Memoirs Of The Philadelphia Society For Promoting Agriculture Vol 4

Author : Philadelphia Society for Pr Agriculture
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ISBN 13 : 9781330613498
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, Vol. 1 written by Philadelphia Society for Pr Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, Vol. 1: Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry Rural Affairs The Philadelphia Society tor promoting Agriculture, was formed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, by some citizens, only a few of whom were actually engaged in husbandry, but who were convinced of its necessity; and of the assistance which such an association, properly attended to, would afford to the interests of agriculture. The society' continued to meet regularly, for several years; - and published numerous communications from practical men, in the news papers of the day, on various interesting subjects; and thereby contributed to diffuse the knowledge of many improvements in agriculture; the general adoption whereof, has visibly tended to increase the product, and to improve the qualities of the soil of Pennsylvania. The continuance of a long war with Great Britain had effectually precluded all friendly intercourse, and prevented the receipt of all information from that country, (in a language generally understood here) not only of the improvements in agriculture there existing, but of those in other European countries, wherein the practice and principles of good husbandr)- are universally attended to. The system generally pursued here at that time, was bad in the extreme. It consisted in a series of exhausting grain crops, with scarcely any interruption, for several years; after which, the land was abandoned to weeds and natural grass, under the fallacious idea of rest; and, when completely worn out, new land was cleared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.