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been able to turn the poorer!: ground, which 

 would hardly afford food for a cow, into 

 the ficheft and mod fertile meadow, where 

 g?6&t flocks of cattle have found fuperfluous 

 foo ■', and are grown fat upon. 1 own, that 

 thek ufeful plants were riot to be found on 

 the grounds of every planter : but with a 

 fmall fhare of natural knowledge, a man 

 would eafily collect them in the places 

 Where they were to be got. I was afto- 

 nifhed, when 1 heard the country people 

 complaining of the badnefs of the paftures ; 

 but I likewife perceived their negligence, 

 and often faw excellent plants growing on 

 their own grounds, which only required a 

 little more attention and afliftancefrom their 

 unexperienced owners. I found every where 

 the wifdom and goodnefs of the Creator 5 but 

 too feldoni faw any acknowledgment, or 

 adequate eftimation of it, among men. 



O fortunate* nimium fua Ji bona nor hit 

 Jgrixolas ! Virg. Georgic 



I have been led to thefe reflections, 

 which may perhaps feem foreign to my 

 purpofe, by the bad and neglected flatb 

 of agriculture in every part of this con- 

 tinent. I likewife intended to (hew the 

 reafqn why this journal is fo thinly flock- 

 ed with ceconomical advantages in the 

 feveral branches of hufbandry. I do not 

 however deny, that I have fometiir.es found 

 N 2 one 



