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the observation and experience of many observers, and 

 its natural fruit is &quot; the substitution of rational practice 

 for unsound prejudice.&quot; 



8. You see then what is the use of a scientific knowl 

 edge of the principles of agriculture. It prepares a 

 person for the practice of agriculture. A person who has 

 thoroughly learned the scientific principles, will under 

 stand, without any difficulty, the reasons for the operations 

 of agriculture. 



9. But science will not be sufficient without practice. 

 Practice teaches a thousand things which have not got 

 into the books. But a knowledge of scientific principles 

 opens one s eyes to observe and see many facts which the 

 more unenlightened laborer cannot see, and to perceive 

 the connection between facts which to the ignorant person 

 seem to have no connection. 



10. The farmer, therefore, should have a good educa 

 tion. For no one is more highly benefited by a good 

 education. The farmer pursues one of the most impor 

 tant occupations in the world. Almost all the food of 

 civilized man is produced on the farm. The quantity 

 and excellence of the food thus produced depend upon 

 the skill and intelligence with which the farm is managed. 

 Nothing can be done so well by an ignorant and careless 

 person, as by a person of intelligence and knowledge, 

 and there is no place where knowledge is more impor 

 tant than it is on a farm. 



11. Of the value of exact knowledge to a farmer there 

 is abundant evidence. Such progress has been made, 

 within a few years past, in the various arts which belong 

 to agriculture, that the produce from the farms in many 

 parts of Europe, particularly of England, is twice as 

 great, on the same land, and with the same amount of 



