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hum-drum existence of a mere sandpiper or wood- 

 chuck. He is a keen sportsman with line and gun. 

 At the proper season he plunges into the forest that 

 covers much of this section of New Jersey, camps 

 out at night as naturally as an Indian, considers 

 sleep of no consequence when compared with a 

 coon hunt, and is a dead shot at any unlucky deer 

 that crosses his path. The huge antlers hanging up 

 in his shed afford evidence of his skill with the rifle. 

 At other times he visits the neighboring waters of 

 Delaware Bay, where squadrons of wild ducks make 

 generous contributions to his fondness for the gun. 



Mr. Brandriff sells his crops at Milville, two miles 

 from his farm. His wheat crop has been 20 bushels 

 per acre, 75 of shelled corn, 200 of round potatoes, 

 100 of sweet, 560 of carrots, 620 of turnips, while 

 his cabbages pay $100 per acre, and of grass 

 the yield is two to three tons. For manure, his 

 main dependence is on the home product, sometimes 

 using the fertilizers. The particulars of his ex 

 perience have been thus recited as affording un 

 answerable evidence of the character of nearly all 

 the land in this heretofore neglected region of New 

 Jersey. Much of it is superior to this particular 

 farm. 



The visitor to Yineland cannot fail to notice the 

 absence of fences, even in a ride of fifty miles. No 

 farms have been fenced in, and not a dozen town 

 lots. It had been calculated that $5,000,000 would 

 be required to do the fencing of the whole tract. 

 To save the settlement from this useless tax, Mr. 

 Landis invoked the aid of the Legislature. A new 



