MARYLAND 



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MARYLAND 



THE FACTORY 



Steel 



Smelting.RefmingCopper 



Shoes 



Musical Instrument 



Dm bre I las,Canes 



Marble,StoneWoTk 



Leather 



Manufactured Gas 



Straw Hats ^ 



Fui niture,Refrigerators 



Ship Building 



Women's Clothing 



Paper ,Wood Pulp 



Confectionery 



Whisky, etc. 



Cotton Goods 



Patent MedicinQs 



Beer, etc. 



Bread , etc. 



Canned Tomatoes 



Printing, Publishing 



Railroad Shop Work 



Flour,GTist 



Fertilizers 



Tobacco 



Foundry,MachineS 



Lumber,Timber 



Meat Packing 



Sheet Metal 



Men's Clothing 



MARYLAND PRODUCTS CHART 



Rgures Based on U.S. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 



20 10 5 



THE FARM 



Corn 



Wheat 

 Timothy.Clover- 



Milk 



Poultry raised 

 Hogs slaughtered 

 Potatoes 

 Cattle sold 

 Tomatoes 

 Butter 

 Apples 

 Tobacco 

 Horses sold 

 Strawberries 

 Hogs sold 

 Calves sold 

 Sweet Potatoes 

 Oats 

 Peaches 

 Flowers, Plants 

 Nursery Products 

 Sweet Corn 

 Sheep sold 

 Rye 



Cabbage 

 Cantaloupes 

 THE MINE 

 Coal 

 Granite 



the south and east, the winters are mild and 

 the summers hot. In these coastal sections, the 

 growing season is a month longer than that of 

 the mountainous region, which lasts only from 

 April 15 to October 1. There are frequent 

 changes and great daily ranges of temperature. 

 In the north-central section, the temperature 

 for July averages 75 F. and for January 30 F. 

 The average annual temperature of the state is 

 between 53 and 54. On the western slope of 

 the Alleghany plateau the rainfall is most 

 abundant, averaging fifty-three inches per year. 

 On the eastern slope of Parr's Ridge the aver- 

 age precipitation is forty-five inches. The val- 

 leys between Cumberland and Hagerstown have 

 the least rainfall, the average amount being 



thirty to thirty-five inches, which is twelve 

 inches less than that of the Atlantic plain. 



Agriculture. One of the most distinguishing 

 features of Maryland is its great variety of 

 soil. In the light, warm, moist soil of the east- 

 ern shore many southern plants not common 

 to the latitude of Maryland can be grown. 

 A light, sandy, loamy soil, adapted to truck 

 farming and the growing of vegetables and 

 small fruits, is found in most of the coastal 

 plain. In the southern part of the state the 

 soil contains more clay and is better adapted 

 to the culture of tobacco, large quantities of 

 which are grown and exported. In Hagers- 

 town valley and the Piedmont plateau the soil 

 is heavy and better suited to general agriculture 



