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... ment of other societies throughout the country . Its first president was Samuel Powel , a graduate of the College of Philadelphia , and twice mayor of that city . He was succeeded in 1805 by Judge Rich- ard Peters , who had been a ...
... ment of other societies throughout the country . Its first president was Samuel Powel , a graduate of the College of Philadelphia , and twice mayor of that city . He was succeeded in 1805 by Judge Rich- ard Peters , who had been a ...
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... ment of stage routes , and the advancement of agriculture ( 326 ) . In 1807 he had settled on a farm near Pittsfield . He became con- vinced that agricultural societies should be organized in the several counties on a more democratic ...
... ment of stage routes , and the advancement of agriculture ( 326 ) . In 1807 he had settled on a farm near Pittsfield . He became con- vinced that agricultural societies should be organized in the several counties on a more democratic ...
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... ment of Orchards and Cider , by William Coxe , published at Philadel- phia in 1817 , was the first comprehensive American book on pomology ( 230 ) . Arator , by John Taylor , was a collection of agricultural essays , originally ...
... ment of Orchards and Cider , by William Coxe , published at Philadel- phia in 1817 , was the first comprehensive American book on pomology ( 230 ) . Arator , by John Taylor , was a collection of agricultural essays , originally ...
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... ment for agricultural education , particularly in his relation to the establishment of the Massachusetts Agricultural College . MANUAL - LABOR SCHOOLS A movement which had a more direct relation to the early efforts to establish ...
... ment for agricultural education , particularly in his relation to the establishment of the Massachusetts Agricultural College . MANUAL - LABOR SCHOOLS A movement which had a more direct relation to the early efforts to establish ...
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... ment on a broader scale . Its only permanent impress on educational progress was in promoting gymnastics in schools . The school at Whitesboro , N. Y. , which was in operation between 1827 and 1834 , may serve as a good example of the ...
... ment on a broader scale . Its only permanent impress on educational progress was in promoting gymnastics in schools . The school at Whitesboro , N. Y. , which was in operation between 1827 and 1834 , may serve as a good example of the ...
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Page 204 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 100 - ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 100 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 100 - ... shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 100 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 204 - ... effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of...
Page 100 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 100 - Fourth. 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...
Page 99 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be...
Page 74 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the State for the support of a University, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called