...message of December 7, 1796, George Washington It will not be doubted, that with reference to either individual or national welfare, agriculture is of...soil more and more an object of public patronage. Again, in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, the father of British agriculture and British statistics,...

...nations advance in popul tion and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent, ai renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Again, in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, the father of British agricu ture and British statistics,...

...and Agencies. " It will not be doubted with reference either to industrial or national welfare, that agriculture is' of primary importance. In proportion...soil more and more an object of public patronage." These are wise words, and so intensely modern in sentiment, and applicable to oar present conditions...

...recommendation of Washington. As early as Dec. 7, 1796, in his eighth annual address (I, 202), he said that "with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primar)' importance," and at the same time urged the importance of the "establishment of boards * *...

...prosperity. The words of Washington are as applicable to-day as when, in his eighth annual message, he said: It will not be doubted that, with reference either to individual or natio..^l welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population...

...he said — It- will not be doubted, with reference either to industrial or national welfare, that agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion...other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. At the...

...recommendation of Washington. As early as Dec. 7, 1796, in his eighth annual address (I, 202), he said that "with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primary importance," and at the same time urged the importance of the "establishment of boards * * * charged with collecting...

...either to industrial or national welfare, that agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion a» nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes apparent, and renders the cultivation 'of the soil more anrf more an object of public patronage. At...

...recommendation of Washington. As early as Dec. 7, 1796, in his eighth annual address (194) he said that "with reference either to individual or national welfare agriculture is of primary importance," and at the same time urged the importance of the "establishment of boards * * * charged with collecting...

...togetlner in many of his writings during eight years, and fin»-Jly in his eighth annual message he says, " It will not be doubted that with reference either to individual or natio -mnsl welfare agriculture is of primary importance. In p» JOportion as nations advance in population...