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my humble view^ of wh^tl sluuilii l.e tlie ultiniiile 

 object of every farm.-r ; some bricl' hints »» lo 

 the plan olliis'geiieial o|)er.ilii>ii:f, anil as toihe 

 cours^e he shnultl purMie in reganl lo tillaj,'C 

 crops; together with such otiier retiecliuos ,is 

 a (l-.scii5>ioii ul'lhe»e topics would ualurally Icaii 

 to. If there are any prc-t-ut, in wliose e.-.tiiiii- 

 tion agriculture still langui-hej, iheie are cu;i- 

 sideraliona of a tlilTereiU nature which ujay lie 

 urffed in its bthulf. 



A country richly cullivaled iio.-srsses charms 

 peculiar to itself. A view of such an one causes 

 a train of pleasurable emotions, vvilh which the 

 reineinbrance of it will always be associated. — 

 Who, thai has ever witne>seil the beauties of a 

 Tuscan laudacape, will not carry to his <;rave a 

 recollection of liie <leli^liiful feelinufs with which 

 that admirable connlry insjiired liiin ? Who thai 

 has ever witnessed iheni can fiud it in him to 

 contemn as a mean and di'2;raded euiploy nient, 

 the art which has contributed so much to sollen 

 Ibe asperities of nature and cneliorale the condi- 

 tion of man? It is not alone the iialiiral scene- 

 ry ; nol the dark Appenines lowerinijin thedis- 

 t.ilil liorizoii ; nor the ^rand and inlereslinif ob- 

 j'icts ol uncnltivaled nature, over which the eye 

 WMndi-rs in tracing their lolly su:ninils — to which 

 the traveller is here indebted for his eiijoynieni, 

 more than to the rich eni:losures with tvbich, on 

 all sides he is surrounded. It is nature improv- 

 ed by art — the hand of cu'livation — llie labors 

 of the FARMKa, which he here reco:;ni/.es, and 

 frOfti which ho cannot wilhliold his aumir<ilion. 

 But liow diQerer;! is out coiuhtion as farmer*, 

 from that idthis degenerale people ; or Ironi thai 

 of any o;her nation of llie civilized world ! VVe 

 are nol situated within the iron grasp of despot- 

 ic povver, nor expo.sed by our vicinity to olher 

 .slates, to the desol.iling ravages of invading ar- 

 mies. We are nol, moreover, (he subjects of a 

 government i'ounded on the rights of conquest, 

 enjoying only a qualified and liniiled estate in 

 tlie lands we cultivate, and .»uiTeriiig uiuler llie 

 rigorous band of feudal exaction. We are the 

 allodial proprietors of the soil, — have the fee 

 simple right and absolute property of it. It is 

 ours in llie largo.-,! isense of the term. We can 

 alienate, transfer, and do will) it according to our 

 pleasure, without infringing on llie right of any 

 superior lord or master. And these ineslimablr 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



leisure than that of agriculture ; and none con- 

 sequently a better opporluiiily for inlelleclual 

 imiirovemenl. It is also f.ivorable to the growth 

 of moral-. I am sensible that here as elsewlieie 



[Dec. 23, 



PE.NNiYLV-i.MA .VGKICUU UR.'.L SOCIETY. 

 Oclcl:r Qj.arlerlij Melting. 



The Society met in their Hall, the following 

 Ignorance ha.s her dommion and Vice its vola-jmembe.s being presenl ,„. ^ . 



rtes Bui this ahows only a lamentable neglect Juajilhan I-.oberl--, John Hare Powel, Richard 

 of opportunilv and an abn:,e of privileges; il I B. Jones, Jianuel Lyre, Julin G. Uaimough, 

 proves nolhing against the pnrs.ut itself. And; James Worth, blep ben Jjuncan Keuben Ha.nes, 

 cun be sauslaclirily shown, Ihat agricul- iJolui Wilcox, Jacob a. \^a,n, i homas Morns, 



uulll It 



lure does not posse.ss advanUge.- jn this respect 



which belong lo olher pur-^iiils of „ r- w ^ , n\ . i r, ■ 



li.iP. we sn.elv should be unwilling loadm.l ihal J."n,u o<-inll,0. W. Sargeai.l, Charles J.Davis, 



