house. poor out
old rail fence. woods and stream. On good
road. Electricity not far. delishtful
olQ place 1or CITY man. NOW SS.O0O.
OLD FARM HOUSE-S5,50O.
An unusually attractive old farm house
to be offered at this figure, a good solid
house, of attractive lines. Eight rooms
and servants wing. Electricity in front of
place. Three barns. So acres of good
land. manor loan. Railroad station about
q mile. Easy terms.
CLOSE-IN FARM-20 TO go ACRES.
farm to appeal to city worker, only a
short drive. with modern house-bath.
h.-w. heat, electricity-7 rooms. Cleared
land, woods and stream. Large barn, poul-
try. house. meat house. hog house, etc.
Only 81. 900 for 20 acres. Terms.
ACRES BLUE GRASS SOD-MODERN
HOUSE
On Colesville pike. high elevation. i'm
proved with S-room house. with bath. large
garage. stable, poultry houses. Orchards.
Nice stream. Land with ideal slope. Only
$S,50O.
ACRE. MODERN HOUSE. $500.
One acre OF land, but up to 30 acres
more available Just of Colesville pike
House has 8 large rooms, BATH pantry, full
BUILDING SrTESIALL PRICES AND
Many attractive building sites from 1
to several hundred acres. 159 acres sew
eral springs and Q large stream, close in,
on macadam road. excellent for subdivi-
sion or for country home. will be sold the
price Of farm land
r. D. LILLE CO.,
264 Carroll St.. Takoms Park. Ge. $500.
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wANTED-wATER FRONT PROP.
WANTED-MONEY.
REAL ESTATE LOANS.

MONEY DELIVERED AT ONCE
S100 repay 81 wk.: $500 repay So so wk.
$500 repay 81 wk $500 repay $3.50 wk
Bildman Co.. sos Bond Bldg Natl 2490
WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR SECOND
trust notes; ample funds. immediate ac-
ton. prevailing rates. COLONIAL INVEST
MENT CO.. 336 Southern Bldg. Dist. 81 so.
MONEY 70 LOAN ON D c. REAL ESTATE
at lowest interest rate Prompt service.
JESSE L. HEISKELL. lib Eye st NV.
SEE US .FIRST-LOANS PROCURED ON
autos. inheritance estates, promotions 1st.
service. $500, repay 81 so wk.: $500. re-
pay $3.50 wk.: 800. repay $3.50 wk.;
wk;; 81 900. repay, $40 wk.: 50 800. repay
126O wk.: $4,000. repay S15 wk.; So, 500,
repay $3.50 wk.: $4,000. repay $50 wk
Above payments include principal and
interest AND can be arranged monthly.
WEST & WEST successors to DR.. A.
EEENRY ETa RYst me- Msv Yo1 J01s Eye st NV where
tCOLORFD., MONEY LOANED ON FIRST
and Ind deeds of trust. city and suburban
property, taxes. home improvements. ad-
Justing rear notes consolidating trusts;
low rates OF interest. small monthly pay
ments; quick results; confidential service;
financing. AVON REALTY g. LOAN COM
PANY. 100 G st. NV. Phone National
O936. Hours. Q am. to pm
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WANTED-FARMS.

WANT FARMS FOR RENT OR FOR SALE.
preferably IN Virginia. Apply l. s. DON
1PHAN & SON, Alexandria. Va. Phone
WE ARE INTERESTED IN RENTING A
farm of 20 to 100 acres. with some wood,
sloped so it drains well with house Of at
least o rooms (preferably Of stonel. with
conyeniences and at least one fireplace,
rental, Apply A. s. DONIPHAN g. SON.
405 Doniphan Bldg. Alexandria. Va.
Phone Alexandria $40.
DAIRYMAN. 40 YEARS OLD: WITH = 2
shares to run, Address Box 393-D. Star
ONCE. o.
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COUNTRY ESTATES.

