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English Agrimlhiral Society, 



VII. — Mechanics of Agriculture. 



Under this head great improvements have been effected of late 

 years : some parts of the country, however, are much in advance 

 of others in their adoption, whether as regards the better con- 

 struction of ancient implements (the plough in particular) ; the 

 employment of those which have been recently invented (such as 

 the drill, the scarifier, or the turnip-cutter) ; or, lastly, in the 

 employment of fixed machinery at the homestead, driven by 

 steam, water, or ^yind. In these, as well as many other improve- 

 ments of husbandry, the North and West of England have little 

 more acquaintance with the practices of each other than two dis- 

 tinct nations might be supposed to possess. The disposition of 

 farm-buildings may be included under this general head. 



VIII. — Diseases of Cattle and Plants. 



1 . — Veterinary Art. 



A deputation has been appointed to confer with the heads of 

 the Veterinary College upon this subject. 



2. — Diseases of Plants. 



Little is known at present of the real nature of the diseases to 

 which plants are liable, and still less of any mode of prevention 

 or cure, 



IX. — Grass Farms. 



The management of these farms, though in some points neces- 

 sarily connected with the preceding heads, is sufficiently distinct 

 and important to form a separate head for future investigation, 

 especially as little more is known at present than that different 

 pastures have very different effects on the produce and condition of 

 the stock placed upon them. If it be true, as has been asserted, 

 that the Dutch butter, whether fresh or salted, is much better to 



