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OverviewPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OFFICERS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR 1816. PRESIDENT RICHARD PETERS. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM TILGHMAN. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT DR. JAMES MEASE. TREASURER EDWARD BURD. SECRETARY ROBERTS VAUX. ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAMUEL HAZARD. COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE RICHARD PETERS, WILLIAM TILGHMAN, DR. JAMES MEASE, ZACCHEUS COLLINS, REUBEN HAINES. CURATORS ZACCHEUS COLLINS, SOLOMON W. CONRAD, RALPH EDDOWES, CHARLES ROBERTS, ALEXANDER WILSON. chapter{Section 4A Discourse on Agriculture. IT is more to evidence my disposition to use every endeavour to shew the importance of the subject of our institution; and the necessity of rousing the public attention to its advancement; than from any consciousness I feel of a capacity to gratify the wishes of the society; that I address to it some of my own, and recitals of the sentiments of others, on a topic on which it is difficult to say any thing new. Husbandry has been practiced, from the earliest s times, more as an art, than a science. Most writers on the subject, are like the collectors of family recipes good for specific cases.But no regard is had to the consequences of administering them, as they relate to the general state of the system; or how they affect the future vigour and welfare of the patient. The combination of science with practice, is, relatively, of modern / discovery and development. From the days of the pa- triarchs to our own, agriculture has been followed with very little attention to its principles. At least none have been transmitted to us, originating in remote antiquity. These are now only in their earliest stage of progress; and by no means settled, or extensively regarded. Yet a commencement, highly honourable to those who have be... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard PetersPublisher: Kessinger Publishing Imprint: Kessinger Publishing Dimensions: Width: 28.00cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.127kg ISBN: 9781120115959ISBN 10: 1120115957 Pages: 44 Publication Date: 01 September 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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