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the tradesman, the artisan, and the labourer, reap proportion- 

 able benefits with the cultivators of the soil. 



A meeting of subscribers will shortly be convened, to adopt 

 rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the 

 National Association, based upon the following approved sug- 

 gestions. 



1st. That the existence of the Society be limited to the 

 period of four years. That auxiliary branches be established 

 throughout the kingdom. That instruction on the most im- 

 proved mode of husbandry, the cultivation and preparation of 

 jBax, the new system of grazing with compound, summer feed- 

 ing in boxes, &c. &c., be speedily and effectually dissemi- 

 nated by the location of experienced labourers for a few 

 months where needed, in exchange for others to be taught on 

 farms from whence those labourers were sent, that while some 

 were communicating others would be receiving instruction. 

 The wages of these men to be paid by their employers, and 

 the cost of their journeys by the Society. That an interchange 

 of visits be promoted between intelligent agriculturists of 

 different counties, and gentlemen of leisure and patriotism, 

 whose services in attending public meetings, and in conferring 

 with interested parties, would be of the utmost importance. 

 That a weekly paper, containing authentic information upon all 

 important agricultural topics, be regularly forwarded to every 

 subscriber, that through this medium correspondence might be 

 conducted, intelligence conveyed, and scientific experiments 

 recorded. That economy, expedition, zeal, and perseverance 

 be the distinguishing features of the Society's proceedings. 

 And that no expenditure of time or funds upon yearly enter- 

 tainments or anything foreign to the direct object be allowed. 



Ladies are also invited to afford their patronage to the 

 National Association, because it is proposed through their 

 co-operation to introduce the spinning and knitting of linen 

 yarn in schools, orphan asylums, Magdalen, and other institutions 

 where employment is required ; and especially those finer 

 qualities o^ hand-spun yarn for which our manufacturers of lace, 

 muslin, lawn, cambric, &c. &c., pay many thousands every 

 year to foreigners ; and when it is understood that a woman 

 can spin 20s. or CO.*. worth of this description of yarn from 



