Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-04-05
CHARLES X. Lands. Postmaster,
E,uular nc thn rnlnnr


Founder of the Colony,
NINELhSD, P. o., Cumberland county, \. j.
2. S.--Thcrc is change of cars at Gassboro' -
Also beware of sharpers the cars from New York
and Philadelphia to Vineland inquirng your bust.
ness, destination, &c.
REpoRr OF SoLoy RoprNsov, or THE New York
TRIBUNE, uroN THE VISELAND SETTLEMENT.
sgs Tho following is an extract from the report Of
Son Robinson, Esq, published in the New York
IribhtNe, in reference to Nineand. All persons can
read this report with interest:
Adrantogcs Of Farming near homc-FjHeland--
Remarks upon Mari-Soil, its great Fc,7ilty-
The Cause Of Fenihty-AmoHm Of Crops
ProdNced-Practicm Evidence.
1t is certainly one of the most extensive fertile
tracts in an almost level position and suitable con-
| diton for pleasant farming that know of this side
of the western praires We found some OF the oldest
| farms apparently just as proftably productive
when first cleared Of forest fifty or hundred years
ago. 49,
The geologst would soon discover the cau.c of this
continued fertility. The whole country IL marine
deposit and all through the soil we found evidences
of cacarCous substances, generally in the form OF
| induratcd calcareous mari, showing many distinct
forms of ancient shells of the tertiary formation and
this marty substance is scattered all through the soil
! in n very cOmmnuted FORM and in the exact condi
ton most easily assimilatcd by such plants as the
| farmer desires to cultivate.
Marl in all its forms. has been used to fertiliEc
| crops in England from tho time II was occupied by
the Romans and in France and Germany mari bed
is counted on a valuable bed of manure. that can
be dug and carted 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 our minds of the cause they
will not be excited with wonder o. seng indubtable
evidence of fertility - sol wneh IN oiher situn
appearances is entirely yunrcmuncrative except
as its productiyeness is promoted by artificial ferti
zatlon.
A alo,t Ilo
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 Mllyille about three years ago
for the purpose of establishing steam mill, to work
up the timber into lumber, TO send off by the new
railroad. well the fircwood and coal, for which
he built branch track mile and u 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 becouo con
WINGED that the soil valuable for cultivation. In
this he has not been disappointed, as some of his
crops prove. For instance, last year the second time
OfcrcPpng, 306 bushels Of potatoes worth
60 cents bushc in the field. This year seven acres
without manure, produced $50 bushels of oats In
field. the first crop potatoes, planted among
the roots and yielded Is bushels. The potatoes were
dug and wheat sown, and yielded 10 bushels; and
the stubble turned under and to buckwheat,
which yielded 33s bushels and thon the ground was
sown TO clover and timothy which gave first crop
| .! tons per acre.
t,
ashes from clearngs; second, 22J pounds of super
phosphate of lime third, 200 pounds Peruvian
! guano then 90 bushels of sakcd lime has been
| spread upon the clover since it was moved, aud
turned in for wheat.
f Mr.. Wilson's growing crops and the wheat stubbc
of the present season. all indicate MS 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 were
50 particularly struck with the fine appearance of a
field of corn that we stopped to inquire of the hired
h,.Ns .l,t... 81 81,
had been the year but one before in wheat s0wn with
clover and this cut season. and last spring plowed
once, with one poor old nag, and planted with
corn
"Ycs. but you uIanured high, we suppose - We
said mterrOgatively, and got this reply =
, "Waal, you see, we couldn done that cause wc
hadnt but forty onc-hosre loads altogether for %
acres, and we wanted the most ont for the struck -
The truck consisted of becs. carrots, cabbage GU
cumbcrs. melons, &c,, and very productive patch
of Lima beans, grown for marketing. So we were
satisfied that the soil was not nlertile unaidcd
by clover, which had fed the corn because the truek
patch had not been clovcrcd and had been in cul-
tivaton long enough TO oblitcrate all signs Of the
forest.
Our next visit was to the farm of Andrew Sharp
five miles north of Millylle, from half to Il mile cast
Of the railroad, and just about in the ccutTe Of Vine
b land. Mr.. ShaIp commenced work here in Decem.
= ber, 1873 upon 270 acres In less than three years
he has got 23i acres cleared and in crops this
, all well enclosed and divided into several fields viii
cedar rail or pole fence has built two story dwell
c laborers, and stable and granary and some othe
4 ! buildings.
Considerable part of the land cleared for tn,
$ plow at 80 acre and Of it the first cToI
c was buckwheat, lined with 80 bushels in powder pei
acre. This crop may be put in July 4th TO 20th
yields 20 to 30 bushels per acre. harvested in Novcm
her, when the land being sowed with l50 lbs, o
Peruvian guanO and seeded with rye. yielded l2 Il
l. l5 bushels per and $40 worth of straw. Thcry
d subble turned, after knocking of large growth o
oak sprouts and dressed again with guano and seeded
to wheat gave o or l6 bushels The crop which h
. was thresbing while we there promised more
IS of very plump grain, and the straw ia very heavy
/ We went over The subble and found the Glove
and timothy from seed sowed last spring, the wheat
No without narrowing, looking well as saw
upon any old cultivated farm, and with little worl
e done in the winter to clear off roots and rotte
Is sumps, and setting stakes to mark permanent
he Will he able to cut the crop the next year with
N moving machine, and we will guarantee two tons pc
n acre if he will give the oyerplus if it tn
- estimate.
n Part Of the land planted with potatoes for
w first crop, which yielded 100 bushels per acre
n then lined with 30 bushels per acre and seede
l. with wheat and clover, yielding average of owe
10 bushels per acre. and the clover looks beauti
ful.
Other portions have been planted with corn as
first crop, which yielded 80 bushels Of yellow fin
corn, and the second crop 40 bushels and the thir
d. crop treated to $50 lbs of gaano, We
N would estimate below 40 bushels per acre.
l1he reader will reoollect that the writer Is nov
D. speaking of land perfectly new, and which ca
l. scarcely be considered in good arabic condton-ED.
In other cases, the corn crop Of last year fol
a. lowed with oats this season. not yet throshed bu
20 will average probably 40 to 80 bushels Sweet poa
toes, beans melons and in fact all garden vegetables
as well young peach and other fruit trees plante,
this year show very plainly that this long
tract of land should remain longer, and there
now strong probability that il will not for, unde
r the auspices of Mr.. lands, it will be divided int
small lots, with roads located TO accommodate all
the surveyors are now busy at this work-and nj
purchasers will be required build neat comfortable