A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . in 1908 and to Germany in 1909. A postalsavings system was established in 1911 and a parcels postin 1913. 8. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. Agriculture.—The tillage of the ground was the industryto which the Americans most largely devoted themselves incolonial times. The forestsgradually receded before theaxes of the pioneers, andwider tracts of land werebrought under cultivation,until a vast area of formerwilderness was convertedinto fertile farms. The grainsand fruits of Europe were in-troduced and cultivate
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . in 1908 and to Germany in 1909. A postalsavings system was established in 1911 and a parcels postin 1913. 8. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. Agriculture.—The tillage of the ground was the industryto which the Americans most largely devoted themselves incolonial times. The forestsgradually receded before theaxes of the pioneers, andwider tracts of land werebrought under cultivation,until a vast area of formerwilderness was convertedinto fertile farms. The grainsand fruits of Europe were in-troduced and cultivated, andcertain native plants provedof high utility. Chief amongthese was maize or Indian-corn, whose culture has extended until now it is one 6f theleading food-plants of the world. Its product in this coun-try far surpasses that of any other grain, reaching in someyears the enormous aggregate of over three billion potato is another American food-plant whose cultiva-tion has spread througliout the world, and which forms agreat portion of the food of Cutting Grass with the Scythe, 526 STAGES OF PROGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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