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but in Agriculture fhe mull be the ftrudlure itfelf^ 

 not the foundation."* 



But I would have taken the liberty to alk. What 

 is to be the foundation of this ftru6ture? had not 

 Mr. Young himfelf pointed it out, when he inge- 

 nuoufly confefTes, " in many inftances I have been 

 a very bad farmer, and aded contrary to the didates 

 of good hufbandry.**-j- 



No one will pretend to deny that experiments are 

 the life and foul of hufband; y, — but they mud not 

 be made at random ; for to what can fuch experi- 

 ments tend, except to the frequent difappointnnent 

 of the farmer, and to the publick lofs? 



Indeed the encomium which Mr. Young hath 

 fo juitly paffed on Dr. Home, evidently proves, 

 that the pra6lical part of Agriculture muft receive 

 conliderable benefit from fcientifick knowledge. 



It is hoped that thefe remarks will not be con^ 

 fidered as cenfure on Mr. Young, or ^ as a cavil 

 at excellence.' They are intended only to plac^ 

 this fubjedt in the moft enlarged point of view. 



• Experimental Agriculture, pref. p. 15. f Ibid. p. 6. 



However 



