 | 1848 - 580 pages
...more congenial to my present taste; a pursuit which has been rightly characterized by WASHINGTON as the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man — the cultivation of the soil. ' And now comes one of the most trying moments of my chequered life... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1849 - 446 pages
...illustrious Washington — an opinion among the very last communicated to his fellow-countryman — that "agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man." It has been well observed, that "that great man knew, and all great men know, that the cultivation... | |
 | Josephine Franklin - 1865 - 198 pages
...them, and entered by the adjacent door. " This was what Washington said," continued the miller : " 'Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man.' A truer remark was, I think, never made." " I used to dislike farming," said Martin, " and thought... | |
 | Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - 1888 - 730 pages
...the world. It is the most ancient and the most important of industries. It was Washington who said: "Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful and the most noble employment of man." We have in the United States, according to the census of 1880, a population of 50,155,783. We have... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1891 - 570 pages
...to stop where we are? By no means. Our motto must be progress. Washington said that agriculture i& the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man, and certainly horticulture is akin to it, for I am sure I do not know where to draw the line between... | |
 | Thomas Alfred Davies - 1884 - 558 pages
...which mainly depends upon himself ; while the principal may easily lose all. CHAPTER XV. THE FARMER. Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful,...and the most noble employment of man. WASHINGTON. There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans... | |
 | Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - 1884 - 734 pages
...importance and dignity of the calling when he wrote that grand sentiment — -'Agriculture is tiie most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man." In all countries, and in all ages of the world, it has been the basis of all other arts. It has-been... | |
 | 1916 - 1670 pages
...workers. To this rule, the farmer is not an exception. "Agriculture," said the immortal Washington, "is the most healthful, the most useful and the most noble employment of man." Washington was himself a farmer and delighted *more in the superintendence of his farms in Virginia, than he did... | |
 | Illinois Farmers' Institute - 1909 - 424 pages
...institutes are encouraging a firmer belief in the declaration of our country's first president, that; "Agriculture is the Most Healthful, the Most Useful, and the Most Noble Employment of Man." We come to Edwardsville to hold this annual closing institute for two reasons: First, because you gave... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1911 - 332 pages
...horticulturists in the field and fewer makebelieve horticulturists in real-estate offices. 7. Horticulture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man." THE CANADA THISTLE. Mr. Babcock : I feel moved to make a remark which has occurred to me from my observation... | |
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Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man. 