FOR SALE-BEAUTIFUL SMALL COUN-
try estate in Virginia. half way between
Roanoke and Natural Bridge. on Lee High
way. so acres good land. large 10-room
house electrically equipped. Low power
rate Hot-water furnace Wide porches,
plenty Of large shade trees and shrubbery
Good location for tourist trade or make
an ideal country home. Price. 81 600.
Box 81, or phone District 1915 evenings:
LEESBURG, VA.
Farms and Estates. Exceptional Values.
Rent or Sale Good Investments.
JANET H. LYNN. LeesburR Va.
Write or phone Leesburg 191-R.
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91 ACRES MILES SOUTH OF ALEX
andria. Va; 1.700 feet on Washington
@ sna N aosaW
will make lovely subdivision; $4,000. To
inspect call A. 8. DONIPHAN & SON. 405
Alexandria S40
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COLONIAL
RRIGK

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COLONIAL
BRICK.
Between Annapolis and Washington.
An antique that has been modernized,
retaining the interesting features Of the
old Colonial architecture, with the con-
veniences of electric lights. bath and fur
mace. In a setting Of large trees. well
back from road. May be sold with few
acres or with nearly 200. Excellent spring.
Some woods. BARGAIN price. on easy terms.
r. D. LILLE CO.,
264 Carroll ST.. Takoma Park. Ge. 5000.
TWO ACRES-ATTRACTIVE AND WELL
arranged modern home-on improved hlgn-
way. 20 minutes from Capitol-sleeping
porch, sun parlor, oil burner. cleo, and
garage.
Four acres. shade and shrubbery. S-room
house. cleo, on State road. > miles from
District line, $4,000. one-han cash.
Beautiful old country homestead, 4
acres or more, large shade trees. lovely
view; can be bought on terms satisfactory
to purchaser and owner.
HENRY L. MORRIS.
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SUMNER COTTAGES.

FOR RENT-FOR SUMMER. IN BLUE
Ridge Mts fur cottage. bath. cleo. open
fireplace. screened porch. shady lawn. ga
rage NIMROD MERCER. Bluemont, vir-
ginia.
WANTED-TO RENT SMALL SUMMER
cottage. furnished, ami; must be reason
able. Call after 8 Sunday. Cleve. 5481.
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EXCHANGE.

EXCHANGE.
DETACHED BRICK. finest chevy Chase;
will consider business property or small
home. Address Box 2S1-D. Star Office
NORTH CLEVELAND PARKS SEMI-DE-
tached homes. now rented: first trust,
So, 800 at 5RS. 2 years to run. Will
exchange for ground inysstmsnt 9r sub
Phone National OOs0. Tower Buildine
TRADE EQUITY IN NEW GRIN. Q BATH
house; sure property; farm or lot accept
able: what have you to offer? Address
Box 316-D. Star office.
WANTED TO EXCHANGE-RESIDEN
for residence with business quarters COM
bined, in commercial zone. Natl. 26OS.
WILL EXCHANGE $3.50 EQUITY IN
beautiful nearby Virginia subdivision for
good used car. Phone Decatur 5769.
REPOSESSED DETACHED HOMES. CHEVY
Chase. D. c.. nearby Va. and Md; might
take part in other property If substantial
cash payment Is made; Federal housing Of
fers long g-time monthly payment financing
at So. FULTON R. GORDON. 1927 Eye
st. NV Phone District 1891.
EQUITY IN GROUP OF "A GARAGES
for lot or as payment on bungalow or 8.
room house. Phone Columbia 0933.
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TWO BARGAINS.

"a acres, Groom house, good land. fine
stream. Priced $3.50; $500 cash, rest
easy terms.
IS acres, 5-room house. good land; nne
easy terms
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A. H. BROOKS.

3O1B Columbia Pike. ArIlnPton, va.
Phone Clarendon 626
Money Making 600 Acre Va. Farm
$50 acres tractor tillage. pasture for
100 cattle estimated .500.000-ft. timber
barn. other bldgs: sacrifice at S10.500,
including horses International tractor
81 cattle ~ sheep implements crops
good terms. Pig. 81, new Spring catalog
500 bargains. Free STROUT AGENCY
1427-N Land Title Bldg Phila. Pa.
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SUMMER HOMES.

FOR sALE-BRooKLN (IAvEN P. o..
Maine. 8 rooms 2 baths; Summer home: z
front; ,barsain. II. n. WBTcoTT, sic
18th St. NV.
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COLONIAL ESTATES.

