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Mr. P. T. Quinn. — I went to Vineland to satisfy myself of the 

 value of a million and a half acres of New Jersey land. I agree 

 with Mr. Greeley, that they greatly need manure. It is not a ques- 

 tion of Vineland, or any other particular locality. My opinion is 

 that if they undertake to get along Avithout a liberal use of manure, 

 farming there will be like throwing chaff against the wind. I like 

 their spirit, their customs, and their frequent meetings together. 

 I was surprised at the tine growth which pear and apple trees 

 made, for they require high cultivation ; but I hesitate to decide 

 on the vitality of their trees, or how they will turn out, till a few 

 years shall pass, for I have seen most promising young orchards 

 speedily decay. By a judicious outlay of capital, and by skillful 

 industry, they can become independent with less muscle than on 

 hard clay land. 



Mr. Gerow. — I consider myself as a sort of patriarch in Vineland, 

 as some of my family have been there from the first, and I was 

 there eight months in 1863, and about nine months in 1864. I 

 have never attempted to deceive. When people asked me if we 

 could raise good crops the first year without manure, I answered 

 yes or no, as I believed of the particular crops inquired about. 

 The soil has some peculiarities, for cabbage and Lima beans grow 

 well on new land, and yet bush beans will not produce the seed 

 without manure. As to grass, people have not been there long 

 enough to decide this question, but I have noticed clover growing 

 by the side of the road, where seed had fallen from loads of hay, 

 and it grev/ as large as the stalks of buckwheat. The people do 

 not have large incomes, because they are constantly investing what 

 they earn in improvements. Property all the while is rising, 

 plenty of places are for sale, because people want to buy. The 

 town is so handsome, and so regularly laid out, and schools and 

 society are so valued, that a little place near the station will sell 

 for a high price. 



Dr. Trimble. — I came from Vineland yesterday. I am deeply 

 interested in seeing these millions of acres of Jersey land improved. 

 The people ai-e highly intelligent. It ^vas encouraging to see the 

 large quantities of manure they are bringing in this spring. 



Prof. Tillman. — I have just returned from Ocean county and 

 Tom's river. I find many localities much nearer this city than 

 Vineland, which are worthy the attention of those seeking country 

 homes. The soil is well adapted for small fruits. I venture the 

 prophecy that twenty years hence the now barren wastes between 



