DOWN AMONG THE JERSEYS. — No. I. 



Perhaps a few sketches of our experiences who are at present sojourn- 

 ing in this foreign region might not be unwelcome to some of your readers 

 who are still in ignorance of the kinds of farming so successfully practised 

 in different parts of the State. Jersey sand has long been a by-word ; and, 

 if I venture to assert that this same sand is the very best soil for certain 

 sorts of vegetables, it may bring a smile to the faces of the incredulous. 

 But " seeing is believing," as you know ; and I shall, in these sketches, 

 testify only to what I have seen. 



Along the western border of the State, and for a few miles back from 

 the Delaware, the land is in a high state of cultivation. The farms are 

 gardens indeed ; and, in the summer months, the air is fragrant with the per- 

 fume of fruit, clover-blossoms, or new-mown hay ; while throngs of pickers 

 are in the fields, gathering in the luscious products for the market. 



Twenty miles farther towards the centre of the State, the appearance of 

 the country is different ; and large grazing and grain farms meet the eye. 

 But along the eastern border, from the seaboard to the centre, are to be 



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