A general treatise of husbandry and gardening : containing such observations and experiments as are new and useful for the improvement of land with an account of such extraordinary inventions and natural productions as may help the ingenious in their studies and promote universal learning . tOTT/^*.. To the Right Honourable the ^, /. t^ord CARTERET P^teof His Majj^Wys PrincipalI /^>D irSecretaries ,Qf, State. My Lor d, ^^ . H E favourable Re*ceptioD which fomdof my former Workshave met with^ andthe EncouragementsI have had to purfue my-Studiesin the uleful Parts of Natu-ral Hiftory, has pro
A general treatise of husbandry and gardening : containing such observations and experiments as are new and useful for the improvement of land with an account of such extraordinary inventions and natural productions as may help the ingenious in their studies and promote universal learning . tOTT/^*.. To the Right Honourable the ^, /. t^ord CARTERET P^teof His Majj^Wys PrincipalI /^>D irSecretaries ,Qf, State. My Lor d, ^^ . H E favourable Re*ceptioD which fomdof my former Workshave met with^ andthe EncouragementsI have had to purfue my-Studiesin the uleful Parts of Natu-ral Hiftory, has prompted me toA 2 under-. iv Dedication. undertake the Task which I nowventure to lay before your Lord-lliip. The Improvement of Land, andthe Study of Agriculture, have great-ly contributed to render our Na-tion famous above all other Coun-tries; but whether that is owingmore to the natural Induftry ofour People in general, or to thegood Reafoning of particular Per-Ions, is doubtful; if it proceedsfrom the former, there is Room e-nough to hope for its Advancementby the latter; or if this ufeful Arthas made its Way thus far, by theLabours of Experimental Philofo-phers, tis Encouragement enoughtor them to continue thofe Studies,fince we neither want People or In-duftry to bring their Deligns intoPractice. But Dedication. v B u T as every Art, however ex-tenfive or ufeful, demands the Pro-teftion of the Great, to make itcirculate in the Minds of the Pub-lick ; fo am 1 confident there is nofurer Way of Recommending thefePapers to the World, than by in-troducing them under the Patronageof your Lordfhip, whofe exten
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