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the trial, which at this instant is as promising as the other 

 proved. The early spring of this year, 1801, I practised' the 

 same mode with tares, pease, oals, and barley, which se- 

 verally are promising. I bring forward these experiments 

 to show, that generally every waste may be rendered produc- 

 tive by the first simple operation of the plough, and thereby 

 supersede the long process pursued by many ; call forth to 

 the earliest production the unprofitable wastes of the king- 

 dom ; and hence, as far as human foresight can discover, 

 prevent such a sensible scarcity as most of our provinces 

 have recently felt. And again, under the blessing of Pro-" 

 vidence, witness a competency for ourselves, and a surplus 

 for other nations ; and thence be commercially beneficial to 

 a large portion of mankind. 



I am^ with sincere regard. 



Your respectful friend, 



John Wagstaffe. 

 To the Society, 



XXV. On the Advantages of the Use of Oxen and Neat 

 Cattle in Hushandnj. By Lord Somkb.vili.f.*. 



^j. SIR, I,ondon,Dec. 8, ISO}. 



X ou will have the goodness to express to the Bath Society 

 my regret that I cannot attend its anniversary meeting, as 

 was mv intention. 



On the subject of my claim to the premium for a change 

 of sheep stock, &c. I have only to observe, that it was made 

 at a period the most unfavourable to stock, when distress 

 for keep of all sorts was greater than I have ever known; and 

 that whether the premium be adjudged or not to me, I shall 

 ever consider the favourable reception it met from the com- 

 mittee to which it was referred, the able essays which it pro- 

 duced, and the recommendation which this comniittcc, ©nu- 

 merously attended, has unanimously given to this general 

 meeting that it should be awarded, together with ihe proofs 

 since produced, as decisive on this important question. 



• l'"rom Lctten and Papers of the. Bath AgTiCuitaraL Sutnltj, vol. x. 



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