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Founding Farmers: Jefferson, Washington, and the Rhetoric of Agricultural Reform

Founding Farmers: Jefferson, Washington, and the Rhetoric of Agricultural Reform mark sturges St. Lawrence University Founding Farmers Jefferson, Washington, and the Rhetoric of Agricultural Reform From the 1780s to the 1820s, American political leaders oen r ft e- sponded to problems of soil exhaustion and western emigration by p - ro moting a dual program of agricultural reform and domestic manufac - tur ing. They believed that a better system of land management and a more self- sufficien t domestic economy could ensure social and political stability while still allowing for national progress and prosperity. Combining e - co nomic and ethical modes of improvement, they urged American farmers t o stay put, to adopt more efficient practices of soil conservation, crop r - ota tion, and livestock production, and to develop a more permanent sense of place. While establishing a number of agricultural societies and engaging in their own personal experiments, these leaders also harnessed the - writ ten word, cultivating a vision of enlightened agriculture in a variety - of lit erary genres, from natural history to georgic poetry, travel narratives to agricultural addresses, private letters to public reports. Such writin - gs dem onstrate an incipient ecological awareness and express a growing anxiety about the political http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

Founding Farmers: Jefferson, Washington, and the Rhetoric of Agricultural Reform

Sturges, Mark
Early American Literature , Volume 50 (3) – Nov 18, 2015
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mark sturges St. Lawrence University Founding Farmers Jefferson, Washington, and the Rhetoric of Agricultural Reform From the 1780s to the 1820s, American political leaders oen r ft e- sponded to problems of soil exhaustion and western emigration by p - ro moting a dual program of agricultural reform and domestic manufac - tur ing. They believed that a better system of land management and a more self- sufficien t domestic economy could ensure social and political stability while still allowing for national progress and prosperity. Combining e - co nomic and ethical modes of improvement, they urged American farmers t o stay put, to adopt more efficient practices of soil conservation, crop r - ota tion, and livestock production, and to develop a more permanent sense of place. While establishing a number of agricultural societies and engaging in their own personal experiments, these leaders also harnessed the - writ ten word, cultivating a vision of enlightened agriculture in a variety - of lit erary genres, from natural history to georgic poetry, travel narratives to agricultural addresses, private letters to public reports. Such writin - gs dem onstrate an incipient ecological awareness and express a growing anxiety about the political

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