 | 1802 - 572 str.
...consequence of vhich has been, much ground has been scratched over, and none cultivated of improved a? it ought to have been : whereas a farmer in England* where land is dear, and labou? cheap, finds it his interest to improve and cultivate highly, that lie may reap large crop*... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1802 - 572 str.
...labour, which is dear ; the conseqnence of which has been, much ground has been scratched over, and hone cultivated or improved as it ought to have been :...in England, where land is dear, and labour cheap, fmds it hie mterest to improve and cultivate highly, that he may reap laigecropi from a small quantity... | |
 | Samuel Blodget - 1806 - 258 str.
...most of the labour, which is dea1 ; the consequence of which has been, much ground has been scratchtd over, and none cultivated or improved as it ought to have been : wheKas a farmer in England, where land is dear and labour cheap, finds it Hs interest to improve... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1904 - 628 str.
...to make the most they can from the land, •which is, or has been cheap, hut the most of the labor, •which is dear ; the consequence of which has been,...whereas a farmer in England, where land is dear and labor cheap, finds it his interest to improve and cultivate highly, that he may reap large crops from... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1904 - 622 str.
...not to make the most they can from the land, which is, or has been cheap, hut the most of the labor, which is dear ; the consequence of which has been,...been : whereas a farmer in England, where land is dea* and labor cheap, finds it his interest to improve and cultivate highly, that he may reap large... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1904 - 624 str.
...cheap, but the most of the labor, which is dear ; the consequence of which has been, much ground lias been scratched over, and none cultivated or improved...whereas a farmer in England, where land is dear and labor cheap, finds it his interest to improve and cultivate highly, that he may reap large crops from... | |
 | Percy Wells Bidwell - 1916 - 168 str.
...they can be called farmers) is, not to make the most from the land, which is or has been cheap, but the most of the labour, which is dear: the consequence...that he may reap large crops from a small quantity of land."1 Livingston wrote in much the same strain. Speaking of the disparagements cast upon the agriculture... | |
 | Winifred Barr Rothenberg - 1992 - 308 str.
...they can be called farmers) is, not to make the most from the land, which is or has been cheap, but the most of the labour, which is dear: the consequence...cultivated or improved as it ought to have been.” 4 With Percy Bidwell, in 1916, the critique moved beyond the hortatory literature of agricultural improvement... | |
 | Albert E. Cowdrey - 1996 - 260 str.
...population that was becoming hard to employ profitably. Like George Washington, many came to realize that "much ground has been scratched over and none cultivated or improved as it ought to have been." The list of major agricultural reformers came to include many made famous by the Revolution, besides... | |
 | William E. Van Vugt - 2006 - 324 str.
...explained that their aim was "not to make the most they can from the land, which is ... cheap, but the most of the labour, which is dear; the consequence...none cultivated or improved as it ought to have been. . . ,"57 Not surprisingly, much soil exhaustion and erosion resulted from these practices, which troubled... | |
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I do not find touched by either of the gentlemen whose letters are sent to you, namely, that the aim of the farmers in this country (if they can be called farmers) is, not to make the most they can from the land, which is, or has been cheap, but the most... 
