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to buy lands near the city. They should go and look at these 

 cheap Long Island lands. 



Dr. Peck, in answer to the question; said that the lands were 

 not worn out lands, for they never had been cultivated. Still, 

 many people in this city suppose that the whole Island has been 

 all occupied, and the part called barren made so by bad cultiva- 

 tion. It has been impoverished, perhaps, by repeatedly clearing 

 off all the timber. This has been the case upon hundreds of 

 thousands of acres upon Long Island. 



Dr. Trimble, Monmouth county, N. J., had a few years ago an 

 abundance of barren land. Now look at it, the most fertile and 

 valuable. Ocean county, too, was considered as worthless as 

 any part of Long Island. That, too, is being redeemed. A good 

 deal of land in Burlington county has also been reclaimed, that 

 has been done by the use of marl. There is still an abundance 

 of cheap land to be had in New Jerse3\ Much of it within a few 

 years has been occupied by Germans, who are growing rich by 

 its cultivation. 



Dr. Peck — There are no finer trout streams in the country than 

 there are in these " barrens " of Long Island. This proves that 

 the water is pure and healthy. When cleared of the timber, the 

 land comes spontaneously into white clover. 



Mr. Carpenter thought that all the neglected land near this 

 city is not upon Long Island, or in New Jersey. There is an 

 abundance of land within a few miles of the City Hall, in West- 

 chester county, entirely unproductive and unprofitable. 



Andrew S. Fuller — There are this day cheaper lands, consider- 

 ing location, within a few hours of New York, than in any part 

 of the United States. It is generally supposed that this cannot 

 be, because the lands are so near the city. But Ave have some 

 heathens in this city, and still we send missionaries abroad to 

 find them. Those who send them, perhaps, don't know that there 

 are about as great heathens near home as anywhere on earth. 



FORTY KINDS OF APPLES 



Were shown by Mr. Carpenter from his farm in Westchester 

 county. Also some fine specimens of Diana and R(?becca grapes 

 from Chas. Downing. Mr. Carpenter stated that Mr. Downing 

 thinks the Diana next in quality to the Rebecca. 



WHEAT IN ILLINOIS, 



Mr. Carpenter read a letter from Mr. Woodburn, Sterling, 111., 

 who estimates the yield of wheat at over 20 bushels per acre. 