I Lr H.irc, iMich.iel Newbolil,Win.Jjason Walais- 

 ley, 'i'liomas Landretli, Jonallian Tl'icnni.s, ten- 



ure, we surely sliould be unwi „- , -,, I • I, M , I , 



,1 is altogether ihai nnworihy ihmg, winch Usl.^^-n".' Clement, .Joidecai K. .Moore and John 

 enemies would have it to be. On ihe conliary,! P- ^J'lMOr. V'lsKor:., Dv 1 ..ly:n.,n and Col. Als- 

 Ibe labors of the farmer, and Ibe sublime and (Ion ol boulh Caroun... 

 iulereslin' spectacles lo which he is daily admit- ! 'Ibe Presi<lenl in the Chair, 



led, are p'eculiarly tilleil to impresson his miiid, I William MClure, Esq. pr<-seiiied lo ihe So- 

 a sense of the universal presence and coustanl ! cicly, ihiough .Mr H.iiiies, - iMiciiaus's Ameri- 

 cooperating agency of Deity. He can sow, it is can Sylva." 



true, but who cause.s the blade to ajipear? He I The following gentlemen were elected reji- 

 can jibmt, but who gives ihe increase .' The .dent or honorary membeis.^. 

 slupendous changes, "moreover, which ihe face j iitsu/ciit .Wc/iiiwi—Dis Gibson. Lloyd, Jonc:s. 

 of iialure is conslantly exliibiling under his eye, James Thornion, of Philadelphia Coiinly — Aii- 

 ibe various inleresting a-(iecls winch she aller- ; liiony Taylor, of Bucks Couiiiy. 

 ualelv assumes — Ibe revolution of Ibe seasons — j Iloiivrury Members. — Hariinr Denny, William 

 the fall of ihe le.ifin aulunin — the opening beau-; .Marks, James Todd, William W;lklns,and Thorn- 

 ties ot' spring— the rich ti^agiiiliccnce ol'summerl as l<uri)s:d,-, F.sqis. of Pennsylvania- — KoI.eii 



,,n,] llie di-solale ilreariness of winler. On Oliver ami Kd.vard Lloyd, K-qis. of Marylani!. 



whal mind is ihe habitual conteniplalion of such ! — Samuel W. Poineroy, Josiaji Qoiiicy, and John 

 phenomena nol calcnialed 10 produce an iniprcs- 1 Lowell, Es(ps. of Massachosells.— Dr Llmer, 

 sion and exerl a salularv ini'nence ? Indeed, ! Col. Johiislon and Miles Srnilh, L'.sq. of JNeiv 

 lh.it man whocan w ilnes^ llieni wilhmit eniohnn, 1 .Iiisey — llichard K. .Meade, E-q. of Virgini.i. — 



v.. I'uponl and Caleb Ivirk. iusqis, of Delaware. 



and wiliiout feeling his bean glow with senli- ^ 

 ilienls of loie, reverence, and uialituile lt)uard; 

 "Hiiii lli.il made hiui,'' uiual be ft^.uliilly in-eii- 

 ,ib!e. 



I r.:in conceive a! no hiijher deserl, in any' 

 arl.ve calling, no stronger recnmmeinla lion than' 

 ibis ; and I should feel t.'iy-elf « aoliiig in taiih- 

 fnhicsslo Ihe ocasion. did I, in ^peaking ol'lhe' 

 merits of arrricullure, omil a view oj' liie suliject 

 so tiraleliil .uul iiilei;e.-ting. 



Thus Ihe fanner h.is cimslanllv before him 

 the wide expanded volume ol ii ihiie. A vulunie 

 in which are recoi ded no vain theories, or idf' 

 speculalions ; hut ihe most sublime and iiselul 

 truths. ll speaks lo him in a langiiagi." which 

 he cannot misiiiulersland, and wiib an eloquence 

 irresislible. ll forcibly rotninds hini' f bis fr.iilty, 

 his dependence, and bis tin.'i! iiild and dentin iljon. 



rights and privilegas will be continued lo ns so { 'f hese are the li-ssor.s which it daily ir.ciilcates ; 

 long as wo, logelherwilb the rest of Ihe people ; ,,nd who will \enlure to asseil, Ihal Ibey ;ire 

 of our land, sh.ill have ihe virtue to mainl.iin, in ■■ wilhonl a pr.iclJCal iniluence on cverv Ihongbi- 

 iheir jiurily, Ihat government and those laws and iful and feeling mind? There imy, imbed, be 

 republican in^tilutions by whicii the enjoyment j f„„„d some, so dead lo every scn-e of moral 

 of them is .secured lo us and our posterity for j leelnig, so blinded lo li.e benr-voUiit designs ol' 

 ever. When therefore Ihe Amenraii fariner j ;, morcilul Pi oviilece, as lo disregard them. — 



— Wilhani fi. .Seabrook, Esi|. ol Sonih Caruiin.i. 



