CHAPTEE III. 



RELATION OF AGRICULTURE TO HORTICULTURE. 



EDUCATION THE KEY-NOTE TO PKOGRESS. 



The history of agriculture will show that, until the dis 

 covery of the art of printing, and the dissemination of knowl 

 edge thereby, the farmer was either a slave outright, or, at 

 best, a mere vassal, who had no rights of which his feudal 

 lord might not dispossess him at will. The tiller of the soil 

 was the pioneer who made his way into new countries, hewed 

 down forests, reared flocks and herds, ditched and delved, 



&quot;Agriculture Speaking English.&quot; 



reclaimed the wilds, fenced in fields, planted vineyards, and 

 founded communities, too often only to find himself dis 

 possessed by some armed tyrant, who ate of his providing, 



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