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convenient to Hudson’s river, than to any othet 
place of deposit, much of their produce must even¬ 
tually take that direction ; and this will be ma¬ 
terially promoted by opening and making good 
roads* 
LETTER, 
FROM N. CrOOKSHANK, ON MANURING Wlxa 
BURNT CLAY, 8iCC, 
To the honorable the president and tnembers of the 
Agricultural Society of the state of New-Tork» 
Gentlemen, 
T HOUGH I have not the honor to be connected 
with, nor even known to so respectable a body of 
citizens ; I hope that a most ardent wish to pro¬ 
mote the pursuit and improvement of agriculture, 
that genuine source of national happiness and indei- 
pendence, may in some measure apologise for my 
intruding upon your deliberations, with a few re¬ 
marks relative to the culture of clay grounds.-—-I 
am indeed ignorant whether communications com¬ 
ing from any but members cf your society, are ei¬ 
ther customary or agreeable to your rules. But 
since what I am about to communicate, may possi¬ 
bly lead to improvements of considerable import¬ 
ance to a large portion of the community ; I trust 
the magnitude of the object will for this time ex¬ 
cuse the singularity. 
