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These EXPERrsrESTS, it is true, are kot east; still thet are in the power of eyert 



THINKING HUSBANDMAN. HE WHO ACCOMPLISHES BUT ONE, OF HOWEVER LIMITED APPLICATION, AND 

 TAKES CARE TO REPORT IT FAITHFULLY, ADVANCES THE SCIENCE, AND, CONSEQUENTLT, THE PRACTICE 

 OF AGRICULTURE, AND ACQUIRES THEREBf A RIGHT TO THE GRATITUDE OF HIS FELLOWS, AND OF THOSE 

 WHO COME AFTER. TO MAKE MANY SUCH IS BETOND THE POWER OF MOST KDHIDUALS, AKD CANNOT 

 BE EXPECTED. THE FIRST CARE OF ALL SOCIETIES FORMED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCIENCE 

 SHOULD BE TO PREPARE THE FORMS OF SUCH EXPERIMENTS, AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE EXECUTION OF 

 THESE AJIONG THEIR MEMBERS. 



Von Thaer, Principles of Agriculture. 



London : Printed by WnxiAM Clowes and Sons, Stamfoid Street, 

 and Charing Cross. 



