George Washington: Farmer; Being An Account of His Home Life And Agricultural Activities
The book George Washington: Farmer; Being An Account of His Home Life And Agricultural Activities was written by author Haworth, Paul Leland, 1876-1936 Here you can read free online of George Washington: Farmer; Being An Account of His Home Life And Agricultural Activities book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is George Washington: Farmer; Being An Account of His Home Life And Agricultural Activities a good or bad book?
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Washington. Doctor Thornton living at the city of Washington, he gave me an invitation to visit him there : he was one of the commissioners of the city. I slept at Mount Vernon, and experienced a very kind and comfortable reception; but did not like the land at all. I saw no green grass there, except in the garden : and this was some English grass, appearing to me to be a sort of couch-grass; it was in drills. There were also six saint foin plants, which I found the General valued highly. I vie...wed the oats which were not thrashed, and counted the grains upon each head ; but found no stem with more than four grains, and these a very light and bad quality, such as I had never seen before : the longest straw was of about twelve inches. The wheat was all thrashed, there- fore I could not ascertain the produce of that : I saw some of the straw, however, and thought it had been cut and prepared for the cattle in the winter; but I believe I was mistaken, it being short by nature, and with thrashing out looked like chaff, or as if chopped A CRITICAL VISITOR 275 with a bad knife.
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