17S ACRES FINE LAND ON CEMENT
road: l0-room brick mansion; built about
1850; 4 freplaces. city cleo. furnace. high
ceilings. center hall; house rests on hill in
beautiful grove of oak trees; springs;
streams and large holly trees: also good
quarters: garage for cars. chicken house.
meat house. ice house; IL miles from
Washington Price $4,000: reasonable
cash payment assume Federal farm loan.
balance easy See MASON HIRST. An
nandale, Fairfax Co.. Va. at the end of
Columbia pike. Phone Alexandria 43-F-41 l.
COMMITTING DISTANCE.
Pre-Revolution Broom brick. 40 acres,
on stream; 10 miles south of D. c.. in
small village: house not in good condition.
has restoration possibilities. Price. $500;
terms.
THEODORE F. MENK,
1927 Park Road Col. 7S45.
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RENT--SUBURBAN.
RENT-DESK SPACE.

DESK ROOM FOR RENT IN LARGE
bright ofice of consulting engineers; refer.
ences required and given: Address stating
occupation, Box 144-C. Star ofhce.
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MEN WHhETIOCOEos
BRICK WAREHOUSE. 52x1O0 FIT. WITH
2O-ft. height. travelling crane. located on
lower road to Alexandria. about l. "a miles
south OF Highway Bridge; S75 per month.
LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER.
1919 K st. NV. National 1865.
F1REPROOFLSTRONG CONCRETE CON
struction. 1917 23rd st. NV. S,7s4 #. ].
WESLEY BUCHANAN. INC. 916 18th st.
NV. Met. 1143. Ask for MR.. ALLEN.
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SHORE PROPERTY.

VENTNOR. N. J.-BEAUTIFUL HOLLOW
tile and .stucco Boardwalk cottage; BED bee
RICHARD P. BLOOM 6s CO.. Atlantic City
N. j.
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SALE-LOTS.

SEE OUR SIGNS ON PROPERTY.
A few com. sites on Kennedy near 1st
in fast-developing section. Four-famtly
fiat sites near Kennedy. 10 lots. det..
44th and Ellicott NV. 5 lots on W St.
near Conduit I'd.
S16 11th Sit. NV. District 7b5S.
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WANTED-LOTS.
BUILDER WANTS LOTS ANY GOOD SEC
ton in or near d. C. Give location. lowest
cash price and phone number. Address Box
167-D. Star Office.
WE HAVE CLIENTS DESIRING
to purchase detached home sites
in the vicinity of Chevy Chase
and other sections of the District
of Columbia and for all other
purposes.
If you desire to sell, we invite
you to phone or write Mr.. Walter,
B. F. SAUL CO.,
925 18th st. NV. National 2100.
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PATUXENT RIVER FARM.
22O acres. on salt water. AZ miles D. c.;
11-room and bath master house. tenant
houses. 3 barns, large level fields; soil in
good heart. grows corn. wheat. grass alfalfa
and tobacco: fine stock farm. Apply to
THEODORE F. MENK,
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WANTED-GARAGES,
SALE-AUTOMOBILES.

GARAGE, PRIVATE. 81 PER MONTH:
vicinity OF 18th and Mass ave. NV. Ad.
dress Box 246-D Star Office
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BUICK 1888 IS coupe. 5-pass.; finished IN
jet-5lack Duco. which is excellent; has s
wire wheels and large built-in trunk; q
very smart car; powered by Bucks famous
valve-tn-the-hea engine. which is in fine
eondition; S595: Horner guaranteed. Sub.
NIT your own terms. Stanley H. Horuer,
Inc. I'LL l4th- Natinnal 1Rl1
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OUTSTANDING BUYS.
1-Brand-new apt bldg. II units, all
rented: 50 100 annually; price. S47,5O0;
well financed.
beautiful corner apt bldg. thor
ouehly modern; recently constructed; 80
units; rents over $4,000 at low rentals;
$4,000 cash required; will yield 400 on
this investment.
3-Small downtown apt, fully occu-
pied; price. SIS 500; good terms
Five apis. and two stores: possession
OF one if desired: rents. $4,000; price,
S16,500; a real bargain.
HIGBIE. RICHARDSON & FRANKLIN INC
1914 K st. NV Natl 2O16,
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BUICK 1892 - sedan-The swell job
original black finish looks like new: excel
lent upholstery. rubber and motor; fine
family car at S395. Submit your own
terms. Stanley H. Horner Inc. iii 14th
ST n ". National -Gl1
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SALE-AUTO TRUCKS.
SALE-MOTOR CYCLES.
RENT-GARAGES.

