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MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY 

 FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE; 



CONTAINING 



COMMUNICATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS 



IN 



HUSBANDRY AND RURAL AFFAIRS, 

 VOL. IV. 



" Let us cultivate the ground, that the poor, as well as the rich, may be 

 " filled ; and happiness and peace be established throughout our borders." 



Tentanda Via est, qua nos quoque possimus tollere Humo .- 



PHILADELPHIA 



PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN WARNER, 



NO. 147, MARKET STREET. 

 1818. 



