Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-26
TO TIE FARMERS.

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As the peace in Europe will materially
reduce the prize Of almoit Every fpeciescf
produce and of labor, j: becomes the farm
ers to make proyiaon 10 meet this redoc-
ton, 70 as nor TO be impoverished.
One the a1f objects O: attention, IS,
the increaie Of the p,odut'icn OF wool.
The high price OF grain, beet and pork,
for years paa has induced the farmers to
ls.ien their number {! ihecp and neglect
demeitic manufactures. But the reelection
CT the price to labor ard provifons calls
for the Preiervaiion Of the lambs, and the
utmoit increafe of iheep. Not lamb
ihould be killed, the coming fumn'e'.
We have no ufe for orc third OF our ihip-
plug-and no market for one half Cur tur-
plus produce. Our farmers therefore viii
not be able to purcbaie aud pay tor halt the
cioathing which they have been sccLhcm-
ed to buy for fome years pait. Wife men
will forefee the change OF circumstances
and be prepared.
Another thin, deEerving of attention
is tie encreale OF the production of fax.
The farmers ihould fow four times the
ufual quantity offted, and their wives and
daughters mutt more generally be,ake
,hemielyes to their frinnirg wheels.
Ttey viii! not be able to 90 70 the fhors
O. the traders, as they have done tor iome
wears pat.
As the northern ltates viii not fad rf-
fcient market for their bcet ard pork,
they mutt now change their tyiSem II
lome meafure. They can hnd market
for butter and cheefe, when they cannot
for beef. They will do well to turn
great attention, not only to increait Tie
quantity, but to improve the quality OF
their cheefe. 1t is eafy to rival the be'f
Englilh cheefe in the iou,hern markets,
and no pains hould be iparsd to find the
bei mode of making it. Committees
ihould be appointed IN various parts OF
the country, toprocure correct informant
on on this art, and to ai9usc the know
ledge of it.
Shoes, Cabinet work, and many other
manufactures, find good market IL :he
Southern States, and Improvements in the
work will increafe the demand.
The manufacture of hats demands atten-
TOMS it not lhame that the very bea-
yer of our country lhould be tranf ported
to Great Britain, and reformed TO fuppiy
US with hats In the manufacture Of fine
cottons, from the production Of oar own
foil, the fame OBJECTION does cot offer it.
felt againR tending the material abroad
and importing tie manufacturers more
art, labor and experience are neceGary,
than our citizens can yet bettow. But III
the manufacture of has, 1,ces, and many
other articles, the fame quantity of labor
is no, neceaary, and it lhould be our direct
aim to manufacture for the fouihern oates,
which are now fupplied from Europe.
1t is deGrable ALTO that more attention
ihould be paid to Our malt liquors and the
making of cider. The principal eyl! to
be remedied in our cider is, that it is made
too early. Our fruit ihou!d be changed,
for that which does not drop iron the tree
till November. Winter cider hould Tot
be made till late in October.
And let me intreat the farmers TO cult
vate better fpecies Of potatoes. Nine
tenths of all the potatoes bot to the N.
Yotk market, are fit only for hogs and
cows. They have fnoosh ikin, and
many Of them are green and bitter. In
our common kinds, whether white or red,
no po,s,oe is good, unlsi> it has rough
or ruay Kin, ana no Others ihould be
planted. The Engliih whites, with a
rough kin, are the earlief and mott pro-
dutfive-but the red ruity coats arc the
belt in the Spring.
FORE. THOUGHT.