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Excerpt from The Farm and the Fireside, or the Romance of Agriculture: Being Half Hour Sketches of Life in the CountryWhy did the gold of California remain Untouched towards six thousand years, unless it is admitted that King Solomon knew of it, as the gold of Ophir, when building his memorable temple? Lt is simply because all the world, the Yankees as Well as others, did not know -it was there. Supposing some Visionary scholar had written a b...

Excerpt from A Family-Text Book for the Country, or the Farmer at Home: Being a Cyclopaedia of the More Important Topics in Modern Agriculture, and in Natural History and Domestic Economy, Adapted to Rural LifeWhy is home the most desirable place that can be found to the man of correct taste Why does he enjoy himself better there than elsewhere Why do his affections centre in it, as the atoms in a crude mass of matter tend to their common poin...

Excerpt from Lessons in Modern Farming: Or, Agriculture for Schools, Containing Scientific Exercises for Recitation, And Elegant Extracts From Rural Literature, for Academic or Family ReadingIt is possible that persons may be found who will take half an hour, and turn over the leaves of this volume from beginnin to end, and be cause they do not find page after page filled with ecimal fractions giving the relative to rtions of vegetable or anim...

The Farmer's Every-Day Book, or Sketches of Social Life in the Country is intended to be a farmer's social handbook for maneuvering the complex human side of life on a farm, written by John Lauris Blake.In his opening, Blake acknowledges that a great deal has been written about the theory and practice of agriculture, thus this book intentionally stays clear of this topic. Instead, the author focuses on the social life of the farmer. The text t...

Excerpt from Every Day Scripture Readings: With Reviews and Practical Observations, for the Use of Families and SchoolsAnd the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the dark ness. And God called the light Day, and the darkn...

Excerpt from Every Day Scripture Readings: With Reviews and Practical Observations, for the Use of Families and SchoolsAnd the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the dark ness. And God called the light Day, and the darkn...

The Farmer's Every-Day Book, or Sketches of Social Life in the Country is intended to be a farmer's social handbook for maneuvering the complex human side of life on a farm, written by John Lauris Blake. In his opening, Blake acknowledges that a great deal has been written about the theory and practice of agriculture, thus this book intentionally stays clear of this topic. Instead, the author focuses on the social life of the farmer. The text...

Excerpt from Lessons in Modern Farming: Or, Agriculture for Schools, Containing Scientific Exercises for Recitation, And Elegant Extracts From Rural Literature, for Academic or Family Reading The fact has been long apparent, that there has been a constant decline in most agricultural products, that in numerous instances, farms have become so worn out and unproductive, as not to yield an equivalent for the labor of cultivation. The consequence...

Excerpt from A Family-Text Book for the Country, or the Farmer at Home: Being a Cyclopaedia of the More Important Topics in Modern Agriculture, and in Natural History and Domestic Economy, Adapted to Rural LifeWhy is home the most desirable place that can be found to the man of correct taste Why does he enjoy himself better there than elsewhere Why do his affections centre in it, as the atoms in a crude mass of matter tend to their common poin...

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Excerpt from The Farm and the Fireside, or the Romance of Agriculture: Being Half Hour Sketches of Life in the Country Why did the gold of California remain untouched towards six thousand years, unless it is admitted that King Solomon knew of it as the gold of Ophir, when building his memorable temple? It is simply because all the world, the Yankees as well as others, did not know it was there. Supposing some visionary scholar had written a b...

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