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been able to turn the pooreft 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 

 thefe ufeful plants v/ere not to be found on 

 the grounds of every planter : but with a 

 fmall (hare of natural knowledge, a man 

 would eafily collecl: them iti the places 

 where they were to be got. I was afto- 

 nilhed, when 1 heard the country people 

 complaining of the badnefs of the paftures ; 

 but I likewife perceived their negligence, 

 and often faw excellent plants growing on 

 their own grounds, which only required a 

 little mbre attention and affiftancefrom their 

 unexperienced owners. I found every where 

 the wifdom and goodnefs of the Creator ; but 

 too feldom faw any acknowledgment, or 

 adequate eftimation c>f it, among men. 



Ofortunatos nimium fua Ji lona norint 

 Jgricola s ! VIRO. Georgic. 



I HAVE been led to thefe reflections, 

 which may perhaps feem foreign to my 

 purpole, by the bad and neglected (late 

 of agriculture in every part of this con- 

 tinent. I likewife intended to (hew the 

 reafon why this joiirnal is fo thinly flock- 

 ed with ceconomical advantages in the 

 feveral branches of huftandry. I do not 

 however deny, that I have fometiircs found 

 N 2 one 



