478 UNITED STATES: — MARYLAND
Avere 5,571 inmates. The care of the poor and management of almshouses is, in general, regulated by local laws, each valid for a particular county or cit3% but pauper lunatics and minors are cared for under general laws. Pauper children are placed in families or scliools, visited by the proper authorities. In 1909 a jiew State Tuberculosis Sanatorium was opened at Sabillsville.
Finance, Defence. — For the year ending September 30, 1910, the total receipts and disbursements were as folloAvs : —
Dollars.
Balance, Sept. 30, 1911 1,471,520
Receipts, 1911-12 8,908,454
Total, Sept. 30, 1912 10,379,974
Disbursements, 1911-12 8,553,744
Balance, Sept. 30, 1912 .... 1,826,230
In 1912 the gross debt of the State amounted to 130,216,095 dollars. In this credit there is 5,701,836 dollars invested in gilt-edged securities and 1,500,000 in other securities. In 1911, the assessed valuation of real and ])crsonal property amounted to 951,926,271 dollars.
The Militia or National Guard consist 3 of infantry, cavalry, a signal corps, and a hospital corps ; total, 157 officers and 1,911 enlisted men. The naval militia has 23 officers and 271 enlisted men. The Federal authorities have a navy recruiting rendezvous and a navy pay office at Baltimore. The United States Naval Academy, for the education of boys intended for the Federal naval service, is at Annapolis.
Production and Industry. — Agriculture is an important industry in the State, about 82 per cent, of the area being in farms mostly Avorked by their owners. The chief crops are wheat (599,893 acres valued at 8,536,000 dollars in 1912), maize (24,445,000 bushels, valued at 13,450,000 dollars), hay, potatoes (37,000 acres, 4,144,000 bushels, valued at 2,404,000 dollars in 1912), vegetables and fruit. In 1911, the yield of tobacco was 17,845,699 pounds valued at 1,457,112 dollars. Maryland canned 46-5 per cent, of the tomatoes put up in the United States in 1911. The dairy output in 1910 Avas Avorth 4^ million dollars ; the poultry products, 3,650,000 dollars. The flour mills in 1910 gave an output of 1,015,866 barrels of Avheat-flour, besides corn meal, feed, and offal. The farm animals in the State on January 1, 1910, were: horses, 160,000; mules, 20,000; milk cows, 160.000; other cattle, 138,000; sheep, 163,000; sAvine, 273,000. The avooI clip in 1911 yielded 742,400 pounds of wool, valued at 171,494 dollars.
Of mining industries in the State the most important is coal mining, Avhich, in 1911, gave an output of 4,685,795 shortetons, valued at 5,197,066 dollars. Some iron ore is also Avorked. Quarrying is also of importance, the value of the output of stone of variouj sorts amounting to 1,070,623 dollars in 1909. Other products Avere sand, talc, slate, lime, and natural rock cement. The output of bricks, tiles, pottery, &c., was of the value (1911) of 1,848,273 dollars. Pig iron Avas produced (3,467,789 dollars) from ore imported from other States. The total mineral output in 1911, excluding pig iron, was valued at 9,386,663 dollars.
The fisheries of the State are valuable, especially the oyster fisheries, AA'hich yield more than any other State in the Union. Other fishery pro- ducts are shad, bass, pereli, and various shell-fish. Value of fishing products in 1908, 3,305,670 dollars.
The manufacturing industries carried on Avithin the State are extensive and various. In 1911, the capital invested in them amounted to 251,237,000
