6 PREFACE. 



ing will be found to exist, no matter whether he con 

 templates engaging in agriculture or not. In en 

 deavoring to show all how to get a farm, it was 

 important to inform them where it might be had. 

 On both points they will here find abundant in 

 formation ; the action must be taken by them 

 selves. 



An effort has been made to draw attention to 

 the great but unappreciated value of the numerous 

 tracts of swamp-lands which are to be found among 

 the centres of population in all the older States. 

 The subject might have been further elaborated by 

 suggesting the application of organized capital to 

 this enterprise on a large scale. It has been thus 

 organized and applied in Europe ; but our country 

 is probably too young, and land too abundant, for 

 an extensive undertaking of that character to be en 

 tertained. 



Particular reference has been made to the vast 

 quantities of cheap lands for sale in the three States 

 of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. The in 

 formation touching these lands and their produc 

 tions, has been derived, in some instances, from cor 

 respondents on the spot. In others, as in Delaware 

 and New Jersey, my account is mainly from per 

 sonal inspection. I could reach them conveniently, 

 and had the fullest opportunity for making a very 

 thorough examination. I conversed with many per- 



