Transactions of the Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Volume 8Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association., 1881 - Agriculture |
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Page 394 - It will not be doubted that, with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it grow up, supported by the public purse; and to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety?
Page 394 - I know of no pursuit in which more real and important service can be rendered to any country, than by improving its agriculture...
Page 281 - Beautiful hands are those that do "Work that is earnest, and brave, and true, Moment by moment the long day through.
Page 394 - The wealth and strength of a country are its population, and the best part of that population are the cultivators of the soil. Independent farmers are everywhere the basis of society, and true friends of liberty.
Page 393 - ... from ocean to ocean, and from the lakes to the gulf.
Page 276 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Page 446 - This Constitution may be altered or amended at any annual meeting of the Society by a vote of twothirds the members present.
Page 414 - Neck — Moderately long and straight from the head to the top of the shoulder, free from loose skin on the under side, fine at its junction with the head, and enlarging...
Page 381 - In discussing matters pertaining to the dairy, not the least important question to be considered is its profits and future prospects.
Page 438 - ... the last of May or the first of June, according to the condition of the season, so that the seed shall not be subject to any drawback from frost or cold.