CONTENTS. 11 



CHAPTER X. 



PAGE 



Wild Lands of New Jersey Opening of the first Railroad 

 Rapid Improvements New Towns Harnmonton, Egg 

 Harbor City, Vineland, its history, condition, and future 

 The neighboring Lands 228 



CHAPTER XL 



The Wesk Illinois, and the Central Railroad Lands Cli 

 mate, Soil, and Productions Vine-growing in Missouri 

 Free Lands in the Territories . . . 253 



CHAPTER XII. 



Land in the South Effect of Civil War on Titles Progress 

 and Results of Pacification Openings in Louisiana, South 

 Carolina, and Virginia Great demand for Labor Cotton- 

 growing Society after the War 271 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Many kinds of Farmers Women managing Farms Very 

 Small Ones Eleven Acres A Two-acre Farm The Spade 

 and the Fork A Single Acre Heads better than Hands 

 Help Yourself 302 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Why Land so often changes Owners Tenures and Estates 

 in England Absorption there and here Results of En 

 glish Husbandry The real Value of Land Stick to the 

 Farm Scarecrows Why Farming is Unprofitable Go 

 where most wanted . . ... 318 



