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A chemical or analytical establishment might be ad- 

 vantageously connected with an experimental farm, 

 which, besides a trial of different kinds of culture, 

 could also devote some experiments to our own and 

 foreign varieties of plants, and especially to the im- 

 provement of the breeds of domestic animals. The 

 right application and employment of manures, with 

 which farmers cannot be acquainted, render the 

 labours of the professional chemist extremely neces- 

 sary. 



The Northern part of the United States, during 

 seven months of the year, is incapable of raising even 

 a blade of grass, whilst Bermuda is decked in her 

 mantle of green the whole year round ; the former is 

 dependent on what she raises in the five months 

 for her consumption in twelve, whilst the vegetation 

 of the latter continues during the entire year. We 

 can send potatoes to the New York market till the 

 month of July, and always command good prices; 

 and the same may be said of every other vege- 

 table product. In fact, Bermuda takes the lead of 

 all the northern markets, since she can export her 

 farming produce earlier in the season. 



Until the arrival of Governor Keid, in 1839, the 

 plough, the harrow, or other common implements of 

 husbandry, were hardly known; and although he 



