Mount Vernon, whose soil was once tilled by the hands and is now consecrated by the dust of the Father of his country, should properly belong to the nation, and might with great propriety become, under its auspices, a model farm to illustrate the progress... The Cultivator - Page 52by luther tucker - 1851Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1066 pages
...important auxiliary a illustrating the best modes of culture. If this idea should be favorably •caved, I would respectfully add that Mount Vernon, whose...progress of that pursuit to which he was so much devoted. CENSUS. Shortly after the passage of the act of 23d May, 1850, for taking the seventh census, and for... | |
| Industries - 1851 - 770 pages
...predecessor for the establishment of an agricultural bureau, and advises the institution of a model farm at Mount Vernon, " whose soil was once tilled by the...consecrated by the dust, of the Father of his Country." 4. — POPCLATIO* OF THE STATES, 1850— CONTRAST OF THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. As soon as the census... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - Industries - 1851 - 760 pages
...an agricultural bureau, and advises the institution of a model firm at Mount Vernon, " whose »oil was once tilled by the hands, and is now consecrated by the dust, of the Father of his Country." 4. — POPULATION OF THE STATES, 1850 — CONTRAST OF THE NORTH AND TH1 SOUTH. to reach 1,000,000 against... | |
| History, Modern - 1851 - 610 pages
...may be discovered, so that their properties may be understood and their value correctly appreciated. The purchase of a farm in the vicinity of the national...progress of that pursuit to which he was so much devoted. CENSUS. Shortly after the passage of the act of 23d of May, 1850, for taking the seventh census, and... | |
| United States - 1850 - 990 pages
...the direction of the bureau, has been suggested as an important auxiliary in illustrating the hest modes of culture. If this idea should be favorably...the hands and is now consecrated by the dust of the 11 . ther of his Country, should properly belong to the nation, and mig with great propriety, become,... | |
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