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... practical results . We live in a dis- trict of the State eminently commercial and manu- facturing in its pursuits and character . Our soil , as a general fact , is not remarkable for its fertility or productions . Agriculture is not ...
... practical results . We live in a dis- trict of the State eminently commercial and manu- facturing in its pursuits and character . Our soil , as a general fact , is not remarkable for its fertility or productions . Agriculture is not ...
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... practical importance . I believe the views I have expressed to be sound , and such as will commend themselves to the judg- ment of all practical and observing men . Still , right or wrong , you have chosen your profession , and upon ...
... practical importance . I believe the views I have expressed to be sound , and such as will commend themselves to the judg- ment of all practical and observing men . Still , right or wrong , you have chosen your profession , and upon ...
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... practical farmer , whose own personal labor is his principal active capital , cannot afford to make doubtful experiments on any considerable scale . He cannot afford to improve his farm any faster than he sees the way clear for 8 MR ...
... practical farmer , whose own personal labor is his principal active capital , cannot afford to make doubtful experiments on any considerable scale . He cannot afford to improve his farm any faster than he sees the way clear for 8 MR ...
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... practical farmers among ourselves with eminent success - and with great pecuniary advantage . The cry of the farmer should be perpetual , give , GIVE , GIVE , taking care himself to return more strength and nutriment , in the form of ...
... practical farmers among ourselves with eminent success - and with great pecuniary advantage . The cry of the farmer should be perpetual , give , GIVE , GIVE , taking care himself to return more strength and nutriment , in the form of ...
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... practical agriculture , ) " should be required to prepare ten loads of compost manure in the course of a year , which he will CHEER- FULLY do if the owner will furnish him with the ma- terials , such as loam , peat , or swamp mud ...
... practical agriculture , ) " should be required to prepare ten loads of compost manure in the course of a year , which he will CHEER- FULLY do if the owner will furnish him with the ma- terials , such as loam , peat , or swamp mud ...
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