A NEW THEORY 

 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL, 



IN WHICH IT WILL BE SHOWN THAT AGRICULTURISTS HAVE 

 HERETOFORE OPERATED AGAINST NATURE, INSTEAD OF 

 AIDING HER. ALSO, IT WILL BE PROVEN, THAT LAND 

 MAY BE RENDERED RICH WITHOUT THE APPLICATION OF 

 A PARTICLE OF STABLE OR COMPOST MANURE. 



THE landed estate is the most sacred interest that 

 we have in the United States ; whatever concerns Ag- 

 riculture concerns every inhabitant of the globe, for 

 its interests are the interests of the world; and, 

 therefore, every effort that is made to advance the 

 success of the farmer, must spring at once from a 

 pure spirit of philanthropy and patriotism. He who 

 introduces into the art of Agriculture any thing new 

 and uselul, renders himself at once a greater benefac- 

 tor to mankind, than he who thunders at the gates of 

 cities, and achieves a thousand victories in the field. 

 I hold the doctrine to be incontestible, that the man 

 who advances in any manner whatever the art of hus- 

 bandry, is more deserving of fame than was the mad 

 Macedonian when he conquered the world, and saw 



