AGRICULTURE WITH CHEMISTRY. 



the reply of CATO, assumed as a text in the beginning of 

 the chapter, it will be obvious, that the judicious Roman, 

 by his expression of " bene paseere? (which is to be 

 translated, to graze well, or to procure food for cattle) 

 must have had in view the connection between feeding 

 of cattle and the production of manure. Every article 

 of manure, ultimately tending to render ground more 

 fertile and productive, falls likewise under the present 

 discussion. 



Insects of all kinds, under the names of worms, snaiLv 

 grubs, slugs, &c. 8cc. exist in the ground ; and in such 

 grounds as are fertile, in much greater abundance than 



is generally imagined. Their food, most undoubtedly, 



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must be either fresh vegetables, or decaying or decayed 



vegetable matter. In the former case, such insects prove 

 extremely destruftive ; whilst in the latter they may be 

 of service to the vegetable kingdom, by rendering the 

 decayed or decaying vegetables, eaten by them, more 

 soluble by the process of digestion. In this class 

 are to be included the common earth worms, which are 

 only to be found in great numbers in ground containing 



a large 



