CHARLES L. FLINT

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May 8, Saturday: Charles Louis Flint was born in Middleton, Massachusetts. He was the 2d son of Jeremiah Flint and Mary Hayward Flint, and of the 7th generation from Thomas Flint of Salem (father Jeremiah, grandfather John, great-grandfather Samuel, great-great-grandfather Thomas, great-great-great-grandfather William, great-great-great-great grandfather Thomas Flint born 1603 in Flint, Wales; died April 15, 1663 in Salem Village).1 In his youth he would work on the family farm and study at a country school.

In Newport, Rhode Island, Friend Stephen Wanton Gould wrote in his journal:

7th day 8th of 5 M 1824 / I feel glad to be at home & to attend a little to my own concerns - this having been a very broken & unsettled Week - even today we have had many incumberances of callers in, which tends to scatter & cause additional labour for my dear Wife - who has much to do at this season as well as other seasons. — but particularly at this time in consequence of J Hornsby sickness

NOBODY COULD GUESS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT

1824

1. Evidently he was not descended from the Thomas Flint family in Concord — because that Thomas had come over from Matlock in Derbyshire rather than from Flint in Wales and had died on October 8, 1653 rather than on April 15, 1663.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

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Charles Louis Flint, at the age of 14, went to live with an uncle in Norway, Maine.

LIFE IS LIVED FORWARD BUT UNDERSTOOD BACKWARD?— NO, THAT’S GIVING TOO MUCH TO THE HISTORIAN’S STORIES.

LIFE ISN’T TO BE UNDERSTOOD EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD.

1838

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Charles Louis Flint matriculated at Phillips Academy.

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1841

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John Shepard Keyes took a seat in the Massachusetts Senate, and as such, chanced into a priceless opportunity to revisit his alma mater, and enjoy his old “proffessors” as they squirmed under his newfound and entirely undeserved privilege.

The Legislature met in Jan’y 1849 and the vacancies in the Senatewere filled up with Whigs at once. I remember that we had inviteda large party of young and old that night and had a pleasanttime when Esq Barrett then state treasurer came in bringing menotice of my election, and adding to the eclat of the occasionwhat had not been anticipated. I with the others took our seatsthe next day in that respectable body, and think I was youngerthan any one before or almost since At any rate I was a mere boyand among forty Whig senators in a very poor place. As theyoungest I had the lowest seat with D.C. Baker of Lynn acrossthe aisle he being next me in age, and we formed a lastingfriendship. I was put on the Military Com. from my rank I supposeas first lieut to which I had risen, and on the Committee onEducation. It was not a very distinguished Senate, but it hadsome very good fellows in it, and the House had more. I tookwith the rest a room at the Revere House, attended faithfullyto my duties, had some sharp fights in the Committee on Educationover incorporating a Catholic College for one and came to knowC.W. Upham of Salem the chairman, J Lothrop Motley and ErastusHopkins of Northampton house members of it very well. Besidesthe Middlesex lawyers, Lord of Salem Dawes of Pittsfield, Trainof Framingham Devins of Greenfield and Bullock of Worcester werein the Legislature and we made a club at the Revere having aparlor, that had much work fun and politics well mixed with hotwhiskey for the winter nights. I had but one hobby to fight theFitchburg R.R. and in this I failed I had some prominence earlyin the session for Esquire Joe the State Treasurer died suddenlyand as his townsman to make the announcement and arrange alegislative com funeral at Concord for him, which was dulyattended. I made but little talk as was proper for so young asenator, but I knew everybody of prominence in politics andworked for certain friends in the disposal of the offices thatcame with the change of administration. I had rather assumed myfathers place in the county, and as I believed owed my earlyelection to the knowledge the county had of him than to mymerits. Indeed our names being so nearly alike many people votedfor me thinking it him. We put Devins in as U.S. Marshal, P.Greely as Collector and N.W. Coffin as Navy Agent, and dividedthe spoils as best we could. Of course Danil Webster AbbottLawrence and R.C. Winthrop and such magnates really decidedthese matters, but as we boys had done the work of the campaign,and been well patted on the shoulder by them while engaged init, we were still pleasantly allowed to do something about theselection of officers. It made a busy exciting winter. I usually

