Excerpt from What the Sister Arts Teach as to Farming: An Address Before the Indiana State Agricultural Socieity at Its Annual Fair, Lafayette, Indiana, October 13th, 1853 Farmers and Friends: I stand before you at your Society's invitation, feeling the full force of the criticism which denies to one of my habits and pursuits capacity to instruct farmers as to their own especial vocation. "Shoemaker, stick to your last!" is a sound though sometimes misapplied admonition, and there is great strength in the natural presumption that every man can see a little farther UN his own proper pathway than can be seen by any one else. I fully realize and cheerfully admit that any one of you, who has devoted the last twenty or thirty years to Agriculture, must know very much more concerning it than I, who abandoned it at fifteen to master and pursue a most exacting, mechanical and intellectual vocation, and have since been able to. snatch but here and there an hour from a constant pressure of imperative duties and oppressive cares to revive the memories of my youth among the busy seed-planters, or within sound of the mower sharpening his scythe. If I were to essay a lecture on the Complete Husbandman-to fix the proper time for planting this or that vegetable, and for harvesting this or that grain, and so on - I might, of course, be corrected, on many points, by some of the youngest of my auditors. Little as I know of farming, 1 know too much of it to attempt any such teaching. What I shall endeavor, is to set forth some of the principles which underlie the whole fabric of Productive Art and Industry, (my calling as well as yours,) and to show their application, as correctly as I may, to the Farmer's vocation as well as others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from What the Sister Arts Teach as to Farming: An Address Before the Indiana State Agricultural Socieity at Its Annual Fair, Lafayette, Indiana, October 13th, 1853 Every farmer seems aware of the reality and magnitude of the general error in this respect, yet the great majority persist in being wise for their neighbors only, and not for themselves. And I apprehend the error with many originates rather in want. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Greeley's address to the Indiana State Agricultural Society is a thoughtful exploration of the relationship between art and agriculture. He argues that there is much that farmers can learn from artists, particularly in regards to creativity and innovation. A fascinating read for anyone interested in the intersections of art and technology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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