10 INTRODUCTION. 



institutions should of course be established at different and 

 remote points, to scatter the elements of agricultural knowl- 

 edge broad-cast over the land, and bring them within the 

 reach of the poorest citizens and the humblest capacities. 



By snch a liberal and enlightened course, we should not 

 only incalculably augment the productive agricultural ener- 

 gies of our own country, but we should also in part, repay 

 to the world at large, the obligations under which we now 

 rest, for having appropriated numerous and important disco- 

 veries and improvements from abroad. If we have the ability, 

 which none can doubt, we should make it a point of honor to 

 return in kind, the liberal advances we have thus received. 



It is to the rising generation t1ie.se suggestions are made ; 

 the risen are not yet prepared for their acceptance. The 

 latter have been educated, and become habituated to different 

 and more partial influences. By their industry, intelligence, 

 and energy, displayed in numberless ways, and especially by 

 their protection of American labor, they have accomplished 

 much for their own and their country's welfare they are 

 resolved to leave this glory for their successors. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. JUNE, 1846. 



