A P ?^ E N D I X. ',1 



No. IV. 



Conclujlon oj Dr, HirzeFs ftr/i worky chiefly taken from 

 the Engli/fi tranjlaiion* 



If the magiilratcs of Zurich think it an objeft of national utilitr to- 

 encourage agriculture by premiums and marks of diftinif^ion, their whole 

 attention fhould be applied to having thei^ juftly conferred. This would 

 require the eftablilhrrent of a . . e . Society formed of men of cha- 

 rader ; whofe integrity and knowledge of z\t\y thing relative to hufban- 

 dxy, might fecure univexfal conttdence ; for it is neeeiury that thofe who 

 are to confer efteem, fhould themfelves pofTsfs it. Men of this defcription 

 will think theajfelves under the ftrongeft obligation to ftudy, with accura- 

 cy, the date of the country ; a t^ik not cafy to be accoraplilhed, fince not- 

 withftanding our fmall extent of territory, we have an uncommon variety 

 of cultivation. — -Thofe parts which border upon the Alps arc appropria- 

 ted to the grazing and breeding of cattle^ and Kttie gnsin is to be feen- 

 there ; whilft in the loivci and lefs confined dillrif^s of Greificnfee, YJu 

 bourg, and Regenfper, ihe harvsfi makes a glorious appearance. Along 

 the two banks of t!»e Lake oi Zurich, in the vales watered by the Liin- 

 math, Thour, and Thcefb ; as well as on the borders of the Rhine ; the 

 culture of the vine fonr.s the piincipai branch of rurrd econoaiy : but 

 this culture is difF.-rent, according to the nature of thefe foilso The grapes 

 on the Lake of Zurich feem to require another treatment, from thofe on 

 the Limmath, though the vineyards are feparated only by the city ; and 

 the culture of thofe planted on the fides of the R-hine, the Thour, and the 

 Thcefs, differs VI idely from both. — The members of this Society fhould' 

 therefore make themfelves acquainted with the nature of the different 

 pTsdiiccs ufed throughout the canton . , . The names of the perfons molt 

 tfleemcd and moft fuccefsful in hufhandry fhould alfo be obtained ; with 

 their own relations of their ir.ethods of condud^ing and ioiproving their 

 farms. The Society fhould alfo from tiaie to time make cxcurlions, to^ 

 leilify miflakes by perfonal inquiries, t— Thus by a judicious dilhibution 

 of applaufe and of recompenfes to the bcfl of cultivators, an emulation 

 might be awakened in the peafants fo as jto bring agriculture to a general 

 ftaie. of improvement. Careful trials niight be made under the immedi- 

 ate infpeftion of the Society of all new djfcoveries, firlHn nuifery-groundst 

 »»d afterwards if fuccefsfu! in the open field. An cxaft journal fhould be 

 of every experinrient . i . . ■ :... ■■. - 



. When the Society fhall have fufficiently qualified itfelf, and made the 

 meceffary arrangements, it may propofe an annual felet^ion-of the bell farm- 

 ers iiom a certain number of villages, taking allin rotation. On an ap- 

 pointed day thefe ftiould be invited to appear before the Society ; and 

 when furrounf^ed by their countrymen, hear an elogiu^n pronounced, re-- 

 cotnroending them as modeli to ethers j and in teftimony of the public 

 approbation, receive the deftined prize! J would h^vc this a medal, lepre- 

 fenting a laborer driving his plough, . , 



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