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Charter. 
Handley and Joseph Neeld, Esquires, aud others of onr 
loving subjects, have formed themselves into a Society for 
the general advancement of English Agriculture, and for 
the purpose of prosecuting the following national Objects, 
Objects— namely: — First, to embody such information contained in 
agricultural publications, and in other scientific works as has 
been proved by practical experience to be useful to the 
2nJ. cultivators of the soil ; second, to correspond with Agricul- 
tural, Horticultural, and other Scientific Societies, both at 
home and abroad, and to select from such correspondence 
all information which, according to the opinion of the Society, 
may be likely to lead to practical benefit in the cultivation 
of the soil ; third, to pay to any occupier of land, or other 
person who shall undertake, at the request of the Society, to 
ascertain by any experiment how far such information leads 
to useful results in practice, a remimeration for any loss that 
4th. he may incur by so doing; fourth, to encourage men of 
science in their attention to the impi-ovement of agricultural 
implements, the construction of farm-buildings and cottages, 
the application of chemistry to the general purposes of agri- 
culture, the destruction of insects injurious to vegetable life, 
oili. and the eradication of weeds ; fifth, to promote the discovery 
of new varieties of grain and other vegetables useful to man 
Gill. or for the food of domestic animals ; sixth, to collect informa- 
tion with regard to the management of woods, j^lantations, 
and fences, and on every other subject connected with rural 
7tli. improvement ; seventh, to take measures for the improve- 
jnent of the education of those who depend upon the cultiva- 
8th. tion of the soil for their support ; eighth, to take measures 
for improving the veterinary art, as applied to cattle, sheep, 
otii. and pigs ; ninth, at the Meetings of the Society in the 
country, by the distribution of prizes, and by other means, to 
encourage the best mode of farm cultivation and the breed of 
loth. live stock ; -tenth, to promote the comfort and welfare of 
labourers, and to encourage the improved management of 
