MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 



PHIL.WELPHM. 



On the cultivation of the Fine, in a Letter to the Presi- 

 dent of the Society^ by Timothy Matlack^ Esq, 



Read June 11, 1811. 



Dear Sir, 



YOU and I are both old enough to know, that 

 Christianity and vine dressing are best taught by ex- 

 ample. On the first you have had many excellent les- 

 sons, and I am perfectly content with your practice on 

 them ; but on the latter 1 suspect you have had less 

 experience than myself, and therefore offer you a short 

 lesson upon it, and recommend that you practice on 

 this also, with an equal zeal. The interest of our coun- 

 try calls for the example, and your situation affords 

 the opportunity of giving it the greatest eflcct. The 

 lesson shall not only be short, but easy to practice : for 

 I am persuaded, that so much has been said about 

 raising vines, as to have frightened people with the 

 ghosts of difficulties that never existed ; the practice 

 really being a very plain, simple business. 



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