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more likely to serve their countiy iti that way, and ha\*^S 

 their cjulcavors crowned with success. It may not yet 

 be too hitc to enquire into the propriety 6i' confining the 

 Tiews of the Society to Agricultura! pursuits. To in- 

 crease the number of useful vtg'etabie productions, and 

 perfect the mode of their culture ; to con)j)are the culti- 

 vation under which the same plants thrive best here, with 

 that which is practised in other parts of the world ; — to 

 attend carcfidly to the perfection of our Orchard culture 

 audits produce; — to encourage live fencing, and the 

 planting of forcbt trees, so as to mitigate the growing 

 evils aribing from the wanton destruction of our woods ; 

 to try tlic effects of the various manures, and of rotatioii 

 in cropping, are ail ohjccts of the highest importance to 

 Agricuhuralists, and particularly in this portion of the 

 CJnion, which has so materially suffered by the exhaust-' 

 ing course of husbavdry pursued by cur Predecessors. 

 If to these be added the improvement of Stock, it is pro- 

 bable that subjects of investigation, experiment and in- 

 dustry, more immediately useful, will be suggested, than 

 are now pursued. 1 mean not to undervalue the present 

 course of the Society, but to call its attention to the con 

 sideration of whether it is the most useful. 



If this meet with your approbation, and its insertion be 

 consonant to the plan of your useful publication, it may 

 lead to other communications on these subjects from your 

 friend 



FRANKLIN. 



Extract from Lord SomcrvilWs Essay on Sheep. 

 Continued from page 166. 



This subject has, at length, excited a more than com- 

 mon interest, and numberless questions are asked as to 

 the return, or profit, per acre, on clothing or fine wool ; 

 this will depend on the nature of the keep; if sheep are 

 to run on pasture land only, during the whole year, so 

 much will depend on the nature of the seasons, that no 

 fixed value, or specific rate of stock can well be given. 



