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General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster: with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, from the communications of Mr. John Holt, of Walton, near Liverpool; ... / John Holt
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228 AGRICUE LURATE SURVEY

Mr. Eccleſton conceives,© that a ſpirit for improvement might be excited amo A SS by occaſional tours, every three or five years, undertaken by a perſon appointed by the E whoſe report E 1d be printed, the names of the improvers and improvements to be inſerted, with proper eulo- giums for their ind ll and E IN OLE CO EXECItEs By emulation, others to ſimilar exertions.? The ſame gentleman obſerves, The moft certain way ta bring the cultivation of this iſle ſpeedily to the utmoſt degree of perfection wouid be to eſtabliſh a ſchool or college where the

elements of Agriculture, with its neceſſary attendants, cuy A4 batany, êc. ſhauld be tar ght, and the moſt approved

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principle 2 LS floating, tencli drill and broad-cafſt, the difference of manures aſce Red and FLEE ¿nE ncies pointed ou O operation to be fnewn the

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courſe of the juít principles of a ſcience the molt beneñciai to . CIA Fai

mankind, which would give a turn of nu 1d CO Re At CIaſs Of

ei l Ar n encrenf 1 JY Dalignratin men 1n the king dom, to encreaſe its reſources, by ameliorating

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cilates, who at preſent, from vant of early inſtruction, are 1 us e AIL unequal to their fituation, from the confined ideas of their

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education, would be able, along with the opulent fa rmers, to fend their ſons with advantage, to receive all neceſiary and ſolid in- ſtruction, requiſite fi r their line in life, befi e Arithmetic, Piannins, and ES which at preſent 1s all that has been taught, even to the moſt enlightened of that claſs, T may almoſt ſay of opponents(from want of better education) to modern

SS The moft eſſential obje&s for the improvement of this county, are, the improved C of draining: the plaſhing or making good tences: the introduction: of green fallow crops, and the ſtocking with ſheep, for the fecurity of which ſtock, in theſe populous parts, a dóg tax would be highly advantageous

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