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Page 108
So it is in agriculture . There are many old farmers , who , from long experience
have acquired a valuable store of knowledge concerning the management of
their own farms , which must die with them , for they cannot communicate this ...
So it is in agriculture . There are many old farmers , who , from long experience
have acquired a valuable store of knowledge concerning the management of
their own farms , which must die with them , for they cannot communicate this ...
Page 137
We propose to teach them botany and physiology , mineralogy , geology , and
chemistry with its application to agriculture , and to afford them the opportunity to
witness the operations of tillage under the direction of a teacher . No labor will be
...
We propose to teach them botany and physiology , mineralogy , geology , and
chemistry with its application to agriculture , and to afford them the opportunity to
witness the operations of tillage under the direction of a teacher . No labor will be
...
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Why is agriculture , the oldest as well as the foundation of all other arts , so slow
in its progress ? Why must each generation of farmers go through the same
experiments , without being able to profit by those of their predecessors , or to
make ...
Why is agriculture , the oldest as well as the foundation of all other arts , so slow
in its progress ? Why must each generation of farmers go through the same
experiments , without being able to profit by those of their predecessors , or to
make ...
Page 12
Why is it that the mechanic arts have arrived to such a high state of perfection ,
while agriculture is so manifestly imperfect ? It is simply because these arts have
been made the subjects of patient and persevering study . The lights of science ...
Why is it that the mechanic arts have arrived to such a high state of perfection ,
while agriculture is so manifestly imperfect ? It is simply because these arts have
been made the subjects of patient and persevering study . The lights of science ...
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in a preparatory course , may finish his education by obtaining a scientific
knowledge of agriculture previous to entering up the great business of life . We
would not establish institutions for the mere study of agriculture , but would
connect it with ...
in a preparatory course , may finish his education by obtaining a scientific
knowledge of agriculture previous to entering up the great business of life . We
would not establish institutions for the mere study of agriculture , but would
connect it with ...
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