TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE 



THE EARL SPENCER, 



patron of tfe Ttfortftamptonsljtre Jpartning $c Grains Socutn. 



MY LORD, 



That you should have allowed me the honor of dedicating this 

 little product of my agricultural knowledge to your Lordship, claims 

 my first and best acknowledgments ; while, permit me to add, the 

 eminent part you have taken in the support of that cause which it 

 seeks to advance, seems to invest you with a right of patronage to 

 which few can be entitled. I desire not to flatter you, my Lord, 

 or to offer you that adulation which is ever offensive to a noble 

 and upright mind, but this I can say with truth, that the high 

 gratification I feel in prefixing your honorable name to this little 

 work, arises more from the veneration in which I hold your Lordship's 

 character, than even as considering you the generous and distinguished 

 patron of agriculture. 



I am, my Lord, 

 Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, 



C. HILLYARD. 



Thorpelands, March, 1837. 