MOTOR CYCLE and side car, 1929, Hai
ley-DaVloson, good condition: cheap, casI
642 Irving st. NV. Phone Adams 02NG
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BUICK 1888 So coupe-One look at this
first size Buick and you can tell at once
driven only IL 900 miles Original black
finish shines like new. The Bedford cord
upholstery is without a blemish: has
wire wheels. rumble seat. very good tires.
Come in today and see this wonderful value
at S595. Submit your own terms. Stanley
Horner. Inc, I'LL l4th st. National
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AUBURN 1892 custom de luxe convertible
seGa1 Dual ratio. etc Looks and runs
perfect. Special terms. $50 down and
small monthly notes for balance. Simmons
Motors. Inc. 14th & sts. NV. Decatur
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TODAY'S BEST BUY.
Lots y to u of original price; good
street car; 15 min. to downtown. Shown
by appointment. Terms. Address Box
244-C. Star office.
DESIRABLE AND REASONABLY
priced four-family fiat, apart
ment house and row house sites.
Also several good commercial
lots. For information see Mr..
Walter, to 1890 am. or $3.50
to pm.
B. F. SAUL CO.,
925 18th st. NV. MA. 2100.
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8 ACRES. 500 FIT SHORE. ATTRACTIVE
he use, bed rooms. . baths. all conven-
10 acres Severn River Colonial 14-room
house view of bay.
160-acre farm. some water front. S-room
house. tenant house. farm buildings. Splen-
did state of cultivation.
30 acres. on water. S-room brick house.
convenienceS. outbuildings.
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AUBURN 1881 brougham; very sporty and
powerful car: excellent motor, fine rubber.
very Clean throughout; Sl75. Addison
Chevrolet. 1431 Irving st. NV. Adams 54l1. +.
AUBURN 1898 convertible sedan: 8 cream
wire wheels. beautiful light green paint
and green leather upholstery, all good tires
and splendid motor. This car is a real
value at S465. c. c. C. guaranty. Capitol
Cadillac Co.. l222 22nd st. NV. Nat,
1900. Open Sun and eve
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sALE-INVESTMENT PROPERTY

$4,000 CASH WILL SECURE A NEW
corner apt bldg. of Is units. recently COM
pleted; fully. rented. $4,000 yearly income:
$4,000 net income; in excellent NV. sec
COMM GEORGIA AVE. CORNER-TWO
stones, house and apts.. rapidly growing
section. Bargain. c. M. PLUNKERT. No.
l Thomas Circle. Phone National O659
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WANTED-OFFICES,
RENT-OFFICE SPACE.
RENT-WAREHOUSES.

FURNISHED OFFICE SPACE.
412 SOUTHERN BLDG.
NATL 5000.
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THOS. D. WALSH, Inc,
S15 11th St. NV. District 1858.
BUILDING SITES.
Beautiful Wooded Lots, $150-$25
Down, SO Month. No Interest.
o. B. .zANTzINGER CO, 945 K st. NV.
Natl. 5371 or Capitol Heights 246-J.
OAKCREST!
60-foot lot in beautiful Oakcrest. Lovely
view and shade trees all improvements IN:
over 200 feet deep. Will sell on down pay
ment of $500 and balance in small monthly
payments. Look for our sign.
THEVIRGINIA REALTY CO.,
Upper Road to Alexandria.
Phone Ridge SO. 5e
EVANSVILLE HILLS - BEAUTIFULLY
wooded home site. high elevation, 50x15O:
$3.50 up. Water, sewer. gas. electricity.
street lights. Close to schools, U. Of M,
stores and churches. Unexcelled, trans,
portation facilities. Let us help plan and
8. B. ZANTzINGER & Co...
945 K st. NV National 1911.
GrppnW00d 1919
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10
Eastern Shore
4 The Truck Gurden
| Of Ame1ca
BY GEORGE y. nAcv

