g^i' AGllICUr/rURAL MUSEXTM. 



far buhind New-York, !Miiss;ii;!Hisctts or Connectlciifr, 

 in tlie spirit for t!ic propagntion of iMcM-iiio sh«-ep, or 

 for inanvifacturin!]^ cloths ; not odc complote esfablish- 

 ment to any extent, existing in the whole tUate. Hither- 

 to indeed so tar IVgni enconriig Mnent heiiis^ j^iven to im- 

 provers of wool, there has been a lot:;! indiiY'-rencc 

 thereto by our iej^isiature, which ahhonffh con)posedof 

 more than tlii'ee fourths farmers, declined nntd lately to 

 do any thin<y on the subje'-t; e%'en to aiford negative 

 aid, by a triH iig tax on those worthless an ma!s a^ioiit 

 a farm — Dogs : the whole proceeds of which, even now, 

 in the township, in ]3>dawa'e comity, in uliich the wri- 

 ter's farm is situated, woidd not amount to a sum, ecjoal 

 to what he thinks some of his half bldoded Mei-inos are 

 fairly worth. What remuneration might be expected, 

 if a full blooded ram, or even one of the fourth cross, 

 were sacrificed by a cur or hound ? It is to be hoped 

 that the hmt will be taken, and that every possible en- 

 couragement to the increase of our flocks, and to the ex- 

 tension of woollen manufactures vvill be atTorded with- 

 out delav. A small portion of the wealth of the peo- 

 ple, cannot be distributed by their representatives, to 

 greater profit for those from whom it is collected, than 

 by stimulating them by premiums, to attend to an ob 

 ject so important as that under consideration, and by 

 aiding and fostering the endeavors of those who have 

 turned the public attention to this great source of Agri- 

 cultural riches, and public prospeiity. 



On the Analysis of Soils, as connected with their Im- 



pfovement. By Humphrey Davy, Esq. F. R. S. 



From the Communications of the Board of Trade. 



Continued from page 264. 

 IX. Exammation of tlie. finely divided Matter of Soihy 

 and Mode of dcfecling mild L hue and Magnesia. 



The finely divided matter of the soil is usually very 

 «ompou?ul in its nature; it sometimes contains all the 

 four primitive earths of soilsj as well a& animal and 



