Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-02-20
South Jersey farmer has turned poet, ant
sends us the following:
THE PRODUCTS OF NEW JERSEY.

New Jersey State cannot be beat
In anything-not even wheat.
1t really does beat all creation
In variety of vegetation.
1t requires but very little toll
To cultivate our sandy soil.
We need but very little rain
To produce good crops of grass or grain.
There is no State from North to South,
Will equal it in standing drouth.
Our land with mari is underlaid,
The fertilizer Nature made;
1t beats all fertilizer makers,
One rod makes rich a dozen acres;
And, by cultivation, it appears
To last great many years.
The trees of our forests are
Good as we could desire
For summers shade and winters fire.
We have towering pines and gums and oaks,
For carriage bodies, hubs and spokes;
And many others 1 could name,
In building houses make the frame.
The cedar swamp always affords
Shingles for roofing, and weather-boards.
The heart pine trees produce the floors,
And cedars make the panel-doors,
Which all work in SO systematic
From the cellar to the attic.
And charcoal also, very good
OF oak, and pine, and maple wood.
We are often asked to know
What New Jersey State can grow?
AS the matter has my attention,
Of some products I'll make mention
For it will not take me long to tell
What we raise to eat and have to sell.
We have five-feet wheat and six-feet rye,
And corn has grown so very high
That huskers are entertaining fears
They will not be able to reach the ears
The meadows are thickly covered over
With herd grass, timothy and clover.
The ssPeach Blow" ''Rose'' and sweet potato,
And various kinds of the tomato.
The apples, peaches, plums and cherries
And watermelons aud huekleberries;
Cranberries, for making pies and tarts,
Which we also export to foreign parts.
The delicious strawberries and the pears.
Take highest premiums at the fairs.
The grapes are also very fine,
Enough to eat and for making wine
The beef, and pork, and Jersey hams,
The fish, the oysters and the clans;
And, to produce good meals, it takes
Jersey sausage and buckwheat cakes
Oysters, a la Boston roast,
Turtle, terrapin, quail on toast.
Not even yet do these luxuries cease,
For the chickens, turkeys and the geese,
OF the feathered tribe that always pays
On Christmas and on New Years Days.
When the seasons in, it's very pleasant
To feast on game, the quail and pheasant.
We have good game for all game lovers,
Reed bird, rabbit, duck and plovers,
Which would satisfy, am sure,
The finest taste of the epicure.
There is one production of the State
had almost forgotten to relate;
Don't be alarmed, tits nothing fright'ning,
1t is apple jack, called Jersey lightning.''
1t is acknowledged not inferior,
But by good judges far superior
To that any country can produce
From the common apple juice.
This may do for constant drinkers,
But would be as well for sober thinkers;
To avoid all family wars,
Family strife and family jars,
Or even to avoid fall,
Best not touch apple jack at all.
If over camp grounds you would rove,
We've Ocean and we've Pitman Grove,
Where Christian friends can have greeting
And enjoy themselves at the camp meeting;
Where they obtain the best of living
And return thanks for blessings given.
Good suppers, breakfasts and good dinners,
Good preachers to preach to hardened sinners
1t is the place, upon the whole,
To feast the body and the soul;
Also, such good accommodations
For all the friends and poor relations
We also have fine places for pleasure,
That we can enjoy when we have leisure;
We can take the children and the wife
And enjoy the pleasures of this life,
When we can leave occupation,
To have a little recreation.
Long Branch, Atlantic and Cape May
Are pleasant places, by the way,
The finest of the watering places,
Where the ladies sho their pretty faces;
They make our shores their abode
And dress in fashion, a la mode