1849

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staid in Boston 3 or 4 nights in a week, and this with attendingcourt at Cambridge where I had some business kept me at work. Irecall but little of interest in the legislation of the year,and in the Senate with no opposition we had to be very gingerlyabout treading on each others toes. I would far rather have beenin the House where there was more freedom and interest. Thesession ended however in a funny incident worth telling I hadof course been put on as one of the senatorial overseers ofHarvard College, and the exhibition coming the last day of thesession when I didnt care to be in my seat for some reason Ihave forgotten I determined therefore to attend the Cambridgeexercises and see how the college was getting on It didnt occurto me that on the last day neither governor nor any of thedignitaries would be able to get away from the Legislature tillon arriving I found myself the only member of the board presentto examine the college. I had kept somewhat up with collegehaving attended commencement mainly to see our class meetings,while Brooks & Ned. Hoar in 45 Friz Hoar G Bartlett, G Heywoodhad kept up the Concord line of graduates. My brother Joe hadentered and thanks to Everetts folly and his own had a chequeredcourse, and got rusticated for a year at Lunenburg with Babcock!His class finished this year and gave me an additional reasonfor examining the college. Snuffy old Sparks was the President,Everett having resigned, and on reaching University Hall I foundthe faculty I used so to dread in solemn waiting for thecommittee!!! Informing them of the reason why no others wouldprobably attend, they began their reports of the condition oftheir several departments To those proffessors who used to deadme so often I put questions and comments in their own style andwasn’t it nuts to me not seven years out of their clutches toget them into mine old Channing, Beck, and Benny Pierce caughta cross examination, they little imagined & I chuckled mightilyover their squirming— soberly pocketing their written reportsand gravely informing them I would make my report on the stateof the University to the full committee, I led the way to thechapel on the arm of the President and sitting in the seat ofhonor, heard the exhibition parts, and gravely pencilling noteson my programme, I watched the boys and girls out of the cornerof my eye, and hugely en- joyed the queer change of a few shortyears. I think it was one of the most complete revenges of timeswhirligig I ever met! As we started off in state again J.T.Austin ex Attorney Genl. arrived and after conferring with me,helped to eat the dinner in Commons Hall, but well served, andrelieved me of the reports and the response in behalf of theoverseers.!

J.S. KEYES AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Joseph Boyden Keyes of Concord, another son of John Keyes, graduated from Harvard College (and would become a lawyer).

Charles Louis Flint graduated from Harvard. Although he had not planned to teach, just prior to graduation he receive an offer from a grammar school.

Harvard Professor of Greek Literature Cornelius Conway Felton prepared an English-language edition of Professor Arnold Henri Guyot’s lectures, as EARTH AND MAN, LECTURES ON COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY IN ITS RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

NEW “HARVARD MEN”

THE EARTH AND MAN, 1849

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THE FUTURE CAN BE EASILY PREDICTED IN RETROSPECT

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Ephraim Merriam Ball of Concord graduated from Harvard College. He would have become a trader, it seems — but would die in 1851.

Charles Louis Flint entered the Dane Law School at Harvard. During his 2-year course of study there he would hold a position in the Nautical Almanac Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He would make himself a frequent contributor to the Journal of Agriculture.

CHANGE IS ETERNITY, STASIS A FIGMENT

1850

NEW “HARVARD MEN”

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Arthur Hugh Clough became a tutor at Harvard College.

Charles Louis Flint left the Dane Law School of Harvard to accept an offer in a law office in New-York. Soon afterward he would be admitted to the bar. In this same year, with the organization of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture as a department of the state government, he would be appointed to be its secretary.

DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? GOOD.

1852

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February 14, Monday: Charles Louis Flint began work as the Secretary of the newly formed Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. Immediately he set to work, and issued THE AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS SHOWN IN RETURNS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, 1853, by Charles L. Flint, Massachusetts State Board Of Agriculture.

