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workmanship, by drainage, embankments, and proper 

 rotation of crops, by a prudent management of stock, 

 and by other methods which their united experience 

 might suggest. 



In many parts of Bermuda the same crop is inva- 

 riably raised, year after year, on the same ground; 

 and if any alteration is made, it depends more 

 upon the kind of seed the farmer happens to haVe 

 by him than upon the nature of the land, or upon 

 his wish to improve it. It is probable that the 

 distinction between those crops which improve, and 

 those which deteriorate the soil, is totally unknown 

 in Bermuda, and that a scientific rotation of crops 

 is a subject to which all cultivators are strangers. 

 The same may be said of manure, the greater part 

 of which is generally consumed for fuel, without any 

 idea of its value to enrich the soil, or of the quantity 

 which ought to be used to produce the greatest 

 effect. 



Another object to be pursued by an agricultural 

 society is, the introduction of new and useful plants. 

 That there are great numbers of plants suited to 

 the soil and climate of Bermuda, besides those 

 already cultivated, no one will deny. The great 

 and increasing demand made by the arts and manu- 

 factures upon the produce of the soil, for particular 



