Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-08-09

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! RErpRT OF SphoN ROBINSON, "F THE NEW YORK
TmBrNE. UrOS THE NISELANp SETTLEMENT.
- rI, GIIoUinc /. an extract rrn,r tlc rcrori cf
slim RuIinspn E.u tmblishrd in the New York
| T,,iuur in reference to Niucand. All persons can
rr,,l His rrr,rt with interest
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| II il certainly one Of the most extensive fertile
tracts in almost level position. and suitable
dinu for pleasant farming that we know ut this side
of the western rrHircs We found some ul the oldest
farms apparcntly lust NJ pruftahly productive a.
when first cleared of forest fifty or IL hundred years
ugo.
| The gcnlnrsi would soon discover the cause of this
| continued fertility. The whole country j. marine
d,lu,it and all through the .uil we found evidence
/ of calcar,ou4 substances. generally in the form of
iuduratrd rnlcarcous mari. showing many distinct
forms Of ancient shells of The tertiary formation and
thi. marty substance /. scattered ali through hc soil
in a ycrv comminutcd form. and in the exact coudi-
tiun most easily ussmilatcd by such plants as the
| i.ulucr desires To cultivate.
| Murl in all it, forms has been used To Crrtlzc
| crul in England. from the time it was occupied bv
the Rumuls and in France and Germany a mari bed
is counted on as a valuable bed Of manure that can
be dug and cartcd and spread over the field How
murh more valuable then il must be- when found
already mixed through the oil. where new particles
will be turned up and exposed and transformed to
the owners use every time he -'rs the earth.
IIayin. then satisfied our mind. of the cause thcv
will not bc excited with wonder at sccin. uduLablc
evidence Of fertility in soil which in other situa-
tons having the same general characteristics or at
least appearances j. entirely unrcmumcrHtvc. except
as Il : Ilolugtiyuucss i promoted 10y artificial fcriii-
! 2atIun.
A few words about the quality and value Of this
land for cultivation of which We have some srou..
proof
Our first visit was TO William D. Wilson, Franklin
township. Gloucester county, who purchased some
ci.ht miles north of Millvilc about three wears ago
for the purpose of establishing n steam mill to work
ur the timber into lumber to send off bv the new
railroal rs well ~ the iircwood and coal for which
he built Il branch track Il mile and half long He
also furnished sixteen miles Of the road with ties AMI
, has no doubt made the mill profitable though hi-
main object was to open Il farm having become con.
yuccd that the soil was valuable for cultivation In
q, this he has not been disappointed n some of hi.
= crols prove For instance last year the second tim,
=, ofcroppn. 800 bushels nj potatoes oncucrc worth
| TO cents "A bushc in the field This year. scvrnarrrs
c without manure, produced 356 bushels Of oats In
one field. the first Potatoes. planted
the roots and yielded - bushels The potutocs wrr,
e dug aud wheat suwn. and yielded - bushels: and
# the stulbln turned under and sown to buckwhcat
n which yielded &3i bushels and then the ground wal
,nwu IT, clover and timothy which gave US first cruI
: . tons per acre
The fertilizers applied to these crops were. first
ashes from clcarngs; second, 22j pounds Of super
v phosphate of lime; third 2UU pounds Peruvian
gunnoi then % bushels OF siak'd hme has hc'i
8, .lrr"I upon me clover since II was moved hh'
~ turned IN lor wheat.
MF' wilson growing cr"!S anu me wheat s'u1h
=, ol the present season "a" lh'lea'c his lana rs lIoIuc
tive ~ any part OF the state
r. Al Mary Barrow = an old style Jersey woman
II farmer several miles south "i Mr. NlIs"u : We wer
:" particularly struck WIN thr me appearance "i
htld ol corn IAt we stopped J." inquire" u' hH''
man now u was lrniuc'i' We t'ulhI IhHi inc IAN,
h'd been thH year nl' one p''rr III wheat sow h"''I
cI"Ntr' 'i l' '.'' one 'ISo'' anu ,", 'lIIs l'"Nt
= "h'r' WIN ono poor oi" nag anu lith'cd VIII
corn: ,,. D.,
Z "h's' hut you ul'hur'd h'ih' we suppose "
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ii satisfied that the iou was not lnrFile even "nald%
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nEG mite norm nl Ml'iIl', from nan 10 niH tn'
mp IanI Mr. Sba ,, cnncmc"d W uor Lrr IN u D,rn rv
r anu Mr. Hnn!I rolnln'hcTu N"rN mere IN pvctn
II per lo'o, u"n -" "I''s III ~. u'n 'nIte year
" n me- ,n' "t - "Si,' yILe' 1'n III ,r"lT ,hs m S'l,nl
= cedar a, or pnI frnc" ba, LniIt ,y .,' dwell
r i'm" pbout G Iy 40 f,rf anI smaller b,psc fr fr,
a., I,j,r,rs and a stgIIc ,rI r,,,or,, mi ~, ,tI
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W. Considerable part oi the lana was cleared Tor III
plow at ~ an acre amt on some OF 1t the rSt err
,r Mas hucKWhea' lined win 90 bushels m l'MaGr pc
mere THIS crop may be put IN Juy i,h I" 2Ulh' am
yields 20 I" 80 bushels pcracr' harvested m N"Icm
hrr; when the lanl BENG S'Wea WIN iIO iS {
W Peruvian gu"no and seeded Wlth rye, yielded II
st. 10 bushels per acre anu SIU worth oi straw Ihcry
IN Stuphc turned "i'cr kh"chhS OH large growth {
oak sprouts ana drc-Si AGAIN WIN ""ano and .eGdG
to wheat gave 10 or 10 bushels. lhc crop which h
&c was 'hfeShlhS "hIe we were 'h'r' PROMISED more
as "l very plump gram ana inc straw Is very hcaNN
IL We went over me S'u"nS AMI found the Glove
IN and timothy rom seed S""edlSt spring on the Whca
he without narrowing looking as wei as we ever saw
- upon any "ld cultivated i"rm, and with ltlle wor
nc done III the winter 10 eS"r on some roots and rotte
rs SumlS' and setting stakes to mark permanent one
or he VIII bc able to cut the crop the next year with