LINCOLN AND AGRICULTURE 



Introductory note ^'^ 



Milwaukee address on agriculture, 1859 '''9 



First annual message to Congress, 1861 88 



Second annual message to Congress, 1862 89 



Selected references •^'' 



AGRICULTURAL LAWS OF 1862. 



Act Establishing the Department of Agriculture. May 15. 1862 . . 93 



Homestead Act, May 20, 1862 '35 



Land Grant College Act, July 2. 1862 9S 



Selected references ■'■^■'• 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Aerial View of Mount Vernon 2 



Map of Mount Vernon sent by Washington to Arthur Young 19 



Monticello the Home of Jefferson 39 



Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln '^5 



