MEMOIR OF THK LATE ME. JOHN JUST, OF BURY. 



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His pursuit of botany and the associations of his boyish 

 years on his father's farm, must naturally have combined to 

 turn Mr. Just's attention both to the science and the practice 

 of Agriculture; and (as in all his other studies), he quali- 

 fied himself to teach the philosophy of their operations to 

 farmers themselves ; to point out their faults and mistakes ; 

 and to offer them many valuable practical suggestions for 

 their guidance, in various farming operations. He was v?ell 

 acquainted with chemistry, and paid considerable attention to 

 its application to the analysis of soils and manures, and other 

 purposes connected with the science of agriculture. As a 

 geologist, he was also well informed, and made his knowledge 

 of this science contribute its quota to his investigation of 

 the philosophy of vegetable culture. Of the results of his 

 observation, inquiries, and experiments in this branch of 

 science, a few only can be indicated here. Three of his 

 agricultural essays enrich the Transactions of the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 



On the 18th November, 1845, Mr. Just read before this 

 Society, a long and able paper "On the Philosophy of 

 Farming," printed in its Transactions, (New Series, vol. vii., 

 p. 574.) 



On the 10th August, 1847, Mr. Just read before this 

 Society another valuable paper "On the Maturation of Grain 

 and Farming Produce, so as to be most beneficial to the 

 Cultivator;" and it is printed in the Transactions, (New 

 Series, vol. viii., p. 297.) 



On the 9th May, 1848, Mr. Just read an admirable prac- 

 tical paper " On Faults in Farming," — chiefly as observed 

 by him in the neighbourhood of Bury, — in the waste, the 

 collection, and the application of n)anures, solid and liquid, — 

 concluding with useful hints on the waste of manures in 

 large towns. This is the last printed paper of your corres- 

 ponding member, being included in the ninth volume of the 

 Transactions, (p. 93.) 



