Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-06-28

Also beware OF SnhrIcTS on chIr EOm 4N'n lVlh
and Philadelphia to Vineland, inquiring your bust
ness destination, &c. |
RrroRr OF SoLoS RoDSsoS, or THE NEW York
TRIBUNE, UroN THE NINELASD SETTLEMENT
l-y- Tho following is extract from the report of
Soiin Robinson, ESD, published in the New York
TribN1e, in reference to Vineand. All persons can
| read this report with interest:
| Adva1tagcs of Farming near homo-ViHcland-
Remarks upon Mari-SoI, ats great Ferntity-
Tie Cause Of FtrtiHty-Amo"m Of Crops
| Proauced-Paeticai Eridence.
| 1t is certainly Of the most extensive fertile
tracts in IN almost level position, and suitable con
dion for pleasant farming that we know OF this lde
of the western prarles We found some Of the Oldest
| farms apparently just as proftaby productive as
when first cleared Of forest fifty or hundred years
| ago. ~
continued fertility. The whole country il Il marine
deposit and all through the soil found evidences
of cacareous substances, generally in the form OF
| induratcd calcareous mari, showing many distinct
forms Of ancient shells of the tertiary formation and
this marly substance is scattered all through the soil
in n very cOmmnutcd form, and in the exact cOndi
tion most easily assimilacd by such plants AS the
farmer desires to cultivate.
AIarl in all its forms, has been used fcrtilizc
crops in England, from the time it was occupied by
| the Romans and in France and Germany mari bed
is counted on a. a valuable bed of manure, that
| be dug and carted and spread the field How
much more valuable, then, it must be- when found
already mixed through the soil, where new particles
will bc turned up and exposed, and transformed to
the owner use every time he stirs the earth.
Having then satisfied our minds of the cause they
will not be excited with wonder Mt seeing indubitablo
evidence of fertility in Il soil which in other situa
ions having the same general characteristics or at
least appearances is entirely unrcmuncrativc except
its productiveness is promoted by artificial fertii
zatlOn
land for cultivation Of which we have some strong
proof.
onr first visit was to William D. Wilson, Franklin
township Gloucester county, who purchased some
eight miles north of Mllville, about three years ago
for the purpose of establishing steam MILL to work
up the timber into lumber, to send of by the new
railroad as well as the frcwood and coal for which
he built branch track mile and half long He
also furnished sixteen miles of the road with ties and
has no doubt made the mill profitable, though his
main object was to open farm, having bccome con
yinced that the soil valuable for cultivation In
. this he has not been disappointed some Of his
crops prove For instance last year, the second time
cropping, 500 bushels Of potatoes on one acre. worth
60 cents bushcl in the field. This year,
without manure, produced 356 bushels of oats. In
one field the first crop was potatoes planted among
the roots and yielded - bushels. The potatoes
t dug and wheat sown, and yielded 10 bushels and
a the stubbe turned under and sown to buckwheat
which yielded 33l bushels and then the ground wa;
to clover and timothy, which gave as first croI
.! tons per
The fertilizers applied to these crops were, first
y ashes from clearings second 22j pounds of super
phosphate of lime; third, 200 pounds Peruvian
. Suano then 80 bushels of slaked lime has beer
Z spread upon the clover since II was moved, anc
turned in for wheat.
+. Mr. Wilson growing crops, and the wheat stubbl,
of the present season. all indicate his land prouc
:, | tive as any part of the State
h At Mary Burrows, an old style Jersey woman
| farmer, several miles south of Mr.. Wilson's wer
so particularly struck with the fine appearance of
field of corn, that we stopped TO inquire of the hire
man how it produced. We found that the Ian,
had been the year but before in wheat Sown will
clover and this cut season. and last spring plowc
once, with one "poor old nag and planted will
corn.
'Ycs, but you uanurcd high VIC suppose % "
> said intcrrogativcly and got this reply =
/ "Waal, you see, we couldn adonc that cause W
l. hadn't but forty one-hosre loads altogether, for
acres, and wanted the most ont for the struck.
v The truck consisted Of bces, carrots, cabbage,
e cumbers melons, Sc, and very productive pate
of Lima beans, grown for marketing. SO wcr
d satisfied that the soil not iniertilc unaide
by clover which had fed the because the true
Of patch had not been cloyercd and had been in cu
tivaon long enough TO oblitcratc all signs OF tn
l. forest.
lr Our next visit was to the farm Of Andrew SharI
FIVE miles north of Millyillc from half TO mile eas
of the railroad and just about i'll the centre OF Vine
or land Mr.. ShaIp commenced work here in Decem
n ber 1888, upon go In les than three year
o. he has got pa cleared and in crops this
no all well enclosed and divided into several fields wit
g. cedar rail pole fence has built two story dwell
or ing about 3 by 40 feet and smaller house for farI
w iaborers, and stable and granary and some othC
re out-buildings.
I'D Considerable part of the land cleared for III
lS plow at 50 acre and some of it the first
s, buckwhcat, lined with 30 bushels in powder 2,
be This crop may be put in July 4th, 10 Goth
yields 20 TO 80 bushels per acre harvested in Noyen
bcr when the land being sowed with 80 lbs.
w Peruvian guano and seeded with rye, yielded ,
" Is bushels per acre and $40 worth Of straw. TheTy
~ subble turned, after knocking off largo growth
oak sprouts and dressed again with guano and soede
TO wheat gave ID or l6 bushels The crop which
m was threshing while there promised NOR
W of very plump grain, and the straw is very heay!
a. We went over the subblo and found the cloy,
m and timothy from seed sowed lastsprng, on the whes
h without narrowing, looking as well a ever
' " upon any old cultivated farm, and with little
o done in the winter to clear of some roots and rottt
i stumps, and setting stakes to mark permanent one
@ he will be able TO cut the crop the next year with
r. moving machine, and We viii guarantee two tons p
~ acre, if he will give the overplus If II oyerrunS Il
va estimate
H. T.; Part of the land planted with potatoes for
~, ~, first crop, which yielded l20 bushels per acre
~ then lined with SO bushels per acre and seedt
n, ~ with wheat and clover, yielding average of ov
il 10 bushels per acre, and the clover now looks beaut
!" ful.
Other portions have boon planted with corn as
first crop, which yielded so bushels of yellow fiji
n corn and the second crop 40 bushels, and the thin
a. crop, treated to l5O bs of guano, are
m would estimate below 40 bushels per acre,
II THE reader will rccollect that the writer is no
d. speaking of land perfectly new, and which ca
es scarcely be considered in good arabic condition ED
s In other cases, the corn crop Of last year 10
ce lowed with oats this season. not yet threShed, b
~ will average probably 40 TO so bushels Sweet pot
toes beans melons, and in fact all garden vegetable
as we'll young peach and other fruit trees plant,
this year show very plainly that this long negects
tract Of land should remain no longer, and there
,o a strong probability that it will not for, und
: the auspices of Mr.. Lands, 1t will be divided in
l. small lots, with roads located 10 accommodate all
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