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PRINCIPLES Of AGRiCUL1I RI.
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PRINCIPLES Or AGkiCJL1l RI.
Bs ALBERT rliAER
Translated by wHIIAN SHAW, E'q Member OF ine coun-
c ~ the Oy al Agricultural society VI England. ana
Hon Mem Ger. Agr- Of France; and CUIHBERT
W Johnson, ESQ :
Tho bioh cf7racer Of the English Transators and The
Intelligent community whom they have ventuied in
,h rescnt advanced state of Agricultural KNOWLEDGE 10
ofFef this a. "THg GREAT AcaIcULTrRAL WORK u 81.
VoS TIfAER would warrant the strongest presumption
of ~ excellence and examination Of il has but
served 10 Justify the inference But this il place FOR
an introduction II any further proyOcation 10 read and
study the "PRINcrPLEs % ACRICvLrURE needed.
tha, progocstiOn VIII be found in the pcrusa Of the
Neuoy Of the Author prcxcd 10 the work. for i may
naturally be concluded that the production Of man
highly gifted enjoying such opportunities 10 obtain prac-
iical know ed ge--a short whose friendship
that memoir courtod by the most celebrated
Agrcuturist Of En- gland France Denmark and 'erma
ny and whose works were studied every where inust
be- worthy all attention Having advised the reader Of
what We have nAxt in store for him ii be lei for
the rest to his own judgment allowing him that degree
Of dscre ion which even plants are said to possesso
seec, that which il available and nutritious re- ecng all
that IL Otherwise Of which we can promise him the pro
portion viii be very small !. :. :.
p S-Ths work only very lately published IN Eug-
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Aer- lost. AUgvf la, 1915.
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