APPEAL TO THE CO-OPERATION OF THE LADIES. 67 



the tradesman, the artisan, and the labourer, reap proportion- 

 able benefits with the cultivators of the soil. 



A meeting of subscribers will shortly be convened, to adopt 

 rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the 

 National Association, based upon the following approved sug- 

 gestions : 



1st. That the existence of the Society be limited to the 

 period of four years. That auxiliary branches be established 

 throughout the kingdom. That instruction on the most im- 

 proved method of husbandry, the cultivation and preparation of 

 flax, the new system of grazing with compound, summer-feed- 

 ing in boxes, &c. &c., be speedily and effectually dissemi- 

 nated by the location of experienced labourers for a* few 

 months where needed, in exchange for others to be taught on 

 farms from whence those labourers were sent, that while some 

 were communicating others would be receiving instruction. 

 The wages of these men to be paid by their employers, and 

 the cost of their journeys by the Society. That an interchange 

 of visits be promoted between intelligent agriculturists of 

 different counties, and gentlemen of leisure and patriotism, 

 whose services in attending public meetings, and in conferring 

 with interested parties, would be of the utmost importance. 

 That a weekly paper, containing authentic information upon 

 all important agricultural topics, be regularly forwarded to 

 every subscriber, that through this medium correspondence 

 might be conducted, intelligence conveyed, and scientific ex- 

 periments recorded. That economy, expedition, zeal, and per- 

 severance be the distinguishing features of the Society's pro- 

 ceedings. And that no expenditure of time or funds upon 

 yearly entertainments, or anything foreign to the direct object, 

 be allowed. 



Ladies are also invited to afford their patronage to the 

 National Association, because it is proposed through their co- 

 operation to introduce the spinning and knitting of linen yarn 

 in schools, orphan asylums, Magdalen* and other institutions 

 where employment is required ; and especially those finer qua- 

 lities of hand-spun yarn for which our manufacturers of lace, 



* See Index for Flax-spinning School. 



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