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From: spf@whuts.UUCP (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Re: Technological overcomplexity in 1523
Message-ID: <4631@whuts.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 88 14:30:54 GMT
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>Thomas Jefferson, who, after all, made his money running a farm...

Actually, he consistently lost money running the farm; he survived
principally by selling off land periodically.  He also had a nail
factory on the place, with labor provided by some of his ~100 slaves,
and I think that operation turned a profit for awhile, until nail
cutting machines took off around the turn of the 19th century.
Don't get me wrong, there's a lot I like about Jefferson, but business
and farming sense were not his forte, though he was indeed enthralled
with gardening.