Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-06-07

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when IL is done it is certain Independence and no
loss. few acres in fruit trees will insure comior-
table living. The land is put down to hard time
prices and all improvements can be made at cheap
or rate than any other time.
The whole tract with six miles front on the Rail-
road is being laid out with fine and spacious avenues,
with town in the centre-fve acre lots in tho town
sell at from $3.50 TO $500 two and half lots at
$50 to Sl20 to $500 two and half lots Mt from
$50 to Sl20 and town lots 80 feet front by $50 feet
deep ut Sl00-payable one half cash and the balance
within year. 1t is only upon farms oftwenty acres
or more that four years time is given.
To Manufacturers, the town affords fine opening |
of the Shoe manufacturing business, and other a.t
country has al large population, which affords good
market.
This settlement in the course of several years, will
he one of the most beautiful places in the country,
and most agreeable for residence.
1t is intended to make Vine and Fruit growing
country, this culture is the most profitable and the
best adapted to market Every advantage and con,
insure the prosperity of the place. The hard times
throughout the country will be an advantage to the
settlement, it compes people to resort to agrcul-
turc for a living.
Large numbers of people are purchasing, and pco-
pie who desire the best location should visit the place
at once.
Improved land is also for sale.
TIMDER-Land can bo bought with or without
timber. The timber at market valuation.
The title is indisputabc. Warrantec Deeds given,
clear of all incumbrance, when the money is paid.
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Letters promptly answered, and Reports of Solon
Robinson and Wm. Parry, sent together with the
Vtnciand Rural
Route to the land leave Walnut street wharf,
Philadelphia, at 9 o'clock, A. M, and p, NJ,
(unless there should be change of hourD for Vine
land, on the Glassboro' and Millvillc Railroad
When you leave the cars at Vineland Station, just
CHARLES K lands, Postmaster,
Founder of the Colony
ylsELAND, P. o., Cumberland county, N j.
p. S.-Thero is a change of cars at Glassboro -
Also beware of sharpers on the cars from New ork
and Philadelphia to Vineland, inquring your busi-
ness, destination, &c
REroRr OF SoLoN ROBINSON, OF THE New YoRK
TRIBUNE UroN THE VIsELAsD SETTLEMENT.
rgfs Tho following is extract from the report of
Solin Robinson, Esq, published in the New York
TrtbNhe in reference to iineland All persons can
read this report with interest
advantages Of Farming near home-Vtnciana-
Remnants upon Mart-SoR, its great Fertility
Tile Cause Of Feriiity-Amouut Of Crops
Produced-Practicai Evidence.
1t is certainly ono of the most extensive fertile
tracts in almost level position, and suitable con
dition for pleasant farming that know of this side
of tho western praries We found some OF the Oldest
farms apparently just as proftably productive as
when first cleared Of forest fifty or hundred years
ago. , ..
continued fertility. The whole country is marine
deposit and all through the soil we found evidences
of calcareous substances, generally in the form of
indurated calcareous mari, showing many distinct
forms of ancient shells of the tertiary formation and
this mary substance is scattered all through the soil
in very comminuted form, and III the exact cond-
| ton most easily assimilaed by such plants the
| farmer desires to cultivate.
| Marl in all its forms, has been used to fcrizc
crops in England, from the time it was occupied by
the Romans and in France and Germany mari bed
| is counted a valuable bed of manure that can
| be dug and cared and spread over the field. How
! much more valuable then, it must be, when found
already mixed through the soil, where new particles
will be turned up and exposed, and transformed to
| the owners every time he stirs the earth.
| Having then satisfied minds Of the cause, they
will not be excited with wonder at seeing indubtablc
evidence of fertility in soil which in other situa-
tons having the same general characteristics or at
least appearances is entirely unremuncratve, except
as its productiycness is promoted by artificial ferili-
Zatlon.
A few words about the quality and value of this
land for cultivation, of which We have some strong
| proof
Our first visit to William D. Wilson, Franklin
| township, Gloucester county, who purchased some
eight miles north of Millville about three years ago
for the purpose of establishing a steam mill, to work
up the timber into lumber, to send off by the new
railroad, well as the frewood and COAL for which
he built branch track mile and half long. lie
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 becomc con
this he has not been disappointed, some of hi,
crops prove. For instance last year, the second time
of cropping 3O6 bushels of potatoes one acre. worth
GO cents bushe in the field. This year,
without manure, produced 1856 bushels of oats. In
one field, the first crop potatoes planted among
the roots, and yielded Is bushels. The potatocswer,
dug and wheat sown, and yielded 10 bushels and
the stubblc turned under and sown TO buckwheat
which yielded 33S bushels and then the ground wa
sown to clover and timothy which gave us frstcrol
2! tons per acre.
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ashes from clcarngs; second, 225 pounds of super
phosphate of lime; third, 200 pounds Peruvian
guano then 80 bushels of slaked lime has bcel
spread upon the clover since it was moved, anC
turned in for wheat
Mr. Wilson's growing crops, and the wheat stubb
of the present season, all indicate his land produc
tive as any part Of the State.
At Mary Barrows, an old style Jersey woman
farmer, several miles south of Mr.. Wilson's we wer
so particularly struck with the fine appearance of
field of corn, that we stopped TO inquire of the hre
man how it was produced. We found that the Liant
had been the year but before in wheat sown witt
clover, and this cut season, and spring plowe
once with one "poor old nag" and planted witt
corn.
'.Ycs, but you monurOd high, we suppose? ?" W
said interrogativcly, and got this reply =
"Waal, you see, We couldn't adonc that cause W
hadn't but forty one-hosre loads altogether for .
acres and We wanted the most ont for the struck.
The truck consisted Of bects, carrots cabbage,
, cumbers, melons, &C., and very productive patel
of Lima beans, grown for marketing. So we wer
satisfied that the soil not nfertile even unaidc
by clover which had fed the corn, because the ruc
patch" had not been clovered, and had been in cul
tivation long enough TO obliterate all signs Of tn
forest.
Our next visit was to the farm OF Andrew SHARP
five miles north of Millvlle from half to mile cas-
of the railroad, and just about in the centre of Vine
land. Mr. Sharp commenced work here in Decem
ber, 1885, upon 270 acres In less than three years
he has got 23f cleared and in crops this
all well enclosed and divided into several fields wit
cedar rail pole fence has built two story dwell
ing, about Sc by 40 feet, and smaller house for farm
: laborers, and stable and granary and some othe
, out-buidngs
Considerable part of the land was cleared for tn
plow at 50 an acre, and of it the first GRO
, was buckwheat lined with so bushels in powder pc
acre This crop may be put in July 4th, to Goth am
yields 20 to so bushels per acre, harvested in Novem
ber; when the land being sowed with $50 lbs. O
, Peruvian guano and seeded with rye, yielded l2 +
Is bushels per acre and $40 worth of straw. Thery
subble turned, after knocking off large growth Q
oak sprouts and dressed again with guano and seede
to wheat, gave 5 or l6 bushels. The crop which h
, was threshng while there promised more
Of very plump grain, and the straw is very heavy
| We went over the stubbo and found the Glove
and timothy from seed sowed last spring on the wheat
, without narrowing, looking as well we ever saw