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THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
all knew how necessary were analyses of the soil, of manures, 
and of vegetables, in order to ascertain what were their consti- 
tuent parts, what the best fertilizers for certain soils, and what 
the food best adapted to certain plants. The services of the 
geologist and of the chemist were pre-eminently useful and im- 
portant to agriculture. Therefore it was that he thought they 
owed a debt of gratitude to those distinguished professors of 
science who had honoured them with their countenance and pre- 
sence that day, and by whose labours they had so materially be- 
nefitted. The every-day farmer, and he whose time was fully 
occupied, could not be expected to attain to the knowledge of the 
scientific man. Others, again, who had devoted their time and 
labour to scientific observations and improvements had not the 
opportunity of carrying out practically those hints, ideas, and ex- 
periments, which they were able, however, to suggest and recom- 
mend. Through the medium of meetings of this kind and the pages 
of the Society’s Transactions and journals, both were benefitted. 
Those able, enlightened, and wealthy agriculturists who had the 
opportunity, means, and leisure to carry into practical operation 
the experiments recommended, might confer the greatest benefits 
on their country by announcing the results of those experiments. 
He trusted that he had said enough to convince them of the ad- 
vantages they had derived from the labours and studies of the 
men of science, the botanist, the physiologist, the chemist, and 
the geologist; and he felt sure the whole of the present company 
would drink with satisfaction the health of the professors of 
science. 
Dr. Buckland rose to respond to the toast, and said “he 
was sure that both the professors of science who were present, 
and those who were absent, would ever be ready to promote the 
interests of this great and useful society, and lend a helping 
hand to carry out the objects it had in view. They had lived in 
the present day to see a new epoch tried in the annals of agricul- 
ture and science in general. The agriculturists did not now, 
as of yore, turn a deaf ear to the suggestions of the men of 
science. They had been convinced by the beneficial results of a 
little capital and a moderate share of good sense, that the pro- 
duce of the land, by judicious management, might he increased 
