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When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
On the Agriculture of England (1840)
He studies to use his land so as not to abuse it.
On the Agriculture of England (1840)
I have entire confidence in the improvements to our husbandry, and the other great advantages, which would accrue from judicious rotation of products.
On the Agriculture of England (1840)
Suppose that, by some new discovery, or some improved mode of culture, only one per cent could be added to the annual results of English cultivation; this, of itself, would materially affect the comfortable subsistence of millions of human beings.
On the Agriculture of England (1840)