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On plaster of Paris, By Abiel Jenners. 



Near fVaterford, London Co, Fir. June 1 5th, 1824. 

 Dear Sir, 



On Monday the 13th our newly established Agri- 

 cultural Society met, according to appointment, and 

 whilst in session, our president, Mr. C. Povvel, took from 

 his pocket, a letter from your honour, and read it to us, 

 and the pleasure it aftbrded me to once more hear from a 

 man of your age, experience, and great practical knosv- 

 ledge in farming generally, induces me to take the liberty 

 to address you, to let you know how highly we esteem 

 your character and every thing we catch from your able 

 pen. I am one of the number who answered your que- 

 ries in the summer of 1810, through Mr. VV. Noland, and 

 have your work of that year on the subject of plaster (as 

 we call it,) which work I prize hi-hly. Your letter to 

 M. Powel being on the same subject, altnougfi we or- 

 dered it printed, I have not yet got the particulars of^ nor 

 heard it read but once. I still remember the general sub- 

 ject, being in answer to His letter to you, requesting of you 

 to let him know if the plaster had lost its effect, in the cir- 

 cle of your observation or knowledge, and I am very hap- 

 py to find. that you still have reason to believe in its use- 

 fulness. I have heard a number of my acquaintance say 

 of late, that the plaster has done, — I will buy no more ; I 

 have invariably replied by saying, that it has done in a great 

 measure until we can get the clover to stand, but whilst 

 we work at least 2 5ths (jf our lands in a season, and many 

 are half in corn, and fallow, and get no clover to stand, 

 we may expect the plaster and every thing else to fail. 



