“The art of agriculture is the realization of some ideal object. lie who practises it has received from others, without considering the reasons on which it is founded, the idea or rule by which he proceeds. The skilful practice of an art consists, therefore, in the adoption of new ideas, in the study of new rules, and in judging the fitness of their being carried into practice.”

— Albrecht Thaer

Source: The Principles of Agriculture, 1844, Section I: The fundamental principles, p. 2.

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German agronomist and an avid supporter of the humus theory… 1752–1828

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