Industries of New Jersey. . TE OF NEW JERSEY. BURLINGTON COUNTY.—This county takes its name from the city of Burlington, which was one ofihe earliest towns of West New Jersey, and the county was first constituted in 1677 ; its boundaries weredeftnitely adjusted in 1710, and then included the territory three years afterwards set off as Hunterdon County,and a part of that in 1838 assigned to Mercer County. Its present area is about 725 square miles, the largestin the State ; in length, from northwest to southeast, it extends from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean,its shore on the former b
Industries of New Jersey. . TE OF NEW JERSEY. BURLINGTON COUNTY.—This county takes its name from the city of Burlington, which was one ofihe earliest towns of West New Jersey, and the county was first constituted in 1677 ; its boundaries weredeftnitely adjusted in 1710, and then included the territory three years afterwards set off as Hunterdon County,and a part of that in 1838 assigned to Mercer County. Its present area is about 725 square miles, the largestin the State ; in length, from northwest to southeast, it extends from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean,its shore on the former being about twenty miles and on the latter only about five. The surface is mostly level,and in some parts there are dense forests of oak, pine, etc. Rich marl is very abundant in some localities, byliberal use of which in those parts where the soil is light and sandy, the county obtains its reputation of being•one of the best agricultural districts in the country; there are a great number of truck farms, small and FARM SCENE— BURLINGTON COUNTY, fne vegetables from which are in ready demand in the Philadelphia market; dairies are also a feature ofBurlington County farming, the milk, butter, etc., being readily transported by steamboat and railway toPhiladelphia ; in some parts, too, berries and various kinds of fruit are largely and profitably cultivated, theyield being large and the quality excellent ; wheat, com, oats, potatoes, etc., are among the staples. Besidesthe Delaware on its northwestern border, the county is partly drained by the Little Egg Harbor River andRawcocas Creek, and it is intersected by the New Jersey Southern and the Burlington County Railroads, theCamden and Amboy division of the Pennsylvanias leased lines runs along the Delaware front; and there arenumerous local short lines. The real and personal estate was appraised in the census of 1870 at $46,984,047,aad the population was 53,639 ; in i860 it was 49,730, and in 1880, 55,403. Mount Holly
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