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CHARTER. 
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4th. 
Handley and Joseph Neeld, Esquires, and otliers of ov; 
loving subjects, lifive formed themselves into a Society fr 
the general advancement of English Agriculture, and fc 
the purpose of prosecuting the following national Object 
namely : — First, to embody sucli information contained i 
agi'icultural publications, and in other scientific works as ha 
been proved by practical experience to be useful to tb 
cultivators of the soil ; second, to correspond with Agricu 
tural. Horticultural, and other Scientific Societies, both ;i 
home and abroad, and to select from such correspondenc 
all information which, according to the opinion of the Societ} 
may be likely to lead to practical benefit in the cultivatio: 
of the soil ; third, to pay to any occupier of land, or othe 
person who shall undertake, at the request of the Society, t 
ascertain by any experiment how far such information lead- 
to useful results in practice, a remimeration for any loss tha 
he may incur by so doing ; fourth, to encourage men o 
science in their attention to the improvement of agricultura 
implements, the construction of farm-buildings and cottage? 
the application of chemistry to tlie general purposes of agri 
culture, the destruction of insects injurious to vegetable life 
and the eradication of weeds ; fifth, to promote the discover 
of new varieties of grain and other vegetables useful to mai 
or for the food of domestic animals ; sixth, to collect informa- 
tion with regard to the management of woods, plantations 
and fences, and on eyery other subject connected with rura ' 
improvement ; seventh, to take measures for the improve 
ment of the education of those who depend upon the cultiva 
tion of the soil for then- support ; eighth, to take measures 
for improving the veterinary art, as applied to cattle, sheep 
and pigs; ninth, at the Meetings of the Society in tlu 
country, by the distribution of prizes, and by other means, t( 
encourage the best mode of farm cultivation and the breer 
of live stock ; tenth, to promote the comfort and welfare o 
labourers, and to encourage the improved management o 
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