UliMOIBIIiilL 



OF THE 



PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY 

 FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, 



To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- 

 wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Jissembly met. 



The Memorial of the Philadelphia Society for PromotIxVG # 

 Agriculture, respectfully sheweth. 



That your Memorialists have been endeavouring for the last 

 thirty-three years, to advance the interests of A|i;riculture in this 

 State, and they flatter themselves that their efforts have not been 

 in vain. 



They have exerted themselves to concentrate the scattered 

 rays of agricultural knowledge, to foster and encourage enter- 

 prise, to correct erroneous prejudices, and generally to excite a 

 spirit of agricultural improvement. 



Unaided by patronage, but relying on the zealous co-operation 

 of a few individuals, they have persevered, under discouraging 

 circumstances, to hold forth their glimmering lights, with the 

 hope that as Agriculture is the basis of the prosperity of Penn- 

 sylvania, it would one day become its favourite, and that its 

 protection could be with confidence looked far fro ift the repre- 

 sentatives of an agricultural and patriotic people. 



