The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-08-06


residue of this field liee idle the ensuing year,
and the year after Is planted with corn again.
The rotation system Is not understood, When
this comes TO be the case, this will be one
of the greatest wheat.growiug fields in the
Union. Ia New Castle County this is we'll
understood and practised now, and will event.
ually be so here and throughout the peniu-
sula. To precipiate this desirable state of
things we want host Of Pennsylvania farm.
ers to take position among us, and lead off /;
and 10 show how The thing is done--aud the
results. There is plenty Of room--every ten
miles will hold one hundred farmers, and
leave ,oom for as many more. Tell them TO
come on, men Of small capital can start here,
and mer of more ample resources can do
well by buying farms now as an invest.
ment. t,2.t ss-',t ~ d 50 sAs fAs
About 20 bushels Of wheat 10 The acre Is
the como yield. and tshinkI am correct
in saying the average crop Of corn through
out the peninsutaf, OF more than the south
ern half Of i,.-@toes not exceed 25 bushels.
| ofep take a gentleman ali aback by the
remark that thus is not corn eouniry--and
NEE, the reply-"WelI,- I don't know how
you will make that out, there is great deal
Of corn raised here" This is fact; bu,
when the gfaad system Of rotation " hch h
recently come TO hold more fully in Pa,
viz: corn, oats, wheat, and clover, romes
into vogue here, the yield of this peninsula
will be quadrnoied. Farms are ,on leras--
fields sre too largs--50, so, 80, aud 100 acre
fields are common lhngs--loo large for mor.
tai man 10 manage advantageously. Com
on ye Pennsylvanians and take possession o,
one half Of the country al least you are
wanted here. We want your votes, your
weight, your influence, TO bring up and hold
this beautiful, healIhful, and naturally fertile
region, up 10 the standard of true republican
ism. There are many things here tina, need
modifying. Why sir, wha, what would you
say, what would you think, what would any
true Pennsylvania say, think and do---if, in
proceeding TO commit matrimony, he should
find himself obliged to buy license of The
State, and pay beggarly fee TO some gnoble
Justice of the Peace, before he can be al.
lowed 10 consummats his intentions in the
matter! The story of the Whiskey Boys
furnishes sufficient intimalion of what
might take place. s.-,. r... 80.
Delaware is not only out OF debt, but has
half million ahead. Pennsylvania with
her forty millions would no, If she could, and
dare not if she would, obtrude the skinny
hand of an excise between two loving
hearts, and say, "pay me two dollars first |"
No indeed! E
The lands are in the hands of few, com.
paratively. Law makers and executors are
all OF ltis class-and with merchants, me-
chanics and mIlers all live and move and
have their being in that old spirit that perya-
ded all before the Republic was annou nced.
A true republican has proper respect for,
and confidence in his fellow man. A COM
muni,y where these grand elements of char.
acter are not in exercise, or are not under
stood, come short of the republican standard
Your readers will we'll understand what
mean. Now what we want, or rather what
this country needs, is strong infusion of
Pennsylvanianism, administered by COM
pauy of good, genuine, sturdy, intelligent
Pennsylvania farmers; and Irepeat that the
soil, water, climate, and proximity 10 Phila.
delphia render this country an inviting field
10 men who are able TO pay from ten to
twenty dollars an acre for land. company
of such men with their families, would fine
here fruitful soil, good market, and in
the society Of one another, as mncb happi.
ness as commonly falls to the 10, Of fallen
man in fallen world. D. s.