MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY 



FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. 



CONTAINING 



COMMUNICATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS 



IN 



HUSBANDRY & RURAL AFFAIRS. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED, 



A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



SCHUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE. 

 VOL. L 



** Let us cultivate the ground, that the poor, as well as the rich, may be 

 *' filled ; and happiness and peace be established throughout our borders.** 



Tentanda Via est, qua nos quoque possimus tollere Humo : 



PHILADELPHIA : 



PRINTED BY JANE AITKEN, No. 71, 



NORTH THIRD STREET. 



1808,"* 



