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TO 



THE FIFTH EDITION. 



THE Author has now the satisfaction of presenting to the 

 Public, another edition of " The Code of Agriculture ;" ac- 

 companied by accounts of such discoveries as have been 

 made in the art of cultivation, since the preceding impres- 

 sion was published. 



It was justly observed by Xenophon, " That in a highly 

 " polished community, the generality of persons should in 

 " some degree be acquainted, With so common a subject of 

 " discussion as that of husbandry." The attainment of that 

 object, it is hoped, will be greatly facilitated, by the pub- 

 lication of a Work like the present, which contains a ge- 

 neral view of the principles of the art, and an account of its 

 most approved modes of practice. By the diffusion of know- 

 ledge regarding these important particulars, the prejudices 

 which some unfortunately entertain, either against the supe- 

 rior importance of Agriculture, or the practicability of its 

 further improvement, will be effectually removed. 



It is also hoped that this Work, in its present amended state, 

 will prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, the great advan- 

 tages attending the plan of collecting and arranging, in one 

 Volume, the general principles of any particular branch of li- 

 terature or science. In this manner, not only may a com- 

 prehensive view of the subject to be illustrated be obtained, 

 without the labour of consulting numerous publications, but 



