THE AMERICAN FARMER, 



COMPLETE AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY, 



WITH 



USEFUL FACTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD, 



DEVOTED TO 



FARMING IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS AND DETAILS, INCLUDING 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, IM 

 PROVED SANITARY CONDITION OF COUNTRY 

 HOMES, ETC., ETC. 



EDITED BY 



CHARLES L. FLINT, , 



Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of Massachusetts for twenty-eight consecutive years, and Authot 



of &quot;Grasses and Forage Plants,&quot; &quot;Milch Cows and Dairy Farming,&quot; &quot;Manual of Agriculture,&quot; 



Editor of &quot;Harris on Insects,&quot; Etc., Etc. 



with otscr Jkron 



COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. II. 



&quot;Two men I honor and no third. First the toil-worn craftsman, that with earth-made implement laboriously 

 conquers the earth and makes her man s.&quot; THOMAS CABLYLE. 



&quot;The city is always recruited from the country. The men in cities who are the centres of energy, the 

 driving-wheels of trade, politics, or practical arts, and the women of beauty and genius are the children or 

 grandchildren of farmers.&quot; RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 



HARTFORD, CONN.: 



RALPH H. PARK & CO. 



1883. 