A certificate of incorporation filed for the Raritan Bay Union indicates that it had been capitalized at $500,000 and would begin business with $6,000 divided into 240 shares at $25.00 each. George B. Arnold, Clement O. Read, Albert O. Read, Theodore Weld and Sarah M. Grimké would be the stockholders. The Board of Trustees was to be made up of George B. Arnold as President, Clement O. Read, Marcus Spring, George B. Arnold, Joseph L. Pennock and Sarah Tyndale as Directors, Clement, Read as treasurer, and Angelina G. Weld as secretary. Corporate existence was to begin March 1st.

1853

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February 14, Saturday: The President-Elect began to intervene in the deliberations of the Supreme Court on the Scott v. Stanford case (the “Dred Scott” decision).

On this day, or perhaps on February 12, 1856 (sources disagree), Charles Louis Flint got married in Middleton, Massachusetts with Ellen E. Leland of Grafton, Massachusetts. The couple would produce three children.

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MILCH COWS AND DAIRY FARMING; COMPRISING THE BREEDS, BREEDING, AND MANAGEMENT, IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, OF DAIRY AND OTHER STOCK, THE SELECTION OF MILCH COWS, WITH A FULL EXPLANATION OF GUENON’S METHOD; THE CULTURE OF FORAGE PLANTS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF MILK, BUTTER AND CHEESE: EMBODYING THE MOST RECENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND ADAPTED TO FARMING IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES. WITH A TREATISE UPON THE DAIRY HUSBANDRY OF HOLLAND; TO WHICH IS ADDED HORSFALL’S SYSTEM OF DAIRY MANAGEMENT. BY CHARLES L. FLINT, SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE; AUTHOR OF “A TREATISE ON GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS,” ETC. (Boston: Phillips, Samson and Company, 13 Winter Street).

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AGRICULTURAL TRACT, NO. 1. CULTURE OF THE GRASSES. AN EXTRACT FROM THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF CHARLES L. FLINT, SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. PUBLISHED, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION (Boston: William White, Printer to the State).

A copy of this botanical reference would be in the personal library of Henry Thoreau.2

1860

2. The numbers below are Ray Angelo’s and refer to volume numbers and page numbers in the 1906 edition of Thoreau’s journal. For instance, “XII 182” would constitute a reference to Journal Volume XII, page 182.

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Poa pratensis, known as Smooth Meadow-grass, Common Meadow Grass, English Grass, June-grass, Sweet Grass, or Kentucky Bluegrass, is a perennial species of grass native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

Poa annua (ANNUAL BLUEGRASS) XII 182

Poa capillaris = Eragrostis capillaris (LACE-GRASS) XI 150

Poa compressa (CANADA BLUEGRASS) XII 199, XIII 370, 399, 401

Poa dentata = Glyceria pallida (PALE MANNA-GRASS) XIII 374, 385, 404

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Poa hirsuta = Eragrostis capillaris (LACE-GRASS) VI 431, 446, 473, XI 124, 150

Poa serotina = Poa palustris (FOWL-MEADOW GRASS) XII 226

English Grass Poa pratensis (JUNEGRASS, KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS) II 310, V 443, IX 432[EP], (field) XIII 309

June-grass Poa pratensis (JUNEGRASS, KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS) IV 88, 103, 115, 140, V 241, 270, 273, VI 333, VII 413, XI 96, 158, XII 203, 204, XIII 312, 320, 321, 323, 337, 377, 399, 401, 403[EP], (haying) XIII 374

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Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass Poa trivialis is similar to June-grass Poa pratensis but has a rough sheath and a fibrous root, and its sidewise creepers have leaves and run along the surface rather than passing beneath the surface of the soil. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

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Orchard Grass or Rough Cocksfoot Dactylis glomerata. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

[I am as yet unable to discover any references to this species of grass in Thoreau’s journal.]

