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been able to turn the pocreft ground, which 

 would hardly afford food for a cow, into 

 the richeft and moft fertile meadow, where 

 great flocks of cattle have found fuperrluous 

 food, and are grown fat upon. I own, that 

 theie ufeful plants v/ere not to be found on 

 the grounds of every planter : but with a 

 imall {bare of natural knowledge, a man 

 would eafily collect them in the places 

 where they were to be got. I was afto- 

 nimed, when 1 heard the country people 

 complaining of the badnefs of the paftures ; 

 but I like wife perceived their negligence, 

 and often faw excellent plants growing on 

 their own grounds, which only required a 

 little more attention and affiftancefrom their 

 unexperienced owners. I found every where 

 the wifdorri and goodnefs of the Creator ; but 

 too ieldoni faw any acknowledgment, or 

 adequate eftimation of it, among men. 



O fortunatts nimlamfua ft bona norint 

 Jgrkolas ! Virg. Georgic. 



I have been led to thefe reflections, 

 which may perhaps feem foreign to my. 

 purpofe, by the bad and neglected date 

 of agriculture in every part of this con- 

 tinent. I likewife intended to {hew the 

 reafon why this journal is fo thinly flock- 

 ed with ceconomical advantages in the 

 feveral branches of hufbandry. I do not 

 however deny, that I have fometiir.es found 



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