78 On Gypsum. 
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closing system to afford this pabulum; nor will they 
prevent a clean culture, if their vegetating periods are 
attended to. Is it certain that an annual plant sprouting 
late in the spring, and suddenly covering the earth after 
wheat is reaped, may not be made as useful as a peren- 
nial one ? : 
The object of a pattern farm mentioned by Judge 
Peters, is the exact object to which I am aspiring ; but 
it is pursued rather on a large than a small scale, be- 
cause it is necessary to combine considerable profit with 
the experiment, for the subsistence cf my family ; to 
face the objection that my system is fit only to create 
a pretty garden at great expence; and to allure men by 
exhibiting the most powerful temptation in my own ac- 
tual success to imitate the example. A draining expe- 
riment upon the point of being finished, will soon deve- 
lope it in all its parts, and if it should then satisfy my 
own judgment, and meet with the approbation of others, 
I will give you the best account I can of such items as 
may be embraced by the design of the society. 
I am very respectfully, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Joun Taytor. 
Dr. James MEAsSE. 
