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come barren, consisting alone of the simple earths, with- 

 out any admixture of vegetable matter; consequently 

 there could be no accumulation of this substance on the 

 surface, as is the case to an immense degree at present. • 

 As such there cannot be a doubt, but that the present in- 

 complete process of putrefa(5tion, oxygenation, or solution 

 of orc-anic bodies, has been established by the Great 

 Creator of all things for wi^c and bene violent piu-poses ; 

 especially when it shall be unuerstood, that the apparent 

 imperfedlions of this (to a cerlain degree) insoluble 

 system arc, as they respedl agriculture and vegetation, to 

 be remedied, when necessary, by the ingenuity and indus- 

 try of man. 



A frequent exposure of fresh surfaces to the aflion of 

 the air, as in the case of fallowing, will, by promoting^ 

 oxygenation, increase the insolubility of vegetable mat- 

 ters contained in the soil. 



INERT 



