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Though it is of importance then for hus- bandmen to investigate all the distinguish-

tuation, or necessary for his particular purpose—he should try by actuai measurement to improve his eye, on which at last most persons come to depend, and with sufficient pro- priety, as it becomes wonderfully correct; he should look through every market which he happens to be in; and he should converse, as far as convenient or becoming, with farmers and dealers of every sort, many of whom carry about with them a great and useful fund of practical lore: He might, if he wishes for more general knowledge, per- use Mr, Culley’s book on Live Stock, Mr, Marshall’s Rural Economies of different districts of England, and the Reports to the Board of Agriculture, several of which con- tain peculiarly valuable, because mnute, information upon this subject; and besides these sources of information, he may attend to the Prints which have been published of the first breeds in England, and likewise to the Models now forming by Mr. Garrard and some others.

It may be farther hinted, that the descriptions given in different publications, are to be received with some distrust; for though they may be sufficiently correct,’ in as far as they are taken from individuals high in repute, yet the pre- sent state of this science(for every branch of useful know- ledge may be deemed such, which rests on a distinct set of

principles, and which requires for its advancement thei: