V1 PREFACE,

raliy adhered, im mine, as faras my plan would admit, since such ts still the best prevailing system of the country. LI have afterwards stated yay sentiments at large on the Drill-culture,‘with a few words on folding sheep,« a practice which appears to me rather to appertain to the old system, and to be by no means attended with those benefits usually taken for granted, rather than proved. But a circumstance here presents 1 ae which it concerns me, by no means, to | 82) pass over in silence: in revising the arguments I have made Ai ty use of, although long and maturely digested in my mind, they have been delir vered with too much warmth; aweakness fort which I entreat, and trust I shall experience, the pardon of the candid reader: however incautiously I may have ex- pressed myself, I mean not the smallest disrespect to any man. I hold no Fea which Tam unwilling to subnut to the nost rigid test; and trust I preserve my mind, always open to conviwtion.

Tt-ts hoped, that no material branch of the science or pr actice OF AST. wculture é, nor the account of any New mecha~ nical wn provement of consequence, ts omitted. Such infor-

- mation as I needed, 1 have dre awn from those which I Beat the purest and most authentic sourees. But the

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branch, on which the greatest stress will appear to have been

laid, is the raising and economical expenditure of provision for Live Stock; a business which, at var ious periods, has had i CO misier. able share of mi attention. sto style, the chief ce has been to render it as plain and as perspicuous as possul ible; and after begging the rea- der’s attention to a too numerous list of errata, the book ts respectfully commited to his patronage; the Author flatter- ing honself with the hope, that it may become, a faithful Guide to thase who need instruction, a convenient Remem- prancer to the already experienced, and an offering not un- eptable to the Public at large.

APRIL 28, 1800.