of which before the war were lield at $100 to $150 per acre, was returned 

 in 1870 at $61.58 per acre, a very high average for farm-lauds, but less 

 than their real value in this case. The next highest value was $56.34, 

 in Cecil, the northeast corner of the State, a good fruit-region, very 

 accessible. The average in Kent, the next county southward, on the 

 eastern shore, was $53.74 ; and that in Frederick, next east of Wash- 

 ington, on the northern border, $53.68. Those between $50 and $40 per 

 acre are, respectively, Howard, Carroll, and Harford, the two former 

 west of Baltimore, the latter on its eastern border. Talbot and Prince 

 George's are valued at very near the average for the State. The counties 

 having lands less valuable are, in their order, Queen Anne, Anne 

 Arundel, Montgomery, Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset, Calvert, Saint 

 Mary's, Worcester, Alleghany, Charles, and Wicomico. Alleghany has 

 recently been divided, the western portion being made a separate county, 

 under the name of Garrett. 



It will thus be seen the lauds of highest price are on the northern 

 border of the State, and those of medium and low price on the eastern 

 and western shores of the Chesapeake. Some of these lands are rich, 

 though, like the tide- water lands of the Atlantic coast generally, a large 

 proportion are only of moderate natural fertility. The facilities for fer- 

 tilization are remarkable for abundance and cheapness, marl being 

 abundant and near the surface, and sea-weed and fish and oyster- 

 shell lime everywhere accessible and cheap. The following table gives 

 the quantities and prices of lands, as reported by the census, with the 

 value of farm-implements, the latter showing a gratifying increase in 

 this important ameliator of human labor : 



