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CONTENTS. 



Page, 

 Preface, - ..--»---- i 



Alteration in the Laws, ' - - - vi 



Officers of the Society, - - - - - vii 



List of members elected since the publication of the last vol. viii 

 Library, - - - - - - - xi 



A Discourse on Agriculture, by Richard Peters, President, 



at the request of the Society, - - - 



An Address on the progress of Agriculture, with hints for 



its improvement in the United Slates, by James Mease, 



M. D. one of the Vice-Presidents. - 



Notices for a young Farmer, particularly one on worn 



lands; Sfc. by Richard Peters, - - - .- 



CONTENTS OF THE MEMOIRS. 



I. T. M. Foreman, Esq. on Crawford rye, 1 



II. Account of wire fences, by White and Hazard, - 3 



III. On Spanish peasantry, their improved lime-kilns, and 

 economical cooking stoves, by Anthony Morris, Esq. - 9 



IV. Richard Peters' s letter on hill-side and other American 

 ploughs, - - - - - --13 



T. Jefferson aifid Col. Randolph on the Mil-side plough, 16 



V. J. Parker, of Kent couuty, Maryland ; his account of 

 sedge -w heat ; and successful experiments by changing 

 seed, - - - ------19 



Note, by R. Peters, 25 



VI. On threshing out wheat by a roller, by Nicholas Ridge- 

 ley, Esq. of Dover, Delaware, - - - - 29 



VII. Account of Bennett's clover and turnip sowing ma- 

 chine, by George Logan, M. D. - 44 



VIII. Communication from James Parker, of Maryland, 



on disease called stunt in wheat, - - -47 



