Neither pains nor expence have been pared to

procure 1nformation; and the refult is faithfully detailed. Having been brought up under a father who had the reputation of being a good prac- tical farmer, and having been all my life engaged in the cultivation of different ſoils, and in grazing, I preſume to think myſelf qualified to form opinions on the various ſyſtems of huſbandry; but when I recommend any practice, my readers may be affured that I do ſo, not from theory only, but from my

own experience.

[f the wealth and population of this Iſland may be expected to increaſe with the improvements that may be made in the cultivation of its ſoils to the utmoſt point of perfe&tion, what glorious proſpects are opened to our view, by the eſtabliſh- ment of a Board of Agriculture, whoſe great obje&t it will be to collet fats, diffuſe know- ledge, and reward excellence, in the department over which it is appointed by the wiſdom of

Parliament toa preſide!

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