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produce, box-feeding and summer-grazing will be found 

 admirably adapted to sustain the weight of an increas- 

 ing population, and to counteract the baneful effects of a 

 free trade in corn. 



In the perusal of my book the critical reader will 

 doubtless discover many defects ; but the originality and 

 utility of the work will hide a multitude of faults. 



Some of my directions may be considered unneces- 

 sarily minute ; but it should be remembered that I am 

 answerable for the success of measures I so strongly 

 recommend : nor do I arrogate to myself the merit of 

 discoveries that admit of no improvement ; on the con- 

 trary, my plans are open to investigation ; and should 

 they prove only forerunners of better things, I shall 

 rejoice in having laid a foundation upon which others 

 may build a more perfect system. 



