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t;on, for the prosperity of a Society so " extensively 

 useful as yours." 



The respectable state of New- York has adopted 

 this Society as their model, and they are forming sev- 

 eral institutions resembling tliis. And within a few daya 

 past, we have had an application from the state of 

 Kentucky, requesting our assistance to enable the^Ti to 

 form a societ}^ like our own. The application has 

 been complied with. The state of Connecticut, also, 

 has this month, for the first time, beheld an associa- 

 tion of eminent men of that state, assembled to pro- 

 mote their agriculture and manufactures. This nov- 

 el exhibition took place at the city of New- Haven, 

 under the patronage of a revered revolutionary pat- 

 riot and statesman, by whom they were addressed. — 

 Thus we behold the spirit of improvement in active 

 operation, in several important sections of the coun- 

 try. These occurrences should confirm us in the 

 correctness of our viev;s, and should stimulate us to 

 unabated perseverance. 



While we reflect with pleasure, and with gratitude, 

 on these propitious events, the Society should not rest 

 satisfied with the enlightened and benevolent views of 

 the past time. Greater prosperity and more extensive 

 usefulness are before them. That these prospects 

 may not become illusory, or momentary in effect, I 

 ask permission to recommend, gentlemen of the So- 

 ciety and fellow-citizens, the advantages of collecting 

 books on agriculture and manufactures ; on the dis- 

 eases of all domestic animals, and their remedies ; and 

 on all the improvem.ents which ancient and modern 

 times have consecrated to the prosperity of man. — ■ 

 These researches v/ould excite a spirit of enquiry and 

 a passion for reading, which would difilise through 

 our ranks important social advantages. Pleasure ar«:l 

 profit would walk hand in hand, and we should wit- 

 ness among the risen, and rising generation, that pol- 

 ish of tnind, and those treasures of k)unvlcdt(e^ ivhwh 

 commend man to f)ian^ and exalt ii'im to the first moral 

 distinction^ as he is elevated by the tenor of his rights^ 

 to the enviable rank of lord of the suil he cultivates. 



