AGRICULTURAL MUSUEM 3 



and general io'.erchanoc of ideas on the important sub- 

 jects of their occupations. In this view, it will be a conve- 

 nient appendage to the Columhian Agricidiural Sockfi/. 

 The Constitution an(! proceedings of that Institution, and 

 especially the Premiums proposed and awarded at its ge- 

 neral meetings, wil! be prominent articles. Tiic proceed- 

 ings of other simihir Societies in the United States, and 

 elsewhere, will be noticed. Pains will be taken to make 

 il)e best selections from the most approved Authors, Jour, 

 ludists and Perio(ncal Works. Original Essays and 

 other communications on Agriculture., on Domestic Ma- 

 nufactures, on the Arts, xim! on the productions and re- 

 sources of our country in gen. ral, wil! be received with 

 gra,titude and attention. And wliilst the interests,growth 

 and improvement of this District, and of the adjacent 

 States, shall not be neglected, the objects and mode of 

 Culture, the Manufactures, the Growth, the Improve- 

 ments, the Roads, the Rivers, and Canals of every stale 

 and district in tlie ITnion, will be occasionally brought in- 

 to view, as far as correct infoiniation can be obtained. 



Nor are the beneOts to be derived horn such a publi- 

 cation, connned to the Farmer and Manufacturer alone. 

 They v^il! extend to e\ei'y class of the community — In a 

 country such as ours, Commerce must draw her resources 

 and wealth h-on? AgrieuUure. The great body of the 

 population of all nourishing Towns and Cities are Ma- 

 nufacturers and Artisans, The citizen therefore, as well 

 as the countryman, will see it his isiterest to give every 

 aid to a measure, ^vhich, if properly su[)ported, promises 

 most important advantages^ both to individojils and to 

 (he nation in general, 



D. W. 



Extracts from the Introduction to ihf. 2d Vol. cf the 



Bath Papers, 



A late ingenious Writer has justly remarked, that'^Im- 

 •^provements in Tillage arise, in general^ from the skw 



