New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-24
ably Jet without positive loss to yourselves, find en-
poymens 10 Winter for suoh sbossrs a. you require In
SCmmer. II eli would do %, 1t would relieve this CITY
Of great burden.
WILD LANDS OF LONG ISLAND.

We have received two RESPONSES to our article upon
these ards. We shsl make f-T extract. from both
The first coItends for their utter bxrenness and &C
counts for the producveness Of the Wilson farm as an
accidental case Likely to lead others into emptati N
and ruin. This old fosy says:
AS general fault, there no streams nor stones
which are eccompabinIen's where d family can hope
.r any thing from the soi There il loug tine 10 toe
vsm season when, with q sandy loan averaging bat
three feet deep at ire bsst rene sth rhioh i sea b.r
beo OF sand the, would quickly sbsJrb deluse of
rain. uan experiences the truth of the ches vita
ont being able 10 convince Others wlo knoE not Of
10 reality. Before you tempt people to live there,
fDrLish capi'al with houses built fences made
wells dug land cleared manured, and shaded"
Why DOT scd, snfgo slsve 10 brush the feas off
Of the lazy FLOW who cannot think Of going 10 work
upon pisCe OF Land until all the work il done. Ger
taiDy we shsn never tempt this fellow to go there
although be says:
About the only things could recommend the
Long lie a. lanes fer, the Kissing of fruit grspss
spo turDip ard believe myself one who knows"
Very well; knowing that, AMI still cootendiny for
them to remain in their present useess condition, is
jest shat we opposing. We wat to see the scrub
osks cleared CT, end the land producing grapes
fult and turnips."
The other correspondent talks in different strain
He Gays:
faction. few such assaults upon that more than
'Ssv astopoi Of pTeudi 8 AID stopidi y, as to the
quality OF those spds Will drive tie h.rdes Of crosk
ems and aBc erers back into their Gems.
at is true that there is o. acre OF land no no.
o roc between JaD6ica and C8rmans River, die
tai Ct Of fifty miles IN ensth and four 70 eigh, IN
breadth that caDnOt by simple operation OF the low
ard space be converted into an Onion bed, or 'uIp
BID There is not ss geners thing, solitary bar en-
spo no. square rod, nor qusre foot, III all thai die
torcp that IL 10, covered all over with rank growth
o veseebls natter, and which has from elg1,een
iDcbes TO feet ar even hve feet dep sf sou oil
~ 6rest kind for garceus and farms; a hue warm
willow Iosm precisely srch soil az is found 10 the
best parts Of Brooklyn and its vicinity.
"Mr Wllsons anc is only fsr specimen OF more
than 500 600 acres now wild and uDoultvstsd in the
Counties of QueeIs and Suffolk, sll OF which will pro
duce much per acre ss any land In the Counties OF
Kings and QueeIs when cutvstrd In the same manner.
1.-The truth is ali that m dhe region Of tie Isl and Is
by nature one great vast gaTdeu spot unsurpassed
by any epot tract of lard or country norm OF Mason
aid Dixon's Ii and east of the Ale hsnes Tnere
is 10 her trct Of land of fs sze half as valuable for
high cultivation fer the finest produ of this au-
tuce take it's portion, soil aud clim.'e ss that part of
o1e leland DOW as and as Wild as Il vas 10 the
DAYS of the Indians. This may appear very bold
and exravagont serfion yet it is true and no man
whose mind is free from prejudice, after full aud
careful examination of the facts can arrive at any
other conc usion. 1t is an elesatet t'bl sad with
southern aspect ano gradual oclnihol to The sou'h,
Of abou, ten feet to the mile add gently rolling sur
face yet lot steep enough to pjurs by washing Thus
sitnsted. with a deep. warm soil Of fine loam i, is
Jus, what authors slider exactly right for garden
or for frlt
Lopg Island isnot Hat or low plain, it has been
calleo but one of ills 800 TO $40 feet hish The rail
road passes along sOuh of this line OF hills and that's
by no means level. The road at Hcksvilla, q miles
from Brooklyn, berg the highest poin', or summit
level ia l42 feet above tide water. From this point
the road descends to lite eastern terminus at Greenpo
A DeerparE at Mr.. Wilson g farm, the rails are 10
feet at owe tide wafer distant fro the south shore OF
nrln av1f Conn rOn en-
uies; tberce eastery the grade is at some places
big her. AT Suffok Station it Is about 80 feet and al
Lakeland az miles from Brooklyn, ABOUT 80 feet
above tide water. The land is higher at Deerp6k
than il is at Be dlord ard Bedford here in Brooklyn is
not very low land the road there being 70
feet above tide, and making very heavy grade from
ooub Ferry, 81 miles to Bedford suppose the aver
see disiar CO Of The above named places or points,
ey be sbon six miles from the south shore OF The
ii, nd. From these fac some general idea may De
fmed of the situation and SUI face Of these wild ands
will not preitno 10 give even bret account OF the
r,tural 1roductiof EFF tres, plants, shrubs and
Craps which grow in such abundance as to prove
Il a the lard is not barren nor dead eveL lhere
are also sre hat flow ont OF these WOODS
ru,e and Gear CITY sta and ubfailng. and many OF
trsn good mlereaus. ,.,,
"Ye.. with all thee facts, and in q healthy and
mild climate II aL de ere as Wild ana unculhvateo
a. when il possession OF The clamoigsDg deer num-
iUe lDoisrs.
Now for the benz fit Of the tens Of thousands of the
aborng poor OF thu great cities either 10 give toen
en- ploy ment or cheaper food we advocate the polcy
of pupg this great tract Of land to some better use
tbsp growing scrub-osks, or furnishing miserable
pi,anee Of poor wild grace, for the scrubby COWS OF
the poor clam-diggrg, beating sem-ci'ilized be-
iues that will not vote the sale Of Hampstead plains
The Town Of Hampstead owns, and keeps out oil
cul,iys alton seme fifteen thousand acres OF land inst
wss 6ecls,ed over a century since, by an educated
English gardener employed to select the best spot GEAR
the city for great vegetable and fruit garden the
best land for that purpcs that he had ever seen.
That lie the kind Of land that we contend against be-
jre ALLY wed to remain uDculivated within an hours
ride of the metropolis of America.