ON TURNING IN CROPS AS A MANURE. i\i 



fact is, that to whatever extent investigations have been pushed, there 

 still remains a •wide and rich field which has not yet been travelled 

 over — much land in the world of knowledge untaken. "VYe may be 

 permitted to add that the discrepancy referred to, calls, in a special 

 manner to deeper investigation of the physiology of plants, and more 

 especially to the assimilating and changing operations wrought upon 

 surrounding materials, by the wonderful powers with which life and 

 growth appear to have endued them. 



A single remark more : the subject, in its several bearings, affords a 

 happy illustration of the ways of God to man. Here we see how he 

 has connected effort with supply, knowledge with success in business ; 

 how he encourages an examination of his own works by the high en- 

 joyments which such an investigation must give to a rational soul, and 

 because men are backward to regard the operations of his hands, he 

 has invited them to it by the inceasing prosperity they may obtain 

 thereby. The visible world, in all its bearings, is wonderfully fitted 

 to the necessities of our race. A right occupancy of it leads directly^ 

 to the development of the physical and mental powers,~while a need- 

 ful attention to the business and labor which his wants make impera- 

 tive, operates as a most powerful help to man in forming his heart 

 and life aright. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GARDNER B. PERRY, Chairman. 

 Bradford, December 3d, 1846. 



