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Without aniinal-manure for the land, and employment for 

 the people, it is impossible for agriculture to prosper. These, 

 the flax crop will supply in an eminent degree if properly 

 introduced : and I doubt not that the average produce of the 

 kingdom in corn and meat would be increased three or four 

 fold in a very few years. 



The value of manure obtained through my system, may be 

 discovered on comparison with artificial applications; the 

 latter being seldom of use beyond twelve months, while the 

 efficacy of the former is perceptible for three or four years.' 

 Were islands of guano imported, the necessity of resorting to 

 native resources for manure could not be obviated. The more 

 this subject is investigated, the more clearly it will be seen 

 that the order of Providence has placed within the reach of 

 every farmer the means of re-production, without recourse to 

 foreigners either for food for his cattle or manure for his land. 

 The only obstacle centres in the fear of trouble, that bane to 

 agricultural improvement ! ! 



Did we live in an age of miracles, a greater evil could not 

 be inflicted than the power of obtaining provisions without 

 trouble, labour, and expense. Hence, were it possible that all 

 crops could be produced at the cost of a few pence per acre, 

 according to the agricultural certificates of Mr. Bickes, now 

 in London, a discovery more fatal to* the nation could not have 

 been made ; for what farmer would trouble himself to breed, 

 rear, or fatten cattle ? ! ! the expense of cartage upon the 

 manure alone being infinitely greater than for the specifics pro- 

 posed by the above-named foreigner. 



The time has arrived when the scientific agriculturist must 

 distinguish between the shadow and the substance ; and no 

 longer be guided by theory in opposition to experience. Every 

 obstacle to good husbandry ought to be removed ; monopoly 

 and mystery abolished ; and the wide field of knowledge opened 

 to all without money and without price. The strong should 

 help the weak, the wise instruct the ignorant, in order that far- 

 mers may be enabled to stir up the latent resources of the soil, 

 and obtain a per centage upon the money employed through 

 increased production. 



In the best cultivated districts there are no regular plans for 



