118 Manufactory of Agricultural Instruments. 
command of capital, the providing the best timber, and 
waiting for its being seasoned before it is used, as well 
as the selection of other materials of prime quality and 
at reasonable prices, are of the first importance. Emu- 
lation will be created in and forced upon, workmen not 
connected with the manufactory. They will be under 
the necessity of attending to the quality of work made 
and sold by themselves ; or if sent to the warehouse and 
exhibition rooms for sale, they will be careful that its 
quality and construction will stand the test of inspec- 
tion; and entitle it to the stamp of the society.. This the 
laudable pride of some, and the interest of all, will in- 
duce them to value; and care should be taken that it 
be judiciously, as well as impartially applied or with. 
held. | 
To the ingenious, industrious and faithful workmen 
of all trades connected with agriculture ; andto the in- 
ventors of, and improvers on, instruments employed in 
husbandry; the repository for exhibition and sale will 
be incalculably beneficial. 
In whatever light this subject may be viewed, by 
those who have not paid to it the necessary attention, 
the profitable extent to which sucha plan and establish- 
ment may be carried, is almost incredibly great. But 
pradence and necessity warn us, that in its origin the 
measures should be suited to the means ; which in the 
outset cannot be expected to be any wise competent to 
its full perfection. If success and good management 
attend its progress, its own operations will produce and 
ensure the means and facilities of enlarging it, to any 
extent the demand requires. ‘This demand is now pro- 
digiously great, and is constantly encreasing with the 
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