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an extensive knowledge of landed pro- perty, and the various branches' of its management, as well as a_ practical knowledge of the propagation and ma- nagement of woodlands.

And let no man attempt to establish an institution of this extensive nature, who has not been accustomed to plan, and to execute his plans with some success, and who has not been in the habits of arranging practical men, of different arts and employments, so as to reduce them to one connected whole, and to shift his attention, from one branch or department to another, with- out embarrassment, and with equable advantage to the different parts.

After the institution has been duly established, and the connexion and de- pendencies of the several parts have been ascertained, by practice,—and their movements rendered even and smooth, by habit,—the greater difficulties will be passed; and the professor of agricul-