AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM 



dcvcrl as a luippy presage of lasting grcalness an<r 

 pro?ptMity to o(ir Couiitr}', and as laying a soSd basis of 

 real Indepkndence. Yet much still remains to he done. 

 The mass of the common Farmers are slow in changing 

 theii- mode of agriculture — To dissipate their prejudices^ 

 they want information, as well as tiie successful exam- 

 ple of their more erdightencd ncighhouis. The institu- 

 tion of Agricultural Societies, and the distribution of 

 Fremiums tor proper objects nia 3' be highly useful. Wiieji 

 under suitable regulatimis and restrictiotss they may be 

 expected to produce, ultimatel}', the most important re- 

 sults. But, without a free communication o-f ideas— with- 

 out ti>c mx2ans of diffusing correct principles — th'^ir 0))e- 

 ration must necessarily Iv '-etarded, and their i.uliuence 

 <Mi the community be circuM!;'Tibed within narrow !imils» 

 The man of Science may have access to the Ixjoks of 

 ©thcr countries — he may be able to d-erive important in- 

 struction from them, I)y a proper selection of such aiticlcs 

 as are applicable to the soil and climate of his own coun- 

 try. But such books are not witliin the reach of every 

 one; and if they were, a judicious and profitable use of 

 them could nat be expected. — The common News{)apers 

 are so engrossed by politics, and so devoted to party 

 purposes as, in a great measure, to preclude their utility 

 in this respect The Magazines, INluseums and oth.er pe- 

 riodical Works, which have heretofore been published in 

 this country, have erabraced so wide a range, and been 

 so appropriated to other sciences and pursuits, as to ren- 

 der them of little service to the Agriculturalist. 



Similar observations might be mad? in regard to Ma- 

 nulactures. It has therefore been supposed that a Peri- 

 odical Paper, devoted, almost exclusive^, to the interests 

 of Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures, must be use- 

 ful, and can scarcely fail of support. The design of the 

 Kditor is to make the Acicultuual JNIlseum, a reposi. 

 Irry of valuable idformation to the Farmer and Manufac- 

 turer, and the mean of a free communication of sentiment, 



