. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . England and muchfairer tc look to, and so are the pears; butwe have not all the sorts. 1727. —The Moss rose was introduced intoEngand from Holland in the sixteenth cen-tury, ,ind is first mentioned by Miller in theyear given. Miller supposed it to be asprout of the Provence rose, which opinionhas been confirmed by modern botanists. 1727.—Hales work published on respira-Jion of plants and formation of sap. 1728.—The first botanical garden in theUnited States founded by John Bart
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . England and muchfairer tc look to, and so are the pears; butwe have not all the sorts. 1727. —The Moss rose was introduced intoEngand from Holland in the sixteenth cen-tury, ,ind is first mentioned by Miller in theyear given. Miller supposed it to be asprout of the Provence rose, which opinionhas been confirmed by modern botanists. 1727.—Hales work published on respira-Jion of plants and formation of sap. 1728.—The first botanical garden in theUnited States founded by John Bartram onihe banks of the Schuylkill, not far fromIhihidelphia. this year mention is made oflittle machines which, being played by themotion of a vvheel, the cotton falls on oneside and the se»d on the other, and thugthey are separated. a primitive cotton-gin. —In this year the first Englishcotton-oil mill was erected in ciiy of Gloucester is one of the iiri-portant centeis of enterprise in the west ofEngland, not far from the seaport ofBristol, which is in the .same JUBILEE KING—SADDLE COLT. Foalof 1911. Already winner of first prizes atleading Blue Grass Fairs. Bred and ownedby J. F. Barbee, MUllersburg, Bourboncounty, Kentucky. 1730.—The jdain-gaited saddle horse, with-out education, developing at this time intothe five-gaited saddle horse. HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE BY DATES. 17 1731.—^Speaking- of the tomato, PhilipMilier, in his Gardeners Dictionary, says:The Italians and Spaniards eat theseapples (love apples) as we do cucumbers—with pepper, oil and salt—and some eatthem stewed in sauces. 1731.—Horse-hoeinjf HiiKl>andr> publishedby Jethro Tull, of lierkshire, England. 1733.—Poor KiohardM Almanac first pub-lished by Benjamin Franklin at Philadelphia, 1732.—John Kirby, traveler in England,writing- of the Stnfolk Ke<l Polled cattle dis-trict, said that the butter was justlyesteemed and the pleasantest in Eng
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