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Page 184
We answer , the miserable system of farming steadily pursued by eight tenths of
all the farmers of this country , since its first settlement : a system which proceeds
upon the principle of taking as many crops from the land with as little manure as ...
We answer , the miserable system of farming steadily pursued by eight tenths of
all the farmers of this country , since its first settlement : a system which proceeds
upon the principle of taking as many crops from the land with as little manure as ...
Page 185
Even Ohio - newly settled as she is , begins to fall off per acre , in her annual
wheat crop , and before fifty years will , if the present system continues , be
considered a worn - out soil . The evil at the bottom of this false system of
husbandry , is ...
Even Ohio - newly settled as she is , begins to fall off per acre , in her annual
wheat crop , and before fifty years will , if the present system continues , be
considered a worn - out soil . The evil at the bottom of this false system of
husbandry , is ...
Page 218
Comparative value of short and large crops . Crop of 1851 , and its probable
value . Amount of the crops of the United States from 1827 to 1851 , and the
quantity and value annually exported during that period . Quantity of cotton
Tereived ...
Comparative value of short and large crops . Crop of 1851 , and its probable
value . Amount of the crops of the United States from 1827 to 1851 , and the
quantity and value annually exported during that period . Quantity of cotton
Tereived ...
Page 222
Such , in general , is the condition of those who own the estates , plant , cultivate
and gather the crops ; while the fruits of ... and the cotton crop of 1850 exported
from Florida and Texas , valued at $ 60 per bale , amounts to $ 14 , 641 , 247 .
Such , in general , is the condition of those who own the estates , plant , cultivate
and gather the crops ; while the fruits of ... and the cotton crop of 1850 exported
from Florida and Texas , valued at $ 60 per bale , amounts to $ 14 , 641 , 247 .
Page 235
showers may relieve the general absence of rain . The wet bottoms do not
require the same seasons as the thirsty uplands . The early crops do not demand
the same supply of rain and sunshine as the late plantings . While thus from
numerous ...
showers may relieve the general absence of rain . The wet bottoms do not
require the same seasons as the thirsty uplands . The early crops do not demand
the same supply of rain and sunshine as the late plantings . While thus from
numerous ...
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Page 416 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
Page 138 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 341 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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Page 200 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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Page 278 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.