Address to the Citizens^ xvii 



Every probable theory may be herein brought to a practical 

 test; its uses shewn, or its fallacy detected. This would 

 become a school for disseminating agricultural knowledge ; 

 by means far more influential and instructive, than any here- 

 tofore devised. 



5. A Veterinary Institution, for investigations into the 

 diseases of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine ; and preven- 

 tives and remedies ; as the means to gain and promulgate 

 the knowledge of both diseases and cures. Of such, espe- 

 cially, as are common, or peculiar to our climate and country, 



6. To promote the formation of similar societies through 

 the state : and (if required) to co-operate with them in every 

 endeavour, to forward the objects of our own and their 

 establishments. 



Some of these views may be, and now certainly are, in 

 the extent contemplated, beyond our present powers and pe- 

 cuniary means. But we must be satisfied with having at- 

 tempted the beginning of a plan, which may hereafter be 

 accomplished, however distant the period of success, may now 

 appear. That period may be wonderfully accelerated by the 

 aid and exertion, our fellow citizens have it in their power 

 amply to afford. We indulge an ardent hope, that the impor- 

 tance of a subject, in which we all are deeply interested, will 

 be more generally seen, and more highly appreciated. 



Richard Peters, President, 

 James Mease, Secretary* 

 February y 1810. 



