The Modern Farmer in His Business Relations: A Study of Some of the Principles Underlying the Art of Profitable Farming and Marketing, and of the Interests of Farmers as Affected by Modern Social and Economic Conditions and Forces |
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... Industry . In this age no such life as is described in Chapter I is possible to the farmer in America , nor , with our changed habits and desires , would it be agreeable . It would involve a distinct lowering of our present standard of ...
... Industry . In this age no such life as is described in Chapter I is possible to the farmer in America , nor , with our changed habits and desires , would it be agreeable . It would involve a distinct lowering of our present standard of ...
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... Industry ; nor do I believe this a vain hope . But it is certainly worth while , if possible , to discover and set forth the causes why the farmer of to - day is less happy than the farmer of former days , that we may see how , if in ...
... Industry ; nor do I believe this a vain hope . But it is certainly worth while , if possible , to discover and set forth the causes why the farmer of to - day is less happy than the farmer of former days , that we may see how , if in ...
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... industries have encountered , but from which , until lately , the American farmer has been exempt . The farmer knows that costs of manufactured articles have decreased , because he buys them cheaper . When he inquires how costs have ...
... industries have encountered , but from which , until lately , the American farmer has been exempt . The farmer knows that costs of manufactured articles have decreased , because he buys them cheaper . When he inquires how costs have ...
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... industry are assumed . All understand the necessity of those virtues ; but industry improperly applied will fail of its reward , and it is only knowledge which enables industry to be wisely directed . It is essential that some portion ...
... industry are assumed . All understand the necessity of those virtues ; but industry improperly applied will fail of its reward , and it is only knowledge which enables industry to be wisely directed . It is essential that some portion ...
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... industry know a great deal about it . None need it so badly as the farmer , who must bear all the risks of production . In due time the universities will understand its importance , and begin to send out men equipped to deal with it ...
... industry know a great deal about it . None need it so badly as the farmer , who must bear all the risks of production . In due time the universities will understand its importance , and begin to send out men equipped to deal with it ...
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Page 543 - That, in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 543 - ... different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and Territories.
Page 540 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.
Page 540 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at...
Page 544 - SEC. 9. That the grants of moneys authorized by this act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories...
Page 542 - That no money shall be paid out under this act to any state or territory for tho support and maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges separately for white and colored students shall be held to be a compliance with the provisions of this act if the funds received in such state or territory be equitably divided as hereinafter set forth...
Page 539 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 543 - ... agricultural experiment station: " Provided, That in any State or Territory in which two such colleges have been or may be so established, the appropriation hereinafter made to such State or Territory shall be equally divided between such colleges, unless the legislature of such state or territory shall otherwise direct.
Page 541 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease ; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Page 541 - An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful, one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.