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honorary members; but the diftance of my reft* 

 dence, added to an indifferent ftate of health, mult 

 plead my excufe. But in order to convince you 

 that the important objects of your attention have 

 not wholly efcaped mine, I beg leave to trouble 

 you with a few general hints on hufbandry, which 

 are entirely fubmitted to your difpofal. 



The great outlines of good hufbandry are the 

 fame in all counties, and will admit of little vari- 

 ation. It is in lejjer matters that any material 

 difference ought to be made. And as thefe dif- 

 ferences are local, they can only be judged of pro- 

 perly by the refpeclive inhabitants. 



The vaft tracts of wafte land which ftill remain 

 in almoft every county, are a publick reproach to 

 the grand police of this nation, and evince a 

 degree of ingratitude to the great Author of 

 Nature; who has blefled us with the means of 

 rendering them fources of wealth to numbers, and 

 the theatre of employment to our poor labourers; 

 many of whom, from the decline of our commerce, 

 are almoft deftitute of bread. 



The low lands in mod counties are beft adapted 

 for paiture. The graifes mod natural to them 

 are better kinds than in elevated ground. Thofc 



S 2 which, 



