held from us ;. for if there is any one undertaking- which 

 deserves the special patronage of a wise and paternal gov- 

 ernment, it is one like ours, which eminently promotes 

 our first, best, and most permanent source of wealth and 

 comfort, Agriculture ; this Notice will show how far the 

 Beet Culture fulfills this condition ; it will he seen that it 

 does more ; for the 'production of Indigenous Sugar (one 

 of its consequences) creates an entirely new branch of 

 manufacture, and that from a product of our own soil, it 

 offers moreover by its novelty a fresh field to that genius 

 and enterprize for which our countrymen stand pre-emin- 

 ently conspicuous. 



Though the following information may be quite inade- 

 quate to satisfy the reasonable expectation of a reader, yet 

 it should be remembered that some benefit may flow from 

 these hints, they may attract attention to a subject of 

 great moment, little known, and less understood, and in- 

 duce some more valuable contributions to our common 

 stock of knowledge; should such be the result my object 

 will be completely attained ; I shall have thrown in my 

 mite. 



EDWARD CHURCH. 



Northampton, l^th. December, 1836. 



