The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07
NEW
NEW
VILLAGE OF HERMANVlLLE,

| island kallluad, they ohei verv great induce
men,S to all persons who may wish % pufchas
land OF easy access, and in pleasant and per
iectly healthy country. Every man who eve
desires TO kecomc land who does not y til,
owner and posscssor Of a portion ofland which
ne can call his own, viii now fnd an uppor
unit, TO by a few acres or more of eXcel1en
land, at prices 80 low as to bring ii within III,
reach of ALL
There is no land, nor rea. estate. with SINH
lar advantages of situation, within The limu,
OF the state of New York, that can I've had fol-
three tim 5 the price At which these lands O
Long Island can now be obtained. and The,
will undoubtedly double and treble in price
and value in very short time for The result,
OF cultivation in these new lands have been
during the past year, astonishingly great
showing thei very great value for agriculture
Notwithstanding all that the island people have
heretofore said about their want Of fertility.
The island people now consider them to be
valuable, and are satisfied that there was a
great mistake made by those who thought the
| land in the middle parts of the island moi as
good as that along the shores and bays, foi
they have not only begun to clear up and cnl.
ivate this wild land, but have doubled, trebed
and in many Instances quadrupled, the prices
of their wild lands, thereby showing the esti.
nation they now have of that kind of proper
~ which few years since they regarded as Of
title importance
A few facts will show 500 per acre has
been refused for land that was purchased about
| six years since for less than SIS per acre, and
the very hest crops of wheat, rye, com, and
English hay have been taken from these new
lands; and ii is admitted now bg the island
farmers that these lands will produce more
per acre, with The same cultivation, than the
OH farms or lands of the island They have
been examined by the hest agriculiufisi who
have unhrSitaingly pronounced Them TO be Of
excellent quality for all purpo eS of culture for
grain, fruits, and garden vegetables.
| Professor Renwick Of Cnlum in College in
the CITY of New York, the Hon. Henry Meig,,
and Gen. Adoniram Chandler of the Amer
can Institute, who visited and examined these
laniS, expressed their entire confidence IN
their virtue and value for cultivation.
DR.. Underkill, celebrated for his successful
culture OF the grape at Croton Point, sid,
more Than three years ago, after an examna.
tion Of thai part oflhe island, that he was vii.
ling TO risk whatever of reputation he had as
an agricuturSt that these lands would Ice
found TO be most productive iur all kinds ni
gain, iruil, aud plants grown IL this latitude
DR.. Peck, who first directed put lc atleniiun
to the cultivation of these lands, said they
would be found to be, when cultivated, highly
productive and the success OF his cultivation
al Lake Road has proved the truth of The pre-.
diction.
Those who wish 10 know more of the opin.
ions of gentlemen who investigated the sub
iect of cutivating these lands, are referred to
the Tran SactonS of the American institute
for the year lSi7," at page $50, as published
by the Legislature of The State of New York
The advantages of these lands are MANY
The climate of the island being mild and
healthy, the soil and surface being easy and
pleasant 10 till, two men will probably cult
vate as much land on the island as three men
can in almost any other part of the State of
New York. As n general thing, there is no
waste land: for example, in u tract of 100 or
1000 acres Of Long Island land. there are no
lodges of rock, nor swamp, nor moiaSs, TO OBJ
Slruct cultivation, or places that cannot hecul-
tivaiei, or rendered fit for use, except at great
labor and cost, thereby taking out very large
per centage OF the land, as in all the north
ern parts of the STATE, or even in the county OF
WeStche.ier. The winters on the island are
shorter than in any other part of the state and
these Lands are accessible al all seasons ol the
wear By means of the Long Island railroad
had have, in this respect, very great advan-
tage over The land and farms that are situated
on the bays and harbors, for they are obslruc.
ted by ice al certain seasons, and sometimes
when it is highly important Tor the farmer to
gel 10 market in order to obtain the highest
market price for his produce. For example
farmer on the north shore of the island and
near one of the harbors, had 1000 buShel of
potatoes, which he kept for higher price than
they were bringing i'll the fall, and in the win
ter, when potatoes were bringing one dollar
and one dollar and a quarter per bushel in
New York, the harboT was frozen up, and
there was no way by which he could get mis-
produce TO market, and thereby avail himself
of the best price: BY the time the haibor OPEN
ed and navigation commenced, potatoes we're
only fifty cents per bu>hel. Had this farmer
lived on the borders of the railroad, he could
have had the full benefit OF the New York
understanding the small difference of al
least $500 Tor his years work. The very lai -
esl crops oi wheat rye, corn, and potatoes
can he raised on this land aud of fruit, apples,
pears, peaches, cherries, ounces, and grapes
OF finest qualities, and al small cost, and also
every variety of garden vegetables. II is not
generally known he W much money The Long
Island fIrnerS and gardeners realize in cash
for their products: they ale mostly, DIS a class
of men, transformations, and prefer 10 quietly
put their money out a interest, Than TO make "A
show of wealth. and in every instance, when
man is industrious and attentive To his lus
mess, he soon becomes independent Ar
John J. SlooIhod, a, Jamaica received, in the
year 1877, from about 80 acres of land, cult
waited in peaches, peas, potatoes and aspar-
aguS, about $500 He sent all his produce to
market with teams, distance OF more than
| 9 miles.
Mr.. Van Sicklen, of Jamaica, cullivates
% acres ol ldnd at a cost of about 81 100 in
labor and manure, and receives about 5000
per year. (See American Agriculturist, Feb.
| No 1873 and also the Transactions of the
New York Stale Agricultural Sociely.) These
important cases show what industry and pru.
dence can do on Long Island land The land
of Messfs. Stoothoff and Van Scklen is very
much such land as this now offered for sale
being in the same range Of the Island, and in
no line off the railroad, on account of the sup
posed difficulty Of clearing them of rools-the
old mode OF clearing By the island beople be.
ing TO grub or dig oui these roots by hand, al
cost OF SIG per acre J. This process is moi
only unnecessary, hut absolutely injurious Il
the land, by deprving it Of great quantity o.
roots and woody matter which, il left in the
ground TO decay, adds greatly 10 its fertility
| The lrne plan is to clear with the plough aud
the harrow, which canbe done without Difficult
~ for SO or 81 per acre BY taking a little
time it can be Snbdued by simply harrOwna
into the top of the ground, AFTER HE bushes art
removed, crop Of rye, or wheat, and gfas,
and clover seed. The surface can be filled
with grass and clover in this manner wilhou
either ploughing or grubting; and By success
| sive moving Tor two or three years adj The
small bushes, scrub oaks, and whorllehenie,
| Will be killed; and when thus deprived Of life
by repeated cutting of their tops, the root,
soon decay, 50 that by about The lhird year the
land can be ploughed by one yoke Of oxen, OF
par OF horses and common pillow; and The
land IN Tact greatly enriched by the decay anc
decomposition OF all the roots in the ground.
70 render This mode most successful ahuu
2oo lbs oil Suano, or 80 bushels ofnshcs, Should
be applied TO The acre with the seed ana lh,
ground well narrowed with an iron tooth har
row Guano or ashes will cost from So TO s.