MEMOISS 



OF THE 



PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY 



FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, 



CONTAINING 



COMMUNICATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTiS 



IN 



HUSBANDRY & RURAL AFFAIRS. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED, 



A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



SCHUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE. 

 VOL. L 



" Let us cultivate the ground, that the poor, as well as the rich, may be 

 ■filled; and happiness and peace be estabHshed throughout our borders." 



Tentanda Via est, ^ua nos quoque possimus tollere Humo .•— — 



' L!B«ARY 

 NEW VORK 

 BOTANICAL 



PHILADELPHIA .- 



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JfORTH THIRD STREET. 



