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fectly happy when he gets a Delaware peach. Many other 

 Delaware products are as good as the peaches. 



"As cattle and wheat raising developed in the great West, 

 Delaware people thought that they were ruined. They did 

 not change at once, but slowly discovered that the light 

 lands are wonderfully productive of fruits and vegetables, 

 and that they pay much better than cattle and grain ever 

 could. But these new methods have not been adopted 

 in all parts of the State, so that land neglected and unprofit- 

 able is for sale. The tides of immigration have swept west- 

 ward and left Delaware untouched. Men, money, and 

 enterprise are needed. 



"There are few unoccupied or 'abandoned' farms in 

 Delaware." The land is mostly held by descendants of the 

 early settlers, who form a species of landed aristocracy. 

 Lately, owing to the younger members of these families 

 having become established in the newer states and on ac- 

 count of the death or incapacity of the older members left 

 in possession, there has been a marked tendency to sell off 

 these farms. However, "a large proportion of the farms 

 in Delaware are not for sale at any price. - Some of them 

 have been hi the same family for generations, and if put 

 on the market would sell for from one to two hundred 

 dollars per acre." 



The soil is all the way from a heavy white oak clay, which 

 is too stiff and too sticky for most crops, to very light sand. 



The heaviest clay is made lighter and more porous, and 

 the lightest sand is readily made retentive of moisture and 

 extremely productive, by plowing hi different kinds of crops 

 as green manure, such as cow peas, soy beans, the vetches, 

 etc. ; crimson clover, winter oats, rye, turnips, and numerous 

 other crops may be sown in August or later, and produce a 



