ON DOMESTIC MAiNUFACTURES. It 



for their construction may be the proper subject for the ofler of 

 a premium at the next exhibition. 



The want of time to arrange and examine the articles otTered 

 in as perfect and full a manner as could be wished, is so obvious 

 that it need hardly be alluded to, except for the purpose of sug- 

 gesting to any who may at any time think that entire justice has 

 not been done to their clain)s, that in Worcester it is required 

 that all claims shall be entered the day before the anniversary ; 

 but what we learn of the operation of the rule in that county 

 does not induce us, upon the whole, to recommend its adoption 

 here. 



More attention might be drawn by enlarging the number of 

 premiums. They could be made to embrace specifically the 

 various kinds of woollen manufactures, as well as hats, boots, 

 shoes, combs, &c. It is desirable to bring together in this njan- 

 ner some of the choicest specimens among the products of ilie 

 useful arts, in order to fix the quality to be expected in each at 

 the highest standard that can be attained. From such a collec- 

 tion useful hints might be derived which many experiments and 

 great expense would fail to suggest. It might happen that one 

 would in some year impart more than he would receive, but it is 

 to be recollected that the succeeding year might more tban turn 

 the balance of the account in his favor. Every man is the pur- 

 chaser of all articles of necessity which he does not himself man- 

 ufacture, and it would be no small benefit to him to learn the 

 best mode of making the articles which he commonly uses and 

 must always buy. No man has a right to expect this advantage 

 for himself unless he is willing to contribute his share to makin"- 

 it universal. 



The present prosperity of manufactures is such that they need 

 no stimulus beyond that afforded by the success that attends, 

 their business. But this very prosperity imposes upon the 

 farmer the duty of enabling agriculture, by his industry and en- 

 terprise, to maintain her equality. The labors of the loom and 

 the spinning wheel, which within a few years gave employment 

 to his household, are now performed by water' power and the 

 most complicated machinery in " the palaces of the poor." If 



