this articl''^ and that it is fjalte as useful in the state Qf 

 leaver, merely dfied, and paeked in that conditicn. Pi p,- 

 bably there niay be so much saving in freight, in const*- 

 quence of grinding-, as tq pay for that operation. 



The. faetorii's here are very numerous, and wonderful* 

 jy extensive. Some ofthein employ 12C0 people, not- 

 ^vithstanding the apphcation of the steam engine, as a 

 pioving power, in a great multitude of the *p''ocesse.s. 

 Tile country, for many miles around JNIanchcstcr is tri- 

 butary to the great factories. Spiiming, u'eaving, and 

 other preliminai'y operations, are performed in the villa 

 . gcs and cottages, and the fabrics are brought into town 

 to be linished. While I was walking with some of m^- 

 stage conipanions through a village near Warrington, 

 ^ shower caused us to seek shelter in the cottages, and 

 we found the peopic emjdoyed in this manner ; their ap» 

 [)cariinee was neat, eheeriul, and comfortal>lc. 



[SiUimans Tr(^vel^> 



Fcn^ the Agricultural ]}.Iuseum> 



The adva^hTacl: of working Oxex 



Among the subjects which claim the notice of the A- 

 meriean Agriculturalist, The, Advantages to he dcriccd 

 from ivoi^n'mg' Oxen is one of i]0 small importance. T1k\ 

 writer had tlattered himself that it would liavc employed 

 the pen of some gentleman of experience, and occupied 

 a l)laee in the Agricultural Museum at a much earlier 

 period. Sorry (hat his expectations have as yet been dis?- 

 appointed, he would make an etTort to direct the atten' 

 tion of the public to an object which he conceives to be 

 gf great and encreasing utility. lie ps'oivJses but little 

 from his own resources. IJis opportunity for obsei'va- 

 tlon and experiment has been limited. He will therefore 

 confine himself in a great measure, to an Exhibition of 

 the beneficial results which have accrued, in other places, 

 from fhe use of those valuable animals; and, with fhh 



