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els of shelled corn per acre, and other crops in proportion. 

 On the cleared part there is a small dwelling and outbuild 

 ings, and some few fruit trees of various kinds. A good 

 opening for a steam mill.&quot; 



Thirty such announcements might be quoted, the 

 terms of payment being in all cases extremely ac 

 commodating to the buyer. With reference to the 

 timbered land, it may be added that there are nu 

 merous mill seats, with flour and saw-mills in opera 

 tion, and much unused water-power. Many of the 

 latter are for sale at reasonable prices. As fuel is 

 abundant and cheap, so steam power may be and is 

 used to advantage. 



The lumber question will be one of interest to 

 many readers. It ranks among the most extensive 

 interests in the country. While in the Free States 

 the forests have been melting away before the axe of 

 the freeman, those in the Slave States have remain 

 ed comparatively undisturbed. Delaware abounds 

 with tracts of invaluable forests of hard and soft 

 woods, which wait only for the hand of Northern 

 enterprise to lay them low. The lumber could be 

 worked up in many profitable ways. The neighbor 

 ing market of Philadelphia would consume immense 

 quantities. With an influx of population there will 

 be an increased demand for saw-mills. In new vil 

 lage sites already selected, two or three are needed 

 now. There will also be a demand for planing-mills 

 and sash factories. Turning establishments will 

 pay, as black gum, the best material for carriage 

 hubs, is very abundant. They now leave these 

 woods in rough blocks, to be manufactured else- 



