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importance of his {tation, and to the abilities and knowledge 
which the publick require in fuch a man. Allot him a {pace 
of ground fufficient for exemplifying the nature and utility of 
different fpecies of manure. Let him be provided with proper 
implements of hufbandry, and of farming in all its branches, 
and with models of fuch large. machines as may be necef- 
fary for fatisfactorily elucidating his inftru@tions. Let him 
and his pupils have accefs to a publick botanical garden* ; 
and let the fuperintendent of that garden be enjoined to 
fet apart a competent portion of it for the cultivation of 
fuch grafles, herbs of the papilionaceous tribe, and fhrubs, 
whether exotic or indigenous, as thrive in the open air. Let 
the profeffor diftribute to his pupils a copious text book, con- 
taining the principles of his art, or its fundamental truths ; 
and let him, with the moft perfpicuous and circumftantial 
accuracy, comment upon thefe texts, explain whatever is well 
afcertained, point out the errors of authors of note and of 
common practice, and fhew what important inquiries remain 
yet undecided or unexplored. 
2. BEesipE the pupils whom the love of fcience or the fame 
of the profeffor might colleét around the chair of agriculture, 
let certain induftrious youths of tolerable capacity, and of good 
ordinary education in reading and arithmetic, be fent from 
(F2) each 
* Three hundred pounds a year have been entrufted by parliament to the Dub- 
lin Society, for three years paft, “ towards providing and maintaining a Botanié 
«© Garden.” This inftitution has not been begun ; but it is probable that a meas 
fure of fuch manifeft general utility will not be much longer negleéted. 
