which Is mojly or that which is leaji compa- 

 tible with the firft of all objefts, an impro- 

 ving agriculture ? If the latter of the two, then 

 it may be deemed a happy circumftance, that 

 that fort is to be imported, which, from its 

 compaftnefs, lies in leaft room ; and which 

 may be paid for, in part at leaft, by the lighter 

 and coarfer manufaftured articles made from 

 the combing wool of our own country. 



Refpefting the volumes now before the 

 publick, it has been fuggefted by one or 

 more of the Society, that a General Index of 

 the various topics might be found ufeful.' 

 It therefore may become the care of the proper 

 Committee to have fuch an index furnifhed 

 in the next volume, if fuch fhall be deemed 

 paiticularly neceffary. 



It now remains to invite gentlemen who 

 are in the habit of agricultural experiment, to 

 communicate whatever fafts they may afcer- 

 tain, that are either new in themfelves, or 

 which they may deem of a ufeful tendency 

 in the advancement of knowledge. Such 



favours 



