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SOILS OF TIDE-WATER DIVISION...... .............................. 38
White-oak soil red and yellow clay soils, Black-gum
swamp soils, light sandy soils, Green Sand Soils,
(South and West River and Forest of Prince

George's county) soils........................................ 42
Table land soils................................................... 44
Soils on Baltimore and Washington Railroad............. 45
WESTERN SECTION TIDE-WATER DIVISION......................... 47
Anne Arundel County, boundaries, location, transporta-

tion facilities, soilsof, &c. ................................... 48
Prince George's county, boundaries, location, transpor-

tation facilities, soils of, &c................................ 51
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, purpose and advan-

tages of.................;..... ................................... 55

Calvert County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soils, of, &c. ....................................... 56
Charles County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soil of, &c.. ....................... .............. 58
St. Mary's County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soils of, &c...... .................................... 60

EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND (Eastern section of Tide-wa-
ter Division,) boundaries, location, health, transpor-

tation facilities of, &c......... ................................ 62
Chesapeak Bay Sassafras River, Chester River, Wye
River, Miles River, Choptank, Nanticoke and Poco-
moke River, Chesapeake and Delaware tide-water
Canal, Delaware Railroad, Maryland and Delaware
Railroad, influence of Railroads and Canals as affect-

ing the market value of wheat and corn................ 65
Cecil County (tide-water portion of,) boundaries, loca-

tion, transportation facilities, soils of, &c............... 66
Kent County, boundaries, location, transportion facili-

ties, soils of, &c....... ......................................... 67
Queen Anne's County, boundaries, location, transpor-

tation facilities, soils of, &c........................ ........ 69
Caroline County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soilsof, &c.. ...................................... 72
Dorchester County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soils of, &c.......................................... 74
Somerset County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soils of, and Oyst<r Planting..................... *1G
Worcester County, boundaries, location, transportation

facilities, soils of, &c., Beach Ponies... .............. 78
Summary of advantages of tide-water Division of Mary-

land ............................................................... 81

BLUB RIDGE DIVISION OF MARYLAND.............................. 82
General description of boundaries and location, trans-
portation facilities, minerals, soils of, red and white
isinglass, clay limestone, mica slate, talc, blue slate

(roofing) Red Lands................................................ 84