a 
idea has occurred to me, which it was the 
r obje& of this paper to communicate, that 
might facilitate the progrefs of agriculture and the 
arts, and prove lucrative in the adoption, and ad- 
vantageous to the publick. It is, to eftablifh a 
manufactory upon an extenfive fcale, for making 
very fmall models of all the inftruments ufed in, or 
connected with hufbandry, upon a neat, portable, and 
cheap plan; thefe again to be claffed in {mall chefts, 
camprifing varieties of each, &c. with plain defcrip- 
tions. This would fell patent machines, make pub- 
lick the moft approved. methods, be a pleafing 
mtrodudtion into private circles and fchools, and, 
by the attention they would excite be highly ufeful; 
might form an article of curiaus exportation, and 
cnable us in return to receive foreign improvements; 
znd open a way to the neareft poilible point of 
perfection. Copper-plates are very inadequate to fo 
good a purpofe, as it is conceived might be effected 
by this mode. : 
There is another part of agriculture, to which I 
think attention fhould ftrongly be enforced, that is, | 
that hedges could be made fources of much greater 
prof than at prefent is attempted. The elder, I 
conceive, if planted on an extenfive fcale, would pro- 
duce moft valuable wine, far fuperior to fome foreign; 
and its underwood be productive and luxuriant 
enough for domeftick purpofes. Should we not 
fiudy to cultivate our bleakeft fpots, with plants 
molt 
