AQniCJJ'LTVRAI. 3IUSEUM. 



OMNIS FERET OMNIA TELLUS. Vlllft. 



VaL L] f;eoroc/o vi, Cd. Die. 7, 1810. [No. 12. 



To the Editor of tht Aghicultural Museum. 



Sin, 



Few persons have a liiglier idea of the utility of 

 A sPOciulioFJs for diffusing knowledge, and '-tiFnuIaling the 

 minds of men to useful exertion, than the writer of this ; 

 be cannot, therefore, but rejoice at the establishment of 

 the Agricultural Society, in this District. As composed 

 generally of practical Agriculturalists, and for the fur- 

 therance of their pursuits, it appears to be takiHg a di- 

 rection towards objects of minor importance, altlio' high- 

 ly patriotic and of great national utilKy. You will, h9 

 t!oui)t, perceive, I allude to the Premiums given for those 

 products of Art and Manufacture, which, at your Exhibi- 

 tions, place on the pinacle of fame the good House-wives 

 and dunestic Sj)insters of our country. I will not now 

 attempt an examination of how far, in our present state, 

 it is preferable to direct domestic exertions in manufac- 

 ture to superiority of quality, rather than to an increased 

 qnantit} of home made articles : whether it would not be 

 bettej-, that our domestic industry should be applied to 

 the relief of our most pressing and indispensible Wants, 

 \\:i\\ supplied fi'om other nations, and to the increase of 

 real comforts, raiher than to rivalling the finer manufac- 

 tures of a more luxurious people, — manufactures v\hich 

 require great subdivision of labor, and extensive capital 

 to carry them on profitably ; and, wheiher in some de- 

 gree it is not defeating a great object of the InsSitatJon- 

 A Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufac- 

 tures and Commerce of our country, would begin as our 

 Agricultural Society have; — whilst the views of its mem- 

 bers would extend to these objects only, they would be 



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