Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-12-20
THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Townsend & Co, Of Philadelphia, have com
msnc:d the publication Of q monthly paper
called the "Resl Estate Record" and we take
the following article In regard to our State,
from the first number:
DELAWARE 10 destined to be the Garden
State Of the Union. Her lands are the finest
farming lands In America. No part Of the
Union offers as many inducements to the far
mer. The conditions Of climate and soil are
admirably adapted and combined to make the
farmer "happy, healthy and wealthy" No
where can the Industrious farmer receive such
large, and immediate returns from his labor as
In the rich, loamy soil OF these counties, oul
ttvated with so much ease, and yielding 30
abundantly.
The climate Is good and we'll adapted to
wheat, corn, tobacco, &c; also peaches and
other fruit, and every variety Of vegetables.
To those in ill-health, or Of bronchitis or
oonsumptivs tendency, the climate Is balm.
and In nearly all cases curative Very severe
winters are seldom felt here, and, IN oonse
quenoe the farming season Ia much longer
While the winters ore worry mild, the summers
are no warmer than in inland towns one hun
bred miles further north, on account Of the
cool and refreshing breeses from the Atlantic
Ocean or Delaware and Chesapeake Bays -
Statistics show that no place could be more
healthy.
The land 4, generally rioh, easily cultivated,
retentive Of manure, and yields we'll. The or
binary yield Of corn 10 from forty to ninety
bushels to the acre, and other crops 10 the
same proportion. The demand for peaches IL
greater than the supply. The land Ia natur-
ally the home Of the peach tree, and 1t 10 q
well-known fact that fortunes have been made
by hundreds who have engaged In peach oul
ture. No land In the world sxosls this for
trucking
Railroad facilities are opening these farms
to the Northern farmer. The Delaware and
Wilmington Railroad now extends directly
through the whole State to Princess Anne in
Maryland One branch extends to Milford,
and is now being extended to Lswestown.-
Another branch will extend 10 Oxford, and still
another branch to fredericksburg and Cam
bridge.
These farms lie contiguous to good markets
New York and Philadelphia, Baltimore. via
boat and railroad. Corn, grain, &c, always
bring the Philadelphia or New York market
price,, less from two to five per cent. the cost
OF transportation. Peach and fruit crops are
sold on the trees for cash. In faot, all you
raise meets ready cash sale
On most Of the farms we have for sale the
buildings are common farm buildings, but Of
late years many OF them have been improved,
and the farms begin to have an orderly and
b'tter appearance.
The climate is good, well adapted to wheat,
corn, tobacco, peachs and other fruit, and
every variety Of vegetables. Very many of
the farms have proportion Of heavy oak and
and in many oasss the timber cut
would pay for the farm.
The society is excellent, and the people are
social and friendly.
The general advantages OF the purchaser
are many; the cost of filling the soil Is only
about one halt that Of the principal Northern
States, and labor Is now twenty per cent
cheaper. The rivers and inlets TEEN with the
greatest quantity of nsh and oysters, and they
can be had for the catching; stock requires
less feeding than where the winters are severe;
blowing can be done any month in the year;
the wear and tear Of the farming implements
is not 80 great as It is on stony land but the
great advantage is the early seasons, enabling
you to furnish the northern markets with
early vegetables, fruit, 60, which we all
know bring such fabulous prices.