farming interests suffered generally. Twenty years ago the tide turned; 

 the intrinsic worth of New Jersey soils and the State's unrivalled position 

 began to be recognized. To-day we are on the flood of a recovery that 

 promises to bring under cultivation most of the land formerly farmed and 

 much that has never before been cultivated. 



Plenty of Land. Though many of our farms are yielding high returns 

 there are now available for immediate and future development, a million 

 acres of land quite as good as most of that now in profitable culture. Three 

 hundred and fifty thousand acres of the best grain and fruit land occupy the 

 valleys and hillsides of Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and 

 Warren Counties. Six hundred and fifty thousand acres lie in the southern 

 half of the State, where the soil is light and easily worked, and the growing 

 season long. 



Our farms are served by fine roads and often by trolley lines. 



Some land in South Jersey is of little value for agricultural purposes, and 

 should remain in forest, but the impression that it all is sterile is altogether 

 wrong. 



New Jersey can offer no public land, but much of that which is available 

 can be purchased for less than the assessments on so-called "free lands" in 

 other states. Uncleared land can be secured for from $5 to $20 an acre ; 

 cleared land without buildings for $20 an acre ; run-down farms with build- 

 ings for as little as $50 an acre, while farms in good condition can often be 

 obtained for from $60 to $100 an acre, depending upon location and other 

 conditions. From these low figures prices range upwards, yet with many 

 opportunities to acquire good farms upon better terms than those that rule 

 in other states. There are also opportunities to rent. 



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