A FAMILY-TEXT BOOK FOR THE COUNTRY ; 



OE 



THE FARMER AT HOME : 



BEING 



A CYCLOPAEDIA 



OF 



THE MORE IMPORTANT TOPICS 



IN 



MODERN AGRICULTURE, 



AND IN 



NATURAL HISTORY AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY , 



ADAPTED 



TO RURAL LIFE. 



BY REV. JOHN L BLAKE, D. D. 



AUTHOR OF FARMER'S EVERY DAYBOOK; AGRICULTURE FOR SCHOOLS; THE FARM AXD THE 



FIRESIDE ; FAMILY ENCYCLOPAEDIA, AND GENBRAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 



NEW YOEK: 

 C. M. SAXTON AND COMPANY, 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHERS, 

 No. 140 FULTON STREET, 



1857. 



