A Tour in America in 1798,1799, and 1800: Exhibiting Sketches of Society and Manners, and a Particular Account of the America System of Agriculture, with Its Recent Improvements, Volume 2J. Harding, 1805 - Agriculture "The author came to America to rent one of the farms of Gen. Washington, respecting whom the book abounds in curious details."--Sabin. |
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Page 339
... the Vegetables are so much used in America , young clover is very frequently eaten greens in the spring . The stalk of the cabbage is generally set out in the garden for 1 for sprouts turnips are set out in the same Z 2 339.
... the Vegetables are so much used in America , young clover is very frequently eaten greens in the spring . The stalk of the cabbage is generally set out in the garden for 1 for sprouts turnips are set out in the same Z 2 339.
Page 346
... clover or timothy . It is a much finer grass than timothy , is better hay for cattle or sheep , is hardy to harvest ; and , in growing , forms a sod , which mats the land over in such a manner , as to cause it to bear the pressure of ...
... clover or timothy . It is a much finer grass than timothy , is better hay for cattle or sheep , is hardy to harvest ; and , in growing , forms a sod , which mats the land over in such a manner , as to cause it to bear the pressure of ...
Page 349
... clover and timothy hay , Indian corn , blades and tops , and oats , some potatoes , turnips , & c . He had his sheep in the greatest order , as to care , I ever either in America or England . They were in houses separated in a very ...
... clover and timothy hay , Indian corn , blades and tops , and oats , some potatoes , turnips , & c . He had his sheep in the greatest order , as to care , I ever either in America or England . They were in houses separated in a very ...
Page 353
... clover , & c . which he had raised by such process . But he had none of the herd - grass : he thought , however , if I went fifty miles further , I should find it . In coming along the road , I had repeatedly asked about this herd ...
... clover , & c . which he had raised by such process . But he had none of the herd - grass : he thought , however , if I went fifty miles further , I should find it . In coming along the road , I had repeatedly asked about this herd ...
Page 367
... in the same field of clover , plaster did great service one year , and none the year fol- lowing . The cause seems evident . It was always in the first year , I observed , ― never in the last , —that it did good . 367.
... in the same field of clover , plaster did great service one year , and none the year fol- lowing . The cause seems evident . It was always in the first year , I observed , ― never in the last , —that it did good . 367.
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Page 695 - Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example.
Page 697 - The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body.
Page 696 - ... of which no age nor nation has furnished an example. It is the mark set on those, who, not looking up to heaven, to their own soil and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistence, depend for it on casualties and caprice of customers. Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
Page 696 - Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. This, the natural progress and consequence of the arts, has sometimes perhaps been retarded by accidental circumstances; but, generally speaking, the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any State to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is a good enough barometer whereby to measure its degree...
Page 697 - Carpenters, masons, smiths, are wanting in husbandry ; but, for the general operations of manufacture, let our workshops remain in Europe. It is better to carry provisions and materials to workmen there, than bring them to the provisions and materials, and with them their manners and principles.
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Page 408 - ... night, of a putrid sore throat, an inflammatory complaint frequent in America. I conceive it to be occasioned by a poisonous insect received in with the breath. I am of opinion that the General never knowingly did any thing wrong, but did to all men as he would they should do to him.
Page 697 - While we have land to labour then, let us never wish to see our citizens occupied at a workbench, or twirling a distaff. Carpenters, masons, smiths, are wanting in husbandry; but, for the general operations of manufacture, let our workshops remain in Europe.
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