PREFACE.

uts success, to engage the attention of the great body of. our Farmers, and to divert it to the most improved methods Ee of Cultivation; an object in economics which, has ever been

held of the first consequence.: i FE To the credit of the present fumes, wt must be allowed;“4 that ancient and wl-crounded prejudices and customs are

T WE following Work isa new aticmpi, whatever may be«

| gradually wearing away, and that there is, at present,\ scarcely any part of the country, in which may not be found, men in the farming line, thoroughly versed in thewr profes- sion, and extremely capable of every rational enquiry; but. at the same time, tt cannot be denied, that there are still too many labouring under an unfortunate prejudice against Book-farming, as they phrase it, that is, against taking any hint, right or wrong, from books; a notion pregnant with too much self-sufficiency, and exposing those who entertain it, to the most manifest disadvantages; for tt must be clear{ fo every one, who will allow himself a moment’s time to ye- jlect, that written documents must necessarily surpass, in all‘ respects, those of the most retentive memory; and that the ‘ |

experience of one man, however extensive, cannot possibly compass all which ts, or ought to be known. Notwithstanding the plain and acknowledged advantages of practice, no one will, for a moment, question his superiority, who, with has practice, conjoins a just theory. As for the vulgar outcry against theory and speculation, tt ts, of all follies, themost

absurd, since all practice ought to be founded on certainvra- 4? étonal principles, and, to banish enquiry, is topreventall pos x, sibility of improvement; and since‘we may dest expert-

ment of all its danger, by cautious and moderate beginnings./

Lhe first, or Calendar Part of the Book, ts dedicated to the service of those, who may be either totally unerpert- enced in farming, or those who may need anew line of prac- tice, and a Monthly Remembrancer. This convenient mne- thod of conveying agricultural instruction was, LT believe, first introduced by Mortimer, and afterwards pursued in a most.valuable tract, attributed to Mr. Foung. To the prac-

tice exhibited in this Calendar of Mr. Young, I have gene-

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