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to the greateft poffible perfection, he cannot practife t art of Agriculture, with all the advantage that he might

otherwife derive from it.

But if he knew, in every cafe, what plants his foil, in the ftate in which it might chance tobe in at any one time, could rear to the greateft perfection;—if he knew the manner of treating that foil, fo as to bring it to rear other plants that it was not naturally fitted to produce;— if he were thoroughly acquainted with all the diftinguifh- ing qualities of every one of thefe plants, and knew with certainty the way in which they might be dif- pofed of, or confumed with the greateft advantage to himfelf;—-and if he were perfectly acquainted with the nature and peculiar qualities of every animal that he could rear, and particularly inftructed in the beft me- thod of managing fuch animals as the plants he could raife were beft adapted to nourifh, fo as to make every particular fpecies of food produce the greateft pofMible effe&;—he would on all occafions be able to employ his time and labour to the utmoft advantage to himfelf, and benefit to the public, and might be faid to have at- tained the higheft degree of knowledge in this art that

could be defired,

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