— J. Whiiaker, l'.sq. of Bui ley ; tM:i;nr liuild, i,f 

 M, 11 toil IjiMf.;e , Rev. H. Berry, ul Ai 1. u Kecli;>- 

 rv ; Robtrl B.irclay, E-q. oi' Btiry Hill, Jitig- 

 land. 



The following cominunicalious were , !■ 

 ed. 



.-\ letter IVnin the Recording Secretapy lo iho 

 Presidenl, on the pubiicalion of tii,! Socielv's 

 Memoiis, >laliiig that be w.i- privy lo the whole 

 arr.ingemert of the wcoli, proiing that ihe e\- 

 Iracis iveie iiinle i\i:h ji.Tt'ect l.iirness — Ihat 

 their eMeiil aii'l leinlency were nol delei mincu' 

 by ihe editor — ihat nn omission-, or aller.ilions 

 were made by him — and lli.it ihis slaleiueiil was 

 in '.iced by a series ot' le'lers w Inch had aj jiear- 

 ed in ihe .Xew England Karmr.r. 



.\ IcMler from the Rev. H. nry ISeny, llerc- 

 ford>birn, England, acknowledging Ihi; r.-ceipt 

 uf ibe Society'.-, .Menloiis, accompanied by an 

 essay onditrerenl breeds ol catlie — puitili'ig out 

 errors in management, and the uiislak>s iiiio 

 which cert. ;in breeders hue f.illeji — decl.iring 

 his conviciion in favour of improi ed .shoii hi>rn.-; 

 and show ing the evils of •' brtctlinq m" Joo closi- 



lihors and makes improvemenis on his lands, he '. y,,; such, I thank God, whatever it may be in hj, by which is mean! pulling biolbers and sis- 



libouis, it sh:nild be remembeied, exclusively j other lands, is nol Ihe general character of those 

 forhim-.;lf, his children, and his children's child- 1 who in ibis country are denominaled Eak.vikrs ! 



reu. A field is Ilins opened for the exercise ofjiq,,.y -,,.,. „o degraded, abamloned race. There 

 bis active powers, in which he is impelled lo | j^ („"he found among them, and 1 rejoice lo see 

 .-liter, by llie slrongesl and dearest motives ; a;i(^ -, s|,irit of intelligence, an infe-iily of so.il, 

 lield, loo, in which he can rear monnmenls lo his 

 taste, his industry, ajid bis enterprise, whicli w ill 

 remain long after he shall line been gathered 

 to Ihe lomii of his fathers. .-\n o(iporlunity is 

 ihus alforded oi Iransmitling lo i'ui are genera- 

 tions a lama whicii will nol only be laslin^-, bul 

 unsullied t'y the rtcoUecliou that it was buill on 

 any cncnmslance or event involving tlie ruin or 

 licslruilion. ol any of his species. 



r^yue oi'lhe .icti^ c pursuits of life aCbrtis more 



lers logelher, or breeding from Ihe.iauie family 

 tor many generalioiis. 



A letter from a genlloman. d.iled Yorkshire, 



Aug. 15, noiicing the conlinued zeal for the iin- 



|j|Pvemenl of callle, slating that Mr Wliiiaker's 



and a sen.-ibilily lo moral and religious ti-nlh, from Improved shorthorns had taken the prize at the 



which the hiippiesi results have been experien- 

 ced, and may still be anliripated,. May they lo 

 ■sensible of iheir h'gbly favoured conilition, and 

 improve, lo the best possilde advantage, all their 

 various opporlunilies and privileges ! And may 

 ihey always preseri e ihal characler for upright- 

 ness, and inlelligcnce, which becomes the iinle- 



bile Donrasier Show, bcaiiiig xMr Charles Cham- 

 pion of Bl\ ih, &c. 



A lellir from Yorkshire, (i'og) in .-eplv to 

 Ihe Corif.juinding !^ecrol.iry m regard lo Suulh- 

 down and Dishley sheep, obser* ing thai the sum 

 of thirty guine.ii- w.is loo small lur the purciuise 

 of four lambs. 



peiidaiil yeomanry 01 a free and an enliyhteued i /V letter from .Mr. Whiiaker, Burley, York- 

 uiitiou ! !»hire, lo liie Currefpoudiiiif Secretary, ackuowl- 



