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Excerpt from New Jersey Hand-Book of Agriculture In the preparation of this Handbook the contributors were guided by the wish to present to the reader a comprehensive view of the Agricultural resources of New Jersey. It was also the wish of the contributors to point out the opportunities that are offered to the homeseeker by the farm lands of the State. There are many important industries in New Jersey. There are others less important. Since the scope of the present Handbook is limited, only the more important questions relating to rural life in New Jersey could be considered at some length. It is recognized that within the past twenty years New Jersey has been changing rapidly the character of its Agriculture and its agricultural methods. General Farming and Dairy farming are no longer as prominent as heretofore, while fruit growing, market gardening and poultry raising are assuming rapidly increasing proportions. The systems of farming pursued are becoming more extensive with a corresponding increase in the returns per acre. A perusal of this Handbook will permit the reader to gain a more or less definite knowledge concerning the best locations in the State for any particular type of farming. It will also permit the reader to understand something of the social and economic conditions prevailing in the State and of the many advantages as to educational facilities and social intercourse. It is hoped that in future revisions, through which this Handbook will pass, such changes will be made as will render it more serviceable to persons seeking information on Agricultural conditions in New Jersey. Separate portions of the Handbook were prepared by Dr. J. G. Lipman, Prof. M. A. Blake, Dr. K. C. Davis, Prof. H. R. Lewis, Prof. F. C. Minkler, Prof. A .S. Cook, Prof. A. L. Clark, Prof. Julius Nelson, Mr. Chas. S. Cathcart, Mr. Harry B. Weiss, Mr. Alfred Gaskill, Mr. W. B. Kille, Mr. Levi A. Judkins, Mr. Walter H. Fell and Mr. John C. Smock. Some of the material and statistics were also taken from the annual report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and from Farm Lands of New Jersey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.