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Rye Grass, Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus is a perennial grass of the eastern United States. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

Lyme Grass = Rye = Elymus virginicus (VIRGINIA WILD RYE) XI 142, 173, XIII 267, XIV 53

Rye = Secale cereale (RYE) IV 93, V 155, 178, VI 303

Rye (Wild) = Elymus virginicus (VIRGINIA WILD RYE) XI 142, XIII (267)

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Red-top Grass Agrostis alba var. vulgaris flowers from June to August. The flowers are wind pollinated and seed is set from August to October. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

Agrostis alba (REDTOP) see Agrostis vulgaris, Red-top, Red-top Grass

Agrostis alba (old usage) = Agrostis tenuis (RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS) XII 216

Agrostis alba var. palustris (CREEPING BENT) see Bent Grass, Bent Grass (Purple)

Agrostis perennans (UPLAND BENT GRASS) XI 146, 150, XII 224

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Agrostis scabra (FLY-AWAY GRASS) XI 150, XII 217, 224, 258, XIII 370, 385, 387, 397, 401, 404, XIV 27

Flyaway Grass = Agrostis scabra (FLY-AWAY GRASS) XI 150, 205, XIV 224

__ (seed) XIV 224

Agrostis tenuis (RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS) see Agrostis alba (old usage),Bent (White)

Agrostis vulgaris = Agrostis alba (REDTOP) XII 216, XIII 370, 401

English bentgrass Agrostis capillaris is a rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial native to Eurasia, that was brought to America through Europe. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

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Bent Grass = Agrostis spp. (BENT GRASS) IV 115, 131, 151, 237, V 124, VI 292, (light) IV 137

Bent Grass (Purplish) = Agrostis spp. (BENT GRASS) VI 285

Bent (White) = Agrostis tenuis (RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS) XI 146

Meadow Fescue Grass (now classed as Lolium) has wide flat leaves and is cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

Fescue = Festuca spp. (FESCUE GRASS)/Vulpia spp. (FESCUE GRASS) XIII 403

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__ (-clad hill) XIII 164

Fescue (Sheep’s) = Festuca ovina (SHEEP’S FESCUE GRASS) XIII 402, XIV 4

Fescue-grass = Festuca spp. (FESCUE GRASS)/Vulpia spp. (FESCUE GRASS) II 90, V 529, XIII 367, 414

Fescue-grass (Floating) = Glyceria septentrionalis (FLOATING MANNA GRASS) XI 144

Fescue Grass (Sheep’s) = Festuca ovina (SHEEP’S FESCUE GRASS) XIV 177

Fescue Grass (Tall) = Festuca elatior (TALL FESCUE GRASS) XIII 367

Festuca = Festuca spp. (FESCUE GRASS) /Vulpia spp. (FESCUE GRASS) XIII 352, (-like grass) XII 410

Festuca elatior (TALL FESCUE GRASS) see Fescue Grass (Tall)

Festuca ovina (SHEEP’S FESCUE GRASS) 127 XII 208, XIII 377, 381, 396, 399, 401, XIV 27, see also Fescue (Sheep’s), Fescue Grass (Sheep’s), Oat Grass (Meadow)

Festuca rubra (RED FESCUE GRASS) see Festuca ovina

Festuca tenella = Vulpia octoflora (SLENDER FESCUE GRASS) XII 208, XIII 383

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Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, a low, soft perennial grass producing in the spring narrow spikelike panicles, also known as holy grass, vanilla grass, and buffalo grass, is found wild in acidic grassland in Eurasia and has become a weed species in the bushlands of southeastern Australia. Due to its sweet scent, it can be used as a house plant as well as a lawn feature. The stems are 10 to 16 inches high, with short leaves 0.1 to 0.2 inches wide. It offers flower spikes from April until June, that are 1.6 to 2.4 inches in length and are made up of crowded spikelets of 0.24 to 0.39 inches. Its distinctive scent evokes fresh hay with a hint of vanilla, and is particularly strong when dried. The scent is due to coumarin, a glycoside, plus benzoic acid. On the left is the plant as offered to Thoreau in these materials in his personal library, and on the right a contemporary color photograph:

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Vernal Grass =Anthoxanthum odoratum (SWEET VERNAL GRASS) XIII 279, 307, (399), 402

February 22, Wednesday: Henry Thoreau made no entry in his journal.

At Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, Charles L. Flint lectured on dairy farming. A correspondent for the New-York Times was present and so this nice report would in a few days be appearing in the news:

We have had no more pleasing entertainment during theentire course than that to which MR. CHAS. L. FLINT,Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture,invited us yesterday morning. This gentleman has for some time been known toagriculturists by his work on Grasses, now in its fourthedition, and his late book on Dairy Farming, renderedit highly probable that he could talk well on the matterhe was announced to speak upon. Our suspicions were wellfounded, and not only so, but we were particularly gladto find Mr. FLINT rejecting all embellishments ofrhetoric as out of place before a class, (as thisConvention must be considered,) and going directly tothe subject in hand. We were glad, too, to see him leaveout all history, (or nearly all,) and not take up ourtime and patience with points which, though interestingto the antiquary, are not of much moment either to thepractical or the amateur farmer. The lecturer began by saying that the dairy qualitiesof our stock are artificial. It is erroneous to supposethat we now see the cow in anything like her nativestate. Her present high qualities have been brought outby judicious crossing, and for a particular purpose.Nature only intended that she should nourish heroffspring, and art has been called in to supply whatnature has denied. The breed which any farmer wishes toraise on his own farm should be chosen with referenceto the climate and soil of his own locality. He shouldselect his cows with reference to the amount of food hehas for them. Large animals require rich and luxuriouspastures or they lose their fair proportions, anddeteriorate on a stinted nourishment. We often hear theterm “native breed” spoken of, as if there were a breedindigenous to our soil. This is a mistake, and the term“native,” as applied to our breeds of cattle, is amisnomer. Our cattle originally came from Europe, thefirst arriving at Plymouth in 1624, which, withsubsequent importations into New-Hampshire, laid thefoundations for what we call our native breed, and thisstock must be regarded as an exceedingly valuable basisfor improvements, which may be effected by carefulselections or by crossing with foreign and alreadyhighly improved breeds. The better name, however, for them is “grades,” since

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they all spring from some known stock. These grades areoften more valuable for practical purposes than purebreeds, and our dairymen more often get their cows fromthis stock than in any other way. In breeding, it isimportant to have a specific object in view, for thecomplete union of all excellent qualities in one animalis next to impossible. It should be borne in mind too,by the breeder of fine stock, that it is only the purebreeds that will transmit their excellences to theiroffspring, and that a poor animal of a pure breed maybe better as sire or dam than a good grade animal. Itis important, too, in breeding to produce large milkers,to select males that came of great milking cows, sincethe dairy qualities are transmitted more surely throughthe male than through the female. Many a farmer hasraised a promising heifer calf from his best milking cowonly to be disappointed when she came to her third orfourth year. The most celebrated dairy breeds are theSwiss, the Dutch, the Jersey and the Ayrshire. Of thesethe Jerseys (or Alderneys) give the richest milk, andthe Ayrshires the most of it in proportion to foodconsumed and size. They are very valuable as a means ofimproving our grade stock. But care and good managementare absolutely necessary to success, no matter whatbreed you have or how judiciously you cross. Very littlemilk comes out of the bag that is not first put in atthe throat. It is the very poorest economy to sooverstock your farm that you cannot full feed your cows.A cow coming out of the stalls in the Spring poor inflesh is in no condition for the profitable productionof milk. The cow is a machine for turning hay, grain androots into milk, and should be run upon the sameprinciples as a manufactory. The food is the rawmaterial, milk the product, always in demand in one formor another. The machine is the capital invested, costingnearly as much when not running, or when running onhalf-work, as with a full head on. How wasteful, then,it is for the farmer, and how unbusiness-like to holdback the raw material, or to suffer the machine to getso out of order that it will yield a produce far belowits natural capacity. Feeding at regular intervals is a most important point.If you feed irregularly your cattle are uneasy and areconstantly expecting food; but they will not eat it whenthey do have it with half the relish that they will iffed regularly. Cows in milk ought not to be exposed tocold in Winter. It is a great waste of food to leave anyanimal to exposure, but it is more especially shown inthe case of the milch cow than in perhaps any otheranimal. Cows turned out to water in extreme cold andstormy weather will perceptibly shrink in their milk. The lecturer mentioned a case in England where cows

