]mW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY; 



OR, 



THE FAKMER'S BOOK 



OF 



PRACTICAL INFOEMATION 



ON 



AGRICULTURE, STOCK RAISING, 



FRUIT CULTURE, SPECIAL CROPS, 

 DOMESTIC ECONOMY & FAMILY MEDICINE. 



BY 



CHARLES W. DICKERMAN, 



MEMBER OF THE PE.NV. AORIcrLTfRAL SOCIETr.NrHE AMERICAN POMOLOOICAL SOCIETY, 

 AND THE PENNSTLVA.VIA HORTICCI.TfKAL SOCIETY. 



ASSISTED BY 



Hon. CHARLES L. FLINT, 



Sucretjxr.v M:iss. St.-ite Board of Agriculture, 



AND OTHER PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL WRITERS. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ENGRAVINGS 

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ZEIGLER, McCURDY & CO., 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa.; CINCINNATI, Ohio; CHICAGO, III.; 



ST. LOUIS, Mo.; and SPRINGFIELD, Mass. 



1870. 



