THE 



Bear- 



OR, THE 



ANNUAL OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AND 



DISCOVERY, 



For 1855 and 1856. 



EXHIBITING THE 



MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 



IN 



AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS, AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, AGRICULTURAL 



AND HORTICULTURAL BOTANY, AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC 



GEOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL ZOOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, &c. 



TOGETHER WITH 



STATISTICS OF AMERICAN GROWTH AND PRODUCTION— A LIST OP RECENT AGRICULTURAL 



PUBLICATIONS — CLASSIFIED TABLES OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL PATENTS FOR 



1854^55 — A CATALOGUE OF FRUITS ADAPTED TO THE DIFFERENT 



SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, Ac. 



WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, BY THE EDITOR, OF THE PROGRESS OF AMERICAN AND 

 FOREIGN AGRICULTURE. FOR THE YEAR 1855. 



ILLUSTRATED "WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 



BY 



DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. 



MEMBEB. OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, FORMERLY CHEMIST TO THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE I 



MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



EDITOR OF THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, FAMILIAR SCIENCE, 



KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, ETC. ETC. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



CHILDS & PETERSON, 124 ARCH ST. 



1856. 