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accustomed to being housed all the time were turned outto water for three days on occasion of the waterfreezing up, and the result was an evident decrease inthe quantity of milk. The loss from this practice isdoubtless far greater than most farmers suppose. Allanimals need air and exercise, but exposure in extremeweather is always injurious. The cow may be feddifferent kinds of food, with reference to whether sheis kept for butter or cheese. Food containing starch,gum, sugar, &c., increases the butter-making qualitiesof the cow, whereas clover, beans and peas, food richin nitrogenous matter, help the cheese-producingqualities. Succulent food increases the quantity ofmilk, but much as the pump does. Green grass is the mostnutritious food for the cow, and if hay be cut,moistened and steamed, its nutritious qualities arevastly increased. All ruminating animals require moreor less bulky food, the bulk contributing to the healthyactivity of the digestive organs. The lecturer spoke of the Guenon mark or escutcheon, butcould not place that reliance on it which its discovererconsidered it worthy of, although he thought it worthyof attention. He briefly alluded also to Mr. HORSFALL’sexperiments, which form so valuable an addition to thisbranch of husbandry, and which Mr. TUCKER gave anextended account of in his second lecture. For furtherinformation on this point your readers are referred tothe appendix to Mr. FLINT’s Milch Cows and DairyFarming.

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Henry Grinnell was one of the founders of the American Geographical and Statistical Society.

MANUAL OF AGRICULTURE: FOR THE SCHOOL, THE FARM, AND THE FIRESIDE BY GEORGE B. EMERSON, CHARLES L. FLINT (Boston: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, 131 Washington Street).

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History:

1862

PROCEEDINGS, FOR 1862

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Charles Louis Flint was a commissioner to the International Exhibition in Hamburg.

1863

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During a budgetary crisis, the president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College resigned. Charles Louis Flint was asked to perform the functions of that vacated office and agreed to serve without salary (in that year the school had 93 students and would award 7 degrees).3

1879

3. All work and no pay. Just like farming.

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Spring: Charles Louis Flint, who had for almost a year been performing the functions of the president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College without any provisions for a salary, resigned from that position.

1880

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February 26, Tuesday: On a journey to the south in the hope of improving his health, Charles Louis Flint died at the Electric Mound Hotel in Hillman, Georgia. Three boxes of his papers are stored at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library of the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.

1889

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Posthumous publication in three volumes of AMERICAN FARMING AND STOCK RAISING, WITH USEFUL FACTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD, DEVOTED TO FARMING IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING ROTATION OF CROPS, DRAINAGE, FERTILIZERS, ENSILAGE, THE DAIRY, ORCHARD, VINEYARD GARDEN, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, THEIR BREEDING, MANAGEMENT, AND DISEASES; BEES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT, FISH CULTURE, SILK CULTURE, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS FOR HOUSES AND OTHER FARM BUILDINGS, IMPROVED SANITARY CONDITIONS OF COUNTRY HOMES, ETC., ETC. EDITED BY CHARLES L. FLINT (New York: Casselberry Company).

“MAGISTERIAL HISTORY” IS FANTASIZING: HISTORY IS CHRONOLOGY

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ARRGH AUTOMATED RESEARCH REPORT

GENERATION HOTLINE

This stuff presumably looks to you as if it were generated by ahuman. Such is not the case. Instead, someone has requested thatwe pull it out of the hat of a pirate who has grown out of theshoulder of our pet parrot “Laura” (as above). What thesechronological lists are: they are research reports compiled byARRGH algorithms out of a database of modules which we term theKouroo Contexture (this is data mining). To respond to such arequest for information we merely push a button.

CHARLES L. FLINT CHARLES L. FLINT

HDT WHAT? INDEX

Commonly, the first output of the algorithm has obviousdeficiencies and we need to go back into the modules stored inthe contexture and do a minor amount of tweaking, and then weneed to punch that button again and recompile the chronology —but there is nothing here that remotely resembles the ordinary“writerly” process you know and love. As the contents of thisoriginating contexture improve, and as the programming improves,and as funding becomes available (to date no funding whateverhas been needed in the creation of this facility, the entireoperation being run out of pocket change) we expect a diminishedneed to do such tweaking and recompiling, and we fully expectto achieve a simulation of a generous and untiring roboticresearch librarian. Onward and upward in this brave new world.

First come first serve. There is no charge.Place requests with <Kouroo@kouroo.info>. Arrgh.