Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Agriculture: To Which Is Added the Author's Published Letters The Editor has taken the liberty of premising a Brief His toric Sketch of Agriculture, and has added a carefully prepared Resume of the Author's Letters, and a brief but authentic account of his Career and Success as a Planter. He has also appended some extracts from a learned teacher - Professor Ville, of Paris - on the subject of Agricultural Chemistry, which are accurately expressive of the Author's views upon these subjects. With this explanation, this volume is submitted to the Pub lic, and earnestly commended to the attention of every student of that noblest of avocations - Agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.