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favorable conditions, to expect a<;riculture to ad- 

 vance with the rapid speed that has of late years 

 characterized several of the nianufacturini£ arts. 

 The apparent anomaly, however, only stren<^tli- 

 ensand illustrates what I am desirous of imi)ress- 

 ing on this large and intelligent audience, — the 

 necessity and advantage o( connecting practice with 

 science. The principles of the latter are as appli- 

 cable to the farm as they are to the manufiictory, 

 and the many and peculiar difficulties which at 

 present beset the pursuits of farmers in relation 

 to the higher teachings and applications of sci- 

 ence, should induce them more enrnestlv than 

 ever to devote their lives to inquiry, patient 

 observation and unMtering perseverance, wel- 

 coming with gratitude every ray of light Avhich 

 science may throw across their path, in the full 

 assurance that, by degrees, present anomalies and 

 perplexities of practice will be explained, and 

 this noble art removed in great measure, if not 

 entirely, out of the dark recesses of empiricism, 

 into the cheering and health-inspiring light of a 

 progressive science. 



Having thus spoken of the connection between 

 science and agriculture, and of the valuable aid 

 the former has of late years rendered the latter, 

 with a prospect of still greater benefits in time 



