^1^ AGRICULTURAL MUSEU"M ' 



Industry, and a ^reat increase of our populatios, have 

 ft-most surmounted these first dillicuUies iri a new coun^ 

 ti V ; we are less dependent than heretofore, and have 

 now leisure to contemplate our growinc^ prosperity, to 

 cultivale those arts uhich add to the strengh of a nati- 

 on, as well^s to the happiness of the individuals which 

 compose Bt. The elegancies as well as the arts of civi! 

 hfe are now a|>preciatcd, and we htgin to f -el the ne- 

 cessity ol treading back the steps of our ancestors: of 

 plajUing where thoy have felled, — of attending to the qua- 

 lity as well as tlie q-iintity of our products, in order to 

 gratify an improved taste, and to furnish maintainance to 

 a greater )iuml)er of persons from the produce of the same 

 lands than heretofore. Raw materials for our own 

 growing manufactures will require the attention of the 

 Agricultunst to other articles than those which hereto- 

 fore • ngrossed it ; since we have experienced the incon- 

 venience of relying on foreign trade, with nations jea- 

 lous of our growth and inimical to our prosperity. 



Blessed by the Almighty with a country inferior td 

 none in variety of clime, natural productions and fertili 

 ty of soil, it is only necessary to bring our resources into 

 activity, to furnish all the vegetable productions which 

 administer to the support, the comfort, the luxury, or the 

 commerce of nationsj As rich harvests may wave over 

 our soil, our cattle and dairy produce may be as abua- 

 dant, our meadows and pastures as verdant, and our or- 

 chards and vineyards as productive as those of other 

 regions. 



The rise and decline of the nations which have pre- 

 ceded ours, should teach us that political liberty is the 

 source of prosperity : that in every age it has been suf- 

 ficient to transform the barren desert into a fruitful dis- 

 trict. What then shall limit our prospects in this new 

 and unexhausted land ? When taste and science are led 

 by the hand of liberty, we may reasonably expect to ac- 

 complish in a few years, that which has been tlie slow 

 production of centuries in the eastern Hemisphftre, 



