[ye we. J 
Tue eftablifhment of proper provifions for education in agri- 
culture appears, therefore, to be an object of the moft import- 
ant national concern. It appears peculiarly fo. in Ireland, 
where the rural “ceconomy has received fo little commendation 
er encouragement ; yet where the luxuriance of the foil and. 
the mildnefs of the climate promife the moft abundant re- 
wards to the fkilful toil of the hufbandman. Let our ignor- 
ance of thefe affairs ceafe to. be a bye-word in the mouths of 
thofe whofe knowledge of them is, perhaps, after all, fo little 
fuperior to our own. Let the glory of erecting new altars to. 
Ceres and Triptolemus be referved for a country not infe- 
rior in genius. or patriotifm to the moft favoured of anti- 
quity.. 
Tue firft obje@& to be fought is a correét fyftem of agricul- 
ture adapted to the particular circumftances of this country 3. 
and the next is the diffufion and inculcation of its docu-- 
ments. 
To attain thefe objeéts a fuitable plan muft be fpiritedly- 
carried into execution. The following hints are fuggefted to 
be modified and matured by thofe whofe talents, information, 
and publick fpirit qualify them for fo honourable an under- 
taking. 
1. Ler a profeffor of agriculture be eftablifhed in or near- 
the metropolis; where other branches of natural knowledge 
connected with agriculture, particularly botany and chemiftry, 
are taught. Let this profeflor receive a falary fuitable to the 
importance: 
