New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . twenty-fivethousand merino sheep in New Jersey, of whichone-quarter were in Burlington. On the grazinglands forming a part of Newark and nearby townswere three thousand seven hundred of these ani-mals, while Middlesex, Salem, and Gloucester hadeach about two thousand. There were probablyone hundred and fifty carding machines in theState, twenty-nine being located in the County ofSussex. The valleys of Morris, Sussex, and WarrenCounties were filled with beef cattle, horses couldbe found upon every large plantation in the cen
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . twenty-fivethousand merino sheep in New Jersey, of whichone-quarter were in Burlington. On the grazinglands forming a part of Newark and nearby townswere three thousand seven hundred of these ani-mals, while Middlesex, Salem, and Gloucester hadeach about two thousand. There were probablyone hundred and fifty carding machines in theState, twenty-nine being located in the County ofSussex. The valleys of Morris, Sussex, and WarrenCounties were filled with beef cattle, horses couldbe found upon every large plantation in the cen-tral part of the State, while the blue blossom ofthe flax plant, scattered through every township,gave promise of womans work upon the farmwhen hatcheling-time came. To reach a distant market was primarily thefirst object of those who were instrumental in ad-vancing the cause of good roads, which began th the chartering of the turnpikes. Good roads, len as now, meant cheaper goods, saving of ^hts, improved mail facilities, increased circu- ssibility to schools and. A NKW JKRSKY STAGE COACH. ONY AND AS A STATE 169 churclies, in fact the development of every factorin association. Thus it was that the turnpikespenetrated every portion of Central and NorthernNew Jersey; in some instances old roads wereconstructed upon new lines. Their building re-sulted in the expenditure of large sums of moneyfor labor and materials, and brought to themselveslanes leading to the homes of wealthy landown-ers, as well as subsidiary roads which connectedthe pikes with numerous small villages. Thomas F. Gordon, in his Gazetteer published in1834, in examining the causes leading to the con-struction of turnpikes in New Jersey, states thatthe objects of their incorporation were it was the desire of facilitating commu-nication between Philadelphia and New York; theneed of an outlet for the products of the fields andmines of the northern interior; and the creation ofa market in New York Ci
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