The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-04-16
Only 1915
slt;ii: ;{& For a Homestead |!
% FARMS, worth over $500, and
6,4O0L0Ts,to be distributed among 500
Cnhsnrihars

ner as those recently sold here.
| have been induced to do this from the great
number of persons wishing to purchase these
| Lois and Farms, as the improvements in that
part OF the Island are constantly increasing,
and large numbers OF persons have now become
| interested in those lands This addition al ira CT
! is in every respect equal TO the other, and at
| the rate they are now being taken they will all
be sold in lew weeks. About 800 shares are
now subscribed.
Each subscriber is entitled to s Lots, 25 by
| 100 feet. lying together, or a FARM of from
to 20 acres The shares are limited at S25
payable, So when subscrii cd for, IS on or
before the day of distribution, and the balance
in monthly inslalments Of 50 II desired, a
Warraniee Deed will be made out Immediately
after the distribution, and delivered directly
after paying the balance.
The Lots arc situated in the village Of HER
MEANWHILE, on the Long Island Railroad,
County OF Suffolk, and 80 miles from The City
of New York, and adjOinS Lakeland, also a
| new village recently laid out, where handsome
| buildings are erected
| Ii is one of the healthiest places in the Uni.
ted States, and within one mile of Ronkonk-
oma Lake, a beautiful sheet Of wafer, about
three miles in circumference of singular Trans
parencv and OF great deph with an album
dance of fish. The village is but 4 miles dis
lant from the great South Bay which is five
miles wide and 40 miles long, abundantly sup.
piled with oysters, clans, and fish of various
| kinds
These lands will produce as much per acre,
with the same cultivation. as any land within
fifty miles o! the city of New York
Lone ISLAND WnEAr.-At the annual
meeting Of ihe New York Agricultural Socie.
ty, held at Albany, on the 20. n inst. for award
| ing premiums on Field Crops, we find Suffolk
| County stands second bcst-no slight honor
| in raising wheat. Mr.. Samuel l.. Thompson
| Of Setauket, received the second premium OF
Si5, for Winter Wheat, AZ bushels peck to
| the acre. Mr. Thompson's wheat is a variety
which has been raised but lew years on the
Island, and the yield proves il well adapted 10
the soil, &c. The agricultural capacities OF
Long Island are beginning to be dcvelopcd"-
Long Islander.
Setaukel is about miles from this land
| (iermannvile), end is no better by nature
than thsse lands now offered for sale. THIS
wheat is new variety of a superior kind, and
was sold for seed wheat a So per bushel, and
Mr.. Thompson received for he product Of
lillle more than two acres, over SiG0
There have been raised during the pasl sea.
son, the very best OF Corn, and Potatoes $50
bushel> per acre, Egg Plants, and variety of
garden vegetables, on land near the Long Is
land Railroad at Lake Road or Lakeland,
where Post Office has been established, ior
| which premiums q the Suffolk County Ag'i
cultural Fair held September 9Th, 1850. were
given. Also peas, beans, onions, squaNheS,
| pumpkins, beeis, and tomatoes
| The following is from the New York Farmer
| and Mechanic Of Novenie r 7ih 1880. and was
written hv Mr.. SaIr the editor, who wished he
lands: The wheat, potatoes, and crops, re-
ierred TO in the article, were raised at Lake
lane near liermannville Station
6 LAYING few houfsci>ure during The pasi
week, we were conveyed over The Long Island
Railroad, 10 large tract of The country, about
my miles from New York, whichwe find 10 he
capable OF very success iul and profitable cult
walton. Although late in the season. and vie W.
