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confidently affcrted, without impairing even 

 the colour of either of them. 



The fame mode of culture is applicable to 



the IMPROVEMENT OF VARIETIES J which 



perhaps would be more profitable to the 

 hufbandman than railing new ones, and much 

 more expeditious. 



Formerly, it was the pradice in the im- 

 provement of cattle to crofs with other breeds ; 

 but modern breeders, who have brought the 

 art to a high degree of perfection, purfue a 

 different method : they pick out the faireft 

 of the particular breed or variety they want 

 to improve, and prolecute the improvement 

 with thefe fete fled individuals. 



Jn every field of corn, let the variety be 

 ever fo pure and ever fo well adapted to the 

 foil and liquation, the fame inequality in the 

 beauty andgoodnefs of individuals is obferv- 

 able, as in a herd of cattle; and it is the bu- 

 finefs of the corn-farmer to avail himfelf of 

 fo fuitable an opportunity of improvement, 

 by fdefling fuch individual plants as excel in <ui~ 

 gour and produflivenefs, under a moral cer- 

 tainty that fuch individuals are peculiarly 

 adapted to his foil and fituation. 



IIL PRK- 



