Sample Mla Research Paper - "Toward A Recovery Of Nineteenth Century Farming Handbooks" Page 7

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answering inquiries of farmers regarding agriculture; (4) testing
agricultural implements; (5) conducting chemical analyses of soils, grains,
fruits, plants, vegetables, and manures; (6) establishing a professorship of
botany and entomology; and (7) establishing an agricultural library and
museum. (Baker et al. 14)
These objectives were a response to farmers’ needs at the time, mainly to the need for
experiments, printed distribution of new farming knowledge, and education. Isaac
Newton, the first Commissioner of Agriculture, ensured these objectives would be
realized by stressing research and education with the ultimate goal of helping farmers
improve their operations (Hurt 190).
Before the USDA assisted in the circulation of knowledge, however, farmers
wrote about their own farming methods. This brings me to my next section in which I
examine three handbooks written by farmers and connect my observations of the texts
with the discussion of agricultural history I have presented above.
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The conclusion
“wraps up” what you
have been discussing
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ONCLUSION
in your paper.
From examining Drown’s, Allen’s, and Crozier and Henderson’s handbooks in light of
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nineteenth century agricultural history, I can say that science and education seem to have
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had a strong influence on how and why these handbooks were written. The authors’ ethos
indented.
is created by how they align themselves as farmers with science and education either by
supporting or by criticizing them. Regardless of their stance, the authors needed to create
an ethos to gain an audience, and they did this by including tables of information,
illustrations of animals and buildings, reasons for educational reform, and pieces of

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