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ages, produce annually, from her limited soil, $700,000,000 

 worth of agricultural produce, averaging about $140 to every 

 man, woman, and child of her agricultural population." 



Let American farmers then emulate the examples of im- 

 provement set them on the other side of the waters ; let them 

 call to their aid the lights of science, as the farmers of the old 

 world are doing, and bring up their art, by every available 

 means, to that state of perfection of which it is capable, and, 

 instead of being dissatisfied with the profits of their occupation, 

 and casting a wishful eye upon other pursuits, they will soon 

 find themselves ardent in their attachment to agriculture. 



