THE 



mr-^ooli of |ujri 



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OR, THE 



AXNUiL OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AND 



DISCOVERT, 



For 1855 and 1856. 



EXHIBITING THE 



MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS 



IX 



AGRICULTURAL MKCHANICS, AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, AGRICULTURAL 



AM) HORTICULTURAL BOTANY, AGRICL I.H UAL AND ECONOMIC 



GEOLOGY, AGRICULTl RAL ZOOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, &c. 



TOGETHER WITH 



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

 I'UlSLU'ATMNS-rLASSmF.n TABLES OF AMKKH'AN AGRICULTURAL P13 

 1854-55 A CATALOGUE OP PRUIT8 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 \S55. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. 



BY 



DAVID A. WELLS, A.M. 



OP THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, FORMERLY CHEMIST TO THE OHIO STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE ; 

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

 EDITOR OF THB ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, FAMILIAR SCIENCE, 

 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, ETC. ETC. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



CHILDS & PETERSON, 124 ARCH ST. 

 1856. 



