PREFACE.

NOTILER Volume of this MISCELLANY has been, now, 24 concluded under the patronage of a generous and dis- cermng Public.

Ina varied and interesting cörrespondence; in the diligent record of every important incident of the progress 90f AGRI- CULTURE az d RURAL ECONOMY 0f Ihe time; in the original communication 0f DISCOVERIES and 1INVENTIONS 211 the practice 9Qf HUSBANDRY; in. EFFORTS„jo EXCITE 12 Farmers and Landholders of Great Britain and Ireland 10 new energy in Agricultural pursuits; the best Security for the perpetual prosperity of the Empire; in attentions ko REVIVE useful 01,D practices; in care fo IMPROVE(nd DISSEMI- NATE dhe NEW; we would humbly hope, that this VOLUME will not be found to fall Short of the Merits of any of our preceding ones, nor to yield to any Similar contemporary publication on the 8ame 07 kindred Subjects.

WWecannot arrogate to oursclves anyluigh praise on account of these advantages. TVe owe to the favour of our Corres- pondents almost every thing in the Voloume that is of value. The most enlightened and patriotic men in tlas Country, have Seen, that, by a MISCELLANY Such as ours, imcalculable benefit might be done towards the improvement of th8 GRAND STAPLE INDUSTRY, 0f Zhe MOST SUBSTANTIAL WEALTH,. 0f dhe möSt FIXED and LEAST DESTRUCTIBLE Capital of the zxar10N. They have perceived, that, thus to aSS0ciate LUTERATURE ever with the HUMBLE(nd GROSS- EST BRANCHES 0f RURAL ECONOMY, 28, fo operate indi- rectly indeed, but more powerfully than in any other way posStble, towards the General Literary Instruction of all who Share the toils und gains of Husbanidry. They have discerned, that our plan, our zeal, and the zngenuous honucsty of our endeavours, deServed a preference above the efforts of those who offered themselves to notice, merely as our Imitators. And, they have kindly enabled us to main-

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