PKEFACE. 5 



the latter do occur without the owner s having ever 

 contemplated them. While not to be disregarded 

 as incidentals, they are not adopted as primaries. 



My effort has been to group together in the fol 

 lowing pages some of the many remarkable openings 

 for agricultural enterprise which exist in our country. 

 Wherever we turn they are to be found. The great 

 West has long abounded with them, and the South 

 will soon be equally prolific. The Middle States, 

 New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, contain thou 

 sands of these openings, where cheap lands within 

 reach of cash markets have long been waiting for 

 purchasers. But they have remained comparatively 

 unknown to the agricultural public. The owners 

 have not prized them as they deserved to be, and 

 the speculators have overlooked them. The great 

 West has carried off the honors as well as the popu 

 lation. 



It is believed that an acceptable service will be 

 rendered to inquirers, by bringing together, in a 

 single compact view, a description of these several 

 classes of openings. By thus having them in a 

 hand-book, they can be readily and conveniently ex 

 amined. Each inquirer can read and determine for 

 himself. The variety may be pronounced confusing. 

 ]STo other country offers a tithe of the inducements 

 that are held out to all classes in this. Wherever a 

 man may incline to settle, there some eligible open- 



