-AiAliiLAM) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 167 



mcnt have contented themselves with a bare existence, when abundance 

 might follow Iroin better directed and more sustained efforts. 



The low productive power of many areas besides the one under dis- 

 cussion jnay be ascribed to the same general causes. Methods of agri- 

 culture must be improved, the intensive rather than the extensive sys- 

 tem of farming followed, a special effort for the production of special 

 crops undertaken, and the adaptation of special soils to special crops 

 must be better understood and more fully practiced. 



The large markets of the East are accessible bv boat and rail com- 

 munication. Only a single one is at present patronized to any extent by 

 the producers of Calvert County. Using the peach crop as an example, 

 instances are known where large and fine crops of peaches have been 

 marketed at a loss on a single market which was glutted, while other 

 markets only little less accessible were far from stocked. 



Such changes as will enhance the value and productiveness of the 

 county must come slowly, supported by the experience of the most pro- 

 gressive and best-equipped inhabitants. Such changes are in progress 

 and some of them have passed the experimental stage. Others have been 

 planned but not undertaken, and it is to be hoped that increased knowl- 

 edge of the conditions both within and without the county may enable its 

 inhabitants to realize the opportunities which they possess and from which 

 they may profit. 



