The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . andperfectly than under the domestic roof. In this way the spinningwheel and the loom, the lye vat and the dye tub have ceased to bea part of the farmers possessions. This change is not altogetherfortunate, for it has served to diminish the range of the farmersoccupations, and thus to limit the educative influence of his em-ployment. At the same time it has made him less independent ofthe co
The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . andperfectly than under the domestic roof. In this way the spinningwheel and the loom, the lye vat and the dye tub have ceased to bea part of the farmers possessions. This change is not altogetherfortunate, for it has served to diminish the range of the farmersoccupations, and thus to limit the educative influence of his em-ployment. At the same time it has made him less independent ofthe commercial world than his forefathers were. Coincident with the abandonment of varied household indus-tries in the farmstead has come about a like giving up of thevaried tillage which was customary half a century ago, when itwas the habit of each proprietor to plant a great variety of crops,and to mingle to a greater or less extent the rearing of cattle,sheep, and horses with the work of the plow. Thus the fields ofour grandfathers often yielded a score or more of products, andtheir revenues w^ere from as many different sources. Of late the.
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