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     Flowering trees and shrubs are abundant. Beginning with the service-

berry in April, then the dogwood and redbud in May, and following them the

azaleas and mountain laurel, with arbutus and violets carpeting the ground,

through out the spring and early summer the Cacapon Mountain forest is a

veritable fairyland of flowers. Huckleberries and blackberries grow in 
wild profusion. 
 
 
     Surrounding the various attractive building sites near the 
springs are acres of rich sandy loam soil which can be reclaimed 
chards and truck gardens, furnishing a home supply of fruits and 
bles in abundance. 
 
 
freestone 
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GAME: There is a good nucleus of game, such as turkeys, pheasants, quail,

      rabbits, squirrels and deer. The presence of a reliable caretaker on

      the property would reduce unpermitted hunting to a minimum, and all

      species would multiply rapidly. Cultivation of the old fields could

      produce feed to help the deer through the winter, which is not severe,

      and improve conditions for the quail. 
 
           There are no interior holdings, or public roads across the tract

      and the whole tract could be easily enclosed with a game fence. Sinee

      the boundary lines run through timber all the way around, the cost
of 
      fence posts is reduced to a minimum. 
 
           Trout ponds could be developed by impounding with small dams the

      run-off from some of the large springs. The small marshy pond on top
of 
      the mountain, lying midway of the tract, could be dredged out at small

      outlay and made into another fish pond of an acre or so in extent.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    For Further Information Communicate With 
 
                       C. V. Maudlin, Managing Director, 
                         Bureau of Applied Economics, 
                              Washington, D. C. 
                            Telephone: North 1700