Identifier: newjerseyforprog00newj (find matches)
Title: New Jersey for progressive farmers
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: New Jersey. Dept. of conservation and development. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Trenton, N.J. (The Beers press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Our farms are served by fine roads and often bp trolley lines. Some land in South Jersey is of little value for agricultural purposes, andshould remain in forest, but the impression that it all is sterile is altogetherwrong. New Jersey can offer no public land, but much of that which is availablecan be purchased for less than the assessments on so-called free lands inother 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 beobtained for from $60 to $100 an acre, depending upon location and otherconditions. From these low figures prices range upwards, yet with manyopportunities to acquire good farms upon better terms than those that rulein other states. There are also opportunities to rent. Six
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Farmers children are transported to graded schools. New Jersey is Highly Developed.— New Jersey is highly organized, andoffers attractions not in the future but now. Yet there is plenty of room forexpansion. Every farming section is in closest touch with city populationsand consuming centers, so that nowhere need the farmer live in isolation.There are practically no farms in New Jersey more than three hours awayfrom New York or Philadelphia. Few farms are more than two milesfrom an improved highway, or more than four miles from a railroad station.Stores are always near, and telephone and daily mail reach every section. Schools, Banks, Social Advantages.—New Jerseys schools are among thebest in the Union. Graded schools are provided for farmers children,as well as for those who live in town. High schools are always ^/ithinreach, while three universities provide for higher education. An agricul-tural college is at the service of those who wish to qualify as modernfarmers. Every comm

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