Ixxiv Library* 



The following are the gift of John Vaiighan. 

 Observations on the sowing of spring wheat, published by 



order of the Dublin society, Dublin, 1807. 

 Essay on the construction of ice houses, and a description of 



a refrigerator, (for the preservation of butter or meat,) by 



Thomas Moore, Baltimore, 180i. 

 The great error of American agriculture exposed, and hints 



for improvement suggested, by Thomas Moore, Baltimore, 



1801. 

 Treatise on practical farming, and on the use of plaster of 



Paris, deep ploughing, &e. &c. by John Binns, of Loudon 



county, Virginia. Frederick Town, Maryland, 1803. 

 Virgil's Pastorals and Georgics, translated into English 



prose, with notes and reflections, by James Hamilton, 



Edin. 1742. Gift of Mr. Samuel Patterson, Edinburgh. 

 Papers published by the Massachusetts society for promoting 



agriculture, 2 numbers, 1796, J 804. Gift of F. Nichols. 

 Bakewell on Wool. Gift of Solomon W. Conrad. 

 An Essay on the utility of soap ashes as a manure, London, 



1812. Gift of James Mease. 



The Society are collecting specimens of native manures : 

 and also w^orking models of useful agricultural implements 

 as far as their limited funds will permit. They will cheer- 

 fully receive models of all improved or patented implements, 

 from the proprietors. 



