OUTLINES OF A PLAN, 



FOR ESTABLISHING 



A STATE SOCIETY 



OF AGRICULTURE 



IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



At a special meeting of the Philadelphia society for promot' 

 itig agriculture^ on the 21st of January^ 1794. 



AGREED, That Mr. Bordley, Mr. G. Clymer, Mr. 

 Peters and Mr. Pickering, be a committee to prepare out- 

 lines of a plan for establishing a state society lor the promo- 

 tion of agriculture ; connecting with it the education of 

 youth in the knowledge oi that most important art, while 

 they are acquiring other useful knowledge suitable for the 

 agricultural citizens oi the state. 



And a petition to the legislature, with a view to obtain 

 an act of incorporation. 



At a special meeting of the society^ January 28, 1 794. 



The committee appointed at the last meeting to prepai'e 

 outlines of a plan for establishing a state society for the pro- 

 motion of agriculture, and a petition to the legislature for 

 an act of incorporation, made report. The report was adopt- 

 ed. The same committee are now requested to sign the pe- 

 tition, present it to the legislature, and attend the commit- 

 tee thereof which may be appointed to confer with them on 

 the subject. 



