Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-10-11

I"I't''' Ucic SiUull DC chhnSCu uou Wr uhe-
land, on the Glo;sboro' and MillyillG Railroad-
@ au SGu i? ,n' e'"S at Nnel"nu ''"uoh' just
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v,xr,,yn u n CnI, i,.,. vi , 'uu Coioit!'
NiNELANn' /, o'' Cumberland county NJ.
Also beware OF oharPers on the cars from New ork
and Philadelphia to NncIand, ln4wring your busi.
hcss' ucsuha'ioh' &C
RrroRr OF SoLoN ROBINSON, or Tnr New IoRK
TRIBUSE, uPuS THE NINELANp SETTLEMENT
". Tho following is an extract from the rcror of
Soiin Robinson. EaI, pubIisbcl in the New Y.rk
TrjbUUc. in reference TO Niuc,and An pcrsarI ca,
read this rcrort with interest
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hcm''"N "P0" -HdH-'>otI, 'tS gro" ftiiHy-
Tic Cut,yc Of FrrtiEtv-ADioum NJ Cfops
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1t is certainly one of the most eytcn,iyc fertile
tracts in an almost level position aud suitable
dion for pleasant farming that know Of this .idc
of the western prarlcs. We found some Of the oldest
farms apparently uat proftably productive as
when first cleared Of forest hfy or :, hundred years
ago.
The eCOorlst would soon discover the cause of this
continued fertility. The whole country il a marine
deposit. and all through the soil found evidence,
of cacarcous substances. generally in the form of
induracd ralc0rcoUs marl, showing many distinct
forms of ancient shells of the rrulv formation unt
this marty substance is scattered alI through tc soil
in II very cumuuu'ci form. and in thr exact cpud.
tion most cN,ily u->miia,'d by such plant, as the
furmcr desires 10 cultivate.
Mari, in I'll It, forms. has beer used 'o frrriizu
crop, in England. from The time il WE occupied nv
the Romans and in France amt Germany mani bed
i, counted On as valuable bed ot IuoIrc. that can
be dug and caricd and spread over III" field How
much more valuable. then, mus; hr when found
already mixed through the soil whore new PARTICLES
will be turned up and exposed and transformed t,
the owners use every time lie stirs th" earth.
Having then satisfied our minds of IN" cause. they
will not bc excited with wonder at seeing uubitsHlc
evidence of fertility IL soil which In other stuu-
tiuns having the same genera characteristics or at
least appearances, Is entirely uurrmuncrair. except
as its productivcn,ss /, promoted by artit!. 1'rtii
zatlon.
4 few words about thc quality and value "f tbs
land for cu!iyatiou OF which We have some strong
proof.
Car first visit was t" William J.. NII'nu. Franklin
township. Gloucester county. who purchased some
eight miles north OF MllFillr. about E'' years ago
for the pUrpus" Of establishing Il steam mI! 60 work
UP the timber into lumber, to send vn 10y the new
railroad. uS well as the hrcwuol aNd coNl Tor which
he built branch track mile and half long. He
also furnished sixteen miles u. the roni with trs, and
has no doubt made the mill pruf.nlle, though h!s
main object was +" open farm, having h.cowr con.
Nlrcrd thut the soil valuable for rulyuflpu In
ti, he hs, not bccn disappointed. as -ou.o ot jus
crops prove. For instance. la-t year thc#"c"ra tnu~
ofrroppinE %oj bushels OF potatoes ououraero worth
90 cents bu.h'! in thr field. Til, year. .,' cuItg'.
without man"rc produced @1t hu>h.l. # oa.-. Ia
one field the first crop was POTATOES. planted among
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The fertilizers applied &" th',c crops wcl'. first,
ashes from rloarI-- second, 20 pounds Il 7Urc'-
phosphate OF lmc ihVi. 2po l"an4s Peruvian
Euano; then % bushels ui s&H'i mae Jan. been
spread upon the clover since II WAS moved. and
turned in for wheat
Mr. Nilsson growing crop&. amt III. wheat sjung."
OF the present season. all iutlcAi" A'- ani ~ grodH
tive ~ any mTt OF the Htnic.
At Mary Barr"" :, an ont s'!ir Jersey women
farmer. several miles south "l Mr. .Son ", were
50 particularly struck with ,tc fin" app"hirur" o! a
hcd OF corn, that "e stopped Z" lnQur" "i the hFet
man how II was produced. We found that ,Hc Iali
had been the year but one hcorcn "hrat, SuWn with
clover, and this cut one season, AMI last spring powct
once with one poor old nag, and planted wiki
corn.
Yes but You monurod hi-h, We suppose We
sand mtrrog"INrIy nnI got TINS reply T.
"Naa!. You see, wc ruuldn adoHc that cau,rw'
hadn but forty "nr,h9Src load- altogether. ir -
acrGS and W" wanted ihr most on Tor the struck
lhr truck conS, "l hrr''' carrots ,'nhAS'' cl-
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