Science and Agriculture.
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We copy the following judlcious observa
tons on the application of science to
agriculture, &c, from the Cheshire eng
land) Chroniclc:--


cit is as important TO the country that
agriculture should be scientifically under>
stood and studied as that manufacturing
science should progress. The mere cul-
ture of the land is nothing, except it be
co Quoted on the best possible principles.
10 plough and manure, to SOW and reap,
to break Up and lay down land, 10 breed
aud 10 rear stock, and TO farm and to labor
on farm, merely as they who have passed
away did, is no great merit. This is mere
ly to exercise an initiative talent. The
re sources OF the mind ought to be brought
to the labor; prfiilng not only by expert
ence bui il learning by experiment, we
may hope 10 see Improvement progress in
an equal ratio in agriculture as in mechan-
lcs; and the knowledge that the stores
of experieniia philosophy affords to be
applied 10 this, the most nseful of all arts,
Lecause it produces the raw material on
which The human race is fed and clothed
When the merely operative farmer knows
the value of science, he will see hat !: is
the best auxiliary 10 the production Of ag-
ricultural wealth and learn The secret why
his better informed neighbor. who has de-
voted some attention 10 such pqrsG.ts, has
beat him in the career Of cnterpi.1e. Ag-
ricultural societies are peculiarly benef-
clal in communicating his know ledge. -
They bring the results Of all systems into
competition; and must set those who are
behind in the contest thinking why they
aIe 50. Whatever experiments have been
tried, whatever failures experienced, are
brought under the review of all, the first
as lessons TO instruct, and the last as rocks
to avoid. The real value Of crosses in
breeding, Of intermixtures OF soils, of the
action ofpeculiar manures, of the introduc-
ton of seeds, and of the utility ofimple-
ments, are tested. The landlord and the
tenant, whose interests are identical, are
brought together, and may profit by the
intercourse"