Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-05-10


Large numbers of people purchasing, and pco-
pie who desire the best location should yis the place
at once.
Improved land is also for sale.
TMDER.-Land can be bought with or without
timber. The timber at market valuation.
The title is indisputable. Warrantee Deeds given,
clear of all incumbrance, when the money is paid
Boarding conveniences at hand.
Letters promptly answered and Reports Of Solon
Robinson and VIM. Parry, sent together with the
Vtnelana Rurai.
Route to the land Leave Walnut street wharf,
Philadelphia, at 9 O'Clock, A. NJ, and p. NJ,
(unlcss there should be change of hour) for Vine
land, tho Gassboro' and Mvilc Railroad -
When you leave the cars at Vineland Station, just
CHARLES X. Lands, Postmaster,
Founder of the Colony,
ViSELASD, p. o., Cumberland county, n. J.
p. S.--There is change of cars at Gas5boro'. -
Alao beware of sharpcrs on the cars from New York
and Philadelphia TO Vineland, inquiring your busi
ness, destination, &c.
REroRr OF souoS RoBIssoy, OF THE New YORK
TRIBUNE, Uros THE VlsELAND SETTLEMENT.
.s Tho following is an extract from the report of
soIin Robinson, Esl, published in the New York
Iri5NmC, in reference to Vineland. All persons can
read this report with interest:
.iduantagcs Of Farming near home Vtnciqnd-
Remarks upon 1ark-Soii, its great Frrtiltty-
Tie CaUSe of Fcrtiiity-Ap,oum Of CyopJ
Produccd-Practtcal Epiaonce.
1t is certainly one of the most extensive fertile
tracts, in almost level position, and suitable con-
dition for pleasant farming that know of this side
of the western prairies We found some Of tho oldest
farms apparently just proGably productive as
when first cleared Of forest fifty or hundred years
ago.
The geologist would soon discover the cause of this
continued fertility The whole country is a marine
deposit, and all through the eo found evidences
of calcareous substances, generally in the form of
indurated cacareous mari, showing many distinct
forms of ancient shells Of the tertiary formation and
this mary substance s scattered all through the so
in n very comminued form, and in the exact cond-
ton most easily assimilated by such plants as the
farmer desires to cultivate.
Marl in all its forms, has been used to fcrtiize
crops in England, from the time it was occupied by
the Romans and in France and Germany mari bed
il counted a valuable bed of manure, that can
be dug and carted and spread over the field. How
much more valuable, then, Il must be, when found
already mixed through the soil, where particles
will be turned up and exposed, and transformed TO
the owners every time he s,irs the earth.
Having then Satisfied minds of the cause, they
will not be excited with wonder at seeing ndubtable
evidence of fertility in soil which in other situa-
tons, having the same general characteristics at
least appearances s entirely unremuneratve, except
its productiyeness is promoted by artificial fcrili
Zatlon.
| A few words about the quality and value of this
land for cultivation, Of which We have some strong
| proof.
Our 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 n steam MILL to work
up the timber into lumber, to send off by the new
railroad, rs well as the frewood 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 to open farm, having become con-
vnced that the soil was valuable for cultivation In
| this he has not been disappointed some of his
crops prove For instance last year, thesecond time
of cropping 306 bushels Of potatoes acre. worth
go cents bushc in the field. This year seven acres
without manure, produced 35G bushels of oats. In
one field the first crop was potatoes planted among
the roots, and yielded I5 bushels The potatoes were
! dug and wheat sown and yielded 10 bushels and
the subble turned under and to buckwheat
which yielded 33S bushels and then the ground was
sown to clover and timothy which gave as first crop
| q tons per acre.
The Fertilizers applied to these crops were first
ashes from clearngs; second, 225 pounds of super.
phosphate of lime; third, 200 pounds Peruvian
guano then 80 bushels of slaked lime has been
spread upon the clover since it was moved and
| turned in for wheat.
Mr. Wilson growing crops and the wheat subble
Of the present all indicate his land produc
| tive any part of the State.
| At Mary Barrow's, an old style Jersey woman
farmer, several miles south of Mr. Wilson's we were
particularly struck with the fine appearance of a
field Of corn that stopped TO inquire of the hired
| man how il produced. We found that the land
had been the year but one before in wheat, sown with
clover, and this cut season. and last spring plowed
| once with one poor old nag" and planted with
corr.
"Ycs, but you u!anurcd high we suppose ?" We
said interrogatiycly and got this reply -
| "Waal, you see, we couldn't done that cause We
hadn't but forty onehosre loads altogether, for %
| acree and We wanted the most on for the struck I"
The truck consisted of becs, carrots, cabbage, Gu
cumbers, melons, &c, and n very productive patch
| of Lima beans, grown tor marketing. So we were
satisfied that the soil not infertile even unaded
by clover which had fed the corn because the truck
| patch" had not been cloyered and had been in cu.
tivation long enough to obliterate all signs Of the
| forest.
Our next visit to the farm of Andrew Sharp,
five miles north of Mlye, from half to a mile east
of the railroad, and Just about in the centre of Vine
| land. Mr. ShaIp commenced work here in Dccem-
Der, 1858, upon 270 In less than three year,
he has got 23i cleared and in this season
all well enclosed and divided into several fields with
cedar rail or pole fence has built two story dwell
ing, about So by 40 feet, and smaller house for farm
laborers, and stable and granary and some other
Out-buildings
Considerable part of the land was cleared for the
plow at 80 an acre, and of it the first crop
was buckwheat lined with so bushels in powder per
acre. This crop may be put in July ith, to Goth aud
yields 20 to 80 bushels per acre, harvested in Noyem-
ber when the land being sowed with $50 lbs of
| Peruvian guano and seeded with rye, yielded u 10
Is bushels per acre and $40 worth Of straw The rye
stubble turned after knocking off large growth OF
oak sprouts and dressed again with guano and seeded
to wheat, gave Is or 10 bushels. The crop which he
was threshing while we were there promised more,
Of very plump grain, and the straw is very heavy
We went over the stubble and found the clover
and timothy, from seed sowed last spring, the wheat
without narrowing, looking well as We ever saw it
upon any old cultivated farm, and with little work
done in the winter TO clear of roots and rotten
stumps and setting stakes to mark permanent ones
he will be able to cut the crop the next year with
moving machine, and will guarantee two tons per
acre, if he will give the overplus if it overruns the
estimate.
Part of the land planted with potatoes for a
first crop, which yielded l20 bushels per acre. 1t
was then lined with so bushels per acre. and seeded
with wheat and clover, yielding an average Of over
Is bushels per acre. aud tho clover looks beauti.
full.
Other portions have been planted with corn as a
fret crop, which yielded 80 bushels Of yellow flint
corn, and the second crop 40 bushels and the third
crop treated to lj0 lbs of guano, sure no one
gould estimate below 40 bushels per acre.
1.-THE reader will recollect that the writer il now
speaking of land perfectly new and which can
scarcely be considered in good arabic condition
In other cases, the corn crop of last year was fol-
d lowed with oats this season. not yet threshed but
will average probably 40 to so bushels Sweet pota.
toes, beans melons, and in fact all garden vegetables