Excerpt from The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 20: February, 1915At that period the farm was a centre of industry, a condition which has mostly passed away. It is obvious that with this experience Washington understood the claims of agriculture on the statesman, economist and philanthropist. Here also he discerned lines along which the nation must go forward. The movement for improved and scientific agriculture which has arisen in all progressive nations would have had in Washington an ardent friend. The historic Act of the late Senator Morrill of Vermont, which President E. Benjamin Andrews regards as one of the greatest measures in the history of education, and which founded the land grant colleges, one in each state, belongs to this development. Conservation of soil and forest and the various re lated interests, a growing element in state and national policy, may be noted in this connection. The International Chamber of Agriculture, recently established with headquarters at Rome, on the initiative of the King of Italy, prompted thereto by ah American granger, David Lubin, is a step in agricultural progress which will ultimately trans form the earth into a farm and garden. The extension of agricultural instruction by the Macdonald Movement in Canada, the school garden work which is expanding in many countries, and similar efforts to diffuse a practical knowledge of agriculture everywhere are in line with the development of the fundamental pursuit of agriculture. Here, it is evident, Washington is an up-to-date statesman. His experience and writings are inspiring and suggestive to the farmer and scientific agriculturist, and valuable to society in present day problems.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.