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[conclusion. 



of uuturo will bo found sullicieiitly firm and 

 iiivaiiabli' to all'ijrd liim cvory liopo that liid 

 labour will not be lost, if, at tlio same tinie, lio 

 takes advantage of tlie science and skill wliich 

 have already opened their resources for his 

 use. The variableness i)f climate, in tlieso 

 islands, arises from causes of easy explana- 

 tion. Tliero are disturbing forces, ou the one 

 hand, from the vast tract of land comprisiu"' 

 the continent of Europe ; and, on the other 

 from the extensive inlluence of the Atlantic 

 Ocean. The changes that wo thus experience 

 are dependent ou elements existing afar off 

 From the cold and inhospitable steppes and 

 tracts of Eussia on the one hand, and from 

 the tropical warmth convoyed through the 

 waters of the Mexican Gulf on the other, may 

 be traced the influences that affect our climate. 

 And thus it is found that the temperature is 

 more equable than is felt in similar latitudes, 

 cither in America or on the European con- 

 tinent. But these elementary influences pro- 

 duce a marked effect on the characters of 

 climate in those parts of our island that 

 receive their impulse from one or other of 

 these causes. Thus, on the west coast there 



is a Inrp'er quantity of rain-fall than on tlio 

 east, litre, then, a rule for agricultural opera- 

 tions is at onco arrived at. Cereal grains 

 flourish bettor in the cast ; while grasses and 

 green crops find a. more genial climate in the 

 humid atiiiosphero of tlio west. There are, 

 besides, local causes affecting climate, but still 

 dependent on theso great outlines. It is 

 from theso peculiarities of local situations 

 that information may be derived, which, by 

 being classified, can be made generally useful 

 in guiding the inhabitants as to the course to 

 be pursued, bo as to regulate their system of 

 husbandry under the most advantageous cir- 

 cumstances. And we urge, therefore, upon the 

 agricultural body, not to keep their attention 

 confined to the chemistry and .mechanics 

 of agriculture — although, separately, each is 

 of incalculable importance; and, combined, 

 they have, within a few years, completed a 

 total revolution in all the routine of the farm 

 — but to study Nature and her laws ; and 

 there will be found such rules as cannot fail 

 to point to the farmer how to act, so as to 

 make the governing influences of the world 

 in a manner subservient to himself. 



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