comoke City to Chesapeake City, grows
sweet potatoes tomatoes, sweet corn,
cannery truck, cabbage, watermelons,
muskmelons and Strawberries. The Della
ware sector from Selbyville to Newcas-
tile produces vast stocks of sweet spuds,
tomatoes, strawberries, melons.
Orchards Dot Landscape
Commercial and intensive dairying
and some sheep husbandry are practiced
profitably in various parts of the PEN
insula such as around Easton, Mary
land Apple and peach orchards dot the
landscape in the vicinity of Hurlock,
Berlin and Salisbury, Maryland. Berlin
boasts one of the largest nurseries i'll the
United States.
Otis Cochran and his two brothers
own and operate chain of farms near
Hurlock and produce canteloupes and
asparagus OH stupendous scale. Cochran
. Brothers invariably sell all their melons
at top prices because they grade scrup-
ulously and refuse TO ship any second
quality truck or fruit. In addition to be-
ing one of the kings" of strawberry
culture OH the eastern Shore, WIZ. Allen
of Salisbury grows and markets millions
of strawberry plants. He is the main dis
tributor of new varieties of strawberries
developed and introduced by the u. S.
Department of Agriculture i'll the Shore
Belt. Many farmers, including the SUIT
tons of Kent County and Richard Fitz-
gerald of Somerset County, produce to-
nlato plants on community scale in spec
ial beds. These growers distribute this
planting stock among their neighbors at
profitable prices.
Strawberry production centers i'll Ac-
comac and Northampton Counties, Vir-
ginia; Somerset and Wicomico Counties,
Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware.
These berry farms range from 40 to
IS acres in size, with usually one-half
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

NECK of land owned conjunc-
~ lively by Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia and known generally as
Eastern Shore, or the Del-Mar-Va PERI
>, insula juts into the Atlantic ocean some
distance south of Wilmington, Delaware
forms the eastern boundary of Chesa-
u peake Bay and constitutes one of the
). most successful trucking areas in these
United States Within 5oo-mile radius
of Eastern Shore live SO million con-
tsumers or about AZ per cent of the
United States population.
Nature gifted Eastern Shore, a key
location for ''spud,' strawberry, melon,
vegetable production and other forms of
farming, with proximity to tempering
waters which mellow the cold winds
!, and facilitate longer growing season
than that of the neighboring main
land" Ready accessibility to some of the
countrys best markets decades ago led
to crop specialization and the promo
ton of cash-crop growing. Today, the
Shore is one of the most intensively cul-
'tivated areas of its kind OH this side
of the Atlantic.
Spuds Dominate Markets
40 I9tllh1ar-Va contributes millions of
ttofhs Of foods yearly to the market flow
pr early stuff" which begins with the
Strawberries from Plant City, Florida,
,,5ust before Christmas and continues
in8fthward with the trek of the sun and
glowing weather. From about mid une
1ffntil late August shipments of Virginia
Shore 'spuds" dominate the northeast
erin terminal markets and are an impor-
tant supply for the chief Midwest mar
kets.
0The Virginia sector spccializes in early
Iffsff Cobbler potatoes, yellow Jersey
! bigStemmed sweet potatoes, strawber-
'ries, melons and variety of vegetables.
,'The Maryland area, from north of Po-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