ed under some disadvantage we were surpris
ed al the quality and abundance If The crops
which had been gathered from portion OF the
land. as also the winter crops, which appeared
unusually promising. Wheat, which had been
Sown but iwoor three weeks. presented beau
tIlul lhriiiy appearance while turnips, beeis
and other vegetables not yet gathered for win
ter use would compare advantageously with
the best in the New York market. Potatoes,
already in the cellar, were very fine, without
vestige OF disease, and corn standing in the field
was not surpassed by much that VIC saw on
lands valued at more than one hundred dollars
per acre. Indeed, the vegetables which re-
ceivcd the premium at the Suffolk County Fair,
were raised from portion Of this ground which
had NOT been under cultivation six months
Altogether we were very iaYUraby impressed
with our visit To these lands, new so favorahy
Offered % the pablo, AT prices which cannot
fail L. double in = few years, and we would in
vile tie attention OF those who desire cheap
and eli shle farm, 10 this location"
llerT lunvile Station is located on the tor-
dcrS of the Long island Railroad, whence cars
run several times dav 10 Brooklyn and New
York. The surface IF the land j. smooth arc
level, and the surrounding country is perfectly
healthy, aud within n few miles of this place,
mi tal 81, l.. I,.,u
settled for more than hundred and fifty wears,
and where similar lands sell al from $50 10
$500 per acre.
The lannS arc as good as represented, and as
good as any new land on the Island, and when
cultivated, will produce in the highest degree.
The land was once heavily timbered some
portions are now covered with a thrifty growth
oil young wood, oak and pine. Wood is plenty,
and generally cheap in that par, OF The Island.
tlrc-wood is cheap that which is suitable 10
be cut iDlo cord-wuod Tor the New York mar
ket, is of uniform price, and has, for great
many years, been considered a cash ailiclc on
the Island
There is M .eral on the land for common
|fcncikg-- good chestnut rails ear be had Will
in few miles Of these lands in abundance All
building materials can be had al the depols of
Brooklyn and Greenpou, and at many inter-
mediate places, at the nSusl market prices.
Ihefe lie numerous streams of wafer Using in
these new lands, and running inIo the great
South Bay, which are remarkable for their pu-
riy, and never iail-indeed dry weather makes
very illle change In them they are uniail:ng
and wells are OF various probably, over
these new lands, in the middle region Of the Is
land, the average depth viii be about % feet;
nj l1ermlnnvile, as the ground is higher, they
are deeper. Subscribers are not compelled 10
build
There are now churches and schools within
two or three miles Of the village, and within
four miles, mills factories, stores aud villages.
All the privileges OF an old settled country are
to he had here and the people of Suffolk
County pride themselves ON icing highly
moral, orderly, and religious people. All ofmy
subscribers are persons of respectahiiiy.
The land can BIZ very easily cleared md the cot Of
settlement wll depend entirely upon the srter he
lay out ms much little he chno-es do not know
of any objections To the place the laud for settle.
Wcht ana lhe same labor aud indn,t >heh make sue
cessiu and prosperous settlements other parts Of the
country bestowed upon thee land. cannot fail pro
duee favorable results.
The climate is in every particular hea Thy and pleas.
anIile roads good and al passnhe at ali sea.
sous OF the year-he winters are shot and mild,
pared L" the winters on the main to The north of the
nghnhds.-here Is seldom sleghing more THAI two
| three weeks un the Island.
what Is remarkable, crop il seldom injured by
dr9ush'-here is 40 part Of the country where there
so little inJus. from drought Long Island; nor
ihere uny Injury hom ket-there Is or cold land
on The Island. All the land along the margin of the
streams eau he made highly vaulhe AT small cost far
there IL no such thing n food e,hc the into
rof part Of The country by which oen veiy ei Al dan
age Is done such an event as the carrying "a a bridge
or the breaking # mil dam, with rrea damage is al.
most unhear of on Long leland. The steam. aud b.,
abound in h,h and wild fowl of every variety
The land. nov being surveyed, AID M lots and
farms stahed out t. dee gnae each lo and farm as
laid on the Map, thereby saving sub-crseis from ANY
expense for surveying. Ferrous wishing tn avail them.
seize cf the spen lid chance fora Homestead Farm
Ohe ed above must apply soon.
IL consequence of the great number ( letters from all
parts Of the county desiring information Of t'selands
II has been found necessary them In his lo m
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