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he has lately sold for $3,500. In a certain part of this muck bottom he 

 has cut artificial canals and set out water-cresses, which has proved a 

 perfect success. But prominent in his operations is a spawning race, 

 two feet wide and 350 feet in length, built upon the most approved 

 principles, with a capacity for spawning half a million of iisli annu- 

 ally. Now, all who have the least knowledge of the value of this 

 speckled favorite can form some estimate of what the result must be 

 in dollars and cents. This village is the terminus of the South Side 

 railroad, only two or three hours ride from the city of New York. 

 Now, we think it will pay parties interested, before going thousands 

 of miles west, at a proportionate expense, to take a look this way. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — I like the tone of this letter very much, 

 and I hope the story is all true. I shall try to get over there next 

 year and see for myself. I saw something of the people and products 

 of Queens county a while back. The occasion was the annual fair, 

 and I must say I was very much surprised to find so fine a display. 

 Why the country is not cultivated, is a conundrum which I cannot 

 solve. But the fact remains that Long Island cannot compete with 

 New Jersey, and the reason is the latter has marl, and has it handy. 

 Monmouth county was once as barren as any part of Long Island, 

 but the free use of marl has brought it up to^high fertility. How- 

 ever, I am told that they are transporting this fertilizer to the island, 

 and if it is found to act well on that soil, there may be large hope in 

 the future for the scouted section. 



The Chairman. — This letter does certainly, as Dr. Trimble says, 

 make an enticing picture. Think of it, ye epicures ; brook trout 

 and cranberry sauce ! But, seriously, it is my humble opinion that 

 fifty years hence, Long Island will furnish New Jersey with fish and 

 fowl. Then the former will be one great garden and the latter will 

 be all dotted over with manufiicturing towns and villages, and the 

 inhabitants will be working under roofs. Then they will look for 

 food languidly and confidingly across the bay to " old Long Island," 

 and they will not look in vain. 



Mr. J. W. Gregory. — I foresee that in those halcyon days a great 

 controversy is likely to arise. New Jersey will be saying, " Long 

 Island is ours, for, verily, was not our marl eftectual in the building 

 up thereof?" 



Mr. Wm. Lawton. — Mr. Chairman and gentlemen : You all do 

 know that our friend, the entomologist, of New Jersey, is no lover of 

 Westchester county ;Jie has been there, and says he don't like the 



