18 EXPERIMENTS &C. 



son for plougbin^ and sowing-rwhat depths and what 

 number of ploughings — what mode, whether level or 

 ridge, the most advisable mode of tilling the ground, so 

 as best to ensure the three great objects of tillage, 

 which are the production of useful grains, roots, and 

 grasses. Experiments should be made to ascertain wiiat 

 kind of s il is best adopted to each particular sort of graiQ 

 &c ; whether any, and what new grains, roots or grasses 

 might be advantageously introduced; the inost ethcient 

 mode of destroying or guarding against the ravages of 

 noxious insects ; the stocking farms with the most ap- 

 proved breeds of domestic animals ; the cure and preven- 

 tion of the diseases to which they are subject; the kind 

 of food most proper for them, and the best mode of pre- 

 paring it, &.O. 



These suggestions might be multiplied to almost any 

 extent, but the few here mentioned are sufficient to 

 show that experimeatci agriculture is yet on a wavering 

 -^•'^^:l"^, and considerable time will be required to estab- 

 lish by experiment, some important points in the science. 



The entertainment which m.ay be received, from an 

 enquiry into ail the powers and operations of nature 

 wherein husbandry is conceived, is one of the most noble 

 that can be proposed to the mind of man. The subject 

 is so vast it can never be exhausted; could he Uve.and 

 spend ages in agriculture, he might still go on in his re- 

 searches, and still make fresh discoveries that would 

 excite afresh his admiration of the wonderful works of 

 God. 



