Preface. 



Vll 



Societies throughout our State, and the instrumentality* we have 

 occasionally had in establishing or recommending such Societies 

 in other States ; afford to us the most pleasiug reflections. We 

 mention the foregoing subjects, not with any view to blazon our 

 exertions ; but to evince our unceasing endeavours to effect the 

 objects of our institution. 



We have " cast our bread on the waters," and are now, '-af- 

 ter many days," gathering it in the satisfaction we derive from 

 the benefits enjoyed by others ; for, we can truly say, that no 

 selfish motives have ever influenced our conduct. 



Animated by the same zeal with which we began our career, 

 we have deemed ourselves bound to contribute our share to the 

 common stock of agricultural information, now so generally 

 spread through our singularly happy country. We rely, what- 

 ever may be its comparative merits, on the indulgence and 

 favourable reception our former volumes have experienced. 



It should always be borne in iflind, that our Memoirs are not, 

 nor from their nature can they be, intended for any regular 

 classification or code. They, like all such collections, may 

 afford materials for a regular system ; and collected in our vo- 

 lumes, tfiiey will be preserved from destruction and oblivion, 

 which generally attend publications in the fugitive papers of the 



*lay. 



ICJ* The map referred to in the paper by Mark Reeve, on 

 New Jersey Marl, was lost: — and the implement mentioned in p« 

 135. by Mr. Linton, not having been found to answer the object 

 for which it was intended, a plate of it is omitted. 



• See the Appendix for ihe Memorial of the Society (o the Ltgislatnre, on this 

 subject. 



