AGRICULTURAL afUSEUM 'Oft 



«f these plates, which is penetrated. The itielal is 

 therefore corroded, and on taking' out the corroded ni:it- 

 *er, (if necessary to be levigated and washed) the quanti 

 ty of verdigreasc obtained will far exceed the quantity 

 of copper employed. Should the copper plates be toa 

 thick, the verdigrease will have to be removed fro»i 

 time to time to facilitate the pi-ocess. 



I have been thus more minute in my explanation than 

 I w^ould otherwise have bceii ; Jbut knowing that so im- 

 portant a branch of manufacture in this country, must 

 interest our attention (for the reasons already given) and 

 render us completely indepcndcat of Europe in this arti- 

 cle ; the material of which is found in so great abundance 

 in our country. The retail price of verdigrease. at ihi^ 

 time, is f^. 50 to #3 per lb jlurora..... V ^v.o. 



To the Eil'd&r of the. Jg-ricultural Mdscujn. 



Haw 5 horn, FrederkJc Count j, Va, 



TP, f... September 14, 1810. 



.Dear Sir, -^ 



About two years ?ince, a society was formed in this 

 county, to encourage Domestic Manufactures, and im- 

 prove our breed of Sheep. Before this, little attention 

 had been paid to either of tliose objects. Some families 

 had made coarse clothing, and a few of our farmers had 

 made some slight e-fforts to improve their flocks; but 

 the most of us viewed our sheep as a stock of little va- 

 lue, and ran to the stores for all our clothing. 



The restrictions imposed on our commerce, by Eng^ 

 land and France, opened our eyes. We saw and for- 

 cibly felt the necessity ^f cuhivatingour own resources, 

 and thereby lessening our hitherto thoughtless depend- 

 ence on foreigners, for tliose comforts and necessaries 

 of life, which were so entirely within the reach of our owp 

 means. The trial has taught us a les.son as valuable and 

 instructive, j^s it was unexpected. IMany of us have for- 

 ever banished from our use everj' foreign article of cloth- 

 ing, and are now better dressed than we ever were be- 



