$3 THESE EXPERIMENTS, IT IS TRUE, ARE NOT EASY; STILL THEY ARE IN THE POWER OF EVERY THINKING HUSBANDMAN. HE WHO ACCOMPLISHES BUT ONE, OF HOWEVER LIMITED APPLICATION, AND TAKES CARE TO REPORT IT FAITHFULLY, ADVANCES THE SCIENCE, AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE, AND ACQUIRES THEREBY A RIGHT TO THE GRATITUDE OF HIS FELLOWS, AND OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER. TO MAKE MANY SUCH IS BEYOND THE POWER OF MOST INDIVIDUALS, AND CANNOT BE EXPECTED. THE FIRST CARE OF ALL SOCIETIES FORMED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCIENCE SHOULD BE TO PREPARE THE FORMS OF SUCH EXPERIMENTS, AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE EXECUTION OF THESE AMONG THEIR MEMBERS. VON THAER, Principles of Agriculture London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. I.-Report of the Diseases of Wheat. By the Rev. Professor II.-On Subsoil-Ploughing. By H. S. Thompson V. On the Early Horn-Carrot. By Earl Ducie VIII. On the Productiveness of certain Wheats IX.-An Account of the Transposition and Admixture of Soils, as in the Application of a Clay-dressing to a Light Sand; X.-On the Reduction of Horse Labour by Single Carts, de- XIII.-Trials on the Draught of Ploughs. By Trelawny Freeman XIV.-An Account of the Application of Gypsuni as a Manure to XV.-On the Means of calculating the Number of Calves which XVI.-On a Peculiar Disease in Ewes. By John Buckley, Esq. |