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ArDEnsis;. 



Gentlemen of the Agricultural Society. 



WHEN you did me the honour of requesting me 

 to deliver this Address, you did not expect that I 

 should enter into minute details of the process of Ag- 

 riculture. Such an attempt might expose my own 

 ignorance, but could not add to your information. 

 The object of our Society is the ^Jromotion of Jlgricid- 

 ture. Whatever conduces to this end, either immedi- 

 ately or even remotely, is worthy of our attention, 

 and within the scope of our Association. In this 

 view of the subject, I perceive so wide a range, 

 that there is less difficulty in finding objects, than 

 in making a proper selection. To call fortli the ex- 



