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talents. As an individual, I feel the utmofl fauV 

 fadion, in making a free-will ofFering to the 

 public of my mite of information on the prefent 

 occahon, and am glad to find that Government 

 h:is at lafl fandioned this important object. By 

 the aid it may receive from this refpedable 

 quarter^ and from the zeal and perfeverance of 

 the adive members who are placed at the head 

 of the new eflablifhment,much may be expeded ; 

 and as profefhonal men from all diftricls, are 

 called forth, to make their full and free obferva- 

 tion upon the hufbandry of the parts with 

 which they are molt familiar, it is to be pre- 

 fumed, that a great deal of ufeful information 

 will be brought together, after which a judicious 

 feleclion will of courfe be made, highly to the 

 advantage of the public ; for as many men will, 

 of courfe, defcribe the fame objed, it will be 

 undoubtedly neceffary, for the fake of brevity, 

 to winnow the chaff from the corn, taking what 

 is good from every man, and rejeding the 

 drofs. 



Thus, all who embark in this bufinefs, may 

 have the fatisfadion to find, they contribute 

 fomething, to the welfare of the great objed on 

 foot; and though the fubjed they aim to de- 

 fcribe, 



