The Spirit of Agronomy by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute [The following is an excerpt from Jeffrey Tucker’s book, Spirits of America: On the Semiquincentennial.] It’s impossible to speak of American history without reference to the life of the farmer and the land. The experience shaped many generations. It formed the basis for the belief in freedom itself, the conviction that a family can provide for itself through hard work and defend its rights based on the little slice of p...
