PREFACE, 



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A HE numerous applications made to me by a variety 

 ot Graziers, for my opinion concerning the best artificial 

 and natural grass seeds, For laying down land to pasture, 

 &c. induced me to undertake the part of this work which 

 relates to grasses. And the loss sustained by Farmers, from 

 the best implements of husbandry in one county being 

 scarcely known in another, induced me to undertake the 

 mechanical part; in which, they are made acquainted with 

 the construction and use of several practical machines, 

 little known in general ; and are thereby enabled to reduce 

 the manual labour and expence attending many of the 

 operations in Husbandry. 



Perhaps a great part of this work, so far as it relates 

 to Grasses, will be new to many among my readers. But 

 as agriculture cannot be practiced with any tolerable skill 

 and advantage, without some knowledge of botany; I have 

 therefore thought it necessary to give such a condensed 

 account of the structure, propogaticn, dissemination, and 