to two-thirds of the area cropped to
truck, including from four to IL acres
of strawberries. Several Virginia grow
ers produce from 40 to As acres of
strawberries each annually. Most of the
farms produce from 2,ooo to 1000
quarts of strawberries per acre. 1t costs
from $45 to $50 an acre the first year
to prepare the land, plant and fertilize
the crop; the cost of management the
second year varies from So to $40 an
acre dependent OH location. Many pro-
ducers grow their strawberry plants. The
berry crop of the three states sells for
from five to IS cents quart dependent
OH season.
Paintings Increase
The Eastern Shore and Norfolk dis
tricts OF Virginia annually produce one
fourth of the early potato crop of the
United States. During the decade prior
to 1880, the Virginia Eastern Shore
.spud paintings jumped from 42,5oo to
$1,000 acres.
Planting in Northampton County be-
gins about mid-February and continues
up the peninsula, being completed by
April in Accomac County. The land is
fertilized commercially, then cultivated;
seed potatoes are treated for scab before
planting unless certified seed is used.
Spuds are planted with machinery, the
crop is cultivated from six tc eight
times, and sprayed two to three times
with calcium arsenate to control the
Colorado potato beetle. The Irish potato
crop is generally dug during July. Dur
ing the last If years, the average yield
has been $50 bushels per acre. Yields as
high as 900 bushels per acre have been
harvested on the best projects. During
1920, the price scared to $2.75 bushel;
generally, around $I.Io is reasonable
and profitable price. A large part of
Maryland's annual $Io,ooo,ooo potato
crop also is produced on Eastern Shore
farms.
Dairying Dovetails
In Kent County, Maryland, the SUIT
ton family of truckers operates AS
acre farm and has dovetailed dairying
and trucking in practical way. They
maintain grade Guernsey herd of some
IS animals, raise alfalfa and soy beans
and clover for hay. The boys rank
among the most reliable Johnson County
White seed corn producers in the state,
selling seed corn widely at S. to $3.50
bushel.
One boy for many years has super
vised the community tomato plant bed.
He grew 100000 vigorous tomato
plants on an acre of former alfalfa
ground one year, selling one-half of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-10

plants to some 40 neighbors at $3.50 a
thousand. Mr.. Sutton cleared $225
from that plant bed. The early tomatoes
are sold as fresh "fruit" for the table
markets; the late tomatoes are used for
canning. More than so such community
tomato plant beds are grown annually
in Kent County. Some of the finest to-
matoes are shipped by boatloads to Bal
timore from Cambridge and Chester
town to Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Apples Sideline
Not so far away at the Rash farm,
some SO gallons of milk ride TO market
daily from the herd of grade and pure
bred Holsteins and Guernseys. This
farmer many years ago set out 28-acre
orchard of popular commercial varieties.
Skilled i'll dairying, but tyro in or
charding he neglected to spray his trees
because he could not locate any signs
of disease infestation. The apple scab
gained strangling grip on the apple
trees. Then the owner began spray
ing campaign, conducted so painstakingly
he eventually cleaned up his orchard and
has since produced some of the best ap-
Piles ever shipped from Eastern Shore.
Rash markets around 6,ooo to 5000
bushels of fruit annually and nets any
where from $4,000 to $2,7oo from his
sideline.
During the late Fall, this Shoreman
runs an apple truck, which makes
house toulouse canvas of neighboring
towns and sells $40 to SIS worth OF
fruit daily. Sufficient apples for that
home county trade are stored on the
farm. The great bulk of the crop is
transported to Baltimore where it is
placed in cold storage until January and
February when the demand and prices
for such tree fruit are at a peak.
Melons Are Improved
Maryland's canteloupe maturity law
has improved the melon business mate
rally by eliminating unsuitable food
products from the fresh fruit market.
This legislation prohibits the sale and
shipment of obviously immature can
teloupe.
Canteloupes follow cucumbers in rip
ening and marketing sequence, the Early
Pink Meats and Hearts of Gold varie-
ties being popular types and command
the high prices and frequently top the
market.
Watemelons are grown only once in
seven or eight years on the same piece
of land because of disease dangers. Mel
ons, sweet potatoes and strawberries do
equally well either on an acid or alkaline
soil.
Evening star., 1936-07-30

the deal was abandoned, he said.
The attorney contended Interstate,
however, had been given one-tenth
participation In the syndicate at the
start and paid more than $500, ,000
toward acquisition Of the stock before
the deal fell through.
With Hunter s. Marston, former
president Of Bancamerica- blair and
one-time director of Interstate, Sin
clair Consolidated and a dozen othel
corporations on the stand, schenkel
said:
Would you figure that Interstate
lost that $s00,0o0?"
The tall, scholarly-appearing in
vestment banker smiled and an
swered: