

Entered according to Act of Congrcs3, in the year 1861, 



BY GEORGE B. EMERSON AND CUARLES L. FLINT, 

 In the Clerk s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 



The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, after a careful revision of the 

 work, passed the following Resolution : 



&quot; Resolved, That this Board approve of the Manual of Agriculture, submitted 

 by its authors, Messrs. George B. Emerson and Charles L. Flint, and recommend 

 its publication by these gentlemen, as a work well adapted for use in the schools 

 of Massachusetts.&quot; 



LETTER FROM HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 



DORCHESTER, November 22, 1861. 



Gentlemen, The first demand of life is for food, and the only supply is from 

 the products of the soil. Agriculture is, therefore, of primary importance, not 

 only as the source from which we derive our daily bread, but as the parent of 

 all the other great industrial pursuits. Without agriculture there can be no 

 commerce or manufactures, no population or prosperity. Every one, of whatever 

 vocation, is interested in its welfare, and every man, woman and child, should 

 have some knowledge of the fundamental principles of this most useful art. 



To accomplish so desirable an object, and especially to implant in the minds 

 of youth an abiding ^love for this honorable employment, the Massachusetts 

 Board of Agriculture have caused the Manual of Agriculture for Schools to be 

 prepared under its own supervision and direction. The task of preparing this 

 volume was confided to Messrs. George B. Emerson and Charles L. Flint. Wor 

 thily have the authors performed their duty, and most cordially do I recommend 

 the &quot;book as being admirably adapted to the use of schools, and equally valuable 

 to the cultivators of the soil&quot;. I take great pleasure in commending it, not only 

 to the people of Massachusetts, but to the farming community throughout our 

 country. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 



Messrs. SWAN, BKEWER & TILESTON. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



[From the Montreal Transcript.] 

 One of the most useful books of the kind we have ever met with. 



[From the Ohio Farmer.] 



The plan of the work is excellent and the matter equal to the plan. Had wo 

 the power we would have it taught in every school in America. 



[From the BarnstuMr Patriot.] 



It mav be safely accepted as a standard work upon all that it professes to 

 tcarh. N\Y recommend it to all our fanners as a most useful hand-book. 



[From the Gazette, Montreal.] 



Tlir plan of the work ia admirable, and the writing has the merit of being 

 both clear and concise. 



