THE 



AGHICULTURAL MUSEUM. 



OMNIS FERET OMNIA TELLUS. Vieo. 



Vol. I] Gcorgdoivn, Ca. July 4, 1810. [No. 1^ 



INTRODUCTION. 



In pre sen tin. fj the public with tlie first number of the 

 Agricultural Museum, without having previously so- 

 licited or obtained a sinjj^le subscriber, it may be supposed 

 that the Editor has calculated too largely on the liberality 

 of his friends and fellow citizens. It may be, so. Still, 

 however, he would not be discouraged. This has not 

 been the principal source on wliich he has relied for sup- 

 port. His dependance is rather on the advantages which 

 such a Publication pronii:?es to the community than on 

 their liberality. 



For some time past considerable exertion has been 

 made throughout the United States, to promote the 

 improvement of Agriculture, and to encoura,ge and 

 extend Domestic Manufactures. Nor has the exer- 

 tion been without effect. — In many parts of the country 

 the success has equalled the most sanguine expectation. 

 By the adoption of proper modes of culture the produce 

 of whole districts has been more than doubled — thousands 

 of acres of waste and worn out lands have been clothed 

 CO with a rich abundance — the desert has been literally 

 C5f5 changed into a fruitful field — large and profitable Ma- 

 ,^ nufactories of various kinds have been established, and 

 «y^ families have found it by no means impracticable, not only, 

 ^i; ^o feed, but to clothe themselves from the produce of their 

 "< own farms. Such a state of things may well be coiisi- 



