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I have now exhausted all the subjects of discus- 

 sion, which my experience or information have been 

 able to supply on the connection of chemistry with 

 agriculture. 



I venture to hope, that some of the views brought 

 forward, may contribute to the improvement of tbe 

 most important and useful of the arts. 



I trust that the enquiry will be pursued by 

 others; and that in proportion as chemical philosophy 

 advances towards perfection, it will afford new aids to 

 agriculture. 



There are sufficient motives connected with both 

 pleasure and profit, to encourage ingenius men to pur- 

 sure this new path of investigation. Science cannot 

 long be despised by any persons as the mere specula- 

 don of theorists; but must soon be considered by all 

 ranks of men in its true point of view, as the refine- 

 ment of common sense, guided by experience, gradu- 

 ally substituting sound and rational principles, for 

 vague popular prejudices. 



The soil offers inexhaustible resources, which 

 when properly appreciated and employed, must in- 

 crease our wealth, our population, and our physical 

 strength. 



We possess advantages in the use of machinery, 

 and the division of labour, belonging to no other na- 

 tion. And the same energy of character, the same ex. 



