The Agricultural Papers of George Washington &amp;lt;%& 



tion, it will be as foul as ever. 



By a vessel called the President, Captain Carhart, you- will 

 receive, I hope, the articles contained in the enclosed inv&ide 

 and bill of lading. The linen, I expect, will be cut oiit .ahd 

 used to the best advantage. You will perceive there 51 tvre 

 two prices ; let that, which bears the lowest price, be given 

 to the boys and girls, and the highest price and best, 

 grown and most deserving men and women, and the s 

 (for there is more than you required) be put away securely. 



The mulberry trees may be planted about in clumps, *a?s 

 mentioned in my letter by last post to the gardener, 

 are not trimmed, because, as I am informed, these 

 be propagated by cuttings from them, and save m& stfcle 

 trouble and expense of sending more from this place. &amp;gt;W J Mi 

 respect to the shrubs from Mr. Bartram s botanical gatftdeil, 

 directions at the foot of the list are given so fully, fts- ; &&amp;gt; 

 render it unnecessary to add aught concerning them ktf this 

 letter; but the grapes the gardener must take partjt&il&r 

 care of, as they are of a very fine kind. imrfJ 



I send you, also, under cover with this letter, some &amp;gt;&&eds, 

 which were given to me by an English farmer front r .the 

 county of Essex, in England, lately arrived in this country 

 to settle, and who appears to be a very sensible and juctidio tfs 

 man, and a person of property. He also gave me a pariif&amp;gt;hMt 

 upon the construction of the kind of plough, which h(f 4iks 

 used for many years; and the principles for puttirig&amp;gt; t)foe 

 parts together, to make it work true and easy, which t ^will 

 send to you so soon as I shall receive it from a gentleman^ to 

 whom I lent it. The plough is simple in its make. 

 oats, which he gave me as a sample, exceed very little, i 

 what I have grown myself. They may, however, in the iplrlilg 

 be put into the ground by single seeds, to try what c 

 made of them. The cattle cabbage may also be 



