Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 354
in the general prosperity. While there are many honor-able and useful callings, agriculture seems to be the only one which touchesand affects all others. The financial importance of agriculture is shownby the fact that, after the wants of the nation were supplied, in the year1897 we exported in… … THE CENTURYS PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE 331 duties, the balance of trade on agricultural products for the year was$289,000,000, and the export of agricultural products for the current fiscalyear would show still larger figures. Considering the specific educational influences which are elevating…
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