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ftances any one of thefe could be raifed to the greateft perfection, and for what purpofes they could be moft economically employed, he cannot be faid to have at-

tained a perfect knowledge of rural economics*.

Unlefs a man is acquainted with a@// the animals that 1 it is in his power to rear, and knows the peculiar diftin- > euifhing qualities, and the moft proper method of treat-

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ing each clafs of animals, in all circumftances; the feve-

ral products that may be obtained from each, and the ea- fieft method of increafing or diminifhing any one of

thefe, as he may find beft to fuit his circumftances—he

muft be confidered as ignorant of a very important

branch of knowledge in this art. And,

Unlefs he knows the particular foil, and the mode of

culture, that is beft adapted to rear each of thefe plants,

* I have here ventured to adopt a term from a foreign language, for want of a proper one in ourown. The word Agriculture, in Englith, is often underftood to exprefs all thofe circumftances that belong to the fcience here treat- ed of,—although, from the obvious etymology of the word, it feems to be forced from its natural and proper fignifica tion.

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