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satisfaction, in every point of practice required. It is 

 more necessary to excite the inclinations of many of 

 them to communicate their practical knowledge, than 

 it is to give them instruction ; as this substance has, in 

 many districts of our country, now become one applied 

 in common course. It is annually becoming dearer to 

 the farmers in old settlements ; and especially in the 

 vicinity of the city and large tomis ; owing to the de- 

 mand of this material for buildings, and the scarcity of 

 timber for fuel. From twelve to fourteen cords of wood 

 are consumed, in burning one kiln of Ume of six hundred 

 bushels. The quarries are inexhaustible. No other fuel 

 equals wood for this purpose ; as we may see by com- 

 parison of ours with the lime of our coal countries 

 where it is tinged and discoloured ; and vitiated by the 

 sulphur of the fossil coal used in its calcination. It 

 would be on these accounts desirable to offer a pre- 

 mium, or, in some way, to encourage improvements 

 in the construction of lime kilns ; to save the consump- 

 tion of fuel.* Coked coal might, where timber is ex- 

 hausted, supply the place of wood. 



* In our western country , pit-coal^ and limestone, of the first 

 quality, are generally, and in great plenty, found on the same 

 spot, in strata of from four to six feet in depth, or thickness, 

 respectively ; above or under each other, as they happen to 

 be naturally placed. Coal may be as easily charred or coked 

 (and much in the same way) as wood burnt into charcoal. 

 In that country, furnished with such abundant means in all 

 quarters, ?nfin?z/ac^wr(?6>, are rising, and may increase, with time 

 and population, to an incalculable extent. Cheapness of pro- 

 duce will forward them. Domestic markets will be created, 

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