Albrecht Thaer Quote

The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical science. The first principles arise from the perceptions of the senses; but if experience wholly and entirely flowed from these perceptions, the development would not be less the offspring of science and the work of the understanding.

p. 3. - The Principles of Agriculture, 1844 - Section I: The fundamental principles

The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical...

The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical...

The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical...

The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical...