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Excerpt from Chymistry Applied to Agriculture

Ofthe Properties, of. Mixed~ Earths, and the Methods of rendering: them capable of a good Cultivation.

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Excerpt from Chymistry Applied to Agriculture

In offering to the public the following treatise the publishers believe that they shall render an acceptable service to the agricultural interest, the most important interest, of the United States.

The author, one of the most eminent chymists of the age, was at the same time a practical agriculturist, owning large estates, which were for a long time cultivated under his personal direction. "In order," says he, "to make a useful application of the sciences to agriculture, it must be profoundly studied, not only in the closet, but abroad in the fields." By pursuing this method he was able to describe processes, and set down the course and the results of his large experience, with a fulness and clearness, that make them immediately available to the practical farmer. "In my explanations," he remarks, "I may sometimes have fallen into error, but I do not believe that I have misstated a single fact."

The only work of note in the English language on the subject of Agricultural Chymistry is that of Davy, which was published in the year 1813. It consists of eight lectures delivered annually for ten years before the Board of Agriculture. In his preface he observes, that the rapid advance of chymical science obliged him to vary them each year they were delivered, and to alter them still further when preparing them for the press.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.