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What are the MANURES moji advantageoujly applicable 

 to the VARIOUS SORTS o/" S O I L S, and what are 

 the CAUSES of their BENEFICIAL EFFECT 

 in each PARTICULAR INSTANCE. 



Idoneus Patriae, sit Utilis Agris, 

 JuvEN. Sat, 14. 



XxGRICULTURE is the art of making the earth produce Read Jan. 4, 

 the largeft crop of ufeful vegetables at the fmalleft expenfe ; , '^^''' 

 it has often been remarked that, amidft the various improvements 

 which moft of the pradlical arts have derived from the progrefs 

 lately made in natural philofophy and chemiflry, none have 

 fallen to the fliare of agriculture, but that it remains nearly 

 in the fame ftate in which it exifted two thoufand years ago. 

 Vol. V. R " I am 



