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Let not grave agTicultiirists, in the excess of their 

 wisdom, pronounce at once on the folly of these measures. 

 No doubt I may be too sanguine ; but before these solemn 

 gentlemen take upon themselves to arrest proceedings, I 

 in treat them to take a cool view of the subject. 



The question is, can we make any advance in im- 

 proving certain wilds of vast extent, and in rendering 

 them o^some use to man? — to such extent as he can each, 

 and particularly at this time, when he has got so powerful 

 a force in his hand as the Board of Agriculture wishes to 

 find employment for? Is this question to be decided a 

 priori, and in the negative, by pompous wisdom? — Or are 

 we, even doubting, to try practicability by experiment, on a 

 small scale and at trifling expense ? 



