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alfo work himfelf j that the labourers might imitate 

 him, and be convinced it is with propriety he pre- 

 fides over them, becaufe he excels them in the 

 pradical part, as well as the fcientifick. 



Were this the cafe with us, local and eftablifhed 

 cuftoms would be regarded no farther than they 

 are founded in propriety; younger fervants would 

 be accuftomed to a variation in their methods of 

 culture, as circumftances varied \ new modes would 

 not be defpifed becaufe they are new \ the efFe6ls 

 of experiments would be modeftly expeded ; the 

 advantages and difadvantages attending them, 

 would be accurately difcerned; and a continual 

 progrefs would be made in the fcience and pra6tice 

 of Agriculture. Were fome fmart boys feleded 

 by each Society, and educated on the above plan, 

 they would hereafter convey knowledge wherever 

 they went; and their obfervations would be better 

 attended to by inferior fervants, than if they came 

 from perfons of high rank. In fhort, they would 

 efFe6t what even the fuperior knowledge of no- 

 blemen and gentlemen could not perform, who 

 have more important objefls in view than to culti- 

 vate the negle6ted underftanding of every ruftic la- 

 bourer they may have occafion to employ. Like 

 fmaller rivulets, branching from the main ftream, 



they 



