The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 3M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1849 - Missouri Agriculture and the mechanic arts are the basis of civilization. |
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Page 3
... labor of Sisyphus , and by the delay waste enormous sums for the Nation . To secure the Loan of the United States Stock , made to the Com- pany , and to secure the carrying forward , in good faith , of the contract made with the Company ...
... labor of Sisyphus , and by the delay waste enormous sums for the Nation . To secure the Loan of the United States Stock , made to the Com- pany , and to secure the carrying forward , in good faith , of the contract made with the Company ...
Page 21
... labor . The facility with which the present sparse population sus- tain themselves by their agricultural pursuits has in fact , been a seri- qus detriment to mining operations . The certainty of the first , from comparatively slight labor ...
... labor . The facility with which the present sparse population sus- tain themselves by their agricultural pursuits has in fact , been a seri- qus detriment to mining operations . The certainty of the first , from comparatively slight labor ...
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... labor , from seventy - five to one hundred and twenty - five millions of dollars to the produce of the country , than that it should be unoccupied , and as useless as a barren desert ? We have lengthened this article much beyond what we ...
... labor , from seventy - five to one hundred and twenty - five millions of dollars to the produce of the country , than that it should be unoccupied , and as useless as a barren desert ? We have lengthened this article much beyond what we ...
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... labor and manure necessary to produce a crop . But place the population of Scotland , with their present habits and pursuits , on the State of Illinois , and the result would be different . They would carry along with them a market for ...
... labor and manure necessary to produce a crop . But place the population of Scotland , with their present habits and pursuits , on the State of Illinois , and the result would be different . They would carry along with them a market for ...
Page 48
... labor of the miner . Let us look back for a few moments , from those well tilled farms , and herds of stock which our eyes now behold in the plains beneath us , fifty years or less , to the time when the Spaniard held dominion , and see ...
... labor of the miner . Let us look back for a few moments , from those well tilled farms , and herds of stock which our eyes now behold in the plains beneath us , fifty years or less , to the time when the Spaniard held dominion , and see ...
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