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standing dish oflheir public tallies. For the keep- 

 ing of 'po\i\\ry belbre lalteniiig, no (ood is at all to 

 be compared to boiled potatops/miixed with a small 

 portion oC boiled barley, tiie pmce^s oT which is 

 very much expedited, if llie Grain is broken in the 

 mill before cooking ; but in that staie it will require 

 stirrin<r while boihnt^, to prevent it from burning. 

 It is found, by actual experience, that there is no 

 saving in the substitution of bran lor grain ; some 

 persons take the trouble to boi! this, but, it does not 

 even increase its bulk, and not tit all its quality. 

 Two measures of dry bran, after boiling, will not 

 go so far as one measure of hoiUd barley, t\ius 

 Bhowin2 a striking difference in favor of barley, 

 even in point of economy. S. 



THREE LETTERS FROM GEN^. WAS?IINGTOIV TO 

 COL. EDWARD CAHRIXGTOX. 



[The following letters are part of a larger num- 

 ber from Gen.'J Washington, and ail in his own 

 hand writing, to Col. Canington, for the perusal 

 and use of which we are indebted to the kindness 

 of the present proprietor, Henry Carringion, esq. 

 of Charlotte. The few wliich will be published 

 below, and now for the first lime, are selected not as 

 the most interesting, (for, indeed, they arc the least 

 so,) but merely because they relate to subjects 

 proper to be embraced in this journal. But though 

 containing nothing of agricultural instruction, lor 

 the present time, they possess a dilFerent kind of 

 interest, in exhibiting something of old agricultural 

 opinions and practices ; and still more as coming 

 from one whose every act and opinion will grow 

 in interest to his countrymen with the passage of 

 time, and the increased remoteness (in respects 

 far more important than merely in time,) from the 

 acts of him " whose like we ne'er shall look upon 

 again.'' — Ed. Far. Reg.] 



Mount Vernon, 26lh June, 1797. 



Dear Sir— General JMarshall, wiio did me 

 the favour to spend an evening at this place on 

 his way to Philadelphia, confiniis the report I had 

 before received of the utility of Mr. Booker's im- 

 proved threshing machine ; and aiUlod, that a 

 letter for that gentleman directed to your care, 

 would certainly reach him. 



As I am exlrcn,ely desirous, (and that v.-iih as 

 little delay as possible,) to get one or two erected, 

 and had yot the scantlinir lor them on tlie plan of i 

 the Scotch machine, used by Mr. JefU'r^on, Genl. 

 Lee and others, I have taken the libcriy of re- 

 questing the favour of your care of the enclosed 

 letter — to which I am induced from tlie considera- 

 tion of not having possessed myself of Mr. 

 Booker'd christened name, or [)lace of abod;'. I 

 am always and sincerely your affectionate humble 

 servant («o: Wassuivgtoiv. 



Coi.o. Carrixgtox. 



Fi fount J'ernnn, 7lh Jiihj, 1797. 

 [)e\r Sir— I li>el my>elf very much obliged liy 

 your kind and prouqii dfspniili nl' iny leiit'r to ?.]r. 



Booker, who, offering to be here between the 20lh 

 and 27ih of the present month, (if that would suit 

 me,) the enclosed is to iiilbrm him that it will, and 

 that I shall accordingly de[)end upon it; and you 

 would add to the favour already conferred on me in 

 this business by letiing it receive a sale, and as ex- 

 peditious a conveyance as may ofier, as he awaits 

 my answer to decide on his measures, and. be- 

 cause I am very desirous of having the machine 

 erected in time. 



With very great esteem and regard, I am, dear 

 sir, your most obedient, obliged and aflectionate 

 servant. Go: Washington. 



Colo. Carrinoton. 



Jilouni Vernon, 2d Bec^r., 1799. 



Dear Sir — Since you n)entioned the plaster 

 of Paris which was for sale in Richmond, (but 

 after you left this,) it occurred to me, that as it 

 was not a saleable article with you, it miizht be 

 my cheapest mode to purchase there to supply my 

 want of this article next year on my fiiims around 

 me. 



Permit me, for this reason, to ask the favour of 

 you to learn Irom the gentleman who lias it for 

 sale, — what quantity he has 7 — the lowest price 

 he would take for it by the ton (the whole being 

 purchased) ? — there?— and what, delivered at my 

 landing'? — As a merchant, acquainted with navi- 

 gation, he will be at no loss to know at what 

 Ireight it could be di livered here. 



A gentleman now in Alexandria is endeavour- 

 ing to obtain subscritiers for a vessel load from 

 Nova Scotia; — tlie terms I have not learned; — 

 but if that in Richmond be good, and [can be] 

 had as low, I should preli^r it because it is already 

 in the country, and the ris(]ucs of the sea avoided. 



All, however, depertds upon its being of the 

 true sort — ihr without this, it wou'd be as useless 

 for the purpose intended, as pebble stones. — There 

 are two colors of it — one has a greyish — ifie other 

 a bluish cast; — the latter I think is preferred; 

 but both are good when perfectly free from grit, or 

 sand ; — having any of the latter is a proof of its 

 baseness. — The best criterion for ascertaining its 

 property, is, by putting the fine powder of the 

 plaster into a skillet or pot without moisture, — 

 the good will swell, or rise Lip; the bad will re- 

 main dead, and motionless. 



I would thank you for sending me (if to be 

 had) two glazed leather hata such as your pos- 

 tilions wore, and of that size. — Accompany them 

 with the cost, and the money shall he remitted in 

 a bank note. — I am in no immediate want of 

 them ; — an occasional, or water transportation (di- 

 rected to the care of Colo. Gilpin in Alex'a.) 

 will do. 



I hope you got down safe — Our romp'ts (o 

 RSi's. Carrington. — 1 am always, dear sir, your af- 

 fci'iinnate ami obedient Go : Washington. 



Colo. Carrington. 



STL' ceo WASH. 



Six quarts of clean lime, slaked in boiling water, 

 2 quarts olsnlt, 5 gallons of water — Imil and skim, 

 then alii one pound of copperas, and J] lb. pot or 

 peail ash, (gradually, and four quarts silted wood- 

 ashi's — I'olnr to taste or fancy : applied while hot. 



