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general sciences ; in the former we seek the differential 

 characters of facts ; while in the latter we combine them, 

 and connect them together by analogies ; hence to describe a 

 soil in its variation of colour, consistence, and vegetation, as in 

 anatomy to describe the blood vessels, nerves, muscles, &c., 

 must precede all knowledge of the capabilities and physiology 

 of both. And in order to predicate respecting the indications 

 of the fertility of soils, they must be considered in their more 

 general relations ; we must discover their connection with 

 Geology, Chemistry, and with Physiological Botany, and 

 the more we know of each of these correlative branches 

 of Agriculture, the more we shall be able to appreciate 

 their bearings upon her practical operations, and to give 

 a philosophical explanation of the different branches of 

 that most important of all sciences, viz., that from which 

 the human species derives all its comforts, and by means 

 of which its race is perpetuated upon the surface of the 

 globe. 



On the motion of Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., seconded 

 by Lord Morpeth,-^ The thanks of the Society were voted 

 to Mr. Thorp, for his Paper. 



The Earl Spencer moved, and J. W. Childers, Esq., 

 M.P., seconded a resolution, — That the thanks of the 

 Meeting be given to Earl Fitzwilliam for his services in 

 taking the Chair. 



At a Meeting of the Council, held at the Committee 

 Room of the Mechanics' Institution, in Wakefield, on the 

 27th September, 1843 : present, — The Earl Fitzwilliam in 

 the Chair, Mr. Thomas Wilson, Mr. J. G. Marshall, Mr. 

 West, Mr. Holt, Mr. W. T. Hall, Mr. George Wilson, Mr. 

 Stansfeld, Rev. W. Thorp, Mr. Hartop, Mr. Briggs, and 

 Mr. Clay. 



