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hard to do, and seeded down in clover, it readily brings from fifty to one 

 hundred dollars per acre. 



Instead of " loamy situations being- rare," it has been found that there 

 is a bed of loam under the whole, or nearly the whole of South Jersey. 



Some of the finest turnpikes in the United States, may be found in South 

 Jersey, and the material for making them is found under the sand by the 

 road side. 



The sand surface which gives much of this portion of the State a worth- 

 less appearance to the traveler, or casual observer, is really of great value 

 to the farmer when ploughed under and mixed with the loam. It is easily 

 vitalized by the many fertilizers of the day. It makes the work of farm- 

 ing comparatively easy; it holds moisture better than^,9,ny other kind of 

 soil. The whole country is well adapted to all kinds of fruit, grasses and 

 grain. Perhaps the Club will smile when I tell them that I have seen 

 corn stalks grow in this white sand, in Cape May county, with a moderate 

 top dressing of stable manure, to the height of 13 feet, and the yield per 

 acre from 40 to 80 bushels of corn. The enterprising people of this and 

 other States are finding certain facts very rapidly, down here in Jersey. 



1st Fact — The soil is much better than has heretofore been represented 

 and they expected. 



2d Fact — It is well adapted to all kinds of fruits, grains, grasses, and 

 potatoes. 



Sd Fact — There is plenty of marl and peat, and that these make the laud 

 rich and productive. 



4:th Fact — Whativas considered unreclaimable land — such as vast green- 

 briar swamps, can now be under-drained and made to yield crops equal to 

 any that can be produced in any of the States. 



5th Fact — That the finest cranberry fields or bogs can be made in South 

 Jersey of any other in the Union. 



&th Fact — The climate is soft and genial as any could well desire. 



*lth Fact — That this portion of the State is being cut by railroads to 

 many important points. 



Sth Fact — That the people who made their living by burning charcoal 

 and lumbering have found out, of late years, that the wealth is in the soil. 



9th Fact — The wilderness is beginning to blossom as the rose, and the 

 solitary place is filled with rejoicing. 



When to Cut Timber. 



Mr. S. P. Dow writes from Newmarket, N. H., and gives abundant evii 

 dence in favor of cutting forest trees, whether for fuel or timber, the last 

 of August or first of September. He says that Governor Plummer, from 

 twenty years' experience, gave it as his opinion, that fuel cut at that sea- 

 son would last twice as long, and give more heat all the time. Fuel may 

 be cut in all the autumn months, but never should be from January to June. 



A New Farmers' Club 

 Has been organized at Westbury, L. I., and a letter from Isaac H. Cocks 

 informs us that at the first meeting several of the members were surprised 

 to learn what was the food of crows in winter. 



