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satisfaction, in every point of practice required. It is 
more necessary to excite the inclinations of many of 
them to communicate their practical knowledge, than 
it is to give them instruction ; as this substance has, in - 
many districts of our country, now become one applied 
in common course. It is annually becoming dearer to 
the farmers in old settlements; and especially in the 
vicinity of the city and large towns; owing to the de- 
mand of this material for buildings, and the scarcity of 
timber for fuel. From twelve to fourteen cords of wood 
are consumed, in burning one kiln of lime of six hundred 
bushels. The quarries are inexhaustible. No other fuel 
equals wood for this purpose ; as we may see by com- 
parison of ours with the lime of our coal countries 
where it is tinged and discoloured ; and vitiated by the 
sulphur of the fossil coal used in its calcination. It 
would be on these accounts desirable to offer a pre- 
mium, or, in some way, to encourage improvements 
in the construction of lime kilns ; to save the consump- 
tion of fuel.* Coked coal might, where timber is ex- 
hausted, supply the place of wood. 
ae ee te a a NR RA EE RS TTS SSE AOR A A ES ETP POI A OPE SEE CGY 
*In our western country, pzt-coal, and limestone, of the first 
quality, are generally, and in great plenty, found on the same 
spot, in strata of from four to six feet in depth, or thickness, 
respectively; above or under each other, as they happen to 
be naturally placed. Coal may be as easily charred or coked 
(and much in the same way) as wood burnt into charcoal. 
In that country, furnished with such abundant means in all 
quarters, manufactures, are rising, and may increase, with time 
and population, to’ an incalculable extent. Cheapness of pro- 
duce will forward them. Domestic markets will be created, 
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