Show Ne Now New Jersey Meadow Lands Upon his hla return from Holland recently tho the state geologist of New Jersey presented the report of his Investigations In that conn country try to the tho officials of the tho New Nev Jersey State GeologIcal Geological ical teal Survey Surey Ills visit abroad was made solely for the tho purpose of determining the tho possibility of reclaiming much of the thc acres acre of New NelV Jersey meadow land This entire area arca of land Is l practically lying Idle The little of it that thatis Is in use lies In the thc upper end of ho state far from the coast Of the tho total acreage acreage acreage acre acre- age tenths nine of It lies lie along the coast const of Del Delaware waro Bay and acres occupies the tho territory from Barnegat to Cape May Efforts have been made with Indifferent results to reclaim part of the Hackensack meadows meadow but the practical failure of the result has l lcd d State Geologist Smock to compare the neglected neglected neg neg- me meadow OW lands with the tho farms ho he found In the Netherlands Ho lIe I Is confident that New Now Jersey may moy attain much couch fine flue farming land Jand by adopting the Holland system of embankments embankments embankments em em- and dykes dykas The state geologist has pre presented detailed descriptions of the tho Important Im ito- taut pot dykes of the Netherlands and the most modern means menns employed for tho the drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age of the lands enclosed by them |