WHERE TRAVEL IS EASY 



which are within three miles of the railroad ; here probably 50% of the 

 farmers are engaged in dairying to some extent; also the part of Olney 

 known as the Sandy Spring neighborhood, two-thirds of Colesville, and 

 Wheaton below Lay Hill; here a large proportion of the farmers count 

 this one of their chief sources of income. The number of exclusively 

 dairy farms is relatively small. In the larger number of cases, the 

 dairying is done in connection with general farming, though many 

 make it their speciality. 



Fruit Raising. The county is well adapted to the raising of fruit, 

 particularly apples, but this is still an industry of the future. Peaches 

 are raised very little, the "yellows" having proven troublesome. In the 

 vicinity of Sandy Spring, many apple orchards have been set out within 

 the last few years, and interest in this branch of farming is growing 

 rapidly. In Rockville district, there is one large fruit farm and a half- 

 dozen other farms have each from 4 to 10 acres of trees. In certain 

 other sections, notably Gaithersburg district, there are a number of 

 young apple orchards. Through the rest of the county, little fruit 

 is raised except for home consumption. 



Small Farming. In certain sections adjacent to the railroad (viz. 

 parts of Clarksburg, Barnesville, Gaithersburg and Darnestown), in the 



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