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which has been too much overlooked, than to present anything novel, 

 or which had not a direct practical bearing. In every branch of bu- 

 siness, a knowledge of the materials used is justly deemed essential to 

 success ; and surely such knowledge cannot well be dispensed with 

 in the pursuits of agriculture, where the abundance of the matters 

 used, and the multitude of their combinations, demand the united 

 efforts of the most profound science and the most enlarged experi- 

 ence. 



