ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



IN the preparation of this work, the Author has derived 

 valuable information from various sources, which it gives him 

 pleasure to acknowledge. Where the language of another 

 writer has heen employed, it is duly credited in the context. 

 Besides these instances, he is indebted for facts and opinions to 

 the following authorities : 



" Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry," " The American Farm- 

 er's Encyclopaedia," "Burr's Field and Garden Vegetables of 

 America," " Harris's Kural Annual," and " Tucker's Illustrated 

 Annual Register." Also to the productions of Dr. Harris and 

 Dr. Pitch, " On Injurious Insects; " to the "Transactions of the 

 New York State Agricultural Society," and to the American In- 

 stitute Farmer's Club, whose weekly discussions abound in val- 

 uable practical information. 



Prominent also among the works that have been of service 

 to the writer, are the Agricultural Journals of our country. 

 While they are gratefully recorded here as valuable auxiliaries 

 in the present undertaking, the record may, perhaps, prove ser- 

 viceable to the farming community by attracting their attention 

 to these fruitful sources of knowledge and sure guides to pros- 

 perity. 



The American Agriculturist. New York City. 



" Weekly Tribune " " 



